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#60261
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General DVD Talk
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/60261/action/topic#60261
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Originally posted by: Mackey256
Just out of curiosity has anyone seen two displays side by side where one was calibrated using the DVE disc and the other was done using.....I can't remember the other one. Damn.

Anyway I have always use DVE (Digital Video Essentials) and was just wondering which was actually better.


I think it's Avia. From what I've heard, there's really no difference. They both do a good job calibrating. It's whatever is cheapest really.
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#60143
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Editing the '2oo4 Editions' - which changes would you revert?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/60143/action/topic#60143
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Originally posted by: ricarleite
About the whole thing of actors hating blue screens, and actors hating working on Star Wars, I think that's ridiculous. They're movie actors, they get a WHOLE lot of money! I don't CARE if they are bored, or if they think star wars sucks, or if they can't act against blue screen! That's the job they chose to do, to ACT no matter how insanely ridiculous the situation might be, that's what they're getting their money from, so stop complaining and just do the job properly. Peter O'Toole refuse to act in Tron when he found out he would have to act against bluescreens and greenscreens and whatever, that's a ridiculous primadonna behaviour I hate about those kind of actors. Sir Alec Guiness bad-mouthed Star Wars on every ocasion he mentioned it, just as Marlon Brando did with Superman... ok so WHY did they agree on acting on those movies?


I would have to disagree with you on that. Actors may not necessarily know what they are getting into when they sign for a movie. I really don't think it is right have to act against a bluescreen. Their job is not to only to act in any situtation, it is also the directors job to create a workable environment. If you're acting against a bluescreen you have nothing to drive your performance and your fire is lost.

Oh, and Marlon Brando is just like that. He pisses of every director. He referred to the director of the Score (Frank Oz) as "Miss Piggy" and refused to work with him. De Niro directed all of his scenes. He also refused to wear pants, thus all his scenes were shot from the waist up.
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#60113
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2004 OT DVD release continuity error?!
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/60113/action/topic#60113
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Originally posted by: ricarleite
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Originally posted by: Hal 9000
*puffs into space fetus ala 2001: A Space Odyssey*


Hey that would be an interesting mix, 2001 with Star Wars...

* The milenium falcon gets into the psychodelic star portal when the hyperspace is activated.

* "Stop the trash compactors, artoo!" - "I'm afraid I can't do that, Dave... I mean, Luke."

* Chewbacca throwing a bone to the sky at the ending celebration

* In episode 3, C3PO's memory is getting de-activated: "Stop that Obi-Wan. Stop. Stop. What are you doing, Obi-Wan? I suggest you take a stress pill, think things over, and we play some stop-motion creature space chess. Stop, Obi-Wan. Will you stop? My mind is going. I can feel it. I can feel it. I'm afraid. I'm a... good afternoon gentleman. I am C3PO, human cyborg relations. I became operational at minus 30 years pre-a new hope, and my creator was master annie. He taught me to sing a song. If you want I can sing it for you... (proceeds to sing the Life Day song from the Holydays Special)



Haha! As a huge fan of 2001, that's even better than the Jerry Springer one!
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#60094
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1995 VHS
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/60094/action/topic#60094
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Originally posted by: Luke Skywalker
damn.... doesnt that cost them more money releasing two different versions?

i mean hell Lucas wont even give us a choice on what version to buy yet hes giving consumers a choice on what aspect to buy?

i figured he would just release the sets in widescreen and say "if you want SW you buy them the way i ask you to!"
lol


It's more expensive, yes. They have to higher someone to come in and decide which part of the frame to keep for each shot. It's fairly time consuming.
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#60058
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Terminator Thread
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/60058/action/topic#60058
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Originally posted by: Switch Radic
uhh... could ya'll explain the terms hard and soft matte please? I used to think there was just a matte period and not two types of mattes.
and I don't understand why filmmakers use super 35 in the first place. It's grainier and looks really sloppy on the final out. It just doesn't make much sense to shoot something and then have to re-frame it later. The shot should be properly framed before one frame of film is even exposed.


A hard matte is where the film is simply matted in a certain aspect ratio. If it's 1.85:1, it's 1.85:1 and that's that. A soft matted movie (or open matte) is where it is filmed in usually a 1.33:1 ratio, then is cut down for a theatrical release to whatever ratio the filmmaker wants (usually 1.85:1).

Super35 is simply another way of shooting footage. It gives it more a of a gritty look, and is used mostly in action movies. The shot is properly framed, monitors make sure of that. No director would ever just shoot something without it being framed properly.
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#59934
Topic
General DVD Talk
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59934/action/topic#59934
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Originally posted by: GundarkHunter
Not all SuperBits are unfiltered. The transfers used for The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth were the same as the original releases, only with DTS and higher bitrates. Even then, the DTS track was out of sync.


I'm aware of the DTS problem on Labyrinth.

And we're not talking about transfer... with the exceptions of Desperado and Lawrence of Arabia (and maybe one or two more that I'm not aware of) Superbits use the same transfer as the original. The bit-rate isn't just raised... that would do nothing really. Suberbits are indeed horizontally un-filtered.