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OldBoy 08-31-15 10:26 AM
Re: Blu-ray you're surprised is not in your collection?
 
so, what movie is that above clip from?

rocket1312 08-31-15 10:39 AM
Re: Blu-ray you're surprised is not in your collection?
 
Originally Posted by milo bloom (Post 12575017)
Yes, more alterations, little tweaks here and there, if you can put up with the SEs, then those won't bother you.

And they look amazing, remember TVs in stores have their brightness turned way up and they also have that "motion smoothing" thing turned on.
I don't want to turn this into another Star Wars thread, but I'd disagree that they look amazing. Ignoring all of the SE changes, the quality of the transfers just aren't that good. Especially when one considers Lucasfilm's reputation as innovators of film technology. The clean-up was done by Lowry, who's automated cleaning software is notorious for eating up detail. Add in the fact that the colors and the brightness/contrast have been f'd with five ways from Sunday, and you have what adds up to a very disappointing presentation. In fact, people on various forums have done tests on the image quality and they show that the picture on the BDs is only putting out about 720p level detail.

DvdClon 08-31-15 12:00 PM
Re: Blu-ray you're surprised is not in your collection?
 
Originally Posted by OldBoy (Post 12575042)
so, what movie is that above clip from?
Kentucky Fried Movie

OldBoy 08-31-15 01:19 PM
Re: Blu-ray you're surprised is not in your collection?
 
Originally Posted by DvdClon (Post 12575160)
Kentucky Fried Movie
thx.

Whiskey Warfield 08-31-15 02:17 PM
Re: Blu-ray you're surprised is not in your collection?
 
The Star Wars films
Godfather I and II
Jaws
E.T.
Mary Poppins
The Ten Commandments
The Sound of Music

OldBoy 08-31-15 03:19 PM
Re: Blu-ray you're surprised is not in your collection?
 
Originally Posted by Screwadu (Post 12575340)
The Star Wars films
Godfather I and II
Jaws
E.T.
Mary Poppins
The Ten Commandments
The Sound of Music
that's some serious filmage there...

Solid Snake 08-31-15 04:04 PM
Re: Blu-ray you're surprised is not in your collection?
 
Originally Posted by OldBoy (Post 12575231)
thx.
It's on Hulu and Amazon Instant Video, if you're looking to see it. I need to get the BD of it. I thought it was awesome.

OldBoy 08-31-15 04:15 PM
Re: Blu-ray you're surprised is not in your collection?
 
Originally Posted by Solid Snake (Post 12575484)
It's on Hulu and Amazon Instant Video, if you're looking to see it. I need to get the BD of it. I thought it was awesome.
just added it to watchlist on Amazon. what is it like a Porky's type movie?
thanks.

rw2516 08-31-15 04:38 PM
Re: Blu-ray you're surprised is not in your collection?
 
Originally Posted by OldBoy (Post 12575497)
just added it to watchlist on Amazon. what is it like a Porky's type movie?
thanks.
It's a spoof movie. Several skits ala SNL only R rated. Several were made all around the same time. The Groove Tube, Tunnelvision and a very hard R one called 69 Minutes that is the best.

Hokeyboy 08-31-15 08:11 PM
Re: Blu-ray you're surprised is not in your collection?
 
Originally Posted by inri222 (Post 12573258)
Didn't know Barry Gibb was also an actor.
Looked more like Rupert Holmes to me ;)

Hokeyboy 08-31-15 08:24 PM
Re: Blu-ray you're surprised is not in your collection?
 
Well since the original host got tired of hotlinking an animated gif...

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lENb6OzabPs" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Alan Smithee 08-31-15 09:54 PM
Re: Blu-ray you're surprised is not in your collection?
 
Looked more like Rupert Holmes to me
It's actually Stephen Bishop.

If you would have told me 10 years ago that there would be a high-def version of Star Wars and I didn't own it, I would have said you were nuts.
There isn't- and anyone who says there IS is nuts! If one ever does come out, I will buy it!

milo bloom 09-01-15 09:22 AM
Re: Blu-ray you're surprised is not in your collection?
 
Originally Posted by rocket1312 (Post 12575054)
I don't want to turn this into another Star Wars thread, but I'd disagree that they look amazing. Ignoring all of the SE changes, the quality of the transfers just aren't that good. Especially when one considers Lucasfilm's reputation as innovators of film technology. The clean-up was done by Lowry, who's automated cleaning software is notorious for eating up detail. Add in the fact that the colors and the brightness/contrast have been f'd with five ways from Sunday, and you have what adds up to a very disappointing presentation. In fact, people on various forums have done tests on the image quality and they show that the picture on the BDs is only putting out about 720p level detail.

I was remembering the initial reviews and my initial viewings, so if further study has shown that then my data is out of date.

And it's still valid to say they'll look better at home than in store given the lack of calibration done on store displays.

Whiskey Warfield 09-01-15 11:26 AM
Re: Blu-ray you're surprised is not in your collection?
 
Originally Posted by OldBoy (Post 12575425)
that's some serious filmage there...
Sometimes I look at my collection and see titles like Curse of Chucky, Snow White & the Huntsman and Prometheus and wonder what's wrong with me.


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