"Club Penton" - Ask questions to Hollywood insider "Penton-Man"

[Truewitt]

Originally Posted by dobyblue

When a movie is released unrated, as Weinstein have opted to do with Bully, is it at the discretion of the theater to allow people in or does unrated mean anyone can go?

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/03/2...ed-bully-mpaa/

MPAA's response - http://www.mpaa.org/blog

Unfortunately, it means most theaters won't even be showing it as they have policies against showing unrated movies.

[sharkshark]

Originally Posted by dobyblue

How do some inside Hollywood view the reason by the MPAA to not consider reducing the "R" rating from "Bully", a film which hundreds of thousands of people have pleaded/petitioned them to give a lower rating to allow the audience who will most benefit from the movie to see it, while a movie where 24 kids fight to the death is rated PG-13?

When a movie is released unrated, as Weinstein have opted to do with Bully, is it at the discretion of the theater to allow people in or does unrated mean anyone can go?

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/03/2...ed-bully-mpaa/

MPAA's response - http://www.mpaa.org/blog

Saw it yesterday, interviewing the director next week...

It's not the best of docs, but it's very well done for the most part. And, yeah, offensive that they've gone out of their way to protect "kids" on something that's clearly not intended to be expectational. I counted I think one use of the word "Pus$y" without spelling it out, and some scenes of violence that are =actual= scenes of violence.

Up here in Canada it's province-by-province, and most have gone the equiv of PG-13.

[dobyblue]

Are there any plans to have a party when this thread hits 2 million views?

[Steedeel]

If it is to hit that milestone, i need to get busy posting!

[rickah88]

Originally Posted by dobyblue

Are there any plans to have a party when this thread hits 2 million views?

Hey I queried this a few pages ago, and nobody answered!
Well actually I wondering if the posts would hit 20k before the views hit 2mil

[sharkshark]

Mazel Tov
http://www.theverge.com/2012/3/27/29...e-announcement

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Deciazulado

New century, new tools.

And that’s not just only applicable to theatrical or home exhibition (Blu-ray is digital) but also, digital restoration vs. photochemical restoration….
http://parkcircusblog.wordpress.com/...n-taxi-driver/

And lest not any old retired minds (altered by smelling too much vinegar over the years) from other provincial forums dismiss or disparage digital restoration , because there is much more to it than some might realize, even regarding the removal of dirt in which special algorithms are developed for proprietary technology like ‘AutoClean’…http://magazine.creativecow.net/arti...riveri-in-4k/2

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by neo_reloaded

Hey Penton, has Sony been considering / experimenting with Blu-ray only releases? It seems the recently released The Skin I Live In has just one SKU, a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack in a Blu-ray case. I've checked the usual haunts and can't find a trace of a DVD-only SKU. Wondering if this is a conscious decision by Sony, or simply an oversight.

Neo, I’d have to check with one of the marketing people.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by dobyblue

Are there any plans to have a party when this thread hits 2 million views?

Barbecue at Iceman’s house for all members and their +1’s.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

If it is to hit that milestone, i need to get busy posting!

Arsenal is lookin good for 3rd in the Prem.
I think.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

For those not following, scroll down to ‘the family Deschanel’ photo….http://www.cinematographers.nl/Pagin.../deschanel.htm

P.S.
btw, I see that notification of Caleb’s speaking appearance hasn’t yet made it onto the NAB website respective page... http://www.nabshow.com/2012/educatio...ter-series.asp
Oh well, be patient folks, it eventually should get listed in due course. Meanwhile, notice that Curtis Clark, ASC. (bottom right photo) is already shown. Hmm, I wonder what he will be presenting. Could be some new footage shot with the F65?

Today I notice that Caleb’s speaking appearance has now finally made it onto the Creative Master Series schedule, see “The Brave New World of Filmmaking with Digital Technologies”….
http://www.nabshow.com/2012/educatio...ter-series.asp

[Steedeel]

Penton Man, i cannot talk football at the moment. Still too raw for me after last night.

[tob]

we have 3rd place wrapped up its a pity that great form we have now we could have used it at the start of the season another season of what if

[Penton-Man]

Speaking of cameras and cameramen/women, this past weekend there was a get-together on one of the studio lots in Burbank (two-day shoot), which was organized by the ASC and PGA to test five of the latest digital cameras, as well as one film camera, namely, the Sony F65, the ARRI Alexa Studio, the Canon C300, the Red Epic, the Sony PMW-F3 and the ARRI 435. The *mission*, if you will, was for the cinematographers to learn about each individual camera as well as promoting adoption of the ACES workflow …..
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...ep#post5906774

The results of this image control exercise will be revealed at this venue come June…http://www.producedbyconference.com/

Needless to say, the F65 was the first digital camera built from the ground up to support IIF-ACES.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by sharkshark

Mazel Tov
http://www.theverge.com/2012/3/27/29...e-announcement

Dang, does that mean another office change?

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by rickah88

Hey...

Hey is for horses...
Rick, don’t read this spoiler until after you’ve watched The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo …
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...postcount=2061

Nicely done ^ James Luckard.

[Anthony P]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

“In Greek mythology, the Titans were greater even than the gods. They ruled their universe with absolute power.”

not really. The first thing to realize is that we should be talking more Olympians vs Titans since the Titans were gods. But since the Olympians defeated the Titans and locked them in Tartarus I think it would make more sense to assume the Olympians as stronger.

now who were the titans and Olympians? Gaia in ancient greek religion was the creator she gave Birth to Ouranos together they had several children known as the Titans (though some include Gaia & Ouranos as titans as well). Kronos (the youngest of the kids defeated his father to become king of the titans and with his wife Rhea had 6 kids. Now Kronos feared the same would happen to him and so as soon as one of the kids would be born he would eat it (to kill the threat), but with the last kid (Zeus) Rhea tricked Kronos by giving him a rock instead (that he ate). Later when Zeus was grown up he defeated Kronos and freed his siblings and together those 6 (Demeter, Hestia, Hera, Hades, Poseidon and Zeus) were the original Olympian gods. this lead to the war between (most of) the Titans and the Olympians (Prometheus was a titan but fought with the Olympians).

PS also the Titans did not look like monsters as seen in many movies they looked human like the other gods. the CYCLOPS and HECATONCHIRES ( also kids of Ouranos and Gaia but not titans) where monsters but hey fought for their freedom with the Olympian gods against the titans

PPS Ouranos locked up the "monsters" in Tartarus because they were deformed, Gaia wanted their freedom (since they are her children so she made a deal with Kronos, but as soo9n as he was king of gods he locked them up again, that is why Gaia helped Rhea save Zeus so that hopefully he would free them. Also in Cyclops means one eye, and Ouranos had 3 kids born that way that where expert blacksmiths, on the other hand the Cyclops in the Homeric myth (Odyssey) is not one of these three but one of the sons of Poseidon also some of which also had only one eye.

[rickah88]

Originally Posted by Anthony P

not really. The first thing to realize is that we should be talking more Olympians vs Titans since the Titans were gods. But since the Olympians defeated the Titans and locked them in Tartarus I think it would make more sense to assume the Olympians as stronger.

now who were the titans and Olympians? Gaia in ancient greek religion was the creator she gave Birth to Ouranos together they had several children known as the Titans (though some include Gaia & Ouranos as titans as well). Kronos (the youngest of the kids defeated his father to become king of the titans and with his wife Rhea had 6 kids. Now Kronos feared the same would happen to him and so as soon as one of the kids would be born he would eat it (to kill the threat), but with the last kid (Zeus) Rhea tricked Kronos by giving him a rock instead (that he ate). Later when Zeus was grown up he defeated Kronos and freed his siblings and together those 6 (Demeter, Hestia, Hera, Hades, Poseidon and Zeus) were the original Olympian gods. this lead to the war between (most of) the Titans and the Olympians (Prometheus was a titan but fought with the Olympians).

PS also the Titans did not look like monsters as seen in many movies they looked human like the other gods. the CYCLOPS and HECATONCHIRES ( also kids of Ouranos and Gaia but not titans) where monsters but hey fought for their freedom with the Olympian gods against the titans

PPS Ouranos locked up the "monsters" in Tartarus because they were deformed, Gaia wanted their freedom (since they are her children so she made a deal with Kronos, but as soo9n as he was king of gods he locked them up again, that is why Gaia helped Rhea save Zeus so that hopefully he would free them. Also in Cyclops means one eye, and Ouranos had 3 kids born that way that where expert blacksmiths, on the other hand the Cyclops in the Homeric myth (Odyssey) is not one of these three but one of the sons of Poseidon also some of which also had only one eye.

Clearly AP is not one for dry humor, as witnessed by the above response.

[Paul H]

Originally Posted by rickah88

Clearly AP is not one for dry humor, as witnessed by the above response.

IMO, Anthony P's response is a fresh bit of information that I find interesting. Nothing wrong with additional trivia.

Paul

[rickah88]

Originally Posted by Paul H

IMO, Anthony P's response is a fresh bit of information that I find interesting. Nothing wrong with additional trivia.

Paul

Oh no doubt about that! It's very neat piece of information. I just think Penton was using a little dry humor, not thinking that someone might give a brief history of the Titans/Olympians and they roles they all played in Greek Mythology.

It's like if I said jokingly: "Yeah I may turn to sand waiting for LoA to be released"

Then someone posted a long piece about sand, and it's geological value to the planet.