GK photo wrote:
okay, i wanted (mistakenly) to see what all the hype was about, i put my redbox rental into my bluray player, and wouldn't you know, it only decoded the audio in 2.0 stereo. the disc wasn't that dirty (and i cleaned it), and had no scratches, so i'll assume a factory glitch.

it doesn't matter. i tried about five minutes of it, and i would have bailed anyway, even if it was in 7.1. i need to stick to things i know (or at least can assume) that i'll like.

Only problem with sticking only to what you know is you will occasionally miss something new that you might really enjoy.

You just have to accept the fact that you WILL see some real bombs. Hopefully the ratio of new good stuff will balance out the bombs

I try a lot of new music, and new genres of movies... and, to be honest, I give a lot of them a pass, and move on to something else. But, every once in a while I find something new that I really enjoy.

GK photo wrote:
okay, i wanted (mistakenly) to see what all the hype was about, i put my redbox rental into my bluray player, and wouldn't you know, it only decoded the audio in 2.0 stereo. the disc wasn't that dirty (and i cleaned it), and had no scratches, so i'll assume a factory glitch.

it doesn't matter. i tried about five minutes of it, and i would have bailed anyway, even if it was in 7.1. i need to stick to things i know (or at least can assume) that i'll like.

Yeah, I didn't experience the thrill either. I stayed with it longer than five minutes, but not much. Apparently, what I look for in a movie, its fans don't, and what they get thrills from leaves me cold. Ah, well. Different tastes. Next.

Right Poes wrote:
BAH! I loved that movie!
But then wasn't expecting Shakespeare,

shakespeare? i would have been okay with george miller. as in, what he used to make. i loved the first mad max. even the badly overdubbed american release. this showed no potential. but more of a bummer was the defective disc.

edit: i just did a live chat with rb's tech support, and they're going to take the disc out of circulation. all's well...

Right Poes wrote:
BAH! I loved that movie!
But then wasn't expecting Shakespeare,

GK photo wrote:
shakespeare? i would have been okay with george miller. as in, what he used to make. i loved the first mad max. even the badly overdubbed american release. this showed no potential. but more of a bummer was the defective disc.

Oh, I wasn't expecting Shakespeare either. Just identifiable characters and a cogent storyline. I didn't find either of that. Maybe others did. Good for them.