Metropolis (KINO)
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The old DVD's audio commentary was pretty bad. Mostly narration about what's happening on screen.... pass, go for the new Masters Of Cinema commentary. The only problem with that might be that it sounds like Kalat and Rosenbaum are in the toilet together....
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Nudity and semi-nudity were actually very common in the early days of cinema. It was all that licentiousness that brought about the introduction of the Hays Code in 1930.
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True. It was a first for me though, I've seen a number of silent films and can't recall seeing any nudity previously.
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Received my MOC dual format today. I found a great utility called Blu-ray Region Tray Tool that lets you switch between regions, and it works perfectly!
I'm really loving this BD. The noticeable degradation in image quality for the new scenes doesn't bother me in the least.
The only thing I didn't like is that one of the clips that holds the booklet in the case broke during shipping. Things like that always seem to happen to specialized cases.
I'm really loving this BD. The noticeable degradation in image quality for the new scenes doesn't bother me in the least.
The only thing I didn't like is that one of the clips that holds the booklet in the case broke during shipping. Things like that always seem to happen to specialized cases.
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Re: Metropolis (KINO)
Received my MOC dual format today. I found a great utility called Blu-ray Region Tray Tool that lets you switch between regions, and it works perfectly!
I'm really loving this BD. The noticeable degradation in image quality for the new scenes doesn't bother me in the least.
The only thing I didn't like is that one of the clips that holds the booklet in the case broke during shipping. Things like that always seem to happen to specialized cases.
I'm really loving this BD. The noticeable degradation in image quality for the new scenes doesn't bother me in the least.
The only thing I didn't like is that one of the clips that holds the booklet in the case broke during shipping. Things like that always seem to happen to specialized cases.
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Re: Metropolis (KINO)
It's a software hack for PowerDVD and ArcSoft. Looks like it just changes the "BDregion" info in a .ini file. When the region is changed that way, as opposed to using PowerDVD or ArcSoft's menus to change the region, it seems like it no longer adheres to the whole "You can only change your region 5 times" policy.
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I found it on avsforum.
I'd love to have something for my standalone player or my PS3, but this lets me watch what I want via my PC which is hooked up to my TV.
*edit* Like SomethingMore said, except I think it's a registry value that's being updated.
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I got the Kino BD for Christmas, and we watched it Sunday. It's a huge improvement over the previous Kino version. Not only have missing plot elements been restored, but the frames-per-second rate has been slowed so that the action looks right.
The change in projection speed makes the sexy dance more sexy, the scary sequences more disturbing, and the fight scenes more convincing. Markinnyc was right.
The added footage results in a more coherent story, and more dramatic detail. For example, the sequence where the angry mob of workers captures the false Maria has been completely reworked, so that the mob very nearly captures and kills the real Maria, and then get the false Maria only by chance.
The change in projection speed makes the sexy dance more sexy, the scary sequences more disturbing, and the fight scenes more convincing. Markinnyc was right.
The added footage results in a more coherent story, and more dramatic detail. For example, the sequence where the angry mob of workers captures the false Maria has been completely reworked, so that the mob very nearly captures and kills the real Maria, and then get the false Maria only by chance.
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The theatrical release last year was (obviously) 24fps. The speedup was quite noticeable during any scenes where characters run around.
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