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Reply #30 - Jan 20^th, 2012 at 12:52pm

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David the Projectionist wrote on Jan 20^th, 2012 at 11:33am:

kirok wrote on Jan 20^th, 2012 at 9:09am:

green slime has never played at the marathon? that's a travesty! the situation needs to be rectified.

Well, if you manage to rectify the travesty by finding an existing print, youre going to run straight into Frank's fury when it turns out to be as red as a beet!
Honestly, any print of that movie that still exists -- 16 or 35 -- is RED. The only way around it is to get a new print struck....but then you have to worry about finding the original elements and hoping theyve been stored correctly, because if they werent, theyll have shifted or faded as well.

i'm sure there's a blue ray dvd available.

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Reply #31 - Jan 20^th, 2012 at 5:47pm

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kirok wrote on Jan 20^th, 2012 at 12:52pm:

David the Projectionist wrote on Jan 20^th, 2012 at 11:33am:

kirok wrote on Jan 20^th, 2012 at 9:09am:

green slime has never played at the marathon? that's a travesty! the situation needs to be rectified.

Well, if you manage to rectify the travesty by finding an existing print, youre going to run straight into Frank's fury when it turns out to be as red as a beet!
Honestly, any print of that movie that still exists -- 16 or 35 -- is RED. The only way around it is to get a new print struck....but then you have to worry about finding the original elements and hoping theyve been stored correctly, because if they werent, theyll have shifted or faded as well.

i'm sure there's a blue ray dvd available.

The DVD would (for me) be a preferred alternative to an all red print but for one major problem. The DVD projector that gets lugged into the projection room is suitable for the small screen in the video room and not the massive screen in the main room. The dark and blurry image that we get is not prefrable to a red print. Remember the penultimate reel to The Quiet Earth. Dave worked his magic and fit it in to make up for the missing reel. The dopes sent I believe reels 1,2,3,3, and 5. Anyway, the section that was projected from the DVD was dark and not at all sharp. We had a similar occurence with Dark Star. It simply no way to watch a movie.

Also as I have said there are many shades of red. I have seen plenty of color prints in 16mm that are very watchable with SOME color loss.

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Reply #32 - Jan 21^st, 2012 at 9:20am

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if this was a beuty contest i would choose G,

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Reply #33 - Jan 21^st, 2012 at 4:38pm

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kirok wrote on Jan 20^th, 2012 at 12:52pm:

i'm sure there's a blue ray dvd available.

Really? How sure? And why would you want to run a disc at the theatre? Run that crap at home, please. Angry

Angry

I have seen the future, and it is sucky digital....

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Reply #34 - Jan 21^st, 2012 at 4:42pm

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Frank wrote on Jan 20^th, 2012 at 5:47pm:

The DVD projector that gets lugged into the projection room is suitable for the small screen in the video room and not the massive screen in the main room. The dark and blurry image that we get is not preferable to a red print.

There are other demerits as well, but I'm not going to repeat myself.

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Remember the penultimate reel to The Quiet Earth. Dave worked his magic and fit it in to make up for the missing reel. The dopes sent I believe reels 1,2,3,3, and 5.

Just for the record, they sent reels 1,2,3,1,2.
And there was quite a difference, wasnt there?

I have seen the future, and it is sucky digital....

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Reply #35 - Jan 21^st, 2012 at 6:05pm

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Just for the record, they sent reels 1,2,3,1,2.
And there was quite a difference, wasnt there?

That doesn't seem right because I recall that we switched from video back to film for the finale.

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Reply #36 - Jan 21^st, 2012 at 6:47pm

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shh.

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Reply #37 - Jan 21^st, 2012 at 8:16pm

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Quote:

Lile:
...titles that haven't shown yet may not exist on a viewable print unless they are restruck

LA:
There have been 2 or 3 'sightings', but they have all been in 16mm....

Kirok:
...the situation needs to be rectified.

Dave:
Well, if you manage to rectify the travesty by finding...

Kirok:
i'm sure there's a blue ray dvd available.

Frank:
The DVD would (for me) be a preferred alternative to an all red print...

Dave:
Really? How sure? And why would you...?
Dave:
There are other demerits as well, but I'm not going to repeat myself
Frank:
That doesn't seem right because...

Next Week's Sci-fi Quiz.....Famous Hijackings! Cheesy

Cheesy

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Reply #38 - Jan 22^nd, 2012 at 11:31am

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Frank wrote on Jan 21^st, 2012 at 6:05pm:

That doesn't seem right because I recall that we switched from video back to film for the finale.

   Nope!
   I absolutely guarantee that I ran the first three reels in film (which I spliced together onto a single reel), cued up the DVD to just before the end of the third reel, shut the dowser on the film projector, opened the shutter in the video projector, switched the sound over, & hit "PLAY." Never switched back.
   Then I borrowed your DVD so I could watch the movie at home. Nice score. Still looking for a copy of that: very elusive CD....

I have seen the future, and it is sucky digital....

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Reply #39 - Jan 22^nd, 2012 at 12:03pm

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David the Projectionist wrote on Jan 22^nd, 2012 at 11:31am:

Frank wrote on Jan 21^st, 2012 at 6:05pm:

That doesn't seem right because I recall that we switched from video back to film for the finale.

   Nope!
   I absolutely guarantee that I ran the first three reels in film (which I spliced together onto a single reel), cued up the DVD to just before the end of the third reel, shut the dowser on the film projector, opened the shutter in the video projector, switched the sound over, & hit "PLAY." Never switched back.
   Then I borrowed your DVD so I could watch the movie at home. Nice score. Still looking for a copy of that: very elusive CD....

I will take your word for it as you were obviously much closer to the problem. The mind slips at those hours anyway. Cheesy

Cheesy

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Reply #40 - Jan 22^nd, 2012 at 1:16pm

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R.F
Quote:

Next Week's Sci-fi Quiz.....Famous Hijackings!*

Quote:

Dave:
Nope!
I absolutely guarantee that I ran the first three reels in film ....

Quote:
Frank:
...The mind slips at those hours anyway.

*That was a hint... Huh

Huh

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Reply #41 - Jan 26^th, 2012 at 5:08pm

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First
you were Bombarded with
Breathtaking Brunettes!
Then
you leered at
Lovely Louises
now its.....
A MADHOUSE!!!!

GO APE!

Name the ape or name the movie:
(Hint: Two of them are Rick Baker creations!)

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Reply #42 - Jan 26^th, 2012 at 10:30pm

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c is not an ape. he's a homonid. he has an opposable thumb.

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Reply #43 - Jan 26^th, 2012 at 11:46pm

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Frank wrote on Jan 26^th, 2012 at 10:42pm:

kirok wrote on Jan 26^th, 2012 at 10:30pm:

c is not an ape. he's a homonid. he has an opposable thumb.

Don't even know where to begin correcting this statement..... Whe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

why does the divine spark exist only in the ape?

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Reply #44 - Jan 26^th, 2012 at 11:49pm

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kirok wrote on Jan 26^th, 2012 at 11:46pm:

Frank wrote on Jan 26^th, 2012 at 10:42pm:

kirok wrote on Jan 26^th, 2012 at 10:30pm:

c is not an ape. he's a homonid. he has an opposable thumb.

Don't even know where to begin correcting this statement..... Whe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

why does the divine spark exist only in the ape?

pause.

you see! he knows nothing!

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