Jun 22, 2024, 23:37 pm
Thanks Tadd!
(REQ) Undefeatable
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Jun 22, 2024, 23:37 pm
Thanks Tadd!
(Jun 22, 2024, 00:10 am)billythefist Wrote:(Jun 21, 2024, 23:51 pm)jhs39 Wrote: This isn't HD. Rifftrax put this out only in SD even though it's obviously available in HD. On top of that, they used a terrible SD copy with the wrong aspect ratio and then made multiple jokes about how close everyone is to the camera which is only the case because the copy they used is matted at an aspect ratio that cuts off the top, bottom, and sides of the picture while still being widescreen. I buy these every week but this time it wasn't worth the money since they made no effort to use a watchable copy of the movie. The Rifftrax copy is dreadful--a 1.33:1 VHS transfer probably would have looked better. They already have my money. I buy the new releases every Friday when they come out. (Jun 22, 2024, 03:24 am)JetJaguar73 Wrote:The problem isn't SD as much as the very bizarre aspect ratio. If you ever had a television with a zoom feature that's exactly what the Rifftrax copy looks like--a widescreen version of the movie then someone accidentally hit the zoom button on the TV remote. I had an SD version of Undefeatable before the high definition remasters were released and it looked way, way better than the Rifftrax transfer. I can't really fathom where they could have gotten this transfer from.(Jun 21, 2024, 23:51 pm)jhs39 Wrote:(Jun 21, 2024, 13:54 pm)Taddghostal Wrote: HD HIGH
Jun 23, 2024, 03:01 am
Thanks so much Tadd!!!
Jun 23, 2024, 10:32 am
Thanks a lot for posting, Taddghostal. I thought that this was one of the best riffs they'd done in a while, and a decent film as well. It was good to see the familiar faces reshuffled from Honor and Glory.
That scene in the interrogation room was definitely used in another Godfrey Ho film with different dialog, but I can't remember which one. It was obviously filmed at another time, since Rothrock had totally different hair.
Jun 24, 2024, 02:34 am
(This post was last modified: Jun 24, 2024, 02:41 am by I Want To Go Faster.)
(Jun 22, 2024, 08:51 am)billythefist Wrote:(Jun 22, 2024, 03:54 am)I Want To Go Faster Wrote: I mean ... it's not like director Godfrey Ho and the cinematographer Philip J. Cook have a long history of ground-breaking mise-en-scene and luscious photography. ... I'd had a rough day. I feel terrible. (Jun 23, 2024, 01:59 am)jhs39 Wrote:(Jun 22, 2024, 00:10 am)billythefist Wrote:(Jun 21, 2024, 23:51 pm)jhs39 Wrote: This isn't HD. Rifftrax put this out only in SD even though it's obviously available in HD. On top of that, they used a terrible SD copy with the wrong aspect ratio and then made multiple jokes about how close everyone is to the camera which is only the case because the copy they used is matted at an aspect ratio that cuts off the top, bottom, and sides of the picture while still being widescreen. I buy these every week but this time it wasn't worth the money since they made no effort to use a watchable copy of the movie. The Rifftrax copy is dreadful--a 1.33:1 VHS transfer probably would have looked better. Yeah, like you said previously, someone must have taken a full frame VHS transfer then letter-boxed it because ... "that'll make it look fancy" ... I guess? As much as I was happy to mock the director and cinematographer, we're probably missing a good percentage of the intended image, and no film should be treated this way. Some barbarian at a crappy distributor somewhere needs a slapping.
Jun 24, 2024, 17:52 pm
(Jun 24, 2024, 02:34 am)I Want To Go Faster Wrote: Yeah, like you said previously, someone must have taken a full frame VHS transfer then letter-boxed it because ... "that'll make it look fancy" ... I guess? Yeah its almost exactly what you said, the movie was originally done in 1.85:1, somebody took it down to 4:3 for VHS/DVD and then chopped it down again so that would fit 1.85:1 again for some reason? Rifftrax has no issue releasing 640x480 stuff so I doubt they would do this, there would be no benefit to them other than extra work. And as unhinged as Godfrey Ho is, he definitely isnt behind it either And just so everyone knows, the Vinegar Syndrome 4K looks unbelievably good. One of my favorite things to do is whip up a 4K riff sync over the weekend and keep it to myself for a few months
Jun 28, 2024, 01:12 am
(Jun 24, 2024, 17:52 pm)billythefist Wrote:(Jun 24, 2024, 02:34 am)I Want To Go Faster Wrote: Yeah, like you said previously, someone must have taken a full frame VHS transfer then letter-boxed it because ... "that'll make it look fancy" ... I guess?
Jul 01, 2024, 23:09 pm
Thank you Tadd!
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