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Yes.

I share your confusion. Judging by the history of similar (and similarly inconsistent) changes to the Star Wars series, it's certainly not unprecedented, though.

Nor is it the same as the DVD.

Left is right. Up is down. We're through the looking-glass! :D

Yes, we need fewer absolutes around here and fewer claims that absolutes are being stated when it isn't necessarily so.

Gee, Robert, have you been dining at The Burgundy Loaf? :laugh:

I can't justify this purchase, Robert. Suppose I'm merrily viewing and just happen to be enjoying this very scene when suddenly nature calls. I press pause on the remote and *WHAMMO* I've been frame-grabbed! How could I live with a bathroom break like that?! :eek:

:confused: The source material is 35mm film.

Foxy, this is where your patience belongs, not with Lawrence.

I might recommend hanging out elsewhere- such dissection is one of the major modes of this place.

Again, this is a work of art, not a meteorological record.

It doesn't solve the problem for people who want the movie in HD, but don't like the Blu-ray timing.

Isn't that a shot in which blown-out detail would make sense? The film has always been color-timed. You can't just run the OCN through the scanner and expect it to look like a theatrical print.

I really hope we can get away from this language of "correct" and "incorrect". We can prefer one look over another, but unless we're the filmmakers, how can we declare any of them correct or incorrect? Like it or lump it? Is that your answer for everyone who finds an aspect lacking on any release?

For whatever it's worth, when I look at the first shot above, it looks to me like Toht is standing next to a fire while being lit by a light. Whereas, in the blown-out second shot, the timing makes it appear, to me, more as if he's actually being lit by the fire itself.

:confused: I'm not sure what was condescending about my reply- I didn't intend it to be. Exactly. This release is differently inaccurate. Film doesn't "see" with the same dynamic as the human eye, so all represented flesh tones are going to be a compromise when compared with natural vision and...

Clearly, it's different timing, but it's only "worse" if it has less fidelity to the filmmakers' intent.

"To the color of actual flesh" under what lighting conditions? The previous video releases don't necessarily look any more "accurate" to some abstract notion of "the color of actual flesh", either- just differently inaccurate. "How the film has always looked" by what definition? The previous...

It certainly looks quite different, but beyond that, I'm not sure what's "horrible" about it.

"More accurate" to what? It's a piece of art, not a reference textbook.

Ok, buddy. Let me know if and when you're ready to have a real conversation. Until then, I'll see you around.

Oh, right. In that case, never mind. Thanks for the education. :rolleyes:

That would not be a product of the pixel count, but of the high (over) precision of the projector.

The pixel count?! Of all the things to dislike about digital cinema! How much higher resolution than a print does it have to be before you'll deem it acceptable? Three times? Four?

My guess (and this is only a guess) is that the DCP will feature the wider framing. The crop is performed for the Blu-ray master because scaling the video by such a small percentage (the difference between 2K and 1080p) could introduce processing artifacts. I would imagine that the DCP would be...

Commercial cinema configurations in 1979 were inconsistent. There's a reason that the production standard for theatrical prints features a framing safe-area. I don't know if there's much more I can elaborate. Printing varies. Projector gates vary. Throw distances and angles vary. Matte boxes...

If you want to re-create the original theatrical experience, your frame-line will need to vary considerably. Your cropped Alien disc may still be giving you a larger picture area than many original theatrical screenings. Also, you're going to need to scale your resolution down substantially.

Malcolm had offered me his impending copy of Crystal Skull at an appropriately knock-down price. To which I, of course, gave an appropriately knock-down answer.

Strike two.