Would you buy colorized version of Casablanca on Blu-ray? - Page 4 - Blu-ray Forum

bseivxx · 09-19-2009, 01:32 AM

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Originally Posted by TTUBatfan2008

Meanwhile, anyone know why Amazon doesn't have the Casablanca Blu that was released earlier this week?

I believe its a Best Buy Exclusive

sharkcohen · 09-19-2009, 01:35 AM

Is this thread for real???

P@t_Mtl · 09-19-2009, 01:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bseivxx

I believe its a Best Buy Exclusive

Amazon.ca as it

GORT · 09-19-2009, 01:41 AM

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Originally Posted by TTUBatfan2008

Puke:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...lorized%29.jpg

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Octavio · 09-19-2009, 02:14 AM

Colorizing B&W classics should be considered a Federal Crime!

Blu-Malibu2009 · 09-19-2009, 02:22 AM

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Originally Posted by bseivxx

I believe its a Best Buy Exclusive

That is interesting. I went by my local Best Buy on Thursday and they didn't have it.

adh56 · 09-19-2009, 03:53 AM

This reminds me of when my dad brought home a colorized VHS version of It's A Wonderful Life. Even at a fairly young age I was mortified.

sonnyworld85 · 09-19-2009, 04:22 AM

Absolutely not.

Canada · 09-19-2009, 04:27 AM

Hell No.

The reason I would not buy a Black and White version of any movie that was colourized.

This is kind of a stupid thread because I truly belive that Blu ray is a format for video purists.

casablanca3 · 09-19-2009, 05:41 AM

Can't even believe this is a question. Embarassing.

djluis2k6 · 09-19-2009, 05:43 AM

I've never seen the movie, but in comparison, The Three Stooges are funnier in Black & White than in color.

ivanb06 · 09-19-2009, 05:55 AM

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Originally Posted by franklinpross

colorized Casabalnca? God, give me cancer, now.

You would preffer cancer over a movie being released in color?

I wonder how mr swayze would have felt about this commet..

Harlock415 · 09-19-2009, 08:16 AM

I've seen the colorized Casablanca. It's really really really bad. It looked like someone used crayola crayons to do the colors. The flesh tones look absolutely cartoon like and there were points where the colorization did not go along during fade ins and outs, so scene transitions still had the B&W look to them.

My answer would be a resounding NO! Casablanca is one of my favorite films of all time.

You really wanna see this in HD?

Alan A · 09-19-2009, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by quitemouse

would you buy colorized version of Casablanca on Blu-ray?

are you crazy? NO!!

quitemouse · 09-19-2009, 08:10 PM

OP here...

I asked the question because I placed an order for the
new movie-only Blu-ray of Casablanca from BestBuy.
(just $10 after I used my gift cards)

....then I went through my cabinet and found Casablanca
in several old formats:

VHS, recorded from broadcast TV in 1986.
LaserDisc, purchased in Japan in 1991 or 1992(with Japanese hardsubs)
DVD, purchased a few years ago

then at the bottom of the pile, I found a Beta tape with colorized Casablanca on it... recorded from TV in the late 1980s.....

my old 20-year-old Beta VCR still plays. However, it's unable to fast forward/reverse, so I used a cordless drill and rewound the Beta tape.

I played it back.... the picture quality was decent.... but I was used to the B&W version, obviously. My niece, who had never seen Casablanca, watched it with me. She said "that's it? kind of lame.... but okay for old people like you, right?"

needless to say, I took her out of my will the next day....

she's only 25, so I don't know what would have happened if she watched the B&W original version instead of the color-puking color version that I had recorded more than 20 years ago....

Danielle Ni Dhighe · 09-19-2009, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by quitemouse

My niece, who had never seen Casablanca, watched it with me. She said "that's it? kind of lame.... but okay for old people like you, right?"

she's only 25, so I don't know what would have happened if she watched the B&W original version instead of the color-puking color version that I had recorded more than 20 years ago....

Even when I was 25, I wouldn’t have said something like that about a classic film. When I was a teenager in the 1980s and saw it for the first time, I thought it was a great film. It actually makes me sad to think that a lot of younger people wouldn’t enjoy a good film just because it’s an older one.

bluskies · 09-19-2009, 09:13 PM

They should take the money used to colorize b&w movies and use it to preserve old Technicolor movies.

batman1989 · 09-19-2009, 10:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by quitemouse

OP here...

I asked the question because I placed an order for the
new movie-only Blu-ray of Casablanca from BestBuy.
(just $10 after I used my gift cards)

....then I went through my cabinet and found Casablanca
in several old formats:

VHS, recorded from broadcast TV in 1986.
LaserDisc, purchased in Japan in 1991 or 1992(with Japanese hardsubs)
DVD, purchased a few years ago

then at the bottom of the pile, I found a Beta tape with colorized Casablanca on it... recorded from TV in the late 1980s.....

my old 20-year-old Beta VCR still plays. However, it's unable to fast forward/reverse, so I used a cordless drill and rewound the Beta tape.

I played it back.... the picture quality was decent.... but I was used to the B&W version, obviously. My niece, who had never seen Casablanca, watched it with me. She said "that's it? kind of lame.... but okay for old people like you, right?"

needless to say, I took her out of my will the next day....

she's only 25, so I don't know what would have happened if she watched the B&W original version instead of the color-puking color version that I had recorded more than 20 years ago....

Your nieces reaction is the result of the current generation being inundated with CGI fests and faced paced action flicks with no story. *Sigh*...I'm 18 and I LOVE Casablanca and other black and white classics, too bad others my age can't. If somethings old it's considered "boring" or "stupid".

quitemouse · 09-19-2009, 10:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Danielle Ni Dhighe

Even when I was 25, I wouldn’t have said something like that about a classic film. When I was a teenager in the 1980s and saw it for the first time, I thought it was a great film. It actually makes me sad to think that a lot of younger people wouldn’t enjoy a good film just because it’s an older one.

she actually likes old films.... but I probably ruined Casablanca for her by letting her watch the colorized version first....

franklinpross · 09-19-2009, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by nathanp

No, I wouldn't buy a colorized version of anything.

This , I think sums it all up!!!!

Would anyone even THINK of the Marx Bros Box( if and when it comes out in Blu-ray) in color? It's disgusting. All we know of those classics is that they
appeared in our collective memory in B&W. I mean, the actors filming them at the time saw each other in color - (of course) (unless Harpo was color blind) but A Night At The Opera in color is unthinkable.

But , it could have been....if you think about it . . .

What if --they were filmed in color? Did they even have color in the 30's?
y/n - maybe it was cost prohibitive then much the same way IMAX is today .

09-19-2009, 08:16 AM	#73
Harlock415 Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Jun 2009 Location:San Francisco 4K collection:826 Blu-ray collection:4729 DVD collection:533	I've seen the colorized Casablanca. It's really really really bad. It looked like someone used crayola crayons to do the colors. The flesh tones look absolutely cartoon like and there were points where the colorization did not go along during fade ins and outs, so scene transitions still had the B&W look to them. My answer would be a resounding NO! Casablanca is one of my favorite films of all time. You really wanna see this in HD? Last edited by Harlock415; 09-19-2009 at 08:22 AM.

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casablanca3 Special Member Member since:Sep 2009 Blu-ray collection:102	Can't even believe this is a question. Embarassing.

09-19-2009, 05:43 AM	#71
djluis2k6 Power Member Top contributor Member since:Feb 2007	I've never seen the movie, but in comparison, The Three Stooges are funnier in Black & White than in color.

09-19-2009, 08:10 PM	#75
quitemouse Active Member Member since:Mar 2008 Blu-ray reviews:7	OP here... I asked the question because I placed an order for the new movie-only Blu-ray of Casablanca from BestBuy. (just $10 after I used my gift cards) ....then I went through my cabinet and found Casablanca in several old formats: VHS, recorded from broadcast TV in 1986. LaserDisc, purchased in Japan in 1991 or 1992(with Japanese hardsubs) DVD, purchased a few years ago then at the bottom of the pile, I found a Beta tape with colorized Casablanca on it... recorded from TV in the late 1980s..... my old 20-year-old Beta VCR still plays. However, it's unable to fast forward/reverse, so I used a cordless drill and rewound the Beta tape. I played it back.... the picture quality was decent.... but I was used to the B&W version, obviously. My niece, who had never seen Casablanca, watched it with me. She said "that's it? kind of lame.... but okay for old people like you, right?" needless to say, I took her out of my will the next day.... she's only 25, so I don't know what would have happened if she watched the B&W original version instead of the color-puking color version that I had recorded more than 20 years ago....

09-19-2009, 09:13 PM	#77
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