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  1. Robert Harris

    Blu-ray Review HTF BLU-RAY REVIEW: Spartacus 50th Anniversary Edition

    Quote: The blue Bass title cards were a part of the original separation masters, produced (as I recall offhand) c. July of 1960.   Although the placement of the intermission changed during various cuts of the film, the titles remained as they were. At one time intermission was after...
  2. Robert Harris

    Blu-ray Review HTF BLU-RAY REVIEW: Spartacus 50th Anniversary Edition

    Quote: What is your perception of the original titles?
  3. Robert Harris

    Blu-ray Review HTF BLU-RAY REVIEW: Spartacus 50th Anniversary Edition

    Quote: I could not agree more. Taking the chance of boring some readers, I'm going to re-re-repeat myself. Blu-ray has nothing to do with quality, as HD had nothing to do with quality. Both formats, red and blu, are nothing more than buckets holding digital information. A...
  4. Robert Harris

    Blu-ray Review HTF BLU-RAY REVIEW: Spartacus 50th Anniversary Edition

    Quote: It only comes down to "what is good enough" is one permits it. RAH
  5. Robert Harris

    Blu-ray Review HTF BLU-RAY REVIEW: Spartacus 50th Anniversary Edition

    Quote: You're misinterpreting what you saw. Those folks were just amazed by Mr. Douglas' famous cleft chin. No one has arrived on the scene to take his place, and I'm not referring to the chin. And that's what was selling Blu-rays and players. These same people will play a BBC nature...
  6. Robert Harris

    Blu-ray Review HTF BLU-RAY REVIEW: Spartacus 50th Anniversary Edition

    There is nothing of any absolute point wrong with an older master, if that master was a quality product when produced. This one was not. It was heavily flawed. As I noted elsewhere, Warner has a beautiful HD master of Singin' in the Rain. It isn't on shelves for two reasons. 1...
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