This is amazing, and an amazing amount of work to film and composite this all. Basically, three guys wanted to recreate a landing scene, but it was literally the three of them. So they filmed themselves, the props, effects, etc. all by themselves and then did a bunch of compositing to come up with a pretty cool scene. “Saving Private Ryan” eat your heart out.

Same footage from “Downfall” that was used for the Xbox Live hilarious clip is utilized here for the HD-DVD Downfall. Pretty funny.

Kind of like reliving history, HD-DVD and Blu-Ray are competing for the same customers, with the same goals – to watch movies in high definition, much like the early 80’s war between Beta and VHS. Granted, that format war was for a much lower resolution and a completely analog format, but other than that, it’s pretty similar. Once again, in the end, it’s all about companies trying to make a buck, and the only one who loses out during the war is the consumer.

Just prior to CES, Warner Brothers, who had been the only big studio producing movies in both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray, pledged their allegiance to the Blu-Ray camp, meaning a big loss for the HD-DVD camp. Apple recently has been rumored to start supporting the Blu-ray disc format as well. I just read too that Paramount may be ready to jump ship as well, leaving only Universal on the HD-DVD format.

Awhile back, I was really considering getting the HD-DVD addon for the Xbox 360, especially after a price drop. But after reading a couple reviews, the Xbox 360 allegedly sucks for playback of DVDs, standard and high def. It seems to do fine streaming MP4 movies from my Mac, but from everything I read, no so much on the actual disc playback. As loud as the 360 is, it’s not the optimal home theater piece anyway.

Regardless, I’m glad I didn’t jump on the HD deal, and it’ll probably still be awhile till we jump on the Blu-Ray. The longer we wait, the cheaper the prices will be and the more features the players will have. But, it’s really feeling like HD DVD is going to be the loser in this current format war, especially if it really does end up being only Universal supporting HD DVD.

Yeah, when I saw this trailer, I wasn’t sure if it was part of the Transformers movie, or a trailer. Guess it was a trailer:

Mysterious “Transformers” Trailer Leaked

Here’s a Burbank, California 7-11 setup to look like a Springfield Kwik-E-Mart:

7-11 Setup as a Simpsons Kwik-E-Mart

hehe You should recognize most of the actors on this list. There are a lot on there that I recognize, but didn’t know the name. But, there are several that I actually did know the actor’s names (Dannt Trejo, William Fitchner, James Cromwell and Lane Smith)

The 20 Best “That Guys” of All Time

I love this type of thing. I have a lot of useless info upstairs, and a lot of it is only good for stuff like this. Film and music are my specialties. I always wished I could have gotten on Rock N Roll Jeopardy. hehe But anyway, See how many of these movies you can get. They’re all done with office supplies. I was able to get 18/20:

Film Scenes With Office Supplies

So Amanda and I rented and watched two movies this weekend, both of which I recommend. The first was Lucky Number Sleven - Good film, but lot of violence and a huge body count.

The second was Thank You For Smoking. We had no idea what to expect, but really enjoyed it. It’s nice to see Katie Holmes picking another nice script. She’s had the tendancy to pick a lot of shitty films. The only other good film she has been in was Go.