Patton (Blu-ray)

[ganthc]

Is it just me or does this cover art look awesome? I might get this movie on coverart alone!



This might just be one I add to my collection.

[Pirate]

Yeah, looks Criterion-ish. I think the SD-DVD SE had the same art.

[Iguana Man]

GCS looks awesome in that pose, but I don't know if the cover thrills me like you Ganthc. Something about the contrasting blue (and I'm dead serious) makes it weird to me.

[Pirate]

Originally Posted by Iguana Man

GCS looks awesome in that pose, but I don't know if the cover thrills me like you Ganthc. Something about the contrasting blue (and I'm dead serious) makes it weird to me.

That's because Blu-ray cases are fugly and look like they should come with a stick of gum.

[ganthc]

hd-dvd fanboys rear their ugly heads.

[Pirate]

Originally Posted by ganthc

hd-dvd fanboys rear their ugly heads.

Yourmomnoobzgaypwned!

[ganthc]

Originally Posted by Pirate

Yourmomnoobzgaypwned!

[Sehnzeleid]

Blu-ray.com Screenshots

[Pirate]

Wow.

P.S. Merged the two threads.

[ganthc]

Those screenshots are amazing!!

[Iguana Man]

I forgot about the goat-dog. Awesome!

[dugpa]

Hard to tell from screenshots, but I'm jazzed.

[Ruined]

Once again, Fox and their winning prices

If it were street $20, I'd pick this up in an instant.

[ganthc]

Originally Posted by Ruined

Once again, Fox and their winning prices

If it were street $20, I'd pick this up in an instant.

Once again, just wait for the bogo sale.

[Derb]

I hadn't seen this one (calling movie police ) but yeah I checked out those screen caps at Blu-ray & they do indeed look impressive.

[ganthc]

Originally Posted by Derb

I hadn't seen this one (calling movie police ) but yeah I checked out those screen caps at Blu-ray & they do indeed look impressive.

I have seen Patton before, so I at least get by on that one.

[Quisp]

Ive seen patton countless times, and to me, that cover is killer. I had the same reaction you did, when I first saw it.
Great photo and color shade. Will have to doubledip for sure.

[ganthc]

Originally Posted by Quisp

Ive seen patton countless times, and to me, that cover is killer. I had the same reaction you did, when I first saw it.
Great photo and color shade. Will have to doubledip for sure.

I would totally own that poster if it was out.

[Iguana Man]

I'm kinda partial to the rarity of this:

[dugpa]

Originally Posted by Iguana Man

I'm kinda partial to the rarity of this:

That's a great poster, even if it's for the crappy tv movie sequel.

[Sehnzeleid]

Looks like this film and The Longest Day have been heavily DNR'ed for Blu-ray. Fuck you Fox and there's no way in hell I'm buying these now.

[dugpa]

Originally Posted by Sehnzeleid

Looks like this film and The Longest Day have been heavily DNR'ed for Blu-ray. Fuck you Fox and there's no way in hell I'm buying these now.

I was worried about that when I read the review here and the guy was going on about how much better the blu-ray version is over the dvd because most of the grain is gone. Bah, damn DNR.

[Sehnzeleid]

Here's Robert Harris on The Longest Day:

A few words about...™ The Longest Day -- in Blu-Ray

What do you say about a film that no longer looks quite like film?

The Longest Day (1962) is a huge cinematic recreation of 6 June 1944, and the Allied invasion of France as envisioned by one of the greatest names of the golden age of American cinema -- Darryl F. Zanuck. Those who don't know who Mr. Zanuck was need to find the time to do a bit of research. You'll find his name attached to some of the most important films created during six decades.

Photographed in black & white in 35mm CinemaScope, with re-issue engagements blown up to 70mm, The Longest Day is a textbook of precisely what one could do with properly exposed black & white negative 45 years ago.

From white to blacks, and the gray scale in between, this disc has it all and nicely rendered for the nuance of grays.

The cast reads like a dictionary of actors of the era: John Wayne, Richard Burton, Red Buttons, Richard Beymer, Eddie Albert, Bourvil, Sean Connery, Mel Ferrer, Henry Fonda, Steve Forrest, Gert Frobe (Goldfinger), Alexander Knox, Peter Lawford, Sal Mineo, Robert Mitchum, Kenneth More, Edmond O'Brien, Robert Ryan, Richard Todd, and possibly every other actor then in SAG.

Until the arrival of Saving Private Ryan a decade ago, this was THE Normandy invasion film.

The interesting technical point that we now reach is the question of what a film should look like on Blu-Ray.

How much like "cinema" should it look?

Should it retain grain?

Should the image be cleansed?

And it is on this point that many people agree to disagree.

While I'm firmly in the "keep the grain" and eliminate noise reduction camp, there are those who prefer to have less (or no) grain, and prefer their images nice, bright, tidy and clean. Very, very clean.

While I enjoyed seeing The Longest Day on Blu-Ray, I was unable to recognize it as film. There was no look of the cinema, except for some occasional white vertical scratches that remain.

To my eye, the image appears to be highly processed, removing grain, and with it, much of the high frequency information that can be so easily replicated in the wonderful Blu-Ray system. This is what high definition Blu-Ray is all about. Facial tonalities as they are, take on the look similar to wax figures in Madame Tussauds. I'm thinking back here to Paramount's HD release of The Untouchables which was devoid of detail.

[Ruined]

Too bad this was never made part of the Blu-ray spec:
Thomson's Film Grain Technology Specification Approved by DVD Forum

It would have allowed someone to toggle grain on and off, which would have satisfied both camps...

[dugpa]

Robert Harris on Patton

[Pirate]

Originally Posted by dugpa

Robert Harris on Patton

Love the Mona Lisa image.