Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-12-26 (Thursday)

On Wed, 1 Jan 2025 10:39:14 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
wrote:

shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:

On Tue, 31 Dec 2024 18:14:18 -0800, Dimensional Traveler
<dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
 

On 12/31/2024 10:00 AM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:

On 12/27/2024 2:50 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:

Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:

On 12/27/2024 10:40 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
 
 
Barbarella (4K disc) - 1968 sci-fi movie based on a French comic and
produced by Dino De Laurentiis.  Yes, I know I just watched it last
year, but I got a brand new 4K upgrade that includes a new Dolby Atmos
soundtrack and a new audio commentary.  I was torn between listening to
the new Dolby Atmos track or the audio commentary but settled on the
Atmos track.  I did notice the surround sound, wasn't really surround,
but it did have a full sound coming out of the front speakers, which is
better than the mono sound from the old blu-ray.  There's a remake
starring Sydney Sweeney in the works, so I'll just have to sit through
it again with the commentary before the remake.   And thanks to the
subtitles, I now know that for all these years I've been saying there's
a kind of taco shell about you, when the line is actually  "There's a
kind of cockleshell about you."  Someone in this group also suggested I
watch Danger: Diabolik.  I didn't forget, but it wasn't available for
free on any of the usual streaming channels.

 
Jane Fonda hates that you watched this movie. Thank you.
 

 
 
Flash Gordon (4K disc) - 1980 sci-fi movie based on a comic and produced
by Dino De Laurentiis.  Flash! A-ah! saves everyone one of us from Ming
the Merciless.  This movie continues to hold up great and is a sight to
behold in 4K.

 
As always, I must apologize for my part in this.
 
 
FLASH GORDON
The Adventure Begins
 
It was long ago, in the before time.
 
Our favorite movie theater, the one with the big flat screen that ran
the movies right, but never got a blockbuster except for Star Trek the
Motion Picture, and opening weekend the transporter replica they left
running in the lobby (some say it was actually the popcorn maker) caught
fire and took the place down, but I digress, ran a BIG ad (in the days
when
the local fishwrap would have pages full of movie ads) for the SNEAK
PREVIEW OF A MAJOR SCIENCE FICTION MOTION PICTURE.
 
I recommended to my viewing accomplice that we attend. He was dubious,
and
wondered if I had any idea what the film could be. I pointed out we'd
go to
almost any science fiction movie, and almost any movie at the shiny good
theater, so where was the downside?
 
We got our preferred seats, 7th row center. The front rows were taped
off,
presumably for visiting VIPs.
 

 
I go see most movies, especially if they are in IMAX or Dolby Cinema.  I
mean, if the production company booked the IMAX or Dolby Cinema
screening room, then the movie *must* be good, right?  Right?  I've
recently realized that a lot of times when I don't go see a movie, it's
often because it's not playing in IMAX or Dolby Cinema.
 

You're just a HD snob.

 
I wonder if it makes that much of a difference. Only time I saw
something in IMAX format was at Epcot where it was clearly the right
format for that video. Isn't IMAX of a different aspect ratio than the
standard movie format so parts of the video are removed for IMAX that
are visible in the normal aspect ratio.
 

>
My BATMAN BEGINS Blu-ray switches back-and-forth between theatrical and
IMAX aspect ratios. It’s only a sliver on the top and bottom and I didn’t
think I’d even notice but it’s incredibly distracting.

My experience with IMAX has been limited to a few rips that I
downloaded both the IMAX and non-IMAX versions to do a comparison.
What I saw was the IMAX version had some of the right/left side cut
but expanded the top/bottom slightly. It was enough material lost that
I preferred the non-IMAX version.

It's possible I chose the wrong films to compare but they were all big
budget blockbusters with lots of action so one would think they would
have taken IMAX into account when filming.