September 2012 pickups

[wiggy]

I'm pretty amped.  None of it's super high-end, but I don't work with much besides pine, which is soft like butter.  

The compound is Craftsman, the other miter is Ryobi, as is the router, the sprayer is a Black and Decker, and the roller is Wagner and is brand new.  The roller alone retails for more than 100, so needless to say, I'm pretty happy with the purchase.  I got lucky too.  That stuff wasn't gonna last long.  He listed it about 10 minutes before I called him and he already had another guy that was planning on coming out after work.  Thank goodness for my über flexible schedule

[mojoeskateco]

Where they CIB?  Box and manuals included? 

[madrocsz]

Every time I see Daikatana I remember the marketing for it before it was released. They hyped it up something big, even I was excited for it. Epic fail tho

"John Romero's about to make you his bitch."

[wiggy]

LOL!  The roller and sprayer are indeed CIB, but they have some corner wear.  The saws are complete. The Ryobi has a 3rd party dust collector (I.e. burlap with a rubberband LULZ), and the router needs the 4 bolts required to mount it to the table, but did come with a handful of bits.  It's one of those routers than can be both handheld and mounted to the table table that was included. So I'll have to run to the hardware store to replace them.  

I'm gonna make some double and triple UGCs and case em up

[Maben]

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY! (I turn 25 tomorrow).  My fiancee got me the Alien Anthology on Blu-Ray!  Tonight is my first trip into the world of Alien (ignoring AvP and Prometheus of course...lol) AND my first film experience on blu-ray.  I'm psyched up and the packaging is SO AWESOME.  Like this is seriously the nicest collection of films I've seen.

Unfortunately, we don't have surround sound (just in a rental at the moment, waiting for our own place).  Gonna watch Alien and Aliens tonight I think, will let you guys know how it goes.  Trying to decide now if we should watch the original or revised versions (first one has a director's cut, second one has a "special edition").  Leaning towards original...

[N64 Guy]

Happy bday dude alien movies are great.

[Superchop]

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY! (I turn 25 tomorrow).  My fiancee got me the Alien Anthology on Blu-Ray!  

I remember turning 25!  Lol, that's when I got my first current gen console!  The Wii!!  But congrats on the gift!  Not only are blu-ray movies great you're starting off with a great movie series.  AvP and Prometheus aren't all that great "Alien" movies, but stand alone and kinda seperate from the original Aliens they're pretty good.

[Retro Deckades]

Happy Birthday, Maben! Enjoy 25. It rocks!

I recently found a hook up for retro gaming goodness. I'll be contacted whenever the local hospice thrift store comes receives any Nintendo products. It's already proven fruitful -- I picked up an AGS-101 Game Boy Advance and charger (plus two crap games) for $6!

[Maben]

Happy Birthday, Maben! Enjoy 25. It rocks!

I recently found a hook up for retro gaming goodness. I'll be contacted whenever the local hospice thrift store comes receives any Nintendo products. It's already proven fruitful -- I picked up an AGS-101 Game Boy Advance and charger (plus two crap games) for $6!

FORMERLY Pikmin Overlord?! 

[wiggy]

Congrats on the 25th!  The 1st two movies are really the only gems in the collection. I enjoy the 3rd, but it doesn't feel at all the same as the first two. The 4th, Winona Ryder. Nothing more needs to be said about that abomination.

Also, wait until you see the creature at the end of alien 4. It's actually pretty terrifying, like for really scary. Too bad the movie is so campy.

The 101 was a major score!  I'm so jelly. I just spent 33 on a pretty beat up unit just to scavenge the screen for a project :/

[Retro Deckades]

Yeah, the 101 is in fair condition. The screen, buttons, and inside in general are all in excellent shape, but there are light scratches/scuff marks on the exterior. For $6, I'm sure not going to complain!

It's shaping up to be an excellent month for me. Tonight I picked up four CIB Game Boy games for $7 a piece: Balloon Kid, Boomer's Adventure in Asmik World, Tiny Toon Adventures: Babs' Big Break, and The Flinstones: King Rock Treasure Island. I was stoked to find the last one, as I had almost bought cartridge only copies from ebay for twice what I actually paid.

I also grabbed a copy of Batman Returns for the NES for $10.

[Maben]

Congrats on the 25th!  The 1st two movies are really the only gems in the collection. I enjoy the 3rd, but it doesn't feel at all the same as the first two. The 4th, Winona Ryder. Nothing more needs to be said about that abomination.

Also, wait until you see the creature at the end of alien 4. It's actually pretty terrifying, like for really scary. Too bad the movie is so campy.

The 101 was a major score!  I'm so jelly. I just spent 33 on a pretty beat up unit just to scavenge the screen for a project :/

So we watched Alien (1979) and Aliens (2003 Special Edition) last night.  Both were very good and very different films.  Blu-ray looked fantastic, but I quickly acclimated to it after about 10 minutes.  I was especially amazed at how good a film from 1979 can look in HD.  Other than the obvious things that date the film (computers, hair styles, effects) I might have thought the film came out this year; it looks that good.

Not exactly sure how much time the Special Edition adds to Aliens but it was pretty long (2.5+ hours).  I was nearly falling asleep at the end but I finished it and it was definitely worth it.  I'm aware that the series drops off after that but I'll get to the other two soon enough.  Not to mention it has like 65 hours of bonus features...so that should keep me busy when I don't know what to do lol.

[wiggy]

Glad you liked em!  There are very few sci-fi films or film franchises that have stood the test of time. Among Alien, the only others that instantly spring to mind are Star Wars, of course, and Blade Runner.

One little tidbit that people often don't know about Bluray and high def remasters is that, most often, older films are better suited for the transition than many newer films.  Film itself, as in the 35mm stuff that was/is used to shoot movies, doesn't have a resolution like we think of today. It can't be measured in lines, rows, or pixels.  As long as the original master is in good shape, then there's a really good chance that the transition to bluray will restore a large amount of detail and quality that has actually been LOST with older formats like DVD and VHS.

Modern movies that are shot digitally (which isn't the norm yet, but it's popularity is growing quite a bit) have the potential to leave themselves a bit screwed. They can only shoot at one resolution. If it's lower than whatever high def resolution comes after 1080, then those movies may not benefit at all from a transition. We haven't yet reached the maximum resolution that a good quality 35mm film can provide

[sheep2001]

slow month so far:


but need for speed the run, is my 300th PS3 title - and turtles and solar jetman are my 1st NES games.

[SirCorn]

slow month so far:


but need for speed the run, is my 300th PS3 title - and turtles and solar jetman are my 1st NES games.

Nice! Lemme know how Downpour is. Still haven't gotten around to playing it. Looked to much like Alan Wake to me... haha.
Not a bad thing, but I'd like for it to be more Silent Hill-y. Have heard good things about it though.