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    UHD Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - Aliens -- in 4k UHD

    You'd think they'd at least get a discount for only using teal and orange, amiright?
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    ThunderCats (Live-Action) (2026)

    Darn, I'm busy that day.
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    C.H.U.D. BluRay Question & Need 2 Buy 1

    The 2nd disc of the 2-disc limited edition contains the theatrical cut, which it states is exclusive to the LE. The single disc would likely have the "integral cut" only.
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    Kino-Lorber Insider Announcement Thread (Read Guidelines Post #3)

    Based on the title, I assume this is about a handheld vacuum cleaner?
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    UHD Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - True Lies -- in 4k UHD

    Forget I said "color timing" and focus on what I said about changes to dialogue, plot points and actors. If you can't see that there's a difference, we'll have to agree to disagree.
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    UHD Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - True Lies -- in 4k UHD

    The big difference is that George Lucas changed the content of the Star Wars OT, replacing effects shots, changing dialogue, plot points, actors, color timing, etc. Aside from a few cosmetic fixes here and there (fixing the visible hole in the floor around Bishop at the end of Aliens, for...
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    UHD Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - True Lies -- in 4k UHD

    Fun story: I actually watched the True Lies UHD last night, and even without the grain, it's still a pretty entertaining movie.
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    UHD Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - True Lies -- in 4k UHD

    From all reports, Titanic was a massively complicated shoot. However minimal the additional cost, throwing bulky 70mm cameras into the mix would have made everything even harder. I highly doubt it was ever even considered as an option.
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    UHD Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - True Lies -- in 4k UHD

    It wasn't until after Titanic became a global phenomenon that Cameron got that kind clout. There was plenty of hand-wringing going on about his budgets until then.
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    UHD Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - True Lies -- in 4k UHD

    Very few feature films have been fully shot on large format since 1970. Large format has mostly been used since then for visual effects work. Cost and the shooting logistics of bulky 70mm cameras are two of the major factors that made them fall out of favor. Blowing up 35mm to 70mm became the...
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    UHD Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - True Lies -- in 4k UHD

    Hey, Gloria Stuart! How long has this debate been going on? I'm sure the next post will be the one that inspires Disney to do a full recall and issue a release that pleases everyone! And... Go!
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    UHD Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - True Lies -- in 4k UHD

    I didn't notice the filling. Some things I DID notice: In the future everyone is smoking again, old-school video monitors and security cameras are back in use, GPS locators have been replaced with state-of-the-art beeping things, and it seems dentists are once again using metal fillings.
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    Press Release BVHE Press Release: The Abyss, True Lies, Aliens, Titanic, Avatar and Avatar: The Way of the Water (4k UHD) (Blu-ray)

    I was careful and went slow and steady also, but the stickers had other ideas and ripped without provocation. The technology exists to create stickers that peel off cleanly and with minimal effort, so 'tis a pity that they went with the other kind.
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    'All of Me' widescreen?

    Cut to 15 years later, with the 40th anniversary of All of Me upon us, it would seem to be yet another prime opportunity to put out an upgraded release.
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    Press Release BVHE Press Release: The Abyss, True Lies, Aliens, Titanic, Avatar and Avatar: The Way of the Water (4k UHD) (Blu-ray)

    I received my order today from The Atomic Movie Store. They had done a fantastic job of packing the discs in bubble wrap, prior to shipping, and everything looked absolutely pristine when I took them out of the box. Then I went to peel off the stickers, thinking they would peel off cleanly. Not...
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