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I would sooner go for Farmer Giles of Ham than this made-up nonsense not written by Tolkien. At least that story had Chrysophylax, a dragon, and a hero named Ægidus Ahenobarbus Julius Agricola de Hammo. And also a sword called Caudimordax that cannot be sheathed if a dragon is within five miles.

Ah, yes, the Franklin Mint... remember their Civil War Chess Set? They could make the Slip Cover Chess Set! Steel vs. Slip.

The Morgan Dollar remark sent me further than expected. I actually have one from 1881. When I get this release, I’ll be able to judge for myself how the slipcover compares. Does getting something from Amazon qualify as “circulated” condition, given the risk of shipping damage? Can we get “proof...

Imagine the Kent's neighbors: "Golly, there goes Jonathan Kent makin' a racket out back again. What the heck is he doin' with that pitchfork and that blanket?! Wha—is he putting dynamite under the clothesline?!"

He's got nice, grippy soles on them boots too, so he doesn't slip and fall.

Good job reassuring us all that this Disney film is, in fact, going to have naughty fucking language. Not so good a job reassuring us it will actually be quality entertainment. We'll see.

Well, there's nothing for it but to cast Helen Mirren as a glamorous, fierce, highly-controlling CEO of a sex robot corporation that gets unexpectedly conquered by the M3GAN AI, causing sex bots everywhere to awaken... awkwardly. When the uprising hits the headquarters, we see Helen take a fatal...

I just checked in to see how one of my favorite HTF threads is doing (the other one being The Abyss). After reading a thoughtful exploration of the legal morality raised by the recent ALIENS Blu-Ray transfer—as compared and contrasted to taking a dump on some geese sculptures—I can assert being...

Spider-Jesus? That could certainly be a different interpretation. "Don't let your spidey senses tingle with worry. You trust in your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man; trust also in me."

An a Dwan, an a too, an a twee, an a for...

Thinking the next reveal will be "U". Gotta drag this out, right?

Ah, yes... the infamous "Get the cheese to sickbay!" episode. I may have actually stopped watching Voyager after one, can't quite remember. I did check in sporadically over its run but not much improved, so I sat out almost the entire show until I got the DVD box set... and suffered my way...

This gives me a great idea… what if I got my girlfriend a “standard edition” engagement ring? You know, without all the superfluous “extras” like diamonds and gold. She’ll love it! “Crom!”

You cited some excellent counter examples that exemplify stories involving actual drama and stakes, "Khan" in particular because Nimoy's future involvement in Trek was assumed to be nil. When viewed in 1982, this movie stunned because it personally affected Kirk, his crew, and the audience...

Yes... because it tends to go with an over-reliance on "artificial excitement," as David Gerrold put it in "The World of Star Trek." To wit: it's far easier to show "exciting" things happening when nothing of import is actually happening, or personally involves anyone—except superficially. Lots...

I could rant, but this show really lost me when they installed flame-shooters on the bridge of the NCC-1031-A. Sparks still fly and "rocks" still ricochet everywhere when consoles made of programmable matter explode. You'd think after 930 years, someone would invent the fuse box.

Ah, yes... Color Purple II: Lost Caverns.

All these comments and we haven't addressed the slipcover rating being only 4.

Looks like the thread title may need to be Best Buy to Exit Physical Media Business in 2024.

I wanted to see what one of Ripley's pores would look like if we had a 100000K Blu-ray. I was not disappointed by the stunning clarity of the resulting image harvest taken from original 35mm elements and not tampered with in any way. And now I'm mad at the current 4K release! I mean, the ALIENS...

Stickers are stupid, but then there's Goo Gone! Love that stuff. I'm not a marketing genius. Does the absence or presence of a sticker extolling the virtue of, say, the long-awaited 4K UHD Blu-ray of The Abyss sway my decision to keep my pantyhose on and snap it up? Do these stickers work on...

I started picturing the man who directed Pirahna II: The Spawning breaking out in a cold flop sweat while poring over all these spirited HTF posts. Wishing at times he had turned the knob a bit less clockwise. "Oh, no! I hope I haven't ruined the drool! Do they hate it now? Should there even be...

I still have a tough time accepting ALIEN CUBED. The F was up with that ³ anyway?! Poor David Fincher. I thought Resurrection was pretty bad on the whole, but there were some good bits in there. For the most part, I enjoyed the cast—even though the rest of it crashed and burned (literally). I...

Ergo, any sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from technology!

I braced myself and gave the new disc a spin last night. All I can say is WOW! This thing looks fantastic—certainly better than a non-anamorphic DVD that wore out its welcome too many years ago. This is supposed to be a happy occasion! Let's not bicker and argue about who killed who...

Why are they putting seatbelts in theatres this summer? To keep the audience from leaving!

Amazon: Sh-sh-sh-shipped!