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90s TV belongs on DVD. I don't want movie-level detail.
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TheScott2K posted:90s TV belongs on DVD. I don't want movie-level detail. Why is it so loving hard to translate something to the right ratio and coloring. I dont need the top of people's heads cut off so it fills my drat screen. Iron Crowned posted:It's because they don't care, it's a quick cash grab done by the lowest bidder. Well no poo poo I'm not going to buy your bullshit if I can literally see cuecards and the crew faffing about. FilthyImp fucked around with this message at 16:13 on Mar 27, 2019 |
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Mar 27, 2019 15:39
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CPL593H posted:I was hoping we'd see the end of that garbage because there are widescreen tvs now but I underestimated people's resistance to knowing how things work. For some unknown reason certain sub-channels here in Cincinnati are broadcasting 4:3 programs stretched to fit 16:9, thankfully I'm north enough to get the Dayton channels, which are properly pillar boxed. FilthyImp posted:Why is it so loving hard to translate something to the right ratio and coloring. I dont need the top of people's heads cut off so it fills my drat screen. It's because they don't care, it's a quick cash grab done by the lowest bidder.
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Mar 27, 2019 15:57
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Iron Crowned posted:For some unknown reason certain sub-channels here in Cincinnati are broadcasting 4:3 programs stretched to fit 16:9, thankfully I'm north enough to get the Dayton channels, which are properly pillar boxed. A subchannel here has a 16x9 signal with 4x3 content pillarboxed, but the signal is sent out as 4x3. So everything is horizontally squeezed and 4x3 content is shaped like a vertical cell phone video. I emailed the station engineer with JPEGs but he thinks I'm nuts.
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Mar 27, 2019 15:59
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I will never forget the first time I watched Clue in HD and realised that at that level of detail you can see Madeleine Kahn's freckles under the makeup that was just pale white in the DVD.
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Mar 27, 2019 16:29
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Just wait til you watch Batman '66
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Mar 27, 2019 16:31
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feedmyleg posted:Just wait til you watch Batman '66 
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Mar 27, 2019 16:38
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The doctor in The Thing has a nose ring. The power of HD is astonishing.
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Mar 27, 2019 17:09
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Iron Crowned posted:For some unknown reason certain sub-channels here in Cincinnati are broadcasting 4:3 programs stretched to fit 16:9, thankfully I'm north enough to get the Dayton channels, which are properly pillar boxed. A few days ago I went to watch First Reformed which was a DVD because Redbox and I discovered that the living room tv in my house can't display a DVD in the 4:3/Academy ratio. Thankfully it doesn't have this problem with blu-rays. It has something to do with some automatic setting that I can't change for some reason.
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Mar 28, 2019 03:50
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If you missed the Phantasm collection two years ago, good news they are re releasing it with expanded features, new 4K remaster of Phantasm 2 supervised by Don Coscarelli and THE BALL. Should be here by Halloween.
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Mar 28, 2019 21:22
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Liar Lyre posted:If you missed the Phantasm collection two years ago, good news they are re releasing it with expanded features, new 4K remaster of Phantasm 2 supervised by Don Coscarelli and THE BALL. Should be here by Halloween. Well thank the lord for that. I was looking to buy the collection after finally seeing (most of) the series through Joe Bob's Last Drive-In but it was out of print due to that whole Phantasm 2 rights issue, and the prices for the sets are all over the place. Some assholes are even trying to sell the Phantasm 2 blu on its own for like $70.
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Mar 29, 2019 14:36
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King Vidiot posted:Well thank the lord for that. I was looking to buy the collection after finally seeing (most of) the series through Joe Bob's Last Drive-In but it was out of print due to that whole Phantasm 2 rights issue, and the prices for the sets are all over the place. Some assholes are even trying to sell the Phantasm 2 blu on its own for like $70. I managed to find a copy for $20. If you really want just that one, I’m willing to part with it once this box set comes out. Though honestly, they’ll probably just release the new remaster individually like they did with all the others.
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Mar 29, 2019 15:11
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Arrow is handling the UK blu-ray release of Lords of Chaos, and have put on an early-bird discount of £12.50. And here's their June releases https://twitter.com/ArrowFilmsVideo/status/1111648220927717376 They're also getting around to vol 2 of the American Horror Project, featuring Dream No Evil, The Child and Dark August. The US releases are being handled by DiabolikDVD, for the Yanks in here that ask about Arrow's availability in the US.
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Mar 29, 2019 21:14
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So the Canuxploitation classic Def-Con 4 isn't being released in Canada? Makes sense.
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Mar 29, 2019 22:15
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Finally got my Warner Archive and Shout Select sale orders in today. Some quick opinions from skimming discs... The Thing From Another World - WOW. I had the old DVD from 2001 and while it was good, it was still murky. The few bits I sampled look fantastic, especially the opening credits which are now from a full 1.37:1 source instead of the re-release dupe re-formatted to 1.85:1. The deleted footage (taken out of the re-release) looks a little more contrasty, but I'm actually surprised how detailed and clean everything is. Only wish this had some extras - I'm surprised this ended up as a Warner Archive release since both Criterion and Shout! Factory would have loaded this up with supplements. In fact, a UK edition had a John Carpenter track, which would have been nice here. The 'burbs - I almost got the UK Arrow edition for apparently better PQ, but this looks fantastic for the most part. Opticals are grainier and darker, but this looks pretty much like a pristine 35mm print. Glad I went with this. Cabaret - This was originally released as a digipak, but now it's in plain case packaging. Another fantastic Warner 4K restoration. Sadly, the camera negative was lost at some point and they had to use a color reversal intermediate. Thankfully, the photographic quality is absolutely stunning, but apparently it had some considerable damage. You'd never know by how pristine this looks, all while keeping its smoky atmosphere. MachineryNoise posted:So the Canuxploitation classic Def-Con 4 isn't being released in Canada? Makes sense. They just didn't get the US/Canada rights like a lot of their titles. Which just means that Shout! Factory probably has it. Egbert Souse fucked around with this message at 22:36 on Mar 29, 2019 |
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Mar 29, 2019 22:28
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Kino just announced Powell & Pressburger's The Wild Heart/Gone to Earth for June 25! Gone to Earth, the original 1950 UK version, will be from a newly remastered 2K transfer from the BFI restoration while The Wild Heart, the 1952 US release version, is a new 4K restoration of the roadshow cut. Both cuts will have commentaries, plus a gallery for other Selznick International trailers.
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Apr 1, 2019 21:48
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I WANT THIS https://twitter.com/maxevry/status/1112740115279953920?s=21
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Apr 1, 2019 22:20
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The 90's Batman movies are coming to 4k with some pretty lame covers! https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Batman-4K-Blu-ray/230456/    
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Apr 3, 2019 18:49
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Teenage Fansub posted:The 90's Batman movies are coming to 4k with some pretty lame covers! I'm hoping for a full set that at least comes with a slip cover for those, but whatever, regardless I'm gonna be buying them. Those movies seem like great candidates for the 4k treatment.
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Apr 3, 2019 18:52
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Those movies, with the exception of Batman and Robin, have really good one-sheet posters. Pity.
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Apr 3, 2019 18:52
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TheScott2K posted:Those movies, with the exception of Batman and Robin, have really good one-sheet posters. Pity. I really hate the recent marketing push to make these movies and the Adam West film look modern and serious. Embrace the camp, you cowards! 
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Apr 3, 2019 18:54
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Big Mean Jerk posted:I really hate the recent marketing push to make these movies and the Adam West film look modern and serious. Embrace the camp, you cowards! I find the Schumachers more enjoyable than the Burtons nowadays.
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Apr 3, 2019 18:55
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Big Mean Jerk posted:I really hate the recent marketing push to make these movies and the Adam West film look modern and serious. Embrace the camp, you cowards! Or why not use the original covers, which were just fine. It's not like a "modernized" cover is going to convince a rando to buy it sight unseen.
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Apr 3, 2019 19:14
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Why do they have all the villains except Uma Thurman?
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Apr 3, 2019 19:18
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I think what really irks me about those covers is just how white they are, because that is certainly not the color most associated with Batman
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Apr 3, 2019 19:20
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That's not even what Gotham City looks like in any of those films. Batman and Robin's Gotham is basically Blade Runner's LA.
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Apr 3, 2019 19:21
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Those movies deserve those covers in my opinion.
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Apr 3, 2019 19:24
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Ineffiable posted:Those movies deserve those covers in my opinion. You had to be there
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Apr 3, 2019 19:34
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Give me Batman Returns and throw the rest into a bonfire for all I care.
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Apr 3, 2019 20:28
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The Burton movies had camp, but it was dark camp. Then Middle America got scared and I don't know what Schumacher was going for.
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Apr 3, 2019 20:55
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 ...was this even good? I saw it once and I remember it absolutely ping-ponging between effective waking nightmare and the shittiest trash that ever did garbage.
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caligulamprey posted:
It has it's moments that are good, but it's bloated and boring as hell for long stretches too. It's like 2hrs long and needed to be 20 minutes shorter. For video game adaptations you could do a lot worse though.
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Basebf555 posted:It has it's moments that are good, but it's bloated and boring as hell for long stretches too. It's like 2hrs long and needed to be 20 minutes shorter. I fell asleep watching it
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Iron Crowned posted:I fell asleep watching it Me too, actually. The first 30 minutes really had me engaged and then something happens around the midway point that just puts me right to sleep. It just loses steam. I rewatched it a few years later just because I wanted to see it all the way to the end.
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Apr 3, 2019 21:16
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Basebf555 posted:Me too, actually. The first 30 minutes really had me engaged and then something happens around the midway point that just puts me right to sleep. It just loses steam. I rewatched it a few years later just because I wanted to see it all the way to the end. Silent Hill 2 though, woof, I fell asleep about 10 minutes in to that one
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Apr 3, 2019 21:19
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It could have been a lot better, but I think it's one of the stronger video game movie adaptations. That said, watch that old PBS documentary on Centralia Pennsylvania. It's much more haunting. https://youtu.be/ow4UERykRbg
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Apr 3, 2019 21:21
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Casimir Radon posted:I don't know what Schumacher was going for. He was definitely going for an amped up version of the 60's TV show and Batman comics of his childhood, and I think in some world with some different decisions, that hard swerve could've worked. It's not an invalid approach.
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Apr 3, 2019 21:21
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Teenage Fansub posted:He was definitely going for an amped up version of the 60's TV show and Batman comics of his childhood, and I think in some world with some different decisions, that hard swerve could've worked. I think it works just fine in Batman Forever, he just took it to another level in Batman & Robin and there's such a thing as too much.
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Apr 3, 2019 21:23
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caligulamprey posted:
Where did this image come from? I can't find any edition with this cover.
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