Yes, it’s that time again for the wonderful tones of The Audio Edition. Now daily!
Today Doug and I discuss the Playstation PSP and it’s use for playing UMD movies. It’s just a passing fad that won’t even last the next 18 months. We also take some time to talk about the fact that I wasn’t able to review the Exorcism of Emily Rose because ignorant loud mouth idiots infested the movie theater I was in and would shut their stupid mouths because they thought the rest of us wanted to constantly hear their witty banter. DIE!!!! We also cover some Simpsons movie news, the fact that George Clooney won’t be the voice of Optimus Prime and a few things more.
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SHOW NOTES: Running Time: 25:44 File Size: 6.0 megs The Playstation PSP home page, A great Transformers webpage
Peter Cullen is alive and he has been doing voiceovers as Eeyore for Disney for the past several years. I think it would be great to get the original Optimus Prime to voice the roll.
What no one seems to be mentioning is that it is much more rewarding investing in a decent sized memory stick (1GB/2GB).
Then add some freeware Dvd Decryption Program and HEY PRESTO!…
You have your entire DVD colllection on your PSP.
Better no?
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Question. Are we getting like 3-4 audio editions per week now? Wow!!!
P.S. The guy who did Starscream’s voice (also Cobra Commander on G.I. Joe) is dead. Not sure about Peter Cullen but I know a different guy did Prime’s voice in the more recent cartoons and videogame.
One thing worth mentioning is that there’s been some talk that Sony may be starting up an online movie service in the near future (I think you guys might have mentioned it on here once before). Think of something like Apple’s iTunes store but for movies. You could download a movie in digital format and copy it to your PSP to watch. I could definitely see that taking off.
I do agree that buying a movie on UMD is pretty silly. Most people have DVD players nowadays and if you had to choose, I think you’d buy a movie on DVD.
WHY DOESNT ANYONE STOP MOVIE THEATER TALKERS?
I used to be a supervisor at a movie theater and coming into a theater to shine a high beam flashlight in a guys face is the best part of the job. But very rarely would i get a complaint until AFTER the movie. By then its too late to do anything and the customer’s day is already ruined so whats the point.
I’ve seen customers many times just walk up to a group of talkers and politely/impolitely just tell them to shut up. Most of the time it works but why more people don’t do that is something i’ll never understand. You paid $10 to see a movie so take 20 seconds to report it to an usher or deal with it yourself.
UMD is NOT a fad… (but it should be)
I definitely see your point, but Sony is doing something devilish to ensure UMD’s become a successful format. And unfortunately, it seems to be working.
(Begin Conspiracy Theory)
75% of PSP owners are like me. We bought this thing thinking it was the best thing in the world, yet half a year later we own less than 2 games. Sony is INTENTIONALLY holding back games in order to push UMD movies. Sure, they couldve treated this like a “Portable Playstation” and set a small team to port the best of their PS2 library. But thats what the customers would expect, and it would cannibalize their UMD movie angle. So instead they held back on games and flooded the stores with overpriced UMD movies.
Now, this is why this move works so well. A PSP owner goes into a store with $50 to get a game for his cool toy. Looks at the shelf and there’s about 10 crappy games to choose from that he doesn’t want. A smart consumer would go put the money in the bank, but he’s an american and he’s going to waste his money so… well look here on the next shelf. King Fu Hustle? XXX? Hey, Sin City! Well, i have $50 bucks so i could buy Sin City AND Kill Bill! What a bargain.
You may think this theory is crazy but go hang out at a best buy and watch people sift through the PSP games. They will ALWAYS drift to the movies. Once you see someone do that then you’ll understand how easy it is to take the next step and carry “Resident Evil:The Movie” to the register.
Personally, i hate that its successful because they now think “why develop 10 games when you can develop 5 and release 100 movies with a greater profit margin”. I’ve tried to watch Spiderman 2 on UMD and i couldnt get past the first few minutes. Why would I watch on a 4″ screen when my 40″ TV is right here? Plus, there’s something very “loser-ish” about some guy who is so addicted to movies that he buys a 2nd copy of Hitch so he can hunch his back over a PSP and feel cool as people stare at him on the subway. No thanks, I’ll go read a book instead…
Ha! No, we don’t live together… but we live like only a 5 minute walk from each other. So we just get together after work.
Cheers!
Yay! iTunes is finally picking your podcasts up. Great! BTW how are you guys managing to do this on a daily basis? Are you living together?;-)
If you are looking for ideas for future ‘casts one of my big regrets is that podcasting did not come into my radar until recently. I would really like to hear your thoughts on the LOTR trilogy and the EE of these movies.
Any chance?
Keep up the great work!
They takes games seriously but they obviously think they have no story(which they argued in a previous post). Halo DOES have a story one good enough for a movie(maybe lend more from the books, but the game is still good)
As for UMD’s.. SOny is just gonna keep pourin` money in until they find something that clicks… So a fad? I don’t think so personally,
you made a very good point that if they were 5$ it would help a lot, and Sony is gonna realise this and lower the prices, helping UMD’s stay around for a while.
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Campea is correct. I dont think the PSP itself is just a fad but the UMD thing is just STUPID, especially for long, drama movies.. this would be decent for kids movies/teen movies/action movies, but…
Hitch is one of the big ones being promoted.
House of Flying Daggers – huh? good movie, but not suited to sit holding in front of you for a period of time. if you want to watch movies portably get those 6 inch portable DVD players htat are a little bigger.
bottom line – fuck UMD!
I currently work till around 5am on the computer and for four hours of that time i have to have headphones on so I’ve been glad to have your show almost every day.
but I think eventually you’re going to burn yourselves out if you keep this up, careful now.
Just listened to the 9/16 video game movie episode. And now this one is about UMD’s? Who knew you guys were gaming nerds. Anyway, i think thats great and it really adds some dimension to the show.
One thing i noticed about doug is that when he talks games then he gets pretty serious. No jokes at all so i guess he’s got some passion for the subject. Keep up the good work…