Anybody read books? I do.

Right. Good casting there.

Rich

 

Having just watched 6 of those "Ring-Hobbit" movies, my mind is still spinning when I think how difficult it must have been to make them, what with all the different sized people.

Hobbits are smaller than dwarfs, right?

Rich

 

I watched closely and saw some of the ways they did it. Must be expensive to do.

Rich

 

Huh. Based on the sheer grandeur of the movies, the wonderful casting and the special effects I would have thought they'd be huge moneymakers. I did go to a couple of the Harry Potter movies, but I fell asleep each time.

I'm getting Jurassic World today, I watched it at a movie house and was very disappointed in the PQ. I'm gonna watch it on the new 4K set and see how much better the PQ is at home. My son recently went to see the new Star Wars movie and said the PQ would have really annoyed me.

Rich

 

Well, I got Jurassic World and didn't play it on my 4K set. I used the 1080p plasma to view it. And I gotta say, WoW!, what a difference that made! I actually enjoyed it, which I simply couldn't do when I went to the theater to see it. The PQ in the theater was terrible and superb on my plasma.

So, I have to ask: What happened? I don't remember the PQ of movies being so poor in theaters. I used to go to the movies in NYC, usually to Radio City (way back when you got the show and a movie) and they were always clear. The Jurassic World theater version was so bad I couldn't concentrate on the story line, just kept wondering why the PQ was so bad. The BD version was crystal clear and it turned out to be a pretty good movie.

Rich

 

Does anyone have any interest in Alternate History books? I just picked up Harry Turtledove's newest tome, Bombs Away and so far it's pretty good. It takes place during the Korean war and the US and Russia are throwing nukes at each other. I won't say anymore about it, so far it's very interesting.

I've read a lot of AH books and if anyone's interested in that genre, I'd be happy to add that to the discussion.

Rich

 

Yup, sounds like Alternate History or parallel universes, both are about the same, I think.

Rich

 

We watched Martian last night, my son bought it on iTunes and we watched it on the Apple TV using the Panny plasma. Really surprised at how they toned down the book. I couldn't get thru the book, every other page was about another disaster and it was annoying, I thought at the time. Really enjoyed the movie, tho. I'll have to give the book another try...someday.

Rich