Archive for May 10th, 2000

CORRECTION: Amy DVD Release OK, & New Transfer Info!

May 10th @ 2:35 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Brad & Chris

  • The story here previously mentioned that there were troubles with Criterion and the June 13th release date for the Chasing Amy DVD. Well, there’s nothing like posting a completely wrong story to get an immediate response back — Very soon after the story went live (and as you can see from talkbacks, folks got irate), we were immediately contacted by Criterion and informed that this could not be further from the truth. They are current in check disc phase and poised to make the June 13th release date. We do hea that there was a small problem with using the theatrical trailer on the DVD — No idea if the music is going to be changed (as in on the Dogma disc) or the trailer just removed.

    Here’s the GOOD news, though. Vincent Pereira says, “Criterion sent us a check tape (in 16:9) showing some examples of the “digital restoration” work they did on AMY – if you have the laserdisc, you know there are some odd bits of negative dirt, white blotches, etc., on the film – some of these are kinda distracting, and they were on the negative so ALL prints had them. Well, Criterion went through the ENTIRE film and digitally removed some 500 small (and some not so small) picture imperfections. The check tape they sent us had like 10 examples, and it was pretty fucking stunning to say the least.” Wow. This is certainly one to buy folks! As if you weren’t gonna already!!!

    Hopefully, we’ll have a check disc from Criterion or an early review of this thing so we can let you know how the new transfer (and other goodies) look.

    Again, sorry for the mixup on the story, hope we didn’t cause too much anxiety.

    • Filed in: Chasing Amy, DVD, News

    We’re Back! Downtime Explained…

    May 10th @ 11:12 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Brad & Chris

    We apologize for the 12 or so hours that News Askew was down starting last night. The GOOD news is that this was in noway related to the new code or the new site. The Dogma Movie website, which shares a server box with us, had its log files grow to enormous proportions, which threw the entire web server into a lockup. This shouldn’t happen again.

    However, if there ever are technical problems that keep us from getting the news to you, we ALWAYS surf over to the View Askew WWWBoard and post a report. We post the latest information there regarding any downtime, along with estimates on when we’ll be back.

    Oh, and one more thing…GO FLYERS!!! Though if any more of our players get injured, they may hafta start recruting people off the street to play against the Devils…

    Filed in: News

    Commentary (Written Yesterday)

    May 10th @ 11:10 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Brad & Chris

    Just a few quick notes today before we get this update started. First of all, when you post a TalkBack, do NOT press the submit button more than once. We know a lot of you get impatient (heck, we’re guilty of it as well), but a talkback post will take a good 10 to 15 seconds (maybe more at peak hours), due to the massive database calls that need to be made when you send one online. If you continue to push submit, not only do you end up double or triple posting the same message, you also start the clock over for your post (so, you’re actually making your wait LONGER by doing this). We’re sorry it takes so long, but we’re doing the best we can here.

    Hopes are high tonight as the Philadelphia Flyers try to knock the Pittsburgh Penguins out of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The game’s in Pittsburgh, which is actually a good omen for us since Philly was successful in their last 2 games out there.

    Please: For the love of GOD, all of you, STOP sending information on the Star Wars website poll. We saw it. We posted about it last Friday. We appreciate the e-mail, but now, you can stop. We got about 8 more mails on this today (in addtion to the 25 or so we’ve gotten since posting the story last week). So please use the new search feature on this site or just read the recent news closely before sending in big stuff like that in the future. It makes our job a lot easier. Thanks.

    Today we’ve got some bad news regarding the Amy DVD (and we really ARE sorry too, not only did we really want to own this one but, even worse, now we’re sure we’ll get e-mails every day asking about the disc again). In addition to that, there’s a new file and some newsbites for you to take a look at. Hey, at least it’s our second update in a row this week! Let’s go:

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    View Askew NewsBites™

    May 10th @ 11:05 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Ryan Whelan, Kandace Rogers, Eddie & Eric

    • A new Dogma theme has arrived, from the creator of the original Dogma theme! You can snag it at out new and improved Files Askew page.
    • A new fansite for Drawing Flies (read the summaries!) & Tail Lights Fade director Malcolm Ingram has surfaced. Check it out. And Malc, if you’re reading this, we need your new e-mail address!
    • Jason Lee is mentioned in E!”s column the Awful Truth, complete with photo.
    • Here’s an odd one. A Hunter Thompson fan site, The Great Thompson Hunt (www.gonzo.org) has a review of the Chasing Dogma trade. Ummm…Okaaaay.
    • And finally, we’ve been getting SO many e-mails on this week after week that we decided we’d just mention it in the hopes they might stop. The WCW’s Monday Nitro (a wrestling program for the uninitiated) has featured a commentator who continues th use the phrase “Snootchie Boochies” every week, usually when a beautiful woman appears on the screen.

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