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I love the airy ness in Indiana Jones and the last Crusade...check out the scene where Indy and dad are being chased by the Nazi fighter planes. that will make you turn your head around. I've got to hand it to Lucasarts on this. A lot of the "5.1" dvds of old movies suck. They don't do anything with panning or anything like that, but this is a standout of what an old movie can be brought back to life with.

Funny you should mention that MrBill, I just played that scene extra loud and made the baby cry. That's him below my moniker if this effin' thing worked correctly.
It worked, Jack. The picture was too big so I resized it. I'll work on getting it cropped tomorrow. Thanks, dude.

Glad to help. It doesn't need to be cropped. It needs to be resized again. Well........I suppose it could be cropped, but see how the poor little tyke looks a tad squeezed? (Boy am I gonna feel bad, if he/she just has a tall thin head) You don't want to crop a squeezed version, cuz it'll still look squeezed. You want to crop/resize the original, if possible. If you have any problems email me a copy of the original, and I'll crop/resize it for you.

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Titan AE yet. Pretty cool animated flick that even the kids can watch and it's a freaking bass fest. The ice field scene is amazing. I also for some reason liked the rundown. A decent action/comedy and the methane explosion about brought the house down. (uncorrected SPL reading 112 db at 14 below reference, YIKES) The haunting is also another great movie with some good surround usage and unreal bass. The creaking pipe scene has to be felt to be believed. U571 and the depth charges was pretty sweet too. Finally The Last Samarai was a great movie and the ending battle scene was well done. OK I'm done for now.

i am gonna watch the last samurai this weekend. gonna borrow it from a friend of mine.. he said it was good also. i am looking forward to it.

bigjohn

I intend to do the same thing...borrow The Last Samaurai from a friend. Everyone says it's good. I just need to see if for myself first to find that comfort I need to make the purchase

I liked the Last Samurai more than I did Master and Commander. I think you'll enjoy it. Hope you do. Tom Cruise is.........well.........Tom Cruise. But, I thought Ken Watanabe's performance was superb. Enjoy guys!

No worries, Jack - he's got a big fat head like me.

I'll try the resizing all over. I noticed at the time that I had squeezed it a bit, but I didn't care because I didn't think I would actually get it to work.

BTW, am I the only one that hates Tom Cruise? Everytime I see him in a movie I see the horny teen from "Risky Business".

How did that little worm ever bag Nicole Kidman?

Oops! I should have kept reading - it sounds like Jack isn't a Tom Cruise fan either. The first Mission Impossible was good though (IMO).

Tom Cruise is OK, but no academy award, if ya know what I mean. I've enjoyed a lot of the movies he was in. Off the top of my head, I thought his best performance was in "A Few Good Men," and his "Rain Man" performance was pretty good. Just saw that upcoming is a "Mission Impossible 3," and he's gonna be in a remake of "War Of The Worlds." With today's technology, THAT could be interesting.

Unsqueeze that little bugger!

I'm at work, Jack, so no unsqueezing can be done right now.

But... all my students are at an assembly - life is good.