Gladiator (2000)

[Buddy Christ]

Originally Posted by SquidPuppet

My Best Buy had 12 copies each, of Gladiator and Braveheart sitting on the shelf yesterday. A whole week early.

$29.99.

Buy?

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by 42041

man, there's some real conspiracy theory nonsense going on over here

Tell me, are the *screenshot scientists* still posting and comparing I to B frames, even though they know that B frames are quantized higher than other frame types to save bits and visually they will naturally look worse.

Or have they at least stopped that practice and now just cherry picking in general ?

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Jeff Kleist

A thread like this will send the average studio executive to digging foxholes or ignoring you rather than addressing the problem.

I agree and that’s the bad thing.

But the good thing is that no Paramount executive would even read this thread or know about its existence unless, you or I sent the actual link via e-mail to someone over there…………who normally gets 100 – 200 (or more) e-mails/day.

So...........rock on people.

[OARmaster]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

I agree and that’s the bad thing.

But the good thing is that no Paramount executive would even read this thread or know about its existence unless, you or I sent the actual link via e-mail to someone over there…………who normally gets 100 – 200 (or more) e-mails/day.

So...........rock on people.

but...but...but...what about the screenshot scientists and their letter writing and phone call campaign? Surely that will work!

[bandit29]

Originally Posted by SquidPuppet

My Best Buy had 12 copies each, of Gladiator and Braveheart sitting on the shelf yesterday. A whole week early.

$29.99.

You could wait until next week for the sale @ 22.99 or go back for a price match. If you buy both next week you can save 10$

[shadowracer]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Tell me, are the *screenshot scientists* still posting and comparing I to B frames, even though they know that B frames are quantized higher than other frame types to save bits and visually they will naturally look worse.

Or have they at least stopped that practice and now just cherry picking in general ?

Penton your an insider - so you have a great deal of influence here. Please try to act more maturely.

Here check out this comparison done by a different site.
http://caps-a-holic.com/hd_vergleich...ator#vergleich

Watch as more VFX disappear. That looks like a major flaw to me.

[ack_bak]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

I agree and that’s the bad thing.

But the good thing is that no Paramount executive would even read this thread or know about its existence unless, you or I sent the actual link via e-mail to someone over there…………who normally gets 100 – 200 (or more) e-mails/day.

So...........rock on people.

So my question to you insiders (Jeff and Penton-Man or any insider) is can you guys please give this movie a look and confirm or deny the issues that have brought up (of course when you can actually get a copy)? And if the issues are confirmed can somebody please reach out to the studio since, it appears, they don't read the threads at this forum or others?

[gaeljet]

just watch a few scenes, seems okay, not the best , with som dnr, but overall it s okay, of course such a title would have derve at least a little better than that though

[Big Z]

I vote we start another thread "Capaholics...please post here"

[tilapiah6]

Originally Posted by Packerfan75

I love both movies enough that I'm gonna get them both on day one but will be a little hesitant if I don't have a review of the discs first. There are still some good movies that were not treated right when they got a Blu upgrade. Number 1 with a bullet is 'Master and Commander'. It's a shame for it to look almost exactly like it's standard dvd counterpart.

I could go for a review of Gladiator and Braveheart also. After all, we don't want to have another Gangs of New York death-by-DNR, or alternatively another Donnie Darko VHS quality transfer.

I have very high hopes for these two. They deserve the best treatment possible as far as transfers.

[shadowracer]

Originally Posted by Big Z

I vote we start another thread "Capaholics...please post here"

A German site made this gif to show more disappearing VFX, this time the fireballs launch, go away in mid-air, then reappear.

http://forum.cinefacts.de/6342075-post216.html

[42041]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Tell me, are the *screenshot scientists* still posting and comparing I to B frames, even though they know that B frames are quantized higher than other frame types to save bits and visually they will naturally look worse.

Or have they at least stopped that practice and now just cherry picking in general ?

Well, one frame or two frames could be a crapshoot, but if many frames reveal an unmistakable pattern, then I think you can safely draw certain conclusions. And the issues are usually much more obvious and not compression-related anyway.

[SquidPuppet]

Originally Posted by Blu2U

Buy?

No. Waiting for price drop....and more feedback on the PQ IN MOTION.

[SquidPuppet]

Originally Posted by bandit29

You could wait until next week for the sale @ 22.99 or go back for a price match. If you buy both next week you can save 10$

Thank you. I am waiting for Amazon....a few weeks....we'll see some good prices.

[Grubert]

Originally Posted by shadowracer

A German site made this gif to show more disappearing VFX, this time the fireballs launch, go away in mid-air, then reappear.

http://forum.cinefacts.de/6342075-post216.html

Wow.







I don't know whether to laugh or cry

[Buddy Christ]

I imagine that this site will have a review any minute now.

[Buddy Christ]

Originally Posted by Grubert

Wow.







I don't know whether to laugh or cry

I believe that DVDBeaver would have caught this?!

[Freekman]

That GIF is terrifying and hilarious at the same time.

[benricci]

Originally Posted by Blu2U

I believe that DVDBeaver would have caught this?!

Cut the Beaver some slack.

Those gif's are obviously slowed down incredibly. In motion, it's less than a blink of an eye, and probably very easy to miss unless you are specifically looking for it.

[DigitalfreakNYC]

Originally Posted by Blu2U

I imagine that this site will have a review any minute now.

Like I said, I don't believe anyone has received their review copies yet.

Originally Posted by Blu2U

I believe that DVDBeaver would have caught this?!

Like they caught the sound problem on Inside Man?