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Originally Posted by Dick
I would be interested in reading some reviews on this, but it looks just fine in SD on my 46" set, and, frankly, while the movie is a classic and I love it all over the place, it is to my mind not a masterpiece of black and white cinematography , just servicable. In this case, the screenplay and Gort are the magical elements. Therefore, for me, Blu-ray would not be a necessity the way it would for, say, THE THIRD MAN or SUNSET BLVD, where the astonishing camerawork is so vital to the atmosphere.
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Originally Posted by Robert Crawford
I disagree, but anyhow, I'll be watching it this afternoon because it's one of my favorite films and I'll think it would look great in HD.
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Movies are: "The Greatest Artform".
HD should be for EVERYONE!
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Originally Posted by Ed St. Clair
Why is the doc "Making of..." 70 mins on the old SD & 23:51 on the new?
(is the doc split up or something) Thanks. EDitEDbyED: LUV the Batman-look by the way!!! Even my Kong poster looks better! Thanks. |
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Originally Posted by Jeff_HR
I watched it last night. It looked fine to my eyes & the audio was wonderful.
On my Blu-Ray disc the "Special Feature" about the Theremin was missing! When I selected it from the Menu an 18 second lead-in begins, but after this part is done the screen goes black & there is only dashes (---) in the time indicator on my Sony S550. Has this happened to anyone else??? |
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Another cat? Perhaps. For love there is also a season; its seeds must be resown. But a family cat is not replaceable like a wornout coat or a set of tires. Each new kitten becomes its own cat, and none is repeated. I am four cats old, measuring out my life in friends that...
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Originally Posted by Dick
I would be interested in reading some reviews on this, but it looks just fine in SD on my 46" set, and, frankly, while the movie is a classic and I love it all over the place, it is to my mind not a masterpiece of black and white cinematography , just servicable. In this case, the screenplay and Gort are the magical elements. Therefore, for me, Blu-ray would not be a necessity the way it would for, say, THE THIRD MAN or SUNSET BLVD, where the astonishing camerawork is so vital to the atmosphere.
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Originally Posted by Douglas Monce
I also have to disagree with this. As a filmmaker who has studied a great deal of B&W cinematography, I think The Day The Earth Stood Still stands out as one of the finest examples of "noir" photography there is. The scene where Mr. Carpenter first arrives at the boarding house in silhouette is nothing less than stunning.
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| As to the Theremin feature, I too have an S550 and my results were the same. I'd like to know if other players are having the problem |
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Originally Posted by Johnny Angell
BTW, when Gort is carrying Patricia Neal to the saucer, do I see wires holding her in Gort's arms? I've never noticed those before.
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Johnny
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Another cat? Perhaps. For love there is also a season; its seeds must be resown. But a family cat is not replaceable like a wornout coat or a set of tires. Each new kitten becomes its own cat, and none is repeated. I am four cats old, measuring out my life in friends that...
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Originally Posted by Johnny Angell
BTW, when Gort is carrying Patricia Neal to the saucer, do I see wires holding her in Gort's arms? I've never noticed those before.
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Originally Posted by Douglas Monce
I also have to disagree with this. As a filmmaker who has studied a great deal of B&W cinematography, I think The Day The Earth Stood Still stands out as one of the finest examples of "noir" photography there is. The scene where Mr. Carpenter first arrives at the boarding house in silhouette is nothing less than stunning.
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Originally Posted by Johnny Angell
BTW, when Gort is carrying Patricia Neal to the saucer, do I see wires holding her in Gort's arms? I've never noticed those before.
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Originally Posted by Douglas Monce
I also have to disagree with this. As a filmmaker who has studied a great deal of B&W cinematography, I think The Day The Earth Stood Still stands out as one of the finest examples of "noir" photography there is. The scene where Mr. Carpenter first arrives at the boarding house in silhouette is nothing less than stunning.
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Originally Posted by Paul Arnette
DVD Beaver has a review up with some screen shots here:
The Day the Earth Stood Still Blu-ray Michael Rennie Patricia Neal It does not appear to have an overprocessed looked to it. This is going on my Christmas List for sure! |
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Originally Posted by Jeff_HR
Nice to know I'm not alone with this problem.
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Originally Posted by jenius
Hi All!
Long time reader first time post. I haven't had any problems viewing the Theremin special features. I have a Panasonic BMP-BD55. They did a wonderful job with this encode. |
Johnny
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Another cat? Perhaps. For love there is also a season; its seeds must be resown. But a family cat is not replaceable like a wornout coat or a set of tires. Each new kitten becomes its own cat, and none is repeated. I am four cats old, measuring out my life in friends that...
Fidelity to the source should always be the goal for Blu-ray releases.
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Originally Posted by Walter Kittel
Finally got around to watching this earlier this evening and thought it looked splendid. BTW, in complete agreement regarding the noirish aspects of the film's cinematography.
Something I noticed this viewing that had never really registered before was the amount of smoking that takes place in this film. Did Phillip Morris Co. or R.J. Reynolds sponser this film? - Walter. |
Fidelity to the source should always be the goal for Blu-ray releases.
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Originally Posted by Jeff_HR
On my Blu-Ray disc the "Special Feature" about the Theremin was missing! When I selected it from the Menu an 18 second lead-in begins, but after this part is done the screen goes black & there is only dashes (---) in the time indicator on my Sony S550. Has this happened to anyone else???
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...retired at last!!!
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Originally Posted by Johnny Angell
So that's 2 failures with the S550 and 1 success with the BD55.
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Movies are: "The Greatest Artform".
HD should be for EVERYONE!
