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10-06-2007, 01:52 PM
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Re: A few words about...™ Bram Stoker's Dracula -- in BD
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Yet, the above image is exactly what I expect a vampire to look like complexion-wise.
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You expect a vampire to be wearing lipstick and disco-blue eye shadow?
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10-06-2007, 01:56 PM
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Re: A few words about...™ Bram Stoker's Dracula -- in BD
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Originally Posted by Jim Peavy
You expect a vampire to be wearing lipstick and disco-blue eye shadow?
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I don't expect a vampire to look like an overbaked sunbather yet I'm watching the actual BRD. No winkie is necessary for me.
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10-06-2007, 02:06 PM
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Re: A few words about...™ Bram Stoker's Dracula -- in BD
And I find the SD image to be way too warm and red for the tone of the film (while acknowledging that comparing screen caps is a very inexact science).
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10-06-2007, 02:12 PM
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Re: A few words about...™ Bram Stoker's Dracula -- in BD
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I don't expect a vampire to look like an overbaked sunbather yet I'm watching the actual BRD. No winkie is necessary for me.
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I tend to agree with Robert.
The top picture brings out all the natural colors of the vampire and her surroundings and the orange-tinted second picture of the same scene reminds me of the color filtered sequences of Bali Hi in scenes from "South Pacific".
Paul
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10-06-2007, 06:16 PM
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Re: A few words about...™ Bram Stoker's Dracula -- in BD
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I don't expect a vampire to look like an overbaked sunbather yet I'm watching the actual BRD. No winkie is necessary for me.
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Alllllllllllll right - fine! Two can play at that game. I hereby withdraw my "winkie", good sir...!
Seriously, it is a fire-lit scene. There should be some orange/yellow light and not all white (as it looks like on the BD). Could the colors have been that off on the other transfers? Seems like we'd have heard holy-heck about 'em before this if they had been. I mean, there's certainly one thing we can agree on: those two shots are night-&-day different.
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10-06-2007, 06:29 PM
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Re: A few words about...™ Bram Stoker's Dracula -- in BD
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Originally Posted by Jim Peavy
Alllllllllllll right - fine! Two can play at that game. I hereby withdraw my "winkie", good sir...!
Seriously, it is a fire-lit scene. There should be some orange/yellow light and not all white (as it looks like on the BD). Could the colors have been that off on the other transfers? Seems like we'd have heard holy-heck about 'em before this if they had been. I mean, there's certainly one thing we can agree on: those two shots are night-&-day different.
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If you watch that whole scene on the BD there is still quite a bit of warm fire light, its just now the whole scene isn't a wash in it. There are other colors coming from the windows Also the sheets that they are laying on have greens and golds in them that you couldn't see before because of the amber wash that covered everything.
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10-06-2007, 07:13 PM
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Re: A few words about...™ Bram Stoker's Dracula -- in BD
Yes.
The colors were THAT off in the earlier incarnation.
This is NOT a unique example of the problem.
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10-06-2007, 07:48 PM
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Re: A few words about...™ Bram Stoker's Dracula -- in BD
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Originally Posted by Douglas Monce
If you watch that whole scene on the BD there is still quite a bit of warm fire light, its just now the whole scene isn't a wash in it. There are other colors coming from the windows Also the sheets that they are laying on have greens and golds in them that you couldn't see before because of the amber wash that covered everything.
Doug
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Thank you.
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10-07-2007, 02:06 AM
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Re: A few words about...™ Bram Stoker's Dracula -- in BD
My wife and I watched the Blu-ray from Netflix tonight. I opted to rent due to the fact that while I claim to be a horror nut, I have never seen this film before. We both enjoyed it a lot, so it will be getting purchased very soon.
I actually like the lighting/coloring of the scenes that have been screen-capped better in the BD than in the DVD screen caps that have been posted (I plan to check them out on the Superbit release once I borrow it from my friend Josh). I was able to make out a lot more detail in the darker scenes than I was in the screenshots posted (such as the night shot of the castle, and Quincy and Arthur at the mausoleum at night) The transfer isn't sparkling, but it was quite a bit better than I was expecting, and I got the feeling it would take a Lowry level restoration to make it too much better, which would actually kinda hurt the old school feel of the movie.
Anyway, great movie from a first timer, and the BD definitely isn't a let down.
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10-07-2007, 02:25 AM
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Re: A few words about...™ Bram Stoker's Dracula -- in BD
I had canceled my pre-order but have since re-ordred it and it is now on it's way to me. Can't wait to watch it.
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10-07-2007, 04:31 AM
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Re: A few words about...™ Bram Stoker's Dracula -- in BD
Curious at your opinion, Ron!
And hey, Edward Scissorhands in 2 days, but no early reviews yet.
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