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Basebf555 posted:Shame about Fury Road, it's one of the few UHDs where I actually do prefer the regular blu ray. The UHD is good for the most part but for such an immersive film it's unfortunate that the CG flames are so distracting. All of the fire and explosions in the movie are more convincing on the regular blu ray. Is something different about the transfer, or is it just the higher resolution bringing out the flaws?
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Spatulater bro! posted:Is something different about the transfer, or is it just the higher resolution bringing out the flaws? I don't know the technical details but it's something I've seen in other UHDs. For instance, Skyfall, when the bomb goes off at MI6. On the blu ray it looks fairly convincing(although still not great), but on the UHD it's pretty lovely looking. Unfortunately Fury Road is a movie where poo poo is constantly exploding and so there are a whole bunch of places where the CG stuff takes me out of the movie in a way that didn't happen with the blu ray. It's one reason why I consider Backdraft to be an essential UHD, anything with that many old-school practical flames and explosions will look great on the format.
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https://twitter.com/loneblockbuster/status/1347229181042683904?s=21 Not to get political, but lol
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Space Jam is getting a 4K disc for some reason.Basebf555 posted:At some point the business became completely focused on new releases, and almost every new release started to get the Titanic treatment. Entire walls of Steven Seagal movies as far as the eye can see. For most of the time I actually worked at Blockbuster you couldn't really depend on it anymore for older stuff, because the policy was basically that nothing ever got replaced. So if someone rented out the one copy of The Mangler or whatever, and scratched it, well that's it for being able to ever rent The Mangler again. Over time the non-new release sections became almost empty just from attrition and never replacing anything. This is exactly why I stopped going to Blockbuster. One day I wanted to rent Assault on Precinct 13 and they told me they didn't have it anymore because not enough people rented it. Spatulater bro! posted:Yep, VHS was originally marketed/embraced as a way to record TV, not to purchase pre-recorded content. That came later. VHS won the format war simply because everyone already owned a VCR. It should also be noted that the thing about how Betamax lost that fight was because the format didn't have porn is a complete myth. They totally did. And lots of it.
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The whole thing came down to record time. Matsushita was willing to let RCA do a slower tape speed for 4 hour recording time, and that made the deal. Sony wasn't willing to sacrifice on quality, but never underestimate the power of good enough.
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CPL593H posted:Space Jam is getting a 4K disc for some reason. There’s a sequel on the way
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Cemetry Gator posted:never underestimate the power of good enough. That's why I was pretty shocked that HD-DVD wasn't the winner of the last format war
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Iron Crowned posted:That's why I was pretty shocked that HD-DVD wasn't the winner of the last format war Never underestimate putting a format in a games console Like, given the fact that standalone players for both HD-DVD ($499 and... $799?!) and Blu-ray players ($1000!!) were around or more than the same price as either model of PS3 and hadn’t really dropped too much when it arrived at the far end of the year both formats launched in, them selling like 670,000 of them in two months in the US and another 600,000 in Europe pretty much started the beginning of the end for HD-DVD.
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Spatulater bro! posted:Is something different about the transfer, or is it just the higher resolution bringing out the flaws? The higher resolution makes no difference on Fury Road as it's just an upscale. https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?go=1&a=0&d1=11906&d2=9540&s1=117395&s2=92435&i=2&l=0
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The Cameo posted:Never underestimate putting a format in a games console Yeah, that and exclusives. Blu-ray had Fox, Disney, and Sony. HD-DVD had Universal and Paramount. When Warner went Blu only, that was it. I think Warner was actually thinking about going HD-DVD only, but I might be mixing up my history. Without the PS3, who knows how HD-DVD would have faired. Also, comparedb to HD-DVD, Blu-ray was actually good enough. The spec wasn't complete before launch, so first generation Blu-ray players couldn't do fancy things like picture in picture and other stuff. HD-DVD could. Funny how I don't think that's been in a release in 10 years that took advantage of that.
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Steen71 posted:The higher resolution makes no difference on Fury Road as it's just an upscale. https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?go=1&a=0&d1=11906&d2=9540&s1=117395&s2=92435&i=2&l=0 It's not as cut and dry as just saying that all upscales make no difference. They aren't all created equal. That said, yea Fury Road's upscale doesn't do a whole lot in terms of extra detail. The HDR is really where you'd hope for a boost but like I said before the negatives outweigh the positives for me in this case.
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Cemetry Gator posted:Yeah, that and exclusives. Blu-ray had Fox, Disney, and Sony. HD-DVD had Universal and Paramount. When Warner went Blu only, that was it. I think Warner was actually thinking about going HD-DVD only, but I might be mixing up my history. It's funny how UHD discs kind of nail it. Most have some kind of resume function. They're not full of dumb crap. Just the movie, maybe a few features, and that's it. However, they also have some GODAWFUL menus. The 2001 UHD comes to mind. Also I think the Ghostbusters I+II discs have terrible menus as well. It's also funny that Sony didn't provide UHD functionality to the PS4 Pro. I think that could have given the format a big shot in the arm because at minimum, the equipment is there and people might be aware of it. It would also help if more of the prestige older titles would come out on UHD like a standalone Lawrence, or Godfather, or Gremlins 2: The New Batch.
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Boywhiz88 posted:prestige older titles like Gremlins 2: The New Batch. new thread title
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Tim Whatley posted:This very pretty Dredd 4K is up for preorder at BB https://twitter.com/OrlandoArocena/status/1347602742592876551?s=20
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Is anyone here getting the They Live UHD? I want the action figure but not the movie and the only way to get that is to buy it with the film.
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Basebf555 posted:Shame about Fury Road, it's one of the few UHDs where I actually do prefer the regular blu ray. The UHD is good for the most part but for such an immersive film it's unfortunate that the CG flames are so distracting. All of the fire and explosions in the movie are more convincing on the regular blu ray. The Irishman also looks way better at 1080p than 4K HDR. On the other hand, holy poo poo does Rear Window look amazing in 4K. caligulamprey posted:
Preordered as well. Jodorowsky in 4K!
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CPL593H posted:Is anyone here getting the They Live UHD? I want the action figure but not the movie and the only way to get that is to buy it with the film. Same. I balked at spending 40 for him, but now I have the aliens and nada coming at some point... Sucks anus.
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Egbert Souse posted:The Irishman also looks way better at 1080p than 4K HDR. On the other hand, holy poo poo does Rear Window look amazing in 4K. How was 4k Vertigo?
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CelticPredator posted:Same. I balked at spending 40 for him, but now I have the aliens and nada coming at some point... Pfffffft. Fuckin' nerd!
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Here's the new 20-film Hammer set for $20. It's usually around $75-$100. It might be a price mistake. https://www.deepdiscount.com/hammer-film-gift-set-ultimate-collection-bd/683904894618
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Spatulater bro! posted:Here's the new 20-film Hammer set for $20. It's usually around $75-$100. It might be a price mistake. https://www.deepdiscount.com/hammer-film-gift-set-ultimate-collection-bd/683904894618 Thanks for this, it seems to have gone through. I guess we'll see if they honor it.
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Oh hell yeah. Let's see if this works out. EDIT: ahahah goddamn, TWENTY movies on seven discs?! caligulamprey fucked around with this message at 00:40 on Jan 11, 2021 |
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Grabbed the Hammer Film gift set. Thanks for pointing it out.
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caligulamprey posted:Oh hell yeah. Let's see if this works out. It's listed elsewhere as 10 discs. Hopefully it's a typo on Deepdiscount.
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Spatulater bro! posted:It's listed elsewhere as 10 discs. Hopefully it's a typo on Deepdiscount. Hammer's a huge blind spot for me and $20 is a no-brainer.
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I really liked the Hammer Draculas I watched for last year's October challenge, so OK I'll blindly buy 20 Hammer movies for 20 dollars.
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Goddamnit they’re gonna make us pay for Crystal Skull aren’t they
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david_a posted:Goddamnit they’re gonna make us pay for Crystal Skull aren’t they I prefer to think of it as a complimentary drink coaster.
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I only saw Crystal Skull once when it came out in theaters and I'm kinda curious if my opinion on it has changed at all.
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My stance on Crystal Skull has softened considerably in the years since release and I think there are some genuinely fun sequences that make it worth watching, but holy hell is Shia Labeouf still one of the most baffling casting choices. He’s just laughable.
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Bad Boy Bubby is coming out just before my birthday  https://twitter.com/UmbrellaEnt/status/1348561177576497153 e: Spatulater bro! posted:Here's the new 20-film Hammer set for $20. It's usually around $75-$100. It might be a price mistake. https://www.deepdiscount.com/hammer-film-gift-set-ultimate-collection-bd/683904894618 it's now $14.81 so I pulled the trigger I, Butthole fucked around with this message at 11:17 on Jan 11, 2021 |
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I bought a copy of Crystal Skull on DVD on release day for completion sake and left it sealed. Now you can walk into any thrift store and buy a copy for a buck so I got double owned.
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Looks like they've corrected the pricing on that Hammer set. It's back to $71.49 now. Fingers crossed that they honor our orders.
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Basebf555 posted:How was 4k Vertigo? It’s in my short list of demo discs just for the color. The Blu is beautiful as it is, but some of the diffused scenes look a little mushy since it’s a VC1 encode. The UHD even makes the dupey flashback scene look great when it had a thick look before. Also, the newer remix is excellent and doesn’t have the too-modern foley like the 1996 track. Original mono included as an option, of course.
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Yea it's a tough call for me because I don't have a lot of interest in 4k Psycho or The Birds, and like you said the previous Vertigo blu ray was excellent in it's own right. My instinct is to wait for a sale when I get the set for like half the price.
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I'll never understand why some reissues of older films have totally reworked foley, barring cases like the loss of the original tracks or something. People will buy the movie regardless, so it isn't like it's a big selling point, and it often sounds out of place to the point of being distracting. It happened with Black Christmas recently and it just sounded off.
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Big Mean Jerk posted:My stance on Crystal Skull has softened considerably in the years since release and I think there are some genuinely fun sequences that make it worth watching, but holy hell is Shia Labeouf still one of the most baffling casting choices. He’s just laughable. He was the "In" thing at the time.
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I don't mind Shia Labeouf in the movie. I don't even mind the alien poo poo. What I hate about the movie is the bad-CGI-laden, atrociously lame action sequences.
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Spatulater bro! posted:I don't mind Shia Labeouf in the movie. I don't even mind the alien poo poo. What I hate about the movie is the bad-CGI-laden, atrociously lame action sequences. No one ever mentions the fuckin CGI gophers or monkeys and that poo poo, which are all the worst parts.
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