A Few Words About A few words about...™ Death on the Nile -- in Blu-ray (1 Viewer)

[ahollis]

Will=bought everything you bought except I also bought the Laser discs. Oh, and my Kino discs came in today.

 

[Will Krupp]

Will=bought everything you bought except I also bought the Laser discs. Oh, and my Kino discs came in today.

Yeah, I skipped over that format entirely.

Let me know what you think!

 

[Matt Hough]

Thanks so much, Will. Yes, Simon is a desirably necessary element of Nile in order for the triangle story to work, much as Nicholas Clay is in Evil. They cast both of those movies perfectly.

 

[Will Krupp]

Thanks so much, Will. Yes, Simon is a desirably necessary element of Nile in order for the triangle story to work, much as Nicholas Clay is in Evil. They cast both of those movies perfectly.

Thanks, Matt! For the record, I WAS joking about being a Simon MacCorkindale super fan. While I like him well enough and he's certainly (very very) easy on the eyes, I was making a joke rationalizing how I could possibly buy DEATH ON THE NILE so many times over the years. I guess it didn't land, lol. Sorry!

So, guys, I apologize but I think I might need to reverse myself from yesterday. While I still think KINO's DEATH ON THE NILE is preferable to the STUDIO CANAL disc, I just can't fully embrace the new EVIL UNDER THE SUN as a replacement for the SC 2017 remaster. I discovered that dropping the gamma on my OLED down to 2.4 for the Studio Canal EVIL corrects the apparent flaws in that one (if I really need to) and watching the entire KINO disc last night I was struck by the "shouldn't be" softness of some of the location work, the oversaturated colors (especially the boosted reds which border on bleeding) and the, to my eyes, weird grain in the background of wide shots. I'm the first to admit that I don't always know "film grain" from "fake grain" but something about this doesn't feel right. The picture is gorgeous in closeups but gets somewhat messy when it pulls back any distance. For lack of a better explanation, it sometimes, though not always, feels as though I'm watching an upscaled DVD, and the initial shot of the island is inexplicably smeary (it's sharp. detailed and grainy on the 2017 disc.) I was never NOT aware that I was watching it on home video.

On a minor note, the KINO disc has a different framing than the Studio Canal as well. The bottom is cropped and there's more headroom so the display area sits lower in the frame.

People will have to decide for themselves, but I think I'm personally going to stick with with the brighter 2017 remaster for it's less saturated but punchier colors (blues, greens, purples and non-blooming reds) and sharper backgrounds. It may not be perfect but it's much more pleasant, IMO.

Thanks to everyone for indulging me.

 

[Johnny Angell]

I just love the cover art for the Albert Finney MotOE.

 

[Will Krupp]

I just love the cover art for the Albert Finney MotOE.

The floating heads original poster or the Studio Canal release? The original US poster for ORIENT was also a Richard Amsel

 

[Johnny Angell]

The floating heads original poster or the Studio Canal release? The original US poster for ORIENT was also a Richard Amsel

The one with train in the distance.

 

[Big Gay Andy]

I would choose Nicholas Clay over Simon MacCorkindale -- not only because I think he's better-looking, but because he was kind and generous enough to spend several scenes in that tight, revealing black Speedo. YUMMY!!!

By the way, I would also like to see a Blu-ray release of another Ustinov-as-Poirot title, 1987's Appointment with Death.

 

[Matt Hough]

Yes, several of us have elsewhere made requests for Appointment with Death. Seems like the Kino Insider told us it was under Warners' care at the moment. It can't hold a candle quality-wise with these EMI Poirots, but I'd still love to have a Blu-ray of it in my collection. I only have it in an open matte laserdisc.

 

[Big Gay Andy]

I have it on Region 2 DVD.

 

[Will Krupp]

I finally watched the trailer for the new Kenneth Branagh movie. Quite frankly it looks like a mess but I have no doubt I will see it because, apparently, Jennifer Saunders and Dawn French are playing the Bette Davis and Maggie Smith characters! How genius is that??

 

[RichMurphy]

I finally watched the trailer for the new Kenneth Branagh movie. Quite frankly it looks like a mess but I have no doubt I will see it because, apparently, Jennifer Saunders and Dawn French are playing the Bette Davis and Maggie Smith characters! How genius is that??

I love "in-joke" casting like that. My all-time favorite is the 1983 Broadway revival of Kaufman and Hart's YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU, which starred Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor.

 

[Johnny Angell]

I love "in-joke" casting like that. My all-time favorite is the 1983 Broadway revival of Kaufman and Hart's YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU, which starred Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor.

I have to confess I don’t get the joke.

 

[Lord Dalek]

I have to confess I don’t get the joke.

Something something farm living.

 

[Will Krupp]

I have to confess I don’t get the joke.

Really? You never heard of GREEN ACRES?

 

[Johnny Angell]

Really? You never heard of GREEN ACRES?
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Yes, I saw Green Acres. But the two actresses that were mentioned, I don’t get the joke in reference to them. Makes “it went over my head gesture.”

 

[B-ROLL]

Yes, I saw Green Acres. But the two actresses that were mentioned, I don’t get the joke in reference to them. Makes “it went over my head gesture.”

Perhaps this will help ...

 

[Big Gay Andy]

Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor were the stars of Green Acres.. What don't you get???

 

[Will Krupp]

Yes, I saw Green Acres. But the two actresses that were mentioned, I don’t get the joke in reference to them. Makes “it went over my head gesture.”

They're a very beloved British comedy team who have worked together since the late 70's. They've worked on TV together in the FRENCH AND SAUNDERS TV shows and are also famous for solo projects ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS (Saunders) and THE VICAR OF DIBLEY (French)

Think ABBOTT & COSTELLO only modern, British, and female.

French and Saunders - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Johnny Angell]

Ok, they are a comedy team. I did not know that. Like Albert and Gabor. It’s a wink, wink, nudge, nudge casting choice.