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Originally posted by DanH:

So you have a screen that's 58 feet by 33 feet? As much as you whine and cry about going to theaters and your "just as good system" at home, it lacks something that certain theaters have that you don't: Scale. It's also why a 3 hour R rated film is on track to make nearly $1 billion worldwide. You also seem to think that apartment dwellers can also get a "just as good" home theater system without getting in trouble from their landlords (and all soundbars that aren't a Sennheiser Ambeo or a Nakamichi Dragon are trash).

Then again, maybe everyone else should eat cake like Marie Antoinette said.

I figured this would be your response. I’m not royalty, rich, or anything else, just a working stiff. Modest home, etc. If I can do it anyone can. Some people blow their monthly budget going out to eat, boos, etc. Some of us eschew such things, and do life a different way. Plus it doesn’t cost what it used to. So I’m not hearing your bullshit Royalty references. It was a regular type car payment, not a full size truck, for 2 whole years on 0%. And given I used to go on reg, to cineplexes, and what I used to spend, not that big of a deal.

You made a blanket statement and it’s not accurate or true. You’re also wrong about scale. If your MLP and seat to screen distance is correct, like I said, I am missing nothing. The “BIG ASS SCREEN” is about like BIG ASS FRIES. Neat, but not necessary. Everything in life is a trade off so you lose some, at the same time you gain something else to offset.

What’s happening in reality is you’re crying, not me. I was discussing something and letting you know blanket statements aren’t accurate. You can quote figures, or anything else you want, still won’t make it true. Now you’re mentioning landlords and apartments I guess you should open up a thread on here and let every homeowner know how fortunate they are, how they are “royalty”. I’ve had a full time job since I was 10 years old so learning I’m royalty, I sure as shit would like to know where the funds are, because I’ve never seen them. More stereotypes and bs You should have put a Grey Poupon reference in there too and you’d have been straight killing it, like 2 old goats at the fair.

You are just on that hype train, and YOU saw it at X, and it’s the bestest thing ever and we should all do it exactly like you. All I did was give an alternative and nothing I said was worthy of your response. You are in that hype. Oh and I have a Nakamichi in my living room. It’s pretty good for what it is, and that like everything else I used some 0% BB credit to get it.

Nolan is Nolan. He is one of the best directors living. People know this, so his films will continue to be well attended, and profitable. It’s the 180 film choice from our current state of affairs of Superho, woke Disney, etc. No surprises here. You are just all gassed up.

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Originally posted by DanH:

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Mainly, I felt like there was too much of #2 in #1. It could be vice versa, but #1, imo, makes for a better story. A taut 2 hours of #1 could have been a really great film.

I disagree on that as that would be more of a typical Hollywood film stopping at Trinity. I rather enjoy going into the fallout (pun kind of intended) that's caused from something so groundbreaking. It's a bit like Tombstone where most Hollywood films stop at the OK Corral when it was actually the "point of no return" for the Earps and their Vendetta ride against the Clanton gang. It's also why I'm extremely excited that Denis Villeneuve is going to make Dune Messiah.

I would say the movie would have been better if it didn't jump back and forth in the timeline like it does, but we can't get everything.

You misunderstood me. The stuff that happened after Trinity is the interesting stuff. I don't want to see a procedural about the making of the bomb, though it could be a decent movie (a la The Imitation Game, or even Dunkirk.) But Nolan put a lot of that procedural stuff in this film... too much, imo.

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Originally posted by Prefontaine:
I figured this would be your response. I’m not royalty, rich, or anything else, just a working stiff. Modest home, etc. If I can do it anyone can.

I figure this would be your response because it's always your response. Nobody can post anything in this forum without you behind a blow hard about your "perfect" home theater. At least bac1093 can actually post something interesting when he finds a rare gun that no one here can afford.

NOBODY GIVES A FUCK ABOUT YOUR HOME THEATER.

You remind people every fucking time about it and 90% of every post. No one gives a flying fuck about that or your love affair with Jared Leto yet you shove it into nearly every post in this forum. Some of us are fucking tired of it. We know you'll never step foot into another theater again. In other news, water is wet and the sky is blue. At this point, every time you bring it up when no one asks you for your home theater opinion gives me the right to call you a self-righteous twatwaffle, and on that I'll be more than happy to continue.

You might as well be in the cult of climate change for as much as you like telling others how to live their lives.

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You misunderstood me. The stuff that happened after Trinity is the interesting stuff. I don't want to see a procedural about the making of the bomb, though it could be a decent movie (a la The Imitation Game, or even Dunkirk.) But Nolan put a lot of that procedural stuff in this film... too much, imo.

You got me on that. I did think it was the other way around. In this case, I found the procedural just as interesting because of the magnitude of the Trinity program. If this was just another bomb or some other project, I'd be with you, but this was a 9/11 scale event of life before vs life after.

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Originally posted by DanH:

I figure this would be your response because it's always your response. Nobody can post anything in this forum without you behind a blow hard about your "perfect" home theater. At least bac1093 can actually post something interesting when he finds a rare gun that no one here can afford.

NOBODY GIVES A FUCK ABOUT YOUR HOME THEATER.

You remind people every fucking time about it and 90% of every post. No one gives a flying fuck about that or your love affair with Jared Leto yet you shove it into nearly every post in this forum. Some of us are fucking tired of it. We know you'll never step foot into another theater again. In other news, water is wet and the sky is blue. At this point, every time you bring it up when no one asks you for your home theater opinion gives me the right to call you a self-righteous twatwaffle, and on that I'll be more than happy to continue.

You might as well be in the cult of climate change for as much as you like telling others how to live their lives.

Nope, that’s you my man. It must be seen in theaters cuz you say so. Joker will teach you everything, even how to pee!
I can’t remember the last time that actor was even brought up here so more sensationalism. You just self dialed in on particular posts and I guess memorized them because they obviously hurt you in some way. I responded to your post of requirements by the deity, refuted it, and that’s about it. Nearly every post, lmao. Stereotypes and sensationalism, you sure have those IMAX dialed in. No worries about the name calling, Lt. Dan.

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Originally posted by DanH:
My local theater has an IMAX With Laser screen and was one of the original IMAX theaters so it has a full sized IMAX screen and saw it at full IMAXscreen size if not resolution.

Boy is that the pot calling the kettle black. I’m sure glad we IMAX’d that out.

OK, guys, time to ease up.

I only scanned through this exchange, but I will say that despite my feeling for there to be a real need for the modern American multiplex to die (since it's a primary outlet for the hyper-woke utter PC garbage product), "cinema" refers to a shared movie experience. You don't have the cinema experience in a home theater, unless you routinely invite people into your home who you have never met and will never see again, and I'll leave it at that, despite having more to say on the subject.

Now, that's the end of it between you two.

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Originally posted by parabellum:

... but I will say that despite my feeling for there to be a real need for the modern American multiplex to die (since it's a primary outlet for the hyper-woke utter PC garbage product)....

Before it dies, can they put 2001 Space Odyssey and Lawrence of Arabia back on the big screen one last time so I can enjoy it?

Please!
Pretty Please!

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Originally posted by CPD SIG:
Before it dies, can they put 2001 Space Odyssey and Lawrence of Arabia back on the big screen one last time so I can enjoy it?

Please!
Pretty Please!

The sad thing is there was a limited run on 70mm of 2001 back in December that we missed. What really sucks is unlike IMAX 70mm where's there is only 19 theaters in the US, I've still got a 70mm screen near me. At least there's still a 70mm print of 2001 running around.

Can't help you on Lawrence of Arabia.

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Now, that's the end of it between you two.

I'm done.

I had to disable the sub on this one. It’s overkill the way it was mixed.

And as usual, Universal completely underestimated demand for this film. Damn near every 4K Blu Ray is sold out. I'm stuck with hoping Walmart still has a copy ready for me at drive thru. Amazon is showing that the 4K is shipping in 1-2 months while Best Buy at Target just show unavailable.

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Originally posted by Oz_Shadow:
I had to disable the sub on this one. It’s overkill the way it was mixed.

I should have heeded the advise. Wow. Shook the house

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Originally posted by DanH:
Something else cool I got in my news feed is that a writer at Forbes did an interview with Edward Teller back in 1999. It's kind of facinating.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/j...ore/?sh=3f0a85934889

The Teller interview I read was the August '79 Playboy magazine. Very informative. There was also a television interview with him on PBS right about the same time that was good. It was a William F Buckley Firing Line interview from around 1970. I didn't even really know he existed before these came out.

Link to Playboy interview

I watched it on 4k. It was amazing. My kids actually asked me to stop it to explain the history of a few things. We had a great time.

Definitely a reference 4k disc. One of the best I’ve seen in terms of picture quality. And it’s not even in Dolby Vision. 4k HDR10, taken from a 8k scan of the 65mm negative. Colors and scenes are extremely vivid. Skin tones are lifelike. Inky blacks. Amazing picture.

Same for sound quality. Nolan only uses 5.1 but wow. It’s lossless and phenomenal. Definitely the best 5.1 soundtrack I’ve heard on disc. LFE was just incredible.

The film is excellent and Nolan, in my opinion, is treading into Kubrick like turf. Not Stanley, but he is entering that realm and definitely best director in the business. He is writing his own ticket at this point and can do whatever he wants going forward. Been that way, but this film was the coffin nail. Kubrick was a genre killer and the more Nolan moves around to different topics, the more he reminds me of him.

And thanks to Nolan. Watching an interview he stressed the importance of physical media for his films. He went the extra mile to insure the transfer was right. I was blown away. Will definitely watch in the future. Wanted to get it in and get my rental back so someone else can enjoy. So many actors that were on point. Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Downey Jr., and Benny Safdie really caught me off guard. Has to be the highly of Murphy’s career as well. Don’t know who else could have pulled that off.

On Prime now, and probably the best uncompressed film I’ve seen on streaming. It’s not as good as 4k disc, but damn it’s good which is a rare thing on films via streaming due compression. If you have Prime, watch it again and turn it up.

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Originally posted by Prefontaine:
On Prime now, and probably the best uncompressed film I’ve seen on streaming. It’s not as good as 4k disc, but damn it’s good which is a rare thing on films via streaming due compression. If you have Prime, watch it again and turn it up.

I caught about 90% of it on a LAX >IAH flight last week. Had to skip a few scenes due to seat neighbors & didn't get to see the end
Will have to watch again

Thanks for the heads up!

What I got from this dreck of a movie is "the world is a better place because commie sympathizers gave the commies the bomb and the commie witch hunt was so unfair".