haineshisway
Senior HTF Member
Let's put it this way and very simply: A lot more than youJari K said:
You see, I've seen The Fury in 35mm many times. I saw it less than two years ago now that I check that year's calendar - in 35mm. Samsung, in case you've been living in a cave somewhere, makes great TVs - beautifully reviewed all over the Internet, with many, many satisfied customers, me being one of them. Oh, and since I didn't mention - viewed on two Oppo 103s - be sure to deride those players, too.But for you and other armchair experts who are having real difficulties understanding the simplest of facts - and we know you love facts: I am not a reviewer, for this or any other site. This has been pointed out to you twice above by smart people and it is ignored - big surprise. Here's what I'm doing - I'm offering my opinion. I've also stated that numerous times. You can either continually try to bait me, which is EXACTLY what you are doing and I'm not the only person this is done to on this and other boards - it's typical Internet bushwa by armchair experts who, prior to Blu-ray and/or DVD and reading stuff on the Internet had exactly what experience with film? Please answer that, because I'm sure everyone would like to know your backgrounds. Just because you read somewhere that a certain set-up is tops, and just because you may invest in that set-up does not mean you know one or even two whits about ANYTHING concerning what a film should look like.
The set I view on is calibrated and if discs look correct on it, what more can you ask? By correct, I simply mean that the transfer looks as it should in terms of contrast, color, and everything else. And since I've seen plenty of discs with transfers that mirror what 35mm prints I've owned and seen recently look like, you know what - it's not brain surgery to tell. So, the bottom line again for those with especially hard heads: I'm just a guy with an opinion and just like you all I am stating it. Now, you can disagree with that opinion (which the various people doing this in this thread can't because - wait for it - they haven't done a comparison of the two discs as I have, nor have they even seen both discs - that is patently clear here), or agree with it or read it and ponder. You can bait and talk about equipment all you like but in the end I'm still offering my opinion and you can be interested or not. I personally do not care one way or another whether you are interested or not, nor do I care if you take exception to it. You state opinions, too, don't you? And people can believe them or not. Funny how all that works. As to equipment and the easy disparaging thereof, sorry, you lose instantly because it wouldn't matter WHAT I was watching on, you'd find some way to say it wasn't good enough. Like we all went to the movies in our past years and sat and thought, "Gee, I wonder what brand of projector they're using and what make bulb and are the foot lamberts precisely up to snuff and how old is that lens they're using." Because all those things matter in theatrical projection, but, interestingly, we weren't armchair experts and we went to do something radical - watch the movie
There are some people here who understand that I've been around film for forty-three years now in terms of being a professional. I was, at one point in time, one of the biggest film collectors in the world with a collection that was kind of legendary in its day. I have made films, I've been in editing rooms, I've been in transfer rooms, I've watched it all from start to finish. So, when people read the opinions I offer, they know that background and some give credence to the opinion being stated. Some don't. Who cares? Why certain people are so bothered or frightened by an opinion is anyone's guess, but at least one person in this thread who is on other boards does this sort of thing all the time - it's a bore, but it's typical.
You can, of course, please point me in the direction of anything in my post here that says I'm stating a fact, a hard fact, about anything or that my opinion is the only one that matters or that I'm right and everyone else is wrong. Do it for me, won't you? Oh, I'll save you the trouble - you won't be able to. As I've already pointed out ad nauseum and which is also continually ignored because to acknowledge it would render these baiting posts for what they truly are - my post is filled with "for me" "to my eyes" and on and on. What does that tell you? It tells you that I am posting MY opinion. Being the only one in this thread who's actually seen both discs. That's really kind of the end of the story, but for certain types it can never be the end because the chance to belittle, disparage and vainly attempt to discredit is too much Internet fun. I hate to tell you that although it's never done here, Mr. Harris has received the same sort of thing on several other boards. It rolls off him just like it rolls off me. You all discredit nothing, you belittle to no avail, because smart people understand what is being offered here and take it for whatever it's worth to them.
My opinion of these two transfers would not change one iota no matter what system I was watching on. For you beloved caps people - it is easy to see the orangey hues of the Twilight Time disc vs. the bluer look of the Arrow. Why, how is that possible? Are you viewing them on a calibrated monitor under perfect circumstances? No. And yet, those differences are very clear no matter how you're looking at it. Do you think the darkness of the car scene would be different if I were viewing it elsewhere? No. It would still be too dark and an obvious attempt to cover up the overt pushed film grain that you see on the Twilight Time disc, which is how that scene has always looked. But it wouldn't matter what I said - there would always be one or two people to go down the baiting road, here and elsewhere. For those who put no stock in the opinion offered, based on what system I'm viewing on or based on the fact that you believe I know nothing, the answer is simple - put me on ignore and that will be that. Others can either believe or not. The one thing you will never achieve is me not offering an opinion when I feel like offering an opinion. And all I can tell you is I have heard from several people who have viewed both discs who tend to agree with me on every point I've made. That, too, doesn't really mean anything, but there you are.
Oh, and just in case you missed it: I am not a reviewer, not for this site or any other. I have never been a reviewer and I never will be a reviewer. Nor do I have the pretense of many on various boards to call what I write a "review." Never have, never will. To those involved, you may now go edit your posts accordingly
