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Jay Dub posted:I can't wait to put that next to the collector's edition Blade Runner briefcase that I keep in a box of junk in my closet. You take that Blade Runner briefcase out of that closet right this instant! It does not deserve to be in there. 
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Honestly, I just don't have a good place for it. The little toy spinner and plastic/metal/origami unicorn adorn my bookshelf, though. 
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Jul 12, 2012 00:53
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Jay Dub posted:Honestly, I just don't have a good place for it. The little toy spinner and plastic/metal/origami unicorn adorn my bookshelf, though. You ought to sell that poo poo before it comes back into print.
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Jul 12, 2012 00:59
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Sporadic posted:You ought to sell that poo poo before it comes back into print. Sell the 25th anniversary edition so I can afford the 30th anniversary edition? No thanks, I'm good.
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Jul 12, 2012 01:10
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Jay Dub posted:Sell the 25th anniversary edition so I can afford the 30th anniversary edition? No thanks, I'm good. It's more like so you can pocket some cash and buy the new one. They are going for around $130+ and the new one is only $58.xx (plus it comes with more useless poo poo you should love)
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Jul 12, 2012 01:55
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Any chance they'll ever release that Marvel box set in a standard size slipcase, like the Harry Potter 8-film collection? (speaking of HP, aren't we due for a crazy box set this Xmas? In a miniature model of Hogwarts, no doubt...)
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Lionsgate may be sitting on all of Studio Canal's titles but it looks like Hammer is getting a different kind of treatment First up is The Curse Of Frankenstein quote:Hammer, Icon Film Distribution and Lionsgate Films have officially announced that they will release Terence Fisher's Gothic classic The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), fully restored in High Definition and for the first time in its original Academy ratio of 1.37:1. Street date is October 15th.
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Jul 15, 2012 01:28
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If you were thinking, man, I want Planet Earth...but I wish it came in a giant globe, your prayers have finally been answered. It dropped down to $44.99 on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...ASIN=B005C9YZKU I think this release was limited to 50,000
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Huh, so 'Marvel's' is part of the actual title of the film?
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Ein Bear posted:Huh, so 'Marvel's' is part of the actual title of the film? Yeah as it turns out the movie is actually called Marvel's The Avengers and in the UK it was called Marvel's Avengers Assemble.
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Sporadic posted:The Curse Of Frankenstein Wow, that single disc blu-ray is gunna hold at the very least 5 hours of stuff. Won't that compromise things a bit? And I'm wondering why they included the 1.37:1 aspect ratio. I've never even heard about it being filmed that way.
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Jack Does Jihad posted:And I'm wondering why they included the 1.37:1 aspect ratio. I've never even heard about it being filmed that way. Also, my guess is that all the content outside of the main features will be SD so it won't be that bad. kuddles fucked around with this message at 00:16 on Jul 16, 2012 |
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Jul 16, 2012 00:08
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piratepilates posted:Yeah as it turns out the movie is actually called Marvel's The Avengers and in the UK it was called Marvel's Avengers Assemble. I didn't know that, only knew it as Assemble. I'm still angry over 'Die Hard 4.0'
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Jul 16, 2012 01:32
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kuddles posted:A new print was found showing that it was quite likely originally meant to be in the Academy ratio and it was recently restored by Hammer. However, since there is no "silver bullet" as to what the director's intentions were and fans are complaining because they are used to the 1.66:1 version, they decided to include both versions. (Seriously, their fanbase are being the typical insufferable windbags screaming that the film was meant to be in 1.66:1 based on no evidence whatsoever and without having seen the new version). I'd rather they complain and we get both versions instead of Hammer deciding that the 1.37:1 version is the "right" one and only putting that one out.
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Jack Does Jihad posted:Wow, that single disc blu-ray is gunna hold at the very least 5 hours of stuff. Won't that compromise things a bit? I don't think so. SD footage doesn't take up that much space and the movie is only 8x minutes long.
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Is one version a direct cut out of the other with no panning? I thought Blu-Ray spec might allow masking of video so you can just use one source and alter the A/R on the fly that way.
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Jul 16, 2012 01:46
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Jack Does Jihad posted:I'd rather they complain and we get both versions instead of Hammer deciding that the 1.37:1 version is the "right" one and only putting that one out.
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Jul 16, 2012 11:28
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Masters of Cinema have announced their Q4 titles and they're rather enticing.
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Jay Dub posted:I can't wait to put that next to the collector's edition Blade Runner briefcase that I keep in a box of junk in my closet. Oh look another Blade Runner Bluray set http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00845MRKE/ref=cm_sw_r_fa_dp_m4ibqb1NY2BH8
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Professor Clumsy posted:Masters of Cinema have announced their Q4 titles and they're rather enticing. Trouble in Paradise is loving aces. I hope this means we'll get the blu-ray soon on this side of the pond.
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Jul 17, 2012 00:42
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Steve Yun posted:Oh look another Blade Runner Bluray set So is there anything new besides a box of trinkets?
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Jul 17, 2012 01:40
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Looks to be the same content, although... I guess it contains both DVD and BD?
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I had heard they were holding on to an HD upgrade of the Dangerous Days documentary for a future re-release of Blade Runner. This might be that release?
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kuddles posted:I agree, I was just referring to this new weird phenomenon where a vocal minority come out and aggressively demand that all Bluray releases be widescreen no matter what. They don't care about intended aspect ratios. Back when everyone had 4:3 televisions, they just didn't want big black bars at the top and bottom of the screen. Now everyone's got 16:9 sets and they don't want them on the sides.
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True Grit, Platoon and Tropic Thunder all dropped down to $7.99 on Amazon. True Grit = http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...ASIN=B003UESJMO Platoon = http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...ASIN=B004TJ1H2S Tropic Thunder = http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...ASIN=B001H5X7KC
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jetgrindeggy posted:They don't care about intended aspect ratios. Back when everyone had 4:3 televisions, they just didn't want big black bars at the top and bottom of the screen. Now everyone's got 16:9 sets and they don't want them on the sides.
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The pHo posted:Is one version a direct cut out of the other with no panning? I thought Blu-Ray spec might allow masking of video so you can just use one source and alter the A/R on the fly that way. Even the DVD spec actually has a feature like this. A 16:9 stream can include pan and scan flags which tell the DVD player exactly where to crop for 4:3. It was more popular outside the US where seperate fullscreen versions weren't common, sacrifices resolution, and can't handle wider films, but this is why your DVD player settings menu always has two 4:3 options, P&S and LB.
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Interesting, I never knew the P&S option followed any flags, and presumed it was just a central 4x3 cutout. I wonder if I have any discs that support this. There were quite a few 'FULLSCREEN EDITION' headed discs over here in the UK, but not as many as you guys suffered. Then there were the DVD10/18s with FS on one side and WS on the other.
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jetgrindeggy posted:They don't care about intended aspect ratios. Back when everyone had 4:3 televisions, they just didn't want big black bars at the top and bottom of the screen. Now everyone's got 16:9 sets and they don't want them on the sides. I actually wish my BR player didn't automatically upscale things because I love watching The Wire in 4:3.
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People who don't care about correct aspect ratios are the worst kind of people.
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Lizard Combatant posted:People who don't care about correct aspect ratios are the worst kind of people. I wish I didn't agree with this, but I do. I've told everyone in my family off about it so many times. Why are the black bars more distracting to you than the stretched people?
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Lizard Combatant posted:People who don't care about correct aspect ratios are the worst kind of people. Incorrect. People who want everything to be fullscreen and say "those black bars are cutting off the picture" still this day and age are the worst, sorry.
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GonSmithe posted:Incorrect. People who want everything to be fullscreen and say "those black bars are cutting off the picture" still this day and age are the worst, sorry. Those are the same people who bang on about being able to see Carl Weathers' arm in Predator. Oh really? Let's pop in the DVD and see, shall we?
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The pHo posted:There were quite a few 'FULLSCREEN EDITION' headed discs over here in the UK, but not as many as you guys suffered. Then there were the DVD10/18s with FS on one side and WS on the other. I used to manage a Blockbuster when they first appeared and the hatred of DVD's "cutting off the top and bottom of the picture" was brought up constantly.
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Sheldrake posted:Trouble in Paradise is loving aces. I hope this means we'll get the blu-ray soon on this side of the pond. Look again. Trouble in Paradise is DVD only.
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GonSmithe posted:Incorrect. People who want everything to be fullscreen and say "those black bars are cutting off the picture" still this day and age are the worst, sorry. My friend, these are the very people I speak of. My enemy is your enemy.
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Lizard Combatant posted:My friend, these are the very people I speak of. My enemy is your enemy. Yeah, sorry, I don't usually think of those people as "people who complain about the correct aspect ratio," I think of them as "people who have no idea what they are talking about."
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I'm Vittorio Storaro and I don't approve of this aspect ratio.
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Dickeye posted:I actually wish my BR player didn't automatically upscale things because I love watching The Wire in 4:3. There's probably a setting in the menus to keep it from doing that. I get irrationally annoyed when sports bar don't have there tvs properly set up. It will be a widescreen tv and have black bars on the top and bottom, meaning it's likely down-scaled for a 4x3 tv and then they stretched the sides out.
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GonSmithe posted:Yeah, sorry, I don't usually think of those people as "people who complain about the correct aspect ratio," I think of them as "people who have no idea what they are talking about." Brother I fear you continue to misunderstand me. I say those who don't care about the correct aspect ratio are forsaken. The Fullscreeners are the damned, be they Croppers, Zoomers or the dreaded Stretchers.
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