|
Dissapointed Owl posted:I don't know. He seems to have taken the criticism of The French Connections's horrid transfer to heart, because he oversaw The Exorcist's transfer which was fine. I thought they kept him out of it for the transfer, letting the cinematographer handle everything?
|
#
?
Jan 25, 2012 19:50
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 22, 2024 12:08 |
|
|
Sporadic posted:I thought they kept him out of it for the transfer, letting the cinematographer handle everything? Sort of: quote:So in 2010, there was considerable anticipation - and trepidation - regarding the HD debut of this prestigious catalog title. Director William Friedkin had previously raised the ire of film fans worldwide when he tinkered with the look of The French Connection for its Blu-ray release, producing a revisionist transfer full of crushed blacks, artificially enhanced grain, and bleeding colors. The film's cinematographer, Owen Roizman, called the results "atrocious," and most reviewers and consumers agreed. So when it was announced that he would be supervising The Exorcist's transfer, as well, fans became wary. Luckily, Roizman, who was also the DP on The Exorcist, helped Friedkin to create the transfer for this release, so fears of ill-conceived retooling were ultimately unwarranted. It's a shame that he had to ruin the bluray release of a classic movie before coming to the conclusion that hey, maybe I should get the person who shot the movie involved.
|
|
#
?
Jan 25, 2012 20:00
|
|
|
A reminder post. Fernando Di Leo Crime Collection (Caliber 9/The Italian Connection/The Boss/Rulers of the City) comes out January 31st. The preorder at Amazon is only $23.99 ($6 a movie) http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...ASIN=B005MTHRDM quote:The inspiration for Quentin Tarantino s early films, Fernando Di Leo is the master of garish, intricately plotted, ultra-violent stories about pimps and petty gangsters who perfects the genre with an uncanny accuracy. For the first time digitally restored from the original 35mm negative and remastered in collaboration with the Venice Film Festival, 4 of Fernando Di Leo s masterpieces in one box set which includes: Caliber 9 (Milano Calibro 9, 1972), The Italian Connection (La Mala Ordina, 1972), The Boss (Il Boss, 1973), Rulers Of The City (Padroni della citta, 1976) Now available for the first time on Blu-Ray. It looks like a great boxset if you are into those type of movies. Review with a ton of screenshots: http://www.rockshockpop.com/forums/content.php?2139-Fernando-Di-Leo-Crime-Collection-The-(Blu-ray Photos of the packaging from somebody who got it early.   
|
|
#
?
Jan 29, 2012 20:03
|
|
|
Egbert Souse posted:For those on the fence about Wings, I watched Wings before on VHS (because how else could I see it?), and then stuck the blu-ray in last night. It's not a great transfer, it's a goddamn revelation. Also now I have to hunt down The Apartment somewhere...
|
|
#
?
Jan 30, 2012 00:03
|
|
|
Sheldrake posted:Also now I have to hunt down The Apartment somewhere... http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0065N6KO6/dvdbeavercom-20/ref=nosim
|
|
#
?
Jan 30, 2012 00:20
|
|
|
Sporadic posted:A reminder post. For anyone like me that hasn't heard of these films outside of this thread, I just found these available on Netflix's instant queue.
|
|
#
?
Jan 30, 2012 03:51
|
|
|
Caliber 9 is such an awesome movie too. Worth $23 just for that movie alone. I just received a shipping notice from Amazon for that set. Might have to take off Wednesday from work so I can watch all these, and the Jean Rollin titles that came earlier this week.
|
|
#
?
Jan 30, 2012 05:24
|
|
|
Hey, I didn't notice this until now, but The Adventures of Mark Twain came out in the UK recently, and the blu-ray is region free. I saw this on Youtube a while ago, and it really is pretty great. I think I might just have to buy it. Here's blu-ray.com's review.
|
|
#
?
Jan 31, 2012 01:32
|
|
|
Got around to watching the restored Wings and drat is it fantastic. By far my favorite silent film I've seen. The flying and war action is just amazing, especially considering it's all real. There's a bit of a dark twist towards the end that I wasn't expecting either. Also, women from the twenties were hot--Clara Bow in particular!
|
|
#
?
Jan 31, 2012 08:39
|
|
|
I made my Panasonic BD65 multi region by buying firmware from Firmwareinfo.com - it was around €20 iirc and hasn't failed me on any discs I own (on the menu screen you type 2708 then the bluray and DVD regions you want set, hit OK and it reboots to that region). Definitely recommended. I bought the UK tin of Tinker Tailor yesterday, really nice stuff. I think I read that Studio Canal is always region locked and the extras are definitely 50hz (not sure about intros or menus) but if you've got the hardware it might be worth an import as its probably a few months away from US soil I'd guess.
|
|
#
?
Jan 31, 2012 11:19
|
|
|
Was there a thread that had links to custom blu ray covers or a tutorial that showed you how to make your own? My forums searching fu is weak right now.
|
|
#
?
Jan 31, 2012 20:27
|
|
|
Thirst for Savings posted:Was there a thread that had links to custom blu ray covers or a tutorial that showed you how to make your own? I don't think there was one here but AVS has a big thread on that subject. http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=765190
|
|
#
?
Jan 31, 2012 21:00
|
|
|
ultraviolence123 posted:Caliber 9 is such an awesome movie too. Worth $23 just for that movie alone. I just received a shipping notice from Amazon for that set. Might have to take off Wednesday from work so I can watch all these, and the Jean Rollin titles that came earlier this week. I just got the set in the mail, and I never know what language to watch Italian films from that era in. Since I'm assuming all the sound is done in post-production, would English be fine?
|
|
#
?
Feb 1, 2012 00:30
|
|
|
Anyone have the Herzog's Encounters in the Natural World box? Just curious what you think of the set and the quality of it. Getting close to pulling the trigger on it tonight as I love stuff like this and I could use more stuff along with my Human Planet and Planet Earth.
|
|
#
?
Feb 1, 2012 00:31
|
|
|
Skwirl posted:I just got the set in the mail, and I never know what language to watch Italian films from that era in. Since I'm assuming all the sound is done in post-production, would English be fine? I always watch stuff like this in English. Watched Caliber 9 last night... looked about as good as it ever will. Plus, Barbara Bouchet is beyond beautiful in 1080p.
|
|
#
?
Feb 1, 2012 14:45
|
|
|
I've got a question regarding blu-rays and I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to ask it "correctly", but I'm going to try anyways. Relative to DVD, are we going to see fewer titles released in the Blu-Ray format as time goes on? I can see that there will always be a demand for physical media but with availability of many titles on both DVD and streaming services, will there be the need or demand to release them on Blu-Ray? I'm asking specifically about a handful of horror and sci-fi titles that I love that while I'm not really expecting a hd restoration of them, it would be nice to eventually own them on Blu, especially as they go out of print on DVD.
|
|
#
?
Feb 1, 2012 15:19
|
|
|
foodfight posted:I've got a question regarding blu-rays and I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to ask it "correctly", but I'm going to try anyways. It's entirely possible. When DVD became the main video format they only ever released something like 25% of all the titles that had made it to VHS. If you're waiting on a bunch of obscure horror titles I'd recommend just getting the DVDs if they're that dear to you.
|
|
#
?
Feb 1, 2012 18:01
|
|
|
So the Five Below store near me has a ton of TMNT (the CGI film) Blu-Rays for $5. Hey, not bad, right? Except each and every copy has a giant gouge in the back. What the hell? I happen to stop at another Five Below a week later, and they also have TMNT - and sure enough, they all have gouges in the case as well. What the hell is this practice?
|
|
#
?
Feb 1, 2012 18:33
|
|
|
Is the gouge on the UPC symbol? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cut-out_%28recording_industry%29 Steve Yun fucked around with this message at 18:47 on Feb 1, 2012 |
|
#
?
Feb 1, 2012 18:44
|
|
|
Pretty common for stuff that's marked not for resale. Usually there's a hole in the UPC.
|
|
#
?
Feb 1, 2012 18:45
|
|
|
That makes sense - the gouge was over the UPC symbol on the back. But it was messily done, not done with a hole puncher or something.
|
|
#
?
Feb 1, 2012 19:00
|
|
|
Is there any word on when they're going to put Rear Window on Blu-ray?
|
|
#
?
Feb 1, 2012 19:57
|
|
|
CPL593H posted:Is there any word on when they're going to put Rear Window on Blu-ray? I wouldn't be surprised to see it in the Hitchcock boxset coming later this year.
|
|
#
?
Feb 1, 2012 20:21
|
|
|
foodfight posted:I've got a question regarding blu-rays and I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to ask it "correctly", but I'm going to try anyways. I think anything is possible at this point. It seems that studios are willing to release anything with an HD master regardless of quality. Costs are going down and more people are getting players. There's so many surprising releases every month that I would just be prepared to go either way. Who would have thought we'd have a fully restored Manos: The Hands of Fate on Blu-Ray?
|
|
#
?
Feb 1, 2012 20:29
|
|
|
Egbert Souse posted:I think anything is possible at this point. It seems that studios are willing to release anything with an HD master regardless of quality. Costs are going down and more people are getting players. Yeah, as a sort of counterpoint to what I said earlier, there is a blu-ray release of Troll 2.
|
|
#
?
Feb 1, 2012 23:59
|
|
|
Some price drops at Amazon. $7.99 American History X/A History of Violence - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...ASIN=B004NTDEXY Evil Dead 2 (new edition) - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...ASIN=B005J9ZE5I Good Will Hunting - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...ASIN=B0055OTJQC Cold Mountain - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...ASIN=B0064MT1LM Shakespeare In Love - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...ASIN=B0064MT1U8 Amadeus: Director's Cut digibook - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...ASIN=B001JNNE64 $9.49 Doctor Zhivago digibook - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...ASIN=B001TOCCRU
|
|
#
?
Feb 2, 2012 01:25
|
|
|
Egbert Souse posted:I think anything is possible at this point. It seems that studios are willing to release anything with an HD master regardless of quality. Costs are going down and more people are getting players. I agree with what you say, but it's pretty much going to be of varying quality. For example, I would've be surprised if I saw a blu of "Chopping Mall" sometime, but ast the same time, I'm sure it would be the same old recycled VHS transfer that we were given on DVD. Some movies just won't ever get proper treatment.
|
|
#
?
Feb 2, 2012 05:30
|
|
|
The Phantom Goat posted:I agree with what you say, but it's pretty much going to be of varying quality. For example, I would've be surprised if I saw a blu of "Chopping Mall" sometime, but ast the same time, I'm sure it would be the same old recycled VHS transfer that we were given on DVD. Some movies just won't ever get proper treatment. I would kill a man for a properly done blu-ray of Chopping Mall.
|
|
#
?
Feb 2, 2012 06:36
|
|
|
Sporadic posted:Some price drops at Amazon. What's the consensus on the Evil Dead trilogy blu-rays? Anything I should be wary of with the version above, this Evil Dead , or the Army Of Darkness Screwhead Edition?
|
|
#
?
Feb 2, 2012 17:23
|
|
|
Braggo posted:What's the consensus on the Evil Dead trilogy blu-rays? Anything I should be wary of with the version above, this Evil Dead , or the Army Of Darkness Screwhead Edition? Evil Dead is absolutely phenominal. It has some of the best looking grain you'll ever see on blu-ray. From what I've heard, though, the other two (including the new ED2) have pretty lazy/lovely transfers.
|
|
#
?
Feb 2, 2012 17:41
|
|
|
The Evil Dead Blu-Ray is fantastic, with a great transfer and both the original 4:3 and a cropped 1.85:1 version. Unfortunately the bonus disc is no longer included. While it's not nearly as good as the first film's transfer, the new Evil Dead 2 disc (Lionsgate) disc is much, much improved over the first Blu-Ray and worth picking up. (Comparison here, be sure to zoom in to see the lovely artifacting on the old disc). As for Army of Darkness, well it's not great. Better than the DVD, but it's pretty much the HD-DVD with additional sharpening and EE. Sometimes it looks okay. Sometimes it looks horrendous (check our screenshot 5). I'm holding on to my MGM R3 DVD. frumpsnake fucked around with this message at 18:03 on Feb 2, 2012 |
|
#
?
Feb 2, 2012 17:44
|
|
|
I recently got a blu-ray drive, anyone know a relatively simple way to take screen captures? The functionality is disabled on the bundled software (PowerDVD)
|
|
#
?
Feb 2, 2012 18:05
|
|
|
It's kind of a pain in the rear end. You'll find screenshot functionality is disabled on all software Blu-Ray players nowadays becuase of pressure by studios who have no idea of how movies are actually ripped. Apparently taking a screenshot of every single frame is a likely form of piracy. Just like all those analog rips that don't exist. Your options are to either buy AnyDVD HD to remove the protection (thus allowing you to play the .M2TS files in VLC, Media Player Classic, etc.) or using MakeMKV which is free while in Beta (and has been for the past 2 years), to remove the protection & losslessly remux the Blu-Ray into an MKV and/or stream it, which will then allow you to screenshot it using your media player of choice. frumpsnake fucked around with this message at 18:59 on Feb 2, 2012 |
|
#
?
Feb 2, 2012 18:56
|
|
|
Thanks for the opinions on the Evil Dead Blu-Rays. I'm not actually one to notice a bad transfer unless it's really bad but that screenshot 5 from the Army of Darkness is horrible.
|
|
#
?
Feb 2, 2012 19:07
|
|
|
I remember seeing an article last year that Bad Boys 2 was supposed to come out at the end of the year, but it never happened. What could possibly be the deal with this movie.
|
|
#
?
Feb 2, 2012 19:40
|
|
|
Just watched the Tree of Life BR. Oh lads. Gotta win Best Cinematography at the Oscars. Gotta.
|
|
#
?
Feb 2, 2012 19:48
|
|
|
The Conversation dropped to $11.49 on Amazon. Amazing movie and the Blu-Ray does it justice. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...ASIN=B005FUTBZA Ganon posted:I remember seeing an article last year that Bad Boys 2 was supposed to come out at the end of the year, but it never happened. What could possibly be the deal with this movie. A decent number of movies that were announced when the format first came out have fallen right off the face of the planet. Bad Boys 2 was in some of the first promo videos. Ishtar is another Sony movie that was suppose to get a release back during the early days which never appeared. Lawrence Of Arabia was originally announced for 2007 but Sony scrapped it to do a full restoration (instead of releasing the inferior current HD version they had) Team America and Lemony Snicket are movies that were in promo videos but never received a release (although that is Paramount) Call Me Charlie fucked around with this message at 19:57 on Feb 2, 2012 |
|
#
?
Feb 2, 2012 19:51
|
|
|
So, watching Vertigo clips over again has made me realize there's no blu-ray and looking around no news of one 
|
|
#
?
Feb 2, 2012 22:49
|
|
|
Steve Yun posted:So, watching Vertigo clips over again has made me realize there's no blu-ray and looking around no news of one Sporadic posted:I wouldn't be surprised to see it in the Hitchcock boxset coming later this year. ! The most recent Universal's Hitchcock boxset (Essentials Collection) had Psycho/Rear Window/North By Northwest/Vertigo/The Birds The Masterpiece Collection before that had Saboteur (1942), Shadow of a Doubt (1943), Rope (1948), Rear Window (1954), The Trouble With Harry (1955), The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), Vertigo (1958), Psycho (1960), The Birds (1963), Marnie (1964), Torn Curtain (1966), Topaz (1969), Frenzy (1972), Family Plot (1976)
|
|
#
?
Feb 2, 2012 23:21
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 22, 2024 12:08 |
|
|
The Stanley Kubrick box set containing Lolita, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Barry Lyndon, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining, Full Metal Jacket and Eyes Wide Shut for 25 GBP? gently caress yes. e: The packaging is, apparently a bit worse than the US version, and the set doesn't contain Spartacus or Dr. Strangelove. FYI Which works for me, because I already own Strangelove. Dissapointed Owl fucked around with this message at 01:59 on Feb 3, 2012 |
|
#
?
Feb 3, 2012 01:53
|
|