Monday, April 20, 2020

A notice from Other Files

Other Files logo used since April 2018.
This is a little warning to those who decide to view the once SCR/Agility ReAnimated-associated Blogger/Blogspot-based The Sleep Clip Files blog.

Please do not believe the parts about SCR or Agility ReAnimated are subject to my internal, old faboyisms causing them to be labeled as a part of Time Warner, as the company NEVER has a say in either SCR (Sleep-Clip Recommended) or Agility ReAnimated Entertainment Group (sometimes known as ARA) in the entirety of the online presences I tried to maintain.

It is worth noting that neither the SCR nor ARA brands were used in the motion picture, television, radio or other major entertainment industries, as SCR Movies, SCR Radio, SCR TV, the Agility ReAnimated Network, My Favorites/SCR Favorites, etc. were ALL pie in the sky stuff I thought of as early as my younger times in 2007.

Also, please don't ask me what the SACMTA acronym stands for, as it's currently a secret due to internal issues in 2013 over privacy concerns.

It is also worth mentioning that I, during the SCR and ARA days, despite what might be said in the blog, NEVER got licenses to any third-party properties owned by Universal, Warner, Viacom or whoever.

Also, neither SCR nor ARA had any say in the home video scene. I still think that some of the ideas I had since the early 2000s like The Push Pin Movie would have some level of merit, but ultimately, wouldn't work was decently as I thought it would in the early-to-mid 2000s or in mid-to-late 2011.

Finally, if you are the kind of person who complains and whines over your peers not putting more attention into Nui Harime, Washu, Sing, Miiverse, Wildheart Riukiu, Bee and PuppyCat creator Natasha "Nat" Allegri, Steven Universe creator Rebecca Sugar, the "silver lining" subject matter in Stuart Little 2, The Thing, Go On, Seth MacFarlane, select Adventure Time episodes like You Made Me & Shh!, OK, K.O.!, the old Scratch promo with Cartoon Network back in 2015, Regular Show writer/supervising producer/creative director Mike Roth, Har Har Tharsdays, "Are You CN What We're Sayin'?", Turner Broadcasting System as a whole, HAL Laboratory, Sora, Maker Studios, Jumanji, the Taken trilogy, The Revenant, The Martian, The Peanuts Movie, or whatever, remember this;
Grow up and shut up.
-Captain B.Z., 2009
 The fact that I have to constantly explain this over and over and over again clearly seem to indicate how people seem to have Peter Pan as a bad influence of the "never grow up" thing, because then you'd get grown people acting like toxic and entitled children, more immature than the real children in the world that are considered under those age groups.
You guys, when you misbehave like this, cause people to be turned off from crap you're all shoving down our throats, the companies panic and try to be safe and marketable (proven by the 2016 Powerpuff Girls reboot being "safe and marketable" according to Pan-Pizza of RebelTaxi), and reduce their output of anything that suggests parental guidance, because it's too risky now.
The infamous December 2017 marathon of Teen Titans Go! was, in my opinion, Cartoon Network's way of responding to this toxic behavior by punishing everybody because of TOO many bad apples spoiling the entire barrel, and dragging Time Warner through the mud and under the bus in the long run. Gross.

Sorry, I can't help but harp on this! I'm sick and tired of this garbage behavior constantly being repeated over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again, and the fact that I have to end my little note on the old The Sleep Clip Files blog with another one of these big rants is embarrassing, and annoying at the same time.

Do you wanna look in the mirror and see yourself as someone who might have been like "I want Szechuan Sauce! Where's my Szechuan Sauce?!" two-and-a-half years ago?

Spoiler alert, I'd say NO.


Disclaimer that accompanied various Other Files-created videos
made in the format of the bumpers by Adult Swim, the late-night
programming block of Cartoon Network. This contains an
additional warning about the unsuitable material being both
"addictive" and "nostalgic". The latter was used by Adult Swim
in an April Fools Day stunt a few years before this.
P.S.: The greed that you show off by revolting like babies might be the reasons why, in my opinion, Time Warner sold out to AT&T, rebranded to WarnerMedia, discontinued the last revision of the CartoonNetwork.com/Scratch web page, killed off Turner Broadcasting System, "deleted" various YouTube videos on their CN YT channel and then started to pull clips from the CartoonNetwork.com website, as well as charging a high price tag for HBO Max subscriptions, when it launches in May.
If you would immediately realize and think twice about what your behavior might be doing to these giant companies, especially WarnerMedia, who, since the days of Warner Communications, has been the most beleaguered entertainment giant on the planet, in my opinion. How Cartoon Network (or "Problem Network" or "The New Atari") is to Time Warner is how Atari was to Warner Communications in 1983. It's that false sense of security that "nothing could burst their bubble" that led them to believe that they could get away with dreadful product and no one would bat an eyelash, and apparently with Turner Broadcasting, that really old false sense of security was still there after over 30 years, and that is NOT a good sign.



In the meantime, here's the former SCR/Agility ReAnimated blog; The Sleep Clip Files, preserved for future reference by Other Files.

Sincerely, Other Files.


April 20, 2020

Saturday, August 9, 2014

2014 Blu-ray Disc Buyer's Guide

Home entertainment in recent years, not including downloadable or streamed types, has been released on Blu-ray Disc, but also has still supported DVD as well.
     This has helped the consumer make many choices as to which version of the movie they'd want to buy.
     Since the first Blu-ray/DVD Combo Packs in 2009 from The Walt Disney Company and in 2010 by Sony and others, many recent Blu-ray Disc titles have, but not always, had:
  1. a Blu-ray Disc version
  2. a DVD version
  3. a Digital Copy and/or a purely Digital (Digital HD or Ultraviolet) version
  4. and recently, a 3D Blu-ray version.
     With more recent titles such as The Other Woman,  X-Men: Days of Future Past, Divergent and Need for Speed, Blu-ray titles have mostly omitted including a DVD version in its package even if they could include it.
      Because of this, many consumers who would want to purchase a Blu-ray Disc version of a certain movie or TV show season or series may probably be confused with all the various types of Blu-ray Disc releases out in the wild.
      So, for many people, this could be considered a glossary of the terms referring to the many Blu-ray types existing. Let's start with the various types indicated by a banner on the top of the case. Most the the examples are referenced on Warner Home Video's Blu-ray titles, but most of the following applies to many companies' titles as well.

Original generation types


Blu-ray Disc logo

This is generally the most basic of all Blu-ray titles exist and this may also make up the case's top itself, but on slipcovers, this can generally refer to a Blu-ray Disc that isn't a combo pack such as a lot of Warner Home Video titles and similarly on recent Disney titles such as Once Upon A Time: The Complete First Season for example.
Warner's Blu-ray + Digital HD titles may also have this as well, but they generally have a Digital HD UltraViolet sticker to differentiate them from regular Blu-ray non-Combo Pack titles.
Also, Sony's 2013 4K Blu-ray Discs are not combo packs and they do not contain bonus features like the 3D Discs in the 3D Combo Packs, so for most of those, you may need to also get the 1080p Blu-ray with the 4K one, and if that is not a combo pack as well, you can add the DVD in the mix, too.

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

This type of Blu-ray release was introduced in the late 2000s on certain Disney Blu-ray titles with WALL-E being one of the earliest of there, and it refers to a Blu-ray Disc with at first, a Digital Copy of the film on a DVD-ROM in which you redeem a code on a slip in the case to download a digital copy of the movie for use on computers and/or compatible portable media players like the iPod, iPhone and later, iPad.
"Digital Copy" also refers to Digital Copy+ which is the early incarnation of Disney Movies Anywhere which was launched in 2014 and the variation of a certain border on those titles will be described later on the article.
Universal Studios Home Entertainment titles (mostly Blu-ray releases of older titles) from 2010-2011 such as the Best of the ??00s line had been released in this factor and may either use a DVD-ROM based Digital Copy or a purely digital one via UniversalHiDef.com similar to Disney's system three years later.

Blu-ray + DVD

It is essentially a Blu-ray version of the movie bundled with a DVD version of the movie all in one chunk.
This essentially solved a problem for people who have basically more DVD players than Blu-ray Disc players, especially novice owners of this format of home entertainment media.
It's generally advertised as the Blu-ray is used for the experience in the living room or home theater, and the DVD is used for either the kids' room or your car DVD player. Many of these titles can often be reissues of previously available Blu-ray Discs repackaged with their DVD counterparts to catch up with the "combo pack craze" that Blu-ray has had from 2010 to 2012.
Many combo packs don't use a border like this and instead by having the DVD logo in the cover such as on Sailor Moon: Season One - Part One and certain releases of Beasts of the Southern Wild.

Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

This is basically the same as a Blu-ray + Digital Copy title, but with the DVD version packed in, which was introduced in 2009.

Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

Exploited in circa late 2010/early 2011.
For those who don't know, Blu-ray 3D is a 3D version of the movie released on Blu-ray Disc and how it works is beyond the specs of this article, but since most 3D discs do not run on 2D setups, they are generally released with a 2D version of the film, but also a digital version of the film and most of the time, a DVD version of the film.
There are some 3D non-combo packs, but that's generally associated with the latest incarnation of these types of Blu-ray Discs. More on those later on.

Modern generation types

Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD + Digital HD

Introduced in 2011. Credited as "Digital HD" in 2012.
Basically the same as the 3D Blu-ray combo pack but has the then-new Digital HD which refers to either Disney Movies Anywhere on Disney Blu-ray and Disney DVD titles from 2014 and onward, or Ultraviolet which is used by studios like Fox, Universal, Lionsgate, Paramount, Warner Bros, and others.
Some companies tend to release their 3D films as combo packs, while some do not choose to do so otherwise.
Titles notable to be these type of sets include The Wolverine and Rio 2.
For DVD basically dying, these types of releases are mostly becoming obsolete with the only exception being The LEGO Movie Everything is Awesome edition, which is a 3D combo pack disguised as a 2D set with 3D advertised as a bonus.

Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + Digital HD

Introduced in 2012.
This is a non-combo pack variation of the 3D Blu-ray release just including the 2D disc and Digital HD version.
Most Disney 3D titles from 2013 and onward are released as 3D/2D/Digital titles with one of the exceptions being The Little Mermaid 2013 3D Blu-ray Disc.
Titles to be 3D/2D/Digital sets include Thor: The Dark World and Oz the Great and Powerful.

Blu-ray + DVD + Digital HD

Introduced in 2012.
Basically is a standard 2D Blu-ray Combo Pack with Digital HD being either Disney Movies Anywhere for Disney titles or Ultraviolet for others. Many modern titles are usually in these type of Blu-ray releases.
Warner titles originally advertised these as Combo Pack - Blu-ray + DVD + Ultraviolet, but nonetheless, it's basically the same thing.

Blu-ray + Digital HD

Introduced in 2013.
Probably the most obnoxious of them all.
Ignoring the inclusion of an Ultraviolet, or for Disney titles, Disney Movies Anywhere version,  this is basically a standalone Blu-ray release type that's been existing for nearly eight years since the format's introduction to the general public in 2006. The companies that choose to use this instead of a standard combo pack may actually be considered cheap to some Blu-ray consumers and enthusiasts worldwide, but more so in North America.
Twentieth Century Fox tends to release most Fox Searchlight Pictures films as non-combo packs while most TCF films are combo packs, but as of 2014, Twentieth Century Fox films are mostly going to become Blu-ray + Digital HD titles meaning if you are a Combo Pack Nut, you may need to get both Blu-ray + Digital and DVD version for the lack of both versions in one set.
Universal Studios Home Entertainment is doing the exact same thing for their older titles as well, so if you want to get the recent Blu-ray releases of The Little Rascals, An American Tail or oddly, It's A Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (which was by Disney, but aired on NBC and is considered a Universal title), you may also need to get both versions, and currently on Amazon.com (valid as of August 5, 2014), the Universal Muppet Blu-ray is so far, Blu-ray only. Good luck trying to find a previous DVD version to get with the Blu-ray one.
Warner is also notorious for almost all of their Blu-ray titles becoming non-combo packs that are either plain or + Digital HD.

Bottom Line

Blu-ray Disc may very well just be the very best, but most confusing and obnoxious home entertainment medium to arrive to people's homes in most recent years. With many titles not including their DVD counterparts in the same package, if you like Blu-ray Discs to always be combo packs, you may need to get both versions if you don't already have the DVD release already. If you do, there's no point in getting both unless it's a later edition.
In other words, be a smart consumer and be aware of the many types of Blu-ray Disc releases the studios decides to release them in.

Keep in mind that this post will also be added to Project:2007, The official ARA Tumblr blog launched in May 2014 with a full revision beginning this Fall.

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

My Experience with the XBOX 360 - From the CEO of Agility ReAnimated Studios

XBOX 360 S with new controller
This Christmas in 2012, one of the gifts I decided to write my personal review about was on this specific gift, XBOX 360 4 GB KINECT Bundle and some of the games I received for it:
  • KINECT Adventures (Part of the bundle)
  • KINECT Disneyland Adventures (Also part of the bundle)
  • Just Dance 4
  • ABC Wipeout: In The Zone
  • NBA Baller Beats
  • LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
  • Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two
When I first opened the box, I was able to expect no HDMI cable in there. So then, when setting up the XBOX 360, I shared the HDMI cable of my Blu-ray Disc player and used it with my HDTV in this configuration. I set up the system and the user experience with the modern GUI (Well known in Windows Phone 7, Windows Phone 8, Windows 8, and Windows RT) has been an excellent experience in any game console ever since the menu with channels in the Wii console from Nintendo, the competitors of Microsoft which I still adore.


THE CONTROLLER
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My experience with the wireless controller was also stellar. I had been having no trouble at all navigating through any interface with the controller after being familiar with it so much (Despite not having used one since the console's launch in very late 2006), I was able to control nearly a lot of special things I had never done before with the controller in  my life. Basically, I love it.

KINECT for XBOX 360
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KINECT for XBOX 360

The new KINECT sensor released on November 2, 2010 was also one of the most interesting game peripherals I had ever seen in the history of video gaming with motion. Ever since the Wii console launched in 2006, almost 95 million consoles have been sold from its launch to today. And later when PlayStation Move for the PS3 arrived in mid-2010, it also sold very well. And the
KINECT sensor for XBOX 360 is very well going to be a gateway drug to people who never considered an XBOX 360 until now. I think Microsoft has made an excellent choice to release KINECT for Windows because I adored the sensor on the XBOX 360, developers will adore the sensor on Windows 7 and Windows 8. Not only developers, but also me, too.

WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER 11 AND THE XBOX 360
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Media Player 11 recognizes XBOX 360, but XBOX 360 recognizes no files.
I do adore Media Player 11, but XBOX 360 doesn't recognize any files. It says it's blank. So Microsoft stuff can get some quirks. But, I was able to use the files on my USB Thumb Drives and Sticks and SDHC cards through an SDHC card reader. Windows XP, which my sister has had, is not the Media Center Edition from 2005, and I'm forced to copy files from my Windows 7 Media Center to this PC to get XBOX 360 to interact with Windows Media Center. Playing MP4 files on the stick is an XBOX LIVE-only thing that didn't work. So MP3 files and WMV files are my way of videos on the sticks and thumbs that are USB. So I'll try Windows Media Center later on the XBOX 360 if I can get the files in.

Games on my personal side are VERY personal things to review. And they can't be reviewed.
That is all, Thank you.

(C) 2012 Agility ReAnimated Inc., A Time Warner Company.
XBOX 360 (C) 2006-2012 Microsoft Corp. Windows Media Center, Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows RT, Windows Phone, XBOX, Windows, the Windows logo, and all other elements are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp.
All Rights Reserved.

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Our prototype on Adobe Flash button support and sound.


Today, an independent developer working here at the lovely Agility ReAnimated Studios had cranked up one little doodad that we consider to be one of our prototypes of Adobe Flash development. And, we would like to present this prototype to you all.

(C) 2012 Agility ReAnimated Studios, A Time Warner Company.
Agility ReAnimated Studios is a division of Agility ReAnimated Inc.
(C) 2012 Agility ReAnimated Inc., A Time Warner Company.
All Rights Reserved.

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Fullscreen versions of widescreen Flipnotes coming today and CinemaGizmo flipnotes coming to Flipnote Hatena in 2013!

NOTE: The Flipnote Hatena embeds on this Sleep Clip Files postare no longer viewable due to the platform's discontinuation on May 31, 2013.

Coming to Flipnote Hatena in 2013

For the first time ever, Agility ReAnimated Studios is now publishing new flipnotes for Flipnote Hatena, with the all new CinemaGizmo flipnotes!
CinemaGizmo flipnotes do not yet come to Flipnote Hatena's full usage until 2013, but you can catch a sneak peek at one of the many new flipnotes coming soon!
Starting on April 26, 2013, a new agreement will allow all of Agility ReAnimated's newer flipnotes of the time to be only presented in a anamorphic or convectional widescreen format and will never be shown in the classic fullscreen format until 2017.
But hold on! CinemaGizmo is not just an aspect ratio! It will also service convectional widescreen versions of these flipnotes in various formats!

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Also now on Flipnote Hatena, select widescreen flipnotes will be rereleased in a Fullscreen format to fit the small display on the  Nintendo DSi or Nintendo DSi XL systems depending on what display you prefer to watch flipnotes in.

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CinemaGizmo is a registered trademark of Agility ReAnimated Studios. (C) 2012 Agility ReAnimated Studios, A Time Warner Company.
Flipnote Hatena is a registered trademark of Hatena Co. Ltd.

Thursday, June 7, 2012

Our CEO finding the 1978 Epic backdrop with missing info on Side B of a Tammy Wynette 1974 LP

----A Message from the CEO of Agility ReAnimated----
"I just noticed something funny that happened a few minutes ago.
While I was checking my record collection at my base house at the 47th row of the Agility ReAnimated Studios, I found on my copy of Tammy Wynette: Tammy's Greatest Hits from 1974...


 that the info did have the sunburst Epic Records logo CBS used for Epic since the 1960's up until the year of 1977 (Of course, Sony used it in the late 1990's until 2006)...


 but mine was a reprint, meaning that Sides A and B have the 1978 Epic logo (Used by CBS until 1989, and by Sony at 2006 until 2011). One strange thing is that the Side B does not contain any info on the paper in the center of the record unlike Side A of the record.
Side A with Info
Side B with No Info











I assume that the people at CBS (who had Epic at the time) must have been lazy with reprinting the album for no reason. I think they were too busy with their CBS-FOX and MGM-CBS home entertainment sides in the 70's and 80's when VCRs and LaserDiscs came to the home market, and they must have been too occupied on them rather than records.  
I just think this is funny to have a record with no info on Side B. But there is music on that Side though."

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Wednesday, May 9, 2012

The blog is on mobile devices now!



Looking for the blog just for viewing on a mobile phone?
Agility ReAnimated Inc. has adapted their blog for viewing on a mobile phone or other mobile device. The Sleep Clip Files may be previewed on the mobile version by scanning this special QR code below to look at a sneak peek of the new blog.

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