Kong: Skull Island <<SPOILERS>>
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jye4ever
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Settings are meaningless from one tv to another, even at home I have IPS and VA panels, rear and edge lit, all which require seperate calibration techniques.
What I always tell home theater enthusiasts is to use settings that you find most pleasing to your eyes then forget about it and enjoy the movie.
I own a Panasonic Plasma, Samsung and Vizio LED, no projector.
Keep the smooth motion off for film and blast the backlight on animated movies to make them pop!
Enjoy.
Nerd out!
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Settings are meaningless from one tv to another, even at home I have IPS and VA panels, rear and edge lit, all which require seperate calibration techniques.
What I always tell home theater enthusiasts is to use settings that you find most pleasing to your eyes then forget about it and enjoy the movie.
I own a Panasonic Plasma, Samsung and Vizio LED, no projector.
Keep the smooth motion off for film and blast the backlight on animated movies to make them pop!
Enjoy.
Nerd out!
Yeah I have always been happy with my setting and picture quality... Except when I watch G14.
Last night I did something that for whatever reason I never did before... I went to one of the other pre made channels and changed the settings all around. Now my PC channel is all calibrated and set for Godzilla 14
G14 now gets his own personal channel and settings
Could not be for a better guy Looks very close to Special features now.
jye4ever
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So does your energy supplier.
Yeah I have always been happy with my setting and picture quality... Except when I watch G14.
Last night I did something that for whatever reason I never did before... I went to one of the other pre made channels and changed the settings all around. Now my PC channel is all calibrated and set for Godzilla 14
G14 now gets his own personal channel and settings
Looks very close to Special features now.
Godzillaspawn please see above.
That's one of the things that led to the conspiracy theories bout the poor transfer, the special features on the same disc and same TV settings have amazing lighting quality compared to the actual movie, had the whole movie been transferred the same as the features the movie would look perfect.
jye4ever
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But the theatrical was the same as the bluray encode, it's the special features that I think is too bright.
We might prefer the brighter special feature look but it's not how the movie was shown theatrically.
We might prefer the brighter special feature look but it's not how the movie was shown theatrically.
Didn't see the theatrical. I know they wanted dark but I think the levels in the trailers of and special features keeps a good darkness while making more detail visible.
jye4ever
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I hear ya, I also prefer the brighter encode but i'm just making a point that I don't think there was a conspiracy behind the bluray encode, the movie was that dark in the theater.
But more importantly back to you not seeing this in the theater!
I hear ya, I also prefer the brighter encode but i'm just making a point that I don't think there was a conspiracy behind the bluray encode, the movie was that dark in the theater.
But more importantly back to you not seeing this in the theater!
It was when my son was due to be born, my wife at the time was 9 months pregnant and not up for going much of anywhere and I wasn't going to leave her behind to see it by myself, so I had to pass, rest assured, I will see Godzilla 2 in theaters and I'm going to Kong tonight.
jye4ever
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Wait you haven't seen Kong yet!
You're killing me MF.
I think even Wor-Gar went already lol.
You're killing me MF.
I think even Wor-Gar went already lol.
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Do you think I'd be sitting on the sidelines for the heavy debates going on here if I'd seen it? , I'm going to post a full review with comparison to past Kongs and Godzilla 2014 as well as reviewing the movie by itself.
My GF and I had our sons last weekend and I didn't want to use a babysitter just long enough to get out, see the movie and have to take care of the kids when we got home, this weekend we're kid free. I've also been sick all week so mid-week showing was out too.
, I'm going to post a full review with comparison to past Kongs and Godzilla 2014 as well as reviewing the movie by itself.My GF and I had our sons last weekend and I didn't want to use a babysitter just long enough to get out, see the movie and have to take care of the kids when we got home, this weekend we're kid free. I've also been sick all week so mid-week showing was out too.
I watched the 70s Kong on youtube the other night. Man they were brutal at the end, mowing him down with gatling guns, blood spraying everywhere.
jye4ever
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I think he survived longer than the 98 Godzilla.
Jessica Lange's character was terrible. A world of difference between her and Princess Leia in Star Wars just the next year.
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The first time I heard the term "finger-banged" I visualized Kong hitting second base with Jessica Lange.
Of all the Kong movies I've always thought that the "wedding" scene from 1976 was the best.
Agreed, the build up to Kong's reveal between the visuals and Barry's music was just great. One thing I dislike about the original '33 is how in closeup shots, Kong looks like a funny cartoon character when it would be better for him to look like a threatening monster.
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They should've given the skull dude 3 eyes on each side, then I would've been happy!
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It was killing me why this looked so familiar - this is Wayne Barlowe's concept drawing for Sammael (Hellboy) -
In the end they went with three eyes total, two on the right and one on the left.
You're in good company!
Yep, plus the cinematography, Lange's outfit, her being drugged until she slowwwly raises her head and instantly sobers up. And the compositing with the Kong suit, trees, and Lange still holds up today. One of the few movies from decades past that my kids watched and said, "Dad, how'd they *do* that???"
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