Hollow Man Superbit

[David Meek]

For a while now I've been kicking around the idea of picking up Hollow Man in Superbit as a video reference disk. Not long ago I saw several scenes from it on a professionally calibrated Sony FPJ (unfortunately I don't remember the model number) on a 100" or so screen at Bill Cushman's (the Widescreen Review writer) home. It was simply stunning. Period. It gave me a new appreciation of what a truly well-calibrated system with a high quality DVD can look like. Since then I've re-calibrated my Pioneer Elite RPTV with Digital Video Essentials and been very pleased with the results and wanted to check it against what I saw at Bill's that day.

To make a long story short, I went looking for the HM Superbit and had no luck at all at any of the B&M stores in the area. Best Buy has even flagged it as "deleted" in their computer inventory. I finally was able to get it through an online retailer. So if you are considering this DVD, you might want to get your copy fairly promptly - it may not be available later. This is just a personal observation ya'll. I don't have any firm info on it being OOP or anything.

[George Bellefontaine]

The non-superbit version had a superior transfer so I passed up buying the Superbit when it was available.

[David Meek]

George, one of the scenes that I'm using is when they are bringing the gorilla back from being invisible. There is a fluorescent blue-colored fluid they inject into the gorilla that just pops out of the screen at you, and it is rather hard to correctly duplicate that "screaming" blue tint.

[Andrew Pratt]

Hmm my favorite scene has Rhona Mitra seated in front of her mirror :E

[David Meek]

That should come across in Superbit really well, too. :drool:

[JonMarsh]

Maybe you should just wait for the Blu Ray version...

I'm finding myself going over the HD DVD releases planned Q4 '05, so that I don't buy any of those DVD's. There's a new SCE of "Star Trek: First Contact", for example, but that's supposed to be comign out on HD DVD.

OTOH, I don't think we'll be seing an HD DVD version of "Hollow Man"....

[David Meek]

Me either, Jon. It's too bad that such a beautifully presented movie wasn't better in and of itself. :nonod:

[JonMarsh]

Hi David,

I was more making a joke becuase "Hollow Man" is from Sony, which means it would only be on Blu-Ray (format war, you know!). :W But I do agree that it was a little low on content compared with presentation quality and CGI. :roll:

Some gals are like that.... :B But I like them anyway!

[David Meek]

D'oh! ops:

Boy, it's a good thing I'm rich and handsome (snicker, snicker) 'cause the intellect does let me down every so often. :

[Adz]

Amazon.com has the Superbit version in stock. Not cheap.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000648X6/qid=1111540324/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/104-4581268-3731153?v=glance&s=dvd