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Over the last few weeks it was a return to the excellent blu-ray of "Passengers", "Prometheus", and "Raiders Of The Lost Ark". Although the first two I have watched the 3D versions, this time just the normal 2D. Apart from those, a couple of DVDs were thrown in the mix as well .
They were "Hell In The Pacific" this particular film I have always felt is one of the best WW2 films made, another DVD watched was "Ring Of Bright Water" apart from the ending which is quite sad, its a good one to watch as well, all of the above titles were projected using the Panasonic VP.
Ring Of Bright Water.
Film collectors have had to deal with color fade and Vinegar Syndrome for years. For digital movie collectors VS and print fade is not an issue. However, for some time now "Disc Rot" or "Laser Rot" has been a problem.
John Clancy recently shared his experience with disc rot and estimated that more than 10% of his collection had the problem:
THE 4K FAULT - There's some good news and some bad news... but mainly good!
There are also numerous reports of issue with discs distributed by Fox and Warner Brothers:
High Failure Rate of Warner Bros and Fox DVDs?
I consider all discs to be disposable. Years ago I moved my entire collection to a NAS with disc mirroring. During that move I encountered a few discs that no longer worked.
Have you had problems with Disc Rot? What do you do to deal with the problem? Are you replacing bad discs?
Watched this the other evening. All I can say is that for a film where two of the rules of the experiment where "No touching an inmate" and " No violence" for two weeks or the $14000 per man salary goes up the swannee, there was one hell of a lot of violence. You will need a strong stomach, even for the pre story intro which was a bit of a gut wrencher (and probably unnecessary) too.
Just another example of the gratuitous violence that permeates the screens these days. Not the kind of film I would want to watch. I am not squeamish by any means, it just that there are far more better thought provoking films to see. The real world is violent enough as it is .
After watching "Prometheus" last week, it was time to continue with this Saturday night follow on "Alien Covenant" however another blu-ray I watched lately, and its Imprint release, and that's "Islands In The Stream" from 1976 starring George C Scott based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway projected using the Epson this time. If you like movies with a good story "Islands In The Stream" is one I would recommend. I did take a couple of screen shots and think Imprint did a good transfer job.
And lastly back to the trailer for Alien Covenant, the alien planet just happen to be filmed here in the South Island down at Milford sound
We started watching our newest acquisition, the Indiana Jones complete series, in a steelbox. OK, it's not all five films, but they left enough room for when we get the fifth and final film to add to the collection. It is quite superior to the DVD box set, to be sure
Tonight we both watched "One Life" on blu-ray, highly recommend it.
I have that one in my queue to watch. It looks good, but I tend to avoid films that wallow in failures of humankind. You're comment and the review from from the LA Times are encouraging.
“One Life” is a slow burn, slowly establishing Winton’s modest character as a younger and older man, but when it cracks open, it is a deeply moving portrait of true human goodness. The emotional resonance comes not from the dramatic wartime events, but rather from the long-term effects of Winton’s efforts many years later. His story proves that a few months of helping others can turn into generational legacies, that 600 souls can turn into 6,000, and that one life can have a lasting impact on the world.
The Three Stooges come to high definition in this limited edition 20-disc Blu-ray™ gift set including 100 treasured shorts to celebrate 100 years of Columbia Pictures! This set also includes 8 feature films, over 20 additional shorts with Shemp Howard, Joe Besser and Joe DeRita, plus cartoons and The Three Stooges Scrapbook.
The quality of the transfers is very good, and includes many extras, including complete feature films.
The first item in the specials collection is Nertsery Rhymes.
Nertsery Rhymes is a 1933 American Pre-Code musical comedy short film starring Ted Healy and His Stooges, released on July 6, 1933 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It is the first of five short films the comedy team made for the studio....
Nertsery Rhymes was the first of three MGM Stooge-related shorts filmed using the two-color Technicolor process, originally billed as Colortone Musical Revues. This process would also be used in Hello Pop! (1933), again starring Healy, Bonnell and the Stooges, as well as Roast-Beef and Movies (1934), a film featuring Curly Howard's only known solo appearance apart from the Stooges. The use of color was predicated on the decision to build plot devices in Nertsery Rhymes around the following discarded Technicolor musical numbers from 1930 MGM films
From Wikipedia
It is interesting to see them so young, doing the gags and bits that would carry on for decades to come. The short is available on YouTube
Last night I watched "The Last Projectionist" on DVD, its a very interesting story of the oldest working cinema in Britain. The DVD was made back in 2011, sadly since then, it closed due to Covid, then sold to another owner and at present its closed with a uncertain future.
PS Ed Of all the discs I have, I only replaced two DVDs "The Night To Remember" from Criterion imported from the US and locally the Warner Bros release of The Cowboys. Apart from those two never had a problem with any others.
...Ed Of all the discs I have, I only replaced two DVDs "The Night To Remember" from Criterion imported from the US and locally the Warner Bros release of The Cowboys. Apart from those two never had a problem with any others.
I am seeing a lot of complaints about Warner. What I don't see is any mention of whether or not the Warner discs are "off the shelf", i.e. manufactured in large lots, or the disc they burn on demand (one at a time). I would expect the "made on demand" discs to be less reliable.
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its a outstanding film and one I would highly recommend on blu-ray.
looked good on the Panasonic as shown below
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