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As much as I dislike most DNR...

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Harmonia

In Reply to: RE: Agreed posted by Jack G on February 03, 2009 at 09:22:39

...I have to tell you it sometimes a subjective call on cetain titles - just see the debate on Zulu. I don't like removal of film grain to satisfy modern tastes, but the current BD of Zulu is by far the best version of the film I've seen - I think it looks very good, despite the nay-sayers.

Also, I think tolerance for certain discs depends on the display size. I'm watching BDs on a 50" display - if you have a FP and 110" screen your preception may be different from mine. I admit the edge enhancement is something I can easily detect, but on the whole, most BDs are superior to their DVD editions, on the movies I have seen.

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RE: As much as I dislike most DNR... - Jack G 16:13:50 02/04/09 (1)
I can tolerate a very light touch of of DNR once in a while, but more often than not they are rather heavy handed with it. Its not just film grain that goes, but fine detail-skin textures. I honestly don't see the point except to make it more palatable to the video game crowd. This is a sad trend.

I guess you heard that Max Fliesher's Gulliver's travels will be altered when it comes out on BD so it will be 16X9 instead of the 1.33:1 it was made in.
Bothersome trends for the kiddies.
Jack
- It seems bizarre to me that... - Harmonia 17:45:01 02/04/09 (0)
  ...having fought against full screen butchery of widescreen movies to fit 4:3 TVs, we now must fight against clipping academy ratio films to make them faux wide-screen. Butchery is butchery.
  
  Original aspect ratio please!! This is nuts!
  
  I just don't see what the problem is with films grain. If the best source is flawed, so be it. I don't care for the plastic looking skin that results. However, as I said above, some films folks have criticized, like Zulu, I think look pretty darned good, especially compared to the poor DVD transfers.

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