Mayhew, which DVD do you have? To my knowledge Fincher has never done a DVD commentary, but I'd certainly like to hear that.

In other news, I can't seem to find Elliot Goldenthal's score anywhere online (at least not, ya know, legit).  Not on Amazon or iTunes; real shame, great score.

Also I came across some details regarding the (eventual) Blu-ray release box set of the four films.

And hopefully it's good news, but Ridley Scott says his next two (that's right TWO) projects will be Alien prequels. Here, and here (care of www.collider.com).

Oh yeah, and they'll be in 3D...

I'd suggest using the Twitter / Facebook option for sign in to cut down on chat spammers.

And so everyone knows who everyone else is.

Copies of the Blu-ray/DVD of Avatar can be obtained here, as well as the standalone DVD.

Pick up Alien 3 on DVD as well as the soundtrack by Elliot Goldenthal at the Down in Front store

Alien 3 on IMDB.

Alien 3 20th Century Fox logo fanfare

Construx!

Van Ling was hired by James Cameron, after building his own working copy of the power loader from Aliens

H.R. Giger's concept art for Alien 3

RIP Dan O'Bannon, thanks for giving the world Alien

September 30, 1946 – December 17, 2009

Walter Hill, along with David Giler and Gordon Carroll form Brandywine Productions

The Double-Y Chromosome stereotype, debunked since 1968

Richard Edlund, and Boss Film Studios

Fincher started out at Propaganda Films, which also produced such names as Michael Bay, Michel Gondry, and Alex Proyas

Fincher's music videos, and commercials

A breakdown of Fincher's music video for Nine Inch Nail's Only, with work by Digital Domain who most recently worked on Fincher's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Express Yourself

Alien 3 teaser trailer

Steve Perry's three part series Earth Hive, Nightmare Asylum and The Female War present and alternate continuation from Aliens; just swap the names Wilks for Hicks, and Billie for Newt

Perry also penned a three part Aliens vs. Predator series Prey, Hunter's Planet, and War

*I heartily endorse these novels, and if you can find them, the Dark Horse graphic novels on which they are based.  Both do an excellent job of fleshing out the Aliens and Predator universe.  Perry's work on the Predator universe is especially impressive, going so far as to invent terminology for the Predator culture and technology.

Joss Whedon's Alien Resurrection script
*Alt-F, search for Morse

Hitchcock cameos

At least 10 main characters are killed off in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

The Sulaco

Care of Bob Burns

Predators trailer, and website

Adaptations of The Most Dangerous Game

The unused Queen facehugger

Star Wars Infinities is what I was thinking of

Shadows of the Empire

Anamorphic lenses produce flattened bokeh

Several of William Goldman's books are available at the store

Perfect Movie

Alien 3 theatrical trailer

Studio 60

Vincent Ward was hired based on his work on The Navigator, and would later direct What Dreams May Come

The Glossary!

Non-sequitur

David Mamet

Łódź, Poland

Outliers, by Malcom Gladwell, available at the store

Asperger syndrome

Tyler Perry

Laser Cats!

Save the cat

Saint Crispin's Day speech, originally from Shakespeare's Henry V
*Taken from Renaissance Man

Tom Woodruff Jr and Alec Gillis formed Amalgamated Dynamics after Aliens

Laine Liska

Silicon Graphics

Now go listen to the Se7en commentary

Yes it's the theatrical, and technically since Fincher didn't have anything to do with the it, the extended edition is refereed to as the "Assembly Cut."

Personally I prefer the longer (41 minutes) cut, but as we so often say, your mileage may vary.  If you haven't seen it I highly endorse it, but be forewarned, it was cut together with mostly raw footage, on-set audio, and temp effects. 

Here's a link to it on Amazon.

*Googles "Tauren Hunter," not wanting to be terribly uncool.*

Twig: You should read the book.  I brought my copy with me over there and read it so much it fell apart.

I forgot about this in the show, but for a better idea of my deployment, track down a copy of Gunner Palace (I've linked to it in the store).  It's a documentary of a sister unit of mine (2/3 FA) shot about the same time I was there.

The thing about our deployment was that we didn't do a lot of Field Artillery stuff.  Some guys got to fire rounds, but for the most part we were assigned to security and patrol type duties, duties more in line with what you might ask an MP (Military Police) unit to do.  The early days of the war were a lot like that, units getting re-tasked to fill a role they hadn't trained for.  Hopefully that's changed by now, but it wouldn't surprise me if it hasn't.

I'd like to dedicate this episode to the fallen members of my unit from 4th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Baumholder, Germany.

Staff Sgt. Kevin C. Kimmerly
Spc. Christopher J. Holland
Staff Sgt. Esau G. Patterson Jr.
Staff Sgt. Jeffrey F. Dayton
Sgt. Ryan M. Campbell
Spc. James L. Beckstrand
Spc. Justin B. Schmidt
Pfc. Ryan E. Reed
Pfc. Norman Darling
Pfc. Jeremy Ricardo Ewing

Now...

Need a copy? Pick up the DVD or Blu-Ray at the Down in Front Store

The Hurt Locker on IMDB

Quotes from writer Mark Boal's Playboy article The Man in the Bomb Suit

The opening quote is from War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning, by Chris Hedges, an excerpt of which can be found here

My job, Cannon Crewmember

Eddie's job, Ammunition Specialist

1st Armored Division

Army Enlisted Rank Structure

Footprint in the snow

155mm HE

Sabot round

As you know...

Stacking

M-4

M-9

Deuce and a half

PLS

ACU, DCU, "Chocolate-Chips"

Micheal Totten

Blackwater

29 Palms

Browning M-2

Barrett M-82

Camelbacks have largely replaced canteens for carrying water

The LXD on TED

Ft. Sill

Show notes for Titanic.  Our hearts will go on and on.

Get Titanic at the Down in Front Store!

RMS Titanic

Starship Troopers on DVD, or Blu-ray.

Digital Domain: The Leading Edge of Visual Effects on Amazon.com

James Cameron at TED: Before Avatar ... a curious boy

Titanic’s final resting spot, 2.5 miles down

Shots where you see both submersibles are models shot dry for wet

Ghosts of the Abyss on Amazon.com

Aliens of the Deep on Amazon.com

Akademik Mstislav Keldysh

Gloria Stuart

John Jacob Astor IV

Set up / Pay off

William Goldman – Which Lie Did I Tell? , Adventures in the Screen Trade , The Big Picture: Who Killed Hollywood? and Other Essays
Teague: Big Picture has his Titanic essay in it along with the What's wrong with Private Ryan essay, and other delights

David Warner

Irony

Blake Snyder – SaveThe Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need

Save the cat moment

Jeanette Goldstein

Van Ling

Banned from the Ranch

Pablo Picasso paintings

Edgar Degas paintings

Margaret “Molly The Unsinkable” Brown

From Trey:  My glitch for this mission was that I incorrectly identified [the actor portraying Captain Edward James "E.J." Smith] as the late Edward Woodward, when the role was actually played by the still very alive Bernard Hill.    The Times regrets the error.

Ugnaught

Morlock

Stock Footage

Cameron’s Oscar speech

Hanging a lantern

The Polar Bear Club

Russell Carpenter

Bernard Fox

Follow Down in Front on Twitter!

Billy Zane

Robert Ballard

J. Bruce Ismay

Jonathan Phillips portrays 2nd officer Charles Lightoller, the most senior surviving officer

I’m On A Boat

Caviar

Fugu fish

The band at the third class party is Gaelic Storm

Titanic on Box Office Mojo

Box Office Mojo All Time Box Office Domestic Grosses Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation

Stanford Prison Experiment

Nearer, My God, to Thee

Photo of boy with top on the Titanic

Anachronism (since we keep using the word)

Kate Winslet, enjoy!

Children from Hell

TED Talks: Lewis Pugh swims the North Pole

Glycerin

Pink Five

Patton Oswalt – Sky Cake, off of My Weakness is Strong

The commentary picks up disc / tape 2 at 1:54:41

CQD

The Law of Unintended Consequences

Montezuma's Revenge

Ioan Gruffudd portrays 5th Officer Harold Lowe

Godwin's law

Muse –  Uprising, from The Resistance

Titanic’s band

Ewan Stewart portrays 1st Officer William Murdock

The real J. Dawson

Suction or aeration?

Focus puller

Translight

Liam Tuohy portrays Chief Baker Charles Joughin

Trapcode Particular

Day for night

ND (neutral density) filter

Rods & Cones

Come Josephine In My Flying Machine

Exploitation film

The stock market crash of 1929

Titanic Sound track, Music by James Horner

Very interesting; is this the right painting?