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

[Constitution 101]

There's a 20min documentary on the supplemental disc of the Godfather trilogy on some of the technical aspects of bringing an old film like that to Blu-ray. VERY informative...

[syncguy]

Originally Posted by Constitution 101

There's a 20min documentary on the supplemental disc of the Godfather trilogy on some of the technical aspects of bringing an old film like that to Blu-ray. VERY informative...

I have Godfather trilogy but never seen this. I am not a fan of extras - should check this out.

This is yet another software solution from yet another vendor using another platform that claims to be a little better or more robust than others, at best.

That's a relief... hope that industry will not take it too seriously.

[horseflesh]

Any thoughts on this Penton;
Disney to buy Marvel for $4bn

Will it affect, for example, Spider-Man and Fantastic Four films, currently owned by Sony and Fox respecively?

[Oliver K]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Don’t everyone now get their panties in a knot, because we’ve had these tools for years.
This is yet another software solution from yet another vendor using another platform that claims to be a little better or more robust than others, at best.

It is good to know that despite these technologies existing for years we still get Blu-Rays that look like South Pacific and Gandhi or Hancock and Iron Man

[Clark Kent]

Penton-Man, any comments on the following news about the Shield, a property controlled by Sony?

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Shi...e-Series/12589

It is disappointing that this excellent show will not see a Blu-ray release.

[Alan Gordon]

Originally Posted by Clark Kent

Penton-Man, any comments on the following news about the Shield, a property controlled by Sony?

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Shi...e-Series/12589

It is disappointing that this excellent show will not see a Blu-ray release.

I was just about to post about that CK.

I'm not a "fan" of "The Shield", but I was VERY interested in the reasons behind it's lack of release.

~Alan

[Alan Gordon]

Originally Posted by horseflesh

Any thoughts on this Penton;
Disney to buy Marvel for $4bn

Will it affect, for example, Spider-Man and Fantastic Four films, currently owned by Sony and Fox respecively?

I'm LOVING the fact that Pixar and Marvel Studios recently had talks... which left BOTH sides VERY excited!

~Alan

[Alan Gordon]

Oh yeah, another question for PM...

Has this Blu-ray release been cancelled?

Assassination of a High School President Announced on BD

~Alan

[captain_celluloid]

Originally Posted by Alan Gordon

I was just about to post about that CK.

I'm not a "fan" of "The Shield", but I was VERY interested in the reasons behind it's lack of release.

~Alan

When a studo says "16 mil is not good enough" what they usually mean is that
"our mediocre penny pinching post production pipeline made the film
look bad and further, we are not about to spend the dough to re-transfer it"

Take a look at THE HURT LOCKER in a theatre
with great projection. It was shot Super 16 and looks excellent . . .
and not just "excellent for Super 16" but just plain excellent.

Wonder is the Powers That Be at Sony have seen THE HURT LOCKER???

I will bet [ medium ] money that if THE SHIELD were re-transferred it
would look quite good on Blu Ray.

-30-

Captain Celluloid
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Film Guy Using Digital Post

Film Is Not Dead -- it is the GOLD STANDARD to which all other formats
are compared.

Preserve ORIGINAL ASPECT RATIO

Friends Don't Let Friends OVERUSE DNR / EE

Don't confuse MOTION with ACCOMPLISHMENT

[Alan Gordon]

Originally Posted by captain_celluloid

Take a look at THE HURT LOCKER in a theatre with great projection. It was shot Super 16 and looks excellent . . .
and not just "excellent for Super 16" but just plain excellent.

I'm aware that 16mm can look great!

"Scrubs" Season Eight was aired in HD on ABC and looked great. "Burn Notice" doesn't look very good on USA HD, but looked very good on Blu-ray.

I'm just curious if people who expect every thing to look like a sporting event has quashed Sony's desire to release a 16mm TV show, or if it's just an excuse given TV on Blu-ray sales right now.

~Alan

[Alan Gordon]

Oh yeah, I noticed for the first time that two upcoming Sony catalog titles have $24.95 MSRPs. That's cheaper than Universal's new $26.95 catalog MSRPs.

AWESOME!!

Will Sony lower the MSRPs on their current catalog releases soon?

~Alan

[Doctorossi]

Originally Posted by Alan Gordon

Oh yeah, I noticed for the first time that two upcoming Sony catalog titles have $24.95 MSRPs.

Good movies?

[Alan Gordon]

Originally Posted by Doctorossi

Good movies?

Depends on your taste.

I was referring to "Night Of The Creeps" and "Godzilla".

I've never seen "Night Of The Creeps" (any good?), and I'm one of the few people who actually liked "Godzilla", but I'm aware many people would say no to the second one.

"Wolf" and "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein" are both priced at $24.95 too, but I haven't seen them either.

~Alan

[Mr. Cinema]

Originally Posted by Doctorossi

Good movies?

Regarding Universal, "An American Werewolf in London" is sporting their new $26.98 list price.

[PeterTHX]

Originally Posted by Alan Gordon

I'm LOVING the fact that Pixar and Marvel Studios recently had talks... which left BOTH sides VERY excited!

I'm sure Marvel's jealous that one of the best super hero films of *all time* was Pixar's The Incredibles. I just hope they don't pollute the sequel talks...maybe they were excited about killing it perhaps?

[Alan Gordon]

Originally Posted by Mr. Cinema

Regarding Universal, "An American Werewolf in London" is sporting their new $26.98 list price.

Yeah, all of Universal's upcoming catalog titles are priced that way aside from "Army Of Darkness" and "Shaun Of The Dead".

~Alan

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by syncguy

That's a relief... hope that industry will not take it too seriously.

Actually a much more practical problem is that when you grade the dailies, often the Producers, editors and some studio executives really get accustomed to and comfortable with the 'look' after seeing it like that for months. So much so, that they fall in love with the dailies 'look' and subconsciously think of that 'look' (color, contrast, grain, sharpness, etc.) as the “right” or “correct” choice for how the imagery should appear.....in their minds.

Then, when the material makes its way through DI, they all freak because the final grading ends up making the film look as though it’s in some weird color space (compared to the dailies) and it takes a ‘strong-minded’ Director and D.P. to see the process thru to the end despite all the yelping from the peanut gallery (see above)….constantly reminding them that dailies are just dailies.

[Alan Gordon]

Originally Posted by PeterTHX

I'm sure Marvel's jealous that one of the best super hero films of *all time* was Pixar's The Incredibles. I just hope they don't pollute the sequel talks...maybe they were excited about killing it perhaps?

While a Marvel based Pixar film might delay or kill a sequel to "The Incredibles", all mentions of the talks seemed to focus on the possibility of joint projects... and NOT about Marvel coming in and squashing a sequel.

Also, while "The Incredibles" was great, it (like "Heroes") used powers/plots from many sources from both Marvel and DC... not to mention that Marvel and DC have both done stories using plots from "The Incredibles" (and "Heroes").

Interestingly enough, Boom! Studios recently came out with a limited series about "The Incredibles".

~Alan

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by captain_celluloid

When a studo says "16 mil is not good enough" what they usually mean is that
"our mediocre penny pinching post production pipeline made the film
look bad and further, we are not about to spend the dough to re-transfer it"

Take a look at THE HURT LOCKER in a theatre
with great projection. It was shot Super 16 and looks excellent . . .
and not just "excellent for Super 16" but just plain excellent.

Wonder is the Powers That Be at Sony have seen THE HURT LOCKER???

Well Gee, “Captain Celluoid”, I kinda think we have, if I was able to mention this bit about the slo-mo stuff captured on HD cams prior to an American Society of Cinematographers article in an upcoming issue at the time, see………
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...postcount=9941

In fact, to show you how attuned we are to 16mm, off the top of my head, I’m pretty sure that I can name close to 20 television shows that are currently being shot in 16 mm. (if they haven’t been canceled).
Wonder if the Powers That Be at *screenshot science* can do the same without researching it for several days?

And don’t bother running to imdb, as that info often lags.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Clark Kent

Penton-Man, any comments on the following news about the Shield, a property controlled by Sony?
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Shi...e-Series/12589

It is disappointing that this excellent show will not see a Blu-ray release.

"our mediocre penny pinching post production pipeline made the film look bad and further, we are not about to spend the dough to re-transfer it".

C.C. 8/31/09