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post #91 of 148
8/18/07 at 4:02am

Re: Close Encounters of the Third Kind - November 13th

Nice. Your Jedi mojo worked, Ron.

That's the image that was on the sleeve of the 45 (rpm) single I played into the ground as a kid.
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post #92 of 148
8/18/07 at 6:49am

Re: Close Encounters of the Third Kind - November 13th

Ron,

Quick, please get Sony on the horn and ask them to change the current travesty of a cover for Bram Stoker's Dracula back to the original poster art! Please!
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post #93 of 148
8/18/07 at 6:59am

Re: Close Encounters of the Third Kind - November 13th

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Originally Posted by Paul Arnette
Ron,

Quick, please get Sony on the horn and ask them to change the current travesty of a cover for Bram Stoker's Dracula back to the original poster art! Please!
Probably too late for that title since it's coming out in about 6-7 weeks.
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post #94 of 148
8/18/07 at 10:11am

Re: Close Encounters of the Third Kind - November 13th

Hey - I like the new Dracula cover!
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post #95 of 148
8/18/07 at 10:17am

Re: Close Encounters of the Third Kind - November 13th

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ronald Epstein
Now I find that the studio revised its artwork and used the original
poster.

I'm so happy to learn that Sony took us up on our suggestion.

I even like the lense flare. Nice work!
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post #96 of 148
8/18/07 at 3:50pm

Re: Close Encounters of the Third Kind - November 13th

Ok, this is TOO funny.

Everyone in the AVSforum DRACULA thread was bitching about the new cover,



so I made a joke about making a Wienerdog version (using my Buffy)



and look what someone photoshopped...!

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post #97 of 148
8/18/07 at 3:52pm

Re: Close Encounters of the Third Kind - November 13th

I'll go on record as preferring the Wienerdog dog version here as well.

One thing that is "good" about that cover, and, yes, I realized we're getting off track here, is you can play the "What's Dracula Thinking" game. Is he thinking, "This cover is almost as ghastly an abomination as me"? Perhaps, "Curses! A new vampire weakness has been discovered. Keanu line readings!"
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post #98 of 148
8/18/07 at 9:00pm

Re: Close Encounters of the Third Kind - November 13th

Maybe I'm biased, but I like the Dracula cover art...

And as for CE3K, it's going to be a great release.
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post #99 of 148
8/18/07 at 11:09pm

Re: Dracula

Regarding the "Bram Stoker's Dracula" artwork, you people just don't seem to get it. Obviously the cover represents Dracula looking in the mirror and seeing this hideous artwork reflected back at him. Now I know what you are thinking... "but vampires can't see their own reflections". 'Tis true, but Dracula is looking at the disc artwork, not his own reflection. heh.
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post #100 of 148
8/18/07 at 11:11pm

Re: Close Encounters of the Third Kind - November 13th

I actually like it, it's so far out there it grabs your attention. For marketing, it's brilliant.

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post #101 of 148
8/21/07 at 1:30pm

Re: Close Encounters of the Third Kind - November 13th

This got lost in the Paramount/Dreamworks news shuffle.

From Hollywood in Hi-Def:




http://www.hollywoodinhighdef.com/bl...ail.php?id=113
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post #102 of 148
8/21/07 at 2:59pm

Re: Close Encounters of the Third Kind - November 13th

Thank you, Jim. That made my afternoon!

Man that looks awesome.
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post #103 of 148
8/21/07 at 3:01pm

Re: Close Encounters of the Third Kind - November 13th

Beautiful packaging and I love the use of the original road image- My only disappointment would be that it appears that the disc will be the height of a standard DVD digipack and not a HD digipack. If I'm wrong, great- and if I'm not- it just means I can't file this in the same section as the rest of my HDs. No biggie, but I would appreciate the smaller HD sized footprint if at all possible.
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post #104 of 148
8/21/07 at 3:22pm

Re: Close Encounters of the Third Kind - November 13th

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Originally Posted by Paul_Scott
Beautiful packaging and I love the use of the original road image- My only disappointment would be that it appears that the disc will be the height of a standard DVD digipack and not a HD digipack. If I'm wrong, great- and if I'm not- it just means I can't file this in the same section as the rest of my HDs. No biggie, but I would appreciate the smaller HD sized footprint if at all possible.

I agree. Messes with my OCD. I dont keep my Blu-rays with my DVDs. Shoot i used to convert snappers to Amary cases. So you know what that says about me.
Id rather this come in the same 2 disc Blu-ray case that the Pirates BD come in.
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post #105 of 148
8/21/07 at 7:09pm

Re: Close Encounters of the Third Kind - November 13th

That really is very nice looking. I'm not too worried about packaging size but I can see where others would be concerned.
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post #106 of 148
11/2/07 at 12:08am

Re: Close Encounters of the Third Kind - November 13th

Sony has just posted a "CE3K" BD trailer in 1080p for PS3 users.
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post #107 of 148
11/2/07 at 6:36am

Re: Close Encounters of the Third Kind - November 13th

Quote:
Originally Posted by Paul_Scott
Beautiful packaging and I love the use of the original road image- My only disappointment would be that it appears that the disc will be the height of a standard DVD digipack and not a HD digipack. If I'm wrong, great- and if I'm not- it just means I can't file this in the same section as the rest of my HDs. No biggie, but I would appreciate the smaller HD sized footprint if at all possible.

Look again Paul - the size of the disc holder in relation to the digipak to me looks like it WILL be HD sized.
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post #108 of 148
11/2/07 at 7:28am

Re: Close Encounters of the Third Kind - November 13th

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ronald Epstein
Holy Shit!

A few weeks ago, someone on this forum (in the standard DVD area)
asked that I contact Sony to recommend that they use the original
poster artwork for their packaging.

I was told by our Sony contact that he would forward my request to
the art department.

Well, I was disappointed to find two weeks later that Sony went
with different artwork.

Now I find that the studio revised its artwork and used the original
poster.

I'm so happy to learn that Sony took us up on our suggestion.
This is so cool, Ron. I'm so over the moon about this. Thank goodness they changed it!
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post #109 of 148
11/2/07 at 7:40am
Thread Starter 

Re: Close Encounters of the Third Kind - November 13th

Also a new mini-site for the release, although a lot of it is 'coming soon'

http://www.spielbergfilms.com/ce3k/1563
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post #110 of 148
11/13/07 at 11:19am
Thread Starter 

Re: Close Encounters of the Third Kind - November 13th

Looking forward to the HTF review...

In the meantime, this review gives a good idea how the View From Above feature works home theater spot
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post #111 of 148
11/13/07 at 11:20am

Re: Close Encounters of the Third Kind - November 13th

Dan Ramer also gives it good marks at dvdfile:

http://www.dvdfile.com/index.php?opt...=6376&Itemid=3
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post #112 of 148
11/13/07 at 12:10pm

Re: Close Encounters of the Third Kind - November 13th

Thanks David for the "Close Encounters" link to DVDFILE.

Very glad to hear that the severe granularity that was seen at the demonstration at the Sony's Blu-ray lounge event is NOT on the disc.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Ramer
I did not see such severe granularity when I viewed the disc on my system for this review. (I suppose it’s possible that the copy at the Festival could have been a test pressing that didn’t have production-approved compression.)

Paul
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post #113 of 148
11/13/07 at 12:32pm

Re: Close Encounters of the Third Kind - November 13th

And Brett,

thanks for sharing that link... what an amazing (AMAZING) review. That guy really knows "film" and I'm so glad to see reviewers like him checking out this marvelous BD effort. I also think it's great that Sony has provided lossless in more than one language. Now *that* is something I'd like to see some other studios do as well (Disney did that on their Chicago BD... though only 2.0 PCM for Spanish). Primary language/original language should always get first dibs on lossless if space is limited, of course (but lossless for any audio track should be provided when possible IMO).

That comparison-feature for the 3 versions is pretty slick too. Can't wait to pick this up in the next few days!
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post #114 of 148
11/13/07 at 3:18pm

Re: Close Encounters of the Third Kind - November 13th

I got this today at Best Buy. I was going to get it at Amazon, but the price was so close i spent the extra 5 bucks. Damn what a beautiful movie. I have the Sony 300 (new 3.2 firmware) Blu-ray player, and i watched the theatrical cut on my 50 inch Plasma. I noticed no problems with the seamless branching (if it had any), and the DTS blew me away. This the first time in 30 years i have seen this version of Close Encounters. Just like my 2001 on Blu-ray, i felt like i was in a movie theater. Cant wait to get into the other cuts this weekend.
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post #115 of 148
11/13/07 at 6:17pm

Re: Close Encounters of the Third Kind - November 13th

Quote:
Originally Posted by Bleddyn Williams
Look again Paul - the size of the disc holder in relation to the digipak to me looks like it WILL be HD sized.

just to confirm here, yes it IS the same height as the normal cases (obviously quite a bit wider though in profile)
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post #116 of 148
11/13/07 at 10:22pm

Re: Close Encounters of the Third Kind - November 13th

under $27 at deepdiscount after 20% off code.
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post #117 of 148
11/14/07 at 2:28am

Re: Close Encounters of the Third Kind - November 13th

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Originally Posted by JayDerek
just to confirm here, yes it IS the same height as the normal cases (obviously quite a wider though in profile)

cool beans! I've got it coming from DD so it's probably a couple weeks away. For $26, I can wait. Besides I just watched it again not too long ago, so it may not even get spun in it's entirity for a while.

But I'm still glad to have it sooner rather than later.
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post #118 of 148
11/14/07 at 4:12am

Re: Close Encounters of the Third Kind - November 13th

This is a terrific Blu-ray edition of the film. I love that they found the trading cards and put them in the still gallery section on disc two. I think I actually still have all of those sitting in my parent's house. I'll have to unearth those when I go back home for Thanksgiving.

And the bass when the ship comes down to abduct Barry? WOW! My entire room was shaking!
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post #119 of 148
11/14/07 at 6:24am

Re: Close Encounters of the Third Kind - November 13th

I got this yesterday and was only able to spot-check it because it was such an incredibly busy day (WoW update, EQ2 expansion, CE3K and Super Mario Galaxy).

My player upstairs is a Sony PS3 and the first time I popped in the disc it took forever to come up on the menu, and when I did finally select it, I got an error saying "Video could not be played". I tried again and it was fine.

I got an audio glitch in the beginning of the DC, but after rewinding, the glitch didn't happen again.

I did not check for a firmware update, my last one was 1.9.?

I was very impressed with the video and audio, even on my upstairs system. I'll be watching it on my downstairs THX system over the weekend but I'm sure I won't be disappointed.
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post #120 of 148
11/14/07 at 6:29am

Re: Close Encounters of the Third Kind - November 13th

I just had a thought. It's been a very long time since I watched my Criterion CAV of CE3K. Do we need this anymore? Has anyone compared the extras on both to see if it's worth keeping around?
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