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ProfessorClumsy posted:Who the hell kicks up a stink in a burger joint about overpowering spices? Seriously, when I read "'After waiting this long, this just isn't acceptable,'" my first thought was "Holy hell, what a self-entitled rear end in a top hat you are," then "If you ever said that in a restaurant they would tell you to get the gently caress out immediately."
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ProfessorClumsy posted:Who the hell kicks up a stink in a burger joint about overpowering spices? Well, when you spend enough time in burger joints, you've got to keep things interesting somehow.
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Jun 28, 2011 20:06
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I was reading the burger analogy as if  wrote it, but maybe  is more appropriate since he goes into such detail about a goddamn burger.
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Jun 28, 2011 20:32
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TO UNDERAGE GYMNASTS
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Jun 28, 2011 20:37
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My LOTR EE box showed up a few hours ago and I just popped in Fellowship. Looks goddamn phenomenal, especially compared to the Theatrical disc which was soft as hell. I see no trace of any kind of overwhelming green tint. Really happy with how this looks. The packaging is awesome too.
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Jun 28, 2011 21:21
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The only thing I got from that analogy is that the cook makes up all of the burgers before escaping into the night. All that he leaves his his trail of overpowering spices.
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Jun 28, 2011 21:28
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TheSwami posted:My LOTR EE box showed up a few hours ago and I just popped in Fellowship. Looks goddamn phenomenal, especially compared to the Theatrical disc which was soft as hell. I see no trace of any kind of overwhelming green tint. Really happy with how this looks. Never preorder anything from HMV, if you are in the UK. Nothing on Monday, nothing today. My preorder is late and I have been looking forward to this for weeks  .If my preorder was a burger, it would be like smelling the burger and seeing it, but not being able to touch or taste it.
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Jun 28, 2011 21:29
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All that burger post needed was occasional breaks for mouth breathing
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Jun 28, 2011 21:40
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Are they gonna sell the Jurassic Park movies by themselves? Because I only want the first and want to pretend 3 never got made.
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Jun 28, 2011 21:53
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ProfessorClumsy posted:Who the hell kicks up a stink in a burger joint about overpowering spices? .. and then writes a long winded post about it? foodies.
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Jun 28, 2011 22:52
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I was imagining that whole post being read aloud through a mushy mouthful of burger and shake.
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Jun 28, 2011 23:14
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TheSwami posted:My LOTR EE box showed up a few hours ago and I just popped in Fellowship. Looks goddamn phenomenal, especially compared to the Theatrical disc which was soft as hell. I see no trace of any kind of overwhelming green tint. Really happy with how this looks. I agree, I'm not seeing the sickly green coloration that I saw in the screenshots. The color balance still looks correct (i.e. skintones, skies, etc.), even if there is a bit more blue/green added to some shots.
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Jun 29, 2011 00:54
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It's the shame that the supplements on the LOTR EEs are all on 3 DVDs each. Would it have been that hard or expensive to squeeze them onto a BD?
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Jun 29, 2011 01:44
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@DAVID_LYNCH posted:These last couple of days I've been timing & color correcting deleted scenes from Blue Velvet. It's a beautiful trip down memory lane. Oh man oh man oh man
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Jun 29, 2011 02:04
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FitFortDanga posted:Oh man oh man oh man Check the page before this one  (just kidding, it should be cool to see what hit the cutting room)
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Jun 29, 2011 02:12
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Sporadic posted:Check the page before this one Oops sorry. That post began with the word "Jumanji" and I just automatically skipped the rest of it.
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Jun 29, 2011 02:43
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The Big Country, though a Walmart exclusive, looks fantastic. I only skimmed a few parts (haven't seen the entire film on Blu or otherwise), but the detail is ridiculously high. In a few panoramic wide shots, it's possible to see individual blades of grass flowing in the wind. It's weird that Fox/MGM would opt to make this an exclusive since it's obvious a fortune went into the restoration and remastering.
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Jun 29, 2011 04:38
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FitFortDanga posted:I can't wait to see what analogies this guy has concerning pizza, nachos, and Dibs. Let me see if I can convey our position and feeling in an analogy that you'll understand. Imagine one day you go to your favorite pizza parlor. It's called Chef Mario's To you, they're known for the fact that they make pies with bacon, Snickers, and then deep fry it. One day they announce big changes are coming to customizable pizzas. You can't wait. You wait a very long time. The day comes and you go in. You take a whiff of your inhaler and you announce to the lowly, pathetic cashier, "ONE EXTRA LARGE WITH THE USUAL." But the idiot informs you that they have REMOVED SNICKERS AND DEEP FRYING FROM THE MENU, as they are making  healthier choices They have altered Chef Mario's original vision for the sake of attracting a few new casuals that won't care about the love that went into each DFSB (Deep Fried Snickers Bacon) Pizza.Finally, you exhale in frustration, and tell him where he can stick their new "healthier options" as the entire restaurant stands up and cheers you. THAT is what the change in aspect ratio from 1.85:1 to 1.78:1 is like on this new release you uncultured tard.
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Jun 29, 2011 05:30
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I got through The Fellowship of the Ring. I found the colour changes are noticeable but it looks better in motion and I agree that it improves the skin tones and vegetation. The contrast and darkened shadows look great in most of the dark shots, especially Gollum's cave and some areas of Moria. The transfer really is amazing and it's great to have a good display that I can appreciate that with. I could see things I never noticed before in the environments and it really goes to show how much detail went into the sets. Unfortunately due to that detail some effects do show their age in a few terrain shots and other areas. Even so it's amazing how well these films have aged after so many years. Sound is truly outstanding and I heard some of the movie in surround and with headphones, this is a movie you want to test your sound on. I did have a few issues with some parts of the movie, but most of it appears to be the source material at fault.
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Jun 29, 2011 07:22
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Cubemario posted:I got through The Fellowship of the Ring. I found the colour changes are noticeable but it looks better in motion and I agree that it improves the skin tones and vegetation. The contrast and darkened shadows look great in most of the dark shots, especially Gollum's cave and some areas of Moria. You write as though these movies were released decades ago, when they were all released within the last 10 years.
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Jun 29, 2011 14:04
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FitFortDanga posted:Oh man oh man oh man Next slew of Criterion's are gonna be October releases and it IS an MGM title!
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Jun 29, 2011 15:47
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bradzilla posted:You write as though these movies were released decades ago, when they were all released within the last 10 years. That's true, but CGI has come a long way since then.
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morestuff posted:That's true, but CGI has come a long way since then. Actually the issue isn't the advancement of CGI over the last few years, there were some horrible rotoscopes in Two Towers even by the standards of seven years ago.
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Jun 29, 2011 19:22
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Holy poo poo LOTR is green. The trees and grass that is. Looks fantastic, lovely colours, great set and I can't wait to watch it. I am new to this Blu-Ray stuff and this question will no doubt seem dumb, but home come all blu-rays have the black bars on the top and bottom? This is normal right? It just feels like the screen is not being used fully. I know it is something to do with how it has been filmed, so how come when movies play on TV, there are no black bars? Are they just chopping out the sides? Dumb question I know.
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Jun 29, 2011 20:29
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henpod posted:Holy poo poo LOTR is green. The trees and grass that is. Looks fantastic, lovely colours, great set and I can't wait to watch it. Aspect ratio Here's a good article explaining it. http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/764
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Sporadic posted:Aspect ratio Well that sets it all straight, thanks. I shall embrace the black bars and accept them as cinematic intention.
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Jun 29, 2011 20:39
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I actually like the black bars, gives it more of a cinematic feel. When I watch something that isn't full screen on my monitor, I'll adjust the window size so that there are some black bars.
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Jun 29, 2011 21:10
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henpod posted:Well that sets it all straight, thanks. I shall embrace the black bars and accept them as cinematic intention. Funny side note: it took me way too long to convince my mom that the black bars were, in fact, not covering up the top and bottom of the video.
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Jun 29, 2011 21:24
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Fiendish Dr. Wu posted:Funny side note: it took me way too long to convince my mom that the black bars were, in fact, not covering up the top and bottom of the video.
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Fox has announced It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Season 6 for a blu-ray release on September 13. Despite (from what little info has actually gotten out) the disappointing sales of The League and Sunny Season 5 blu-rays, Fox has nonetheless decided to just keep going releasing those series on blu. Good on them, it's about time Fox stopped abandoning tv shows on blu-ray.
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Jun 29, 2011 22:54
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Fiendish Dr. Wu posted:Funny side note: it took me way too long to convince my mom that the black bars were, in fact, not covering up the top and bottom of the video. 
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Jun 29, 2011 23:16
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Was so tempted to grab this today at Future Shop, $64 CDN but I had to get a new router instead. 
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Jun 29, 2011 23:22
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RevKrule posted:This is why there are such things as (shudder) full screen dvds. People seriously with 4:3 tvs seriously thought they were losing part of the movie and were complaining about it. This is a common problem that's hard as gently caress getting people to realize they're idiots.
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frumpsnake posted:One thing I don't understand is that the fullscreen DVDs seemed to be specific to the US. The studios had no problem dictating that it was widescreen or nothing in most other markets. You would think there's be a proportional number of those "idiots" in Europe, the UK, Australia etc.
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Jun 30, 2011 00:16
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Widescreen televisions caught on quicker in Europe than they did in the US, but that might be a chicken or the egg scenario.
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Jun 30, 2011 02:59
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frumpsnake posted:One thing I don't understand is that the fullscreen DVDs seemed to be specific to the US. The studios had no problem dictating that it was widescreen or nothing in most other markets. You would think there's be a proportional number of those "idiots" in Europe, the UK, Australia etc. No, you wouldn't really. and lol @ the Wal-Mart tidbit.
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Jun 30, 2011 03:37
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frumpsnake posted:One thing I don't understand is that the fullscreen DVDs seemed to be specific to the US. The studios had no problem dictating that it was widescreen or nothing in most other markets. You would think there's be a proportional number of those "idiots" in Europe, the UK, Australia etc. We definitely saw some releases here in the UK
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Jun 30, 2011 12:46
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Yeah I have the first Harry Potter UK DVD in full screen and we had a lot of flipper discs with different crops on either side. Only time I get irked by a/r is if I'm watching a comedy in the theater that's 2.35:1 and makes no use of it. Then films like Battle LA or whatever it's called that has about 99% of its run time in medium close up or even tighter, which looks absolutely ridiculous at such a wide aspect. Crap film by all accounts so won't be adding to my collection when it comes out.
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Jun 30, 2011 13:26
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A lot of people forget that DVDs and large, affordable home theater systems came around at about the same time. I would never by a full-screen movie, but I can understand the appeal to someone who still has a 4:3, 20" television as their main unit.
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The pHo posted:Yeah I have the first Harry Potter UK DVD in full screen and we had a lot of flipper discs with different crops on either side. Regardless, it seems odd that half a decade later, Disney still felt it *had* to release fullscreen versions in the US. (It was kinda funny buying 'The Incredibles' and having Brad Bird thank me for 'choosing the widescreen version'. What did he say on the fullscreen disc?) frumpsnake fucked around with this message at 16:10 on Jun 30, 2011 |
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