if you like __________, you might enjoy ___________.

[jfb]

robots ... Dannybot
Blake's 7 ... Blake's Junction 7
Broken Social Scene ... The Love Crimes of Gillian Guess

That last is a surreal, ironic portrait (think To Die For) of the sex-charged, fame-crazed society we know as Canada. BSS wrote the score, and there's also a fantasy sequence set to Josh Rouse's "Love Vibration." The other two are comedic shorts--you can watch one of them online, and a trailer for the other.

Comments

[emmacrew.livejournal.com]

Is there a way to get one that isn't buying one that someone else did a warranty-voided modification to? I don't know much about it but that seemed to be what most of the ones a cursory google search brought up were.

[greyaenigma.livejournal.com]

I was under the impression that you could actually buy them (probably imported from overseas) that were manufactured to be able to handle all regions. I have this vague recollection that US players are the only ones they actually bother to set the region for.

[emmacrew.livejournal.com]

Then you start to run into issues with TV compatibility, no?

I read a couple of days ago that there are some region 1 DVDs that will only play their extras on a region 1 player; that it specifically looks for the tag that says 1 vs. a tag that says any or none. So annoying.

[greyaenigma.livejournal.com]

Oh. that does sound annoying. Grr.

[(Anonymous)]

I use one of my computers' DVD drives as my region 2 player. I'd never needed to watch US DVDs on it anyway, since I've got an actual DVD player for that. At the moment, I'm limited to watching them at the computer, but I could always drag the machine out to the living room and hook it up to the tv, since my video card's got rca & svideo outputs. Pretty cheap option when you've got the computer anyway, since most machines come with a DVD drive these days, with player software bundled. Just put in a region 2 disc early on, and it will allow you to lock to region 2 (most software players seem to let you switch regions a limited number of times before crapping out on you).

--Woj

[emmacrew.livejournal.com]

Perhaps after we replace my laptop we'll relegate the old laptop to region 2. that would work pretty well. Thanks for the tip!