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

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by AaronSCH

It's not the issue as much as the arrogance of those who are arguing it. My mother always said "it's not what you say but how you say it." So let's set the record straight: I am an ignorant average Joe who is incapable of having a superior appreciation of film—got it!

Perfect summary and picture of the past several weeks.

I'm sure right now that mhafner is examining it for DNR and Josh Zyber ?sp is looking for any edge enhancement on it.

[blitz6speed]

Just reading "Josh Z" makes me laugh. The guy is a disaster.

[Grubert]

My mother always said "it's not what you say but how you say it."

Tell that to Gregory House M.D.

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Perfect summary and picture of the past several weeks.

I'm sure right now that mhafner is examining it for DNR and Josh Zyber ?sp is looking for any edge enhancement on it.

It does have mosquito noise.

[JTK]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

I don’t think you are being disrespectful at all.

The point is after viewing three particular Blu-ray titles and personally being unhappy with what they consider a suboptimal image, some *respected* and *knowledgeable* folks (not you Max) have extrapolated DNR into a defining point for the success of the whole format (Blu-ray) itself and the intentional actions of more than one studio toward catering to the Joe6Packs for a “smoothie” look.

Don’t believe me ?
Then go back and re-read all of the online comments (in Total) made by the perpetrators and see what take home message you come up with after digesting their “body of work”…..unless their comments have been re-edited after the fact.

I couldn't agree with you more, and then some.

[Arecsa]

Originally Posted by AaronSCH

It's not the issue as much as the arrogance of those who are arguing it. My mother always said "it's not what you say but how you say it." So let's set the record straight: I am an ignorant average Joe who is incapable of having a superior appreciation of film—got it!

Sorry, I wasn't specifically referring to you as ignorant average Joe, I meant it more in general.

The DNR issue certainly has been flogged a lot lately, but I'd like to ask Penton if he can tell me that Warner are actually paying attention to any of the noise being made? Because, to me, it doesn't seem like they listen to a single word about anything from anybody. They are still announcing titles with only Dolby Digital tracks. And if they still wont provide lossless audio on everything, then there is absolutely no chance of seeing any change in their DNR attitude.

[HeavyHitter]

Well, if anything, at least the DNR issue getting beaten like a dead horse has (presumably) been noticed by all studios. At least they've heard 'something' about it.

[Bullseye]

Originally Posted by Maxpower1987

You don't want to know...

I can't wait until August 1st when I'm free of all this.

I hope that is not as bad as it sounds.

[WickyWoo]

Being in the position Max is is very difficult. You have a lot of different masters with many differing opinions and agendas, always answerable to all and afraid of offending one (as we've seen happen on occasion"

Max has done a great job keeping us as informed as he can under enormous pressure, how about a round of applause?

[Woody]

Originally Posted by Bullseye

I hope that is not as bad as it sounds.

No doubt. I am wondering what news could potentially be so bad.

[Esox50]

Originally Posted by WickyWoo

Max has done a great job keeping us as informed as he can under enormous pressure, how about a round of applause?

Thunderous applause or golf clap?

[The Big Blue]

[dialog_gvf]

Originally Posted by Robert Harris

Since it is no longer the film with a certain running time, and changes have been made, should it / can it still be marketed as The Best Picture of whatever year?

RAH

What is the Academy's position on this?

It can get a little silly: Star Wars (1977) won for Best Visual Effects.

Gary

[patrick99]

Originally Posted by WickyWoo

Being in the position Max is is very difficult. You have a lot of different masters with many differing opinions and agendas, always answerable to all and afraid of offending one (as we've seen happen on occasion"

Max has done a great job keeping us as informed as he can under enormous pressure, how about a round of applause?

Count me in.

[GarettP]

Many thanks to Max, Penton, and Wicky!

Hope you all have a long weekend like myself to enjoy!

[mikey p]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

For all “sensitive” and “educated” enthusiasts....... that hardly watch the movie at all because they’re too preoccupied being amateur digital video janitors……………

Suppose the negative is overexposed and the operator wants to remove flicker in the highlights, how do you think this could be accomplished ?(I’m not joking).

As I'm sure you already know there are several "RED ANTS" who post screen caps only to make BD's look bad, hell one of these guys went out of his way to thank the retired/fired insider for helping him. Much as it pains me, this is actually hurting the format, kind of like AVS went way out of their way to kill D-Theater/D-VHS any way they could. Who knows why?

Some day the whole truth may come out, hope this does not come off as too x-files?

Have a great 4th, I'm going to watch some MOVIES!

[Deciazulado]

Re: Metropolis. It's a 16mm dupe because the original nitrate print, which would be 80 years old, is long gone. Also see this post by Bill Hunt which should make us all happy: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...580#post996580

Some clips of the movie are being screened tonight in Buenos Aires

[RUR]

Originally Posted by Deciazulado

Re: Metropolis. It's a 16mm dupe because the original nitrate print, which would be 80 years old, is long gone. Also see this post by Bill Hunt which should make us all happy: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...580#post996580

Now that is fantastic news!

[PeterTHX]

Originally Posted by dialog_gvf

What is the Academy's position on this?

It can get a little silly: Star Wars (1977) won for Best Visual Effects.

Gary

I repeat, are we talking about Dances With Wolves???

[androvsky]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

For all “sensitive” and “educated” enthusiasts (not you James ) that hardly watch the movie at all because they’re too preoccupied being amateur digital video janitors……………

Suppose the negative is overexposed and the operator wants to remove flicker in the highlights, how do you think this could be accomplished ?





DNR.
(I’m not joking).

Is it sad that my first thought when I saw a picture of the recovered footage on the digital bits was how people were going to react to the inevitable DNR?

[JasonR]

Thanks for the recommendation on Broken Trail. I am only slightly into it, but am very impressed thus far. So much so I had to stop and tell you about it. Thanks again.

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