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Post subject: Re: What have you been watching? Posted: 25 Feb 2020, 21:25 |
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Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983) [8765-85]Better than I'd remembered, certainly too good to be lumped in with the CGI (prequel) trilogy the way the internet seemed to do for awhile. The Ewoks aren't its problem, that's the storm troopers and nothing but; when six of them can't hit a human target shooting down a corridor it becomes impossible to believe they'd ever be able to conquer a galaxy, and when you take into account their struggles with microwave jedi and his untrained princess sister it becomes doubtful they could even conquer Liechtenstein. Basically they're the foot clan.
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signofzeta
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Post subject: Re: What have you been watching? Posted: 25 Feb 2020, 23:56 |
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je280 wrote: Just watched Two Lane Blacktop on Blu-ray (btw the transfer on the disc is really good) & included on page 34 within the enclosed booklet is the following..... NOTES ON VIEWING Two Lane Blacktop was shot in the 2.35:1 aspect ratio. When viewing on widescreen systems, the display mode should be doublechecked so that the film appears with its original dimensions intact, with black bars bordering the top and bottom of the image. INCORRECT: a couple of images with the screen totally filled - image blown. The above images are a distortion and corruption of the original artwork, which travesty the integrity of both the human form and cinematographic space. CORRECT: an image showing the intended (correct) image. The image as intended by the director when shown correctly on a widescreen display.
SPECIAL NOTE: Any "motion smoothing" settings (such as "Puremotion"/"MotionFlow", etc) should be swithed OFF so the film can be viewed as intended. Please calibrate your display settings in order to experience this film optimally (many factory default settings are neither suitable nor desirable).
I don't buy or have that many blu-ray discs so not sure if a similar type of notice is often on other discs, are there others that carry the same type of message & in as much detail?
Cheers First off, let me say that I love this movie and would own every version except for the fact that most of them are $200 it seems like so I don’t actually own any of them. Secondly that blurb on the back is way overdue. I’m glad to see it.
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rein-o
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Post subject: Re: What have you been watching? Posted: 26 Feb 2020, 00:30 |
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je280 wrote: Just watched Two Lane Blacktop on Blu-ray (btw the transfer on the disc is really good) & included on page 34 within the enclosed booklet is the following..... [b][i]NOTES ON VIEWING Two Lane Blacktop was shot in the 2.35:1 aspect ratio. When viewing on widescreen systems, the display mode should be doublechecked so that the film appears with its original dimensions intact, with black bars bordering the top and bottom of the image.
Is this the Criterion or the Masters of Cinema? Very interesting to see this, so many fools who don't know how to setup for the film, they may know how to setup for color etc but all these new enhancements for TVs really mess things up for older non 60fps stuff. Can't remember if I ever saw this one but may have to check it out now.
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je280
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Post subject: Re: What have you been watching? Posted: 26 Feb 2020, 02:40 |
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rein-o wrote: je280 wrote: Just watched Two Lane Blacktop on Blu-ray (btw the transfer on the disc is really good) & included on page 34 within the enclosed booklet is the following..... [b][i]NOTES ON VIEWING Two Lane Blacktop was shot in the 2.35:1 aspect ratio. When viewing on widescreen systems, the display mode should be doublechecked so that the film appears with its original dimensions intact, with black bars bordering the top and bottom of the image.
Is this the Criterion or the Masters of Cinema? Very interesting to see this, so many fools who don't know how to setup for the film, they may know how to setup for color etc but all these new enhancements for TVs really mess things up for older non 60fps stuff. Can't remember if I ever saw this one but may have to check it out now. The copy I have which includes the "NOTES ON VIEWING" text is the Masters of Cinema release. I have seen the Criterion issue but felt it was a little overpriced & as the Masters of Cinema release is easy to pick up new & sealed here in the UK for around the £10 mark (including postage) that is the one I went for. zeta..... love the feature also & have a copy of the ROAN laserdisc which came included in a collection I bought quite a few years ago so was lucky to pick it up for a £ or two at most, a good transfer on the LD & it has the same commentary from Monte Hellman & Gary Kurtz as is included on the Masters of Cinema blu-ray release. rein-o..... it really is worth checking out if you have never seen it. The Driver "You can never go fast enough."
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Post subject: Re: What have you been watching? Posted: 26 Feb 2020, 13:02 |
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I collect Dts releases and late releases of crap movies. I love it. It's what makes the hobby fun for me. I don't feel like a sad hapless dipstick. Had the day off work. Decided to watch The river wild. What a great movie. Meryl Streep as the mum and Kevin bacon as the bad guy. It reminded me a bit of city slickers but a lot more enjoyable imo. The cinematography was beautifully shot and the score was very exciting. Decided to watch it in the bedroom on the 925. For a thx disc it's quite a noisy one. Would probably fair better on the x9. Now that I'm a fan of this film I'll have to keep an eye out for the DTS release.
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odotb3
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Post subject: Re: What have you been watching? Posted: 27 Feb 2020, 12:23 |
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signofzeta wrote: Sorry, I’m only looking for Shallow Hal and The Animal and then my DTS collection is complete. One of the worst films Ive ever bought has to be Phenomenon starring John Travolta. The only reason I bought it was because it was a Dts disc. I had nothing to expect other than decent sound quality. Wow was this film absoultely awful. Travolta's performance is just sickening and the story is so absurd and uninteresting it bored me to tears. The ending is so ridiculous i was flailing my arms in the air as the credits rolled shouting "what!?" I couldnt believe what I had just seen. Easily one of the most preposterous and farcical movies i'd seen in a long time. And the worst part was the Dts soundtrack was only really effective in one scene. Having said all that, I came away from the film having ultimately enjoyed the time I spent with it, because I thought it was such a train wreck. It wasnt even so bad that it was good. It was enjoyment on a different level. A sort of enjoyment I never would have had If i'd not gone for that Dts label. One of the things I love about the Laserdisc format is being able to see films I've never seen or heard of before. Or films I would never have the opportunity to see otherwise due to reasons like obscurity etc.
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Post subject: Re: What have you been watching? Posted: 27 Feb 2020, 15:36 |
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signofzeta wrote: People who collect DTS, late release, specific PILF number ranges, HiVision etc versions of garbage movies are totally GTO. They’re all the same sort of sad hapless dipstick who think because they blew some bread on something that they are in a scene and probably that everyone worships them but in fact they are a joke to people like James Taylor with his broke a** claptrap primer grey Chevy.
Sometimes when I read your posts I really do not know what your problem is. You are always so negative. Every post is a rant. Just let people enjoy their hobbies. And btw I love HiVision and I am happy to own a couple of discs and I am not "some sort of hapless dipstick". Why do you have to be so offensive ? I am fascinated by the technology. That's all. What is your problem ? You must be a really sad person that is using this forum as a valve to release all of the negative things that run through your head 24/7/365. Get a life for real. You are the main reason why I am starting to lose interest in this forum. Just let people be. I am not saying that my posts are really interesting and informative but at least I do not attack other people for their interests, etc. Who are you to judge other people ?
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Post subject: Re: What have you been watching? Posted: 27 Feb 2020, 18:16 |
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Just watched Ewok Adventure, The (1984) [SF078-1184] and I can safely say that Battle for Endor is indeed the better movie. This movie has Cindel's big brother Mace as the main male protagonist, who is kind of an insufferable git and I sincerely hope this is not the best Eric Walker can do as an actor. Battle for Endor in the other hand has Wilford Brimley.
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Post subject: Re: What have you been watching? Posted: 28 Feb 2020, 01:45 |
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confederate wrote: Sometimes when I read your posts I really do not know what your problem is. You are always so negative. Every post is a rant. That's actually a virtue on such a slow forum. Better to have a bit of dickery than total silence. DTS collecting doesn't appeal to me but it's faintly surprising there aren't more collecting subsets here, for example collecting LDs with previews (not self-same trailers), or a rotter defiance bubble with people trying to collect a perfectly playing copy of every disc on the 100 worst rotters list.
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Post subject: Re: What have you been watching? Posted: 28 Feb 2020, 09:53 |
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snipesbackhand wrote: people trying to collect a perfectly playing copy of every disc on the 100 worst rotters list. Cool idea, why don't YOU collect em?
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Post subject: Re: What have you been watching? Posted: 28 Feb 2020, 10:01 |
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Confederate - yep, agree, many members have PMed me saying what a dick Zeta can be. He's the ultimate hater, hates his own country, his own people, everything mainstream, anything he can think of that doesn't fit inside his limited world view or specific taste. He's the kind of guy who thinks he's very open minded but is actually extremely blinkered by his strong biases and beliefs. He does bring knowledge often though and I respect that. I don't want Zeta to stop posting in his way, if I wanted him to stop I'd be just like him. And I'm nothing like Zeta.
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odotb3
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Post subject: Re: What have you been watching? Posted: 28 Feb 2020, 17:01 |
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forper wrote: snipesbackhand wrote: people trying to collect a perfectly playing copy of every disc on the 100 worst rotters list. Cool idea, why don't YOU collect em? Three copies of ace Ventura when nature calls and I still dont have a good copy. I can buy the DVD for £2! But wheres the fun in that?
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