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  I'm sorry but I can't help lol at Simon Pegg in this one: http://blog.ugo.com/images/uploads/new-trekkie... : gakera
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    Holy crap, Karl Urban :D : woddemandred
    • Wait...Urban is McCoy? I can see Simon Pegg as Scotty, but this? : ErikTehRed
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    Hey it's the gay Asian guy from mythbusters. : Jimbo Ro
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      They all look alike!! : soggybagel
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        gays? : Jimbo Ro
        • helmsmen : whereiwannab
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  You're not just finding this out now, right? : whistler
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    not about the movie no, but it's the first I saw of these pics : gakera
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      Oh yeah, I think the pics are new. I'm not sure what to think of this movie. It looks like Star Trek: K... : whistler
      • Star Trek: Bratz! : gakera
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        It does have an odd look about it, too much high saturation color I think. : locater16
        • Maybe that's it ... it just looks wrong to me. Looks like a set. : Damodred
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  This is going to bomb so fucking bad. They look like the freaking power rangers, man. : IndigoAK
  • Where as Star Trek costumes prior to this movie where shining examples of dignifying clothing??? : soggybagel
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    they look like star trek uniforms to me? I mean they have always looked kind of retarded : mikecyb
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      It's not just the uniforms. It just the entire look and feel of the movie - the shiny bridge, the colore... : IndigoAK
      • have you ever even seen the original star trek? it's like the campiest thing ever. it's not TNG. : mikecyb
  • No velour until you graduate, Tiberius! : A Sponge
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  guy playing kirk looks retarded. : losder5000
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    also, I hate eric bana. : losder5000
    • Go rent Chopper. It's not a horror film, although parts of it are horrific - not horrible. : cerealSAM2
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  Simon Pegg rules : Richese
  • I want to be like him when I grow up to his age in 13 years from this day, the ides of October. : Sailor of Fortune
• I would like to calmly point out that I hate sylar and the actor who portrays him. He is going to ruin s : cerealSAM2
• whats with the guy in black's lips? Its like he's got angelina jolie lips, which are already gross and lo... : not work safe
• I have no clue who is playing who. Wheres the fat guy or the dude with the big ears : bozer
• That looks loltastic : jonin
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  they look too young... : marmite
  • they are supposed to be young, it's like about their first stint together or something : das_runt
• what happened to sylar hahahaha... oh man : Plapper
• i wonder what sort of magical secrets are hiding in those eyebrows : pukerat
• lol standing nipple to nipple.. : deathofrats
• I wonder if they'll try to spin a TV series out of this. All of those actors look like TV stars minus Eri... : Ellissd
• Kal Penn should just show up in the back ground somewhere in that movie : Dschinghis Khan
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  The bridge looks way out of place in the original series universe: http://moviesblog.mtv.com/wp-content/... : guido anchovy
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    They can't exactly make it look like this though: http://users.bigpond.net.au/dax/constitution_bridge.jpg : Vantage
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      No, but they can make it look more "Enterprise"-like (the TV show) or like the original movies (http://st... : guido anchovy
      • Bad link on my part: http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/gallery/artoftrek/ea-bridge-st6.jpg (drag and dr... : guido anchovy
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    at least the skirts are still there. Sidenote: I watched "Encounter at Farpoint" the other day, and, I... : DonkeyPopsicle
    • o_O : das_runt
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  Sylar is PERFECT for young Spock. Just amazing. : Vantage
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    I agree http://www.firstshowing.net/img2/startrek-EWcover-FL-Oct-02.jpg Spock badassery + Sylar's c... : ConfusedUs
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      That scene is actually of Spock taking Kirk's superpowers. : nurglich
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        What? his superpower of getting low prices on travel and hotels! haha : Shadowdane
        • What the fuck are you saying? Kirk had superpowers. He could talk the panties off alien chicks from ten p... : ConfusedUs
    • Yeah, that's pretty much perfect. : Ride-My-Rocket
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  For some reason I thought this was going to take place before Kirk got Enterprise. : trove
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    Pretty sure it is. The guy in blue is supposed to be Captain Pike, the first captain of the Enterprise. ... : HojuSimpson
    • Guy in Blue is McCoy. : Jonathan
    • Ah. IMDB does has a Pike character listed. : trove
    • this guy is Pike: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0339304/ : das_runt
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  This movie looks like its going to bomb, but I also hope that Im wrong : cap n KRUNCH
  • The cast looks great, but I'm not cheered by the picture of the villian. Still, I'll probably see it on ... : Enkidu
• I think the bridge looks great because just as I liked the old batmobile I also like the new ones. : Jonathan
• Harold really looks out of place. : Edges
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  miniskirts and go-go boots should be required for everything. : steelsamurai
  • and green body paint. : beastrabban
  • a thousand times YES : Jiven
  • signed : das_runt
• also, i just noticed from imdb that Winona Ryder is in this... : das_runt
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  Hahaha, they have Kirk's captain's-chair posture down exactly. : eldersveld
  • Shields up, Fireeee........... : gmd
  • I hope they keep the "shatner pause" for the new kirk's dialog. : Prozium
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    I sit in chairs like this to honor Kirk. : Omaha
    • Well its the least we can do... : virus
• i think it's a dumb idea, but i applaud the skirt-length. : skryte
• Damn, Sylar is awesome as Spock. Wow. : virus
• Kirk looks like the guy from the fast and the furious =\ aka a douchebag : Jiven
• What is the black uniform??? : Longinus00
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  Chris Pine is a god damn pretty boy faggot needs to go back to Tommy Hillfiger catalogues. : SpaecKow
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    JJ Abrams = JJ Gaybrams. : SpaecKow
    • i think you mean Gay Gay Gaybrams : lja83
• Well, that looks fucking horrible : ColoradoCNC
• looks like a new tv series on WB : deviantpaul

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  i still can't believe they're going through with this. what the flaming mother fucker. also. WTF is wi : erotic sock
  • its the inq, they poke fun at everyone : filthysock
• filthysock it is time for you to shine and take over the govt : Dave-A
• this must be stoped. : spaceless
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  does not compute.. when did oz become conservative? don't you guys show random titties on prime time TV ... : beastrabban
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    People, no. Politics, yes. The last PM (for over 10 years) was very conservative, and the current one is ... : filthysock
    • well fuck that, time for a revolution. : beastrabban
    • Filthy is hyperventilating here, Rudd is left of most Howard positions. However, he has adopted THINK OF ... : SpaecKow
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  what exactly construes "Illegal material"? : Fyunch Click
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    torrent tracker/search sites for one : filthysock
    • so...anything remotely "fun" or "useful" like linux .iso's. : Fyunch Click
• You better fucking watch it, pancake_humper. : A Sponge
• What is it you can't face :( : Rag and Bone Man
• You guys must have really liked being a penal colony. : yakz
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  What the fuck? How is this even remotely legal? : ryuuseki
  • They're the government. they make the laws :( : thecray
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  Well i'm not seeing anything new about it on Whirlpool as yet, which makes me a little dubious of the inq... : Arsenal
  • http://blog.nocleanfeed.com/ : erotic sock
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    official site of the australian labor party good enough? http://alp.net.au/media/1107/mscoit190.php : filthysock
    • that hardly falls into the "anything new" category i specified in my post, but yeah i'll pay the other tw... : Arsenal
  • It's even on Dansdata's blog: http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/10/16/i-dont-remember-voting-for-this/ : guido anchovy
  • official internode reps talk about it on whirlpool quite a lot. In fact it was an internode rep who confi... : aeg1x
• no way : Mr.SEX
• Wow, that is completely and utterly fucked. : Drewus
• It's for the children. : trove
• that's horrible. Is there a list of sites or general categories of things which will be blocked? will you... : Guybrushed
• I wanted to see the video about it but couldn't focus http://ipower.ning.com/netneutrality2 nomnomnomn... : ColoradoCNC
• holy "attention grabber" : podizzle
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  same country that took their citizens' guns away for safety reasons, eh? nanny government knows best! : [fry]
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    this is just a LITTLE bit different : erotic sock
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      no, it's really not. This is just one more method of a government using *safety* as an excuse to exe : MagicWishMonkey
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        Guns = Information. Yes. : fotografico
        • as much as the liberals will claim it's totally different every dictatorship starts by taking away guns a... : deadfish
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          no, guns = your rights as a civilian It's disappointing that people don't get pissed the fuck off when... : MagicWishMonkey
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            If people who possess guns (I'm not saying all gun owners) stopped killing people the government wouldn't... : fotografico
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              if people stopped downloading child porn i wouldn't have to censor your internet. WHAT A HORRIBLE FUCK... : [fry]
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                Someone is excited. Censoring the internet wouldn't stop child porn. Taking away guns will stop th... : fotografico
                • But you are wrong, and censoring the internet is no more likely to stop child porn than the gun ban is to... : MagicWishMonkey
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              The problem is, and I know you will think I'm crazy but hear me out, is that BANNING GUNS DOES NOT WORK. : MagicWishMonkey
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                Crime rates don't equate to negative effects of banning guns. Chicago's murder rate lowest since 1965 ... : fotografico
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                  The gun ban saved one life but you don't know how many were lost in exchange. How many people died becaus... : MagicWishMonkey
                  • I doubt that any of us know the answer so we're just going to assume the unknown statistics support our o... : nudel
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            I don't get why anyone demands a device that can kill someone in a trigger push as a right. I find guns e... : nudel
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              IT DOESN"T MATTER IF YOU GET IT MAN I don't get why one man would like another mans cock in his ass. I... : MagicWishMonkey
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                I am not arguing about whether bans work or not. I am asking why people think it's a right t have a devic... : nudel
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                  People have the inherit right to defend themselves and their family. They also have the right to use leve... : MagicWishMonkey
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                    So people should be allowed to have nuclear weapons then, since those can be used to defend things? If... : nudel
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                      You probably won't read this but I'll respond anyway. You don't need a bomb or nuclear weapon to defen... : MagicWishMonkey
                      • I don't think that you need a gun or rifle to defend yourself, either. Nobody I know IRL has one. I do... : nudel
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            damn straight. if all the weapons belong to the government, the government becomes revolution-proof : RikiTiki2
            • Any successful revolution against the government would surely require help from large parts of the armed ... : nudel
          • Why do guns have to be a right as a civilian? You have to remember that Australia does not have anythi... : Aragoat
  • and when people finally realize how fucked they are there will be little they can do about it. : MagicWishMonkey
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    Poll question: "Would you support the government filtering out child pornography, terrorist cookbooks,... : steelsamurai
    • I know this person's answer would be FUCK NO : EvilDolemite
    • Thank God for the first amendment. : MagicWishMonkey
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      people willfully give up liberty in exchange for safety all the time. it's remarkable. : [fry]
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        And they deserve neither for that. : DrFlammable
        • So say we all! : steelsamurai
      • God dammit [fry], I say we go dig up Ben Franlklin's rotting corpse and then we hire some shady grad stud : mn3m0n1c
    • No, because I don't trust the government to know the difference, or be able to avoid abuse of a privilege... : spazzium
    • Honestly, I doubt it. I think we'd vote to attack and take down sites that host all the following co... : Danny5225
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    What problems did that cause? : nudel
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      What problems did it solve? : MagicWishMonkey
      • It eliminated the rare bogan retard who might kill someone for his TV. : SpaecKow
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        That's a fair point. Australia has had some big shootings over the years but it didn't seem to have a hug... : nudel
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          The aim is to control people, once you give up a right it's not very easy to get it back. : MagicWishMonkey
          • Hardly anyone had guns in Australia, though. It was difficult and unusual to get them in the first place.... : nudel
  • you can still own guns, you just can't own automatic weapons. You also can not own a weapon if your state... : aeg1x
• Young people need to revolt against their aging oppressors! : Edges
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  Wow, I'm shocked by this. Why did I have it in my mind that Australia was a fairly liberal country that ... : fishbone
  • The Crocodile Dundee movies? Or Outback Steakhouse? Fosters? : semaphore
  • generally we are... but for some reason with computers and video games we're ultra-ultra-conservative. it... : erotic sock
  • They are, generally, but this shit's going insane! : randomposter
• well suck an Aborigine's brown cock, that's pretty damn harsh : deviantpaul
• I always kind of figured that corporations would eventually destroy the internet, I just didn't expect it... : ColoradoCNC
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  Extra! Extra! Australia comes from behind in a surprise win, shocking runners up England and the USA as M... : steelsamurai
  • hahahahhaa : randomposter
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  Nothing has actually been done yet, are you hearing about this just now? The filtering system is yet ... : SpaecKow
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    well, the NEW news is that you won't be able to opt-out of the "illegal" feed. we've known about the "... : erotic sock
    • That's about two weeks old itself though :( Anyway, I never really believed there would be an optout,... : SpaecKow
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    Well, you can either rely on it sucking so bad it will never be used or you can raise an unholy shitstorm... : MagicWishMonkey
    • 1st option is better with this govt : filthysock
    • Well like I said, I'll be happy to go into activism if this ever passes. I would be seriously pissed if i : SpaecKow
• This makes me lol. They could fund that project with a billion Australian dollars and still failure would... : Marauder IIC
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  I've posted about this here like 5 times and you fgts never even reply. http://nocleanfeed.com/ for m... : aeg1x
  • fuck it, i'm moving. : Arsenal
• One percent? Come on now, be realistic. What good comes out from a community of well armed people? Neig... : doomed

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  i dont feel like paying you $30/hr, i'll give you $12! lower that shit! i want you to do things, but ... : synapse19
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    nah bozer has a valid arguement. those things are just gouging consumers. : chilln
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      stuff at launch is around 24 bucks. thats pretty much what dvd was when it first got going. the format ... : smacknca
      • Actually, the lack of a format war anymore is why they are keeping prices high. They have no incentive to... : ColoradoCNC
      • Netflix ftw. What, $17/mo for prolly 6-10 disks? I don't generally watch a movie more than once so it's ... : kek
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      wholesale on blu-ray movies is around $18-24 : synapse19
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        which is still too expensive. $15 is probably the realistic spot : bozer
        • for you, maybe, but probably not for all the people that would have to lose their jobs to do it this earl... : synapse19
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    I was just thinking does it really cost them that much more to press a BR disc over a regular one. The re... : bozer
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      given how relatively new the tech so there hasn't been nearly as much time to bring down costs through ef... : synapse19
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        I have a BR burner here at work. Takes the same amount of time to burn a disc and its the same exact oper... : bozer
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          there aren't enough ...'s on my keyboard to express my current thoughts so i'm just going to leave you to... : synapse19
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            Apparently a flux capacitor is involved that I was unaware of : bozer
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              i just couldn't dare try to challenge your rock solid theory of time spent to burn dvd = time spent t... : synapse19
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                $30 for Kill Bill = FAIL. Lower the price, more people buy = SUCCESS. I don't give a shit if Ben Affleck ... : bozer
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                  you do realize that the people you see on screen in movies are but a miniscule fraction of number of peop... : synapse19
                  • I don't buy that the reason its $30 for Kill Bill is to feed those people. The people you mentioned are n... : bozer
                  • you watch too many MPAA PSA videos. lol. They should sell the things for 50% less and let the market a... : chilln
        • How long do you think it took and how much money do you think sony spent to fit 5 dvd's on single Bluray ... : stgdz
        • A lot of the technology, electronics and general physics involved in the processes are valuable for - and... : ieGod
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        I think you're overestimating the costs involved : cerealSAM2
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          technology isn't manufactured by magical pixies in neverland. there are real people behind these things a... : synapse19
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            Thank you for your arrogance and patronizing attitude. I am completely in agreement with you now. : cerealSAM2
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              thank you for making it easy. : synapse19
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                That's your cluelessness. : cerealSAM2
                • Calm down, guys. : Nitrium
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                  my replies thus far clearly show how clueless i am about a tv and film industry i've worked in the past 8... : synapse19
                  • With all due respect that is neither the engineering nor manufacturing industry. From a technical point o... : ieGod
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      they also have to pay off development costs of the technology. a lot of people forget this. do you thi... : spaceless
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        I would think the players themselves take care of that. Seems shady to me. I bet there is one rich hollyw... : bozer
        • theres totally new manufacturing methods, machines, and research that had to go into the players AND medi... : spaceless
      • That and the cost of producing the blu-ray. For older titles this can also involve cleaning up a master p... : Prozium
• thats why I still dont own one : .Jayson
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  Apple doesn't even want Blu-ray in their Macbooks. I am thinking more and more Blu-ray is just a stopgap... : EvilDolemite
  • Its sweet though. I wont watch a movie on regular DVD anymore if I can find a BR version : bozer
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    stopgap to what? : rosewood
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      digital downloads. dvd for portable media and most other things will be downloaded : Mr.SEX
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        I think disk size and transfer rates have a ways to go before a 1080p format is practical for digital dow... : fishbone
        • considerin the speed 10 years ago to today .. it's not that far off. : ghost hacker
      • With bandwidth caps already a reality, I don't see that. Also, broadband isn't nation wide. Taking a disk... : rosewood
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    Also, they dont want a BR player because it will hurt their precious itunes sales and the cost of their a... : bozer
    • I agree that they don't want to put Blu-ray in because of the cost, but I think iTunes only helps them fe... : ovrlrd
    • ^^^ This is the only real reason. Everything else is Apple bullshit. : stuka
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    I have always felt like it was a stopgap measure. The solution is not in optical media (at least not righ... : ovrlrd
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      If they can bring the prices down to normal DVD prices within a year I think it will take off. : bozer
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        Yeah probably. Still, with the amount of time it's taking, by the time Blu-ray has as much of a market sh... : ovrlrd
        • I hope you're wrong but by the way they are running the operation you're probably right. Idiots : bozer
    • I'm too enthused over downloading 25-50GB per movie. Unless there's some compression scheme that's better... : shyguy74
    • you know, I believe this, but I refuse to buy a digital downloaded movie because of how problematic their... : cdbeckman
    • Thing is, 1080p will never be "measly". Unless people demand significantly larger TVs or start sitting ri... : Vincent Grayson
  • Some of us have been saying this since before the whole "format war". : ColoradoCNC
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    If Apple don't like it, it must be true!! : Simulacrum
    • It also has weak player sales, weak software sales, high prices, and low penetration : EvilDolemite
  • Yep, keep saying it, eventually it'll come true and you'll be right (I don't see it happening within the ... : boarder2
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    The quality on digital downloads is still crap. Compare a blu-ray disc to a Apple HD download and the dow... : Gonzo
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      I never said the next solution was digital downloads - everyone assumes this. Digital downloads of 108... : EvilDolemite
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        Yeah, it's expensive to transfer that much data, and the ISPs would shit a brick if someone started selli... : Gonzo
        • It's not so much an advance in compression, I'm pretty sure something derived from H264 could go a lot fu... : Toraz Chryx
• Yep - couldn't agree more. Its total bullshit. : virus
• Yup. That's why I have so few BR's. : DOOManiac
• yea the price is way too high. : jonin
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  This is why I wanted HD-DVD to win. The prices would have been lower (based on the fact that the distrib... : exigence7
  • Same. I thought this would happen if HD-DVD lost, and it did. Sony is gouging people on movie and player ... : FirstPersonCooter
  • The prices actually weren't lower for HD DVD. When I got both HD DVD and blu-ray about 1.5 years ago titl... : Prozium
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  netflix ftw. I'm actually still using it for DVDs only, but I can't imagine buying BRs when netflix (plus... : cdbeckman
  • same here but I passed through, seen Kill Bill and wanted to buy it but couldn't bring myself to do it at... : bozer
• As long as you are not set on buying movies when they come out you can usually find decent deals on Blu R... : Evil Benius
• I'm trying to skip this generation entirely but if I can't ps3 and netflix wins. : brickmatt
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  Amazon and Deep Discount are much cheaper than Best Buy/Circuit City : Chuck Walrus
  • Dark Knight was $26 shipped at Amazon on Blu-ray. Best Buy is $23 for the upsell version on DVD. Amaz... : Gonzo
• It especially bad considering that it's around $8 on DVD. : ThomW
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  It's only $10 more than a newly released DVD, on average. For what you are getting, $30 is a good price. : freakynipples69
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    $30 is a terrible price. Most Blu-ray discs lack the special features of their DVD cousins, and if they ... : EvilDolemite
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      For the quality of picture and sound of the actual film, the main reason a person buys a blu ray, it's wo... : freakynipples69
      • To you, but not to the vast majority of movie buyers. It needs to be cheaper to gain critical mass, no m... : EvilDolemite
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        I cream over the quality and make a good living. The price is ass rape which is why I don't buy it. It fe... : bozer
        • As mentioned before, blu-ray is only a 2-year old format. The prices for the discs are about on par with ... : Prozium
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    if its the same movie, how is it a good price? : jaga
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      Because it looks and sounds better, often has more features, and costs more produce? : Vincent Grayson
      • so like four carrots instead of three? : metalremains
  • I disagree. The extra pixels are not worth paying 50% extra, except for a handful of titles. High def ... : nudel
• amazon.com ....... pretty cheap but yeah lower the prices please. : xxiv
• They'll do that right after they lower the prices on CD's to resemble what LP's used to cost. : randomjgj

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  Look at the Gateway FX series. Best Buy has them, Bantis and I both own them, they're fabulous. : geedeck
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    This one? http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8892825&type=product&id=1211587727985 : the moon and antarctica
    • My cousin has it. Ran Crysis well so I assume WAR would be ok. If you get it, watch the price the 14 ... : thejm4n
    • I just bought this exact same model, so I can offer impressions. Yes, it's large and the battery sticks o... : silaslang
  • The Asus gaming laptops that BestBuy has are awesome, too. I've got one from last year. This year's look ... : royalally
• Check out the ones on Best Buy, I remember seeing either Gateway or Asus one with 17" (1920x1200), Core 2... : Sailor of Fortune
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  Don't get a 17" laptop, they're horrible compared to a 15" : derelict515
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    Why do you say that? : the moon and antarctica
    • probably because they're not very portable. : azenmaster
    • Have you seen a 17" laptop? They're huge. If you're going to be doing any moving with the laptop it'll ... : Horn
    • They're fucking massive. : Serpico74
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  Don't do it, I deeply regret doing this about 3 years ago. For the same price you can get a decent gaming... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    I'm leaving the country in about 6 months and don't want to schlep a desktop overseas. : the moon and antarctica
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      I can tell you for sure that lugging around a 17" laptop won't be any more fun. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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        It's at least feasible. : the moon and antarctica
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          Yeah, then you are still gonna regret it whereever you are gonna be in 6 months. : Mad Brahmin Disease
          • Just because you did doesn't mean I will. I've had a 17" and never had a problem taking it anywhere. : the moon and antarctica
      • Don't listen to this man. I took a 17" laptop with me overseas for 6 months and had no problem transporti... : ColoradoCNC
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    same thing, you end up not really bringing your laptop with you as much because it's heavy/big/unwieldly.... : azenmaster
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      I'm not the least bit worried about the size and weight. I've had a 17 inch before and with a good laptop... : the moon and antarctica
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        Because the small amount of screen space added doesn't outweigh the huge portability losses : derelict515
        • Because the small amount of extra screen space doesn't make portability any more of an issue for a ton of... : ColoradoCNC
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        Hey, a 15" machine does the job as well and is cheaper and not as bulky. Don't forget you can still conne... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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          I don't know how much more clear I can be. This thread is about me looking for 17" gaming laptop recommen... : the moon and antarctica
          • No, we're going to tell you what you want and should get and you're going to like it. Forget what your ow... : carnivore
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      Yes, it was my only machine and it also broke about a week before I wanted to turn in my diploma thesis t... : Mad Brahmin Disease
      • That's what I've done. A tiny Macbook for work, and a nice beefy desktop. : Rice-Rocketeer
• I don't notice a huge difference between my desktop running at max settings and my laptop, which runs on ... : rt702
• About $200/lbs : walker270
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  Is there any place to get laptops with SLI other than Alienware? : the moon and antarctica
  • I think Toshiba makes some : I7 SilverFox
  • www.sagernotebooks.com : DJ Clipdat
  • Asus makes them too. : trOmblyj
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  gaming and laptop... does not compute : podizzle
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    What?! It's a bit long in the tooth now but I have a 17" Dell that has a GeForce 6800 with 256Mb of ram. ... : Pettytheft
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      It's just not cost effective : derelict515
      • It makes sense for some situations. e.g. If the alternative is buying a powerful desktop *and* a laptop, ... : nudel
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  gaming laptop? You're just wasting your money. : TPSReport
  • *facepalm* A DESKTOP IS NOT AN OPTION. : the moon and antarctica
  • more like lafftop amirite? : atom519
  • Not really. : ColoradoCNC
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  You want a 15.4" basic laptop and midrange gaming rig for the same price, is what you want : EvilDolemite
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    I recommend a 15.4" Dell XPS M1530 with the 256mb 8600M GT. I got mine with 3GB ram, 7200rpm HD, 1680x105... : Simulacrum
    • I recently bought myself a M1730. Whilst I agree that it's a large laptop, I quite like it. I like that... : Aragoat
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    Why aren't people reading what his request was? :( : ColoradoCNC
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      I'm thinking I'll probably go with one of the Gateway's geedeck mentioned in the first response. I'll swi... : the moon and antarctica
      • FUCK I CAN'T STOP USING APOSTROPHES INAPPROPRIATELY : the moon and antarctica
• Sager. : kelzmelzer
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  I got an HP zd8000 model about 3 and a half years ago. Still runs things like Q3, WoW, etc. great. I'm ... : skizl
  • War's lowest graphics settings are still pretty demanding. But mostly it's a memory hog. : Simulacrum
• you might find some deals but probably $2000 - $3000. : dromo5
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  • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=18195843#itemanchor_18195843 : ColoradoCNC
• gateway fx series is the best value for the cash. i like my 17" machine. you cant get an X8XX nVidia ... : boomstickah
• 15" MBP with display : okhelosir
• I have the Gateway P-6831FX, I bought it for $1200 at best buy a few months ago. Runs WAR very well with ... : freakynipples69
• WaR needs some serious tweaking by the developer. There's no reason for the game to run that choppy compa... : pauk111
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  I bought a 17" Toshiba Satellite Pro over 2 years ago and it's still serving me well. I can still play mo... : ColoradoCNC
  • And btw, don't listen to the people saying gaming laptops are a waste of money. These people obviously do... : ColoradoCNC
• I think you're going to be paying out the ass for a laptop to pull that off. I paid about 2000 for a lapt... : ghost in my shell

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  little big planet seems like it would be more fun! : Mr.SEX
  • although i think dead space will be pretty neat. play that first and beat it and then spend years on lbp : Mr.SEX
  • But the other one looks so scawey! : warcrow
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  You should play Dead Space and send me LBP! : pyide
  • By "me" you do mean of course myself. : locater16
  • No, send it to me! : nevicata
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  This is absolutely bizarre to say, but I'd rather hear ya'll talk about dead space on the next Played. Ev... : cdbeckman
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    Noted--good point. : warcrow
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      i do not have this game yet warcrow. i swear to motherfucking god if you ruin it somehow by talking about... : dahanese
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        ps i love you. : dahanese
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          Haha...well I think someone at Sony sort pf fucked up--no idea why I even have lbp. I never even sent in ... : warcrow
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            if i get LBP, i will buy a PS3 the same day. it is the viva pinata attraction of the PS3 for me. get m : dahanese
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              Duck that shot I paid for ds beyotch : warcrow
              • goddamnit! : dahanese
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                DUCKING iPod!!! : warcrow
                • :((((() : warcrow
                • hehe I fuck up and write duck all the time when I'm on my iPhone. What I'd do for the ability to add dict... : cdbeckman
  • ^^^^^ : Milleh
• Dead Space. : grabbie
• Dead Space is epic. : notd665
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  i hate you. i have no money left for this month and my attempt at gamefly failed. >:/ : smacknca
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    Can you describe the FAIL? : Ride-My-Rocket
    • i wanted to sign up as a new member so i could get their intro month of 2 games out for a special price. ... : smacknca
• is LPB in stores? : pandastrong
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  LBP is already out? : prime8
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    it's fucking out! I didn't know : prime8
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      next week, man. it's not out. : warcrow
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        it's showing as in stock at all the Best Buys around me and they don't ever update their releases until t... : prime8
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          Cool, perhaps you'll get luck. Hopfully they put it out on the shelves. : warcrow
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            there was an article on kotaku (?) saying the street date's been broken : prime8
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              But that doesn't mean other stores will follow though. : warcrow
              • STOP RAINING ON MY PARADE : prime8
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  Why am I so excited to play Dead Space? I hadn't heard about it before 3 days ago but now I want to do no... : NastyJack
  • yeah, plus watching event horizon last weekend made me want it even more : kill9
  • It's like Company of Heroes, where it coming out of nowhere to be an incredible game (at least for me, I ... : cdbeckman
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  So some retailers broke the street date? btw, what's the save/checkpoint system in dead space like, an... : tcs
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    No pausing except for the Options menu. You save via terminals throughout the game. : NFXFSX
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      so basically, you can pause? as for the saving system, fucking hell. Either let me save at any time, or m... : cdbeckman
      • The terminals are fairly close together. : NFXFSX
      • They should have had typewriters and ribbons. : guido anchovy
• Hoooooooooow? : ieGod
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  how the fuck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : spaceless
  • review copy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : Chandler55
• Play them both and write up a comparison, please. : mittense
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  Build a dead space level for LBP : johnwissinger
  • Good idea! :) : warcrow
  • Remake THE ENTIRE GAME inside LBP, then play it. : zehh
• can you take a picture with chandler55 on front of it so I can pretend I own it to people lol jk : Chandler55
• The atmosphere in dead space is amazing..wow! I just hope it can keep it up. Can't wait to see where they... : warcrow
• So do you just get your review copies by virtue of having a gaming podcast? I always knew when I used to ... : ColoradoCNC