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

[mpsan]

Originally Posted by PeterTHX

At least you didn't say "long time comming" (which I'm seeing more & more of).



It's my one mission in life, to restore the proper spelling of "lose" on the internet. You know it's getting bad when you see it in print media!

I agree. I also see too much of an item "for sell".

[Mythos]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Well it's good to see you posting.

I just don't have any insight to add most of the time, the only movie work I've done being in post.
And besides, I already post way too much on other (non movie) forums.

Moved here from the UK 14 years ago and love the great South/West outdoors and it's critters.
Which reminds me that I'm overdue for a off-road desert trip...

Anyway, enough about me. Thanks for reading and thanks for forwarding my filmography request.
Let me know if there's anyone I should have "a quiet word" with next time I'm in Burbank or Culver City etc

[mpsan]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Yes.

Well, if you are taking requests, I, for one, vote for the Main Menu being dumbed down a bit! For example, on some movies, I can select DTS MA and then not find a way to get back and start the movie. In fact this just happened last night watching Suburban Girl. Often the color choice is so bad that even on the Q it is hard for us to read what is selected!

Just my 2 cents!

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by savage1984

It's gotta be BigFoot

...hehehe... I'm so lost

Good for you.
I thought for sure somebody would choose “FilmMixer”….. being one of our newest forum members.
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...=48422&page=11

Read this post again carefully (the bolded words have no special significance).
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...postcount=2493

^
Take one word from that post and combine it with your astute guess and you’ve got the answer. I also gave you guys an update indirectly suggesting that DKP would probably be the contractor doing the work.

*Disclaimer – The above linked post is not referring to DNR applied later on down the chain by some studios/post houses during the encoding/authoring stage of Blu-ray titles……it is pertaining to its use during post production for the theatrical presentation.

[cipher]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

To all the naysayers and doubting Thomases on other internet forums…………….

ENJOY YOUR CROW.

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Good for you.
I thought for sure somebody would choose “FilmMixer”….. being one of our newest forum members.
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...=48422&page=11

Read this post again carefully (the bolded words have no special significance).
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...postcount=2493

^
Take one word from that post and combine it with your astute guess and you’ve got the answer. I also gave you guys an update indirectly suggesting that DKP would probably be the contractor doing the work.

This is doing my head in!

Given these "clues", I'm guessing the first quote hints at the Scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz while the second hints at Jerry Maren who was the Child Bigfoot in Bigfoot and was one of the Munchkin's in the Wizard of Oz.

Also, it's the 70th anniversary of The Wizard of Oz in 2009.

[horseflesh]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Good for you.
I thought for sure somebody would choose “FilmMixer”….. being one of our newest forum members.
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...=48422&page=11

Read this post again carefully (the bolded words have no special significance).
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...postcount=2493

^
Take one word from that post and combine it with your astute guess and you’ve got the answer. I also gave you guys an update indirectly suggesting that DKP would probably be the contractor doing the work.

*Disclaimer – The above linked post is not referring to DNR applied later on down the chain by some studios/post houses during the encoding/authoring stage of Blu-ray titles……it is pertaining to its use during post production for the theatrical presentation.

Has to be King Kong, has to be.....
(considering my original guess of The Birds was more or less dismissed)

[AstroBlu]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Time for another clue as to the classic film scheduled for a complete digital restoration [by Asset Management for archiving]…..which may have some bearing on the production of a Blu-ray edition in ’09 or 2010.

Well, this really isn’t a new clue, it’s just further clarification of an old one.
Meaning, the clue I gave several pages back in the past is actually the same (exactly) as the *handle* or online screen name of one of the posters on this page…………………….

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...=48422&page=11

There's Bobby Henderson/Bigfoot - Harry and the Hendersons (UK title: Bigfoot and the Hendersons). Not really a 'classic'.

Or there's Anthony P as in Perkins = Psycho (a classic)

Otherwise, I give up.

[horseflesh]

Well King Kong was kind of a rogue Bigfoot wasn't he??

[bassbone57]

Originally Posted by cipher

This is doing my head in!

Given these "clues", I'm guessing the first quote hints at the Scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz while the second hints at Jerry Maren who was the Child Bigfoot in Bigfoot and was one of the Munchkin's in the Wizard of Oz.

Also, it's the 70th anniversary of The Wizard of Oz in 2009.

This would be fantastic news! I know it's coming, but a brand new restoration...

-K

[WickyWoo]

Given these "clues", I'm guessing the first quote hints at the Scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz while the second hints at Jerry Maren who was the Child Bigfoot in Bigfoot and was one of the Munchkin's in the Wizard of Oz.

Also, it's the 70th anniversary of The Wizard of Oz in 2009.

WB already said Oz was coming in 2009

[horseflesh]

Originally Posted by WickyWoo

WB already said Oz was coming in 2009

It's a pity Kong Kong wasn't released in 1934; would have tied in nicely with a 75th Anniversary Blu-ray Edition next year

[mark antony]

Originally Posted by horseflesh

It's a pity Kong Kong wasn't released in 1934; would have tied in nicely with a 75th Anniversary Blu-ray Edition next year

Kong was fully restored, partially at 4K, for the dvd release. Unless better elements are miraculously discovered the current master is as good as it gets...

Similarly Oz shouldn't be in need of any further work for some considerable time...

M

[horseflesh]

Originally Posted by mark antony

Kong was fully restored, partially at 4K, for the dvd release. Unless better elements are miraculously discovered the current master is as good as it gets...

Similarly Oz shouldn't be in need of any further work for some considerable time...

M

Hmmmmm.....does this mean I have to go back to The Birds!??!?

[savage1984]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Good for you.

I'm sensing sarcasm...

Well, you do make us think...

I got nothing... but i'll sleep on it and let you know if I have a spark in the morning.

[savage1984]

Originally Posted by mark antony

Kong was fully restored, partially at 4K, for the dvd release. Unless better elements are miraculously discovered the current master is as good as it gets...

Similarly Oz shouldn't be in need of any further work for some considerable time...

M

maybe I'm stretching it here, but you said "unless better elements [were] miraculously discovered..."

well if we take the word "salvaged" from P-Man's alluded-to post and combine that with BigFoot.... we get "salvaged BigFoot" Maybe this means they've discovered new elements that were thought destroyed... then again I'm probably wrong, but I had to make a stab at it.

[milou6]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Time for another clue as to the classic film scheduled for a complete digital restoration [by Asset Management for archiving]…..which may have some bearing on the production of a Blu-ray edition in ’09 or 2010.

I am so glad Howard the Duck is getting the restoration it deserves.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by milou6

I am so glad Howard the Duck is getting the restoration it deserves.

What is your reasoning behind this choice given the clues presented ?

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by moweeis

Pentonman,

A company here in Denmark says that Sony delivers 1080i masters to them.. I was under the impression that Blu-ray was advertised with being 1080p only on main features?

Sorry, I know nothing about it.
All I know is that there are “air” masters that sometimes get delivered.
See……………………
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...postcount=2399

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by savage1984

I'm sensing sarcasm...

No sarcasm at all. I sincerely believed you did well by just picking out “BigFoot” from all the screen names on that linked page.

If nobody can offer up the correct title via the logical reasoning of clues that I have set forth, then I’ll resurrect this topic from the dead in about 2 weeks.
Say…………………May 19.

P.S.
You know, I just thought of another way to solve this conundrum for you googlers out there. I inadvertently let it slip that “DKP” would *probably* end up being the contractor doing the work (or at least one part of the project, we’re talking mucho $$ here).

So, I guess you could always google “DKP” but then you’ll most likely encounter thousands of hits. A smartie might add a particular relevant word to “DKP” (no, not “BigFoot”) to narrow down the choices and find this piece to the puzzle.

[milou6]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

What is your reasoning behind this choice given the clues presented ?

I wish I could say I was very clever but this was just an effort at humor. Are there some accidental parallels between the real film in question and the Duck?