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RichterIX posted:How's Wong Kar-wai's Fallen Angels? It's on sale on the Best Buy website for $9.99, which is perfect impulse buy territory for me, and everything I've read about it sounds interesting, but I was never very thrilled with Chungking Express. Granted, it's been years since I've seen it, but I thought I'd ask people's opinion anyway. I prefer it to Chungking Express. They're very similar in style obviously, but Fallen Angels had more interesting storylines and characters to me which are interwoven more cohesively together than the large division between the two in Chungking Express. Haven't picked up the bluray version though.
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GonSmithe posted:I like the contrast of all the red "Greatest Hits" PS3 games. Actually the red labels are a mostly new thing. A few of my non-greatest hits games have them too, just on the side of the case.
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# ? Jun 28, 2010 11:54 |
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Back to the Future Trilogy is confirmed for October 26 code:
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# ? Jun 28, 2010 13:52 |
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doctor thodt posted:Back to the Future Trilogy is confirmed for October 26
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# ? Jun 28, 2010 18:27 |
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doctor thodt posted:Bought some new shelves in the hope that they'd free up a ton of space for me to house future acquisitions. Doctor Thodt, making me feel like less of a fan every time I read this thread on the other hand, Back to the Future Trilogy and Alien
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# ? Jun 28, 2010 19:49 |
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Moeru posted:Doctor Thodt, making me feel like less of a fan every time I read this thread I just don't have anywhere near that level of disposable income. Blu-Ray doesn't care about poor people At least Amazon has pretty good used prices a lot of the time, and since BDs hold up so well, you might as well be getting it new Agreed fucked around with this message at 21:58 on Jun 28, 2010 |
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quote:Back to the Future Night: hosted by Leslie Nielson Haha, instant purchase. Please don't ruin the transfer!
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# ? Jun 28, 2010 21:09 |
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ElwoodCuse posted:Haha, instant purchase. Please don't ruin the transfer! From Bob Gale: quote:“The HD transfers for all three films are simply breath-taking,” Gale told BTTF.com. “They actually look better than they did in the theater because of the incredible job that was done on dirt clean-up. (And the film grain is preserved, so they still look like movies should look.) And hearing the sound in full dynamic range is — okay, I’ll say it — a blast!” Very happy to hear it won't be a DNR-fest, plus I'm interested to see why Stoltz's performance was deemed "too extreme". "Doc, WHAT THE gently caress ARE YOU DOING YOU lovely COCKSUCKER?!?!!"
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# ? Jun 28, 2010 22:35 |
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Predator Blu-Ray.com review. Welp.
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# ? Jun 29, 2010 01:17 |
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The saddest part of that review:quote:I know I'm going to get hate mail, but I can't conscionably give this transfer any higher than a 2/5. Why do people like that exist
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# ? Jun 29, 2010 01:30 |
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Bambi posted:
Predator's user rating on that site is already a 5 vs the reviewer's 2.5. The hell?
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# ? Jun 29, 2010 01:34 |
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Magic Hate Ball posted:Predator Blu-Ray.com review. Welp. Such a shame. We have the original blu-ray to fall back on at least. Some movies don't even get that.
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# ? Jun 29, 2010 01:36 |
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Topper Harley posted:Predator's user rating on that site is already a 5 vs the reviewer's 2.5. The hell? Blu-Ray.com's userbase is full of slobbering loving idiots who think that grain is the devil's dandruff. If you're brave enough to venture into the thread there for this release, you'll find a terrifying number of people singing the praises of the scrubbed, waxy picture.
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# ? Jun 29, 2010 01:44 |
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OldSenileGuy posted:From Bob Gale: "When YOUR MOM wants to suck YOUR COCK, I'LL put the needle in!"
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# ? Jun 29, 2010 02:51 |
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RichterIX posted:How's Wong Kar-wai's Fallen Angels? It's on sale on the Best Buy website for $9.99, which is perfect impulse buy territory for me, and everything I've read about it sounds interesting, but I was never very thrilled with Chungking Express. Granted, it's been years since I've seen it, but I thought I'd ask people's opinion anyway. I adore it, and the blu-ray is great, though your mileage may vary if you were lukewarm on Chungking Express. The two movies are very similar though I do think Fallen Angels is a stronger movie and has a little more heart. For 10 bucks you might as well go for it, at the very least you get something gorgeous to look at.
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# ? Jun 29, 2010 03:20 |
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doctor thodt posted:Back to the Future Trilogy is confirmed for October 26 I have the trilogy on DVD... in full screen But hey, even though I've seen all three movies a thousand times, it will be an entirely new experience for me, because I haven't seen any of them in their original aspect ratio since I saw them in the theater all those years ago. Goddamn full screen DVDs as gifts.
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# ? Jun 29, 2010 03:22 |
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Bambi posted:Blu-Ray.com's userbase is full of slobbering loving idiots who think that grain is the devil's dandruff. If you're brave enough to venture into the thread there for this release, you'll find a terrifying number of people singing the praises of the scrubbed, waxy picture. You'll also find a few good points, like the following comparison shot that demonstrates that while some scenes are clearly going to suffer from the overzealous DNR, others will benefit from the higher quality transfer pre-DNR: 2008 release example shot 2010 Ultimate Hunter Edition comparison I read the guy's post and he mentioned her hair, being able to see beads of blood in it - and it is absolutely true that the 2008 release's generally inferior encode and transfer doesn't expose details like that; I happen to really like the extreme level of detail that BD offers, so I'm conflicted. On the one hand, GRAIN IS BAD is just a dumb, film-illiterate position to take, and the level of DNR is really obnoxious in some stills we've had posted here... On the other, there are some things about the new version which stand out above the old one. I completely agree with the reviewer that this movie was not given a proper treatment. Basically digitally whitewashed the film elements out of it, completely inappropriate given that it was, as the reviewer says, filmed in a goddamned jungle. That's not pretty and shiny, nor is the story, and the blatantly artificial cleanliness of the new version definitely detracts from the classic, gritty mise en scčne of the whole production. Nonetheless - and here's where my brain kind of breaks down - I'm going to buy it. I don't really like rewarding Fox for loving up the release like this so I'll probably wait for the first decently priced Used copy on Amazon. At least that way I'm not giving Fox the impression, for what little it's worth, that I personally approve of their treatment of the film. But I am willing to accept the deep concessions made to the integrity of the original in order to have some details that weren't available on the original. Agreed fucked around with this message at 07:56 on Jun 29, 2010 |
# ? Jun 29, 2010 07:47 |
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Predator sells at Wal-Mart on the rack next to the checkout stand. I doubt the sort of people who would be offended by excessive DNR are even a blip on Fox's marketing radar for this one.
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# ? Jun 29, 2010 08:39 |
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So it sounds like the 2008 blu-ray isn't much better, but between the lesser of the two evils, the 2008 one is the one to get?
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# ? Jun 29, 2010 10:07 |
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I said come in! posted:So it sounds like the 2008 blu-ray isn't much better, but between the lesser of the two evils, the 2008 one is the one to get? I'm in full support of grain, but the 2008 blu-ray looks like total poo poo.
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# ? Jun 29, 2010 12:33 |
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Magic Hate Ball posted:Predator Blu-Ray.com review. Welp. Good Lord, they ruined the hand-shake, Arnold's arm looks an 80's animatronic
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# ? Jun 29, 2010 13:01 |
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Those are some shiny biceps right there.
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I said come in! posted:So it sounds like the 2008 blu-ray isn't much better, but between the lesser of the two evils, the 2008 one is the one to get? Well... sort of... not really... I don't know. Pick your poison, a mediocre transfer and outdated encoding (plus no extras) for a generally "huh, this isn't really all that HD looking at all" experience; or, basically an airbrushed version that removes all traces that this was actually shot on film in a jungle. The new release definitely pops (kind of starting to hate that word, since the connotation to the consumer leads to demand for this sort of fidelity loss), has better contrast, and doesn't have compression artifacts that the 2008 one did, thanks to the foundation of this new 2010 release being a brand new transfer with a modern encoding process. If they had just done the new HD master and released that on the dual-layer BD with the extras and poo poo, I guarantee you that fans would have loved it. It would have looked awesome. There would definitely be film grain, but that's because it was, I'm kind of sounding like a broken record here, SHOT ON FILM IN THE JUNGLE. It's supposed to look kind of gritty. It would have looked gritty, but really detailed, as you would expect. The 2008 release is, to my eyes, not incredibly better in comparison to the best DVD release of the film. In fact I like the color temperature of the DVD better, frankly, and they both have issues with noticeable compression artifacts and some squashing in their colors, with the 2008 BD having less issues than the DVD because even though it's using a lame old encoder at least it has more space to work with. But, it does feature characteristically superior BD audio, and that makes a substantial difference too. My metric for whether a BD release is purchase-worthy boils down to "does this provide an experience that is better than the DVD?" And while it is flawed, the 2008 release does at least live up to that. So if you have to have Predator on BD, and you really object to the gratuitous DNR and sort of artificiality of the 2010 release, then the 2008 one will give you a better Predator than the DVD, at least. Rocco posted:I'm in full support of grain, but the 2008 blu-ray looks like total poo poo. It's just not as much better than the DVD than we reasonably expect, especially lame since it was 2008 and they should have done a better job on it than they did. Comparison shots between the standard-def DVD and the 2008 BD do show visual improvement (and of course the audio is way better). Again, I actually like the color temperature of the last DVD release better than the 2008 BD, it's warmer overall and using a good upscaling player it still looks good. Still, the '08 BD is more detailed, even if it's hounded by visible compression artifacts that can be almost as annoying as smear from mega-DNR... Agreed fucked around with this message at 13:44 on Jun 29, 2010 |
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Today's a good day: The Leopard Everlasting Moments The White Ribbon The Crazies Hot Tub Time Machine Versus When You're Strange: A Film About The Doors At least I can save a few bucks by not having to buy Predator.
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# ? Jun 29, 2010 13:42 |
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I don't care what anyone says, I'll take the new Predator disc over the 2008 one.
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# ? Jun 29, 2010 21:51 |
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The Killer Inside Me 9/28 The Human Centipede 10/5 Fantasia/Fantasia 200 12/7 I watched The White Ribbon last night. It is indeed on par with the best-looking Blu-Rays out there.
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# ? Jun 30, 2010 14:49 |
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doctor thodt posted:Versus Is it the Ultimate version?
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# ? Jun 30, 2010 17:07 |
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I'm pretty sure I already know the answer to this, but I figure I'll ask anyway... Are any other studios doing anything comparable to Warner Bros.' Red2Blu program, where you trade your HD DVDs in for Blu-rays? I'm about to unload my entire HD DVD kit on my sister, who needs a DVD player, and would like to swap out as much stuff as possible beforehand.
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# ? Jun 30, 2010 20:20 |
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Today I purchased Taken for $10 (hello sale). Unfortunately I can't watch it anytime soon because my 80 gig PS3 isn't reading blu-ray discs or PS3 games properly anymore (games and movies sieze up after a while; is it the bd drive or the lens, perhaps?). So until I get it cleaned/fixed/replaced I'll have to wait but I didn't want to turn down what is supposed to be a decent movie at that price. It's a blind purchase so I have to ask, is it any good?
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# ? Jun 30, 2010 21:43 |
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Cherokee Jack posted:Today I purchased Taken for $10 (hello sale). Unfortunately I can't watch it anytime soon because my 80 gig PS3 isn't reading blu-ray discs or PS3 games properly anymore (games and movies sieze up after a while; is it the bd drive or the lens, perhaps?). So until I get it cleaned/fixed/replaced I'll have to wait but I didn't want to turn down what is supposed to be a decent movie at that price.
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# ? Jun 30, 2010 21:49 |
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Harlock posted:The movie was a surprise at how decent of an action/thriller it was. It isn't going to knock your socks off, but it's an enjoyable watch and looks fairly good on blu ray too. Cool. Looks like it has decent features as well. Saw Time Bandits for $14 but it's got squat for special features. Damnit.
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# ? Jun 30, 2010 21:52 |
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Black Narcissus looks amazing http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/dvdreview2/blacknarcissus.htm
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# ? Jun 30, 2010 23:22 |
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http://www.hometheaterforum.com/forum/thread/301882/lionsgate-press-release-the-third-man-and-delicatessen-blu-ray Specs for The Third Man via Lionsgate. Doesn't look like a total loss, but there's a major error that sums up Lionsgate for the most part.
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# ? Jul 1, 2010 06:05 |
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Egbert Souse posted:http://www.hometheaterforum.com/forum/thread/301882/lionsgate-press-release-the-third-man-and-delicatessen-blu-ray Sweet, Delicatessen at last! I must be too tired to spot it, what is this major error? Is it the misspelling of Cotten?
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# ? Jul 1, 2010 06:50 |
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Maybe they leveled all the Dutch angles.
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# ? Jul 1, 2010 06:52 |
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Is the transfer going to be the same? I'd like to have the Criterion Third Man for entirely superficial reasons, but all I really care about ultimately is having the film in the best transfer possible.
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# ? Jul 1, 2010 06:52 |
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I can't imagine how it could be better; not only is the Criterion disc transfer fantastic, StudioCanal have already demonstrated that they don't really give a poo poo.
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# ? Jul 1, 2010 06:59 |
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Haha, welp. gently caress.
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# ? Jul 1, 2010 07:01 |
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Magic Hate Ball posted:I can't imagine how it could be better; not only is the Criterion disc transfer fantastic, StudioCanal have already demonstrated that they don't really give a poo poo. Stop linking DVD images. Who is worse StudioCanal or Dragon Dynasty?
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I just remembered that I PMed doctor thodt about his TTM copy and didn't get a response.
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