The Criterion Collection

[Scottie]

[The Sovereign]

Originally Posted by italy12

Newsletter clue:

The Prince of Tides????

I'd say so. But there's also a film called The Sea Purple.

[italy12]

Originally Posted by The Sovereign

I'd say so. But there's also a film called The Sea Purple.

Oooooh and Prince the artist is more connected with the royal color...makes sense!!

[moviflicilm]

Originally Posted by italy12

Newsletter clue:

The Prince of Tides????

Prince of Tides was a Laser Disc title and I've heard reports of restoration from Streisand.

[Cremildo]

Interesting choice for Criterion. Not a film I thought I'd ever revisit.

[octagon]

Talk about an obvious clue...

[MifuneFan]

For sure Prince of Tides
Which rhymes with The Princess Bride
This was a Haiku

[The Sovereign]

Originally Posted by Cremildo

Interesting choice for Criterion. Not a film I thought I'd ever revisit.

Not a film I ever thought of visiting. But I did work enough years in a record store to acknowledge the cult of Streisand. They'll sell a bunch of them and maybe it will sponsor one of my weirdo selections.

[DukeTogo84]

Originally Posted by Hellspawn28

It would be nice if Criterion adds some movies from Kinji Fukasaku. Under the Flag of the Rising Sun would be perfect for Criterion.

Under the Flag of the Rising Sun is an amazing movie. Would love to upgrade my DVD.

[BluConniseur]

Originally Posted by octagon

Talk about an obvious clue...

Fast Times?

[mrjohnnyb]

Originally Posted by Cremildo

Interesting choice for Criterion. Not a film I thought I'd ever revisit.

Agreed. Why couldn't he be surrounded by an urban landscape. I would have snagged Prince of the City at the first 50% off sale!

[Xtempo]

There was a Prince of Tides Criterion LaserDisc.

[Cremildo]

Yeah, moviflicilm mentioned that on the previous page.

[Gacivory]

Originally Posted by mrjohnnyb

Agreed. Why couldn't he be surrounded by an urban landscape. I would have snagged Prince of the City at the first 50% off sale!

I am in desperate need of a Prince of the City Blu-Ray! I’m hoping Criterion or Warner Archive!

[SuperFlyHighGuy]

Wow a clue even I got! Unless it turns out to be something else...

[Ray Jackson]

Upgrades of Red Beard and The Human] Condition are my new white whales.

I’ll go straight up Mad Queen on the Criterion headquarters if I have to.

I don’t want to, but I will.

...it’s in my blood.

[Show spoiler]

[Snicket]

It’s a real terrifying future where we may very well get a Criterion BD-R before we see a UHD.

[hoytereden]

Originally Posted by Snicket

It’s a real terrifying future where we may very well get a Criterion BD-R before we see a UHD.

I honestly don't know how many of their titles I'd want on UHD. The Malicks probably but I've bought and rebought Criterion films on LD, DVD, BD and I've kind of hit the wall with Bluray being my final format. I have a few 4K discs and something like 2001 looks terrific but I'm not sure that a film like The Bicycle Thieves, for example, is going to be a showcase for higher resolution.

[Bates_Motel]

Originally Posted by Snicket

It’s a real terrifying future where we may very well get a Criterion BD-R before we see a UHD.

Not really, since streaming will rival disc (and currently does already in certain instances) and there will be no need for any sort of disc.

Originally Posted by ravenus

Highly unlikely. Streaming does not even equal a well-encoded blu-ray, especially not audio. And bandwidth constraints are a huge limitation on what is possible in streaming. Technically you can have 4K channels but they will not be equivalent to the quality of a physical disc.

Except that's 100% completely wrong. I've watched 4K streaming that easily surpasses 1080p blu-ray. Whether or not its equal to UHD remains to be seen, but the tech is there and you are sorely mistaken. And since technology - as you and I well know, since you're so well-versed in it - progresses exponentially, it's only a matter of very short time.

This whole "streaming isn't as good" argument is fine if you want to mislead people and keep your pipe dreams hinged to antiquated media, but it simply isn't true, and is complete misinformation if you actually have seen the technology. It's obvious most people haven't and just wish to spout nonsense, but those are the facts.

[Professor Echo]

Originally Posted by Bates_Motel

Not really, since streaming will rival disc (and currently does already in certain instances) and there will be no need for any sort of disc.

Except that's 100% completely wrong. I've watched 4K streaming that easily surpasses 1080p blu-ray. Whether or not its equal to UHD remains to be seen, but the tech is there and you are sorely mistaken. And since technology - as you and I well know, since you're so well-versed in it - progresses exponentially, it's only a matter of very short time.

This whole "streaming isn't as good" argument is fine if you want to mislead people and keep your pipe dreams hinged to antiquated media, but it simply isn't true, and is complete misinformation if you actually have seen the technology. It's obvious most people haven't and just wish to spout nonsense, but those are the facts.

If this is how you feel, why are you even on this site? If you feel you have to cheerlead streaming, why waste your time on a site called Blu-ray.com? Surely your often self-proclaimed vast expertise and all the eminently condescending contributions it wreaks could be applied on a site dedicated to streaming? Speaking only for myself, if there’s anything I can do to expedite such a transition so those who prefer streaming over physical media can benefit from your obvious enthusiasm for the platform, thereby depriving us here from your frequent joyless odes, please don’t hesitate to ask.