TCM Big Screen Classics 2019 - Page 2 - Blu-ray Forum

Michael24 · 11-20-2018, 12:22 AM

How are these TCM screenings? Doesn't look like Fathom Events is involved, so maybe they're pretty good. I've had negative experiences with Fathom and have avoided them for years.

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Originally Posted by jacobsever

I'd be interesting if these were like...$5 tickets. But I don't know if I'd be willing to spend regular box office prices for something I can easily access at home.

Personally, I'd rather pay those prices to get a chance to see to films I already like on the big screen than a lot of current films.

CelluloidPal · 11-20-2018, 12:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Michael24

How are these TCM screenings? Doesn't look like Fathom Events is involved, so maybe they're pretty good. I've had negative experiences with Fathom and have avoided them for years.

They're pretty good. They hosted the Die Hard screening and plays like a TCM showing with an intro and outro by the host.
These screenings are in conjunction with Fathom Events but overall, they're pretty good. The good news is that they're using DCPs with their programs now.

JohnCarpenterLives · 11-20-2018, 12:31 AM

How do they present these?

sandman slim · 11-20-2018, 01:40 AM

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Originally Posted by CelluloidPal

They're pretty good. They hosted the Die Hard screening and plays like a TCM showing with an intro and outro by the host.
These screenings are in conjunction with Fathom Events but overall, they're pretty good. The good news is that they're using DCPs with their programs now.

Might give it another try then. Don't know what they were using before, but it was terrible.

cinemaphile · 11-20-2018, 02:02 AM

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Originally Posted by sandman slim

Might give it another try then. Don't know what they were using before, but it was terrible.

Yeah, I just saw Die Hard and it was great. But a couple times in the past I went and it looked like they were just projecting a DVD.

The Mad Kiwi · 11-20-2018, 03:45 AM

I've been going to most of the TCM screenings via Fathom for years. The quality has greatly improved. They started out as satellite feeds the way some Fathom screenings are, but I guess TCM was either unhappy with the quality or had a lot of complaints from cinephiles. They switched to DCPs around 2015 or so, and the results have been great ever since (which is why I find the earlier comment about Singin' in the Rain looking like a DVD baffling. The 2012 screening of it which was a satellite feed, yes, but not the 2017 one).

I'm a member of TCM's Backlot, and when you join one of their local chapters, you get to attend these screenings for free (well, "free" since you pay $70 a year for membership, but I figure it pays for itself with all the screenings I attend plus the exclusive online archive I get). I find 2019's lineup really exciting even though: a) I've seen Oz, Ben-Hur, and Lawrence theatrically before, and b) four of the films are from 1989. I enjoy all the films in the lineup, so I'm excited to check them out on the big screen with my TCM local chapter gang.

ZoetMB · 11-20-2018, 04:56 AM

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Originally Posted by MifuneFan

I'd like to see LoA in theaters, but I don't know if I can do 4 hours in theater. I tend to get restless and sore after a while. There's the intermission I guess, so I can stretch then

Wait until they revive a 70mm print or at least for a proper digital restoration. I think these special showings that are satellite fed look like crap.

Edit: OK, the post above mine says they're doing proper DCP's, so maybe they're not so bad anymore.

afr52 · 11-20-2018, 06:49 AM

What? No "Gone With The Wind" showing for the 80th anniversary?

clortho · 11-20-2018, 07:34 AM

I saw a Fathom screening of the first Boondock Saints back in 2010 and I remember how crappy the quality was. It looked like a projected DVD.

I made it to the Die Hard screening last Wednesday, and it was night and day. It was more than worth the price, IMO.

Unfortunately I couldn't be less interested in any of the titles being offered next year. Hope there's a good draw for these so it can continue in to 2020.

Rich65 · 11-20-2018, 07:42 AM

Too bad they aren't going to have a 40th Anniversary showing of Star Trek: The Motion Picture next fall, especially the Director's Edition. I know the new effects need to brought up to at least 1080P but maybe Paramount will do it.

CinemaScope · 11-20-2018, 10:53 AM

It's a shame that The Wild Bunch (1969) isn't on that list, it's the 50th anniversary next year. I'm hoping Warner do a new 4K scan for the anniversary, the old transfer is getting a bit long in the tooth.

cinemaphile · 11-20-2018, 01:11 PM

Some of these others mentioned could very well get anniversary screenings or even week-long engagements, just not via the TCM series.
Warner Bros especially (Wild Bunch, Gone with the Wind, etc) has done several in the past.

JohnCarpenterLives · 12-05-2018, 05:31 PM

Ben-Hur 70mm restoration on DCP... outside of driving to LA for a special screening at the Cinematheque this will probably be the best screening I can easily see. Sold.

Johnny Blu · 12-05-2018, 05:45 PM

Unrelated to this upcoming series, but I just watched The Black Hole (1979) last night on TCM (I had dvr'd it about a month ago). I'm kind of bummed out that I watched it now. I had seen it growing up and basically had forgotten about the movie since then, but something in the back of my mind was telling me that it was good. Was I wrong. The movie was garbage. The actors seemed unsure of what they should be doing, and the special effects looked archaic based on the standards during that time. It felt like a studio hurried up the production of a movie to try to piggy back on the success of Star Wars.

The Mad Kiwi · 12-05-2018, 11:22 PM

The TCM Big Screen Classics lineup officially got posted today, and it confirms the list posted earlier, but with My Fair Lady in the February spot and The Godfather: Part II not listed. I think TCM is working something out with Paramount and isn't ready to announce it, yet, because their official list has nothing for November - the month Godfather II's supposed to be screening.

JMS1223 · 05-21-2019, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by The Mad Kiwi

They started out as satellite feeds the way some Fathom screenings are, but I guess TCM was either unhappy with the quality or had a lot of complaints from cinephiles. They switched to DCPs around 2015 or so, and the results have been great ever since

I thought this was the case but sadly TCM series still occasionally uses satellite feeds. To Kill A Mockingbird and True Grit were both satellite feeds. It also appears Steel Magnolias might be too but have yet to confirm that.

On the other hand The Wizard of Oz, My Fair Lady and Ben-Hur were DCP. So it looks like they pick and choose which get DCP.

Also not all DCP are listed on https://cinema.dcinema.com/default.aspx as the Wizard of Oz and Gone With The Wind (an addition Fathom added, not part of this series) were actually DCP as theaters got hard drives for those, but yet did not reflect on that site.

Dubstar · 05-21-2019, 09:14 PM

the 4K DCP of 'Alien' on the big screen - SOLD !!

evilive · 09-22-2019, 10:47 PM

Going later tonight to catch Shawshank.

ArrestedDevelopment · 09-23-2019, 03:42 AM

Finally got to watch Shawshank on the big screen.

Greatest. Movie. Of. All. Time.

11-20-2018, 12:31 AM	#23
JohnCarpenterLives Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Sep 2008 4K collection:229 Blu-ray collection:980 DVD collection:420 Trading Score:5	How do they present these?

11-20-2018, 03:45 AM	#26
The Mad Kiwi Power Member Top contributor Member since:Jun 2010 Location:Florida 4K collection:199 Blu-ray collection:902 DVD collection:128 Digital collection:16	I've been going to most of the TCM screenings via Fathom for years. The quality has greatly improved. They started out as satellite feeds the way some Fathom screenings are, but I guess TCM was either unhappy with the quality or had a lot of complaints from cinephiles. They switched to DCPs around 2015 or so, and the results have been great ever since (which is why I find the earlier comment about Singin' in the Rain looking like a DVD baffling. The 2012 screening of it which was a satellite feed, yes, but not the 2017 one). I'm a member of TCM's Backlot, and when you join one of their local chapters, you get to attend these screenings for free (well, "free" since you pay $70 a year for membership, but I figure it pays for itself with all the screenings I attend plus the exclusive online archive I get). I find 2019's lineup really exciting even though: a) I've seen Oz, Ben-Hur, and Lawrence theatrically before, and b) four of the films are from 1989. I enjoy all the films in the lineup, so I'm excited to check them out on the big screen with my TCM local chapter gang.

11-20-2018, 06:49 AM	#28
afr52 Senior Member Top contributor Member since:Jul 2009 Location:Arizona 4K collection:182 Blu-ray collection:465 DVD collection:9	What? No "Gone With The Wind" showing for the 80th anniversary?

11-20-2018, 07:34 AM	#29
clortho Active Member Top contributor Member since:Oct 2008 4K collection:25 Blu-ray collection:112 DVD collection:59 Digital collection:172 iTunes collection:335 Trading Score:15	I saw a Fathom screening of the first Boondock Saints back in 2010 and I remember how crappy the quality was. It looked like a projected DVD. I made it to the Die Hard screening last Wednesday, and it was night and day. It was more than worth the price, IMO. Unfortunately I couldn't be less interested in any of the titles being offered next year. Hope there's a good draw for these so it can continue in to 2020.

11-20-2018, 07:42 AM	#30
Rich65 Blu-ray Knight Member since:Feb 2011 4K collection:335 Blu-ray collection:1554 Trading Score:3	Too bad they aren't going to have a 40th Anniversary showing of Star Trek: The Motion Picture next fall, especially the Director's Edition. I know the new effects need to brought up to at least 1080P but maybe Paramount will do it.

11-20-2018, 10:53 AM	#31
CinemaScope Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jun 2011 Location:London	It's a shame that The Wild Bunch (1969) isn't on that list, it's the 50th anniversary next year. I'm hoping Warner do a new 4K scan for the anniversary, the old transfer is getting a bit long in the tooth.

11-20-2018, 01:11 PM	#32
cinemaphile Blu-ray Archduke Top contributor Member since:Feb 2010 Location:Illinois Trading Score:322	Some of these others mentioned could very well get anniversary screenings or even week-long engagements, just not via the TCM series. Warner Bros especially (Wild Bunch, Gone with the Wind, etc) has done several in the past.

12-05-2018, 05:31 PM	#33
JohnCarpenterLives Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Sep 2008 4K collection:229 Blu-ray collection:980 DVD collection:420 Trading Score:5	Ben-Hur 70mm restoration on DCP... outside of driving to LA for a special screening at the Cinematheque this will probably be the best screening I can easily see. Sold.

12-05-2018, 05:45 PM	#34
Johnny Blu Power Member Member since:Nov 2010 Location:Rhode Island 4K collection:310 Blu-ray collection:1166 DVD collection:33	Unrelated to this upcoming series, but I just watched The Black Hole (1979) last night on TCM (I had dvr'd it about a month ago). I'm kind of bummed out that I watched it now. I had seen it growing up and basically had forgotten about the movie since then, but something in the back of my mind was telling me that it was good. Was I wrong. The movie was garbage. The actors seemed unsure of what they should be doing, and the special effects looked archaic based on the standards during that time. It felt like a studio hurried up the production of a movie to try to piggy back on the success of Star Wars.

12-05-2018, 11:22 PM	#35
The Mad Kiwi Power Member Top contributor Member since:Jun 2010 Location:Florida 4K collection:199 Blu-ray collection:902 DVD collection:128 Digital collection:16	The TCM Big Screen Classics lineup officially got posted today, and it confirms the list posted earlier, but with My Fair Lady in the February spot and The Godfather: Part II not listed. I think TCM is working something out with Paramount and isn't ready to announce it, yet, because their official list has nothing for November - the month Godfather II's supposed to be screening.

05-21-2019, 09:14 PM	#37
Dubstar Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Jun 2008 Location:down at Fraggle Rock Home Theater Gallery:1 4K collection:201 Blu-ray collection:1953 DVD collection:304 MA collection:4 Digital collection:33 Trading Score:29	the 4K DCP of 'Alien' on the big screen - SOLD !!

09-22-2019, 10:47 PM	#38
evilive Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jul 2015 4K collection:73 Blu-ray collection:1021 DVD collection:286 Trading Score:25	Going later tonight to catch Shawshank.

09-23-2019, 03:42 AM	#39
ArrestedDevelopment Banned Top contributor Member since:Jul 2009 Location:The O.C. 4K collection:491 Blu-ray collection:1624 DVD collection:68	Finally got to watch Shawshank on the big screen. Greatest. Movie. Of. All. Time.

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