You might not understand DVD authoring. The person creating the disc has to script which remote control buttons have what effect at what time in the program. Short of pulling the vob files off the DVD and messing with software, if you don't tell it where the NEXT button is supposed to go, it's not going to go anywhere.
The DVD is pretty close to the digital cinema edit, but has 2 or 3 additional lines of dialog in one scene. I'm not aware of any other significant changes.
Monsters, Inc. has a 5.1 FX only mix and A Bug's Life has a 5.1 FX mix and a 2.0 score track. I haven't seen one that has both music and FX mixed though, myself.
I lived in Kusch from '88 to '90 and had fiber to my Mac SE when they flipped the switch in '89. I kicked the cord once and it cost me $80 to replace... ceramic tip on the fiber cable...
Most stores that sell software don't offer refunds or returns once the shrinkwrap is broken. If the EULA is a screen in the software installation, you've already voided your return policy before you've clicked a single "I Agree" button.
Little Boba Fett is so accustomed to seeing his dad's face only behind his cool helmet that it just wouldn't occur to him to lift the visor or remove the helmet to look at his poor dead dad's decapitated visage
Watch it again. As the helmet files off, 2 shadows diverge. Head fell out long before Boba picks it up.
I agree that reposting a copyrighted NY Times article is a fairly major violation, and certainly not worthy of a score of 5.
First, the poster does so without any editorial comment of his own, so why is he being rewarded, profiting of the words of another?
Second, in other slashdot cases where stories or content are mirrored, it is done to avoid the slashdot effect. I don't think the NY Times servers are going to have an issue with that.
Of course the "vast majority of funding" for President Bush was from oil too, at least as far as his campaign went.
So you drive a strong point... filling up your SUV can have drastic effects on the world political situation and indirectly or directly aid positions of world power regardless of their intent.
I believe these are still fairly common, even though larger theaters have moved to platter systems rather than 2 projector systems that require reel changes. With a platter, I believe the film is looped back to the center of the spool (like an old 8-track tape) so the reels don't require rewinding between showings.
IIRC the first dot is "start the motor of the second projector" and the second is "open the shutter". (they're actually circles on the neg, but due to lens distortion to push 35mm to wide-screen, they often become ovals...) In general you won't see these on digital projections. In fact, I recall seeing them at times in films on TV years ago, but I think they've mostly disappeared there... gone back to original negs or cleaned up existing prints for the telecine transfer. Don't remember if I've seen them pop up in DVDs or not. I would think the only case that would happen would be if the only source prints of the film already had the dots and they didn't want to pay to clean them up.
If you saw the feature digitally, the trailers were digital also. So if you liked the color in the Matrix trailer, then you liked the color of a digital projection. The trailers were loaded in a playlist before the feature (along with the THX logo, the DLP logo, and perhaps one other depending on which playback device was in use by that particular theatre.)
Well, you really can't compare the two if you haven't seen both. Truth be told, I've only seen it digitally -- 4 times projected, 3 times on hi-def monitors -- but I'm pretty happy with the color.
I could see it analog, but probably won't as my favorite local theatre is showing it digitally too. (why see it an 8th time? My wife hasn't caught it yet; and I haven't seen it in a crowded theatre.)
You're not going to get me to say digital is better, because like I said, I haven't seen both. But I do think it does the picture justice.
Thank you. I was on the QC team that reviewed a lot of the encoding for DLP, so I take someone saying they like how clean it looked as a personal compliment.
A friend of mine came up with the Bill of Rights: Security Edition. The Bill of rights printed on a pocket sized sheet metal card that won't get through airport security. So you give up your rights as you pass through... The right against unreasonable search and seizure is printed in red...
Ok, I see where you're going with it. It makes sense (haven't read the book, but I've watched the movie 6 or 7 times already (no I'm not a fanboy or a pirate, doing QC for digital cinema is my job...))
I like how they emphasize lineage of the training... Yoda trained Dooku who trained Qui Gon Jin who trained Obi-Wan who trained Anakin. I'd still be curious where Sidious's training came from. Also unclear in the film is who exactly ordered the clones. The Kaminoans say a Jedi Master ordered them, but when Obi-Wan reports back to Yoda and Mace, he expresses his belief that that particular master had been dead when the order was placed. We think Dooku was against the Republic at that point, since he was in aliance with the Trade Federation, but did Palpatine/Sidious himself place the order or was there another pawn involved?
I would have given the whole "Palpatine and/or Sidious is a clone" theory more thought except for the fact that the red imperial guards are clearly shown in Palpatine's office in two scenes. That kinda nails the succession in my mind (well, along with the fact that Palpatine is more clearly maniuplating things in EpII).
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I'm guessing that would have to be scanning rather than chapter skipping?
You might not understand DVD authoring. The person creating the disc has to script which remote control buttons have what effect at what time in the program. Short of pulling the vob files off the DVD and messing with software, if you don't tell it where the NEXT button is supposed to go, it's not going to go anywhere.
The UK edition doesn't have the 26 frames of head-butt in the Jango/Obi-Wan fight sequence. Naturally, they can release it a day earlier... ;^)
Van Ling who produced the T2: Ultimate DVD and the Abyss Special Edition DVD also produced the Ep I and Ep II DVDs.
The DVD is pretty close to the digital cinema edit, but has 2 or 3 additional lines of dialog in one scene. I'm not aware of any other significant changes.
Monsters, Inc. has a 5.1 FX only mix and A Bug's Life has a 5.1 FX mix and a 2.0 score track. I haven't seen one that has both music and FX mixed though, myself.
I lived in Kusch from '88 to '90 and had fiber to my Mac SE when they flipped the switch in '89. I kicked the cord once and it cost me $80 to replace... ceramic tip on the fiber cable...
Similar recordings exist of Glenn Gould and Rachmaninov, if I'm not mistaken. Perhaps others as well.
Most stores that sell software don't offer refunds or returns once the shrinkwrap is broken. If the EULA is a screen in the software installation, you've already voided your return policy before you've clicked a single "I Agree" button.
3P0 falling in the droid factory was CG and looked like a bad Poser model.
Watch it again. As the helmet files off, 2 shadows diverge. Head fell out long before Boba picks it up.
I agree that reposting a copyrighted NY Times article is a fairly major violation, and certainly not worthy of a score of 5.
First, the poster does so without any editorial comment of his own, so why is he being rewarded, profiting of the words of another?
Second, in other slashdot cases where stories or content are mirrored, it is done to avoid the slashdot effect. I don't think the NY Times servers are going to have an issue with that.
Of course the "vast majority of funding" for President Bush was from oil too, at least as far as his campaign went.
So you drive a strong point... filling up your SUV can have drastic effects on the world political situation and indirectly or directly aid positions of world power regardless of their intent.
I believe these are still fairly common, even though larger theaters have moved to platter systems rather than 2 projector systems that require reel changes. With a platter, I believe the film is looped back to the center of the spool (like an old 8-track tape) so the reels don't require rewinding between showings.
IIRC the first dot is "start the motor of the second projector" and the second is "open the shutter". (they're actually circles on the neg, but due to lens distortion to push 35mm to wide-screen, they often become ovals...) In general you won't see these on digital projections. In fact, I recall seeing them at times in films on TV years ago, but I think they've mostly disappeared there... gone back to original negs or cleaned up existing prints for the telecine transfer. Don't remember if I've seen them pop up in DVDs or not. I would think the only case that would happen would be if the only source prints of the film already had the dots and they didn't want to pay to clean them up.
*shrug*
If you saw the feature digitally, the trailers were digital also. So if you liked the color in the Matrix trailer, then you liked the color of a digital projection. The trailers were loaded in a playlist before the feature (along with the THX logo, the DLP logo, and perhaps one other depending on which playback device was in use by that particular theatre.)
I was under the impression that IMAX was just 70mm run sideways. At least, initialy it was. Do they use special film stock as well now?
Well, you really can't compare the two if you haven't seen both. Truth be told, I've only seen it digitally -- 4 times projected, 3 times on hi-def monitors -- but I'm pretty happy with the color.
I could see it analog, but probably won't as my favorite local theatre is showing it digitally too. (why see it an 8th time? My wife hasn't caught it yet; and I haven't seen it in a crowded theatre.)
You're not going to get me to say digital is better, because like I said, I haven't seen both. But I do think it does the picture justice.
Yeah, but it's analog.
...quite a few more than the 19 that Wired listed a few weeks ago...
Thank you. I was on the QC team that reviewed a lot of the encoding for DLP, so I take someone saying they like how clean it looked as a personal compliment.
A friend of mine came up with the Bill of Rights: Security Edition. The Bill of rights printed on a pocket sized sheet metal card that won't get through airport security. So you give up your rights as you pass through... The right against unreasonable search and seizure is printed in red...
Hadn't thought about that. Good one. The pronuciation is a little odd in the film so I hadn't really connected to Sidious.
Ok, I see where you're going with it. It makes sense (haven't read the book, but I've watched the movie 6 or 7 times already (no I'm not a fanboy or a pirate, doing QC for digital cinema is my job...))
I like how they emphasize lineage of the training... Yoda trained Dooku who trained Qui Gon Jin who trained Obi-Wan who trained Anakin. I'd still be curious where Sidious's training came from. Also unclear in the film is who exactly ordered the clones. The Kaminoans say a Jedi Master ordered them, but when Obi-Wan reports back to Yoda and Mace, he expresses his belief that that particular master had been dead when the order was placed. We think Dooku was against the Republic at that point, since he was in aliance with the Trade Federation, but did Palpatine/Sidious himself place the order or was there another pawn involved?
Why watch a telesync when THX is hiring?
I would have given the whole "Palpatine and/or Sidious is a clone" theory more thought except for the fact that the red imperial guards are clearly shown in Palpatine's office in two scenes. That kinda nails the succession in my mind (well, along with the fact that Palpatine is more clearly maniuplating things in EpII).