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  1. RCinOttawa

    I have come to (mostly) despire action thrillers...

    That was so well said! I have been complaining about this to anyone who will listen for almost 20 years... Don't you just love those exciting sequences with an edit every 1.5 second (if that), that are shot in darkness, in extreme close up, with a shaking camera! ...Aah, wait a minute, you...
  2. RCinOttawa

    Cinerama 3-strip travelogues to be released on Blu-ray in 2012?

    There is a new extensive article on This is Cinerama at: http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=9433 It mentions the upcoming bluray release.
  3. RCinOttawa

    This is Cinerama (Blu-ray) available for preorder on Amazon

    There is a great article on This Is Cinerama for the upcoming bluray at: http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=9433
  4. RCinOttawa

    Marilyn Monroe on blu-ray

    There is an extensive column at Bluray.com on "How to Marry a Millionaire", with lots of graphic. Really interesting! http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=9180
  5. RCinOttawa

    The one that started them all - 1972 "The Posideon Adventure" coming to Blu-ray

    Check out the 'making of' at Bluray.com it's quite elaborate... http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=8479
  6. RCinOttawa

    Blu-ray Review It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Blu-ray Review

    Does the dialogue really ''reside mainly in the center channel"? On the LaserDisc it was very directional on my sound system. I never listened to the dvd mix. I have noticed that certain classics on BD seem to have improperly balanced sound levels, where the centre channel somewhat drowns out...
  7. RCinOttawa

    Pick 3 Titles From Each Studio That You Would Like To See On Blu-Ray 2012-2013

    COLUMBIA/SONY Annie Barabbas Used Cars DISNEY The Big Fisherman Mary Poppins The Parent Trap (1961) FOX Cleopatra 9 to 5 The Poseidon Adventure MGM It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World – Roadshow version The Spy Who Loved Me A View to a Kill PARAMOUNT My Fair...
  8. RCinOttawa

    It's a mad mad mad mad world

    It's coming out on bluray on July 5 ! http://www.walmart.com/ip/16878537 (WalMart exclusive, like "The Big Country")
  9. RCinOttawa

    Musicals: From Stage & Film to Blu-ray

    I just listened to the opening scene with headphones. Just after Jim Neighbours says "It was the nicest little whorehouse you ever saw..." I can clearly hear the harp on the right, the strings on the left, and piano (I think) and drums in the centre. And when the film title shows up on screen...
  10. RCinOttawa

    Musicals: From Stage & Film to Blu-ray

    If you listen to The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas DVD with headphones, a lot of the music is true stereo with decent seperation. But a couple of numbers do sound pretty much like mono. The effects and dialogue are all mono however. Yes, Universal needs to work on the soundtrack for Bluray...
  11. RCinOttawa

    He just restored The Ten Commandments, now Ron Smith wants to hear from you: What Paramount films yo

    What was the original sound mix when it was first released in 1956? Was it mono only, or did it have a multi-channel soundtrack? Thanks!
  12. RCinOttawa

    Studios in contest for ugliest biblical cover

    DVD cover: Bluray Cover: ...Even the font used for the title looks blah.
  13. RCinOttawa

    Studios in contest for ugliest biblical cover

    I must say I wish they would stick with the ORIGINAL ART WORK... I have to agree it's like some sort of ugliness contest when it comes to classics on bluray. I cringe when I look as some of these. It just doesn't do justice at all to the time and effort that went into making them look...
  14. RCinOttawa

    Paramount's 100th Anniversary In 2012 Any Surprises Coming To Blu ?

    Since it's now part of the National Film Registry: AIRPLANE! Bluray special edition please... (but not in a wretched digibook)
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    Paramount's 100th Anniversary In 2012 Any Surprises Coming To Blu ?

    "Who's Minding the Store?" with Jerry Lewis! Last time it came out on home video was on VHS, was not released on dvd.
  16. RCinOttawa

    Will Fox Release The Poseidon Adventure 1972 On Blu Ray

    For the record, the 2010 Lalaland soundtrack release is indeed in true stereo, from the original music recording done at Fox, and used in the film (it is not a rerecording of the score). The original stereo tracks had deteriorated and were unplayable until recently. As per the Lalaland website...
  17. RCinOttawa

    "The Wiz" on Blu-ray

    Has anybody gotten around to watching this? Just wondering how it looks and sounds. Is it another Spartacus/Out of Africa-type transfer from Universal?
  18. RCinOttawa

    What movie do you most detest?

    Recently: CASINO ROYALE. Bleah! I was really turned off from the get go with that completely idiotic chase in the building under construction and the crane. I kept wondering why I was suddenly watching a Spiderman movie where the characters start climbing and jumping everywhere like insects...
  19. RCinOttawa

    "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" coming from MGM/UA to Blu-ray

    One last tiny nitpick: I wish they hadn't tacked on the MGM logo at the begining and end, since it was a U/A release, and MGM had nothing to do with this movie when it came out. Can you imagine having the Warner Bros logo added to the beginning of The Wizard of OZ? Actually, the 70mm print I...
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    "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" coming from MGM/UA to Blu-ray

    For some reason, the extras that are not in HD (Dick Van Dyke discussing the film, french trailer, vintage featurettes, etc) show up in the upper left corner of the screen, really small, maybe 15-20% of the screen, the rest is black. The scope clips of the film within that 4:3 area end up...
  21. RCinOttawa

    "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" coming from MGM/UA to Blu-ray

    Is it just me, or does the picture and audio go slightly out of sync when the kids are lured out of the toy shop by the child snatcher?? Seems to last for a couple of scenes... Also (and I know I'm nitpicking here), the intermission card and entract practically overlap, and there is no...
  22. RCinOttawa

    TCFHE Press Release: The Sound of Music 45th Anniversary (Blu-ray)

    I hate the cardboard sleeves, and I hate digibooks... Who designed the Rocky Horror one where the disc just falls out by itself ??
  23. RCinOttawa

    KELLY'S HEROES - about one frame out of sync...?

    Yes! I watched the Kelly's Heroes bd last night (before reading this thread), and I noticed the sync problem during the ENTIRE film. Annoyed me the whole time! Good thing there was lots of destruction to take my mind off of it. How can nobody at Warners notice an error as basic as this...
  24. RCinOttawa

    Paramount releases (Gasp!) a 1950's film on Blu-ray

    I just hope this is not the beginning of them releasing, rereleasing, and rerereleasing White Christmas, Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Ten Commandments, and Funny Face, and NOTHING ELSE, for the next decade...
  25. RCinOttawa

    "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" coming from MGM/UA to Blu-ray

    I was at the screening of the vintage 70mm print of CCBB at the Ottawa festival today. The 6-track sound was great! My wife and son commented on that a few times during the movie. Yes, the print was faded, but not that bad. It was pinkish, but not completely pink. Very sharp and clean.
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