What Blu-Ray did you watch last night?

[Ed Gordon]

Watching it the other night, reminded me of something my father said to me long long ago, that while he was in Burma during WW2, when the news came that the Americans had dropped the bomb, it meant they were going home. I am sure that thousands of others were thinking the same. He never talked much about his time there, and I never asked, but he did say that disease was killing more people than enemy action, but also added he was full of praise for the American pilots who kept them supplied.

The pros and cons of dropping the first atomic bomb is part of what makes Oppenheimer such a riveting film to watch. The quote, 'Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.', sums up Oppenheimer's conflict.

In a spine-chilling recording, Oppenheimer himself famously cited an ancient myth in reference to the Trinity Test (the testing of the first atom bomb in Los Alamos, New Mexico), saying, "We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent." After this, he pensively goes all the way back to ancient Hindu mythology, saying, "I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad Gita. Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that one way or another."

In Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer," the same quote appears a couple of different times.

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[Graham Ritchie]

Watching it the other night, reminded me of something my father said to me long long ago, that while he was in Burma during WW2, when the news came that the Americans had dropped the bomb, it meant they were going home. I am sure that thousands of others were thinking the same. He never talked much about his time there, and I never asked, but he did say that disease was killing more people than enemy action, but also added he was full of praise for the American pilots who kept them supplied.

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[Graham Ritchie]

Tonight it was the turn of the blu-ray of "Oppenheimer" , I thought that as its a three hour movie, I would most likely watch the feature over two nights. Well I was wrong, I landed up watching it right through, not only that, but one of the special features "To End All War: Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb" which ran for 1hr and 25minutes as well.

So it was a long one tonight, with a total of almost 4hrs and 25min of viewing time all up. I don't usually last that long, but it was all very interesting, highly recommend this blu-ray.

[Graham Ritchie]

It was a couple of nights ago after picking up a copy of Jurassic Park "Dominion" this week that I thought I should give it another go watching this movie. The last time was at the cinema, and at the time I was not impressed with it. In fact I was glad to get to the end after getting my ears blasted for over two hours was really enough for me.

So this time round, and the fact I have control of the volume I managed to watch the whole thing, what did I think? well I still don't think to much of the movie. I still feel it really was a missed opportunity with having both the cast members of Jurassic Park and Jurassic World not to come up with I think a better script. As far as the blu-ray is concerned, both the picture and sound are really excellent, and its much more enjoyable to watch on the VP at home than the last time at the cinema. I am glad to have given "Dominion" another go, at the low price for under $20 the disc was worth it. I am looking forward to going through the special features sometime in the near future.

After watching the last two movies, I thought that tonight it was a time for a different direction, what better than just the "Bad News Bears", included here are a couple of screen shots from its last screening with the grandkids.

[Graham Ritchie]

Ed

I just picked up the blu-ray of "Oppenheimer" this week so hope to watch it very soon.

Last night Steven my son payed us a visit and I said I have just the movie for you? what is it? you will see he always does that and I never give away what it will be. I like to keep people in the dark

Well it was this one "Apollo 11" and I must say the 70mm footage is truly amazing to watch. Its a must have to own for any blu-ray collection, Steven was amazed not just of the film itself, but the quality of the image shown on the Epson VP, certainly recommend it.