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Jerusalem posted:Where do people who buy these things store them? I love having all my DVDs/Blu-Rays lined up on a shelf and all these overcomplicated cases just leave me so confused. I mean I saw one of these today: I now picture some burglar opening this up expecting some fancy jewelry, only to discover nothing but Harry Potter blu rays. Also holy poo poo, 31 discs. That's almost 4 per movie, what the hell?
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GrandpaPants posted:I now picture some burglar opening this up expecting some fancy jewelry, only to discover nothing but Harry Potter blu rays. Blu-ray, DVD, Digital Copy for each movie is 24 right there
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Jerusalem posted:The very first review for this item is titled "FINALLY!"
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I always knew the French Connection Blu-Ray was lovely, but I didn't realise the whole story behind it til I read an Freidkin interview on the AVClub. AvClub posted:AVC: So what was your reaction to the criticisms of the French Connection Blu-ray? You personally re-timed the colors for Blu-ray, and some people felt you’d defaced a masterpiece.
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DrVenkman posted:I always knew the French Connection Blu-Ray was lovely, but I didn't realise the whole story behind it til I read an Freidkin interview on the AVClub. WilliamFriedkin posted:What I learned was that Fox, when they put that DVD out, there was a little warning inside the box that said, “This may not play well on your home receiver. If it doesn’t, write to w-w-w dot so-and-so, so-and-so. We’ll send you a disc that will make your own playback receiver compatible.” This was like a caveat emptor. And Roizman was right. The copies were all over the place. That’s not a perfect process, either. Friedkin's talking about firmware updates here, and it's not even plausible for individual copies of the Blu-ray to look different from each other. He doesn't really know what he's talking about.
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DrVenkman posted:I always knew the French Connection Blu-Ray was lovely, but I didn't realise the whole story behind it til I read an Freidkin interview on the AVClub. Freidkin is a loving liar. He knowingly did what he did to the first Blu-Ray. He was bragging in interviews when it came out that he could individually gently caress with each color and that he chose the look he did because he wanted it to look like a documentary. - edit Here we go. Right from the moron's mouth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pJle3YwylM Call Me Charlie fucked around with this message at 00:34 on Jul 28, 2012 |
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I already got the Yojimbo/Sanjuro set and Seven Samurai in the B&N sale. The bastards just sent me an email reminding me that the sale is still on. I might pick up a couple more. What two would you folks recommend out of: High and Low M Kagemusha The Killing
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Sporadic posted:Freidkin is a loving liar. He knowingly did what he did to the first Blu-Ray. He was bragging in interviews when it came out that he could individually gently caress with each color and that he chose the look he did because he wanted it to look like a documentary. Yeah, Friedkin is full of poo poo. Adding fuel to the fire: DVDTalk posted:In a new HD featurette [on the old Bluray], Friedkin demonstrates his revisionist rationale. He wanted to mute the colors and retain a lot more grain, yet not lose the sharpness of Roizman's images. To that end he had his colorist create an element that oversaturated and de-focused the color. This smeary color image was very lightly superimposed over a B&W rendering of the film, resulting in a sharp, grainy movie with pastel colors. Because the colors are de-focused, they don't stay strictly "within the lines" of objects. Gene Hackman is as sharp as a tack, but his red Santa Claus suit bleeds softly all around him. Blacks clog up at night with almost a hi-con look. New York appears cold and inhospitable. It's an interesting effect that indeed achieves Friedkin's stated goal of creating a degraded color image. And he makes no bones about stating that it'll stay that way because that's the way he likes it!
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Max22 posted:Friedkin's talking about firmware updates here, and it's not even plausible for individual copies of the Blu-ray to look different from each other. He doesn't really know what he's talking about. I don't think that's what he's saying though is it? He's maybe confused about the firmware issue and attributing that to the problems the film had, but he's ultimately saying that the master they made looked different to what was released. There's also another interview where he says he looks like an idiot now after bragging about how great the blu-ray looked.
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If Olympic Backpedaling were a thing I think we'd be guaranteed a gold with Friedkin.
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Magic Hate Ball posted:If Olympic Backpedaling were a thing I think we'd be guaranteed a gold with Friedkin. It's a shame too because he's usually pretty open and honest in interviews but he can't seem to admit when he fucks up. He's a fascinating character though.
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And Europe doesn't even get the non-lovely version of FC because it's region locked. 
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Mr. Funny Pants posted:I already got the Yojimbo/Sanjuro set and Seven Samurai in the B&N sale. The bastards just sent me an email reminding me that the sale is still on. I might pick up a couple more. What two would you folks recommend out of: Of the four High and Low is easily the best and then M.
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For those who already own a bunch of the Bond blu-rays and don't want to have to drop the cash on Bond 50 just for a few of the remaining titles you don't have, the list just got smaller. Wal-mart will be exclusively selling Diamonds Are Forever, GoldenEye, and Octopussy starting October 2. Chances are, this means the remaining 6 films will be exclusives at other retailers (probably divvying it up between Best Buy and Amazon) so as not to screw over those who started buying right from the get-go.
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They Live announcement...the most amazing loving news I've heard in a long time. quote:The truth is more than meets the eye. You’ve been listening to their speeches and watching them on TV. They influence our decisions without us knowing it. Think again and the choice is yours! On November 6, 2012, SCREAM FACTORY™ presents John Carpenter’s politically-charged science fiction thriller THEY LIVE Collector’s Edition Blu-ray and DVD. Featuring anamorphic widescreen presentation of this cult classic movie, this special collector’s edition home entertainment release of THEY LIVE boasts a bounty of special bonus content, a collectible cover featuring newly rendered retro-style artwork, a reversible wrap with original theatrical key art and much more! THEY LIVE Collector’s Edition Blu-ray has a suggested retail price of $29.93 and $16.50 for the DVD. Fans and collector’s can pre-order now at ShoutFactory.com and Amazon.com.  Preordered the gently caress out of it for that poster 
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Here's hoping it has a great transfer and not some lovely smeary, DVNR'd to hell transfer we sometimes get with big studio films.
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Nice, I've been meaning to watch that film for ages. Guess I'll wait for this release. How did The Thing look?
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Sporadic posted:They Live announcement...the most amazing loving news I've heard in a long time. I want this. I want this a lot.
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VoodooXT posted:Here's hoping it has a great transfer and not some lovely smeary, DVNR'd to hell transfer we sometimes get with big studio films.
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I own very few blu-rays but I just pre-ordered They Live. Really hope there are some commentary tracks.
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foodfight posted:I own very few blu-rays but I just pre-ordered They Live. Really hope there are some commentary tracks. From the press release, it sounds like they are going with the creation of a new one instead of licensing the old one. I hope they get Keith David (in addition to John Carpenter and Rowdy Roddy Piper)
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$50 to get that up to Canada including shipping -- no thanks, i'll skip out on the poster but will buy that instore.
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Vintersorg posted:$50 to get that up to Canada including shipping -- no thanks, i'll skip out on the poster but will buy that instore.
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Multiplesarcasm posted:I'm shocked there isn't a "Bubble Gum: Collector's Edition" with included sunglasses. It would be cool if they included side-by-side footage of South Park's cripple fight and its inspiration.
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kuddles posted:US to Canada shipping is almost always ridiculous. Buying from Amazon UK is a fraction of the cost as buying it from Amazon US. Does anyone know why this is? Sometimes shipping to the US from Amazon UK is actually cheaper than Amazon US.
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kuddles posted:Usually Shoutfactory is pretty good about using really good transfers and not using any post-processing on their releases. The only problem is it's because they can't afford any kind of cleaning up so flaws or degredation tend to remain. So in the end, it usually depends on what shape the source material is in, although it does sound like they are putting in a lot of effort into this release specifically. I was thinking they were just going to use an older master.
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CPL593H posted:Does anyone know why this is? Sometimes shipping to the US from Amazon UK is actually cheaper than Amazon US. I have no idea what the cause is for Amazon, but my work has to ship stuff to Canada a lot and their postal service is a pain in our rear end.
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With They Live and their upcoming release of Halloween III, Scream Factory is now my favorite thing, ever.
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Going back to the zodiac talk earlier, Amazon has the director's cut blu for $22 right now. Am I looking at the wrong item, or is this a good price for it?
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Kingtheninja posted:Going back to the zodiac talk earlier, Amazon has the director's cut blu for $22 right now. Am I looking at the wrong item, or is this a good price for it? That's the European region-free copy (you can see the Euro rating right on the front in the picture). You can get the same one for $13.50 on amazon.uk. It's also much worse than the US one. GonSmithe fucked around with this message at 05:05 on Aug 1, 2012 |
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Sorry to ask a pretty basic question, but I went back to page 200 and saw nothing. Have players basically dropped to commodity levels yet? I know when the format was relatively young and was still upgrading/tweaking the PS3 was an obvious best choice, but I'm shopping now and the OP hasn't been updated in a couple years. Players with the feature set I want can be found for a substantial discount compared to a PS3, and Cnet claims that loading times are very competitive as well. As long as compatibility isn't still a big-rear end issue, I don't see why I should pay extra for a console I don't need.
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Yes, if you're not interested in the gaming side of PS3 or the additional media features, a modern Bluray player is just as wise a choice. You still might want to research a model you're interested in as some do still have issues with loading, wireless connections or quality of apps (if you care about that stuff), but overall the days of the PS3 being far and away the superior Bluray player are long over. That said, it still is probably the best one out there, at least in terms of software updates, especially if you use services like Netflix or Hulu.
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I sort of assumed all of Scorsese's films had seen Blu-Ray releases, but I can't find Bringing out the Dead anywhere. Is there a Blu-Ray of it? Will there ever be?
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StickyNavels posted:I sort of assumed all of Scorsese's films had seen Blu-Ray releases, but I can't find Bringing out the Dead anywhere. Is there a Blu-Ray of it? Will there ever be? I'm not going to say never but Paramount has the rights in America and they loving suck with catalog releases. There is an HD transfer (it's up on Amazon and, I think, iTunes)
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I see. Are they allergic to money or something? Thank you! Unfortunately, it seems like both Amazon and iTunes' services are region-locked (I'm in Sweden). I'll see about sending Paramount a gift basket or something.
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 October 23 https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=8415
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