{"id":118,"date":"2009-06-03T15:24:03","date_gmt":"2009-06-03T21:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.grassmonk.net\/blog\/?p=118"},"modified":"2014-06-23T17:08:45","modified_gmt":"2014-06-23T23:08:45","slug":"an-overdue-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grassmonk.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/03\/an-overdue-update\/","title":{"rendered":"An overdue update"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s been quite a while since I wrote anything here.\u00a0 It’s also been quite a while that I have been meaning to.\u00a0 Two quite-a-whiles converging could be like crossing the streams.\u00a0 Let’s hope the universe doesn’t end before I finish this.<\/p>\n

First, a Blu-ray update.\u00a0 I am still quite easily suckered; out of the just-under-40 titles that I currently own, there are only 8 that I don’t also own on DVD, and two of those I did have on DVD but gave the DVDs to friends or family.\u00a0 That leaves about 30 titles that I have duplicates of, for reasons which fall into five categories:<\/p>\n

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  1. Not all\/hardy any\/none of the DVD special features are on the Blu-ray (e.g. The Fifth Element<\/em>, Spider-Man<\/em>)<\/li>\n
  2. The DVD\/movie holds a special place in my heart (e.g. Serenity<\/em>)<\/li>\n
  3. It’s easier to take DVDs to other places (e.g. Cars<\/em>, Ratatouille<\/em>)<\/li>\n
  4. I am good at rationalizing silly things<\/li>\n
  5. Any combination of the above<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    So the Blu-ray has been fun, but once I get into the movie, can I really tell the difference from DVD without a side-by-side comparison?\u00a0 Probably not.\u00a0 Will I continue to buy Blu-rays, possibly of movies that I already own on DVD?\u00a0 Yep.\u00a0 Am I weird?\u00a0 Absolutely.\u00a0 In fact, I am going to buy Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children<\/em> as soon as I can get it for less than $20.\u00a0 I was about to mention Quantum of Solace<\/em>, but I remembered that I don’t have that on DVD.\u00a0 Hooray!\u00a0 (I did buy Casino Royale<\/em> again, though.)\u00a0 (But I haven’t opened it.\u00a0 I could still take it back!)\u00a0 (I probably won’t.)<\/p>\n

    The two things that really bug me about Blu-ray, though, are the slow disc loading times, and the seeming lack of disc resume.\u00a0 I watched X-Men<\/em> the other night and I had time to go out to dinner and another movie before the menu loaded.\u00a0 When I stopped the movie part of the way through to go take care of a child who had awakened, I afterward went to bed and woke up the next morning to find that the menu had just about loaded again after pressing play.<\/p>\n

    So I exaggerate, but not by much.<\/p>\n

    In other news, I have added the following to my List of Shows to Which I Will Admit Having Seen Every Episode (which list I should keep an updated copy of posted somewhere.\u00a0 And by “should” I mean “nobody cares but me and I’ll probably do it anyway.\u00a0 In six months”):<\/p>\n