First Batch Of UMD Movie Releases Today!

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Originally Posted by Dolemite

Kill Bill: Volume 1- Crap, but I still haven't seen Vol. 2, and I hear it makes Vol. 1 better
National Treasure- Decent

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You're putting National Treasure above Kill Bill? Oh em gee.

Fuck this proprietary format. Fuck UMD, fuck Sony and fuck PS2 ports.

I feel better. Carry on.

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Originally Posted by James

A PSP is a gaming device, these movies are just a distraction. A popular distraction, I'll admit, but a complete redundancy when the memory stick lets you do the same thing with movies you've already paid for once.

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Actually, the PSP is a multimedia device.

And maybe some of us don't want the bother of having to spend a lot of time ripping our DVDs so that they will play on the PSP. Or maybe we want to have a selection of movies with us at any one time, and paying $20~$30 for a UMD, while insane, is still better than $60 ~ $100+ for another Memory Stick.

That doesn't excuse the stupid price of these things, however.

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Originally Posted by shidoshi

Actually, the PSP is a multimedia device...
That doesn't excuse the stupid price of these things, however.

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Just quoting for readability.

Hey, Bestbuy,Circuit City and Walmart have a lot of these UMDs listed between $12.99 and $19.99... I don't know where you guys are getting the $30 UMD prices from???

Arent video game consoles with proprietary format movies cool?

http://www.retrotrader.com/catalog/i...rozz%20185.jpg

Uh, maybe not..

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Originally Posted by Master

Fuck this proprietary format. Fuck UMD, fuck Sony and fuck PS2 ports.

I feel better. Carry on.

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I could not possibly agree with three of those four things more.

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Originally Posted by Dolemite

Why?

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Well, the way I see it, if I'm going to have a UMD anyhow, why not have more ways to play it? People bitch about UMDs only being for the PSP, and then they bitch because there might be more ways to play them. If UMDs are going to exist - and at this point, that can't be changed - why not have more options for playing them?

I'd never buy a UMD-only home player. But if, say, the PS3 could play them, along with the typical stuff, why not? Or maybe have your basic DVD player have UMD support as well. More options never hurt anybody, and if somebody owns a few UMD movies due to owning the PSP, the more ways to make use of them, the better.

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Originally Posted by Master

Just quoting for readability.

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I am confused by your point, good sir.

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Originally Posted by Wildkat

Arent video game consoles with proprietary format movies cool?

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I was always under the impression that those were just VCDs. Were they actually a CD-i proprietary format?

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Originally Posted by shidoshi

You're putting National Treasure above Kill Bill? Oh em gee.

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National Treasure was a harmless, brainless, by-the-numbers action romp. It was entertaining, and while I barely remember any of it, I don't recall being offended by its badness or anything. Thus, it accomplished its task.

Kill Bill looked cool going in, but in reality sucked. So, in the great scheme of things, yeah, I'm putting National Treasure above it.

Plus, you people keep bringing up that I don't like Kill Bill but ignore the part of my post where I say I'd be willing to give the sequel a try and see if it improves the whole experience.

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Originally Posted by Javon_McCloud

It will easily be the best $10 you have ever spent. Heck, the chase featuring Arnold chasing goons down the mountain in his truck with no brakes or engine is worth $10.

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Even better is the toolshed scene where he flings circular buzzsaw blades like frizbees and wacks some guy right in the balls with an axe.

Master's point - The PSP is a multimedia device...which doesn't excuse the high price for it.