Mike O

Love my iPhone, don’t want to switch. Sounds like I’m basically boned. First world, first world problems.

Such an app, I have sought. Found one, I have not.

Soooooo…Chromecast?

OK, fun first world problems. Not particularly important, probably not even worth the bandwidth, but what the hell. I don’t have a laptop, just an iPhone. The PC is in another room. I’d like to watch certain thing, primarily Cinemax content like Banshee, and their app seems steadfast in their reticence to not support Chromecast. There’s also Amazon, but that’s a lost cause. Don’t have an Apple TV, or an iPhone HDMI cable. Oh, and FUNimation too, but apparently God doesn’t want me to watch Dragon Ball Z subtitled in its correct aspect ratio. Any way to work around it and get it (and possibly AIV or others) up on Chromecast? My BD player does AIV, Netflix, Hulu, and Vudu, but it’s temporarily been shipped off to get fixed. Incidentally, not having a real remote is a colossal pain in the ass. I suppose that without jailbreaking the phone, there isn’t any way around this? Figured I’d ask.

PS Will the updated software ever extend to the ability to delete posts and have a better search function?

So what’s the word on Pan’s Labyrinth? I hear the U.S. DVD was DNRed to hell, is the U.K. disc the best bet? Is there non-DNR region A version? I’m region free, so I can get the U.K. disc, but it’d be easier to get a region A or region free on if I can.

I have the Command and Conquer: The First Decade DVD. I tremendously enjoy playing Yuri’s Revenge, it’s one of the best things for taking the edge off of my sad life and distracting me from its cold, existential horror. But that particular subset of the game only doesn’t work correctly. It won’t run at all regularly, and when I clicked “Run as administrator,” it used to work, (32 bit, which is a nightmare and won’t open again if it’s minimized, but that’s a separate issue…), but now come up with a black screen. It’s on the screen; I can click or touch it and hear it move to the next menu. But it doesn’t show. Anyone have any idea?

21 hour days? Jesus. A sobering thing for wannabe filmmakers who think they’d have a “fun” job. Now, the $25,000 question: wait for the big six film boxed set that might FINALLY retain the damn theatrical extras, or buy the two boxed sets of the EEs and just be satisfied? Hmmm…

I won’t be. Though since my friend let me borrow his Blu-ray burner, maybe I’ll be getting the Despecialized Edition, since it’s apparently the best OOT fans will ever get.

ray_afraid said:

Mike O said:

So what wound up being the story with the 4K Texas Chain Saw Massacre remaster? Did it have the original mono or not?

It does.

From what I’m told, there are errors with it that were corrected on the UK disc.

MAX GO won’t stream on Chromecast! Update it, Goddammit! I can’t watch your delightful original programming unless it’s on my damn iPhone!

Well, apart from wanting my name to be hanshotfirst1138 like it is everywhere else (never quite sure how I got my name here, to be honest), and to be able to track a person by clicking on their posts and have search function that works. But based on the available evidence, I’m wondering if it’s impossible to accommodate while keeping old posts because of software upgrades.

I’ll be damned, click on my name takes me to my posts! It’s working! Now can I delete an old post?

Jesus, I had no idea that the Fleshier Superman thing was such a mess…

Yes, but can we get LOTR: The Complete Recordings back in print? WTF not?

I suppose it’s too much to hope that we might finally get remasters of the first six movies that actually look decent and maybe even the director’s cuts for the 50th anniversary? Yeah, it is.

MAX GO won’t stream on Chromecast (WTF?!), neither will AIV, my Sony Blu-ray player can’t get the premium channel streaming apps, the Amazon Instant Video interface on it doesn’t tell me if it’s 1080p or not, my HDTV only has two HDMI ports, you can’t get Ed, Edd, N’ Eddy on video after season 2, Mighty Max isn’t on DVD, 24 isn’t on Blu-ray, Babylon 5 isn’t streaming, Hulu doesn’t have all of Dark Shadows or Dragon Ball Z, Time After Time isn’t on Blu-ray, I don’t know how to get DRM content that’s not on video off of my DVR…

Oh, I’m sorry, I thought by “bitch about something,” you mean “first world problems” 😉.

Also, how do you do italics now?

I'm still skeptical that it'll happen at all ;). Can I be hanshotfirst1138 like I am on every forum I occupy?

DuracellEnergizer said:

Mike O said:

PS I also need to figure out how to get some stuff not available on home video off of my DVR, but God knows how to do that.

Then why don't you ask Him? ;-P

 It's been a long time since He answered me. 

OK, I'm a dumbass. My understanding about pulldown was that basically, something shot at 24 FPS was converted to 30 interlaced fields, then 60 for NTSC broadcast? So does this translate to looking the same to the human eye? Why is it 60p in HD? Does it recombine the fields? Does this look the same to the human eye? Streaming apps say that they will run at 24p, but my Sony BDP S3100 a Chromecast will only display at 60p. The player has a weird thing where it'll display 24p in a certain setting mode for an SD DVD, what that about? Someone school me on the technical know-how here. Sorry for being a moron. Was the native ratio of something shot on VHS video 30 FPS? Hence the infamous "soap-opera effect?" When show which had their effects finished in SD, were they literally using NTSC VHS? If so, were they just converted from digital to analog when the CG FX were done? They always say "the digital effects were done in SD," does it literally mean 480i DV then broadcast analog on videotape?

Oh, and I have a Sony BDP S3100, as mentioned above. Is there any possible reason why its interface with Amazon Instant Video is so wonky? Did Sony just design a bad app? On my dad's Smart TV, it'll actually display if it's showing 1080p and 5.1, but my dumb-ass BD player just displays the bitrate and five bars. How useful. Sony's customer service barely speaks English, so I figured I'd bet a quicker answer here. My TV only has two HDMI ports, so I got a Chromecast to work around with stuff like Crunchroll, HBO Go, MAX GO, SHO Anytime, Starz Play, etc. It's a colossal pain, there's no iPhone workaround with Chromecast for Amazon Instant Video, NO FUCKING REMOTE CONTROL, and the interfaces suck like an industrial carpet cleaner. Is there a one-size-fits-all option besides a PS4 or X-Box One? I spent a significant amount of money on a damn custom-modded region-free player, so the time being, I just bought an HDMI extender and switch them out on the second port since the first one has my DVR.

PS I also need to figure out how to get some stuff not available on home video off of my DVR, but God knows how to do that.

ANOTHER Death Star? Patter recognition is not strong with this one...

So what are the chances of us actually getting movie remasters that are good for something besides Wrath of Khan for the 50th anniversary?

DuracellEnergizer said:

Mike O said:

If we can get what we'd all sell our souls to Crowley for, it'd be worth it.

Pfft. I'd never sell my soul to somebody with a tacky fashion sense like his. 

 Well, Lucifer is in the cage, so he's in charge now.

CatBus said:

Mike O said:

Who cares? All I want is an OOT 4K remaster. If it can get us that, it can be a two hours of J.J. Abrams scratching his balls in 3-D. If we can get what we'd all sell our souls to Crowley for, it'd be worth it.

Well, let's not get carried away.  I think asking for something more realistic like a pet unicorn or world peace would be a good exchange for a crappy TFA too, without having to entertain complete fantasies like an official OOT 4K remaster.

 Anything that happens to Star Wars will be worth it if we can get a remastered OOT in 4K.

Who cares? All I want is an OOT 4K remaster. If it can get us that, it can be a two hours of J.J. Abrams scratching his balls in 3-D. If we can get what we'd all sell our souls to Crowley for, it'd be worth it.

TV's Frink said:

You didn't "have" to do that.

 Well, no, not if you're a normal, well-adjusted person who actually gets laid once in a while. But if you're someone who wanted the steelbook like I did, yeah. 

Ronster said:

TV's Frink said:

Did I miss the part where Landis said a 3D OUT is coming?

 No.. But you have missed the point that the last time the OT was planned for a re-release was the 3D conversion.

Even the Special Edition will not convert to 3D properly.

So what is left to release also considering screen Resolutions are increasing and the Special edition elements are obsolete at higher resolutions.

By power of deduction you are only left with one possible answer.

 If you have been an OOT fan long enough, you know that deduction or no deduction, if it leads to the OOT, there is always another answer to make sure we won't get it.

Tobar said:

Mike O said:

Nothing, perhaps, but why spend the tons of money and time on a restoration of a version with a tiny existing interested group of purchasers when the existing versions, for which they already have HD masters, are selling like heroine?

 

This is disproven every time news crops up of a release. Everywhere news is reported the comments section of whatever article or video is bombarded by people demanding the OOT.

It's pure purchase fatigue. There is zero incentive for anyone that already owns the films to buy them YET AGAIN, unless they're the minority of collectors that has to have every release for their collection.

The reason every release up to now kept adding more changes was that George knew he could combat the fatigue with the promise of something new each time.

Now that he's out of the picture, the only thing they can do is the one thing they haven't yet and that's release a properly restored OOT. It's either that or tinker with the films themselves and I doubt they'd risk that as that would set off a firestorm with the TFNers and their worship of Lucas' "original vision."

 Yeah, but the people commenting on websites under are all Internet fans. They don't represent the average purchaser who made Michael Bay the most successful director in history. We're like a 1000th of the population.

Wazzles said:

Darth Id said:

Tobar said:

 

 There is zero incentive for anyone that already owns the films to buy them YET AGAIN,

 I guess somebody's never heard of a little thing called...

STEELBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 Do people actually collect these or something?

 I drove to my local Best Buy to get one for Mad Max: Fury Road. They were all sold out. I had to buy one from a fucking scalper on eBay for $50. I think I'm officially done with steelbooks, but yeah, apparently they're big with some collectors.

moviefreakedmind said:

http://67.227.255.239/forum/showthread.php?t=1114372

Comment #44 in this forum is from a user claiming to work with a company that is supposed to be up-rezzing the Empire of Dreams documentary in HD. Although he does admit he doesn't have all the information... Very strange

 Why would they? That seems a little bit pointless to be uprezzing the documentary? Just put it on the disc as an SD extra, I can't imagine it's worth the time or the money to do work on a special feature.

Tobar said:

People in this thread are greatly underestimating the demand for OOT. When the digital release was announced the comment sections of various sites were filled with, "If it's not the original versions, I'm not buying!" as well as, "If you guys want to see the real deal google Harmy!" All from tons of people whose names I certainly didn't recognize from around these parts.

I haven't checked yet but I wouldn't be surprised if the same holds true for the comments sections for articles about this latest rumor.

 Maybe, but that's people like us. The fact that the Blu-ray boxed set shattered records suggests that for the vast majority of the population, it's not an issue.

CatBus said:

darklordoftech said:

What would Disney have to gain from making more changes?

A 4K version of Star Wars, for one.  For >2K, they absolutely must go back to film elements, which means pre-2004.  Another good reason would be maintaining contractual obligations (i.e. with Reliance Media) that were agreed to prior to the Lucasfilm purchase.  They may try to make the result look like the 2011SE, or the 2004SE, but if they do, it will inevitably be somewhat different and therefore "more changes".  Heck, if they decide to actually go the OOT route, they may decide to port over some of the more subtle recomps from the SE, and that too would be yet another special edition.  There are SO many ways this can go wrong without someone at the helm who actually loves the films deeply.

 This. Even if, by some twisted miracle, Disney DOES decide to remaster the OOT, there are still God-knows how many questions to figure out: what color timing? What sound mix? Garbage mattes? There are still so, so, so many things they could mess up.

darklordoftech said:

Mike O said:

moviefreakedmind said:

CatBus said:

moviefreakedmind said:

I'd love to hear what Landis himself said verbatim, but it seems that Empire magazine interpreted his statement as being the original versions specifically.

Sure, but Landis is already not the first speaker in that game of telephone.  He heard it from Lucas.  Lucas may have said "the original trilogy--yes, John, THE original classic films that started the whole thing, back in 1977, with no changes at all to what I intended all those years ago".  A normal person could walk out of there thinking Star Wars was finally going to get a decent home video release and say that to the press without reservations, but in Lucas-speak, that just means a new 2016 Specialer Edition where Yoda is now CGI.

 I don't think for one second that Disney would allow more changes to the trilogy due to the backlash it gets every time it happens. I could see Disney sweeping it under the rug, continuing to release the 2011 SEs, and then never mentioning the OOT ever again, but adding even more changes I just can't see them doing.

 The backlash from 14 people on the Internet. 99.9999% of the population don't care at all, hence why it was the bestselling Blu-ray of all time when it came out and why it would break box office records in a heartbeat if a new version was released theatrically. People who care about the OOT are a tenth of a tenth of a tenth of a tenth of the population.

What would Disney have to gain from making more changes? What could they possibly want to change? 

Nothing, perhaps, but why spend the tons of money and time on a restoration of a version with a tiny existing interested group of purchasers when the existing versions, for which they already have HD masters, are selling like heroine?