Wolf, I have heard that number before and I have no idea why any hollywood studio would let him get away with that.  Advent children looked pretty good (though on blu-ray I noticed that some of the bike scenes were bad compositions) and it didn't cost anywhere close to that.  He might get lucky again, but I wouldn't blow half a billion dollars on a might get lucky again.
 
I could probably buy the Rams for less and get a better return.

Acadia, same thing happened to me the first couple of times I tried to watch the first GitS movie.  Taro Maki makes some of the most artfully boring anime there is.  I'm getting ansy just thinking about it.  Nowadays I don't go see movies because it is too expensive and I have to go to another town because the only movie threaters left in mine are in a bad area that is getting worse and I don't rent them because both the blockbuster and hollywood video near us have closed shop.  Not to mention all the other things that have closed down around here.

This town is getting depressing.

Laurie, the 3d technology is getting better.  It no longer uses those red-blue glasses so you can at least see them in full color.  I think they are moving towards 3d tv and the PS3 systems are getting updated to support that.

WARK!

Thus Spoketh Winterclaw: a blog about a Winterclaw who speaks from time to time.

 

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