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Post by samtaco on Jun 24, 2006 9:02:00 GMT -5
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Post by Isaac on Jun 24, 2006 12:32:05 GMT -5
Okay, I'm being picky here, but why is the menu in widescreen, but the film itself in pan-and-scan  |
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Post by MonsterX on Jun 25, 2006 15:28:04 GMT -5
I hate to be the party pooper. But am I the only one who doesn’t like this movie? I think the Monster was pretty cool but as a film I always though it was pretty mediocre.
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Post by XerxesTheCat on Jun 25, 2006 17:58:49 GMT -5
I liked This Island Earth. I'd say the acting was medicore overall though.
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Post by travis on Jun 26, 2006 5:05:57 GMT -5
Okay, I'm being picky here, but why is the menu in widescreen, but the film itself in pan-and-scan The movie is NOT pan-and-scan. It was shot open-matte, with the intention to be matted in theaters. The menu is widescreen for 16:9 sets, many DVDs are like this. I hate to be the party pooper. But am I the only one who doesn’t like this movie? I think the Monster was pretty cool but as a film I always though it was pretty mediocre. The movie is mediocre, hence why it's on MST3k.  Honestly though, the movie was hacked to shreds (like the rest of MST3k:TM), Grammercy/whoever edited it made the movie look a lot worse than it was. Personally I think Warner should have made the movie with BBI, then they could have used the MGM movie THE GREEN SLIME (which would have been a better choice overall). |
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Post by Isaac on Jun 26, 2006 13:30:32 GMT -5
Okay, I'm being picky here, but why is the menu in widescreen, but the film itself in pan-and-scan The movie is NOT pan-and-scan. It was shot open-matte, with the intention to be matted in theaters. The original aspect ratio was 2.00:1. The correct screen format can be seen in the widescreen version of Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie. |
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Post by Isaac on Jun 26, 2006 13:49:30 GMT -5
I the only one who doesn’t like this movie? I've never even seen the movie without the MST3K commentary. I'm just here to complain about the fullscreen transfer. ;D |
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Post by travis on Jun 27, 2006 16:35:56 GMT -5
The movie is NOT pan-and-scan. It was shot open-matte, with the intention to be matted in theaters. The original aspect ratio was 2.00:1. The correct screen format can be seen in the widescreen version of Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie. The movie was shot open-matte with the intention of being matted at 2.00:1. |
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Post by Isaac on Jun 28, 2006 0:14:15 GMT -5
The movie was shot open-matte with the intention of being matted at 2.00:1. Really? I get matting a film to 1.66:1, or 1.85:1, but it seems like 2.00:1 is a little too wide to matte a film. You'd have to have the camera far back enough so that the top and bottom of the screen would have enough space for your shots to appear correctly when projected at 2:1.  |
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Post by travis on Jul 1, 2006 19:40:45 GMT -5
The movie was shot open-matte with the intention of being matted at 2.00:1. Really? I get matting a film to 1.66:1, or 1.85:1, but it seems like 2.00:1 is a little too wide to matte a film. You'd have to have the camera far back enough so that the top and bottom of the screen would have enough space for your shots to appear correctly when projected at 2:1. Yeah, I thought it was very strange too. I've read a bunch of info on it, and that was Universal's intended matted ratio apparently. I'm sure most theaters just kept it at the usual 1.85:1 or 1.33:1. This worked very well for MST, which was filmed in 1.85:1! |
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Post by Wild Rebel on Jul 6, 2006 9:12:27 GMT -5
Since This Island Earth is out of that lawsuit limbo...it's possible that MST3K - The Movie is as well....
Maybe it's time to write to Criterion about doing a disc with the missing footage and commentary like only they can do?
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Post by Torgo on Jul 6, 2006 11:37:40 GMT -5
Maybe it's time to write to Criterion about doing a disc with the missing footage and commentary like only they can do? So I can overpay for a movie that's in print rather than overpay for a movie that's out of print? I think not. |
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Post by Wild Rebel on Jul 6, 2006 11:40:43 GMT -5
Maybe it's time to write to Criterion about doing a disc with the missing footage and commentary like only they can do? So I can overpay for a movie that's in print rather than overpay for a movie that's out of print? I think not. MST3K - The Movie is in print? In region 1? Where? |
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Post by Torgo on Jul 6, 2006 13:16:45 GMT -5
So I can overpay for a movie that's in print rather than overpay for a movie that's out of print? I think not. MST3K - The Movie is in print? In region 1? Where? Criterion is notorious for overpricing their DVDs, that's why I never bought from them (with the exception of Chasing Amy, which has reduced in price over time). |
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Post by Wild Rebel on Jul 6, 2006 13:59:28 GMT -5
MST3K - The Movie is in print? In region 1? Where? Criterion is notorious for overpricing their DVDs, that's why I never bought from them (with the exception of Chasing Amy, which has reduced in price over time). Considering the commentary tracks, all of the extra stuff you get plus the restorations they do ( real restorations, not like those that Legend does) I think Criterion discs are worth the money. Especially, since they own none of the titles they work on in the first place and therefore have to pay for those rights. And I still don't understand your comment about buying a disc that already in print.... |
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