On Tuesday Sep 7 "Forbidden Planet" was released on Blu Ray.  I have   
   to assume you got a copy as son as it was out, if not before, and am   
   wondering what you thought of it (assuming you've had time to watch   
   it.)  I pre-ordered this back in May, and had actually forgotten that   
   it was coming out this week - so I didn't get to watch it until   
   Wednesday night, having taken Tuesday off for car and dental   
   maintenance.  (I have all deliveries sent to my office because my cats   
   refuse to sign for packages.  They say they lack opposable thumbs, but   
   I think this is just an excuse.)   
      
   Anyway, I was blown away by the presentation, and urge any SF fan with   
   a Blu Ray player to pick up this disc.  My 56" TV is a few years old   
   and a "mere" 720p and my sound system is 5.1 not 7.1.  (But it does   
   decode the lossless digital audio formats.)  So I'm not even seeing or   
   hearing the film at its absolute best - but I can compare the BD to   
   the laserdisc and the two DVD releases, and in my humble opinion none   
   of them come close.  (In fact, I thought the laserdisc looked better   
   than the first DVD, despite the lower resolution, because the color   
   fidelity was better.)   
      
   The BD was a revelation, almost like seeing the film for the first   
   time.  (OK, way *better* than the fist time.  The first time I *did*   
   see it all the way through and uncut, was in the pre-cable TV, pre-VCR   
   days, and I had to stay up until 3 AM to do it on a local PBS station   
   and a 19" TV.)  The visible detail in most of the scenes is amazing.   
   The extras are also very good, with three documentaries:  "Watch the   
   Skies" about 50s SF in general featuring Lucas, Speilberg, Cameron and   
   numerous others.  (Sadly not JMS ), one on the legacy of the film   
   and a third focusing on Robby the Robot.  The producers also included   
   an episode from the 50s "Thin Man" TV series where Robby guest-   
   starred, plus the entire feature film "The Invisible Boy", a sort of   
   sideways "sequel" to "FP".  (I think the Robby doc is new.  The other   
   items are all carried over from the 2-disc 50th Anniversary DVD.  The   
   only things included on the earlier release that are *not* inclulded   
   on Blu Ray are a handful of trailers for other 50s SF titles released   
   on DVD by Warner Bros. - presumably because they haven't been released   
   on BD yet.)   
      
   Anyway, I was knocked out and was curious to hear what another "FP"   
   fanatic thought of the disc.  Also if there is anything you can tell   
   us about the current state of the possible remake.  IIRC the last I   
   saw here was sometime in January and you had turned in another   
   draft.   
      
   Hope things are going well with you,   
      
   Joe   
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