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zoux
Apr 28, 2006

If you watch old BTAS, the quality of the animation varies wildly because they used seven different international animation studios in order to get s1 out on time. The ones from AKOM are so bad they fired the firm. TMS/Spectrum were probably the best. TMS animated the title sequence and some other episodes.

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pentyne
Nov 7, 2012

muscles like this! posted:

She has a semi-autobiographical comedy series coming to Comedy Central this month called "Awkwafina is Nora from Queens."

Is Comedy Central putting out good shows like they used too? Broad City was amazing, so was Nathan For You but I dont associate CC with making good shows very often.

bull3964
Nov 18, 2000

DO YOU HEAR THAT? THAT'S THE SOUND OF ME PATTING MYSELF ON THE BACK.


"Corporate" should be on everyone's list. It's a more sinister and cynical "Better Off Ted."

I also really enjoyed "The Other Two."

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

https://twitter.com/iresimpsonsfans/status/1214255486519914496

Good replies in the comments. For me it's the terminator/skinner homage in bart skips school.

Josh Lyman
May 24, 2009


I wish they would remaster LOTR in 4K HDR to stream on Netflix or Prime

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOmYEssdXg8

I've never seen this but it's hiliarous

bull3964
Nov 18, 2000

DO YOU HEAR THAT? THAT'S THE SOUND OF ME PATTING MYSELF ON THE BACK.


Josh Lyman posted:

I wish they would remaster LOTR in 4K HDR to stream on Netflix or Prime

LOTR is getting a 4k release (maybe) later this year but it's not going to be on either Netflix or Prime. You will have to purchase it.

Netflix and Prime rarely get 3rd party studio movies in anything other than 1080p and since New Line was bought by Warner Bros, LOTR would be on HBO Max (and we have yet to see if they are finally going to extend to 4k HDR streaming.)

It's also very likely going to be an upscale since it's such a SFX heavy movie and was mastered with a 2k DI. Could still be worth it for the HDR though.

More detail here.

https://thedigitalbits.com/columns/my-two-cents/101419-1400

Fingers crossed for a native 4k remaster though.

bull3964 fucked around with this message at 23:08 on Jan 6, 2020

Josh Lyman
May 24, 2009


bull3964 posted:

LOTR is getting a 4k release (maybe) later this year but it's not going to be on either Netflix or Prime. You will have to purchase it.

Netflix and Prime rarely get 3rd party studio movies in anything other than 1080p and since New Line was bought by Warner Bros, LOTR would be on HBO Max (and we have yet to see if they are finally going to extend to 4k HDR streaming.)

It's also very likely going to be an upscale since it's such a SFX heavy movie and was mastered with a 2k DI. Could still be worth it for the HDR though.

More detail here.

https://thedigitalbits.com/columns/my-two-cents/101419-1400

Fingers crossed for a native 4k remaster though.
Does Warner Bros think there are that many 4K Blu-ray players out there? I personally don’t know anyone with one.

feedmyleg
Dec 25, 2004
I only know one other person who even has a regular Blu-ray player.

WeedlordGoku69
Feb 12, 2015

by Cyrano4747

bull3964 posted:

Animation, on the other hand, usually fares pretty well.

Invader Zim looks like poo poo on the DVDs and Hulu, but that's less a problem of it being animated, and more that they did one of the worst encodes in history and turbofucked it.

bull3964
Nov 18, 2000

DO YOU HEAR THAT? THAT'S THE SOUND OF ME PATTING MYSELF ON THE BACK.


Josh Lyman posted:

Does Warner Bros think there are that many 4K Blu-ray players out there? I personally don’t know anyone with one.

Might want to talk to all the studios then because 4k physical releases are frequent and numerous.

It will be released in digital too of course, but you'll still have to pay for it.

Escobarbarian
Jun 18, 2004


Grimey Drawer

bull3964 posted:

"Corporate" should be on everyone's list. It's a more sinister and cynical "Better Off Ted."

I also really enjoyed "The Other Two."

Both of these shows are great, yeah. Detroiters was also one of the best shows Comedy Central did last decade but they cancelled it too early

Rocksicles
Oct 19, 2012

by Nyc_Tattoo

Rhyno posted:

She was a good actress but what has she done of worth on the last decade?

She wasn't in Spider-Man, that's for sure.

swickles
Aug 21, 2006

I guess that I don't need that though
Now you're just some QB that I used to know

feedmyleg posted:

I only know one other person who even has a regular Blu-ray player.

Its planning for the future, getting Sony and Microsoft to package one with the next generation game console.

esperterra
Mar 24, 2010

SHINee's back




Rocksicles posted:

She wasn't in Spider-Man, that's for sure.

lmao that's prob my fave paltrow moment of the last decade

Davros1
Jul 19, 2007

You've got to admit, you are kind of implausible



pentyne posted:

Is Comedy Central putting out good shows like they used too? Broad City was amazing, so was Nathan For You but I dont associate CC with making good shows very often.

They cancelled Detroiters, so no.

Lurdiak
Feb 26, 2006

I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.


feedmyleg posted:

I watched Max Headroom on DVD this weekend. I went into it hoping that I would barely notice the difference, but... I very much noticed the difference. Poorly-mastered SD looks like poo poo.

There's quite a gulf of quality that exists within DVDs. Some are little better than VHS transfers, others look almost as good as a standard blu-ray. It has a lot to do with what source they used.

Khanstant
Apr 5, 2007

Ugly In The Morning posted:

Batman Beyond having Batman as a broken shut in was something that blew my mind as a kid, but was a perfect setup to a far future Batman sequel.

It's also just one of the more beleivable ends to Batman, barring being killed for drama. He's got a hosed up life and he spends his time doing hosed up things and even the most generous readings of Batman leave a lot of blood and guilt in his hands.

When I was a little kid I expected that the heroes we had would grow up with us, that we would see them retire and others take their place. Batman Beyond clicked with me because it seemed like the start of that.

Turns out even back then I was following heroes who by all rights should have already retired if it was to be continuous. Plus, anytime there is someone to take over a mantle, they both end up retconning or tucking them away in some alternate universe, and every couple years there's some cosmic crisis to gently caress everything around again. Plus a vocal group of dickheads gets mad every time their successor doesn't confirm to their eugenics plan. I have to think even if DC or Marvel wanted to go hardcore and start letting established IPs die or change if comic book whiners wouldn't rage until they had to reverse course, leaving people a decade forward wondering what was up with their weird one step forward, two weird backflips back.

Khanstant
Apr 5, 2007

esperterra posted:

gently caress's sake The Nanny is so good from the start.

There was some newer show she was on I watched the first episodes of a few years back. The whole thing seemed like an extended PG version of a stepmom porno. Actually if I'm remembering right, she was dating or getting married to some dude who was younger than her own kids? Anybody remember this show?

Toxic Fart Syndrome
Jul 2, 2006

*hits A-THREAD-5*

Only 3.6 Roentgoons per hour ... not great, not terrible.




...the meter only goes to 3.6...

Pork Pro

Josh Lyman posted:

Does Warner Bros think there are that many 4K Blu-ray players out there? I personally don’t know anyone with one.

55” 4K TVs are <$500. They’re hoping to sell 4K discs to rubes. :shrug:

Iron Crowned
May 6, 2003

by Hand Knit
As long as you have a TV that can handle HDR and Dolby Vision, it's very worth it.

You don't get much from the resolution bump, but the color depth is worth it, especially if you like a lot of movies shot on film.

Josh Lyman
May 24, 2009


Toxic Fart Syndrome posted:

55” 4K TVs are <$500. They’re hoping to sell 4K discs to rubes. :shrug:
The cheapest one at Best Buy is $100. Not sure how people buying $500 TVs will feel about that.

wuggles
Jul 12, 2017

swickles posted:

Its planning for the future, getting Sony and Microsoft to package one with the next generation game console.

The Xbox One X and even the Xbox One S has a 4K blu ray player.

Croatoan
Jun 24, 2005

I am inevitable.
ROBBLE GROBBLE

wuggles posted:

The Xbox One X and even the Xbox One S has a 4K blu ray player.

That's legit why I want one. Either that or I need to run some ethernet cable to my laptop. It is my server. The problem I'm running into is it is too much data over my Wi-Fi network if I want true 4K TV. If I do a full data feed it buffers like poo poo.

bull3964
Nov 18, 2000

DO YOU HEAR THAT? THAT'S THE SOUND OF ME PATTING MYSELF ON THE BACK.


Physical media is still a $6bil /year industry. It's declining, but it ain't dead yet.

It's also usually cheaper to buy the physical disc with the digital copy than it is to just buy the digital copy and rentals are like 1/3rd the price too.

GreenNight
Feb 19, 2006
Turning the light on the darkest places, you and I know we got to face this now. We got to face this now.

Seriously, I got alot of 4k movies for $9 this Christmas and it included the 4k disc, blu ray, and digital copy. loving steal.

wuggles
Jul 12, 2017

Croatoan posted:

That's legit why I want one. Either that or I need to run some ethernet cable to my laptop. It is my server. The problem I'm running into is it is too much data over my Wi-Fi network if I want true 4K TV. If I do a full data feed it buffers like poo poo.

The TCL Roku 4K TV, at least, has an Ethernet port on the back (sorry if you already know this).

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

Iron Crowned posted:

As long as you have a TV that can handle HDR and Dolby Vision, it's very worth it.

You don't get much from the resolution bump, but the color depth is worth it, especially if you like a lot of movies shot on film.

I dont even have a tv

Milo and POTUS
Sep 3, 2017

I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?

feedmyleg posted:

Sadly I think commentary tracks are going to relegated to directors deciding to record one on their own time and upload the audio to YouTube. Once again, Aronofsky was ahead of his time with The Fountain.

Did he do this with The fountain?

Rocksicles
Oct 19, 2012

by Nyc_Tattoo

zoux posted:

I dont even have a tv

Flagpole Sitta

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

Here’s a weird sentence: Colin Farrel is the Penguin in the Pattinson Batman movie

Rocksicles
Oct 19, 2012

by Nyc_Tattoo

zoux posted:

Here’s a weird sentence: Colin Farrel is the Penguin in the Pattinson Batman movie

That will trow a bat among the penguins.

Aces High
Mar 26, 2010

Nah! A little chocolate will do




Which Colin F is that, the guy who played Bullseye or the guy who was in The King's Speech?

I always get the last names mixed up

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

The former, the latter I could see

Rocksicles
Oct 19, 2012

by Nyc_Tattoo
This is my favourite Colin Farrell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plWncOA_Ljw

Open Source Idiom
Jan 4, 2013

This is campest Colin Farrell.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHOGs5x90PU

isaboo
Nov 11, 2002

Muay Buok
ขอให้โชคดี
please watch Joe Pera Talks With You

especially if you are stressed about anything, and who isn't these days

esperterra
Mar 24, 2010

SHINee's back




The Nanny is very good and has been a great way to start 2020 tbqh

isaboo
Nov 11, 2002

Muay Buok
ขอให้โชคดี

esperterra posted:

The Nanny is very good and has been a great way to start 2020 tbqh


when you first posted about The Nanny a couple days ago I had to google to see if there was some sort of new The Nanny rather than that The Nanny but nope.... and I was actually relieved because it was A Good Show

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esperterra
Mar 24, 2010

SHINee's back




The writing's so much quicker than I remember it being. Granted, I haven't watched it since I had a TV to catch reruns on. There's a lot of stuff I missed growing up even tho I've seen every episode so many times.

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