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

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by sharkshark

Weird, I was literally about to comment on the match... I'll hold off, then.

Tell me that Arsenal does not play the most beautiful football in all of the Prem!

And how 'bout that teenager that threaded the opponent's defense and scored that goal!

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by PeterTHX

To be fair I think Penton was at the theater that sells Chili Con Carne at the concession stand.

That’s a Roger.
I was referring to the expelling of gas either thru the entry or exit orifice of the G.I. tract.
Or maybe some people now have that as a ringtone feature for their cell phones?

[Mr. Cinema]

Would it ever be possible to get any sort of rountable discussion from some directors with Blu-ray as the subject? I would love to see Spielberg, Cameron, Scorsese, Fincher, and a few others discussing the format and what they think of it. I know, it'll never happen, but that would be fun to watch. I'm guessing scheduling conflicts, among other things, would be in the way. I think if they got a few of them together, they could actually sell it as a sort of BD for dummies presentation. Clearly pointing out to everyone why BD is the way to go.

ah well....

[SquidPuppet]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Well, maybe I’m a simple man and of the dialog that I can make out from the clip, it seems to me that Jim respectfully declined to sign (even addressing the person as “Sir” – which to me, was probably being kind to the guys true station in life, given his hanging out at LAX with poster in hand, as Peter and Jeff have indicated), and then, the *autograph seeker* couldn’t take no for an answer, so he followed and pursued Jim, which to me constitutes harassment. Mild, yes but still the *autograph seeker* was not respecting Jim’s wishes and just turned poster paparazzi on him, ‘fan’ or not.

?

I disagree. That guy was belligerent to the nth degree. Baiting and caustic. It must take tremendous self control to not smack a guy like that. Perhaps thats what he was hoping for.

[DenonCI]

Penton,

With GoNY I presume the master they used was the culprit because it looked equally bad on DVD.

[sharkshark]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

I wouldn’t know and the Mouse House is closed down until Jan. 4 so if you guys want Jeff Kleist to reconfirm his re-confirmation (what would that be now Jeff, a third time to do so?) that the upcoming disc is not a new encode originating from a new video master, then you’ll probably have to wait until next week.

Nah, I'll look to this guy:

http://www.hometheaterforum.com/foru...0#post_3631827


[quote]So, when that digital enhancement is purposely employed by the filmmaker, does anyone know why he has made that stylistic decision?
In other words, what type of ‘look’ is he trying to achieve?

Uh, "apocalyptic"?

For instance, I saw a theatrical screening of The Road (fine film, imho) several weeks ago and there was unmistakable evidence of digital sharpening.

Yeah, I haven't read the book, but I just found that the narative didn't work translated to film... I mean, you can only go so far to make a kid look near death, and a truly dying world... In a book, you can just say "the world is dying", and not need to actually go to the woods and shoot it.

[SquidPuppet]

[QUOTE=sharkshark;2713600]Nah, I'll look to this guy:

http://www.hometheaterforum.com/foru...0#post_3631827

So, when that digital enhancement is purposely employed by the filmmaker, does anyone know why he has made that stylistic decision?
In other words, what type of ‘look’ is he trying to achieve?

Uh, "apocalyptic"?



Yeah, I haven't read the book, but I just found that the narative didn't work translated to film... I mean, you can only go so far to make a kid look near death, and a truly dying world... In a book, you can just say "the world is dying", and not need to actually go to the woods and shoot it.

LOLLLLLLL... Check Jeffs thread. Crazy industry.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by sharkshark

Nah, I'll look to this guy:

http://www.hometheaterforum.com/foru...0#post_3631827

lol, are you trying to make a point with linking all these outside forums all of a sudden?

I mean really….. I’m not concerned that you do so because unlike other forums which go out of their way NOT to link to posts on Blu-ray.com for fear of losing their membership to this forum ......HELLO AVS, HTF, HDD.

I’m more concerned that you clutter this thread with unoriginal “news”. No disrespect to RAH, but check the time and date of Jeff’s post on the matter -
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...postcount=8081

and compare with that from HTF to which you linked.
I mean for cripes sakes, believe me, Jeff and Bill bug the hell out of the people from the Mouse House regularly for info/tidbits.
Plus, for that matter, he bugs me too.
Do you know how many times he 'encouraged' me concerning Breaking Bad?

[Deciazulado]

Originally Posted by Jeff Kleist

Just got an email back from Disney

It IS the new restoration, they just slipped it in under the radar without any fanfare, and didn't tell anyone in PR about it either

*sigh*

Rejoice!

:>

[SquidPuppet]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

lol, are you trying to make a point with linking all these outside forums all of a sudden?

I mean really….. I’m not concerned that you do so because unlike other forums which go out of their way NOT to link to posts on Blu-ray.com for fear of losing their membership to this forum ......HELLO AVS, HTF, HDD.

I’m more concerned that you clutter this thread with unoriginal “news”. No disrespect to RAH, but check the time and date of Jeff’s post on the matter -
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...postcount=8081

and compare with that from HTF to which you linked.
I mean for cripes sakes, believe me, Jeff and Bill bug the hell out of the people from the Mouse House regularly for info/tidbits.
Plus, for that matter, he bugs me too.
Do you know how many times he 'encouraged' me concerning Breaking Bad?

[QUOTE=SquidPuppet;2713693]

Originally Posted by sharkshark

Nah, I'll look to this guy:

http://www.hometheaterforum.com/foru...0#post_3631827




LOLLLLLLL... Check Jeffs thread. Crazy industry.

[Penton-Man]

[QUOTE=sharkshark;2713600]

So, when that digital enhancement is purposely employed by the filmmaker, does anyone know why he has made that stylistic decision?
In other words, what type of ‘look’ is he trying to achieve?

Uh, "apocalyptic"?

Nope, not so dramatic as that.
“Artificial sharpening” is actually used quite frequently in things like public service announcements where it works particularly well for 30 sec. time slots.

I also get the impression from ‘videophiles’, since it is a quote….‘artificial’….unquote technique, it must be BAD.
Well, I guess that would make diffusion filters, push processing, “unnatural” colors used in color grading and for that matter, breast implants BAD too.
Really, it’s just a tool like anything else. Too much is where you get into trouble.

Try again.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Jeff Kleist

Just got an email back from Disney

It IS the new restoration, they just slipped it in under the radar without any fanfare, and didn't tell anyone in PR about it either

*sigh*

Rejoice!

See what I mean ^.
Kleist doesn't sleep!

[Paul H]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

I mean really….. I’m not concerned that you do so because unlike other forums which go out of their way NOT to link to posts on Blu-ray.com for fear of losing their membership to this forum ......HELLO AVS, HTF, HDD.

I just went to the HTF and posted a URL in the "test" section to link to this post here and it worked.

Never had a problem at HTF linking to Blu-ray.com, but you realize you do have to be "logged in" to post there. AVS is a different story. Haven't been able to create a link to Blu-ray.com or HTF in over a year.

Paul

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Paul H

I just went to the HTF and posted a URL in the "test" section to link to this post here and it worked.

Never had a problem at HTF linking to Blu-ray.com, but you realize you do have to be "logged in" to post there. AVS is a different story. Haven't been able to create a link to Blu-ray.com or HTF in over a year.

Paul

Paul, I’m not even saying it is a software issue, per se.
I’m saying that many times when you read these forum fanboys write “I heard”, it really means I red it on the Insider subforum of Blu-ray.com but, I decline to credit the source because I don't want my audience here to leave me and go there.

[Paul H]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Paul, I’m not even saying it is a software issue, per se.
I’m saying that many times when you read these forum fanboys write “I heard”, it really means I red it on the Insider subforum of Blu-ray.com but, I decline to credit the source because I don't want my audience here to leave me and go there.

Understood.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Paul H

Understood.

The examples are endless.

[Jeff Kleist]

Hey, it's only been a couple of times, unless you're counting the back and forths

For the record, I have very few titles I have ever nagged on. Warning Sign was one of them, took me 4-5 years to get it, but I got it . There was a whole slew of TV titles I wanted, but instead of just nagging for them, I talked to a likely licensee, and did a bunch of research that helped the titles get released.

I do think BB will do quite well. It looks great in HD, all contrasty and bright. It's a great show with an edge and they have a lot of Emmy ribbons to hang around the box Did you watch it yet Penton, or are you waiting for Blu?

Now that we have BB, we can start on Odyssey 5, complete this time with beating the ending of the series out of Manny Coto. No more of this "I'll tell you what would happen in season 2,3,4, but I'm taking 5 to my grave crap) (No, before anyone joins in, I SERIOUSLY doubt it will ever happen. By the time the DVDs came out most people had forgotten it and it didn't sell well). While I'm at it, Real Genius, complete with extra features (deleted scenes!) and a cover that the cat will sleep in the same room with

See what I mean ^.
Kleist doesn't sleep!

What's sad is I don't think I've taken a vacation that lacked some kind of work event in over a decade. Honestly I don't even know if I'm even capable of enjoying a pure fun vacation anymore. It's often fun work, but work nonetheless

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Jeff Kleist

Now that we have BB, we can start on Odyssey 5, complete this time with beating the ending of the series out of Manny Coto. No more of this "I'll tell you what would happen in season 2,3,4, but I'm taking 5 to my grave crap) (No, before anyone joins in, I SERIOUSLY doubt it will ever happen. By the time the DVDs came out most people had forgotten it and it didn't sell well). While I'm at it, Real Genius, complete with extra features (deleted scenes!) and a cover that the cat will sleep in the same room with :

You have no mercy.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Jeff Kleist

What's sad is I don't think I've taken a vacation that lacked some kind of work event in over a decade. Honestly I don't even know if I'm even capable of enjoying a pure fun vacation anymore. It's often fun work, but work nonetheless

Dude.
You’ve got to take a real vacation. Thee premier studio Industry Event is rapidly approaching in Las Vegas. Everyone on the audio video forums is talking about it, speculating about it, wishing they were going to it.
You know what I’m talking about……get your butt on a plane and come to Vegas –

It’s Sexy.
It’s powerful.
It’s Business.
http://news.cnet.com/2300-1023_3-10000201.html < AEE!

[Penton-Man]

Happy New Year to one and all.

I hope this New Year brings everyone Good Health, Happiness and Prosperity.