CE3K killed my PS3 December 13, 2007
Posted by ghostof82 in : Film General , trackbackIn a bizarre example of technology voicing dubious critical opinion of a cinematic milestone, my PS3 committed suicide rather than play my CE3K bluray disc.
While I’ve never been the greatest fan of CE3K (the old Spielberg trademark of slow crawl-ins to actors’ reaction shots grows tired very quickly) it’s always seemed superior to some of the whizz-bang action sci-fi flicks that followed it (and in the case of STAR WARS, preceded it). Although it betrays a youthful naivitey on the part of Spielberg (would a loving husband/father really just leave his wife and kids so easily, jumping onto an alien spaceship and leaving them behind?), it’s a film of it’s time, boasting fine performances and down-to earth protaganists. Roy Neary genuinely seems an everyman, a working-class joe whose life falls apart after experiencing his Close Encounter. No aliens blasting the White House in this movie.
Not that my PS3 was impressed by it. The fact that my PS3 played PIRATES AT WIT’S END with no problem at all casts some doubt at the critical faculties of Sony bluray drives. Young Barry ran out into the woods, and as his mother walked amongst the nighted trees calling out for him, and I noted how similar the scene looked to something from E.T., the picture froze and my PS3 decided it wasn’t going to play any more of my films, not ever. Perhaps it’s got an anti-Spielberg chip.
So now I’m waiting for a courier to bring a replacement PS3 (he got lost today, it seems, so I’m having to wait longer than I should) and hoping this one appreciates better movies. It’s a strange development in the HD format wars. My XBOX 360 HD-DVD drive is fine, so continues to entertain me. Sure, it’s played some rental turkeys before, but it’s never crashed during a really good movie. Well, touchwood anyway- in a really odd coincidence the HD-DVD 5-disc set of BLADE RUNNER has arrived. Time to put HD-DVD to the test and forget my bluray blues…
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