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

[Alan Gordon]

Originally Posted by wallendo

The CGI is very good for television (unlike Warehouse 13, where the CGI appears to have been rendered at SD or lower resolution).

I've never had an issue with the CGI on "Warehouse 13".... unlike "Primeval" where the SFX looks like it was rendered in resolution LESS than SD.

~Alan

[Jeff Kleist]

I'm hoping that "Defying Gravity" will pick up the pace again and help me get over the grief of losing "Sarah Connor Chronicles".

Don't start the vigil QUITE yet

[Eternal_Sunshine]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

b.t.w., where the heck is Oliver K.?
Eternal Sunshine – do the German folks have summer holidays like the French, or what?

Yes, but they're regional (i.e. not all regions of Germany have summer holidays at the same time, but they overlap).

P.S. Will you announce the first SPHE scope movie with subs inside the picture area here on your thread? And can you give us a ballpark estimate how long it'll take?

[Jeff Kleist]

Christmas stuff is being done right now, late November-December

In the authoring industry, it's really "Christmas in July" cause pretty much everything needs to be done around nowish to make sure it can be replicated in time.

It's also the reason why it's impossible to get anything out of anyone between comic-con and sept 1

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by sharkshark

And, yeah, you have to listen to the entirety of those clips... Take your time, I'll wait here...

I see you are a ‘seasoned’ music lover.
Well, we can’t go without mentioning what this weekend and upcoming week is the anniversary of …..
http://insidedateline.msnbc.msn.com/...6/2021986.aspx

I hope you had the opportunity to view the above Dateline show as the program was quite excellent, in my opinion.
So, I’m curious as to what is your favorite performance from the Woodstock concert that is included on the Blu-ray, which I assume you’ve already purchased or rented? –
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/movie...64&show=review

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Eternal_Sunshine

Yes, but they're regional (i.e. not all regions of Germany have summer holidays at the same time, but they overlap).

P.S. Will you announce the first SPHE scope movie with subs inside the picture area here on your thread? ..........

Well, if I do decide to, it sure as heck won’t be on the subtitle poll thread, as I walked out the door of that house a couple days ago.
Colleagues at Fox and WB can now enjoy the input.

[Penton-Man]

Where’s Squid?
Are you getting psyched for this?

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...ky#post2161145

[sharkshark]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

I see you are a ‘seasoned’ music lover.
Well, we can’t go without mentioning what this weekend and upcoming week is the anniversary of …..
http://insidedateline.msnbc.msn.com/...6/2021986.aspx

I hope you had the opportunity to view the above Dateline show as the program was quite excellent, in my opinion.
So, I’m curious as to what is your favorite performance from the Woodstock concert that is included on the Blu-ray, which I assume you’ve already purchased or rented? –
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/movie...64&show=review

While I've watched the film several times on DVD, I've been (irrationally) waiting 'till this weekend to watch it in its entirety with some friends.

Hard to say what a favourite performance... I'm a =huge= Who fan, and while their Isle of Wight show was a bit more "on", they did certainly bring it that day (Abbie Hoffman incident included )

Naturally the "Freedom" improv by Richie Havens is pretty spectacular, hardly the most complex of lyrics, but a pretty damn cool way to fill time ("No, Richie, keep playing!!!")

But the moment that always made me smile was when CSNY come out and say that this is their second gig. Before I knew anything (you know, in my 20s) I had taken this at face value, unaware of The Byrds/Hollies/Buffalo Springfield background of these guys. Still, they do seem to nail that sweet Suite pretty well.

Again, not a humungoid Hendrix guy, and he's in the film too much IMHO, and Santana's always been pretty low on my list. But the film itself I think is a pretty majestic thing, going way, way beyond "concert film". It's a phenomenal, groundbreaking work of cinema that I think, ironically, gets overshadowed by the iconography of the music. So, yeah, cheers to splitscreen!

I'm no doubt going to "upgrade" my Criterion DVD set of Monterey Pop to the latest BD, just to add to the pain (just did the same with the Who's Isle of Wight show).

Incidentally, my dad tried to go, and they had already closed the Candian border (they did that pretty damn quickly, actually).

I was born the year of the last moon landing, so it falls into that weird time/space continuum, where Woodstock and films like 2001:ASO seem like ancient history, but Star Wars seems like from another age. You know, during my lifetime...

By the way, feel free to kick a Warner exec in the nuts for playing games with this release - the least they could have done for those of us in Canada that had to shell out in US funds for the Amazon bonus material (.ca did not include it) that they could have at least included ALL the material (like they did in the German/UK releases). Bloody, bloody annoying trend as I'm sure you'd agree - it's one thing to have exclusive packaging, and may even bonus content, but to =split= bonus content between Target and Amazon (we don't even have Target up here) is just, well, wrong. Normal and deluxe? Fine. I get it. But their handling of this is just petty, and hasn't got nearly the rage that I think it deserves. Hell, put the content up on BD-Live! I shouldn't have to fly to UK to get the version of Woodstock that all those that bought the version with the tchochkes deserves.

[/rant]

[sharkshark]

ps. As we're blocked from Hulu, I'm, uh, "acquiring" that Dateline episode in HD by other means. Thanks for the heads up.

[SquidPuppet]

Originally Posted by SquidPuppet

My pain and suffering are unbearable. I am a man without hope, left in the dark, alone, to wonder his fate. Ohhhh the sadness.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...pf_rd_i=468294

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Where’s Squid?
Are you getting psyched for this?

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...ky#post2161145

I am sitting in the corner feeling sorry for myself because I can't seem to get the skinny on my above post.

And to answer your question, just take a peek at my temporary Avatar.

Or, visit this thread https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...93#post2199893 to see how GEEKED out I am for this movie.

[Jeff Kleist]

I watched Defying gravity last night. I don't know who their science advisor is, but they're spinning up unnecessary BS like the whole "gravity fibers in clothing" thing. It would never work, and even if it did, you couldn't walk or move normally at all. They already have a centrifuge on the ship, why not just use it as an excuse why everything moves right and be done with it? More CG puke gags?

Oh and there's a 2:18 delay on transmissions from earth to venus, so a 5min roundtrip for messages, not real time. Of course this could have easily been dealt withi by saying they discovered pinpoint wormholes they can trasmit through in real time..

Otherwise it's not bad, not great, pretty fluffy, could use less ground time, definately less time space screwing and in strip clubs, and more space time. Why not just crank up Sprach Zarathustra and get it over with?

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by SquidPuppet

I am sitting in the corner feeling sorry for myself because I can't seem to get the skinny on my above post.

And to answer your question, just take a peek at my temporary Avatar.

Or, visit this thread https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...93#post2199893 to see how GEEKED out I am for this movie.

Don’t have time to read but, if this link isn’t included in that thread somewhere, then go to -
http://www.d-9.com/

After watching the trailer, I’m wondering which species did you select for access?

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Jeff Kleist

I watched Defying gravity last night. I don't know who their science advisor is, but they're spinning up unnecessary BS like the whole "gravity fibers in clothing" thing. It would never work, and even if it did, you couldn't walk or move normally at all. They already have a centrifuge on the ship, why not just use it as an excuse why everything moves right and be done with it? More CG puke gags?

Oh and there's a 2:18 delay on transmissions from earth to venus, so a 5min roundtrip for messages, not real time. Of course this could have easily been dealt withi by saying they discovered pinpoint wormholes they can trasmit through in real time..

Otherwise it's not bad, not great, pretty fluffy, could use less ground time, definately less time space screwing and in strip clubs, and more space time. Why not just crank up Sprach Zarathustra and get it over with?

Ah, but keep in mind that you’re a very discerning space connoisseur and this is Hollywood.
Should Brain Sturgeon itemize scene by scene the b.s. in Grey’s Anatomy or House and burst everyone’s bubble. Me thinks that he easily could.

Not to mention the fact that if there are any members of this forum who work in crime labs or better yet, are members of the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors, I’m sure they would have volumes to say about any of the C.S.I. shows currently on the tele.

[Sponge-worthy]

Originally Posted by Jeff Kleist

I watched Defying gravity last night. I don't know who their science advisor is, but they're spinning up unnecessary BS like the whole "gravity fibers in clothing" thing. It would never work, and even if it did, you couldn't walk or move normally at all. They already have a centrifuge on the ship, why not just use it as an excuse why everything moves right and be done with it? More CG puke gags?

Oh and there's a 2:18 delay on transmissions from earth to venus, so a 5min roundtrip for messages, not real time. Of course this could have easily been dealt withi by saying they discovered pinpoint wormholes they can trasmit through in real time..

Otherwise it's not bad, not great, pretty fluffy, could use less ground time, definately less time space screwing and in strip clubs, and more space time. Why not just crank up Sprach Zarathustra and get it over with?

Seems to me they could have staged the premise as an undersea exploration and then maybe not have had to fudge the science so much.

[BluDomain]

Some of you may want to put this book on your
Christmas List. Naughty or nice as the case may
be. If it gets published.


"Digital & 65mm"
Today's Technology for Tomorrow's Cinema
A New book about 70mm film and Presentation from International 70mm Publishers Read more at
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http://www.in70mm.com/news/2009/70mm...hers/index.htm

Written by: Johan Wolthuis, International 70mm Publishers. Arnhem The Netherlands

Edit:
Or just read this report from Berlin, February 2009, which
has been mentioned before here.
http://www.in70mm.com/news/2009/wolthuis/index.htm

[Jeff Kleist]

[quote]

Ah, but keep in mind that you’re a very discerning space connoisseur and this is Hollywood.
Should Brain Sturgeon itemize scene by scene the b.s. in Grey’s Anatomy or House and burst everyone’s bubble. Me thinks that he easily could.

It's still a crappy 30-something housewife trap of a show, fixing the technical innacuracies won't save it

See, but instead of just complaining, I offered easily solutions that would cost zero to implement and plug those holes. They actually went to more trouble to come up with the nanofibers bs than just saying "centrifuge" and be done with it.

Pretty sure their science advisor told them the same things At least on Armageddon, Criterion gave them their own commentary to tear it to pieces


If you want a really great science commentary, Brian Cox's on Sunshine is unbelieveably fantastic. That movie (And SOny's Moon) are pretty hardcore, and do things for the most part right

[SquidPuppet]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Don’t have time to read but, if this link isn’t included in that thread somewhere, then go to -
http://www.d-9.com/

After watching the trailer, I’m wondering which species did you select for access?

Pfffft. I've been a registered Prawn for weeks.

Looks like you guys have a hit on your hands.

[Jeff Kleist]

I'm certainly looking forward to seeing it. It's running 96% on Rotten Tomatoes, right behind Ponyo's 100% with a similar number of views

I hope everyone sees both this weekend. Hunt out your local arthouse and see Ponyo subtitled the way it's meant to be as well

[SpaceDog]

Originally Posted by Jeff Kleist

I'm certainly looking forward to seeing it. It's running 96% on Rotten Tomatoes, right behind Ponyo's 100% with a similar number of views

I hope everyone sees both this weekend. Hunt out your local arthouse and see Ponyo subtitled the way it's meant to be as well

Last time I got to see Miyazaki subbed in a theater, I had to travel all the way to San Francisco to do it.

[Doctorossi]

Originally Posted by Jeff Kleist

Hunt out your local arthouse and see Ponyo subtitled the way it's meant to be as well

Believe me, I'm trying! My local arthouse has a dubbed print.

So, gee... I'll just cruise over to the Disney site or the Ponyo site and find out where the nearest subtitled print is showing, right?

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiight. That would mean they were actually reading my emails from last time.

The internet has opened up so many opportunities for these companies to expand their returns by making absolutely miniscule 'give-a-crap-about-the-customer's-experience'-type expenditures, but they still just can't figure it out.