Now on Video on Demand in CANADA [Archive]

Twinkle Twinkle Little (Starr)

11-06-2005, 01:00 PM

Well I was checking through the new &#39;video on demand&#39; offerings from Shaw &#40;our local cable provider&#41; and GUESS WHAT I FOUND... Well I am off to rent it.. now that I can finally get a chance to watch it for the first time!!

J. Ariel Garza (Jag)

11-07-2005, 01:10 AM

Happy, Happy -- Joy! joy! Hope you enjoy it! :o&#41; -=JAG!

Twinkle Twinkle Little (Starr)

11-11-2005, 10:59 PM

AHHHH I just realised I never posted my review... I was like WOW factor 12 on a scale of 10! TOTALLY amazing.. Speachless... LOVED IT!!!! Locations, props, story line... everything was totally wonderful.. You really read the minds of those who &#39;dream this kinda stuff&#39; and delivered! In a way I am hurt I was denied the pleasure of getting to watch this when it first came out.. I SO want it on DVD! &#40;release date??&#41; Reviews from my kids... Alex &#40;age 14&#41; &#34;It was REALLY good.. I was glad we had it for 24 hours so I could see it again&#34; Evan &#40;age 13&#41; &#34;Stupendous.. Super Awesome.. Loved it.. Wanna see another one!! Please make more movies.. expecially ones like that! You left it open for another one.. or 2 or 10!&#34; Logan &#40;age 8&#41; &#34;It was COOL!, I liked the part when the bad guy got squished by the golden piece of the pyramid.. and then the spear flew to the good guy!&#34; &#34;Mom, Tell Dean Devlin that &#39;The Librarian&#39; was the best movie ever!&#34; I would like to go on record that this was one of those movies that had the kids not able to sit still.. IE.. the bridge scene and the death pit scene.. all 3 kids were gesturing and motioning to the TV trying to &#39;rescue&#39; the characters. Well there you go folks, The first CANADIAN review on here. AND NOW... &#42;holds up her signs and starts to picket&#42; We may have been written off in &#39;The Day After Tomorrow&#39; &#40;above &#39;the line&#39;&#41; but we Canadians DO love good movies!! &#42;gets down on one knee&#42; Please Sir, can we have some more?!

Twinkle Twinkle Little (Starr)

11-11-2005, 11:13 PM

&#42;Curse Curse Swear Swear&#42; I was reading back posts etc and did some net surfing.. DVD Release Date: August 30, 2005 US and Canada YET... NOBODY I have talked to can get it in their stores.. I have not had anyone say it was even listed to be ordered.. Looks like I am gonna have to go cross border shopping.

Sheri Gordon (Sheri)

11-12-2005, 07:20 AM

One word, Starr....EBAY!!!!! &#42;grin&#42;

Stefan (Auric)

11-12-2005, 12:45 PM

I wanna see it, too! <IMG SRC="http://www.electric-ent.com/bbs/clipart/happy.gif" ALT=":&#41;"> There&#39;s no region 2 DVD version it seems. <IMG SRC="http://www.electric-ent.com/bbs/clipart/sad.gif" ALT=":&#40;"> And I don&#39;t have a TV anymore... don&#39;t know if it&#39;s shown on German TV anyway. Is it?

Devlin (Devlin)

11-12-2005, 01:45 PM

Stefan, It already was shown on German TV, but you can buy the DVD there. It&#39;s under the title THE QUEST. Good luck. I hope you enjoy it. -Dean Devlin

Stefan (Auric)

11-13-2005, 04:53 AM

oh... The Quest... oops... it&#39;s been on DVD since May 30... D&#39;oh!... that&#39;s almost half a year now... and no news about it on CENTROPOHOLICS.com... Holy Moley! Who&#39;s running that site again?? <IMG SRC="http://www.electric-ent.com/bbs/clipart/wink.gif"> Yes, it seems to have been shown on RTL, probably some time between January and May this year. :&#93; &#42;surfing to Amazon.de&#42; Thanks for the hint, Dean! <IMG SRC="http://www.electric-ent.com/bbs/clipart/happy.gif" ALT=":&#41;">

Tina (Trina)

11-14-2005, 02:58 AM

wow, good to know! I haven&#39;t had an idea myself... guess I&#39;ll have to get me this DVD now! hehe <IMG SRC="http://www.electric-ent.com/bbs/clipart/happy.gif" ALT=":&#41;">

Kefla (Kefla)

11-14-2005, 06:15 AM

Does anyone know why titles are changed rather than simply translated when films appear in Europe? I often have trouble talking with my friends across the Atlantic about current movies - for exactly this reason. Just curious. <IMG SRC="http://www.electric-ent.com/bbs/clipart/happy.gif" ALT=":&#41;">

Stefan (Auric)

11-14-2005, 07:20 AM

I know what you mean Kefla, but I don&#39;t know why they change either. And it often doesn&#39;t make any sense at all. They often use a different English main title for US films here, and then add some stupid long German &#34;explanation&#34; behind it.

Devlin (Devlin)

11-14-2005, 11:32 AM

It&#39;s usually up to the local distributor in that territory. For some reason, the German distributor decided that THE QUEST works better in Germany than THE LIBRARIAN. I agree, I wish they&#39;d all just use the same title, but on the other hand, the local distrubtor usually knows their audience better than we can here in the U.S. so we have to trust their judgement. -Dean Devlin

Stefan (Auric)

11-14-2005, 02:15 PM

The Librarian: Quest for the Spear turned into The Quest - Jagd nach dem Speer des Schicksals &#40;translated: The Quest - Quest for the Spear of Destiny&#41; So far, so good. But it remains to be seen what they will do with the title of The Librarian 2... Or will it be a Quest again? <IMG SRC="http://www.electric-ent.com/bbs/clipart/wink.gif">

Stefan (Auric)

11-15-2005, 11:06 AM

The good: <CENTER><IMG SRC="http://www.electric-ent.com/bbs/messages/1623/1850.jpg" ALT="Amazon is fast!"></CENTER> The bad: <CENTER><IMG SRC="http://www.electric-ent.com/bbs/messages/1623/1851.jpg" ALT="oh no..."></CENTER> ... Guess someone has to do the dishes first... <IMG SRC="http://www.electric-ent.com/bbs/clipart/wink.gif"> ... then again... ;&#41;

Sheri Gordon (Sheri)

11-15-2005, 05:06 PM

Pah, that&#39;s nuttin! You can still see countertop. &#42;grin&#42; Go watch. ;-&#41;

Twinkle Twinkle Little (Starr)

11-15-2005, 07:41 PM

Counter top.. Hell you can still see the bottom of his sink!! WATCH and you shall be rewarded! For just over an hour and a half those dishes will magically disapear.. HONEST! &#60;-- The queen of hating doing dishes

Tina (Trina)

11-16-2005, 01:30 AM

&#42;lol&#42; ... I&#39;m still waiting for the ugly... ;&#41;

Sheri Gordon (Sheri)

11-16-2005, 07:38 AM

That&#39;ll be what the sink would look like if they filled it up with soap and water then left it to sit a few days. hehehehe

Stefan (Auric)

11-16-2005, 03:21 PM

hehe... well, the ugly has been censored. <IMG SRC="http://www.electric-ent.com/bbs/clipart/wink.gif"> I&#39;ve seen The Librarian twice now, both the English and German version, and I enjoyed them both. <IMG SRC="http://www.electric-ent.com/bbs/clipart/happy.gif" ALT=":&#41;"> &#40;BTW: The bald headed bad guy&#39;s German dubbing voice is the same as Jean-Claude van Damme&#39;s... hehe&#41; My favorite scene would be Pandora&#39;s Box. Bob Newhart is hilarious! In some scenes, Noah Wyle felt a bit like going over the top in the way he played Flynn, but else the comedy was right and worked very well. The TV-out-of-desktop scene for example... or the Mayan riddle door... great! ;&#41; I think the music was responsible for the sometimes exaggerated comedy feel. hmm... I knew I had seen the head monk before... just checked it with IMDb... he was the tanker skipper in Godzilla! :D And there were other familiar names... Kirk Petruccelli&#39;s cameo as the airplane&#39;s pilot &#40;he did the production design on this show, The Patriot and The Thirteenth Floor&#41;, former Centropolis Effects visual effects executive producer Mark Franco played the Air Marshall &#40;and was also the visual effects producer&#41;, and of course Lisa Brenner. <IMG SRC="http://www.electric-ent.com/bbs/clipart/happy.gif" ALT=":&#41;"> I also liked Olympia Dukakis very much. Oh, and Dean, do you happen to have Kelly Hu&#39;s phone number? :o&#41; JAG, you were absolutely right in <A HREF="http://www.centropoholics.com/tv/TheLibrarian/review_jag.html" TARGET="_blank">your review</A> about me probably liking the animated EE logo... it was maybe just a little bit too short. ;&#41; I agree with JAG&#39;s review. I found some of the effects were too visible, you know, like the whole bridge scene, where you could almost feel the bluescreen behind the actors, or the helicopters over the Himalaya, that didn&#39;t look too convincing. But there were other scenes, that were really magical. I generally liked the glow effect on the images. And the library itself was beautifully done! The sound was good too. The elevator door in the library reminded me a bit of Star Trek. ;&#41; Overall an enjoyable film! I&#39;m looking forward to part 2. <IMG SRC="http://www.electric-ent.com/bbs/clipart/happy.gif" ALT=":&#41;">