Ask questions to Sony Pictures Entertainment insider "paidgeek"

[Paradiso]

Originally Posted by p1rates

+1 I'd like to know as well. I preordered it too. It's still on my order tracking page but I can't find it on amazon anymore. Are they adding special features to it? That would be pretty sweet. It says they're sending it to me March 3rd but I'm sure that's not true at all.



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That was very childish. You should stop critiquing others and be content with yourself. I'm sure if you were happy with your appearance, you wouldn't have felt the need to degrade others. Please keep these forums classy and mature. Thank you.

Just having a little fun. I know I'm not anything to look at and am quite content with that, but I don't put myself out there. That's the price of fame. Try looking at life with a little more irony and a broad sense of humor. I think what I said isn't going to do anyone any harm. It's all in good fun. Roll with it.

Now let's move on to what this thread's about...no sense in carrying on about this.

[The Big Blue]

Across the Universe is the latest Sony disc I've watched and I like the option to turn off the menu sounds. Is that going to be standard now on Sony discs?

Also, what's the latest on when the SCE insider might show...

[paidgeek]

Originally Posted by Dofflan

Thank you very much!

I got a response back from the territory and they said the sticker is carefully placed so as not to obsure the title and that the adhesive is designed for a clean removal. If this is not the case in your experience, can I ask you to kindly send me a couple of pictures?

[Lambchop]

Hello Paid!

Nice to see you're online. Do you have an update on region-locking on Gattaca?

Thought I'd just say: "Thank you" in the same post.

[paidgeek]

Originally Posted by Lambchop

Hello Paid!

Nice to see you're online. Do you have an update on region-locking on Gattaca?

I show the NA version to be all region.

[Member-9711]

Originally Posted by paidgeek

I got a response back from the territory and they said the sticker is carefully placed so as not to obsure the title and that the adhesive is designed for a clean removal. If this is not the case in your experience, can I ask you to kindly send me a couple of pictures?

I have to agree that of all the stickers I've tried to remove from blu-ray cases these rank among the easiest to remove. However I have had problems with a few of them. Right now I don't have a good example of a badly removed sticker since I bought replacement cases. I will however keep it in mind and take a photo next time I have an example if you're interested.

I do however have a picture of a sticker which obscures the title a little...



This isn't a big deal, just wanted to suggest improvements in the first place. Anyways thanks alot for the follow up!

Btw, Congratulations on winning the format war (in a couple of hours probably)

[pro-bassoonist]

I don't have any questions. Simply wanted to thank you Paidgeek for all of your contributions and support for those who believed in Blu-Ray.

Congratulations and big thumbs up to the old friends in the Blu-house!!

Dr.A

[Rob Tomlin]

Originally Posted by pro-bassoonist

I don't have any questions. Simply wanted to thank you Paidgeek for all of your contributions and support for those who believed in Blu-Ray.

Congratulations and big thumbs up to the old friends in the Blu-house!!

Dr.A

+1000!

[Uxi]

Originally Posted by Rob Tomlin

+1000!

+1001

[mrinck]

Originally Posted by pro-bassoonist

I don't have any questions. Simply wanted to thank you Paidgeek for all of your contributions and support for those who believed in Blu-Ray.

Congratulations and big thumbs up to the old friends in the Blu-house!!

Dr.A

Thanks Paidgeek!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...complished.jpg

[degas]

Originally Posted by pro-bassoonist

I don't have any questions. Simply wanted to thank you Paidgeek for all of your contributions and support for those who believed in Blu-Ray.

Congratulations and big thumbs up to the old friends in the Blu-house!!

Dr.A

+ 1.000.000

[WriteSimply]

Congratulations goes to paidgeek, his team and everybody at SPHE! Congrats also to everybody else at home video in the other BD studios and the BDA!


fuad

[MarekM]

Originally Posted by Uxi

+1001

+1002

Marek

[paidgeek]

Thanks to everyone here who has supported Blu-ray, given feedback to make it better, and told their neighbors about it.

We will do our best to thrill you with HD...

[Grubert]

Originally Posted by paidgeek

Thanks to everyone here who has supported Blu-ray, given feedback to make it better, and told their neighbors about it.

We will do our best to thrill you with HD...

Thank you.

Now bring on Strangelove, Leon The Professional, The Fisher King and Monty Python and the Holy Grail!!

[blitz6speed]

Originally Posted by Grubert

Thank you.

Now bring on Strangelove, Leon The Professional, The Fisher King and Monty Python and the Holy Grail!!

Lets not forget Final Fantasy Advent Children. Cmon geek, give us some love!

[HDJK]

Originally Posted by paidgeek

Thanks to everyone here who has supported Blu-ray, given feedback to make it better, and told their neighbors about it.

We will do our best to thrill you with HD...

Wouldn't have been possible without you listening

Thanks for giving some of your personal time to us consumers.

[TheLion]

Originally Posted by paidgeek

Thanks to everyone here who has supported Blu-ray, given feedback to make it better, and told their neighbors about it.

We will do our best to thrill you with HD...

Dear paidgeek,

about "thrilling us" with HD...

Right now is probably not the right time for discussing "critical issues" (A big THANK YOU and congratulations is in order) but here it goes...

After watching the recent Lawrence of Arabia airing which is supposed to be "minted" from the same master as the upcoming BD release I cannot help but to be pretty underwhelmed (borderline appalled) with the overall quality of this transfer (not talking about the encoding which will be much better with the BD).

I have done 70mm projections of this movie (IMO SP(HE)s crown jewel) myself and the level of detail and definition with this transfer (judged by the airing) is nowhere near what this particular film deserves nor what is possible.

Which brings me to my next question - WHEN can we expect SPHE to follow Warner's lead with all new 4k transfers? Bladerunner is an marvelous example of a classic transfer done right.

Thank you - and I hope this isn't sounding too critical - I am aware that you more than anybody want LOA to look as good as possible. After my first contact with the "newly remastered" transfer I just don't think this is it.

Lots of (critical) discussion going on over at AVS (including direct screen caps):

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...827529&page=50

[GJN]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

I don’t follow this thread.
And actually the only reason why I dropped in is because I think the geek may be traveling all next week.

May I ask how you know that other Harryhausen films have been “remastered”?
Do you have a link from some other site on the internet or has the geek mentioned it previously somewhere in the past 22 pages ?

From Digital Bits at:
http://www.thedigitalbits.com/articl...ll012308b.html

Earth Vs. the Flying Saucers is the second of Ray Harryhausen's films to receive a deluxe two-disc treatment from Sony (20 Million Miles to Earth was the first [last month, when it also appeared in Blu-ray no less] while It Came from Beneath the Sea is also being released concurrently with Earth Vs. the Flying Saucers).

Considered within the cycle of science fiction thrillers that characterized the 1950s, the film is one of the better ones, well anchored by star Hugh Marlowe as a scientist who spearheads the develop of a weapon capable of destroying flying saucers that are menacing the Earth. The film also has some authoritative-sounding narration that adds weight to it. The special effects work courtesy of Ray Harryhausen looks quite inventive for the most part, particularly the details of the flying saucer design and movement. Some of the crash and explosion sequences are less persuasive and not a patch on what the Lydeckers were able to accomplish at Republic in the 1940s. Overall, the film really conveys the general paranoic atmosphere of the 1950s and provides an easy-going 80-odd minutes of entertainment. I can't imagine anyone not getting some enjoyment out of it. The two-disc DVD presentation represents an impressive assemblage of material. One of the driving reasons behind the release is the film's colourization (by Legend Films). Thus both the original B&W (1.85 anamorphic and looking quite crisp, though characterized by substantial grain at times) and the colourized version are available on the first disc with the capability of switching between the two on the fly. As colourization efforts go, I guess it looks okay, but what's the point? The film doesn't need colour - in fact, it's more effective without it, and the film was shot and lit for black and white, so any colourization is fundamentally fallacious no matter how much research and rationalization goes into it. That aside, we're treated to a very informative audio commentary featuring Ray Harryhausen, plus a number of worthwhile featurettes (the making-of the film, the Hollywood Blacklist, stop-motion animation) and interviews (Harryhausen, film co-star Joan Taylor). Recommended.

[Grubert]

paidgeek,

Kris Deering has posted this on avs:

I don't think we'll be seeing long term support of VC-1 going forward. MS delivered the last tools for VC-1 already and has moved away from the codec in terms of future support from what I've heard.

Can you confirm that? In that case, what will the repercussions be for BD studios that use the codec?