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Shiny, shiny diskies
Nov. 10th, 2004 10:55 pmOne of these days I may make an actual fannish post again. That'd be nice. Not for you guys, necessarily, but it'd be nice to remind myself that I used to have, you know, ideas. I'll need more than four hours of sleep first, though. That'd be nice too. Eh, maybe tomorrow. Anyway...
In non-NYT Lost article news: Paul Dini (yay!) apparently talked a bit about Lost at Wizard World (fie!) over the weekend. The article has a couple of spoilers for tonight's episode, plus a variety of vague and less vague ones for the future (though nothing like "Charlie is eaten by a boar and the Dommettes freak!!!!1!" That'd be too specific, I suppose). But the (non-spoilery) bit that interested me was: The decision to air the show in "Pan and Scan" was the network's decision and the DVDs feature widescreen transfers of the show. One of the original marketing plans was to release the DVD of the two hour pilot some three weeks after it aired. ABC moved on to the concept of just re-airing the show, like NBC and CBS do now, on Saturdays for those viewers who need to catch up. DVD sets are planned with deleted scenes but Disney and Bad Robot have not decided on any release dates yet.
Yay, DVDs! Yay, widescreen! Boo, no release date. But I can wait. I can wait.
Is the season over yet? Are they here yet?
How about now?
The other DVD news that caught my eye was that Disney finally reannounced Wave Two of their Miyazaki releases, now to be released on February 22, 2005 (many, many, many moons late). The release will include two-disc special editions of Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (the real one, not the butchered Warriors of the Wind thing), Porco Rosso and... The Cat Returns. Not My Neighbor Totoro, as was originally announced. Not the one I was mad with anticipation to have. The one I would have bought come hell or high water or (more likely) bankruptcy. The one that's one of my top five fave animated films. I mean, I'm sure The Cat Returns is a fine film, but... I want Totoro! No fair no fair no fair! Oh well, I've heard nothing but good things about Porco Rosso, and Nausicaa is good, despite being only half the manga's story. And the English voice casts look interesting, though the extras seem a bit skimpy for a double-disc release. Two language tracks can't take up that much room. Hopefully, Disney will find something else to put on there. Anyway, ( here's the press release, if you're interested )
Hm. I suppose it would be slothful to spend tomorrow watching Xena and Disney movies. Good thing I've always like sloths, then.
In non-NYT Lost article news: Paul Dini (yay!) apparently talked a bit about Lost at Wizard World (fie!) over the weekend. The article has a couple of spoilers for tonight's episode, plus a variety of vague and less vague ones for the future (though nothing like "Charlie is eaten by a boar and the Dommettes freak!!!!1!" That'd be too specific, I suppose). But the (non-spoilery) bit that interested me was: The decision to air the show in "Pan and Scan" was the network's decision and the DVDs feature widescreen transfers of the show. One of the original marketing plans was to release the DVD of the two hour pilot some three weeks after it aired. ABC moved on to the concept of just re-airing the show, like NBC and CBS do now, on Saturdays for those viewers who need to catch up. DVD sets are planned with deleted scenes but Disney and Bad Robot have not decided on any release dates yet.
Yay, DVDs! Yay, widescreen! Boo, no release date. But I can wait. I can wait.
Is the season over yet? Are they here yet?
How about now?
The other DVD news that caught my eye was that Disney finally reannounced Wave Two of their Miyazaki releases, now to be released on February 22, 2005 (many, many, many moons late). The release will include two-disc special editions of Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (the real one, not the butchered Warriors of the Wind thing), Porco Rosso and... The Cat Returns. Not My Neighbor Totoro, as was originally announced. Not the one I was mad with anticipation to have. The one I would have bought come hell or high water or (more likely) bankruptcy. The one that's one of my top five fave animated films. I mean, I'm sure The Cat Returns is a fine film, but... I want Totoro! No fair no fair no fair! Oh well, I've heard nothing but good things about Porco Rosso, and Nausicaa is good, despite being only half the manga's story. And the English voice casts look interesting, though the extras seem a bit skimpy for a double-disc release. Two language tracks can't take up that much room. Hopefully, Disney will find something else to put on there. Anyway, ( here's the press release, if you're interested )
Hm. I suppose it would be slothful to spend tomorrow watching Xena and Disney movies. Good thing I've always like sloths, then.
