HD DVD Movies Blowout

Ever since Toshiba announced they've finally let Sony win the format wars by saying Toshiba will no longer make HD DVD players/recorders, vendors have been drastically reducing prices on their HD DVD movies and games inventory to make room for Blu-ray format product. (The winner and now Champeeeennnn!)

So if you want to make sure you keep your HD DVD unit fed, now's the time to pick up those HD DVD movies and games you've been thinking about before they're no longer available. Vendors like Wal-Mart, Amazon, Best Buy and studios like Universal and Paramount have all announced they will be changing over to Blu-ray only soon, so now's your chance to get some great deals.

Amazon’s got HD-DVD stuff on sale for 50% or more off right now!

BTW, for die-hard HD DVD fans who have Xbox's, GameStop has new Xbox 360 HD-DVD Players with 5 FREE HD-DVDs for only $129 ($50 off their regular price!)

Heaven's Gonna Need A Bigger Boat...

Roy Scheider, probably best remembered for his role as the boat-hating police chief in JAWS, the first ever 'blockbuster film' (passing the $100,000,000 mark), passed away Sunday at the age of 75.

His line, "You're gonna need a bigger boat" was voted No. 35 on the American Film Institute's list of best quotes from U.S. movies.

For the scene where Roy Scheider is trapped in the sinking Orca, it took 75 takes to get the shot right. According to some sources, Scheider did not trust the special effects team to rescue him in case of an emergency so he hid axes and hatchets around the cabin just in case. (Smart man: After the shark was built, it was never tested in the water, and when it was put in the water at Martha's Vineyard, it sank straight to the ocean floor. It took a team of divers to retrieve it... I 'met' that shark at Universal Studios and I believe it.)

Scheider died at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences hospital in Little Rock, hospital spokesman David Robinson said. No cause of death was released.

However, hospital spokeswoman Leslie Taylor said Scheider had been treated for multiple myeloma at the hospital's Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy for the past two years.

Another film great is gone and will be missed.