Recent content by Paul_Scott

Yes, I meant what the film-makers are implying with these alterations. Despite my tendency to passionate hyperbole, I never mean to for anyone to take any comments of mine as personal affronts. They aren't meant to be and I will always regret if they are perceived that way. No harm, no foul.

Go back and read the original post I wrote. I was implying that the way the technology was being used was 'perverse' - not that the technology itself was perverse. Contrary to the impression I may have erroneously given, I'm not a Luddite arguing against the use of digital grading tools...

You're right. I should be applauding seeing this technology used to revise these musty old oft seen catalog titles, and push them into this brave new world of orange faces and blue green everything elses. How could someone not like seeing formerly nuanced and complex things reduced to such...

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Sorry- I meant that the way these tools were being used was a perversion. There's nothing 'expansive' or creatively liberating about using these tools to push the T&O aesthetic- which is what this thread concerned with. Look at Ridely Scott's Thelma & Louise- it looks like ass now- the exact...

Prior to the late 90's early Aughts, with the introduction of digital color grading, it was impossible to time a scene so that the faces were warmer while at the same time the backgrounds , or specific objects in the background, were timed cooler. This is all one of the wonderful perversions of...

The main subject of most films are people, and the the main people represented in film are Caucasian with skin tones that are generally pink-yellowish, and can easily be pushed to orange. Bluish-green (teal) is the compliment of these (exaggerated) skin tones and it makes these 'pop' more...

Sorry Robert, but I have to agree with John. I'll go even further and say that Glass Key (the only one I've looked at so far) looks like it's been mastered from something intended for analog display (like Laserdisc, though I could have sworn the old LD of this looked superior to what is here)...

I finally got around to spinning this last night. Never saw it (or House...for that matter) until these Bds. I was aware going in of all the kvetching about studio imposed cuts, and was fully under the impression that House was the 'good' film while Night was seen to be the stake in the heart...

Received my S2 set today. Pressed as expected. Just watched the first ep, and quality looks solid- as good or better than S1. Usually I don't pull the trigger this quick on a $50 set, but I was surprised how much I enjoyed the first season. It became a morning ritual to have a cup of tea and...

I hope that 12-24 is just a lowball estimate quick to be overtaken because I could easily come up with 24 titles across all genres and have hundreds left over. OTOH, it does give me hope that I may actually see certain things sooner now (for example, The Accidental Tourist which will have an...

Great price point. I'll definitely be up for that (at least initially, and for titles I'm anxious to get in better quality). Dare I dream now that I may actually see The Wind on Bd? I still enjoy the sales to pick up a bunch of deep catalog titles I never would have seen or known about otherwise...

It may seem like I'm talking out of both sides of my mouth, but while I'm feeling relieved about some aspects now and generally pleased with the purchase (since Raiders constitutes the lion's share of that $65 expenditure for me) at the same time I do have to agree with Dave MJ in regards to the...

Thanks for your sympathy, Robert, but I'll have to pass them along to Dave who seems to have picked up the baton that slipped out of my grasp. My full comments are in the spoiler box

Doug, mine slip out quite easily. I just turn the case over and let gravity work. Unlike some of the Fox books, I find this is a much easier design in terms of not having to touch the surface of the disc. Package design , graphics wise, is quite sharp. Love the spot varnishing on the cover of...