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    A Few Words About A few words about...™ Batman v Superman (extended) -- in 4k UHD Blu-ray

    As did I. But my mention of Watchmen, with regard to Zack Snyder's overall directorial style, seems to have inadvertently derailed the thread. Still, I've seen threads go completely off topic for a dozen pages on end, especially when people start talking technical points, so this is pretty...
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    A Few Words About A few words about...™ Batman v Superman (extended) -- in 4k UHD Blu-ray

    Chapter IV of Watchmen tells the origin of Dr. Manhattan. It also explores several themes, most prominently "Who Makes the World?" And deconstructs the space-time continuum, to boot. In the film, it's just an origin story for Dr. Manhattan. Themes are often expressed between story beats...
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    A Few Words About A few words about...™ An American Werewolf in London -- in Blu-ray

    My personal opinion, having viewed the disc without anyone's prior input, is that there's definitely something wrong with the grain. The image isn't entirely without texture. It appears, oddly, selectively without texture. I'm seeing a minimized but still reasonable grain field in portions...
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    A Few Words About A few words about...™ Batman v Superman (extended) -- in 4k UHD Blu-ray

    You don't understand Black Freighter for the same reason you think the book and the movie are virtually identical. Because you read the story. If you were looking at the themes of the original, you would see that the film scarcely addresses them, and you would also understand that The Black...
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    A Few Words About A few words about...™ An American Werewolf in London -- in Blu-ray

    I don't know where the term "grain management" originated, but the first time I heard it, the person saying it worked for Universal's film restoration department. So I'd say it's worth mentioning in discussion regarding a new Universal "film restoration."
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    A Few Words About A few words about...™ Midnight Run -- in Blu-ray

    My copy arrived on Monday (thanks, Amazon Prime!) and I was thrilled with the quality while watching it. Haven't gotten into the extras yet, but the disc is already well worth the asking price, and then some.
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    A Few Words About A few words about...™ The Return of the Living Dead -- in Blu-ray

    Should be noted that audio here is not original, and the original punk soundtrack is not entirely intact, though better than the MGM 5.1 track. Second Sight in the UK is still the one, audio wise. Though this is a clear step up visually.
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    A Few Words About A few words about...™ The Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) -- in Blu-ray

    I need to pick this one up. I have the MGM release, but this is one of my favorites, so I'll have to double dip. Just like American Werewolf, The Thing, etc.
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    A Few Words About A few words about...™ Bad Moon -- in Blu-ray

    Best transformation still goes to American Werewolf in London. Can't wait for Universal's remaster of that one.
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    A Few Words About A few words about...™ The Mark of Zorro -- in Blu-ray

    The Adventures of Robin Hood was my first brush with 3-strip Technicolor on BD, and I was amazed by the lushness of the color. A highly recommended presentation. I first saw The Mark of Zorro when I was 10 years old, and it instantly became my favorite version of the character. Decades...
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    A Few Words About A few words about...™ Midnight Run -- in Blu-ray

    I've had my fingers crossed for this one. One of my favorites (from the days when Bobby D was in far fewer, and far funnier, comedies), and it seemed to take forever to reach BD in Region A. The Region B transfers had me worried, as well as Universal's track record with "lesser" catalog...
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    A Few Words About A few words about...™ Batman v Superman (extended) -- in 4k UHD Blu-ray

    And sadly, the team behind Batman: The Killing Joke just went one (or SEVERAL) further than Snyder, in completely misrepresenting the source material. And with Bruce Timm, Kevin Conroy, and Mark Hamill on board, I had high expectations of these guys in the "Gets What This Story Is About"...
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    A Few Words About A few words about...™ Batman v Superman (extended) -- in 4k UHD Blu-ray

    The movie's ending made no sense, either. If the threat were Dr. Manhattan, America's lapdog, the world would not set aside their differences, they would converge on America as the home of the enemy, even if American targets were hit, as well. At the very least, Adrian could never be SURE of...
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    A Few Words About A few words about...™ Batman v Superman (extended) -- in 4k UHD Blu-ray

    I would have been more enthusiastic about a film where Snyder condensed and even changed the story a great deal, had he used the opportunity to focus on the central themes. Instead, I got a film that tells the exact story of Watchmen, beat for beat, with virtually no changes, and one which left...
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    A Few Words About A few words about...™ Batman v Superman (extended) -- in 4k UHD Blu-ray

    The Watchmen film was a complete thematic failure. Probably Snyder's biggest failure to date. He tells the exact story (of a novel whose author says the story is beside the point), he recreates the visual setting precisely, and yet he drops the entire central theme of Watchmen by reducing...
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