Irma Vep (1996) - Page 2 - Blu-ray Forum

Kylein24fps · 03-17-2021, 11:08 PM

Another top notch movie review from Svet

dressedtokill · 03-18-2021, 01:30 PM

Yeah, the review certainly is...something. I'll say that much.

DWeickerSr · 03-18-2021, 02:40 PM

His review of Black Sunday wasn't much better. How you can tell if a blu-ray is any good when the reviewer hates the movie so much (an opinion that may not be shared by the reader).

BluProofie · 03-19-2021, 12:48 PM

This might be Svet’s best review yet. Hilarious stuff.

kmhofmann · 03-24-2021, 07:44 PM

DVDBeaver: http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDRev...ep_blu-ray.htm

From what I can see in the caps the compression is on par with the Arrow here. Did not expect that from Criterion, but was expecting an artifact soup regardless of bitrate. Now if only every future disc looked as well encoded...

Dailyan · 03-24-2021, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by kmhofmann

DVDBeaver: http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDRev...ep_blu-ray.htm

From what I can see in the caps the compression is on par with the Arrow here. Did not expect that from Criterion, but was expecting an artifact soup regardless of bitrate. Now if only every future disc looked as well encoded...

I can't say I'm surprised because I believe Arrow's is an Engine House encode (I don't have the booklet for my release) and Engine House encodes are pretty meh most of the time.

nitin · 03-30-2021, 03:46 AM

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Originally Posted by kmhofmann

DVDBeaver: http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDRev...ep_blu-ray.htm

From what I can see in the caps the compression is on par with the Arrow here. Did not expect that from Criterion, but was expecting an artifact soup regardless of bitrate. Now if only every future disc looked as well encoded...

Arrow's is an encode by Premier, and they are not that good (Engine House, which is Arrow's in house encoding team do most of their current releases except the big ones for which they still use David M/FiM).

I saw the Arrow disc recently, and about 10% of it seemed noticeably spotty compression wise on a calibrated 75" 4k setup. I doubt the Criterion improves on that 10% so probably not going to double dip.

dtower182 · 04-27-2021, 05:45 PM

I'm starting to think Svet's reviews belong on his own personal blog or something. He overwhelms them with deconstruction and analysis. It's as if he wants his reviews to be essays in the booklets accompanying the Blu-rays.

Maybe I'm being a little harsh, I don't know.

kmhofmann · 04-27-2021, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by dtower182

I'm starting to think Svet's reviews belong on his own personal blog or something.

He has his own blog, sort of. There's, uhm, other stuff on there.

BluProofie · 04-27-2021, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by kmhofmann

he has his own blog, sort of. There's, uhm, other stuff on there.

lmao

dtower182 · 04-27-2021, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by kmhofmann

He has his own blog, sort of. There's, uhm, other stuff on there.

Oh god really? I'm afraid to click on the link now! haha

captainron_howdy · 07-31-2021, 03:38 PM

Made this my last pick-up of the sale, great film. Definitely going to check out the Blu-ray this weekend.

03-17-2021, 11:08 PM	#21
Kylein24fps Member Member since:Apr 2020 Location:Sacramento, CA 4K collection:49 Blu-ray collection:869 DVD collection:219	Another top notch movie review from Svet Last edited by Kylein24fps; 03-19-2021 at 08:04 PM.

03-18-2021, 01:30 PM	#22
dressedtokill Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jul 2011 4K collection:98 Blu-ray collection:421 Trading Score:1	Yeah, the review certainly is...something. I'll say that much.

03-18-2021, 02:40 PM	#23
DWeickerSr Senior Member Top contributor Member since:Feb 2019 4K collection:169 Blu-ray collection:1399 DVD collection:546	His review of Black Sunday wasn't much better. How you can tell if a blu-ray is any good when the reviewer hates the movie so much (an opinion that may not be shared by the reader).

03-19-2021, 12:48 PM	#24
BluProofie Blu-ray Count Top contributor Member since:Jan 2012 4K collection:834 Blu-ray collection:2275 DVD collection:110 Trading Score:100	This might be Svet’s best review yet. Hilarious stuff.

03-24-2021, 07:44 PM	#25
kmhofmann Special Member Member since:Apr 2016 Blu-ray reviews:1	DVDBeaver: http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDRev...ep_blu-ray.htm From what I can see in the caps the compression is on par with the Arrow here. Did not expect that from Criterion, but was expecting an artifact soup regardless of bitrate. Now if only every future disc looked as well encoded...

04-27-2021, 05:45 PM	#28
dtower182 Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Nov 2019 4K collection:398 Blu-ray collection:1625 DVD collection:67	I'm starting to think Svet's reviews belong on his own personal blog or something. He overwhelms them with deconstruction and analysis. It's as if he wants his reviews to be essays in the booklets accompanying the Blu-rays. Maybe I'm being a little harsh, I don't know.

07-31-2021, 03:38 PM	#32
captainron_howdy Blu-ray Guru Member since:Feb 2017 Location:Extreme Northern New Jersey Blu-ray reviews: 2 Trading Score:1	Made this my last pick-up of the sale, great film. Definitely going to check out the Blu-ray this weekend.

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