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Kull the Conqueror posted:Why in the heck was Munich not out on bluray? I'm still waiting for True Lies.
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Kull the Conqueror posted:Why in the heck was Munich not out on bluray? Lots of good movies are still not out on Blu. But the probable answer is that it came out in 2005, which was just before the launch of the PS3 and the whole mainstream High Def push. Munich (and a lot of other movies that came out in that time) got lost in the shuffle... somehow too old to be a new release but too new to be an interesting catalog title.
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Feb 20, 2015 20:26
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I just assumed it was a Jim Cameron situation where the director wanted to oversee the process and never had time.
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Feb 21, 2015 00:02
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Kingtheninja posted:I just assumed it was a Jim Cameron situation where the director wanted to oversee the process and never had time. I don't think Spielberg gives a poo poo about overseeing the releases of his films. Jurassic Park is a loving mess unless you watch the 3D version.
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Feb 21, 2015 01:33
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PriorMarcus posted:I don't think Spielberg gives a poo poo about overseeing the releases of his films. Jurassic Park is a loving mess unless you watch the 3D version. That might be more of Universal, though. Most of his Blu releases are excellent quality. Close Encounters is an absolutely perfect release.
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Feb 21, 2015 01:41
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PriorMarcus posted:I don't think Spielberg gives a poo poo about overseeing the releases of his films. Jurassic Park is a loving mess unless you watch the 3D version. I have the first blu ray before the 3d release and I think it looks like crap. How dramatic of a difference is the transfer on the 3D set? I'm reading up that some people think they overdid it and killed the grain but that it looks a lot better in other ways. Thoughts?
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Feb 22, 2015 08:25
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ApexAftermath posted:Thoughts? The first release was artificially sharpened so there's lots of bad edges and haloing, also the biggest offense is the awful colour grading - it's really overly blue and looks a mess, especially in the jungle scenes. The new version fixes all of that though, yes, it is at the expense of the grain quality and some extreme detail might be lost, but it's no where near the travisty that is Predator. In my opinion, though, keep in mind as an editor the colour grade means a lot to me, the newer release is head and shoulders above the old. Plus, it's so cheap now you might as well see for yourself, and the 3D is shockingly good. It's probably the best conversion job of a catalogue film I've ever seen.
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Feb 22, 2015 11:38
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PriorMarcus posted:The first release was artificially sharpened so there's lots of bad edges and haloing, also the biggest offense is the awful colour grading - it's really overly blue and looks a mess, especially in the jungle scenes. Yeah, I saw the 3D print in IMAX, the conversion was INCREDIBLY well done.
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Feb 22, 2015 15:25
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PriorMarcus posted:The first release was artificially sharpened so there's lots of bad edges and haloing, also the biggest offense is the awful colour grading - it's really overly blue and looks a mess, especially in the jungle scenes. It's only the 3D version that has the new grading though, correct? Like there's no way to watch it not in 3D and see the different transfer.
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Feb 22, 2015 17:02
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TheJoker138 posted:It's only the 3D version that has the new grading though, correct? Like there's no way to watch it not in 3D and see the different transfer. I'm fairly sure the 3D disc can be played in 2D by a 3D player, but there's no 2D disc with the better transfer, no. I'm actually not sure how a 3D disc works if you choose to view it 2D. Is that even possible? I think it used to be.
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Feb 22, 2015 17:08
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edit: oops, misread
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Feb 22, 2015 17:10
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PriorMarcus posted:I'm fairly sure the 3D disc can be played in 2D by a 3D player, but there's no 2D disc with the better transfer, no. The Dredd blu-ray is a 3D disc that will play in 2D but I have absolutely no idea how that works. It just detects your settings when you put it in. I have Jurassic Park so I'll check later on this.
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Feb 22, 2015 22:40
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Doesn't it just, like, not play one side?
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Feb 22, 2015 23:09
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Magic Hate Ball posted:Doesn't it just, like, not play one side? It's not a two sided disc.
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Feb 22, 2015 23:15
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I'm guessing he means side as in Left/Right side for the glasses.
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Feb 22, 2015 23:17
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Yeah, I mean, 3D is just two streams of frames being played at once so I'd expect a 3D Blu-Ray would just play one of them on a 2D tv.
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Feb 22, 2015 23:21
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Magic Hate Ball posted:Yeah, I mean, 3D is just two streams of frames being played at once so I'd expect a 3D Blu-Ray would just play one of them on a 2D tv. You would think that, but then there's stuff like the Guardians of The Galaxy 3D release which has a separate 2D and 3D disk and the 3D disk won't play in a 2D player.
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Feb 22, 2015 23:48
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CPL593H posted:The Dredd blu-ray is a 3D disc that will play in 2D but I have absolutely no idea how that works. It just detects your settings when you put it in. I have Jurassic Park so I'll check later on this. Hey would you mind testing the JP 3D disc on a non-3D tv? I'm curious to know if it will just play the 2D version. The only other one I've tried is Guardians of the Galaxy 3D and yeah that one just flat out doesn't play since my tv isn't 3D.
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Feb 23, 2015 01:11
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ApexAftermath posted:Hey would you mind testing the JP 3D disc on a non-3D tv? I'm curious to know if it will just play the 2D version. The only other one I've tried is Guardians of the Galaxy 3D and yeah that one just flat out doesn't play since my tv isn't 3D. It's lovely because the technology exist to just cancel out the 3D effect and play in 2D but it would hurt the branding/price point of 3D to do that. Lots of the earlier 3D disc though.
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Feb 23, 2015 01:34
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fralbjabar posted:You would think that, but then there's stuff like the Guardians of The Galaxy 3D release which has a separate 2D and 3D disk and the 3D disk won't play in a 2D player. Blu-ray.com says that Jurassic Park is the same. You need a 3D player and a 3D tv to watch the new transfer.
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Feb 23, 2015 02:28
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The hill 3DTV wanted to die on, I guess.
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Feb 23, 2015 02:35
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I swear I've had Munich on blu-ray for absolutely ages, but I went to the online store for the Australian store I bought it from and all but the DVD release has vanished. Did I will a disc into existence? Because it's right here on my shelf.
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Feb 23, 2015 05:40
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PriorMarcus posted:It's lovely because the technology exist to just cancel out the 3D effect and play in 2D but it would hurt the branding/price point of 3D to do that. Lots of the earlier 3D disc though. I'm wondering if there is any real reason? I mean, it's not like if you just take one side, you're going to lose something. It's not a Godard film, for Christ's sake (he did a 3D film where he would do things like have one person go in one direction and another person go in a different direction, and then have one camera follow one and the other follow the other, and you'd get both images at the same time being sent to different eyes). Although, I'm not one to talk. I haven't seen a 3D film since Tron Legacy, when I realized that I had a really hard time telling the difference between the 3D and 2D scenes, and if it doesn't really offer that big of a difference, why am I paying more for a stupid effect?
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Feb 23, 2015 06:13
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ApexAftermath posted:Hey would you mind testing the JP 3D disc on a non-3D tv? I'm curious to know if it will just play the 2D version. The only other one I've tried is Guardians of the Galaxy 3D and yeah that one just flat out doesn't play since my tv isn't 3D. Yeah, I'll check that out.
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Feb 23, 2015 08:45
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Saturniid19 posted:Blu-ray.com says that Jurassic Park is the same. You need a 3D player and a 3D tv to watch the new transfer. Yeah, the 3D Jurassic Park disc refused to play on my 2D player at least.
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Feb 23, 2015 11:00
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Zat posted:Yeah, the 3D Jurassic Park disc refused to play on my 2D player at least. We're not talking about players, we're talking about having 3D capable players (PS3 or whatever) hooked up to a 2D TV and seeing if it will spit out a 2D image.
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Feb 23, 2015 15:47
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Be still my heart, I never thought this day would come... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OwbBBOdyc0
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Feb 23, 2015 17:42
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When I was 15 I went through a really heavy Pauly Shore phase. So part of me wants to buy this just because of nostalgia...bud-dy.
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Feb 23, 2015 19:23
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Thunderbean is releasing another Blu-Ray of classic animation. $19.94 shipped, releasing March 15th. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...DHXBLCXN6AG4UDG quote:Thunderbean presents 'Van Beuren Classics' a Blu-ray/ DVD combo collection of 17 cartoons produced by the Van Beuren cartoon studio from 1926 through 1936, all in new HD transfers, digitally cleaned up and restored from original 35mm and 16mm materials. Highlights include 'The Sunshine Makers' and 'Pastrytown Wedding', from The Library of Congress' excellent 35mm Cinecolor prints, Cubby Bear in 'Barking Dogs', The Little King in 'Sultan Pepper' Tom and Jerry in 'Wot a Night' and many more. The quality is stunning on most of these shorts, all available for the first time in HD.
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Feb 23, 2015 19:30
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PriorMarcus posted:It's lovely because the technology exist to just cancel out the 3D effect and play in 2D but it would hurt the branding/price point of 3D to do that. Lots of the earlier 3D disc though. Generally the 2D disc will have a much higher bit rate and will look cleaner as a result. That's the idea, at least.
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Feb 25, 2015 21:01
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While people are talking tech-- is the Disney "WOW" calibration disc worthwhile, or should I spring for the Spears & Munsil?
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Feb 25, 2015 21:03
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Rusty Staub posted:While people are talking tech-- is the Disney "WOW" calibration disc worthwhile, or should I spring for the Spears & Munsil? I like it a lot, but I've never used the Spears & Munsil one so I can't compare it. Worth noting is that if you're using a PS3, some of the tests are impossible unless you change around some settings. I wrote a review of it on Amazon listing the proper settings: http://www.amazon.com/review/R38WMGWRWFP8HV/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm
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Feb 25, 2015 23:08
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Rusty Staub posted:While people are talking tech-- is the Disney "WOW" calibration disc worthwhile, or should I spring for the Spears & Munsil? Yeah it's real good. I have never used the second one you mentioned, though.
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Feb 26, 2015 03:55
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Warner Archive is releasing Twice Upon a Time this spring ...on DVD only. I guess a cult favorite unavailable for two decades isn't expected to sell at least 2000 copies. Not surprising since they have had a few 4K remasters that went to DVD-R instead of Blu.
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Feb 27, 2015 06:57
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Egbert Souse posted:Warner Archive is releasing Twice Upon a Time this spring I wouldn't be surprised if they were pushing people towards their streaming service. They have a ton of HD titles up that never received a Blu release.
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Feb 27, 2015 14:14
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Egbert Souse posted:Warner Archive is releasing Twice Upon a Time this spring Hell, i'm just excited it's coming out at all. The rarity factor of it has always hooked me, like 'Urgh! A music War'. I hope if they're releasing it it'll probably be a little cleaned up, compared to decade and a half old recorded-from-HBO-on-a-VHS copies that are currently floating around.
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Feb 27, 2015 16:31
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Which cut of Twice Upon a Time will they use, I wonder? Including both would be cool but I'd think I'd rather have one or the other rather than sacrifice image or soundtrack quality.
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The Time Dissolver posted:Which cut of Twice Upon a Time will they use, I wonder? Including both would be cool but I'd think I'd rather have one or the other rather than sacrifice image or soundtrack quality. Both http://www.cartoonbrew.com/dvd/john-kortys-twice-upon-a-time-coming-to-home-video-exclusive-109606.html
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Mar 1, 2015 16:24
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WHERE IS IT, SONY?
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To everyone who felt that something was missing in their life this past month, worry no more: Twilight Time has announced a new release date for Zardoz: April 14th.
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