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laserbite34
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Post subject: Re: What have you been watching? Posted: 13 Jul 2014, 07:01 |
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Playing some ALIEN THX AC-3 70mm Dolby, again. Wow the LFE.1 is nuts high on this! I have to reduce the level down to match it with the LCRS. Chapter 4 is like 15db high looking at the SDDS output display levels. Time 16.03 Nostromo landing is roughly 6.5db shy from OVER, when turning fader up +6.5db. WAR OF THE WORLDS (2005) with fader at 0.0db I think that film goes OVER on a few scenes on the LFE.1. LCRS levels on ALIEN are around -20db peak with little now and then maybe -17/15db. LFE.1 peak must be around -6db or so? Still glad I bought this title. Its a rare one not on DVD bluray. Wow now my ALIEN makes it to the end of side A. I hear a faint music score just when image fades to black. So maybe the disc was warped and has now settled flat since its been set up vertically like all my LDs are placed. Last time I played back around (15th June 2014) it started skipping just before Kane, was jettisoned into space. A month or so before it wouldn't get past the Kane/ALIEN chest buster dinner scene. Still might like to try another pressing to see if the crosstalk noise any better on side A.
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ffutures
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Post subject: Re: What have you been watching? Posted: 31 Jul 2014, 18:18 |
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Just back from the cindema where I saw Guardians of the Galaxy - it wasn't great art, but it was a lot of fun - since this is more or less the first day of its release I've whited out the text below to avoid spoilers:
The film begins with the alien abduction of Peter Quill (then aged eight-ish) moments after his mother's death, a fast forward 28 years, then through some fun crime stuff to the moment when Quill and his associates become the titular Guardians and save the galaxy from a stolen McGuffin, one of the Infinity Gems, which is wanted by Thanos, a rather nasty Kree called Ronan, and lots of others.
It isn't without flaws, largely the result of its comic-book origins and decision to give it a 12A rating - most notably, we never really see the results of the frequent use of weapons and general violence; at one point the walking talking(?) tree Groot is nice to a child, later in the film we know logically that the child has to be dead, but we aren't shown it, or much else to point out that people are dying here, and in large numbers, at least in part because of the hero's actions.
Despite this weakness I enjoyed the film; the plot makes about as much sense as most comics, e.g. more than the average Star Trek / Star Wars movie, the sets and special effects are gorgeous and definitely inspired by the comics, and the characterization is pretty good, with running gag about the various aliens not understanding Earth metaphors ("But who put sticks up their asses? It sounds very cruel?"), Rocket Racoon's addiction to seriously overpowered weapons, and so forth.
There are two short scenes in the end credits, neither very important; one shows Drax the Destroyer relaxing by sharpening his knives after the end of the story, with another character doing something funny behind him - the other shows the Collector, who also appeared in the end cuts of Thor 2, drinking with a surprise guest star.
There's apparently going to be a sequel in 2017, I look forward to it.
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laserbite34
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Post subject: Re: What have you been watching? Posted: 06 Aug 2014, 05:16 |
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invenio wrote: Good blimey, my, my. Watching all that without any sleep. so how many TOS per day? Even if I was doing 5 TOS discs per day would take 16 days.
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Post subject: Re: What have you been watching? Posted: 06 Aug 2014, 12:42 |
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laserbite34 wrote: Good blimey, my, my. Watching all that without any sleep. so how many TOS per day? Even if I was doing 5 TOS discs per day would take 16 days. In all fairness we've been watching them over a while. Probably about 2 months since starting the series. Also took a 3 wk break for a Vacation in Europe. We're going to start up again and finish the series next week. It's been a lot of fun.
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kris
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Post subject: Re: What have you been watching? Posted: 06 Aug 2014, 20:25 |
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Watched The Insider (Michael Mann's) on DVD A big One of those movies that deserve watching now and then My Daughter asked me to watch a "scary" but fun movie tonight. We're going to enjoy Sleepy Hollow on HDDVD. Girls and johnny Depp ? Not a chance of going wrong with that
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laserbite34
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Post subject: Re: What have you been watching? Posted: 07 Aug 2014, 15:59 |
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kris wrote: Watched The Insider (Michael Mann's) on DVD A big One of those movies that deserve watching now and then My Daughter asked me to watch a "scary" but fun movie tonight. We're going to enjoy Sleepy Hollow on HDDVD. Girls and johnny Depp ? Not a chance of going wrong with that I like the level of the dialogue "wipe that smirk of your face" wow that really snaps/bites. Not played the DVD in 8 years or so. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFqYn3i_UQ0
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Post subject: Re: What have you been watching? Posted: 25 Sep 2014, 21:20 |
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Hello !
It's a french man from Paris who speaks here and now :
Du polar, du pur, du dur...
En l'occurence le vraiment terrible (j'ai toujours sa BO présente dans un coin de ma tête) To live and die in L.A.
Ne serait-ce que par et pour ces personnages -toujours limite, sur le fil du rasoir- ce film de Mr Friedkin continue d'être un véritable choc !
Mais aussi et surtout le reste :
ce rythme, la partition incroyable de Wang Chung, cette énergie, ces ruptures dans la narration, cette ambiance des 80 (alors certes on est en 1985 mais je trouve que le réalisateur a vraiment saisi un "truc" de cette atmosphère), cet aspect noir voir brûlant...
Et puis ce côté vraiment étrange/bizarre dont la séquence d'ouverture (enfin plutôt la seconde) est bien l'exemple le plus flagrant (serait-on dans l'atelier d'un artiste ? Non, d'un faussaire mais qui l'est également, artiste)
Bref, une oeuvre à part, à part entière...
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Post subject: Re: What have you been watching? Posted: 28 Sep 2014, 10:07 |
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manfred wrote: Hello !
It's a french man from Paris who speaks here and now :
Du polar, du pur, du dur...
En l'occurence le vraiment terrible (j'ai toujours sa BO présente dans un coin de ma tête) To live and die in L.A.
Ne serait-ce que par et pour ces personnages -toujours limite, sur le fil du rasoir- ce film de Mr Friedkin continue d'être un véritable choc !
Mais aussi et surtout le reste :
ce rythme, la partition incroyable de Wang Chung, cette énergie, ces ruptures dans la narration, cette ambiance des 80 (alors certes on est en 1985 mais je trouve que le réalisateur a vraiment saisi un "truc" de cette atmosphère), cet aspect noir voir brûlant...
Et puis ce côté vraiment étrange/bizarre dont la séquence d'ouverture (enfin plutôt la seconde) est bien l'exemple le plus flagrant (serait-on dans l'atelier d'un artiste ? Non, d'un faussaire mais qui l'est également, artiste)
Bref, une oeuvre à part, à part entière... I love that movie, To Live and Die in L.A. But I cannot speak french
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