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Random movie thoughts
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10-01-2020, 04:25 PM
If you type in the title of a movie into this Cinetrii site: https://www.cinetrii.com/ it will instantly tell you all the films influenced by it and ones that were an influence on it. I think it's based on an AI analysing reviews for mentions of comparisons, or something. You can select results to be Older/Newer/Both. It's pretty good but does come back with many aberrations. e.g. ET was not an influence on Mac & Me
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10-28-2020, 01:08 PM
I've not yet gotten into 3D blu-rays, but I've never said I wouldn't. And I was appalled to discover, last night, that the Terminator 2 3D remastering never got a North American release. The best I could find was a region-free import from Asia, but with shipping, it'd cost $60.
I guess the best solution, therefore, is to get the European Region 2 disc for a sane $22 or so, then play it on a computer blu-ray drive with region-bypassing software... assuming, of course, one even has a computer blu-ray drive to begin with. Hmph. 
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12-07-2020, 07:18 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-07-2020, 07:19 PM by Gaith. Edited 1 time in total.)
The perhaps 4K/HDR scam strikes again? The 4K transfer of Apocalypse Now seems to have an inappropriate and ugly yellow-and-teal gloss throughout, blowing out natural hues and muddying detail, compared to the "Full Disclosure" release from years ago:
And yet, disc review sites have nothing but gushing praise for the transfer. If I were a suspicious sort, I'd wonder if they were dependent on free copies from studios to furnish their content...
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12-30-2020, 01:22 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-30-2020, 01:27 PM by Handman. Edited 1 time in total.)
I'm going to have to disagree with you. The earlier disc looks like a lot of early Blu-rays with all those filters to make it pop more to justify the existence of Blu-ray to people. The new one looks more natural and filmic to me.
As for "blowing out natural hues", look at the lights at 6:23. "Everything ends and it's always sad. But everything begins again too and that's always happy. Be happy." ~ The Doctor
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