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Noxville posted:At least the TV capture is just a mediocre transfer, the BluRay is a mediocre transfer with a ridiculous amount of smoothing. High Def Digest's review of Scary Movie will forever be the one I pull out first when somebody asks me why HDD sucks. 4.5/5 stars for picture quality. Unbelievable. It's almost as bad as AVS Forum scoring the Back to the Future trilogy an obscenely high 88/100 for picture quality - the same score they gave to the legendary transfer of The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
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HiDefDigest posted:'Scary Movie' is eight years old now, but you’d never know it
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Mustach posted:Hahahaha, come on, that's not very old for a movie! Yeah, I don't get how that matters. I thought the biggest issue with older movies was the quality of the original stock, and how badly the negatives have degraded over the years. I've seen plenty of 20+ year old BR transfers that looked amazing. Usually it's the clothing/direction/pacing of a movie that dates it more than anything.
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I just bought Sunshine on Blu-ray and while it looks amazing, it has some kind of PIP special feature that for the life of me I can't figure out how to turn off. The menu option for it seems to be greyed out so I can't select it and it basically makes the movie unwatchable. Has anyone else had this problem with this Bluray or did I get a defective disc?
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Sly Pistachio posted:High Def Digest's review of Scary Movie will forever be the one I pull out first when somebody asks me why HDD sucks. 4.5/5 stars for picture quality. Unbelievable. It's almost as bad as AVS Forum scoring the Back to the Future trilogy an obscenely high 88/100 for picture quality - the same score they gave to the legendary transfer of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Ugh, I hate that guy's reviews (Ralph Potts.) Seems like almost everything gets a picture quality "grade" between 82 (even numbers only) 88. Completely useless. I think I don't really "get" the distinction between an 84 and an 86.
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identity49 posted:I just bought Sunshine on Blu-ray and while it looks amazing, it has some kind of PIP special feature that for the life of me I can't figure out how to turn off. The menu option for it seems to be greyed out so I can't select it and it basically makes the movie unwatchable. Has anyone else had this problem with this Bluray or did I get a defective disc? It's a firmware issue specific to that disc and certain Sony Blu-Ray players (including the PS3). There hasn't been a fix yet. Universal catalog wave on Feb. 8: Barb Wire Flipper The River Wild Uncle Buck Waist Deep
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Nov 10, 2010 17:18
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A Christmas Carol reviewed Mutiny on the Bounty reviewed Sherlock Jr. / Three Ages reviewed I'm fascinated by the mocap PiP track on A Christmas Carol.
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Maybe I'm crazy, but I watched SCOTT PILGRIM, and noticed none of the "dark image" issues people complained about. Looked great to me! Also: any thoughts on PREDATORS?
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Nov 10, 2010 18:18
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doctor thodt posted:Uncle Buck Gonna get my  on for this
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doctor thodt posted:It's a firmware issue specific to that disc and certain Sony Blu-Ray players (including the PS3). There hasn't been a fix yet. Weird. I have a PS3 and this disc and I haven't run into this. What does it look like when it is happening? Are all PS3s affected or just some? EDIT: Nevermind. I just googled around and found out they actually broke this with the PS3 firmware update they just came out with(not that long ago) for 3D support. I haven't put Sunshine in since this update so I'm assuming I will have the issue too. Balls. ApexAftermath fucked around with this message at 19:56 on Nov 10, 2010 |
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ApexAftermath posted:Weird. I have a PS3 and this disc and I haven't run into this. What does it look like when it is happening? Are all PS3s affected or just some? It's a result of a recent PS3 firmware. I too have played Sunshine on a PS3 in the past and it worked fine - but a bug was introduced sometime within the last 6 months or so that apparently screws with the PiP.
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Adrianics posted:Gonna get my I was all excited when I read "Uncle Buck" on that list but then I remembered that I was reading a list of Universal catalog titles. There was a really stellar HDTV capture of Uncle Buck a couple of years ago. I remember being surprised at how good it looked, because usually transfers for HDTV of older movies look pretty bad. Now I'm worried that Universal is going to take that good HDTV transfer and gently caress it up with DNR and edge "enhancement" and we're going to have another Back to the Future situation where the low bitrate HDTV capture actually looks better than the drat Blu-ray. Universal seems to rape every catalog title they release.
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OGB posted:Also: any thoughts on PREDATORS? The audio/video are pretty much reference-grade and there's a nice collection of extras, including a fairly interesting commentary track and a meaty, 40-minute making-of in full 1080p. It's really just a question of whether you like the movie enough to buy it.
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Bambi posted:The audio/video are pretty much reference-grade and there's a nice collection of extras, including a fairly interesting commentary track and a meaty, 40-minute making-of in full 1080p. It's really just a question of whether you like the movie enough to buy it. A friend rented the DVD, and it seemed fun enough (I thought the end was a bit anti-climatic), but otherwise I really enjoyed it. The real bummer was how sort of smeary it was blown up onto an HDTV, being a particularly dark film.
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Anyone have any opinions on Dragon Tatoo/Play with Fire Trilogy? Good movies? Looks good?
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OGB posted:A friend rented the DVD, and it seemed fun enough (I thought the end was a bit anti-climatic), but otherwise I really enjoyed it. The real bummer was how sort of smeary it was blown up onto an HDTV, being a particularly dark film. Yeah, I can imagine the DVD looking like crap on an HDTV due to how dark it is. The Blu-Ray is gorgeous though. I couldn't find any DVD/BD comparisons, but this review has some nice uncompressed screenshots. http://www.highdefdiscnews.com/?p=54355
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fromsinkingsands posted:Anyone have any opinions on Dragon Tatoo/Play with Fire Trilogy? Good movies? Looks good? Dragon Tattoo looks pretty good but is a fairly bare-bones release. Can't speak for the other two but from what I've read they're similar. quick edit: Dragon Tattoo is a solid movie and a vast improvement over the book.
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Adrianics posted:Dragon Tattoo looks pretty good but is a fairly bare-bones release. Can't speak for the other two but from what I've read they're similar. I'll have to disagree about it being a vast improvement over the book. I preferred the book even though it seemed to ramble on about IKEA a little more than I would like. In my opinion, some of the more graphic sexual scenes were a little too gratuitous in the movie. Also, I thought that the book did a much better job of building Lisbeth's character.
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Well, to me the film did a pretty great job of cutting out all the tedious exposition from the book, as well as everything else from the book that I didn't like - For example, Blomkvist in the book is a really quite terrible character, basically a shameless self-insert who is this unrealistically intelligent superhuman who gets to have sex with everyone, also everyone who disagrees with him is either a murderer, a rapist or some other kind of criminal. I did think, though, that they did a much better job with making the film version grounded and likeable. Another good example is how Blomkvist ended up in prison, which is summed up in the film as (paraphrasing) 'a bad tip from a college friend', whereas in the book we get the entire conversation in all of its exposition-belching glory, as two characters sit there for what feels like fifty pages just volleying gigabytes of words back and forth. What it boils down to for me is that Girl With The Dragon Tattoo works very well as an adaptation, as they did a great job of keeping the books' strengths while also ridding it of its weaknesses. Anyway, all this is neither here nor there and there's a whole thread for GWTDT floating around somewhere. Either way, the movie looks good on Blu-Ray and is worth a watch  edit: Will also say that Girl Who Played With Fire is a much better book, but I keep hearing that the film isn't quite as good as the first.
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doctor thodt posted:Fantasia reviewed Cue 10,000 uptight nerds at HTF screaming "censorship" because they don't get the joy of seeing a few seconds of racism in hi-def. Most of them will swear never to buy anything from Disney ever ever again, but of course they will.
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FitFortDanga posted:Cue 10,000 uptight nerds at HTF screaming "censorship" because they don't get the joy of seeing a few seconds of racism in hi-def. Most of them will swear never to buy anything from Disney ever ever again, but of course they will. Part of it was because the zooming and re-painting looked terrible on the 2000 DVD. The narration redub isn't that good, either. I'm just surprised Disney didn't attempt to re-edit the narration from the existing sections for this editon. Or at least put it in the extras. Egbert Souse fucked around with this message at 04:06 on Nov 11, 2010 |
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doctor thodt posted:A Christmas Carol reviewed DVD Beaver has better caps for Mutiny. I thought it was a surprising pick for Warner, but this might be one of the best B&W Blu-Rays so far. Sherlock Jr. looks awesome. Grainy with some weird contrast issues, but it's not like that is abnormal for a 1920s film.
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doctor thodt posted:Fantasia reviewed I'm not sure if I'm in the minority but I loving love Disney View. I have no problem watching movies in 4:3 if that's their aspect, and it'd be stupid on a live-action movie, but the watercolor paintings on the sides of these Disney films work really well. Speaking of Disney I really enjoyed the technical commentary on Toy Story 3, it wasn't dry at all. I wish it was done Cine-explore style like the one on Cars but I can't really complain.
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I mean, poo poo. If Barb Wire is getting a Blu-Ray release, then where is my BD of Harry and The Hendersons?
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Cherokee Jack posted:I'm not sure if I'm in the minority but I loving love Disney View. Me too. It sounds kinda dumb on paper but I think Disney does it in a seamless, neat way.
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FitFortDanga posted:Cue 10,000 uptight nerds at HTF screaming "censorship" because they don't get the joy of seeing a few seconds of racism in hi-def. Most of them will swear never to buy anything from Disney ever ever again, but of course they will. haha DVD Talk is going to be in a rage with sperglords going off about how "THIS ISN'T HOW IT WAS BROADCAST IN THEATERS SO THIS ISN'T HOW IT SHOULD BE ON MY BLU-RAY PLAYER GODDDAMMMMITTT" There were people over there that were actually flipping out hardcore about how a little BR pop up menu came up during the credits of Beauty and the Beast to lead the viewer toward a documentary about the making of the film.
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sportsgenius86 posted:haha DVD Talk is going to be in a rage with sperglords going off about how "THIS ISN'T HOW IT WAS BROADCAST IN THEATERS SO THIS ISN'T HOW IT SHOULD BE ON MY BLU-RAY PLAYER GODDDAMMMMITTT" That's somewhat better than the people over at Blu-Ray.com, where every thread devolves into "DOES IT COME WITH A SLIP? NO SLIP=NO SALE" and/or "LOOKS SWEET, BUT $20 IS TOO HIGH, I'LL WAIT TIL BLACK FRIDAY  ", because, as we all know, EVERY TITLE EVER goes on sale on Black Friday. Ugh. I should just stick to here for news/views/deals.
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UFOTofuTacoCat posted:What is a "slip" in this context? I'm assuming a slip cover, those cardboard boxes that have the rad embossed foil and holograms.
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sportsgenius86 posted:There were people over there that were actually flipping out hardcore about how a little BR pop up menu came up during the credits of Beauty and the Beast to lead the viewer toward a documentary about the making of the film. Not that I want to defend those people, but I really hate that popup. It's like watching broadcast television. Otherwise that release is perfect. Fantasia looks perfect. Disney probably releases the best Blu-rays out there.
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So I can't just buy Fantasia by itself? I've never actually seen Fantasia 2000; I guess it's really not the worst thing to own though.
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morestuff posted:I'm assuming a slip cover, those cardboard boxes that have the rad embossed foil and holograms. Ahh, I see. I kind of find those annoying and have ditched them in a few cases (haha look a pun!).
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Kull the Conqueror posted:So I can't just buy Fantasia by itself? I've never actually seen Fantasia 2000; I guess it's really not the worst thing to own though. F2000 is worth it for "Firebird Suite" alone.
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$10 off the 4-disc combo pack of A Christmas Carol: http://www.disneymovierewards.go.com/promotions/special-offers/carol-coupon?cmp=dmov_dmr_url_lptw_carol-coupon_print Cheapest price I know of is $27.99 at Best Buy
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The Mist and the original Batman dropped down to $9.99 on Amazon Mist = http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001AR0D4A?ie=UTF8&tag=evdaisafi-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001AR0D4A Batman = http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0039208JE?ie=UTF8&tag=evdaisafi-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0039208JE (with a free VOD rental of it from Amazon)
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Here's a nice deal: you can get a Sony BDP-S470 Blu-Ray player (3D capable) for $59.99 through Disney Movie Rewards if you buy 5 eligible titles. http://www.disneymovierewards.go.com/promotions/special-offers/blu-ray-upgrade?cmp=dmov_dmr_emc_gwp_bd-upgrade All you have to do is enter the 5 DMR codes between Nov. 8 - Jan 31. If you were going to buy 5 Disney movies in this time period (or already own some of the titles but haven't entered your codes yet) then this is a no-brainer.
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Kino is releasing the Fairbanks swashbuckler The Black Pirate on 12/14/10. Lee Erwin organ score Audio commentary by Rudy Behlmer B&W "Talkie" Adaptation 19 Minutes of Outtakes with commentary by Rudy Behlmer 30 Minutes of previously unreleased outtakes Photo gallery Includes the original 1926 score
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Wal-Mart Black Friday $10 The Back-Up Plan The Blind Side The Boondock Saints The Bounty Hunter Fight Club Get Him to the Greek The Hangover Hot Tub Time Machine Invictus The Karate Kid (2010) LotR individual releases Marmaduke Paranormal Activity Percy Jackson She's Out of my League Taken Terminator Salvation The Wizard of Oz The Wolfman $5 Angels & Demons Armored Batman Begins The Dark Knight Gran Torino Ice Age Legion Live Free or Die Hard The Mummy Night at the Museum 2 Superbad The Taking of Pelham 123
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