Good luck with the job hunt out there sir.  My advice, start looking at Craigslist etc, before you land.  Even better, get a few meetings set up before you get there; most studios don't like, or even accept walk ins, I've tried.

Finally got around to seeing Big Lebowski.  Liked it well enough, but it is high time to DIF the Coen Bros.  I can see the talent, but I feel like I'm missing the point somewhere.

Haven't experienced this myself.  Using Rockmelt (Chromium).

Pretty much all of these are available in the "Books" section of the store. 

Just sayin'.

Oh, good.  'Cause there's plenty of planets wouldn't let you dock without a decent...ambassador on board.  Now, we get a mechanic, get her up and running, hire a good pilot maybe a cook; live like real people.  Small crew, them that feel the need to be free, take jobs as they come, ain't never have to be under the heal of nobody again.  I already know what I'm gonna call 'er; got a name all picked out.

Now, about the money; anybody know someone willing to fence a priceless artifact?

So I got a little something in the mail today...

Come to think of it, I think that's how their labeled on Tron, as closed captions.  Might be why they got overlooked, but I kind of figured that sort of thing was understood by now. *shrug

Glad you like sir, you're quite welcome.  I haven't listened to the director commentary in quite a while, but from what I remember it is pretty interesting stuff.  All that stuff Eddie mentioned about having to bolt the camera to the floor so it wouldn't move, wild; if only they'd had Boujou.  Amazing how far we've come.

Ya know what?  In all the time leading up to this release, and not once during the (cough, 15 hours of so, cough) time I was doing the enhancement, did I remember why I happen to have a copy of Tron to begin with.  It occurred to me after I sent Teague the file, that I bought Tron about three years ago when they were going to do it on Geekza.  That's a long time to wait.  That copy by the way, survived the culling of my massive DVD collection prior to my move to LA, not so much because I love Tron and just had to own my own copy, but I think because I knew someday this day would come, and it would finally get the commentary it deserved.  Thanks guys, it was all worth it.

This from the guy who read Moby Dick on his iPhone.  You know Amazon makes a Kindle for Mac app right?

Actually, I might just read it that way myself.  Link to Amazon for anyone interested.

I've been meaning to do a LOTR marathon for some time, so count me in for the live show (should probably start pimping it a few weeks out so folks know which day to set aside).

This is kind of off topic, but Trey brought something up that's stuck with me; the bit about how "better quality doesn't change our bottom line."  I can't help but wonder if that's what's been happening with the studio system in, say, the last decade or so.  The difference is the studios do have the money and time for all the flashy fx, and don't seem to care as much about telling good stories. 

I'll site Alien 3 as an example here.  They knew they wanted to keep the franchise going, and went through no less than three different scripts (and several directors), and ultimately the movie we got bears little resemblance to what the guy who got the credit wrote.  People went to see it (including myself) because it was just "Hey, another Alien movie!"  The industry has literally become a Field of Dreams; if we make it, they will come.

Don't get me wrong, there are still plenty of talented people out there, and as we've explored on the show, plenty of good movies being made.  But we've also had many examples of films that could have been so much better with just a bit more effort.  I'm not sure where the blame lies here, either with the business like machine of the studios, or the public who keep paying to see movies with little regard for quality; I suspect it's a bit of both.

Until the public becomes more discernible, I'll have to content myself with the fact that the system does produce something worthwhile occasionally, and that there are groups like this out there that do care.  I'm good with that.