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HTF BLU-RAY REVIEW: 20 Million Miles to Earth 50th Anniversary Collection

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12/11/07 at 9:21am
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Re: HTF BLU-RAY REVIEW: 20 Million Miles to Earth 50th Anniversary Collection

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Finally got a chance to watch this last night. Didn't see any artifacts but I did see grain which seems the result of the optical effects and also the stock footage commonly placed in B movies. MonstersHD has all the Harryhausen films on steady rotation and I can say they are very grainy (especially any shots with visual effects) and I think the High Def clarity brings out the grain even more.

I don't mind grain so I thought it looked fine and this is a definate step up from the DVD. On a side note curiosity got the better of me and I did use the angle feature in certain places to check out the colorized version. Meh, I definately prefer the original B&W.

Sony just announced similar DVD B&W/Colorized re-issues for Earth vs. the Flying Saucers and It Came From Beneath the Sea so hopefully we'll get these on BD soon.

I have to agree about the color. With as far as computer graphics have come, they still can't get the skin tones right.

Doug
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12/11/07 at 3:30pm
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Re: HTF BLU-RAY REVIEW: 20 Million Miles to Earth 50th Anniversary Collection

Nope. Skin tones still look beige, almost like cadavers (if anyone needs to know how I know what cadavers look like, PM me).

\"My opinion is that (a) anyone who actually works in a video store and does not understand letterboxing has given up on life, and (b) any customer who prefers to have the sides of a movie hacked off should not be licensed to operate a video player.\"-- Roger Ebert

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12/11/07 at 5:24pm
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Re: HTF BLU-RAY REVIEW: 20 Million Miles to Earth 50th Anniversary Collection

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Nope. Skin tones still look beige, almost like cadavers (if anyone needs to know how I know what cadavers look like, PM me).

yeah the gray from the black and white is slipping through.
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12/11/07 at 7:50pm
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Re: HTF BLU-RAY REVIEW: 20 Million Miles to Earth 50th Anniversary Collection

I just finished watching this disc. It was the first time that I've seen 20 Million Miles to Earth. It wasn't the greatest movie ever, but I always enjoy watching Ray Harryhausen's work. I even dipped into the supplements watching the piece on the art work used to promote his film and the interview with Tim Burton. All in all, it is an excellent disc and well worth the $7.98 I spent on it.
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