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i'd post my home theater info and age but hey, you already know all about me so that's redundant right? |
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But then again, I suppose if that happened then film snobs would sort of have to acknowledge Garbage Pail Kids by proxy and we know that isn't going to happen, soooo...... |
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I do think I personally would argue it has historical and artistic merit, but Turtles is always considered small fish even in contexts where it dominated.
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10-31-2019, 09:09 PM | #25 |
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There's precedent for non-art house releases by Criterion. Hell, there's a Criterion DVD for The Rock! And they wouldn't get rid of the grain! |
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I don't mind film grain as much as was perceived by that other dufus. But my point was take a movie like 300, where film grain was introduced to the film as an artistic measure and then greatly exacerbated by high-def. I just don't like it to overwhelm the image because it reduces verisimilitude and takes you out of the immersion of the story. Last edited by IMJ; 10-31-2019 at 09:25 PM. |
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From what I understand, the film is so grainy in parts due to Golden Harvest pushing the film exposure because they thought it was too dark. "Pushing" is the process of leaving it in the chemical bath longer, making the image brighter AND grainy. Whoever our hero publisher is, I hope they hire Isaac and the Definitive Film "TURTLE POWER" guys to produce the supplemental content. |
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I'd imagine, if anyone, it would Shout Factory. They're currently licensing titles from WB and have a history of doing of like-titles, such as Power Rangers and Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation. They've also delivered long-requested alternate cuts, like Nightbreed and Exorcist III. Plus, they'd most likely handle all 3 films. Then again, Warner Archives has been stepping up a little. About a year or so ago, they released the 3-hour cut of Superman and recently they released the international cut of Mr. Nice Guy, which is a Golden Harvest title. |
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This was an interesting factoid I hadn't heard before. -thumb's up-
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11-05-2019, 10:41 AM | #30 |
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Even with the exposure push, the 1990 film has arguably the best cinematography of the series. With its use of shadows and natural lighting in the farm scenes, it gives the film a sense of rawness (the extreme graininess is straight up punk rock-ish at times, flashbacks especially) and compliments the creature designs in a way its successors never did. To me, it's still the only film where it genuinely feels like the Turtles are in the real world.
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If you look at the stuff Shout Factory in the US release or Arrow in the UK release a lot of that stuff makes the 90s TMNT famous as hell. If that really obscure stuff can get a 4K or 2K scan with tons of extras these movies can as well as they're more well known. |
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That's why I said verbatim that it was introduced to the film as an artistic measure. That one in particular looked fine and carried the vibe in the theater, but under HD it's completely over saturated.
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I love 4K and HDR, but the need to check off the later by giving it those ugly teal/orange gradings is a real turn off. |
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11-27-2019, 02:32 PM | #35 |
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I held off buying it. I will wait for Cameron or another studio to do the film justice.
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SOTO looks wildly different for a variety of reasons-- different director, different DP, larger budget (better stock), producer notes/direction/demands, etc. Is your TV calibrated? |
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11-29-2019, 11:11 AM | #38 | |
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Is your TV calibrated? Because if you really are knowledgeable about home theater, then it would make more sense to be discussing the HD transfer of 300 just as we have discussed the production of TMNT '90 (the only tangible examples I've cited) before asking me about whether or not my entire TV was calibrated. And even then after hammering out the HD transfers of 300, you should be asking me about how I attenuate sharpness instead of whether or not the entire TV is calibrated. I mean, we are talking about film grain. Not refresh rate, or fine line quality or verisimilitude of shadowing. But film grain. Factoid #2 that I didn't know about TMNT '90. Very cool stuff, when the conversation is normalized. Last edited by IMJ; 11-29-2019 at 12:19 PM. |
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11-29-2019, 12:00 PM | #39 | |
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I haven’t seen 300 in a LONG time (and don’t really have a desire to), so I have no skin in the game there. I actually gave up the home theater hobby, as well, about ten years ago. I was getting too deep into technical details rather than simply enjoying movies. I was looking at weak points in my setup rather than admiring gorgeous cinematography. I save my technical richard-waving for cameras and lenses and grip gear, oh my. Even that’s starting to get a bit blasé. The DP at my production company handles my screen calibration. Just out of curiosity, what kind of store do you run? From what I understand, Barron had Brian Henson shoot the second unit flashback sequences on 16mm. |
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12-29-2019, 01:54 PM | #40 |
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Which I think is a great choice. The extra grain from the blow up from 16 to 35 plus the minimalist look of the scene really cranks up that "urban punk" vibe the film carries. I can't imagine it without the grain. The film would look too basic, too clean.
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