Films I watched this week (NO SPOILERS) (Vol 3)
Discussion
Clockwork Cupcake said:
It's going to need replacing at some stage, sadly, and when it does die I will probably have to sell a kidney and buy an OLED. I hear they are almost as good as plasmas.
I do love my plasma though. But my goodness it looks dated and feels very small. I have a big room and the 42" screen had always looked tiny but looks even more tiny these days. And it has a huge bezel too. So I could easily replace it with a 55" or 60" without it dominating the room.
Anyway, apologies for off-topic.
edit: posted before I saw the post from Chris Stott
edit2: I just went and measured it, and corner-to-corner including bezel that 42" plasma is 50"
Yes, I think my 50” TV is only about 10 or 15mm bigger corner to corner than the old 42” plasma it replaced. Plus it’s an awful lot thinner too so doesn’t sit so far into the room either.I do love my plasma though. But my goodness it looks dated and feels very small. I have a big room and the 42" screen had always looked tiny but looks even more tiny these days. And it has a huge bezel too. So I could easily replace it with a 55" or 60" without it dominating the room.
Anyway, apologies for off-topic.
edit: posted before I saw the post from Chris Stott
edit2: I just went and measured it, and corner-to-corner including bezel that 42" plasma is 50"
Edited by Clockwork Cupcake on Thursday 28th March 17:32
Antony Moxey said:
Yes, I think my 50” TV is only about 10 or 15mm bigger corner to corner than the old 42” plasma it replaced. Plus it’s an awful lot thinner too so doesn’t sit so far into the room either.
I can believe it. Also my plasma is on a really chunky heavy duty (needs to be!) swing arm mount that means it stands away from the wall a lot. When I finally replace the plasma I will also replace the wall mount and go for a much slimmer more flush wall mount.
bloomen said:
Still quite a considerable amount of content that's SD only. A lot of stuff got as far as DVD and petered out.
It would be fun to learn how to upscale. I've seen some very impressive home made 4k.
The TV will do the upscaling for you… it has to, or it would only use a fraction of its available pixels. It would be fun to learn how to upscale. I've seen some very impressive home made 4k.
Pretty much anything I’m interested in is available in HD or 4K, but I’ve just popped sky sports news on in SD and it looks decent enough… I’m in Spain and getting all my content streamed on a Firestick/IPTV… you’d expect SKY native content to look at least as good if not better… as you would SD content on DVD from a decent player.
Having said that, if the best you’ve seen is HD on a plasma you’ll be completely blown away by how good a properly set up OLED is displaying 4kHDR content.
Chris Stott said:
The TV will do the upscaling for you… it has to, or it would only use a fraction of its available pixels.
Indeed but the point is that some screens do it better than others. Most LCD screens really do not like displaying at anything other than their native resolution and their "upscaling" can look blocky and awful. It's like saying that a sewing needle and a paper cone can play a vinyl record. Yes, it can produce a sound for sure. I know, because I tried it as a kid. But it's not hi-fi audio.
Edited by Clockwork Cupcake on Thursday 28th March 18:25
Chris Stott said:
The TV will do the upscaling for you… it has to, or it would only use a fraction of its available pixels.
My Nvidia shield puts in a valiant effort with SD but it can't compete with something put together pixel by pixel over gawd knows many hours and days. I can think of a few old flicks I'd like to elevate but I presume my computer would melt once I got rolling.
Chris Stott said:
You need an OLED… far superior in every way to any plasma (or LCD)… including for SD (though why anyone still watches SD is beyond me).
Yeah. I've still got a plasma - 50" pioneer Kuro
.Have a 77inch LG OLED that blows it out the water though.
The Samsung Frames are bang average at best.
CC - when you replace the plasma, go OLED. Don't do yourself a disservice buying an LCD (or whatever name they're using now to reinvent it).
number2 said:
CC - when you replace the plasma, go OLED. Don't do yourself a disservice buying an LCD (or whatever name they're using now to reinvent it).
Oh yeah, OLED all the way baby. Unless someone convinces me there really is a better technology. I don't feel like I can afford anything right now though, so as long as my plasma survives I will soldier on for now.
(Didn't help that my Golf R recently cost me £2k+ in complete new rear brakes. I could have bought my OLED for that)
With Frozen Empire now out, I thought I should catch up with some cheap, 2nd hand DVDs before watching it over Easter.
Ghostbusters Answer the Call
I avoided this based on the reviews and oh my lord, it really is awful. Some decent performances but what lousy, lazy writing. Almost tempted to remove it from Plex but I have to impose it on the wife first, it's only fair.
Ghostbusters Afterlife
That is more like it and seeing as it looks like Frozen Empire carries on this cast, well worth the watch. I'd call this a "real" Ghostbusters, really enjoyed it with McKenna Grace the standout performance.
ETA, don't want to remove it from Plex, I want to delete it but PH threw a 403 with delete in there but fine with it here
Ghostbusters Answer the Call
I avoided this based on the reviews and oh my lord, it really is awful. Some decent performances but what lousy, lazy writing. Almost tempted to remove it from Plex but I have to impose it on the wife first, it's only fair.
Ghostbusters Afterlife
That is more like it and seeing as it looks like Frozen Empire carries on this cast, well worth the watch. I'd call this a "real" Ghostbusters, really enjoyed it with McKenna Grace the standout performance.
ETA, don't want to remove it from Plex, I want to delete it but PH threw a 403 with delete in there but fine with it here
Edited by stemll on Thursday 28th March 22:49
Given that Top Gun Maverick is now out on Netflix in 4K thought I would give Top Gun a rewatch.
Seeing it on a much bigger screen than last time and in HD. I think it still holds up and is a very entertaining movie. Surely one of the most eighties movies of that decade.
Seeing it on a much bigger screen than last time and in HD. I think it still holds up and is a very entertaining movie. Surely one of the most eighties movies of that decade.
Edited by JagLover on Friday 29th March 05:43
JagLover said:
Given that Top Gun Maverick is now out on Netflix in 4K thought I would give Top Gun a rewatch.
Seeing it on a much bigger screen than last time and in HD. I think it still holds up and is a very entertaining movie. Surely one of the most eighties movies of that decade.
Yeah, i think anything early tom cruise is pure eighties tbh, he transitioned well but he’ll always be 80s for me, i cant think of a bad film he has made tbh, pick any of his films from any era and he is so entertaining to watch, wouldn't say a great actor but his intensity and passion is great.Seeing it on a much bigger screen than last time and in HD. I think it still holds up and is a very entertaining movie. Surely one of the most eighties movies of that decade.
Edited by JagLover on Friday 29th March 05:43
Risky business, days of thunder, top gun, jerry mcguire, loads of others, but yeah 80s personified.
Dune 2
I'm going against popular opinion and stating it just wasn't for me. I've not read the books. Looked and sounded amazing, but I just found it all a bit boring. Even though it was 3 hrs long it felt rushed with characters and stories evolving with large leaps. Found all of the characters a bit 2 dimensional and annoying. Too much over acting.
And don't even start me on the final third.
8/10 for the visuals and sound. 4/10 for the film overall.
Massive army just stands around waiting to be destroyed. No tactics, nothing. And all ends with a boring one on one fight to the death. Yawn.
I'm going against popular opinion and stating it just wasn't for me. I've not read the books. Looked and sounded amazing, but I just found it all a bit boring. Even though it was 3 hrs long it felt rushed with characters and stories evolving with large leaps. Found all of the characters a bit 2 dimensional and annoying. Too much over acting.
And don't even start me on the final third.
8/10 for the visuals and sound. 4/10 for the film overall.
Massive army just stands around waiting to be destroyed. No tactics, nothing. And all ends with a boring one on one fight to the death. Yawn.
Ghostbusters Frozen Empire
Very little busting of ghosts happens. Too many characters. Skip the film and watch the Pitch Meeting instead. A generous 5 convoluted plot points out of 10 pointless side stories. James Acaster being James Acaster and the mini marshmallow men raise it a point, and a little girl in the row behind me asked her dad "is he going to turn into Ant Man to fight the ghosts?" "No hun he's not Ant Man in this"
It looks like things have been cut, this scene from the trailer with the red suits and Paul Rudd's "Oh ho ho ho" isn't in the film.
Very little busting of ghosts happens. Too many characters. Skip the film and watch the Pitch Meeting instead. A generous 5 convoluted plot points out of 10 pointless side stories. James Acaster being James Acaster and the mini marshmallow men raise it a point, and a little girl in the row behind me asked her dad "is he going to turn into Ant Man to fight the ghosts?" "No hun he's not Ant Man in this"
It looks like things have been cut, this scene from the trailer with the red suits and Paul Rudd's "Oh ho ho ho" isn't in the film.
'The Quake'
On Prime. Norwegian film about Oslo suffering a big earthquake. Good effects and nail biting scenes.
Again rare that a film kept my attention.
It's a sequel apparently. A film called 'The Wave' about a rock slide causing a tsunami. Based on it actually happening back in the 1930s.
Might watch that tonight.
On Prime. Norwegian film about Oslo suffering a big earthquake. Good effects and nail biting scenes.
Again rare that a film kept my attention.
It's a sequel apparently. A film called 'The Wave' about a rock slide causing a tsunami. Based on it actually happening back in the 1930s.
Might watch that tonight.
bloomen said:
DMC2 said:
Dune 2
Massive army just stands around waiting to be destroyed.
If I remember rightly that bit is pretty much one sentence in the book. Massive army just stands around waiting to be destroyed.
I dug it. I wasn't forever bowled over. Pacing in both films has felt a little strange.
Mind you, this is a series of books that they said couldn't be filmed.
The Burial on Prime
Great film! Tommy Lee Jones is an old funeral home owner who employs Jamie Foxx as his lawyer to fight a larger funeral home corporation.
Both leads are excellent but Foxx is exceptional.
Great support by Mamoudou Athie, Jurnee Smollett and Cameron from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.
Well worth a watch.
Great film! Tommy Lee Jones is an old funeral home owner who employs Jamie Foxx as his lawyer to fight a larger funeral home corporation.
Both leads are excellent but Foxx is exceptional.
Great support by Mamoudou Athie, Jurnee Smollett and Cameron from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.
Well worth a watch.
croyde said:
'The Quake'
It's a sequel apparently. A film called 'The Wave' about a rock slide causing a tsunami. Based on it actually happening back in the 1930s.
Might watch that tonight.
I was slightly surprised by how many flammable things there were after the Tsunami hit It's a sequel apparently. A film called 'The Wave' about a rock slide causing a tsunami. Based on it actually happening back in the 1930s.
Might watch that tonight.
Otherwise a decent film.Whilst on holiday watched:
The Holdovers - A cranky history teacher at a prep school is forced to remain on campus over the holidays with a grieving cook and a troubled student who has no place to go ... Paul Giamatti. Surprisingly enjoyable and touching
Muzzle - After his dog is killed in Skid Row, Jake Rosser plummets deep into a sinister underworld to uncover the truth about who may be responsible. Aaron Eckhart. Sounded like it was going to be a John Wick wannabe, turned out to not be - a little slow in all honesty but still passed the time acceptably
(although I accept they'd manage to make it lame again by 1997
)I'm currently enjoying Twisted Metal - it's bats
t crazy, dumb and any number of other negatives you can throw at it. But it is fun (Paramount+)
The Holdovers - A cranky history teacher at a prep school is forced to remain on campus over the holidays with a grieving cook and a troubled student who has no place to go ... Paul Giamatti. Surprisingly enjoyable and touching
Muzzle - After his dog is killed in Skid Row, Jake Rosser plummets deep into a sinister underworld to uncover the truth about who may be responsible. Aaron Eckhart. Sounded like it was going to be a John Wick wannabe, turned out to not be - a little slow in all honesty but still passed the time acceptably
C5_Steve said:
Clockwork Cupcake said:
Arcane was brilliant, but had almost nothing to do with League of Legends.
But, yes, The Last of Us definitely bucked the trend. No doubt there.
It's fair to say that video game adaptations have had a very long and rocky road, and it's only recently that they have started to get good. Mind you, comic book adaptations used to be fairly lame until Blade came along and then a few years later the MCU juggernaut started.
Batman (1989) would like a word with you.........But, yes, The Last of Us definitely bucked the trend. No doubt there.
It's fair to say that video game adaptations have had a very long and rocky road, and it's only recently that they have started to get good. Mind you, comic book adaptations used to be fairly lame until Blade came along and then a few years later the MCU juggernaut started.
(although I accept they'd manage to make it lame again by 1997
)t crazy, dumb and any number of other negatives you can throw at it. But it is fun (Paramount+)Gassing Station | TV, Film, Video Streaming & Radio | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff