Agree with you, Captain Bijou. Doesn't look too terrible, though. Just give 'em a few years.
Kirby On Mar 9, 2010, at 2:48 PM, Captain Bijou wrote: > Just began streaming RED RIVER from Netflix based on your glowing review. > > Having viewed IB Technicolor prints theatrically in the 1940s/early 50s until > Technicolor Inc. sold all of the printers and dyes to China in the 1970s, and > having owned more than few IB prints over the years, describing the Netflix > RED RIVER colorization as looking "just like IB Tech", might be a bit of an > exaggeration. > > However, it is a significant improvement over the early colorized films and > more than just a bit pleasing to the eye. I look forward to continued such > technological improvements, though I will never see just cause to commit > CITIZEN KANE, MURDER MY SWEET or OUT OF THE PAST to multi-colored hues, I > would eagerly anticipate a superbly colorized YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (which > should have been in Technicolor) and, finally a 3-D version of THEM, which > was originally conceived to be shot in both with depth and color. > > To quote "Scotty" from THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD, "...the mind boggles." > > Best, > > Earl Blair > CAPTAIN BIJOU > www.captainbijou.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 1:29 PM > Subject: Re: [MOPO] Fake 3D > > I just streamed a beautiful colorized Red River on netflix. looks just like > IB Tech. > Can't wait to one day stream the color 3D version! > > It may be a fad but this time it looks like the industry is more behind it. > Especially for games. > 3D TVs are here and of course will come down in price. > MH > > On Mar 9, 2010, at 11:30 AM, James Richard wrote: > >> I can imagine there are daily meetings in Hollywood discussing which films >> to convert to fake 3D and re-release to make some quick bucks. Inevitably >> they will do a lot of this -- not that many films will benefit much from it >> and so it will probably be a fad that only last for a few years. Unless they >> make true "home theater 3d" affordable very quickly. If that happens, then >> watch for virtually every halfway popular movie from the last 20 years being >> issued in a 3D bluray edition. >> >> Perhaps more noticeable, I'm thinking virtually every movie now in >> production (or about ready to be released) will be hurriedly converted to >> fake-3D as ALICE IN WONDERLAND was, and marketed as "the ultimate 3D >> experience". This will last about 2 years, until all major feature >> productions switch over to concepting and filming in real 3D. >> >> So it's likely the next couple years will be a dust-up of lots of 3D hype >> coupled with a lot of disappointment -- pretty much like what happened every >> time they've pushed 3D in the past. But, this time I think the long-term >> results will be different, with true 3D production -- concepted from story >> board to final edit -- emerging as the default format for all films with any >> kind of real budget. >> >> -- JR >> >> Roland Lataille wrote: >>> >>> A number of films will be converted to 3-D and re-released. >>> >>> http://marketsaw.blogspot.com/2010/03/legend-3d-founder-barry-sandrew-phd.html >>> >>> From: Andy Neal <[email protected]> >>> To: [email protected] >>> Sent: Tue, March 9, 2010 9:02:03 AM >>> Subject: Re: [MOPO] I saw Alice in Wonderland last night >>> >>> And as if by magic.... >>> >>> http://www.geek.com/articles/geek-culture/george-lucas-seriously-considering-star-wars-in-3d-20100120/ >>> >>> Someone got there before me with the idea, blast! >>> >>> From: [email protected] >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: RE: [MOPO] I saw Alice in Wonderland last night >>> Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 13:56:17 +0000 >>> >>> I'm a big fan of IMAX/3D to be honest. It's all about the experience and >>> feeling part of the movie. Avatar was absolutely amazing in 3D, In parts I >>> almost felt I was in a video game. Theres only certain types of film which >>> are good for 3D, Avatar being one of them. Alice in Wonderland wasn't that >>> great for the 3D experince but still enjoyed the film. I certainly wouldn't >>> watch It's a wondeful Life in 3D but would love to see Star Wars on IMAX >>> for the experience alone. It's not for everyone though, apreciate that, >>> some people even get motion sickness. Whatever floats your boat I say. >>> >>> >>> Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 05:34:05 -0800 >>> From: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [MOPO] I saw Alice in Wonderland last night >>> To: [email protected] >>> >>> Don't waste your money on Imax. No feature movies are filmed in Imax. You >>> are just seeing a blown up version of a movie filmed in 35mm or digital. In >>> fact if you saw Avatar (filmed with digital cameras) on a real large Imax >>> screen (not the small fake Imax screen), it was window boxed with blank >>> lines on all four sides of the screen. Imax is getting to be a joke just >>> like the old 70mm Cinerama - not real 3-strip Cinerama. >>> >>> From: Franc <[email protected]> >>> To: [email protected] >>> Sent: Tue, March 9, 2010 8:02:35 AM >>> Subject: Re: [MOPO] I saw Alice in Wonderland last night >>> >>> Did you see the IMAX 3D version or the regular 3-D version? FRANC >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bruce >>> Hershenson >>> Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 7:59 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: [MOPO] I saw Alice in Wonderland last night >>> >>> I saw Alice in Wonderland last night. It wasn't as good as some people had >>> told me, but it wasn't nearly as bad as some other people had suggested >>> (another way of saying it was that it was no Edward Scissorhands, but it >>> was also no Planet of the Apes). >>> >>> I am a huge fan of Johnny Depp, and yet I thought he was the least >>> interesting part of the movie (although I was not as disappointed by him in >>> this as I was by his performance in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory). The >>> weird thing they did with his eyes was distracting, and since you express a >>> lot of emotion with your eyes, it hurt that way too. >>> >>> I thought the lead actress was quite good. If they wanted to make "The >>> Gwynneth Paltrow Story", she would make an excellent choice to play the >>> lead. >>> >>> Bruce >>> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >>> ___________________________________________________________________ >>> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >>> Send a message addressed to: [email protected] >>> In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >>> The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. >>> >>> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >>> ___________________________________________________________________ >>> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >>> Send a message addressed to: [email protected] >>> In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >>> The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. >>> >>> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >>> ___________________________________________________________________ >>> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >>> Send a message addressed to: [email protected] >>> In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >>> The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. >>> >>> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >>> ___________________________________________________________________ >>> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >>> Send a message addressed to: [email protected] >>> In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >>> The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. >>> >>> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >>> ___________________________________________________________________ >>> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >>> Send a message addressed to: [email protected] >>> In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >>> The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. >>> >> >> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >> ___________________________________________________________________ >> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >> Send a message addressed to: [email protected] >> In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >> The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. >> > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: [email protected] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: [email protected] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
