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What is the most beautiful sci-fi movie you have on DVD?

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Tuesday, May 17, 2005 12:19 PM

What movie do you have on dvd that simply blows you away every time you pop it in because the transfer is fantastic, and it captures or surpasses the theatrical experience?
Three come to mind for me:
Superman: The Movie
Raiders Of The Lost Arc
Legend: the Directors cut
All three take my breath away every time! Amazing cinematography brought out by outstanding digital technology!

What are your favourites?

Chrisisall, A.S.C.

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Tuesday, May 17, 2005 1:50 PM

FIREFLYWILDCARD1

Don't know if you meant transfers from movie reel to DVD or VHS to DVD, but here are my choices:

(more Fantasy than sci-fi but whatever):
Lord of the Rings Extended Editions

Frequency

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Tuesday, May 17, 2005 2:38 PM

CHRISISALL

'Transfer' refers to the process of taking a movie and making a copy of it to another medium, in this case film (or digitally shot material) to dvd.
LOTR is definitly beautiful, all right. When I think LOTR, I think rich, deep greens.

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Tuesday, May 17, 2005 3:00 PM

OPUS

I don't think any film matches or surpasses the theater experience, regardless of the quality of the transfer.
For me nothing beats being in a big darkened theater, smell of popcorn, big screen, big sound. From buying my ticket to going to the concession stand, can't even explain it. It's been like that since I was a kid.
Now films that still look good on the small screen..Bladerunner, Fifth Element just off the top of my head. Anything Ridley Scott does always looks incredible.
Two other beautiful films, but not sci-fi, Crouching Tiger and The English Patient.
How about this?
Wide screen or full screen?
Virtually everything I own is letterboxed if I can get it.

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Tuesday, May 17, 2005 3:21 PM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by Opus:
How about this?
Wide screen or full screen?
Virtually everything I own is letterboxed if I can get it.

The theatre experience as a whole cannot be beat. I just meant to target the visual portion (detail, if you will), and Blade Runner needs a new transfer.
I own Fifth Element (superbit), and it is amazing.
And I always pick widescreen except in one instance. I, Robot, a great looking film, but everyone's so small in the widescreen I actually bought the fullscreen! It has a high bit rate, so detail isn't sacrificed.

Tech-geek Chrisisall

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Tuesday, May 17, 2005 3:34 PM

OPUS

The two most beautiful films I own are non-sci-fi, although one is fantasy.
Crouching Tiger, colors are staggering throughout, holds up even on the small screen. The fight in the trees towards the end, all that pure, lush green, incredible.
English patient, once again, a lushness that holds up after transfer, mostly muted colors but some scenes are staged liked paintings.
I can't say I've come across anything I'd call a low quality transfer, although with Bladerunner some of the effects work is more visible on the small screen,(matte work and such), but it may just be my own tv settings.

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Tuesday, May 17, 2005 5:00 PM

REGINAROADIE

Of the sci-fi titles I have (which surprisingly is not many), the one sci-fi DVD that always gets me is CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND. You see them making contact and it just takes the breath away. And on a little side note, my fave non-alien scene in the movie is when Roy begins to take apart all that he's put together, he takes off a chunk of the mound he's made, he sees that it looks like Devil's Tower, and inspiration strikes. And what makes it more sublime is that in the background on the tv, "Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2 Century" is playing, and Daffy's lines serve a an internal monologue for Roy. And then seeing him tear up the yard and the neighbors yard and the garden and start throwing stuff into the kitchen window is just so damn funny.

One other title I have is 2001: A Space Odyssey. I was lucky enough to see it in the theatre, and it's so much better seeing it on the big screen. Now I just have LAWRENCE OF ARABIA to gosee on the big screen.

As for non-sci-fi transfers, the recent 4 disc GONE WITH THE WIND dvd is one of the most incredible restorations I've ever seen. A 65 year old movie, and it looks like it was shot yesterday. That's how good it was.

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And wow! Hey! What's this thing suddenly coming towards me very fast? Very very fast. So big and flat and round, it needs a big wide sounding name like ... ow ... ound ... round ... ground! That's it! That's a good name - ground! I wonder if it will be friends with me?

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Tuesday, May 17, 2005 5:08 PM

SERGEANTX

I only own three sci-fi movies on DVD, but they all happen to be extremely beautiful movies.

2001: A Space Odyssey, Blade Runner, and The Truman Show

Re-reading the original question - ie specifying a movie that looks great on DVD, I'd have to go with Blade Runner - Director's Cut. The cinematography, the music. The 'human' drama.... Blown away is exactly the right term.

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Wednesday, May 18, 2005 3:46 AM

CHRISISALL

SergeantX, since Blade Runner is my favourite film, I'm a little harsh on the transfer. It was one of the first ten or so titles to be put on dvd back in the nineties, so while it's okay, the new one coming out (any year, now) will show you what you've been missing.
I saw BR in the theatre at least ten times back in '82, and I've never seen a more beautifully photographed movie, maybe Clockwork Orange or Days of Heaven are equals.

On a non-sci-fi note, Die Hard 2 is one of the best transfer jobs I've ever seen. It looks WAY better than a movie like that ever needed to, makes 1 and 3 seem dark and fuzzy lookin' by comparison (and they're darn good transfers themselves).

How can the same thing happen to the same guy twice Chrisisall

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Wednesday, May 18, 2005 3:54 AM

FRAY101

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
Quote:
Originally posted by Opus:
How about this?
Wide screen or full screen?
Virtually everything I own is letterboxed if I can get it.

The theatre experience as a whole cannot be beat. I just meant to target the visual portion (detail, if you will), and Blade Runner needs a new transfer.
I own Fifth Element (superbit), and it is amazing.
And I always pick widescreen except in one instance. I, Robot, a great looking film, but everyone's so small in the widescreen I actually bought the fullscreen! It has a high bit rate, so detail isn't sacrificed.

Tech-geek Chrisisall

Have to agree with your choice of Fifth Element - it's damned shiny! Starship Troopers always impressed me too.

Ooh, and speaking of shiny - was blown away by C3P0's first appearance in Star Wars!

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Wednesday, May 18, 2005 4:02 AM

CHRISISALL

On the Star Trek side of things, The Motion Picture comes very close to blowing me away, it's just a little soft-looking. I understand that they did the best that they could with the source material they had, and it certainly is a great looking dvd,however, it still is my favourite(and best lookin') Trek.

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Wednesday, May 18, 2005 4:07 AM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by fray101:

Ooh, and speaking of shiny - was blown away by C3P0's first appearance in Star Wars!

I was wonderin' when someone would mention SW.
Yeah, they sure did clean them prints up some, didn't they?
And at the end of SW C3PO and R2D2 are so shiny I have to squint!

We're doomed Chrisisall

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Wednesday, May 18, 2005 4:11 AM

BADGERSHAT

Ever since I took a video editing course in college, I can never again purchase a full screen copy of anything.

Depending on the aspect ratio the movie was shot in, you lose up to like 54% of the screen image! Horrifying!!

Basically, it's wide screen or not at all for me.

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Wednesday, May 18, 2005 4:18 AM

EMBERS

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
What are your favourites?

well, I'm trying to avoid collecting huge numbers of DVDs,
so I only have one sci-fi movie on DVD:
Galaxy Quest
(part of my Alan Rickman collection)
but I defend it, it is funny and amazing well done.
It is both a spoof on and an homage to the sci-fi fans.

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Wednesday, May 18, 2005 4:26 AM

CHRISISALL

...And an extremly good lookin' transfer.

Rickman stole that film Chrisisall

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Wednesday, May 18, 2005 4:36 AM

SERGEANTX

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
SergeantX, since Blade Runner is my favourite film, I'm a little harsh on the transfer. It was one of the first ten or so titles to be put on dvd back in the nineties, so while it's okay, the new one coming out (any year, now) will show you what you've been missing....

Can't wait to see it! I suppose part of the problem is that I watch all my DVD's on my aging 17" computer monitor anyway. Perhaps that disqualifies me from this particular thread.

SergeantX

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Wednesday, May 18, 2005 4:47 AM

CHRISISALL

No, no, I'm just sayin' that young'uns in their thirties and earlier didn't get the chance to see Blade Runner in the theatre, so the dvd is the best look at the film y'all ever got!
Just wait 'till you get your hands on a proper dvd, is all.

Salivatin' Chrisisall

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Wednesday, May 18, 2005 5:48 AM

FNORDCHAN

I've got a fair number of lovely films on DVD, SF and otherwise, but if I had to single out just one it would be Criterion's inevitably superlative release of Tarkovsky's Solaris (1972). It looks simply phenomenal and is glorious to behold, albeit a bit slow. But, that's the appeal, really, and no matter how you feel about the rest of the film the brief zero gravity scene is astonishing.

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Wednesday, May 18, 2005 6:09 AM

MYSWORD

The Fifth Element, very shiny

Later Days

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Wednesday, May 18, 2005 6:20 AM

CHRISISALL

How do you compare the original Solaris to the Clooney version? I never saw the original, but I own the new one, and I think it's really good. (looks great, too)

Poe Ruskie Chrisisall

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Wednesday, May 18, 2005 7:29 AM

PLACIDITY

I think mine are as follows:

1. Matrix (original, first, best)
2. LOTR (all three tied)
3. Star Wars: ESB
4. Star Wars: New Hope
5. Star Wars: ROTJ
6. Star Wars: Clone Wars
7. Star Wars: Phantom Menace

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Wednesday, May 18, 2005 7:30 AM

SICKDUDE

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
How do you compare the original Solaris to the Clooney version?

I liked the Clooney remake more, but I thought both of them were bad interpretations of the book. I absolutley love the book, and both seem to miss the point. Namely, the mocking of the sci-fi formula; we go to space, and find ourselves. In Solaris, they find a freakin sentient ocean, and spend a hundred years trying to even get it to notice them. When it finally does, they don't have a clue why it sent the "clones".

Love the book!

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Wednesday, May 18, 2005 8:19 AM

CHRISISALL

So?
Why'd it 'send in the clones'?
hey...that's a line from Judge Dread....

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Wednesday, May 18, 2005 9:02 AM

GINNTONIC

Here's a random one that I like:

Minority Report.

Maybe not beautiful, but great transfer.

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Wednesday, May 18, 2005 9:09 AM

CHANNAIN

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Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
What movie do you have on dvd that simply blows you away every time you pop it in because the transfer is fantastic, and it captures or surpasses the theatrical experience?
Three come to mind for me:
Superman: The Movie
Raiders Of The Lost Arc
Legend: the Directors cut
All three take my breath away every time! Amazing cinematography brought out by outstanding digital technology!

What are your favourites?

Chrisisall, A.S.C.

Anna and the King - the costuming is so rich, the exteriors so grand, I can't stand it.
Hero - I mean who knew that a Chinese martial arts movie could also be an art house film?
Buckaroo Banzai - Although that probably has more to do with the fact that my VHS version had gotten a wee bit raggedy.
Pirates of the Caribbean - Just add popcorn.

The Sony Trinitron TV doesn't hurt either.

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Wednesday, May 18, 2005 9:40 AM

RHYMEPHILE

When I first read the title of the thread I originally thought it meant actual *scenes* within a movie that were beautiful or blew me away. How about things you've seen on screen that were absolutely amazing? Since I don't have an opinion as to transfers, I'll stick with my original thoughts.

I've chosen from more recent films, because as a kid everything wows you

My amazing/beautiful scenes:

1. Seeing Terminator 2 in the theatre, and watching the T-1000 reform himself after getting freeze-dried and blasted by Arnold/T-100. A jaw-dropping bit of computer work that still holds up today. And I cheered at that moment because I thought the movie was over, and was ready to be disappointed that the T-1000 was defeated so easily!

2. The siege on Helm's Deep in Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. Both on the big screen and on the television, the scene where thousands of goblins and uruk-hai attack the castle is still one of the greatest battle scenes ever. Second to that is the Pellenor Fields battle of Return of the King, and third to that is the very first battle in Braveheart, especially the cavalry charge.

3. Seeing Gollum jump on Frodo and wrestle with him in The Two Towers. I couldn't believe how seemless that effect was, and my mind boggled at the complexity of the CG thoughout the film. I wish George Lucas would have looked at that when he made that horrible-looking Jabba the Hutt in Phantom Menace.

4. As for beautiful scenes, I think the scene where the heroes of Joss's film Titan A.E. (well, screenplay, anyway) go through the jellyfish-like creatures is wonderful. The colors in that scene and the way it was rendered made it serene and gorgeous to look at.

5. And for really recent, in Revenge of the Sith

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I think the lightsaber battle between Obi-Wan and General Grievous was cool as hell.

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Wednesday, May 18, 2005 10:20 AM

WEICHI

The most "beautiful" film ever, in my opinion, has to be "Lawrence of Arabia"

If we limit to Sci Fi, and I have to own the DVD, I guess I am stuck with "Brazil" (Criterieon Collection, of course)

I suspect "2001" and "Silent Running" would be good choices as well, but I do not own them.

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Wednesday, May 18, 2005 10:44 AM

CHRISISALL

Passage to India, Days of Heaven, and Hero are other non-sci-fi beautiful films.

Picture perfect Chrisisall

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Wednesday, May 18, 2005 10:47 AM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by Channain:

Pirates of the Caribbean - Just add popcorn.

Yeah, but is it the movie, or Mr. Depp that you find beautiful?

21 jump Chrisisall

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Wednesday, May 18, 2005 11:24 AM

OPUS

The beauty of Bladerunner, (old enough to have seen it in the theater myself) is due in equal parts to Syd Mead's design work and Douglas Trumball's, ( I think ), effects.
The model work, pre-cgi holds up 20+ years later, and the man had a way with working with light.

Opus

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Wednesday, May 18, 2005 11:41 AM

CHRISISALL

Definitly, and don't forget the DP, Jordan Cronenweth (although he probably got a big assist from Scott).

With the details Chrisisall

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Thursday, May 19, 2005 4:07 AM

FNORDCHAN

I'm afraid I can't compare the original Solaris to either the Clooney remake or the novel (which I've had lingering in the back of my epic to-read pile for years and years). I can say that it's relatively fast paced for Tarkovsky, which is to say that it's pretty slow by anyone else's standards. However, this is practically the film's selling point, as the characters have plenty of time to react to Solaris and each other without rushing about hitting plot point, all unfolding within Tarkovsky's gorgeous direction.

If you're a fan of the remake, go give the original a rental and let us know what you think. Meanwhile, I'll look into checking out Clooney's version of the flick; I've been curious about it for a while, but just haven't gotten around to it.

FnordChan

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Thursday, May 19, 2005 7:28 AM

PIZMOBEACH

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Not trying to preach to the choir... but I was amazed at how great the Firefly DVDs look compared to film/superbit/criterion (on a Sony 60" Wega XBR - if you wanna talk specs). Sharpness, detail and color fidelity - excellant - and the 16:9 shooting ratio is also appreciated. I've seen a lot of $big movie transfers that don't look that good.

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Thursday, May 19, 2005 7:40 AM

SEVEREN

The Matrix is great visually, and I have to agree with LOTR, Fifth Element, and Blade Runner. Also, Stargate was and is one of the best DVDs I've owned. It was also one of the first.

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Thursday, May 19, 2005 7:57 AM

TALLGRRL

Sci-Fi: Blade Runner
Fantasy: Lord of the Rings Trilogy

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Thursday, May 19, 2005 7:58 AM

TALLGRRL

Quote:
Originally posted by Tallgrrl:
Sci-Fi: Blade Runner; followed closely by the Matrix Trilogy (no matter what you think, they're beautifully made).
Fantasy: Lord of the Rings Trilogy

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Sorry about the double post.
Haven't eaten breakfast and I'm a little whimsical in the brain pan.

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Thursday, May 19, 2005 8:16 AM

DANFAN

Several movies have been mentioned in this thread that I would have to agree with. But one hasn't been mentioned that just screams for recognition:

The Day the Earth Stood Still
(the new 2004 release)

The restoration of the black and white is breathtaking... digitally enhanced and sharpened, stark contrast where appropriate, delicate shading where necessary. This movie was theatrically released 4 years before I was born, so I can't speak to its theatrical appearance. But I doubt if it ever looked as good in a theater in the 50's as it does on this DVD. Hence, I would say that this movie epitomizes what this thread is about.

Not to mention that it is a nuanced, character-driven story that builds tension with ideas, clever cinematography, and tight dialog rather than gunshots and explosions. And the story line is as appropriate today as it was over a half century ago. By almost any criterion, I'd say "The Day the Earth Stood Still" is one of my favorite movies of all time, in any genre.

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Thursday, May 19, 2005 8:18 AM

HASUFEL

The best DVDs by far are LOTR-EE (I consider the 12 disk set as a single entity). But the most beautiful sci-fi motion picture remains 2001: A Space Odyssey. The problem is that all its beauty and detail can never be fully appreciated on a small screen. I had the priveledge of seeing it in its original release on a huge Cinerama screen, and you can be sure I did so many times. It was like floating in space.

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Thursday, May 19, 2005 8:28 AM

TALLGRRL

Quote:
Originally posted by Hasufel:
The best DVDs by far are LOTR-EE (I consider the 12 disk set as a single entity). But the most beautiful sci-fi motion picture remains 2001: A Space Odyssey. The problem is that all its beauty and detail can never be fully appreciated on a small screen. I had the priveledge of seeing it in its original release on a huge Cinerama screen, and you can be sure I did so many times. It was like floating in space.

Did, by chance, you see it at the Cinerama Dome in L.A.?

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Thursday, May 19, 2005 9:49 AM

the movie is not the Series. Only the facts have been changed, to irritate the innocent; the names of the actors and characters remain the same

Quote:
Originally posted by Tallgrrl:
Quote:
Originally posted by Hasufel:
But the most beautiful sci-fi motion picture remains 2001: A Space Odyssey. The problem is that all its beauty and detail can never be fully appreciated on a small screen. I had the priveledge of seeing it in its original release on a huge Cinerama screen, and you can be sure I did so many times. It was like floating in space.

Did, by chance, you see it at the Cinerama Dome in L.A.?

According to its manager, the Cinerama Dome never had a cinerama screen. What it does have is a deeply dished screen. There are scenes in 2001 in which, from the middle of the front row (about as far from the center of the screen as fifth row in a typical cinema), Discovery subtends an arc of about 150 degrees.

It's like floating in space.

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Thursday, May 19, 2005 10:03 AM

the movie is not the Series. Only the facts have been changed, to irritate the innocent; the names of the actors and characters remain the same

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
What movie do you have on dvd that simply blows you away every time you pop it in because the transfer is fantastic, and it captures or surpasses the theatrical experience?

Absolutely none. And I own a lot of DVDs (including 5th Element - Superbit).

Like Hasufel, I think 2001 is the most beautiful SF film. But I have no interest in it (nor Lawrence of Arabia) on DVD -- it loses too much. I do have Quest for Fire on DVD because, unlike the other two, it doesn't come back to the big screen every couple of years. It's beautiful but, at the cinema, it was breathtaking.

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Thursday, May 19, 2005 11:01 AM

HASUFEL

Quote:
Originally posted by Tallgrrl:
Did, by chance, you see it at the Cinerama Dome in L.A.?

No, I'm an Arizonan. I saw it at the Kachina Cinerama in Scottsdale, AZ, which of course was torn down years ago.

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Thursday, May 19, 2005 12:45 PM

DREAMREAVER

Dark City, Titan AE, The Life Aquatic, Minority Report

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Thursday, May 19, 2005 5:48 PM

TALLGRRL

Quote:
Originally posted by DreamReaver:
Dark City, Titan AE, The Life Aquatic, Minority Report

Yeah, Minority Report is really beautifully filmed. I'm not a Cruise fan, but he really surprised me in this one.

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Friday, May 20, 2005 7:40 AM

FRECKLE

Farscape Peacekeeper Wars

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Friday, May 20, 2005 8:33 AM

DIETCOKE

Only own one DVD and that's....you guessed it, Firefly! And the only other one I will ever own is Serenity. Well maybe Serenity II and III if there are sequels.

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Friday, May 20, 2005 9:50 AM

CHRISISALL

Titan AE is cool! I own it, too.
And for all my moaning on another thread, I got Terminator 2 Extreme edition, and I have to say, it's the most amazing transfer I have ever seen, better than Fifth Element Superbit, and that's sayin' a LOT!

Hasta la vista, baby Chrisisall

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Saturday, May 21, 2005 2:18 AM

ZOIC

In terms of picture quality it is hard to go past Super-Bit.

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Saturday, May 21, 2005 3:54 AM

PENGUINRTR

Gattaca

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Sunday, May 22, 2005 2:55 AM

CLJOHNSTON108

From a purely visual standpoint...

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

Screencaps
http://movies.galaraf.net/FinalFantasy/ffantasy.htm

A Positive Review!
http://www.the-reel-mccoy.com/movies/2001/FinalFantasy.html

For me, the mechanical design work alone is worth the price of the DVD!!

My other faves (cinematography-wise):

The Abyss: Special Edition

Bicentennial Man

Chronicles of Riddick

Contact

Equilibrium

Red Planet

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

The Thirteenth Floor

THX 1138

As for non-Sci-Fi, Steve McQueen's Le Mans (1971) impresses me even MORE than it did when I saw it in theatres at the tender age of 8!
The cinematography is literally spellbinding!!

Rushmore is just an all-around beautiful film!

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