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  1. Mark Oates

    Pre-Order Barbarella (1968) (4k UHD) Available for Preorder

    Well, release day is upon us. Anybody got a copy yet?
  2. Mark Oates

    International The Legality Of Importing Other-Region Movies

    I thought the reason we couldn't mention region coding on the Kino Lorber thread was because they could only get the Region A rights and didn't want the thread full of Europeans moaning about not being able to watch the movies.
  3. Mark Oates

    Kino Lorber Studio Classics - First Time on Blu-ray

    Will the titles be Region A locked or do the rest of us get an invite to the party? ;)
  4. Mark Oates

    The Great Train Robbery (1978) (Blu-ray) Available for Preorder

    I thought Sutherland was doing an Irish accent in First Great Train Robbery.
  5. Mark Oates

    Any Chance Of: The Flash Gordon Serials?

    Does anybody know if there are plans for the restoration and release of the Flash Gordon or Buck Rogers serials on Blu-ray? There are currently reasonable, but by no means top quality, DVD editions of the serials and more gawdawful PD releases than you can stick a shake at. Can anybody tell me...
  6. Mark Oates

    1966 Batman DVD Coming! See Post 649

    Catwoman. Splendid ladies, all of them, but Julie Newmar is the clear winner. Maybe you get a fresh Catwoman for each of her nine lives. If Julie Newmar's the first, Lee Meriwether the second, Eartha Kitt the third, Michelle Pfeiffer #4, Halle Berry #5 and Anne Hathaway the sixth. That means...
  7. Mark Oates

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ Oliver! -- in Blu-ray

    IIRC, it's when the gas main blows as Paul Newman negotiates the stairwell.
  8. Mark Oates

    Empire 1 Cinema Leicester Square London

    FFS! I thought the days of carving up proper theatres into multiscreens was over. They're always a mess, waste capacity and are an inevitable sign of decline and closure. Bloody disgusting.
  9. Mark Oates

    Aspect Ratio Documentation

    Leave us in a huff, or a minute-and-a-huff. It's his prerogative.
  10. Mark Oates

    To All Studios: Stop Window-Boxing Credits!

    In all fairness, a lot of consumers aren't familiar with the settings of their displays. Only last week, I had to help my neighbour switch off the Trumotion "feature" on his plasma as it was causing all kinds of weird motion artifacts. I've seen loads of flat screens displaying a stretched 4:3...
  11. Mark Oates

    Color Restoration Issues

    I think it's another issue where context is everything. You have a still image with a choice of colour palettes and any of them could be the right one. In the context of the movie, I'd expect it would be easier to judge the correct look.
  12. Mark Oates

    GWTW and Wizard of OZ again in 2013

    Possibly, but you're not going to get the same blaze of publicity for the home release of OTGAP as the theatrical release. The home market is still very much an afterthought for the industry (if only by force of habit) - the advertising bucks all go to the theatrical run. Hopefully this shows WB...
  13. Mark Oates

    GWTW and Wizard of OZ again in 2013

    I'm surprised Warner Bros didn't have some high profile re-release campaign for Oz in the light of Disney's effort (Accept No Substitutes...)
  14. Mark Oates

    MGM Press Release: BOND 50 (Blu-ray)

    The UK cut is required under the 1937 Cinematograph Films (Animals) Act.
  15. Mark Oates

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ Skyfall -- in Blu-ray

    Now that's fightin' talk! ;)
  16. Mark Oates

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ Skyfall -- in Blu-ray

    Strictly speaking Moonraker is full of opticals - credited to Robin Browne, Bill Hansard and Louis Lapeyre among others. Derek Meddings and his team achieved an astounding amount of work without benefit of ILM-style composite work, simply by winding back and multiple exposure, but the movie does...
  17. Mark Oates

    CLEOPATRA Region Free BRD

    Not after Fox went ape**** at Tom Chantrell's poster art for "Carry On Cleo"
  18. Mark Oates

    3D 3D glasses

    As a wearer of spectacles, I managed to source a couple of pairs of reasonably priced (under £5) clip on 3D lenses that work brilliantly with my 42" LG LCD. I compared active and passive systems when I was getting the set and personally found that the passive system (while compromising vertical...
  19. Mark Oates

    3D 3D glasses

    The glasses have to match the tv.
  20. Mark Oates

    Movies On Blu With A Teal Tint.

    How long before somebody puts Teal grading on a picture like Citizen Kane, or Casablanca.
  21. Mark Oates

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ Dick Tracy -- in Blu-ray

    From Wikipedia: Maybe the effect he was trying to achieve was more of a comic-book style? Bleach bypass would give you basically a black and white movie with a colour overlay. If the colours were oversaturated, that would make the effect even more pronounced.
  22. Mark Oates

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ Dick Tracy -- in Blu-ray

    Hence the bleach bypass link to Wiki in my post as well.
  23. Mark Oates

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ The Lord of the Rings Trilogy - Extended Edition -- in Blu-ray

    You could argue Bilbo is simply having a senior moment. He is Eleventy-One after all.
  24. Mark Oates

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ The Lord of the Rings Trilogy - Extended Edition -- in Blu-ray

    I don't think Peter Jackson shares George's professional disregard for his actors. After putting Christopher Lee's nose out of joint leaving Saruman out of ROTK's Theatrical Cut, I can't see him slighting Ian Holm by substituting him in the Rings pictures. Give the man some credit.
  25. Mark Oates

    Will Blu-Ray support UltraHD? Would you buy a UltraHD TV and a new Blu-Ray player?

    I thought all the major Japanese electronic manufacturers were skipping 4K for displays and going straight to 8K.
  26. Mark Oates

    3-strip Technicolor, year by year

    With respect, Sensei - from Digital Bits:
  27. Mark Oates

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ Buster Keaton Collection -- in Blu-ray

    The L&H silents are still available in R2, if getting scarce.
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