Blazing Saddles review on Amazon

[Weez_Dawg]

Hello,

I have owned the PS3 and a 61" JVC 1080p tv for over 4 months now. I have a number of BR dvd's and some are very impressive while others just make me say "WTF?". A good BR to buy is Blazing Saddles, even though it was filmed in 1974 it is one of the better remasterings that I have seen. It was the first DVD I ever bought and the first BR.



Blazing Saddles Blu-ray

Blazing Saddles Blu-ray Review

[radagast]

Dammit these hd-dvd bastards really piss me off. Look at this review on Amazon for the Blu version of Blazing Saddles:

"This is one of the first VC-1 encoded discs for Blu-Ray. The disc picture quality looks pretty good but still is not the tremendous picture offered by the HD DVD version. Apparently there is more wrong with Blu-Ray then just the MPEG-2 encodes of the early releases. "

Following that was a response that exposed the lying SOB:

"I have to believe that many of people that are reviewing the Blu-ray discs have a mind set that HD is better than Blu-ray. DVDtalk said the following about the Blu-ray version of Blazing Saddles; "Now that Warner has taken to using the same VC-1 encodings on Blu-ray that they originally prepared for HD DVD, the same movie released on both formats should be virtually identical from one to the other. In this case, the video transfer given to Blazing Saddles is nothing short of remarkable and belies its 30+ year age." And yet no matter what the experts say, there are people reviewing Blu-ray and comparing it to HD, with little or no objectivity and with the sole purpose of making HD look better. It's funny how politics creeps into everything."

If anyone here has Blazing Saddles on Blu, they should add to the positive reviews on Amazon.

Obviously the jackass with the first review doesn't know the difference between "than" and "then".

[Amel]

I hate HDDVD fans! Most of them are just plain ridiculous and speak out of their ass. I would not waste my time like that, its strange, really strange.

[radagast]

Originally Posted by Amel

I hate HDDVD fans! Most of them are just plain ridiculous and speak out of their ass. I would not waste my time like that, its strange, really strange.

Well I don't know how many people read reviews on Amazon, but even one person being deceived is too much for me.

[Rustmonsteru]

The comments following the review seem to effectively quell the review itself but how far do most people read? Sigh.... It's a world of sh*t slinging out there. I wish people would grow up.


Off topic but radagast as in Radagst the Brown?

[CptGreedle]

Don't worry about that guy, only 2 people thought it was a "useful" review... no one would believe him anyways since everyone knows Blu-ray is superior to HD-DVD. Just another sad attempt at FUD against Blu-ray by the HD-DVD camp.

[Damiesmallz]

Funny thing is Amazon seems very Blu, but there is an occasional review that is just off the wall. I was thinking with all the people asking to flood AVS, lets switch it and flood Amazon. Educate the people.

[glenn22]

here's a direct link is case someone wants it:

http://www.amazon.com/Blazing-Saddle...blurayforum-20

[radagast]

Originally Posted by Rustmonsteru

The comments following the review seem to effectively quell the review itself but how far do most people read? Sigh.... It's a world of sh*t slinging out there. I wish people would grow up.


Off topic but radagast as in Radagst the Brown?

Yes, Radagast The Brown. When I first used this ID in different places, no one else was. I thought it was unique and obscure enough. Now I see it all over the place.

[Iceman_II]

Here is the review I just posted, lets see if it makes it onto the site:

I have been consistantly impressed by the quality of transfers from old films, especially "The Searchers" and "Blazing Saddles". Anyone who contends that an identical VC-1 transfer looks differently on either of the two HD formats is looking at the world through format skewed glasses. The same encode looks the same in either format, unless some of the bits are getting lost in the blu ray data transfer because the bandwidth available is SO much greater than the low bitrate VC-1 transfer needs

The only disapointment I see in this transfer is that Warner chose to remain constrained by the size limitations of HD-DVD when using the VC-1 transfer for the Blu-Ray release, notice that because there was no space on the HD-DVD version for "extras" the Blu version didn't get extras either.

I can appreciate Warner staying format neutral, but the customer who chooses a technically better format deserves software that takes advantage of that superiority, not software that is simply warmed over and dumbed down to the least common denominator.

All that said, Blazing Saddles is a worthwhile addition to your Blu library.

[ZMan]

Originally Posted by Iceman_II

Here is the review I just posted, lets see if it makes it onto the site:

I have been consistantly impressed by the quality of transfers from old films, especially "The Searchers" and "Blazing Saddles". Anyone who contends that an identical VC-1 transfer looks differently on either of the two HD formats is looking at the world through format skewed glasses. The same encode looks the same in either format, unless some of the bits are getting lost in the blu ray data transfer because the bandwidth available is SO much greater than the low bitrate VC-1 transfer needs

The only disapointment I see in this transfer is that Warner chose to remain constrained by the size limitations of HD-DVD when using the VC-1 transfer for the Blu-Ray release, notice that because there was no space on the HD-DVD version for "extras" the Blu version didn't get extras either.

I can appreciate Warner staying format neutral, but the customer who chooses a technically better format deserves software that takes advantage of that superiority, not software that is simply warmed over and dumbed down to the least common denominator.

All that said, Blazing Saddles is a worthwhile addition to your Blu library.

NICE...extremely well stated!!!!

[radagast]

Originally Posted by Iceman_II

Here is the review I just posted, lets see if it makes it onto the site:

I have been consistantly impressed by the quality of transfers from old films, especially "The Searchers" and "Blazing Saddles". Anyone who contends that an identical VC-1 transfer looks differently on either of the two HD formats is looking at the world through format skewed glasses. The same encode looks the same in either format, unless some of the bits are getting lost in the blu ray data transfer because the bandwidth available is SO much greater than the low bitrate VC-1 transfer needs

The only disapointment I see in this transfer is that Warner chose to remain constrained by the size limitations of HD-DVD when using the VC-1 transfer for the Blu-Ray release, notice that because there was no space on the HD-DVD version for "extras" the Blu version didn't get extras either.

I can appreciate Warner staying format neutral, but the customer who chooses a technically better format deserves software that takes advantage of that superiority, not software that is simply warmed over and dumbed down to the least common denominator.

All that said, Blazing Saddles is a worthwhile addition to your Blu library.

Good job. Now we need to have a lot of us who have Blu titles, who are impressed with the PQ and SQ go to Amazon and give good reviews for the respective discs. No need to lie. Blu doesn't need people to lie to promote it. Only hd-dvd needs lying to succeed.

[tron3]

Originally Posted by glenn22

here's a direct link is case someone wants it:

http://www.amazon.com/Blazing-Saddle...blurayforum-20

I went there just to vote "no" on his review being helpful. We all should.

Pathetic HD-FUD fans.

[stockstar1138]

i just reported his a$$

[tron3]

Originally Posted by radagast

Well I don't know how many people read reviews on Amazon, but even one person being deceived is too much for me.

I read them, but I'm pretty objective. Have to learn to chew the cherry and spit of the pit. Some people are just out with a vendetta, others don't know the product well enough to say anything more than "it's great". Sometimes you have figure who actually is worth reading, and who is just blowing hot air.

[radagast]

Originally Posted by tron3

I went there just to vote "no" on his review being helpful. We all should.

Pathetic HD-FUD fans.

GREAT IDEA!!! I just went there and voted no.

[Mericalis]

Originally Posted by radagast

GREAT IDEA!!! I just went there and voted no.

Ladies and Gentlemen, have you read all his reviews???? Might take a look...he looks like he used to be neutral, but recent reviews show he's definately on the RED side.

[ZMan]

Originally Posted by tron3

I went there just to vote "no" on his review being helpful. We all should.

Pathetic HD-FUD fans.

I just went there and voted "no" and as of this posting Iceman II's post at Amazon has not been posted. Figured as much!

[Mericalis]

Originally Posted by ZMan

I just went there and voted "no" and as of this posting Iceman II's post at Amazon has not been posted. Figured as much!

If you voted no on these comments, go vote on some of his others...

[CptGreedle]

I responded to him, made another positive comment about Blazing Saddles, voted no to his comment, and reported him... My work here is done!

Captain GREEDLE AWAY!