Film forum off topic/random chat thread

CastorTroy

So it's a stage production, already finished and it still won't release for a year and a half?

https://twitter.com/Lin_Manuel/status/1224377343126462466

I am surprised they don't do this more stage productions. They have the anniversary productions of Les Mis and Phantom and I think you can get shows like Rent and Cats. But then there are pretty popular shows like Wicked which are only available onstage.
As for Hamilton, isn't it a musical that mostly appeals to Americans?

pixelburp

Someone upscaled "Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat" to 4k and 60fps, for no good reason except that they could. Obviously not a lot to see here beyond the HD upscaling, but IMO is still fascinating to watch such a big moment in cinema history:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RYNThid23g

windbound

If there was any doubt that the golden age of Hollywood ended a long time ago, it certainly has now. Kirk Douglas had it all. One of my favourites.

Agent Coulson

Still a lot of actors from that era alive and kicking some still acting in their 90's.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_living_actors_from_the_Golden_Age_of_Hollywood

vriesmays

Rhonda Fleming was one of the top Hollywood actresses in the 1950s - bigger name than Kirk back then.

Agent Coulson

Scorsese doing ad's for Coke my heart sinks.

windbound

Rhonda Fleming was in one of my favourite westerns, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Kirk made some great westerns in his time.

pixelburp

Rick Moranis is due to come out of his self imposed retirement, to star in a Honey I Shrunk the Kids sequel. He'll be playing the dad once more, to Josh Gads grown up son.

windbound

Honey I Shrunk the Kids. I remember liking that, and the sequel. It'll be good to see Rick Moranis back again. He probably looks the very same as himself.

pixelburp

Those deepfakes, they just keep getting better and better...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OJnkJqkyio

jill_valentine

Quick question folks - apart from iTunes, where can I buy digital movie downloads with the extras (eg deleted scenes and commentary) from Ireland? Can only find recommendations for US or UK viewers.

Sad Professor

jill_valentine wrote: »

Quick question folks - apart from iTunes, where can I buy digital movie downloads with the extras (eg deleted scenes and commentary) from Ireland? Can only find recommendations for US or UK viewers.

Most extras are Blu-ray only. It's one of the few remaining selling points of buying physical format.

jill_valentine

Sad Professor wrote: »

Most extras are Blu-ray only. It's one of the few remaining selling points of buying physical format.

Yeah I'm specifically looking for some Digital Only ones in this case.

FunLover18

pixelburp wrote: »

Those deepfakes, they just keep getting better and better...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OJnkJqkyio

Was BTTF Fox? Do Disney own the rights now? I don't want a remake but if the people at Disney have seen this and they do own the rights I wonder what odds you'd get in them making this in the next five years.

Agent Coulson

FunLover18 wrote: »

Was BTTF Fox? Do Disney own the rights now? I don't want a remake but if the people at Disney have seen this and they do own the rights I wonder what odds you'd get in them making this in the next five years.

No BTTF owned by Universal.

pixelburp

Shared on the Mandolorian thread, but IMO this may have knock on effects in Film: greenscreen could become a thing of the past, as turns out Mando shot a lot of its apparently FX heavy scenes surrounded by 360 LED screens, pumping out realtime rendering via Epic Games' Unreal Engine. Could make a big difference in future.

That's truly impressive stuff and must have made it so much easier for the crew and actors, having "real" locations to riff off. For instance, I never would have guessed that space station hanger was a big screen, not a post-production effect.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUnxzVOs3rk

UI_Paddy

Sad Professor wrote: »

Most extras are Blu-ray only. It's one of the few remaining selling points of buying physical format.

In addition to uncompressed video, always having access to the movie, helping to preserve a potentially lost film in the future, etc.

Digital and streaming is fine for renting or trying out a title, but for indefinite access and quality nothing can touch owning the UHD/Blu-Ray.

jill_valentine

I'm very much pro owning physical media, yes, but in some cases iTunes has an exclusivity deal on some features, seemingly commentaries in particular. It's frustrating, because I love commentaries but actively dislike iTunes as a platform.

Dades

pixelburp wrote: »

Shared on the Mandolorian thread, but IMO this may have knock on effects in Film: greenscreen could become a thing of the past, as turns out Mando shot a lot of its apparently FX heavy scenes surrounded by 360 LED screens, pumping out realtime rendering via Epic Games' Unreal Engine. Could make a big difference in future.

That's truly impressive stuff and must have made it so much easier for the crew and actors, having "real" locations to riff off. For instance, I never would have guessed that space station hanger was a big screen, not a post-production effect.

That is really cool.

Now when are Aldi going to have those 360 LED TV on special?

pixelburp

Dades wrote: »

That is really cool.

Now when are Aldi going to have those 360 LED TV on special?

I was thinking on this further, and it could have huge ramifications for the FX industry; a pretty sizeable part of filmmaking now consists of post-production, via all these sweatshop / pop-up FX houses that float from state to state (for the tax breaks). If filmmakers can suddenly render the backdrops & vistas "live" and to a significant level of detail or fidelity, that industry will surely shrink in favour of on-set Game Engine artists working during production itself.

Agent Coulson

https://www.instagram.com/p/B9W_k18Bxl2/

pixelburp

Wow, Fox has aged quite dramatically, he looks quite ill. I mean, we know that he is, but seems to have caught up with him a tad

CastorTroy

I always remember the episode of Spin City where they did a glimpse of a number of decades into the future and he still looked the same.

The Black Oil

Forgot about Empire's podcast recording in Dublin. Did anyone go? Not one I tend to listen to, tbh.

pixelburp

I'm reading Idris Elba is the latest Hollywood star to announce testing positive for Corvid-19. Apparently no symptoms yet, so must have been precautionary.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

pixelburp wrote: »

I'm reading Idris Elba is the latest Hollywood star to announce testing positive for Corvid-19. Apparently no symptoms yet, so must have been precautionary.

He was at a big charity thing last week where several people, including the Canadian PM's wife, have trested positive for it since.

Agent Coulson

Just seeing Steven Spielberg is remaking West Side Story It will be interesting to see how he handles a musical.

Also great to see Rita Moreno is in it.

https://twitter.com/20thcentury/status/1239536266804264960?s=20

CastorTroy

https://variety.com/2020/film/news/universal-trolls-world-tour-the-hunt-invisible-man-coronavirus-1203535541/

Universal releasing new movies online to try and make some money since people aren't going to see them. $19.99 to rent it for 48 hours.
Movies include Trolls World Tour, the Hunt, The Invisible Man and Emma

pixelburp

While it's a novel idea with merit ... ... 30 minutes after release, Trolls World Tour, the Hunt, The Invisible Man and Emma will appear on all the usual "alternate" avenues.

FunLover18

CastorTroy wrote: »

https://variety.com/2020/film/news/universal-trolls-world-tour-the-hunt-invisible-man-coronavirus-1203535541/

Universal releasing new movies online to try and make some money since people aren't going to see them. $19.99 to rent it for 48 hours.
Movies include Trolls World Tour, the Hunt, The Invisible Man and Emma

That's ridiculous money for one film. Good luck to them.