Recent content by John Hodson

If the new cut reinstates some of the missing dialogue, then it'll go a long way towards righting some wrongs. Yes, I want Bob Olinger's almost gothic "spiders web" quote (amongst others) but I also really missed that few beats of silence after "...he's my friend" followed by "I reckon" at the...

This. 100% this.

Criterion also did it with RIOT ON CELL BLOCK 11; as per their practice, they locked the aspect ratio of the Blu-ray in the set, but zooming the accompanying DVD showed their obvious error. I heard scuttlebutt that their decision was based on nothing more than the personal preference of an advisor.

Bob, I cannot believe we are still here. Unbelievable and quite sad. Summertime is a wide-screen film, planned, produced and shot for wide-screen.

It's not the first time Criterion have chosen to die on this particular hill, but it's numbscullery writ large. Framing is only one part of the narrative for any film, but nevertheless it *is* part of the narrative. It's hugely disappointing for such a prestigious label to inflict this on cineastes.

I've 'liked' that post. But I really don't.

As my gran intoned: "Manners maketh the man". Plus she would have smacked his legs and sent him to bed without supper.

Where a disc comes from has nothing to do with it. Whether a disc is region locked is the issue.

I'm in the UK and received my replacement disc from Criterion, no problems at all; I'm not the only one.

My importing of BDs has been severely curtailed of late but I did snaffle a copy of THE PRIVATE LIVES OF ELIZABETH AND ESSEX (following Robert Harris's enthusiastic recommendation) and socks were duly blown off. Watching it, my thoughts turned to the possibilities for THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN...

Ditto.

It was on the Paramount HD Network channel.

The new restoration is currently streaming in the UK; it looks fabulous.

IMHO, that's the right decision. It's just a pity that import costs will be eye-watering (which is hardly your fault; it is what it is)

HTWWW was the reason I went Blu; it still looks amazing, but I'd be on a 4k UHD in a heartbeat.