A week ago I decided to take the plunge and I got a Blu-ray player. That means that I have to decide which of my couple hundred DVDs deserve upgrading. So I've come up with these Three Laws of Blu-ray Upgraders:
- Movie you don't already own? Get the Blu-ray.
- All-time favourite movie(s) you already own? Upgrade to Blu-ray. (Disney is offering $8 coupons towards their BDs, so I think I'll take them up for my Pixar collection.)
- Everything else? DVD's just fine.
The Blu-ray player (in general, not a specific model) was my second choice. First was an upconverting DVD player, third was a slim PlayStation 3. I took the middle ground because I believe the world's going Blu, and there still aren't any PS3 games that I want to play.
And to anybody who knows me personally who is reading these words, yes, I don't like being left behind, thank you!
It's quiet in the cold of our own little orbit, starless and bible black. And as I look down on the big blue beam we would call home I think it so near, yet... oh, I wish on that star and I hope that in a little snow-covered house with a warm hearth and a loving family, maybe some kid is looking up tonight and wishing upon us. Oh, and how I hope sweet Santa will fly by tonight because if he does I'm gonna reach right out and hug that big guy. Oh, for the sound of hooves against the steel hull of the ship. Oh, to see the rosy face of Santa in the portal offering me a Coke and a smile... of course, his cheeks would be rosy because there's a vacuum out there, I mean Santa's heart would explode! But he wouldn't feel it because the capillaries in his brain would pop like little firecrackers due to the blood boiling away in his face like pudding in a copper... OH THE HUMANITY!! And his jolly old belly would start bubbling like a roasted marshmallow, eyes bulging and popping out... AND THE REINDEER--OH THE REINDEER!!!--keep floating like holiday floats and in turn exploding in a hail of blood and entrails! Prancer: BOOM! Dancer: BOOM!
