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FitFortDanga posted:As everyone feared, Storaro got his greasy mitts on Apocalypse Now for the new HD remaster, loving with the aspect ratio because clearly "The Last Supper" should be the guideline for all movies or something. If I were a DVD distributor and got a letter half typed in CAPS, I'd have a hard time taking it seriously even if it is from an Oscar winning cinematographer. Also, that big paragraph is kind of contradictory, complaining about destroying the composition by changing it to suit 1.78:1 and then arguing that cutting to suit 2:1 is an improvement. Also the fact that he's done this before means it's not really an aesthetic choice based on the film itself, as he tries to imply, but rather some bizarre self imposed restriction.
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Why is it so hard for him to understand that a 1.78:1 screen can accommodate more than one aspect ratio? And why is someone screaming about forced aspect ratios and unnecessary changes suggesting as a solution yet another aspect ratio that should become the standard for everything?
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May 13, 2010 20:53
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The Lucas posted:Is this guy joking? You missed the best part: quote:They do great work in general, yes, but they'd rather have films look like what they looked like when they came out rather than have them look so good today that their directors would hear about them in Heaven and have angel erections."
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Jun 2, 2010 21:25
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Egbert Souse posted:Why would anyone want the films individually? I can imagine someone wanting only The Fellowship of the Ring, as it stands reasonably well on its own, but otherwise I was thinking the same thing.
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Jun 23, 2010 19:58
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Sporadic posted:Are you sure it wasn't because you used the Italian name instead of the English name that is on the box (The Leopard)? He specifically said he knew it was released in Britain but wanted it released in mainland Europe with, I assume, Flemish subtitles.
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Jul 15, 2010 22:25
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Am I looking at something different? The "detail" in the HD stream screenshots isn't grain it's artifacts. Look at the hood of the car in screenshot 8 or the black guy's face in screenshot 7.
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Oct 15, 2010 23:57
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penismightier posted:I don't think it's artifacts on his face in 5. I can't really tell either way from any of the other pictures, but the close-up really favors Canal+, I think. 5 is the one with Biff in poo poo right? I don't see the pores you refer to, but if you look at his teeth and lips, especially on the left side the artifacting seems pretty clear to me. Same thing on Fox's face in 7, look where his face meets his jacket. It's clearer when you look in darker areas as that's where everything turns blotchy in the HD stram caps. penismightier posted:Neither impress me or upset me much, but his face looks weird as poo poo in the blu-ray. It's not Predator-bad, but it's not a good thing they did to it. Peaceful Anarchy fucked around with this message at 00:15 on Oct 16, 2010 |
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Oct 16, 2010 00:11
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penismightier posted:Is 5 Biff in poo poo? I was talking about the one where he's looking at his disappearing hand. That's #6 for me, and I don't think those are pores, unless he also has pores on his thumbnail. The one on the blu ray does look overly glossy, though. The uncompressed source of the HD stream probably looks better than both.
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Oct 16, 2010 00:23
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frumpsnake posted:Wow, the Fox version of The Leopard absolutely obliterates the Criterion release. (which of course got full marks for video quality from many 'reviewers' because it's an old film AND a Criterion) Holy poo poo! That looks incredible.
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Dec 4, 2010 21:36
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Modian posted:I must be misunderstanding something because the pictures at the bottom look a lot better to me. Yes you must have something wrong with your eyesight, the new restoration is better in every way. How can you look at these two images, for example, and think the second looks better? http://blubrewdotcom.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/142.jpg http://blubrewdotcom.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/291.jpg
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Dec 4, 2010 23:18
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Egbert Souse posted:http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=6093 I'm always kind of torn when this comes up. On the one hand it is rather offensive, and the difference between this and Gone with the Wind is that the latter is clearly aimed at adults while this is ostensibly a kids/family movie. On the other hand it is a pretty famous film and supplements that actually examine it in context would make for an interesting DVD edition, and it is kind of odd that this is left to stand alone as some taboo film. On the third hand the movie sucks and is boring so outside of controversy I don't see why anyone cares. Criterion has better things to do with its time and money.
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Mar 28, 2011 23:04
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metallicaeg posted:It looks like more of them are still sealed than opened Actually, some, like that Jess Franco boxset, look like they've been opened but the shrinkwrap is left on them.
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Apr 6, 2011 18:32
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sportsgenius86 posted:I just cut off the top part and tucked the list of extras into the flap with the other stuff. Is this acceptable or am I still subject to arson? This is the worst of both camps. You keep the superfluous packaging and you also destroy it.
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Apr 7, 2011 14:13
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idoliside posted:I just tried this, didn't do it for me. What was your secret? Probably not being in the UK, as VAT gets removed.
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Apr 28, 2011 00:41
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Sporadic posted:Oh poo poo, Amazon pricematched Target. Gahh, I wasn't going to buy this but this is too good to pass up.
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Jun 13, 2011 04:54
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Criminal Minded posted:Oh what the hell did it sell out or something? It's back, hurry.
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Jun 13, 2011 06:31
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Egbert Souse posted:Ick, the UK Blu of Don't Look Now might surpass Predator as the most wrecked DVNR wax job: Who could possibly think this looks good?
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Jul 6, 2011 20:42
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Notice there's no year on that, it's actually coming out Tuesday, July 15, 2014.
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Jul 13, 2011 17:40
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dancehall posted:So what are some essentials that look great on Blu?
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Oct 30, 2011 22:44
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Criminal Minded posted:Oh, wow. Jonathan Rosenbaum is gonna poo poo himself. Not until Tih Minh gets released.
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Jan 4, 2012 06:54
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Criminal Minded posted:He'd still have to wait on Out 1. Supposedly that's coming out this year.
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Jan 4, 2012 08:12
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Egbert Souse posted:For those on the fence about Wings, That second shot looks straight out of DVDbeaver, then I went to DVDbeaver and was surprised not to see it there.
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Jan 24, 2012 04:56
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Egbert Souse posted:So, they get their money back Where does it say this?
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Dissapointed Owl posted:Well? Which is it?
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