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Originally posted by chente I'm considering getting a Laserdisc player just for this movie. I'm so tired of waiting. :( |
Originally posted by Okheresthedeal I love the movie but I look at its quality as being similar to that of Spielberg’s Close Encounters. Great movie, but when you watch it today, technically it comes up a bit short. Fan of CGI, are ya? Very well, you're entitled to your opinion, but personally, I'd think Stevie Wonder would agree that Douglas Trumbull's effects have greater verisimilitude than virtually any CGI effect yet developed... |
Originally posted by Okheresthedeal and subwoofers that will reduce sperm count from two rooms over |
Originally posted by Okheresthedeal I love the movie but I look at its quality as being similar to that of Spielberg’s Close Encounters. Great movie, but when you watch it today, technically it comes up a bit short. The sound is very elementary with its mix and you listen to this ’big damn film’ and have to take into account that it was state of the art when it came out. We kind of think it is lacking now but when we first sat our butts down in the seat at the bijou, we were clapping our hands together and saying ‘now this is how a movie is supposed to sound’. But that was state of the art back in the eighties. Today we have Dolby EX and DTS ES, in our freakin’ HOMES. We have screens that are 50 inches diagonal and subwoofers that will reduce sperm count from two rooms over. So we have by and large, better equipment to enjoy a movie that was made with the best technology twenty years ago, pressed in the early days of DVD. With out spending the time to bring it up to the standards we take for granted today, it will always be on the lower end of the technical quality continuum. So we have to enjoy what we got. And man, I think we still have a hell of a lot to enjoy. |
You are correct. Yeah, my comments were primarily referencing the DVD.
In the theater, the movie was just awesome. The opening, flying over LA, the flame blowing upwards, coming up on the building, the music . . . just freaking great. |
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------------------------------------------------------------------------ Originally posted by mjlukich When the DC DVD was released in 97 in received glowing reviews for the picture quality. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Well, we didn't know any better. It's like classical CDs released in the mid-80s. Everybody was amazed at the clarity of the sound until the flaws were pointed out. Last edited by Grubert on 09-28-04 at 03:23 AM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I wasn't criticizing those reviews. Just pointing out how our expectations have risen as the format has matured. |
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