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It's always funny to go back to an old thread for a movie on the blu-ray.com forums and see people complaining about the picture quality of the movie based on a few screenshots regardless of what the people who have actually seen the movie are saying. And there were a bunch of people in a thread there for Apocalypse Now who were complaining about the movie looking soft in places, apparently they don't understand that not every shot in every movie is always going to look absolutely perfect 
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Sith Happens posted:That's not a review from some random user on their forums, that's actually an official site review. If you read the actual movie reviews on blu-ray.com... well, let's just say don't. Their writers all have different tastes in movies, and a lot of them are... interesting, to say the least. The only things you should pay attention to on the blu-ray.com ratings are the picture quality, the audio quality, and the special features. Not the actual review.
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May 17, 2011 01:26
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Judgment Night rules, you butt turd. 
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May 17, 2011 02:35
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Yeah Judgement Night was awesome, I loved everything about that movie.
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May 17, 2011 02:39
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I just thought it was funny that he talks about that then shoehorns DBZ in at the end.
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May 17, 2011 03:00
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Here's a gem from the Blu-Ray.com forums:Moviefan2k4 posted:Why on Earth would anyone want a silent film on Blu? Something like that would defeat half the point. 42041 posted:I'm not sure if you're being serious. Do you think people watched movies on small TVs in the 20s? McCrutchy posted:That would be hard considering broadcast TV only started in the 1930s. I'd like to meet somebody who could've afforded a set in the 20s, though, as a 12" screen model would hace cost almost $7,000 in today's dollars. Moviefan2k4 posted:What I meant was, since Blu-Ray's "trademark" is having the best available picture and sound, then you'd only be getting half the deal with a silent film. Personally, I've tried to watch a few of those things on cable, and the absence of dialogue is just depressing. Everything is done with title cards and music, but there's no way of actually reading emotion from any scene, and so it all flalls flat...at least for me.
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May 17, 2011 04:04
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A bit of infuriating stubbornness, from the Twilight Zone thread on blu-ray.com:TylerDurden posted:No one will ever convince me that blu-ray improves a black and white picture. Maybe Casablanca is a reference quality b&w BD. But I really don't care about the PQ of a b&w. The only reason I would get one would be for the AQ. I just accept b&w for what it is. HDMe posted:What does that even MEAN? TylerDurden posted:Well the two examples that I have seen Gojira and the Third Man did nothing to impress me at all. I just accepted them how they were even though it was not visually stunning. I'm sure movies like Schindlers List will look fine on BD. But to say that every b&w benefits from blu is false. It's false, everyone. END OF DISCUSSION.
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May 17, 2011 04:11
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 I never knew people hoarded blu rays. This thread has been quite illuminating, and frightening. I got Criterion's Stagecoach and was blown away and I also got the Searchers which looks so amazing when compared to what is shown on tv. It almost looks like it was shot 3 months ago. I'd like to see some more of the older pictures restored. Which leads to the question: Are there any publishers that put out amazing classic films? I know of Criterion and Kino's couple of silent films. Is there anyone else that puts out high quality stuff like that in America?
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May 17, 2011 05:08
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Egbert Souse posted:Here's a gem from the Blu-Ray.com forums: Space_Butler posted:A bit of infuriating stubbornness, from the Twilight Zone thread on blu-ray.com: rockamiclikeavandal posted:I hate people so much.
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May 17, 2011 05:38
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rockamiclikeavandal posted:
You can feel safe with nearly anything by Warner and Sony. Nearly any important film has at least a new 2K scan with a full restoration. Fox seems to be on track, as does Paramount (when they do release something).
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May 17, 2011 05:56
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The only good reviewer on BR.com is Kenneth Brown, who oh so coincidentally was the only good reviewer on Hi-Def Digest. Of course, he only gets a movie every 2 weeks or so to review. e: haha Peter Bracke appears to have completely abandoned HDD Nut Bunnies fucked around with this message at 09:39 on May 17, 2011 |
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May 17, 2011 09:35
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I too, went to the Blu-Ray forums after seeing it in this thread. Didn't take long to find a dumb post:quote:Ok what I mean is that in some movies I have seen the picture to be slowed down to maybe cut the violence. I have seen this in King Kong when they visit the island and when u see the natives attacking them there are few cuts and u see the slow-mo effect.
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May 17, 2011 09:46
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Now now, if it wasn't or b-r.com I wouldn't have anywhere to sperg about BBFC logos and marketing crap (huge 'Triple Play!' banners) on my discs. A crime of design when it comes to steelbooks.
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May 17, 2011 10:32
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henpod posted:I too, went to the Blu-Ray forums after seeing it in this thread. Didn't take long to find a dumb post:
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May 17, 2011 19:33
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Jeff Wiiver posted:Having never seen either movie, what the gently caress is this guy talking about? As I understand it, he's under the delusion that slo-mo violence is done as an appeal to the ratings board. The mind boggles.
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May 17, 2011 20:07
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Jeff Wiiver posted:Having never seen either movie, what the gently caress is this guy talking about? Ridley Scott used random slomo at any and every point he possibly can, forums poster blames slomo on the ratings board and not Ridley Scott's overuse of it in everything he does.
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May 17, 2011 20:58
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Asnorban posted:Ridley Scott used random slomo at any and every point he possibly can, forums poster blames slomo on the ratings board and not Ridley Scott's overuse of it in everything he does. He's also sure it was not in the theatrical version. You heard it here first, blu-rays have an auto-censor feature.
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May 17, 2011 22:00
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Sir Lemming posted:He's also sure it was not in the theatrical version. You heard it here first, blu-rays have an auto-censor feature. The blu ray players are sentient, dude.
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May 17, 2011 22:09
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The pHo posted:Now now, if it wasn't or b-r.com I wouldn't have anywhere to sperg about BBFC logos
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May 17, 2011 22:18
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Yeah, their logos and German ones are even worse than ours. I just prefer the US style where there's a small rating on the back, not shoved down your throat and doesn't get in the way of the art at every opportunity. I think my Oceans boxset has something like 17 or 18 ratings certs on it... I mean, is it really necessary?
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May 17, 2011 22:33
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So do not buy the Highlander Directors Cut if you want to see VHS scenes out of nowhere. In the scene near the start where Connor dies it cut to a scene with a camera floating above and it made me loving shoot up out of bed with how terrible it looked. I should have really read some more reviews. It was only $8 but ugh, that was terrible. Also, I thought this movie was a little better but my memory must be hazy cause this movie is a piece of poo poo -- the old guy doing backflips at the start for no loving reason, Kurgan's first fight in modern times is the cheesiest poo poo and the Queen soundtrack is terrible (Princes of the Universe owns though).
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May 17, 2011 23:55
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Vintersorg posted:So do not buy the Highlander Directors Cut if you want to see VHS scenes out of nowhere. It was like that on the DVD also.
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May 18, 2011 00:51
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Vintersorg posted:So do not buy the Highlander Directors Cut if you want to see VHS scenes out of nowhere. You could always watch the second one for comparison.
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May 18, 2011 01:24
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Vintersorg posted:In the scene near the start where Connor dies it cut to a scene with a camera floating above and it made me loving shoot up So bad it turned you immediately to drugs? Tht's rough.
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May 18, 2011 10:50
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Has anyone picked up the Five Deadly Venoms blu ray? I didn't see any reviews for it on bluray.com, dvdbeaver or thedigitalbits.
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May 18, 2011 17:27
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A shitton of movies just dropped to $6 on Amazon Some good, some horrible. http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.h...creative=390957
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May 18, 2011 22:33
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Sporadic posted:A shitton of movies just dropped to $6 on Amazon Where does Birdemic fall?
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May 18, 2011 22:37
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I really wasn't planning on upgrading my DVDs but for $6 a pop, there's almost no reason not to. Or are there new Blu-Ray editions coming out of these films?
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May 18, 2011 22:47
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Where does Birdemic fall? I heard horrible from people who like so bad it's good movies like The Room. Cheesus posted:I really wasn't planning on upgrading my DVDs but for $6 a pop, there's almost no reason not to. Not that I know of. The Scream movies were just released two months ago.
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May 18, 2011 23:01
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Bobby The Rookie posted:I got mine the other day as well, the deal was too great to pass up and it was well worth waiting on the long shipping period. I've been wanting these movies since before the Blu-Rays and now I finally own them in beautiful quality- one of the few sets where I actually give a poo poo about watching all the featurettes and extra content, and it even has me curious to watch Resurrection again just because everything looks so drat good, although that'll probably wind up being a mistake. What's the word on the Alien 3 docu? I remember the "Quadrilogy" being surrounded by some controversy, as there had been some cuts made to the documentary to sanitize some of Fincher's struggle on set. I've been hoping that the BD version would finallyfinally offer the full cut of the Alien 3 docu.
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May 18, 2011 23:07
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Oh also regarding Alien3, does the BluRay still have the same audio problems as the Quadrilogy box set version?
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May 18, 2011 23:18
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the_psychologist posted:What's the word on the Alien 3 docu? I remember the "Quadrilogy" being surrounded by some controversy, as there had been some cuts made to the documentary to sanitize some of Fincher's struggle on set. I've been hoping that the BD version would finallyfinally offer the full cut of the Alien 3 docu. According to the wikipedia it says it was all put back in for the blu ray.
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May 18, 2011 23:45
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Cheesus posted:Or are there new Blu-Ray editions coming out of these films?
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Quantum of Phallus posted:Oh also regarding Alien3, does the BluRay still have the same audio problems as the Quadrilogy box set version? They re-ADRed and polished up the audio track. It's not perfect, but it's better than the Quadrilogy DVD.
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May 19, 2011 01:42
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Digital Bits reviews of Barry Lyndon and Once Upon a Time in the West. Rumor of Breakfast at Tiffany's on 8/23
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May 19, 2011 04:26
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Sporadic posted:DeepDiscount is a lovely, lovely store but if you have an account with them and used their wishlist feature, check your email. It showed up today. Not bad considering the reputation they have now.
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May 19, 2011 17:43
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I'm surprised to be the first to post this. The Man with No Name Trilogy on Blu Ray for $23.99 as Amazon's Deal of the Day. I've never seen any of these but I am really tempted to blind buy at this price. I have to believe that I would like these movies if I gave them a chance.
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ApexAftermath posted:I'm surprised to be the first to post this. The Man with No Name Trilogy on Blu Ray for $23.99 as Amazon's Deal of the Day. They are all fantastic movies, and for that price it's not even worth thinking twice about. Unless you're cheap and broke like me.  If I make good tips tonight I'll grab it.
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Criminal Minded posted:They are all fantastic movies, and for that price it's not even worth thinking twice about. Unless you're cheap and broke like me. I just about did it since I got paid today but after taking another look at my finances I just can't justify it right now. Kind of blew my wad on my wife's birthday so now I have to play it cool for a bit. Sucks that I have to miss out but oh well. Hopefully some other goons get a deal they otherwise wouldn't have seen. At least I can feel good about that.
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