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

[GGX]

Originally Posted by Jeff Kleist

Patience young jedi, soon enough

Star Wars is coming to Blu-ray!?

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by juanell

“There’s what people want to hear, what people want to believe, there’s everything else.
THEN there’s the truth.”

Speaking of The International, what can you tell us about the eventual release on Blu?

It’s a tad too early to tell.
Additionally, I really don’t enjoy giving out release date info unless, it is a special circumstance sort of thing.

I must say though, nice pick-up on the quote.
Is that quote floating around somewhere on the internet or did you actually attend a theatrical presentation?

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Esox50

-Esox (only 1 s BTW)

I got it.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by SquidPuppet

Thanks for trying.

You’re welcome.

I’m beginning to think that there is so much bureaucracy over there in home video that it is truly amazing that they can even accomplish the most rudimentary tasks…….meaning they go so slow, it’s lucky they're not rolling backwards.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Esox50

Penton, -Esox (again 1 s :P)

I got it again.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by iceman

A reliable source is telling me that the California real-estate market will go down at least another 15%, so how about a new beach house?

I already have one and $490,000 wouldn’t get me more than a shoe box in La Jolla, even with the economy.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by SquidPuppet

You got it.

[okrogius]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Is that quote floating around somewhere on the internet or did you actually attend a theatrical presentation?

http://www.popmatters.com/pm/article...-of-his-words/

[Jeff Kleist]

I saw it theatrically. Great shoot up of the Gugenheim (sp?). I just wish it'd been done Shoot 'em Up style, it could have been the coolest thing ever

[juanell]

What jeff said! I saw it last week. Tom Tykwer does not pass up an opportunity to put great architecture on the screen. I was asking about the master if you've seen it. How bout this, at least tell me which scenes were shot in 65mm? Please sir:-)

[Alan Gordon]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

I already have one and $490,000 wouldn’t get me more than a shoe box in La Jolla, even with the economy.

I'm always AMAZED at the price differences in realty between different areas.

Where I live, $490,000 will buy you a McMansion, a ton of land for Maya and family to live, and an additional wife or two. Of course, if your wife has a problem with the additional wives, the money could probably afford another husband or two for her! They come cheap around here! Of course, if one is enough for the both of you, you can always add on a guest house!

Of course, that's not to say some people around here don't have more expensive homes... like the guy who owns Victoria's Secret.... but then, he had to have room for whenever the models visited with him and his wife. I wonder if Marko Jaric will be visiting with his wife sometime soon!

~Alan

[sharkshark]

...nice to see others shouting kudos to Muchausen's excellent doc. It's not a Sony property, but I've got to give a shout out to what I think is a tragically underappreciated disc, namely, Zodiac. Launched at the end of the so-called war, it certainly has suffered I think from a lack of momentum.

I loved the film, but the documentary is just jaw droppingly great - Errol Morris like, the interrotron interviews are astounding intimate. Most incredibly, the documentarians actually connect dots that neither the film nor the original police investigation was able to do, as the making-of crew were seemingly among the first to tie these disparate elements together. You literally feel like you're seeing history being made while watching the making of a film. If there's a hell for gormless EPK fluff, there's a large space in heaven for the Zodiac and the peerless team (under Fincher's usual dude, David Prior, no?) that puts that masterpiece together. Seven, Panic Room, Fight Club... nobody can say that Fincher doesn't give value and context to his flicks. Zodiac, and Munchausen along with it, are certainly discs that should be used to hit those "I never watch extras" cretins over the head with. IMHO, of course.

And, yeah, Legend's woman certainly has respelendent bazoombas:



Impressive effects, I hope they look real in person.

Penton, how good were your seats? Or were you behind Winslett's dad's hat, unable to see the stage? And did your stomach get kinda twisted in nots when the screen didn't open during the opening film sequence?

[Esox50]

Originally Posted by Esox50

PS: I'm still waiting for your "Freeeeeeeedom" comment months ago to materialize.

Originally Posted by Jeff Kleist

Patience young jedi, soon enough

So...Penton and I "didn't get dressed up fer nuthin'".

[Eternal_Sunshine]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

The TRUTH, my friend , is that some of the people in the depts. totally responsible for your viewing pleasure with the Munch, read this thread. Additionally, they are super motivated in bringing the best product available to the Blu-ray format for home theater enthusiasts.

Except for still putting the subtitles for scope films into the lower black bar instead of inside the picture area where they belong...

[Oliver K]

Originally Posted by Eternal_Sunshine

Except for still putting the subtitles for scope films into the lower black bar instead of inside the picture area where they belong...

I'd like to add that they should be smaller, too - this is Blu-Ray and not DVD and people are sitting close enough to not need subtitles that are like one ft high on bigger screens. If you sit so far away that you need DVD sized subs to be able to read them what's the point of buying a Blu-Ray in the first place ?

[Eternal_Sunshine]

Originally Posted by Oliver K

I'd like to add that they should be smaller, too - this is Blu-Ray and not DVD and people are sitting close enough to not need subtitles that are like one ft high on bigger screens. If you sit so far away that you need DVD sized subs to be able to read them what's the point of buying a Blu-Ray in the first place ?

Absolutely. And it usually goes hand in hand as those studios that "get it" and put the subs in the picture area (Disney, Universal, Fox, Paramount) usually make them smaller so they do not become too obtrusive. Win-win.

[Dennis M]

Originally Posted by Eternal_Sunshine

Except for still putting the subtitles for scope films into the lower black bar instead of inside the picture area where they belong...

Doesn't exactly work for those of us using projectors with an anamorphic lens.

[Bobby Henderson]

Does anyone know what kind of font handling the Blu-ray format uses for subtitles? Are the fonts strictly pixel-based, or are they similar to vector-based TrueType or Postscript Type 1 fonts (btw OpenType is only a cross-platform container for TT or PS T1 fonts).

What I'm getting at is it would be nice if the user could specify on screen placement of subtitles, their size and even the type style being used.

I don't need great big subtitles on my 52" TV. They could be smaller and still be perfectly legible. I also prefer subtitles be placed down in the black bar area on 2.39:1 movies. However, someone with a video projection setup may need the option to place the subtitles in the image area. End users need a choice.

Arial sucks it big time as a style choice for subtitles. It isn't appropriate for every movie (some BD movies do vary in subtitle style). If I'm watching a period piece drama with actors speaking French it might be nice to be able to grab a caption weight of Garamond Premiere Pro OTF from my computer, load it into my PS3 and select that as the font choice for subtitles.

Originally Posted by Alan Gordon

Where I live, $490,000 will buy you a McMansion, a ton of land for Maya and family to live, and an additional wife or two.

Not everyone can get used to the heat and humidity of South Georgia. I worked at a TV station in Albany, GA for a couple of years. Just two seasons there: Summer and January! I liked it alright. Not too far from the Florida coast.

Half a million dollars will buy a whole lot of home in most areas of Oklahoma. I could build a pretty decent lake front residence out in the Wichita Mountains for that kind of coin. However, there are certain neighborhoods flush with oil money where half a million would only get you a modest sized lot. There's a few mansions in this state that seem more like castles. Must be nice to live in one, but I'd sure hate to pay that air conditioning bill!

[Grubert]

Originally Posted by Bobby Henderson

Does anyone know what kind of font handling the Blu-ray format uses for subtitles? Are the fonts strictly pixel-based, or are they similar to vector-based TrueType or Postscript Type 1 fonts (btw OpenType is only a cross-platform container for TT or PS T1 fonts).

All that we've had so far is bitmapped subtitles, just like with DVD. Technically vector fonts are possible, but nobody's using them.

If I'm watching a period piece drama with actors speaking French it might be nice to be able to grab a caption weight of Garamond Premiere Pro OTF from my computer, load it into my PS3 and select that as the font choice for subtitles.

That'd look nice but also would be impractical. It has been found that sans serif fonts (Helvetica or Futura) are the easiest to read in the limited time the subtitle is on-screen.

[Jeff Kleist]

]Does anyone know what kind of font handling the Blu-ray format uses for subtitles? Are the fonts strictly pixel-based, or are they similar to vector-based TrueType or Postscript Type 1 fonts (btw OpenType is only a cross-platform container for TT or PS T1 fonts).

The problem with the player-generated fonts is the greatly variable quality of them, a big reason why no one is using them

I expect especially higher end players that someone will put in a sub bump feature at some point