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

[Penton-Man]

You know, I never watch this show but, someone passed this YouTube clip onto me that I can’t resist in sharing with others here, in case you’ve never heard the epitome of enthusiastic talent.

Simply, AMAZING.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YdhCyl8sQQ

[coolmilo]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

You know, I never watch this show but, someone passed this YouTube clip onto me that I can’t resist in sharing with others here, in case you’ve never heard the epitome of enthusiastic talent.

Simply, AMAZING.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YdhCyl8sQQ

I agree, she is terrific. After she wins AGT she can try out for American Idol. Simon Cowell is probably thinking kaching.

[sharkshark]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Well, I’m flattered.
Are you doing a live-aboard on a sailing vessel in the BVI’s or what exactly are your plans and when do you depart?

www.bvidiving.com

I leave sometime early December, pending other signing on (you come, I'll buy you a beer on board...)

The trip is planned by the day, but the Rhone is apparently an "always" destination...

[mikey p]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

You know, I never watch this show but, someone passed this YouTube clip onto me that I can’t resist in sharing with others here, in case you’ve never heard the epitome of enthusiastic talent.

Simply, AMAZING.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YdhCyl8sQQ

I'll say, killer at any age! A pleasure to watch/listen to, thanks for passing this along.

[mikey p]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Isn’t it nice to watch an action movie these days with no shaky cam and edits that average longer than 2 sec. in duration?

ROFLOL, it sure is/was, the down side, a sign of my age.......

[Robert Harris]

Originally Posted by sharkshark

Anyhoo, a shout out (HEY!) to dear forum member RAH, who got mentioned in the (fabulous!) doc I finally got around to on the HTWWW disc... The Cinerama doc had some spectacular images, and Robert was mentioned for using his restoration of Abel Gance's Napoleon... A warm moment indeed after a great doc ("hey, I've typed words to that guy and he read them!"... reflected glory, the best many of us can hope to achieve, alas...)

kudos, Mr. Harris, for one of your not-as-famous restorations. Now, on behalf of Mr. Tomlin, when we gettin' LOA already?

Although kind words are always appreciated, the reconstruction of Abel Gance's Napoleon has been a multi-decade passion of UK archivist extraordinaire Kevin Brownlow. I merely helped to present it with Zoetrope.

RAH

[Anthony P]

Originally Posted by sharkshark

ah. I'll do the Google, but if anyone has links handy, I'd be curious if anyone with, you know, an actual clue about the workings of BD had those ideas, or if it was just pure forum conjecture.

not anyone with an "actual clue" as I remember, just conjecture of what an internet connection could bring (and not necessarily BD related). On the other hand how do you know who has an actual clue or not on the internet?

Looking at the thread I was thinking how it is a no win situation, and then this potential solution popped into my head.

[Anthony P]

Originally Posted by Robert Harris

Although kind words are always appreciated, the reconstruction of Abel Gance's Napoleon has been a multi-decade passion of UK archivist extraordinaire Kevin Brownlow. I merely helped to present it with Zoetrope.

RAH

so any chance of it on BD?


sorry could not help myself from asking.

[AnimeOnBlu]

Penton,
Is there any way you can ask your contacts at Sony why they decided to not include the original theatrical subtitles for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. If you are unfamiliar with the problem, please see here. Ultimately, my concern is with the translation being used. Sony seems to be using a new translation that is different from the one Ang Lee and James Schamus used for the theatrical showing. The theatrical translation is more fluid than the new translation and I was curious that with all the extra space on the BR, why they could not have included the original translation and the new translation. Ang Lee has actually said in the DVD commentary that he made painstaking efforts to make sure the subtitles were perfect, and I would like to see those subtitles present (as would others).

Thanks.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by sharkshark

www.bvidiving.com

I leave sometime early December, pending other signing on (you come, I'll buy you a beer on board...)

The trip is planned by the day, but the Rhone is apparently an "always" destination...

Looks sweeeet!
Shark, before you hang up your fins forever, might I suggest one other dive destination. Try to find a live-aboard diving vacation around the Society Islands (Tahiti– they parlez francais as well as English), as the sailing there combined with diving the underwater world is supreme. Since you are also a movie freak, you will appreciate the landscapes for movies like Mutiny on the Bounty.

Then hop a short flight over to Rangiroa atoll which has one of the largest (if not the largest? natural lagoon) in all of the Pacific and stay at the Kia Ora Village http://www.hotelkiaora.com/home.php or nearby Kia Ora Sauvage.

The atoll's lagoon was well known for years by marine biologists as a mating area for sharks....which are in abundance. In fact, I saw my first Tiger shark in open water in the Pacific outside the atoll just prior to shooting the Tiputa pass for a wild ride into the atoll’s lagoon with all the fishies.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by AnimeOnBlu

Penton,
Is there any way you can ask your contacts at Sony why they decided to not include the original theatrical subtitles for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. If you are unfamiliar with the problem, please see here.

Thanks.

The tech guy in charge of that title reads this thread regularly, so I really don’t have to approach him as you ask.
If he is interested in enlightening people about the whys and wherefores then I’m sure he will contact me concerning the specifics about it and I will most assuredly pass his words onto you.

Personally, I don’t want to muck up the waters (the poll/survey) with individual title queries as I think the Option #1 and Option #2ers are greater stakeholders in terms of possible policy/practice changes. In other words, I think you guys have bigger fish to fry.

[Penton-Man]

A Hero (Shifty of Easy Company) recently passed –

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/#31929477

[sharkshark]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

A Hero (Shifty of Easy Company) recently passed –

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/#31929477

thanks for the link... Grandfather actually landed at Normandy (Candians had it a wee bit easier, making up somewhat for this little bit of fun that's not often discussed in American school books..

[sharkshark]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Since you are also a movie freak, you will appreciate the landscapes for movies like Mutiny on the Bounty.

Yup, got it on HD-DVD! (sorry, couldn't resist... )

The whole point of this trip was originally to go to Oz and dive the reef, but I bought a house, meaning the larger trip just wasn't in the cards this year. Still, this is a nice compromise to be sure, and I'll try for Oz next winter.

The Fiji diving looks spectacular... Craziest thing I ever heard about doing was from a rebreathing diver on the boat with me in Turks (he was cert'ing for deep rebreathing, going down to 350+ ft... super insane!)

Anyhoo, he had gone to Bikini Atol to dive =under= the battleships... I'll sadly never have the money to do such a trip, but as a Hollywood mogul I thought I'd pass the idea along to you...

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by sharkshark

The Fiji diving looks spectacular...

No, no, no.
Look at your map!

Fiji is more west.
Tahiti is in French Polynesia.
Google the Wikipedia entry for Conrad Hall.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by sharkshark

Yup, got it on HD-DVD! (sorry, couldn't resist... )

Nor could I.
How comfortable for you is it in that closet?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH7S_Nwb8fU

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Esox50

I think we're going to have to start using mind tricks on Penton to get him to subtly influence paidgeek to get us...
The Mask of Zorro!!!

w/ CZJ

By the time that one gets released, we're all gonna need Cialis for daily use...

Geek says Esox (with one "s") reminds me of this dude in the commercial...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVvhM...eature=channel

[Esox50]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Geek says Esox (with one "s") reminds me of this dude in the commercial...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVvhM...eature=channel

Esox says Geek's (with two "e"s ) stock would go up if he helps us get Mask of Zorro released on Blu.

Esox is also patiently waiting for Sept 1. "FrEEEEEEEEEEEEEdom"

[sharkshark]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

No, no, no.
Look at your map!

Fiji is more west.
Tahiti is in French Polynesia.
Google the Wikipedia entry for Conrad Hall.

Silly typo/brain fart, but, frankly, one paradise looks the same as the other from this side of the world...

[sharkshark]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Nor could I.
How comfortable for you is it in that closet?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH7S_Nwb8fU

Cute

BTW, still Rockin' a Laserdisc player in the rack, and I've actually got a Pioneer 8-track player that's a rack component (RCAs and everything) for amusement sake.

But the LD's a must have, if only for all those titles or exclusive materials available only on those big, shiny discs (like, say, the sensational, Kubrick-directed trailer for Stranglelove that Sony stupidly left off the disc and that I demand they put on as a BD-Live addition... grrr...)

Sometimes, you must admit, the film trumps the format. (*poke*, *poke*)