The Karate Kid is in Da Hood!

I got this trailer randomly while searching for Movie times at Fandango:

I do love that they put in Fort Minor!!!

Weirdly enough this movie actually looks entertaining!

That being said, I do have something to say on the idea of Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan. Though realizing that this while inevitably be a kids movie (which it so rightly should) I feel that because I've grown up so much that this remake wont appeal to me like the original one did.

Not to mention that not everyone is from the Bronx so we wont understand the whole racial issue thing that will most likely be involved (but than again I'm just speculating).

I guess me point is what I mentioned above, that this movie does look entertaining, it doesn't look like it would interest someone of my age group.

DVD Vs. BluRay!!

Before I start I just want to say that this isn't a arms race between Blu-Ray's and DVD's. Obviously Blu-Rays are better I'm merely stating that they need to really think about what they are doing before they come out with something.

I mean DVD's have only been around since 95, why the sudden change in products!? It's took VHS 25 years to get the product out.

Ever since the DVD has been around it's been talked as being a huge step in our home entertainment! Same was said for the Blu-Ray Disc.

And in that regard I agree.

But when they talk about Hi-Def I get confused. I personally don't have a Hi-Def Plasma TV, my TV is Standard Definition (meaning it's almost Hi-Def) but when I want to watch something on Blu-Ray I go to my dads house (he's got a 62" Plasma TV). And I noticed something a while ago...

The difference is almost completely unnoticeable. And Actually while watching a Blu-Ray on my dad's TV I could see some places where the pixels weren't fitting correctly to the screen (if that makes any sense...)

I found this list of Pro's and Con's of various websites such as Helium, Yahoo Answers,

Blu-Ray

Pros:

-high storage capacity of 25 Gb per layer.

Having more storage capability means that more data can be stored per disc. For movie watchers, this means that the image and audio quality can potentially be better than other formats such as DVD (which can only store 4.7Gb per layer). More content (such as trailers, interviews, behind the scene clips) can also be squeezed into the standard disc. For gamers, it means basically the same thing, more space equals less compression, which means better graphics and sound. Bonus materials such as more levels, weapons, etc.

-supported by big name retailers such as Blockbuster Video and Target Corporation.

Blockbuster Video, one of the largest video rental store is set to carry Blu-Ray movies in 1450 other stores, while Target Corporation, one of USA's top retailer, announced that it will expand its Blu-ray disc inventory as well as exclusively carry Blu-ray stand alone players through the holiday season. It currently does not carry any other high definition DVD Players other than Xbox 360's HD DVD addon. This means that the availability of Blu-ray products will be more widespread as compared to its competitor such as HD DVD.

- Ownership

Unlike downloads -- or cable's Video on Demand service -- Blu-ray enables you to own your movie. Like the standard-def DVD, you can start collecting a library of Blu-ray films that can be watched over and over.

Cons:

- Blu-ray players generally more expensive than its competitors.

- Hi-def media requires hi-def ready television sets.

If your television set is not hi-def ready, the difference in quality between Blu-ray and normal DVD would not be that apparent.

- Region Coded + DRM enabled.

In an attempt to stop/deter piracy, Blu-ray employed both region coding as well as DRM (digital rights management). Region coding makes it such that movies bought from a region A (eg. USA) cannot be played on a player that is bought in region B (eg. Europe). DRM is used to only allow the disc to be played if certain conditions (such as whether the player has been tampered with, whether the disc being played has the correct ID, etc) were met. It usually would not pose any problem unless you want to make a copy of the protected disc.

- Data stored very close (about 0.1mm) to surface of disc.

Data in the Blu-Ray Disc is stored very close to the surface of the disc (0.1mm) as compared to DVDs and HD DVDs (0.6mm). Scratches of more than 0.1mm will possibly damage all data stored under the scratch marks. However, various companies have came up with their own method of hard-coating the surface to make it scratch proof. TDK's Durabis technology is one such method and claims to be able to withstand steel wool scrubbing.

- Downloads

While this site believes digital downloads are years away from becoming a convenient way to watch movies at home, some analysts disagree. They say companies such as NetFlix, Microsoft and TiVo will soon enable viewers to watch a new video release without having to leave the house -- and waiting long periods of time for the video to download. If true, the Blu-ray business could sputter and eventually die away.

It just bugs me that they are trying to force us to spend more money by buying more expensive TV's, more expensive Videos, And more expensive Video Players. Some of us aren't shitting out money.

Thank God For Delays!!!!

Now as most of who ever stumbles upon this blog (I like poking funny at the fact that only one or two people read this thing, but only if I continuously bug them to XD) know.

I LOVE Video Games!!!

And the one Game that has stuck in my heart (other than Halo) is Splinter Cell. This game has been around since the Original Xbox (I remember I got it back in '02). After that faithful day every time a new Splinter Cell Game came out I immediately went out and bought one (or "Borrowed" it from a friend).

When the news came down the pipe that they were going to make another Splinter Cell I jumped out of chair, after coming back from the Hospital, I rejoiced.

Seeing that it still had The "Tom Clancy" Name on it I knew that it wouldn't disappoint.

With the news that Splinter Cell: Conviction was being delayed at in 2007, At first I was really saddened, but seeing stills and somewhat vague reviews on the progress of the game and it's multiplayer, I can't help but jump for joy about the delay news.

Weirdly enough I just now found out that it was delayed in '07. Thanks to the very helpfully Wikipedia (though there info tends to be wrong a lot of the time, since it's written by people, and people tend to spin bullshit and pretend to know what they are talking about when, in reality, don't know anything).



Though at the beginning of every delay, it has this effect that makes you sad that you won't be able to play it from a few more months. This Delay gave the guys over at Ubisoft Montreal more and more time to get this game right! They rebuilt the fighting mechanics to make a more violent Sam Fisher. They upgraded the graphics to finally make a true NexGen Game. They took what they learned (or were learning) from Assassin's Creed 2, and fitting it into the world of Splinter Cell. To explain this I'll have to show you...

Watching this I very nearly Crapped my pants (I would have said the other thing but that would have come out as a little to vulgar even for me).

While This game looks amazing, I'm a little confused at the fact that Assassin's Creed 2 was made by the same guys, so why are the graphics so astoundingly different? Don't get me wrong the game has some amazing Gameplay graphics and Gameplay mechanics, I have to cringe every time I watch a scene within the game that has HORRIBLE motion (what That means is that whilst playing the game some of the characters movements were poorly animated, they twitched and moved in ways humans don't normally move)

And I could have sworn I saw a part in the "cinematics" where I saw through someone!!! I Thought they got rid of that!!!!!

Anyways, here's the trailer they showed during E3, Enjoy!!!