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Nice article in salon on Deadwood coming out in Blu-ray. I paste the first paragraphs below. I am still pissed at the Yankton cocksuckers who robbed us of the last 2 seasons of that show. My problem: I don't have a Blu-ray player, or a HD televison. My son does have a PS3, which I understand can play Blu-ray. Does anyone know if I would get the kind of new visual experience the article describes watching bBlue ray discs on a PS3 on a regular television screen? http://www.salon.com/entertainment/tv/2010/12/11/deadwood_blu_ray_release/index.html "The demise of "Deadwood" is still depressing. The western drama's abrupt end after just three seasons -- following a bullheaded royalties dispute between HBO and co-producer Paramount -- was one of the most surprising and bizarre injustices in TV history. Series get canceled all the time -- sometimes early in their runs, because they weren't generating big enough ratings to please the network, and sometimes very late, after years of financial and critical success (and creative wheel-spinning). The case of "Deadwood" was unique, and uniquely depressing. Its plug was pulled when it was one of HBO's top-rated dramas and a critical darling with a lively, engaged fan base. There was talk that the show might finish out its projected five-year run with a couple of TV movies, but it never amounted to anything. And after a few months, with the show's immense cast dispersed and the sets torn down, it soon became clear that this was a fantasy that would never come true. "Deadwood" was dead, and it was never coming back. But with the release of the complete series on Blu-ray, fans can experience the next best thing to new episodes: the chance to see the whole thing again through fresh eyes." and "Contemplating a preemptive strike against an enemy, gangster Al Swearengen tells a henchman: "Believe me, even now in the forest the blade would be between my teeth -- me and you making our way stealthily forward. And as to us and him, if blood's what it finally comes to, 100 years from now the forest is what they'll find here. Dewy morning's lost its appeal for me. I prefer to wake indoors." This is theatrical, not "naturalistic," dialogue, and it's staged and delivered with theatrical flair -- passionately, paying maximum attention to the rhythm of sentences, savoring the sound of words." -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
