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On the Desert planet of Tatooine
lived two happy young moisture
farmers, who had absolutely
no plans of leaving or getting
involved in any kind of
intergalactic shenanigans.
Unbeknownst to them the Galactic
Empire had recently finished
constructing its ultimate weapon,
the DEATH STAR.
Meanwhile, having learned the
whereabouts of the Death Star's
plans, the rebels send their best
platypus agent to obtain them, in
hopes of finding a weakness.
And none of this is canon, so just relax.
"Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars" has the following tropes:
- Actually Pretty Funny: Dan Povenmire and Swampy Marsh laugh as Jim Cummings is allowed to improvise his voice cues for the Opening Narration.
- When Phineas is scanning the horizon with his binoculars, a Sandperson jumps in front of him, startling him (echoing a scene from A New Hope where a Sandperson ambushes Luke). When he drops the binoculars, we see Ferb waving a Sandperson puppet in front of Phineas. Phineas admitted that Ferb got him that time.
- Adaptational Personality Change: Isabella is now a Jerkass to make her act more like Han Solo, with the only thing she shares with any version of Isabella is that she develops romantic feelings for Phineas.
- Anachronism Stew: When Candace, Buford and Baljeet start having their Heel Realization, Buford uses Robin Hood as an example that not all rebels are bad people. Baljeet tells him that it still didn't happen.
- Always Someone Better: Isabella is bitter towards Han Solo ever since he cut her off in the Kessel Run.Isabella: Everybody loves Solo... "That Nerfherder cut me off..."
- Armor-Piercing Question: When Isabella claims to Han that she has "tons and tons of friends," she gets this response:Han: Yeah? Where are they now?
Isabella: (Beat) Well...where are your friends?
- Of course, she quickly gives him as good she gets:
- Bare Your Midriff: Ginger.
- Being Evil Sucks: Actually inverted with Candace, but not Baljeet and Buford. The girl just wanted to be in the frontlines, but her commanding officer won't let her. The inversion is that she thinks she's a good guy.
- Big "SHUT UP!": Phineas' reaction to Darth Ferb's invitation to join The Dark Side, although it's out of disbelief and amusement at what Phineas thinks is a joke.
- Black Comedy:
- The destruction of Alderaan is Played for Laughs twice, as is a Stormtrooper falling out of the Death Star and floating hopelessly in space.
- Buford found a great robe with one little gash laying around on the Death Star.
- Brainwashed: Ferb is turned into Darth Ferb when he is hit by Darthenshmirtz' Sithinator by deflecting a shot that was meant for Perry. He plans to do the same to Phineas after making some modifications to the Sithinator.
- The Empire also did this to their Stormtroopers, though Baljeet insists that it was just orientation.
- Break the Cutie: Phineas during his fight with Darth!Ferb. He doesn't understand why his brother is trying to hurt him, and Darth!Ferb is a more ruthless fighter. The latter disarms Phineas, destroys his lightsaber, and blocks his, Perry's, and Candace's attempts to fight back.
- Breaking the Fourth Wall:
- Blatto gives a spoiler alert to Phineas and Ferb after they explain the weakness of the Death Star.
- After Darthenshmirtz escapes, he boasts that he can appear in the sequel. Previously, at the end of his musical number, he tells his Stormtrooper backup dancers to stay on their comms for a potential victory song in Act IV.
- Brick Joke: One of the imperial Mooks talks about getting a saxophone. At the end, he does.
- Call-Back: Phineas references the (forgotten) events of the movie; Perry the Rebelpus apparently had a dual identity just like canon Perry, and was similarly exposed. Unlike in the movie, Phineas and Ferb did not end up having their minds wiped, and Perry evidently no longer lives with them.
- Also, just like in the movie, Isabella gives Phineas a Forceful Kiss at the end.
- Canon Discontinuity: Lampshaded in the Opening Narration, which explicitly says "none of this is canon, so relax."
- Casual Danger Dialogue: Buford's reaction to seeing a huge stone tower about to fall and crush them:Buford: (to Baljeet) "And you thought we were gonna die in space!"
- Catch-Phrase: No matter what version of Isabella we see, she'll still ask Phineas "What'cha doin'?" In this case, however, she's far more irritated than cheerful.
- Chekhov's Gun: Candace uses the socks she got for Darth Vader as weapons to distract Darth Ferb. She laments not getting the larger pack when she runs out of socks.
- Child Soldiers: The Fireside Girls are allowed to fly out into the Death Star during the Battle of Yavin. That's how desperate the situation is for the Rebel Alliance. On the Empire side, Candace, Buford and Bajeet are fully armed Stormtroopers. They aren't actually allowed in front-line combat, but this seems to be mostly because the officers think they're dangerously incompetent.
- Combat Pragmatist: Darth!Ferb. Though he does give Phineas a few minutes to upgrade his lightsaber (using the time to do the same), he immediately trounces other attempts to get the edge on him.
- Comically Missing the Point: How does Phineas react when he sees Ferb in a Darth Maul-esque apperancePhineas: Nice face paint.
- A very dark example occurs when Darthenshmirtz is angry because the value of the time-share on Alderaan in which he had invested money suddenly drops to zero. In the background you can see the Death Star ray go off.
- Conscience Makes You Go Back: Both Isabella and Han get this when the rebels head out to do their Death Star run.
- Creator Cameo: In addition to their regular characters in the series, Dan Povenmire and Swampy Marsh play several voices in the episode, including two imperial officers who look like them, and themselves directing Jim Cummings reading the opening crawl.
- Dance Party Ending: With the cast of both franchises getting down.
- Darker and Edgier: By the usual standards of Phineas and Ferb. With the upgraded TV-G rating, this special had darker humor, got more crap past the radar than usual, had a noticeably high Fanservice curve, and is the first ever Phineas and Ferb episode to have a body count.
- Death by Adaptation: Possibly Norm, given that he is not seen again after Perry disables him.
- Dialogue Reversal: After Phineas saves Candace from a Literal Cliffhanger, this exchange occurs:Candace: Why would you save me? You're a rebel!
Phineas: You were in trouble. I couldn't just leave you hanging...literally.
- And when Candace is helping Phineas against Darth Ferb...Phineas: Wait! Why are you helping me? I'm a rebel!
Candace: You were in trouble. I couldn't just leave you hanging.
- And when Candace is helping Phineas against Darth Ferb...
- Doomed by Canon:
- Alderaan.
- Greedo, leading to a joke about who shot first.
- Obi-Wan is killed off-screen. Buford later finds his cloak.
- Pretty much everyone on the Death Star.
- Except for all the people the Firestar Girls saved.
- Dual Wielding: Phineas vs. Darth Ferb, with tricked-out lightsabers.
- Evil Brit: Guess which Flynn-Fletcher brother gets turned evil by the Sithinator.
- Evil Costume Switch: MY GOD Darth Ferb. Just, my GOD!!
- Exactly What I Aimed At: While Candice distracts Darth Ferb, Phineas throws his broken lightsaber in his general direction. It misses Ferb, but hits the Sithinator's Self-Destruct Mechanism.
- External Retcon: Turns out characters similar to certain Danville residents had important parts in the first great Rebel victory of the Galactic Civil War.
- Explain, Explain... Oh, Crap!: Phineas has an understated version of this on the Death Star:Phineas: "Hey, there's Luke! They must've gotten the plans. He should have no trouble hitting that exhaust port; it's practically the size of a wamp rat!" *beat* "We should probably get out of here."
- Fake Crossover: Invoked almost verbatim at the end of the opening crawl with the following disclaimer:"And none of this is canon, so just relax."
- A necessary warning, as Disney owns Star Wars and therefore could have declared this canon.
- Also comes under the categories of MST3K Mantra and Take That, Audience!.
- A necessary warning, as Disney owns Star Wars and therefore could have declared this canon.
- Fanservice: A pinup swimsuit sale ad, a dashboard hula dancer, and Twi'lek Vanessa (in an outfit with a Cleavage Window, to boot).
- Fetch Quest: Candace, Buford and Baljeet spend the first half of the special in a search for new socks for Darth Vader.
- Forceful Kiss: Isabella gives one to Phineas at the end, after checking to make sure they aren't related.
- Freeze-Frame Bonus: The briefly seen Death Star directory shows that the station has its own credit union and water park, among other places like a piano room.
- Hero of Another Story: The special take place co-current with the original Star Wars (or Episode IV if you want to be technical) movie and has the P & F cast running across characters from the film while having their own little adventure.
- HeelFace Turn: Candace, Baljeet, and Buford join the rebels at the end.
- Heel Realization: Candace, after being rescued by Phineas (remember that the two did not know they were brother and sister), realizes that she, Buford and Baljeet are not the "good guys" as they believed it to be. The destruction of Alderaan confirms this.Candace: Also, didn't we just blow up a planet?!Baljeet: Yes, that is a bit hard to justify, ethically speaking.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: Doofenshmirtz falls into his own carbon-freezer.
- Hold Your Hippogriffs: Never look a gift tauntaun in the oral cavity .
- "I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight: Phineas vs. Darth Ferb. It doesn't work.
- I'm Not Here to Make Friends: Isabella. But much like Han Solo, she changes her mind.Isabella: This is not a friendship, it's a spaceship. So don't invade mine!
- Improvised Weapon: Darth Vader's socks, by Candace, using rubble.
- Insane Troll Logic: When the Rebel troopers can't find the disc with the Death Star plans, one suggests blaming it on Jar Jar Binks with his partner pointing out the stupidity of that, noting that Jar Jar "retired 20 years ago."
- Insistent Terminology: It's Darthensmirtz's lair, not an old recycling platform.
Buford: Potato, tomato.
- Stormtroopers aren't brainwashed, they go through "orientation."
- I Owe You My Life: After Phineas saves Candace, she goes back to save him from Darth Ferb.
- Is the Answer to This Question "Yes"?: At the Death Star, one worker asks if the other wants donuts and the other asks if Darth Vader wears a funny hat.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Isabella, of all people. It makes sense when you consider that she is supposed to be Han Solo's Distaff Counterpart.
- Long-Lost Relative: Before the Death Star explodes, Phineas regrets not being reunited with his big sister who had left Tatooine when he was a baby. Only then Candace realizes that the young rebel is her brother, Phineas, and they embrace each other.
- Lower-Deck Episode: Serves as this for the original Star Wars.
- May the Farce Be with You
- My God, You Are Serious: Phineas gets this reaction when Darth!Ferb offers him We Can Rule Together, and shows that he is not joking; Phineas had laughed and said that they needed to find Perry.
- Mythology Gag: In addition to standard references and lampshade hangings for the movies, Perry's personal starship bears a conspicuous resemblance to The Outridernote .
- No Endor Holocaust: The Firestar Girls rescued all baristas, bank tellers, and bowling alley attendants of the Death Star, which may or may not be a Take That! to a certain conversation from Clerks.
- No Ontological Inertia: Once the Sithinator is destroyed, Ferb immediately becomes his old self again.
- Oh, Crap!:
- Buford and Baljeet realizing that they still have Vader's socks and gave the commander the wrong bag. Goodbye commander!.
- Phineas when he sees that Ferb isn't joking about turning to The Dark Side.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: After turning to The Dark Side, Ferb becomes noticeably more talkative.
- Orbital Shot: Phineas has one towards the end of the opening song.
- Pick on Someone Your Own Size: The preteen Isabella has a two-sided rivalry with Hans Solo. With that said, the most they do onscreen is snipe at each other while eating family friendly snacks.
- Race Lift: Fantastic version. Vanessa showed up as a Twi'lek.
- Self-Destruct Mechanism: The Death Star's reactor core trench is suggested as one, given that Darthenshmirtz built the initial prototype as a nutcracker. Appropriately, the Sithinator has a self-destruct trench.
- He really should have ray-shielded that.
- Shown Their Work: The scenes featuring the events of A New Hope are exactly like the ones in the movie. They were apparently rotoscoped.
- In addition, they seem to have a knowledge of the movies' universe, making references to various planets and races from the prequels and stormtroopers note are referred to by their designation number.
- Something Only They Would Build: Phineas notices that the upgraded Sithinator looks a lot like the vaporaters he and Ferb built.
- Sound-Only Death: While Vanessa is singing onstage, Isabella fires a blaster shot at her, at which point she's heard to stop singing as the music stops. Subverted, though, as she's all right—only her bantha horn was destroyed.
- Spared by the Adaptation: The Fireside Girls rescue the Death Star's entire crew before it explodes.note
- Porkins survives the Death Star run, although in the post-credits scene, he's crushed by a banner. To be fair, he may have survived though.
- Spoiler Cover: The DVD cover spoils the fact that Ferb turns to The Dark Side at some point in the special.
- Tempting Fate: One Death Star worker makes a funny comment about Darth Vader's helmet and says there's no way Vader could have heard. Then it seems Vader was using the Force to choke the worker but it turns out the worker was just mocking his colleague.
- Tsundere: Isabella is a Type A for Phineas in this special.
- The Unreveal: Phineas is about to explain what happened to his and Candace's biological father before being interrupted by the Death Star blowing up.
- Villain Song: "In the Empire" from Candace, Buford, and Baljeet (who are still with Empire at the time) and "The Lowest of the Darths" from Darthenshmirtz.
- Visual Pun: Turning off the tractor beam is represented with an image of a farm vehicle.
- We Can Rule Together: Darth!Ferb offers this to Phineas, saying that they can join the Dark Side. Phineas laughs, up until Ferb shows he's not joking and will turn his brother by force.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: We never see Norm-3PO again after Perry disables him, raising the question of what happened to him during the destruction of the Death Star.
- Who Would Be Stupid Enough? / Answer Cut: When Phineas discusses the fatal flaw of the Death Star, Blatto asks "What kind of idiot would design that?" Cut to Darthenshmirtz trying, and failing, to use a water fountain on the Death Star.Darthenshmirtz: (as his helmet blocks the water) Ugh, why can't I master this?
- Worst Whatever, Ever!: After the Firestar Girls fail to persuade Isabella to join the Rebellion:"Worst rallying speech ever!"
"Shut up, Porkins!"
- You, Get Me Coffee: Candace hates being stuck on sock detail. Buford, on the other hand, admits that it's where his competence peaks.
- You Have Failed Me: Vader Force-chokes the officer who brings him a hoagie instead of socks.Vader: I find your lack of socks disturbing.


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Number 149 - August, 2007 - Part I
Number 149 - August, 2007 - Part II
"Perfect Stranger" (Blu-ray)
When her friend's affair with married ad exec Harrison Hill ends in the woman's murder, investigative reporter Rowena Price vows to bring the killer to justice. Suspecting Hill of the crime, she goes undercover by posing as two highly alluring women: Katherine, a sexy temp who works within his agency, and Veronica, a seductive temptress he chats with on-line. Engaging in a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse, both Rowena and Hill begin to realize things may not be what they seem, because some people will go to great lengths to protect their secrets, even if it means risking everything.
This movie was barely in theaters for a week. I remember seeing trailers for it, but hardly even heard a murmur about it. Given this I was expecting the worse. Thankfully it wasn't too bad. The story is decent enough, and the acting is actually quite good. The problem is the film isn't as sexy as I think it should have been, given the nature of the subject matter. It starts in the right direction but always backs off when it shouldn't. The ending is also a bit of a stretch to me. While entertaining enough for a rental, I don't see enough replay value for a purchase.
This transfer definitely benefits from the age of the master. The source is pristine, and the detail is in turn wonderful. Contrast is stark, and depth is excellent through the entire film. I was impressed with the level of detail in the darker scenes, and the overall look of the film really makes you feel like you're watching a superb film print.
The audio is very moody and full of nice atmospheric effects. The soundstage stays open throughout and there are even some nice discrete effects in the rear soundstage. Dialogue is always natural across the mains, and balance is dead on.
A making-of feature is included.
- Kris Deering -
"Purple Rain" (Blu-ray/HD DVD)
Rock star Prince plays a headstrong, vulnerable young musician known as "the kid." He struggles with his own psyche and family pressures of an alcoholic father who beats his mother. He sees his father's madness infecting both his music and his own personal life.
I've always been a huge fan of this film and most of Prince's catalog of music up until the mid-1990's. When I saw that Warner was releasing this one in HD I was overjoyed to see their inclusion of a lossless soundtrack on both formats. This is one of the better rock and roll films in my opinion and a welcome addition to any music film-lovers library.
This film was released as a special two-disc special edition from Warner just a few years ago, and I was impressed how clean it looked on that format. The same holds true here. The same master was used, and given its age and budget, this is a very good looking feature. It is softer than most of the high profile HD you see, but detail is better than you would probably expect from a film like this, and there isn't much in terms of noise and print wear. Colors are a bit sketchy, an issue you see a lot from films of the 1980's, but that has always been an issue with this film.
The soundtrack is presented in lossless Dolby TrueHD 5.1, and unfortunately it isn't quite to the bar I was hoping for. I am all about hearing Prince's early hits in 5.1, but the age of the soundtrack and limitations of the recording hold this back from being as good as I had hoped for. Fidelity overall isn't bad, but it doesn't excel over the standard DVD release by much. Maybe my expectations for this one were a bit high.
All of the extras from the two-disc special edition are included. There are some great featurettes about the film and the locales Prince used for the film. There are also interviews, commentaries and LOTS of music videos.
- Kris Deering -
"The Bourne Identity" (HD DVD)
Found with two bullets in his back, Jason Bourne discovers he has the skills of a very dangerous man and no memory of his violent past. Racing to unlock the secret of his own identity, he discovers the deadly truth: he's an elite government agent, a 30 million dollar weapon the government no longer trusts.
Honestly, this film redefined the secret agent genre, and put severe pressure on the previous head man, James Bond. This is a tightly paced, intelligent action thriller that doesn't rely on beautiful girls and silly gadgets. Instead you have tight scripting, good dialogue and extremely well produced action. Can't wait to see the final film.
I had this movie on D-Theater in HD and it was one of the better looking Universal releases. This release is almost identical. Universal hasn't been impressing me much with their catalog releases lately, but this is a GREAT transfer. Problem is, you have to compare it to the sequel that is already out there on HD DVD. In comparison, this is a little lighter on contrast and overall depth. It excels at fine detail, but longer shots are a bit softer. I also thought the color palette was a bit more muted this time around. But obviously these are choices made by the director for the look of the film, and the second one was a bit more stylized. If I had to pick one to show off, it would be the sequel, but this is still an impressive picture.
The soundtrack is presented in Dolby Digital Plus 5.1, and I would still rather see Universal start supporting lossless audio on at least their bigger titles. The overall volume of this title is a bit lower than some other action movies I've seen lately, but dynamics are still quite good. The film's soundtrack seems a bit low as well. The surround soundstage is used nicely but isn't as active as most of the other action movies I've seen lately. While the sound design and presentation are good here, it could be upped just a bit.
This is a feature-loaded HD DVD. Universal has given this title its "U-Control" treatment, with interviews, production footage, character bios, and GPS features included on the fly. There are also all the special features from the special edition DVD that came out a while back. This includes interviews, commentaries, production features, a look at the author, and deleted scenes.
- Kris Deering -
"The Fifth Element (Re-master)" (Blu-ray)
Two hundred and fifty years in the future, life as we know it is threatened by the arrival of evil. Only the Fifth Element can stop the evil from extinguishing life, as it tries to do every five thousand years. She is helped by ex-soldier and current-cab-driver, Korben Dallas, who is, in turn, helped by Prince/Arsenio clone, Ruby Rhod. Unfortunately, evil is being assisted by Mr. Zorg, a man who seeks to profit from the chaos that evil will bring, and his alien mercenaries.
This was one of the first Blu-ray offerings from Sony, and it was met with a very cold reception. The master used for that presentation had some serious issues, and this led to an outpouring of complaints about Blu-ray as a whole. This title was used as the reference of DVD video playback for years, but it looked like Sony dropped the ball for its BD premiere. Since then, Sony has been consistently releasing some gorgeous transfers, and as a response to the outcry, they have gone back and souped up this title, a brave and appreciated move in my opinion. They are also offering a trade-up for anyone who previously bought the title and would like to exchange it (for free) with the new version. Now that is what I call customer service!!
This time around Sony used AVC for the encode, and the film looks like it may be from a completely different master. The color balance seems a bit different in a few scenes when I compared them. There are still moments where the image doesn't hold up as well as some newer films, but this is probably a limitation of the filming style. The CG in the film, while state of the art for its time, is softer than the live action, and the color looks a bit more pastel than the rest of the film. Of course, these are limitations of the production as well. Fine detail and overall detail in this version are quite a bit better than the original version and reason enough to upgrade. I thought colors looked better and more natural as well. There isn't even a hint of compression artifacts, and depth improved overall. A very nice job by Sony here.
Personally, I didn't think the original PCM presentation on the last release was lacking, but Sony upped the ante on this one and included a new Dolby TrueHD 5.1 soundtrack at 20-bit resolution compared to the 16-bit resolution PCM track. I didn't notice a whole lot of different between the two in my setup, but then my surround sound processor up-samples all digital signals to 192/24 internally.
This is a very aggressive soundtrack, with AMPLE use of the surround soundstage. I've always loved the open sound design and sense of space you get with this film. I've used it countless times as a demonstration disc for this alone. While I appreciate Sony's inclusion of a higher resolution soundtrack, at the end of the day, I didn't hear much of a difference. I do hope they continue to offer higher resolution soundtracks though.
Extras are identical to the previous Blu-ray release. They include a trivia track and some trailers.
- Kris Deering -
"Mallrats" (HD DVD)
Brodie Bruce, a Sega and comic book obsessed college student, and his best friend, TS Quint, are both dumped by their girlfriends on the same day, and to deal with their loss, they both go to the local mall.
Along the way, they meet up with some friends, including William, a guy who stares at Magic Eye pictures, desperately trying to see the hidden image; Gwen, one of TS's ex-girlfriends; and Jay & Silent Bob, of Clerks fame. Eventually, they decide to try and win back their significant others, and take care of their respective nemesises (TS's girlfriend's father, and a store clerk who hates the two for not having any shopping agenda).
I would consider myself a pretty big Kevin Smith fan. This is one of the funnier films he's done, but it is also one of the campier offerings. The film has great one liners, plenty of funny characters, and an entertaining storyline. While I wouldn't put it up there with some of his better films (Chasing Amy/Dogma), fans of his films who haven't seen this should check it out.
This is one of those releases that barely improves on the DVD. The only real difference I saw was a slight change in fine detail and lack of compression artifacts. Unfortunately there is quite a bit of edge enhancement, which may be inherent in the master. This is yet another Universal title I've seen lately with this issue, and it's starting to scare me a bit. Colors look a bit muted, which is probably a limitation of the age and condition of the print used. While it is a slight improvement on the DVD release, it is a far cry from the better HD presentations out there.
The audio is presented in DD+ and is about the same as the previous DVD release. Sound design is simple, and the soundstage is a bit front-heavy. Dialogue can sound a bit sharp at times, almost as if it weren't balanced into the soundstage as well as it could be. The music in the film adds a little bit of dynamics, but not much.
This was a loaded special edition on DVD, and most of the features are still here. Unfortunately Universal didn't take advantage of the HDi components of HD DVD on this one and include the video commentary that was offered with the DVD release. You can still listen to the commentary, but you don't get to watch Kevin and Jason like you did with the DVD.
- Kris Deering -
"The Contract" (HD DVD)
While on a hiking trip to reconnect with his son after the death of his wife, Ray Keene stumbles into a nightmare scenario of paid assassins and ex-military guns-for-hire. Frank Cardin is attempting to fulfill a contract to assassinate a high profile businessman when things go awry and he ends up in the custody of the U.S. Marshalls. After an ill-fated attempt by his compatriots to free him, Frank finds himself in the custody of ex-lawman Ray and his son. As the trio tries to make their way back to civilization, they are relentlessly pursued by Frank's friends who are intent on freeing their leader in order to collect on the contract. But one pursuer may be more foe than friend.
Despite the rating and star leads, this really could be a movie you see on USA network and made for TV. The premise has been done before and the story overall can be a bit slow at times. The plot revolves around a father and son who were out camping at the wrong place at the wrong time and run into a contract killer who didn't quite escape on his way to the Feds. Now they are being hunted by the killer's companions through the wilderness. Problem is, the hunt is a bit slow and the dialogue isn't the best. Freeman and Cusack make the most of the parts, but can't save the ship overall.
The transfer is quite good for a direct to video release. Contrast is excellent and most of the forest is lush with detail and depth. Some of the effects work softens up the image at times, and longer shots are inconsistent in quality. Far better than I was expecting, given the budget and retail model, but not quite reference material.
The soundtrack is delivered in DD+ 5.1 and also has a DTS option. Dynamics are good overall, but you can tell the sound design was constrained by the budget a bit. Some of the action sounds a bit canned if you know what I mean. The soundstage is nice and open though, and the ambience and details of the woods and environment are very realistic throughout the front and rear soundstage.
Extras include some production features and a documentary on the film. There is also a photo gallery, some trailers, and a PiP look at the film during the movie.
- Kris Deering -
"Roving Mars" (Blu-ray)
Action. Drama. Anticipation. Exultation. Experience it all as you join the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity for an awe-inspiring journey to the surface of the mysterious red planet. Through the eyes of these two intrepid, death-defying rovers, and with NASA scientists and engineers at your side, you'll see Mars in a way no one ever has before. You'll feel what it is like to stand on the startling surface of the planet that's intrigued mankind for eons. And you'll uncover its ultimate mystery: Is there life on Mars? Roving Mars – it's the ride of a lifetime.
I don't know if this was an Imax movie or not, but it comes off a lot like one. Or something you'd find at Epcot during your trip to Walt Disney World. Essentially this is a look at the two rovers they made for the journey to Mars and the testing and obstacles they had to overcome. Most of the movie is CGI representations of what they had to face, but there are some images actually captured from the rovers. Overall it is an interesting documentary, but not quite as riveting as some of the other Imax features or even the recent Planet Earth series.
You would think that forty minutes of video would be a breeze for HD with the space and bitrate availability of the Blu-ray format, but all evidence to the contrary here. This documentary is a cornucopia of different types of footage. SD cameras, handheld cameras, HD cameras, still footage, and CGI combine to make the documentary, and all of it is vastly different in quality.
There is plenty of banding, plenty of macroblocking, and scaling artifacts can be atrocious at times. Ringing plagues most of the upscaled footage with harsh lines around just about every object. Most of the HD footage looks good, but it appears that they boosted the signal level a little, as the image comes off harder than you'd expect from native HD cameras. The CGI is full of banding but can be pretty cool at times. Overall, this isn't nearly as inspiring in the video department as most HD documentaries, but it isn't horrible either.
The audio presentation has its moments. Dynamic range is extremely impressive during the wind testing as well as some of the animations for the launch and landing of the rovers. Dialogue is balanced nicely within the rest of the soundstage, and ambience isn't too bad.
Extras include an early Disney documentary about space and the universe from the 50's, and some interviews and retrospective outlook from the filmmakers and NASA scientists.
- Kris Deering -
"Disturbia" (Blu-ray/HD DVD)
After his father's accidental death, Kale remains withdrawn and troubled. When he lashes out at a well-intentioned but insensitive teacher, he finds himself under a court-ordered house arrest. His mother continues to cope, working extra shifts to support herself and her son, as she tries in vain to understand the changes in his personality.
The walls of his
house begin to close in on Kale as he takes chances to extend the
boundaries both physical and emotional - of his confinement. His
interests turn outside the windows of his suburban home toward those of
his neighbors, including a mutual attraction to the new girl next door.
Together, they begin to suspect that another neighbor is a serial
killer. Are their suspicions merely the product of Kale's cabin fever
and vivid imagination? Or have they unwittingly stumbled across a crime
that could cost them their lives?
I didn't pay this one much mind during its theatrical run, but it did make a nice haul at the box office. Generally PG-13 thrillers with a young cast like this don't impress me much and center on the MTV crowd with their predictable plots and product placement.
This is a breath of fresh air though and a solid thriller, especially given the circumstances. The young cast gives good performances, and the director does a good job of holding suspense and keeping you guessing. I would definitely recommend checking this one out if you're a fan of the genre.
A solid presentation from Paramount here. The Blu-ray seems to be a tad sharper at times, but it was hard to judge due to the time it took to go back and forth. Both have great detail though, and the color rendition is very nice. Blacks are deep, and shadow detail is never an issue. I didn't see any banding or compression issues at all, and generally this is as solid as they come.
The soundtracks are slightly different, but I didn't think there was a big enough difference to warrant buying one version over the other. The soundtrack is encoded as an EX soundtrack, and there are a few nice discrete rear effects. There is even a discrete 6.1 DTS-ES soundtrack on both formats. Dynamics are delivered very nicely, with good extension into the lower end. The surround soundstage is very natural and never gimmicky, with just the right amount of nuance to keep the experience immersive.
Paramount continues to offer supplements in HD, including deleted scenes, outtakes, and a making-of feature. You also get the trailer, a music video, photo gallery, and feature commentary.
- Kris Deering -
"The Messengers" (Blu-ray)
Desperate for a fresh start after a tough two years in Chicago, the Solomon family retreats to a desolate sunflower farm in North Dakota. But the calm of farm life is shattered when 16-year-old Jess and her 3-year-old brother Ben begin to see nightmarish apparitions throughout their new home - visions that nobody else can see. As the visions grow darker, they become fear-inspiring experiences, and Jess' parents start to question their daughter's sanity. Now, Jess must find a way to save her family and win a battle with forces from far beyond the grave.
I've seen a lot of films by the Pang Brothers, especially from their foreign film catalog. I've always had mixed feelings for their horror films; some have been good, but some have been too formulaic. This one treads lightly on the line but has enough frantic fright and pop up terror to keep you on your toes. VERY moody.
My wife jumped quite a few times and was clawing my arm. I guess that is the mark of doing a film like this right. Not a bad start to their American film career, but there is room for improvement.
Man, it is tough not giving this one a perfect score for video. Most of the time this transfer is breathtaking, with gorgeous detail and color; and I mean GORGEOUS.
The problem is when the effects come into play. The image softens up enough that it almost spoils the effect because you know it is coming. The image is so crisp and detailed, and then all of a sudden there is a layer of haze and presto, CG effects. Oh well, you can bask in gorgeous HD beauty through 95% of the film.
The 5.1 soundtrack is seriously dynamic. And the Pangs have gone to every length to make you jump or have the hairs on your neck stand straight up. The soundstage is very alive, with creepy little nuances happening all the time. There were some really cool sound effects, including walking that is supposed to be in the upstairs in the house that I swear was coming from the room above my theater. Very creepy. Bass is tight and adds just the right dimension to the mood. Did I mention you will jump a lot through this movie? Make sure you watch in the dark and in a quiet room.
Extras include seven behind the scenes features on making the film. You also get a feature commentary.
- Kris Deering -
"Premonition" (Blu-ray)
Linda Hanson has a beautiful house, a loving husband, and two adorable daughters. Her life is perfect, until the day she receives the devastating news that her husband Jim has died in a car accident. When she wakes up the next morning to find him alive and well, she assumes it was all a dream, but is shaken by how vivid it felt.
She soon realizes it wasn't a dream, and her world is turned upside down as the surreal circumstances lead her to discover that her perfect life may not have been all that it appeared. Desperate to save her family, Linda begins a furious race against time and fate to try and preserve everything that she and Jim have built together.
For some reason I didn't have a lot of interest in seeing this one after I saw the trailers. Luckily, this film turned out to be pretty good, with enough twists and eeriness to keep me locked in the whole film. This is almost a twisted rendition of a few different Twilight Zone stories I saw a long way back. A wife and mother keeps waking up throughout the week to find that things are different and know of events coming up. You get to see how she handles them and what she does to prevent the worst. A very solid thriller that is definitely worth your time.
Sony is really on the ball with consistently good transfers lately. Really nothing at all to pick on here. Detail is exceptional, and depth and contrast are excellent. This transfer is very dimensional, with a perfect balance of fine detail and color. I didn't see any compression artifacts at all, and noise is minimal. A very solid transfer.
The uncompressed PCM soundtrack is also a treat and very moody. The rear soundstage adds to the ambience nicely, and the main soundstage is very wide and dynamic. For a thriller, this isn't an extremely dynamic soundtrack, but there are enough moments when range extends down nicely and you get some impressive bass.
Extras include deleted scenes and an alternate ending, a feature commentary, behind the scenes looks at the making of the film, and a gag reel.
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CT, or computed tomography, is a non-invasive procedure that uses x-ray equipment and powerful computers to create detailed, cross-sectional images of your child's body.
A CT scan is:
How Boston Children's Hospital approaches CT scans
Computed Tomography (CT) at Boston Children's Hospital is dedicated to putting children of all ages at ease, as you'll see from the whimsical décor of our Fenway Park and beach-themed CT rooms in Boston and our skilled and child-centered staff at all locations. We are experts at keeping children comfortable and we encourage parents to be in the room during the scan. In addition, our powerful multidetector scanners minimize exam time, often eliminating the need to sedate your child.
Because CT technology uses ionizing radiation, we adapt our equipment and protocols to keep doses "child-sized." We work hard to keep doses as low as possible without compromising the image quality needed to make a correct diagnosis.
What is a CT scanner?
The CT scanner itself is a large machine that looks like a giant doughnut. Your child will lie still on a table that slides into and out of the opening while the machine takes pictures of the part of her body that is being investigated. Even though the machine is large and makes humming noises, it will not touch her during the scan.
How does a CT scanner work?
An x-ray tube on a rotating gantry within the "doughnut" emits controlled, narrow beams of X-ray radiation, which pass through the body and get picked up by an array of electronic detectors on the frame's opposite side. This produces many pictures in thin two-dimensional "slices" of the area under study. The slices are then assembled by a dedicated computer, which can if necessary compile them into detailed 3-dimensional images that can be studied from all angles.
Why might a CT scan be needed?
In children, CT is often used to investigate head injuries or acute neurological symptoms, evaluate chronic sinus symptoms or hearing loss, diagnose appendicitis, evaluate masses, detect fractures or help determine why a child has trouble breathing. Because it provides detailed views of many types of tissues, it's an excellent way to rule out disease and facilitate treatment.
Your child's doctor may have requested a CT scan to obtain specific diagnostic information that is not provided by or is complementary to other imaging technologies such as x-ray, ultrasound, nuclear medicine or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
In emergencies, a CT scan can quickly reveal internal injuries and bleeding, providing important information to the medical team that may prove life-saving.
How should I prepare my child for the CT scan?
The most important thing is to tell your child in simple terms why the test is necessary. You can explain that the CT won't hurt her and that the machine does not touch her body. If an IV is needed for the injection of contrast (the "dye" used to provide additional detail for some scans), or to provide sedation, your child may well feel discomfort from the needle. An option that is available for IV insertion is called a J-tip. A J-tip is used to numb the area before needle insertion. It is a syringe that has no needle but makes a popping sound to numb the area, similar to a can of soda being opened. The staff will give specific instructions when your exam is scheduled, but here are some general guidelines for CT scans without sedation:
What if my child can't lie still for the scan?
Because CT scans are generally quick — often less than 10 seconds — many children can hold still for the procedure. But depending on which part of the body is being scanned, the exam can take longer. Some types of scans are more forgiving of slight movements, while others require your child to be entirely motionless for a greater length of time. Depending on your child's age and other factors, sedation may be necessary.
What should I expect when I bring my child to the hospital?
The day of your child's exam, come to the Radiology suite on the second floor of the main hospital or on the first floor at our Waltham facility and check in at the front desk.
What happens during the procedure?
The technologist positions and secures your child on the movable bed that slides into and out of the CT scanner. At this point, the technologist may use a small needle to place an intravenous line into your child's hand or foot. There will likely be some brief discomfort when this is done.
The technologist then performs the exam according to the imaging protocol specified by the radiologist who is in direct contact with the radiologist at all times.
Can I stay in the room with my child?
Having a parent in the room during the exam can help reduce any anxiety your child might have. However, you cannot be in the room if you are pregnant. In this situation, please bring the other parent or a trusted caregiver.
How will I learn the results of my child's CT scan?
After the pediatric radiologist or pediatric neuroradiologist interprets the images, he will provide a written report to your child's doctor, who can then tell you the results. Results are typically reported within 24 hours; in urgent cases, our radiologists communicate immediately with the referring physician.
What are the risks of CT scans?
CT scans involve ionizing radiation as is used in conventional x-rays. In certain clinical situations, the benefits of an accurate diagnosis outweigh the risk of exposure to radiation during the exam. We calibrate our x-ray-based equipment and adapt protocols to deliver doses appropriate to children. The narrow beams of radiation used in CT, as well as protective shielding that prevents unnecessary radiation to sensitive tissues, also help limit radiation dose.
Sometimes, it is possible to reach a diagnosis by using imaging technologies that do not involve radiation: ultrasound or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), for example. When appropriate, our radiologists will advise referring physicians that this is the safest course of action.
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Download the new windows mesenger here\015\012http://messenger.live.com/ this would be easyist to fix the problem. or\015\012\015\0121. Navigate to the following folder:
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Windows Vista (64-bit): C:\\Program Files (x86)\\McAfee\\SiteAdvisor
2. Right-click on the file sasets.ini and choose Open With, then select Notepad.
3. Locate the section titled [msnmsgr.exe].
4. Change Enabled=1 to Enabled=0.
5. Click File and select Save.
6. Close sasets.ini and restart your computer for changes to take effect.
Windows XP/2000/Vista (32-bit): C:\\Program Files\\McAfee\\SiteAdvisor
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2. Right-click on the file sasets.ini and choose Open With, then select Notepad.
3. Locate the section titled [msnmsgr.exe].
4. Change Enabled=1 to Enabled=0.
5. Click File and select Save.
6. Close sasets.ini and restart your computer for changes to take effect.
I'm used to have this problem. Somebody con't find McAfee and I too. I think that this problem about systme from msn. So, I repain my msn (control panel > add or remove program > select program msn > repain) then restare. after I restare my computer and sing-in my webcam can use again ^u^
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WARSAW, Ind. (WANE) – A woman was seriously injured on Wednesday after her boyfriend accidentally ran her over in their driveway, police said.
According to the Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department, 39-year-old Tracy A. Prater, of Warsaw, got into a fight with her boyfriend, 37-year-old Benjamin D. Irvine, also of Warsaw, in the couple's driveway.
Irvine then got into his car and began to back out of the driveway. Irvine told police he did not see Prater and accidentally ran her over.
Prater told police she walked behind the car before Irvine started backing up, and then slipped and fell on the icy driveway. She said the car then hit her, pinning her underneath.
Emergency responders had to extract Prater from under the car. Prater was airlifted to Lutheran Hospital in serious condition. Police said she suffered injuries to her chest, neck, and head.
Police said Prater told investigators at the hospital that the incident was an accident.


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World Series Notes: Game Four, Phillies-Rays
The following Small Points for your amusement, from tonight's game...
> There's over the top, there's wildly over the top, and then there's Patti LaBelle. For those of you who missed the national anthem, let's just say that she's, um, unique.
> Andy Sonnastine was the member of the Rays' rotation that I thought the Phillies could really handle, and he didn't disappoint, pitching only four innings and allowing nine baserunners. Part of this was bad luck with a blown umpire call at third in the first ining (Justice for Jamie Moyer's non-win!), but still -- he wasn't sharp at all. The Rays won't use him again this year.
> A word on Joe Blanton. I've watched the man pitch a lot for my Oakland A's, and what you saw tonight? Not him. Cupcakes just keeps the ball low, works fast, is a reasonable 4 or 5 starter that's miscast in the top of the rotation. He's not dominant, with nasty filth stuff everywhere, and a power bat to boot. Seriously, the Rays' should check the DNA.
> Giving that Akinori Iwamura won gold gloves in Japan and has spent this series making errors... I'm wondering what the exchange rate for gold is on the Nippon exchange. (Your alternate joke here is that Iwamura is Japanese for Whoops.)
And of course, after writing this, he makes a great play for a double play in the seventh. The lesson: never say anything.
> When you're going good, you're getting the breaks. To a more cursed Phillies team, a line drive off the pitcher is a hit, a hurt pitcher, the prelude to a big inning.
For the Phillies tonight, it was Blaton with the kick save to Pedro Feliz for an out. Just another 1-5-3 putout.
> With his no-doubt home run, Blanton entered The Pantheon of unlikely Philly World Series pitching heroes. It's a short list (Marty Bystrom! Bob Walk! Dickie Noles! Jamie Moyer), but with one more win, he'll never buy another beer in this town.
> In the seventh, Ryan Madson makes what might be the pitch of the game, getting Bossman Junior Upton to whiff on a 3-2 change with two on and two out. Bossman Junior is going to make a lot of money in his MLB life, but he's not the same guy that killed Boston. Thank heavens.
> If you saw Frank Calliendo in public, and he was criminally assaulted in front of you, would you do anything to stop it, or would you just try to commit every second of it to memory? These are the things that I think about during heavy rotation commercials.
> Another heavy rotation commercial reaction... does it diminish the accomplishment of Indiana Jones in the last movie that the villainess that he foiled was pregnant? (The actress Cate Blanchett, of course.) Having seen the Shooter Wife through two pregnancies, I say no, no, a thousand times, no...
> In the seventh, Fox's heads talked about how Charlie Manuel was interested in working Brad Lidge for more than one inning tonight. As someone rooting for the Phillies in this series, I'm not interested in him having to do that. A game without drama is OK, guys.
> The stat of the series: Pena and Longoria, 0 for 29, 15 whiffs. Ye Gads.
> Just so the rest of the non-Philly world is aware... Ryan Madson's career WHIP is 1.36, and he's never thrown this hard before. I have no idea how he became Utterly Freaking Dominant, but more power to him.
> In Tampa, the Phillies got a split despite having little from Rollins, Howard and Burrell. In Philly for the last two games, Rollins and Howard have come alive, and life for Philly Fan is much, much better...
> In Game Three, after getting picked off second base in what seemed to be a crushing mistake, a colleague assailed Jayson Werth for his doofy facial hair. Tonight, after a no-doubt insurance homer that made it 8-2 in the ninth? It's Distinguished.
> Ryan Howard's eighth inning home run, off lefty Trevor Miller, that made it 10-2... was the baseball equivalent of the good guy in a pro wrestling match running in and cleaning house. Seriously, he should have just Miller with a steel chair. It'd have been less obvious.
> In the surprisingly relaxed ninth, JC Romero makes an error put the leadoff man on, and just as we go to the Here We Go feeling... the next man makes out, and the man after that, with an emphatic strikeout of Jason Bartlett. Because, well, these aren't the Red Sox, and an 8-run lead in the ninth agains the bottom of an order that hasn't hit much for the first four games of this Series... well, it's not getting eight runs for the heartbreak loss.
> Your final out as the Phillies move to a 3-1 Series lead is JC Romero going upstairs on Rocco Baldelli, treating him like yesterday's newspaper. You know, the one that talked about how close and exciting this Series has been. Domination.
> Post game, Joe Maddon talked about Blanton having a mark on his cap, and wondered to some extent if Something Was Afoot.
As someone who wants the Phils to win, keep thinking that, Rays. It's got to be cheating. Think a lot about that.
> As the game moved to the ninth, other Philly Fans in my IM circle spoke of how odd it was to see their team like this... which is to say, cruising to a win, getting every break, marching on. Almost as if they were, well, Not From Here.
Earlier today, in the Eagles' game, the Falcons called their third and final time out before the two minute warning. On the subsequent punt, the refs blew the call badly, awarding a muff fumble to the home team. Since the Falcons had no timeouts left, they couldn't challenge, and that was, well, that. Brian Westbrook broke a touchdown run for the suck out cover that made the final score look a lot easier than it was.
My town never gets that call, or, at least, never remembers getting that call. Perhaps it's a new day; perhaps this is what 100 seasons of futility coming to an end might, well, feel like.
Because this Phillies team? It doesn't feel like it's from that place.
And if Cole Hamels and the suddenly red-hot Phillies' bats can get it done tomorrow night, that town will no longer exist.
And the congregation sings, Amen...


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The Berliner Tafel's operations at the fair must be well organized in order to ensure that the highly perishable goods reach the needy as quickly as possible.
The world's largest such fair, Fruit Logistica is the premiere meeting place of the international produce trade. Around 2,400 companies present every imaginable sort of fruit and vegetables. The starting gun for the workers of the Berliner Tafel is fired on the last evening, after all the visitors have left the halls: over 350 volunteers gather together all of the produce displayed at the vast fair. Some 3,000 green reusable crates provided by IFCO stand ready to be filled with goods. The ecological aspects of the operation play a major role, as the Berliner Tafel fully subscribes to the principles of IFCO's WORLDWIDE RESPONSIBILITY initiative: the operation exclusively employs environmentally friendly reusable containers.
On the same evening, more than 30 trucks bring the goods to a central collection point at the fairgrounds where the sorting work begins: the most fragile produce must be delivered first. The entire operation requires a detailed timing plan and depends on helpers who are trained to know their sorting priorities and those goods which have a short shelf life must be delivered to the needy immediately.
The balance of the sorting process takes two days, always assuring that the most fragile produce gets the highest priority. All in all, more than 150 tonnes of fruit and vegetables, an impressive amount which would normally end up in the refuse heap, is rescued, sorted and packed for delivery to Berlin's needy.


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I'm trying to clean up Tomcat warnings about memory leaks due to creating my own threads. http://wiki.apache.org/tomcat/MemoryLeakProtection proposes that I call
Yes it will. The
Thread.getContextClassLoader() is a mechanism for generic frameworks load resources from further down the class loader tree.
Take Tomcat's class loader hierarchy.
/ \
Webapp1 Webapp2 ...
The servlet or JSP framework resides in the
Common class loader. If one of these frameworks is to load a classpath resource from
Webapp1, they could try:
getClass().getResource("/some/resource/in/webapp1"); // fail
But since class loading mechanics only delegates calls up the class loader chain, this would fail. This means that all frameworks that needs to load a resource instead do:
And the servlet container makes sure this is the
Webapp1 class loader whenever the thread is executing in that context. So the thread's context classloader is effectively a way for frameworks to load classes from "the wrong direction".
When you spawn a new thread, that thread gets, by default the context class loader of its parent (your
Webapp1 classloader). If you consequently stop
Webapp1, tomcat is supposed to be able to GC that webapp, but is unable to do so as long as there's any reference left to the
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Each principle floor of 907 Fifth Avenue originally contained two apartments. Every apartment originally featured: an enormous multi-windowed gallery with powder room, large living room with fireplace, receiving room, large dining room, conservatory, three or four master bedrooms complemented with three bathrooms and one or two fireplaces, large kitchen and pantry, servants' hall, and four to five servant cells with one to two servant baths. Most of the apartments within 907 were subdivided, some with results such as you have speculated, and the grand private galleries frequently became public corridors. The Rabbi remembers the interior surgery occurred when 907 transitioned from rental to coop; however, perhaps some of the Kinderlach have a different recollection?

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Los Angeles Clippers forward Matt Barnes was ejected from the team's game against the Minnesota Timberwolves Wednesday after violently pushing Greg Stiemsma in the neck during the second quarter. Barnes may have been upset with a screen from Stiemsma and reacted by pushing the center. He was ejected immediately after being assessed with a flagrant 2 foul. Stiemsma must have still been upset over the uncalled for shove from Barnes, because he retaliated a minute later. Stiemsma pushed Grant Hill to the ground while Hill was attempting to rebound an Alexey Shved miss. Stiemsma dangerously timed his push, waiting until Hill was in the air and unable to protect himself. He was assessed a flagrant 1 foul for the act. The post Matt Barnes ejected for pushing Greg Stiemsma in neck; Stiemsma retaliates on Grant Hill appeared first on Larry Brown Sports. Related posts: Bulls Fans Swears and Spits at Grant Hill Sen. Ernie Harris, a Kentucky graduate, wants UPS ad featuring Grant Hill pulled Grant Hill on Steve Nash joining Lakers: It's like going from Carolina to Duke
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Katta - Lucene & more in the cloud.
Katta is a scalable, failure tolerant, distributed, data storage for real time access.
Katta serves large, replicated, indices as shards to serve high loads and very large data sets. These indices can be of different type. Currently implementations are available for Lucene and Hadoop mapfiles.
- Makes serving large or high load indices easy
- Serves very large Lucene or Hadoop Mapfile indices as index shards on many servers
- Replicate shards on different servers for performance and fault-tolerance
- Supports pluggable network topologies
- Master fail-over
- Fast, lightweight, easy to integrate
- Plays well with Hadoop clusters
- Apache Version 2 License
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Take a look at the below list of Top 10 best Hollywood Films From Different Genres till 2017. Hollywood is a movies industry which is popular in the world. Over many decades, they have done the production of iconic movies in various genres. Their films are at the top. Many of the Hollywood movies are classics. A film becomes a classic when it appeals to all people from when it is made up to time. They can also be reflect by their financial success. Greatest films are not measured scientifically since their greatness is subjective. Hollywood production is of history and full of unforgettable moments. A film genre is a picture based on similarities in their emotional response and the narrative element.
List of Top 10 Hollywood Films From Different Genres till 2017
10. Romantic comedy: City Lights
This film was first shown on January 1931 to the audience. The movie's premise is that of Tramp who fell in love with a blind girl. This tale of blind life presents tramp as a character. He was homeless wearing a baggy pant and large shoes. The theme of this classic film is on the consequences that can result from suffering. This is one of the movies that are a silent film. It is the one that sounds like starting a flight in the industry of music. It is a film of many years but greatest of all times. City lights are the best of Charlie Chaplin. He preferred a silent art.
09. Sports: Raging Bull
This is a tramid tragedy that is based on a real life story of a middle weight boxing champion who struggle to0 achieve this goal. He passed through successful stages of self disintegration and punishment. It is the 1980 biopic where Jake La Motta is shot in black and white. These classic film stars Robert De Niro with a lot of self destruction traits.De Niro's performance was given praise that enabled him to win an Oscar. When this movie came out, it had reviews which were mixed. This resulted from the movie's violentness.It is now considered as the magnum opus of scorceess.The source of this Hollywood film is the soulofttheplot.wordpress.com
08. Western: The Searchers
This is a classic Hollywood film that is done by Alan le May. John Wayne is featured to play a role that was central. He played a role of a civil war veteran who was searching for his niece who was abducted. He got assistance from War bond Jeffrey Huner who played the roles of the other characters. This film is complex with nuanced themes which include individualism and racism. It is a meandering tale that examines the innermost turmoil of fiercely independence. The film received many responses from critics but by now, it is regarded as the great classic of the Hollywood films.
07. 2001: A space Disney
This is a science fiction classic that involves exploration. It was released at a space race between USSR and USA.It was a wonder at its release time. It is one of the greatest films. It is a short story from Arthuric Clarke and is directed by craftsman. The movie is intelligent and it keeps the audience thinking on the whole story. The film aimed in showing the human evolution.
06. Fantasy: The wizard of Oz
This is a Hollywood classic film that has no surprise on wizard of Oz.It is a classic which is number one in the department of fantasy. It received many positive views. It is a film which was considered on UNESCO's memories in the register of the world. This was because of its popularity. The plot of this film is condensed well. It is tales where Kansas farm girl dream of a better place. With no torment on her dog, she plans to run away.
05. Horror: Psycho
This is a film which was directed by Afred Hitchiok.The long queue that the film took was a popularity testament. Psycho was based on Robert Bloch's novel. He was assisted by Janet Leigh, John Garin and Vera mikes. In the film, the shower murder is a scene which is among the famous ones. The scene created a showerphobia among many people.
04. Mystery: Vertigo
This is a master piece which was made by Alfred Hitchcok, the director. The movie was based on Dentire book in which he tells the story of a man who was dramatizing things which involved suicide. The whole work is mesmerizing suspense which is doomed on romance. This film spawned themes like obsession.
03. War: Apocalypse
This is a film which is inspired by Joseph Conrad. This film was set during the Vietnam War. It is done by Francis Ford Coppola.It has a cast that includes actors like Martin Sheen Robert Duralo and Albert Hall. It narrates a story of the US officer who was assigned to kill an officer who had gone renegad.It is a film that won Palm d'or at the Cannes.
02. Gangster: The Godfather
This is a movie that saw many paraddies.This made it to be the legendary movie. It was done by Francis Ford Copppola.Gangster is a genre that has work which is defined. It is a movie which is known by everybody. The film has two documented stories on the corleone family. Marlon Brando's portrayal is the iconic acting performance which is there to stay
1. Thriller: Silence of the lambs
This is the film that led to the win of the big 5 academy. It is directed by Jonathan Demme.On it's starring, there was Anthony Hopkins who played the psychiatric.Foste played the role of the Hannibal lecter who was consulted by the FBI agent.
Hollywood has done their best to produce films which are great. They are all legends with an increased popularity. They have several lessons that people can learn. You need to watch all these films.


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Before I begin: Thank you, everyone, for the wonderful congratulatory comments and e-mails. They provided many smiles those first weeks.
Hello. My name is Kate and I am a blog ignorer. (Also, I apparently make up words. It's funner that way.)
Who knew that when you went and had a second baby you'd immediately become disorganized, scatterbrained, and frequently unshowered? Ignoring (again!) the fact that everyone in the world knew this except for in-denial me, I have to tell you: This baby thing is EXHAUSTING. How did I not remember this from the first time around? In my head, Aura remains the Perfect Baby: slept all the time, ate regularly but not obsessively, cooed at appropriate times, and slept some more. Either this is exactly how it went down or six years does not do a memory good. But let's go with Door #1. Makes all the complaining below just seem…healthier.
(SIX years, October 6. Must be in a time warp thingie or something. Plus she went and got her haircut and now I can't even squint and pretend she's still three, like I used to:)
Right around the time he turned one week, Jax decided that Sleep! For the Lazy! Is Much Better to Demand to Be Held Every Second of the Day! Anything past 10 minutes in a bouncy seat/swing/car seat and all hell breaks loose. Wearing him (I have now moved onto the Baby K'tan wrap carrier and I must now request you buy it for every new mother you know, because Hi, I can cook dinner now or at least gaze into the freezer Very Seriously before picking up the phone to order Thai) has helped, but still, Jax spends an awful lot of time lying on top of me, while I sit as still as possible and watch the fifth John Cusack movie on TV in one day. (Oh, that Must Love Dogs. He was a keeper, I tell you. Perhaps too good for Diane Lane.)
As of this weekend (seven weeks, hollah), nighttime sleep has improved. Jax now regularly goes for three-and-a-half or four hours for the first stretch. Of course, this is because he is exhausted from howling all evening, because WOMAN, IF YOU DON'T FEED ME EVERY HOUR I'M GOING TO…HOWL EVEN MORE AND MAYBE SPIT UP MORE AND THEN HOWL MORE MILLLLLLLLLLLK. You'd think finally finding a use for that stupid pink velour Build-A-Bear bed with decorative trim would calm him down, but OH NO:
Of course, something else happened right before five weeks. The Smile. And that makes me forgive his astounding 12-pound self for almost everything. Say, 99%.
What else? Ah yes, the guilt. The horrible, debilitating guilt over how much less time I spend playing with Aura. She continues to adjust well, but it can't be easy coming home from your spankin' new first-grade classroom only to hear "Sorry, sweetie, I have to feed the baby again!" or "Sorry, I have to change the baby again!" She spends a lot of time listening to stories near the nursing pillow or modifying pretend games (those BLASTED Littlest Pet Shops still won't die a timely death) so that I can play them one-handed.
Yet these moments take no hands at all:
But still. I might be selling a baby soon. Stay tuned. For now, I'll just toss him in with the laundry.


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Discussion in 'The Professional Gallery' started by guitarmy, Sep 21, 2007.
Took some coupley shots on the weekend. These are a few I liked. Thoughts?
#1 is really cool but seems kind of unbalanced since they are right in the middle (well middle of the bottom). I wonder how it might look with some more chopped off the right? #2 looks like a maternity shot with their hands on her tummy like that. I really like the idea of #3, but they are too small in the frame.
Two is fantastic. I love it.
I agree with April about the gig line on the first. You could even just change the perspective if you needed too.
I think three would work if you burned the crap out of the edges, and lighted it up where the couple is.
Thanks for the feedback!
I would love to see 1 scooted over a little so they were at the corner more. These are really creative tho and it looks like you're experimenting with composition. I like the lighting in 2
Thanks. Yeah, I have a good grasp of rule of thirds and things of that nature. I'm trying out some new ideas, composition-wise; some of which work and some of which don't. I don't want to crop image 1 so as to follow the rule of thirds because it will eliminate the edge of the house, which I like (including the barrel distortion).
Personally, I think number 1 and 2 are great the way they are. Number 3 had the subjects just a little too small, but it's a great idea!
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Djibril Cisse says he's happy at Lazio despite his troubles in front of goal so far during the 2011-12 campaign.
The Frenchman joined the capital outfit in the summer from Panathinaikos, but he has scored just one goal in 17 Serie A appearances this term – and that was in the first game of the season at Milan in September.
"I'm happy here because I am living in a great city and I'm playing for a great club," the 30-year-old told RMC.
"My lack of goals? Well, it is tough but I will continue to battle. Saying that, it is difficult to demonstrate your ability when you play just 15 or 20 minutes.
"These situations can arise when you change clubs. You need time in order to leave your mark and to get to know your teammates.
"Serie A is very tactical too. I'm used to having a lot of space in front of me, but it's more difficult here.
"Panathinaikos will always be in my heart, but I have no regrets about leaving them over the summer.
"After winning the championship I needed to test myself at a higher level."
Cisse, who has spent time in his career at Liverpool and Marseille, has been linked with an eventual return to former club Auxerre.
"I want to end my career at Auxerre, the club where I started," he added. "And it is possible. I have 94 goals in Ligue 1 and it would be stupid to stop so close to the 100 mark."
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