Is It Rant Tiem Nao?

[jetpack_monkey]

Don't ask me how, but I accidentally wandered into the Amazon.com forums on Blu-ray and HD-DVD. Man, that shit is hateful. Just a bunch a people with nothing better to do than post smackdown after poorly worded smackdown against the format they like least. They stalk the forums for both formats, too. Every poor newb who wanders into the HD-DVD forum looking for answers is met with "Don't use HD-DVD, it's for lamers." "Don't listen to that Sony shill. HD-DVD will win the format war because Blu-ray has xxxx bad thing that doesn't matter to Joe Consumer. HD-DVD has..." "What kind of idiot are you? Blu-ray has completely unrelated thing that may or may not be true."

What ever happened to having a preference? It's a freakin' movie player, people. It's not a political party. It's not determining the future of your country -- just the future of your living room. Read a fucking book, get some air, get a life. Were I about to buy a player, I think I'd be scared off of HD for a while in both formats with that kind of vitriol flying around.

Geez macreeze. Perspective!

Comments

[timjr.livejournal.com]

Well, if you're going -solely- for the price, yes, the PS3 then looks like a much better choice.

But you must also factor in the catalog of games, as well. Admittedly, the promise of FFXIII for the PS3 is nice... but also distant in the future.

'Course, the one game to end all games will be out for both systems...

*bows before the might of Rock Band*

[jetpack-monkey.livejournal.com]

I'm in it for the Kingdom Hearts sequels. Like a motherfucker.

[timjr.livejournal.com]

Mmm, the bizarre yet fun blend of Square RPGs and Disney franchises.

...Kingdom Hearts 2 still -wins- for having a Steamboat Willie land and TRON. I can't wait to see how they try to top that in a third title...

[jetpack-monkey.livejournal.com]

It wins more for getting Bruce Boxleitner to come back and reprise the role of Tron. Still, first time that Leon spoke up in that game, I was like, dude, where's Boreanaz?