Ya know. I don't even like Clint Eastwood. Nor am I interested in MDB or it's cast, but the whitefont has inspired me to go see the damn movie...in the theatre just to spite Limbaugh and Medved.

The irony of the neo-cons going after Clint is...I don't have words.

Granted, Clint has never been your standard issue Convervative anyway. He's expressed enough dismay over how DIRTY HARRY ended up being taken as a cultural icon (and gone out of his to turn him into a bit of joke), that I've always had a soft spot for his particular brand of Republicanism.

The fact the Sean Penn and Tim Robbins worked with him (and he with them) and they all seem to have real respect for each other, shows me Clint is no neocon.

The fact the Sean Penn and Tim Robbins worked with him (and he with them) and they all seem to have real respect for each other, shows me Clint is no neocon.

Oh yeah, but nobody's ever going to mistake Clint for a lefty. Unless the neo-cons have driven him to it (and given that they are going after him, it wouldn't surprise me one bit).

Ray Harryhausen came to speak to us tonight! He is so awesome, and I want to adopt him and make him my new grandfather. Because he's the greatest. We'll hang out, and draw, and sculpt, and watch movies all day long. And it will be awesome.

One quote from Ray to Leonard Maltin, while talking about how unimpressed today's audiences are: "Everybody's a critic nowadays. (beat, then an aside) That's your profession, isn't it?"

Hmm. Maybe you had to be there. But it was hysterical.

Holy crap, that's awesome!

And I'm pretty sure that line was totally hysterical, imagining the delivery.

So awesome. So hysterical.

I didn't stay to talk to him afterwards, simply because I had a feeling the first question I'd ask would have been, "Can I give you a hug?" And we've been specifically warned not to do that to our guests.

But he is definitely the coolest.

Wankers!

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Apparently all of MGM's 'theatrical wide screen' DVD releases for the last few years have been the pan-scanned versions with the top and bottoms cut off.

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If you own any of the eligible movies, you have until March 31 to either opt to exchange your copy for $7.10, or a new DVD from MGM, presumably in its proper aspect ratio."

eta: PDF list of movies eligible for replacement, etc. (site has been slashdotted so is a little slow now)

Damn, there are a lot of movies involved....

At first glance, it looks like the only movie on that list that I own in DVD format is Bull Durham, which you can DAMN betcha I want in the proper aspect ratio.

Lotta Buffista favorites on that list, like The Princess Bride, The Cutting Edge, and Bull Durham [ eta: xposty]. Of the movies I own, there are four on that list: TPB, Some Like It Hot, The Sum of Us, and Y Tu Mama Tambien. Will have to go home and watch them now to see if they look wrong.

I've got Carrie off of that. Hmm.