| MOVIE |
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It seems like all recent Sci-Fi movies of the 90's are written by Michael
Crichton, this one is no exception. Now I've read the book to this one and I quite liked
it, but the movie doesn't seem to translate as well. The basic story revolves around a
spaceship that crashed into the pacific ocean 300 years ago and now it's been found. So
the government has called in 4 doctors and scientists to make first contact with the
beings inside, if there are any at all. After exploring the ship, they realize that the
ship is actually from Earth of the future. But how if it's from the earth of the future,
is there no record of them ever being there. Do they die and no-one ever finds out, so
there record never goes into the history books, or is there another explanation. You'll
have to watch for yourself.
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| VIDEO |
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This is really the only falling of the disc. While on the whole the movie has
acceptable picture quality there are several scenes with severe MPEG artifacts and there
seems to be a lot of grain in some of the dark scenes. But other that that gripe, it seems
okay, but remember most of the movie is in darkened scenes.
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| AUDIO |
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Sphere is encoded in Dolby Digital 5.1 like all the WB discs and is quite
impressive. The surround channels get a good working out in the action scenes as well as
the .1 channel. Dialogue was always easy to listen to and is quite impressive to listen
to.
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| EXTRAS |
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Again another WB DVD with a heap of extra's firstly the disc has a theatrical
trailer, 3 TV. Spots, a documentary, and audio commentary by the stars. as well as the
usual extras like scene access, production notes and some interesting menus. The only
downside to the extras is the commentary. It just seems a little tacked on.
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| FINAL THOUGHTS |
| Not a bad purchase at all, although the movie quality isn't the best and the
video quality is a little troublesome, the sound quality and the amount of extras you get
do justify the expense. So go out and get it. |
| 16:9
ENHANCEMENT |
DISC
RATING |
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REVIEW
EQUIPMENT
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Display:
48" Sony RPTV.
DVD Player: Panasonic A350 Player using S-Video Cables.
Receiver: Pioneer VSX-D508
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround.
Speakers: Accusound speaker
system. |
Copyright © 2000 by [Roger
Ward].
Revised: 25 May 2000 21:24:33 +1100
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| Region
Coding: |
Region
4 |
| No of
Discs: |
1 |
| OFLC Rating |
M15+ |
| Running
Time: |
129
Mins |
| Case
Type: |
Snapper
Case |
| Release
Date: |
11/12/1998 |
| Catalog
Number: |
15331 |
| List
Price: |
$29.95 |
| Distributor: |
Warner
Bros. |
| Disc
Format: |
PAL |
| Disc
Type: |
Label
Only |
| Disc
Format: |
SS-RSDL |
| Chapters: |
43 |
| Macrovision: |
Yes |
| Manufacturer: |
WAMO |
| Aspect
Ratio:
|
2:35:1 |
| Anamorphic: |
Yes |
| Film
Format: |
35mm |
| Dolby
Digital:
|
5.1 Surround |
| DTS: |
None |
| PCM
Stereo: |
None |
| Other: |
None |
| Languages:
|
English |
| Subtitles: |
Yes |
| Audio
Commentary: |
Yes |
| Theatrical
Trailer: |
Yes |
| Teaser
Trailer: |
None |
| TV
Spots: |
Yes |
| Dolby
Trailer: |
None |
| Documentary: |
Yes |
| Cast
& Crew Bios: |
Yes |
| Deleted
Scenes: |
None |
| Music
Videos: |
None |
| DVD Rom
Content: |
None |
| Collectable
Booklet: |
None |
| Scene
Access: |
Yes |
| Animated
Menus: |
None |
| Production
Notes: |
Yes |
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THIS DISC ONLINE |
| INTERNET
MOVIE DATABASE INFO |
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| OFFICIAL
WEB SITE |
| NONE |
| VIEW
TRAILER |
| NONE |
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