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post #31 of 35
1/1/09 at 2:15pm

Re: The Day The Earth Stood Still (Blu-ray) - Reviews?

I was really curious about the Theremin issue as I just got a Sony S550.

I tried it, the feature played and stopped at about 18 seconds, then a second later, the theremin menu comes up with the three features. One on the theremin, one where the guy plays the theremin and the final one where you can make your own music.

I think there is some delay with the feature for the player to read the disc.

I watched a portion of The Day The Earth Stood Still and I agree, it's a worthy upgrade! I have not seen a black and white film look so good! The gray scale is so well rendered, and I am fortunate enough to own a display that can render it well enough. The sequence when Klaatu shows up at the boarding house is amazing! It has the quality of an extremely well made black and white print. Also amazing to see the detail of the fabric on Klaatu's suit and the knitted tie!
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post #32 of 35
1/7/09 at 1:40pm

Re: The Day The Earth Stood Still (Blu-ray) - Reviews?

Not to get off the original version on blu-ray,which is excellent,I think they ruined this outstanding classic movie when they did the recent remake which,in my opinion, took a class A movie and reduced it to a mediocre movie at best. I don,t understand why the changed it so much. It would have been better if they would have just slightly tweaked the special effects and colorized the original movie. the same thing was done with the "Thing From Another World" and "The War of the Worlds". II sure hope they follow the original story line of "Forbidden Planet" if they do a remake of it!

Thank you!
Richard A. Ringenbach
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post #33 of 35
1/7/09 at 3:30pm

Re: The Day The Earth Stood Still (Blu-ray) - Reviews?

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Originally Posted by Richard Ringenbach
...I think they ruined this outstanding classic movie when they did the recent remake...
Huh? Even if the remake was the worst (or best) movie ever made, it doesn't change or effect the original in any way.
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post #34 of 35
1/8/09 at 7:22am

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Originally Posted by TravisR
Huh? Even if the remake was the worst (or best) movie ever made, it doesn't change or effect the original in any way.
I think what he meant to say was something like "they ruined the remake of this classic movie."

However, he also includes Carpenter's "The Thing" as being in the same category, a ruined effort. I have to disagree with that. Both Things are terrific movies and totally different experiences. I also liked Spielberg's WOTW.
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post #35 of 35
1/8/09 at 8:06am

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Originally Posted by Johnny Angell
However, he also includes Carpenter's "The Thing" as being in the same category, a ruined effort. I have to disagree with that. Both Things are terrific movies and totally different experiences.
And Carpenter's is closer to the original story, to boot. In fact, I wouldn't even call the Carpenter Thing a remake. They're two different adaptations of the same source.
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