Comments on: Raiders of the Lost Ark coming to IMax http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/raiders-of-the-lost-ark-coming.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 12:25:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Mark Lee http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/raiders-of-the-lost-ark-coming.html#comment-1512207 Mark Lee Sun, 19 Aug 2012 14:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176592#comment-1512207 Actually, the swordsman will shoot first in this version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQBLTB5f3j0&feature=player_embedded Actually, the swordsman will shoot first in this version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQBLTB5f3j0&feature=player_embedded

]]> By: Itsumishi http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/raiders-of-the-lost-ark-coming.html#comment-1510991 Itsumishi Fri, 17 Aug 2012 08:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176592#comment-1510991 <blockquote>No, there’s no aesthetic changes to the films. I’m not going back and doing to any of my movies that are now coming out on Blu-ray what I did when “E.T.” was reissued for the third time and I made some digital changes in the picture. I’m not doing that any more. I’ve resigned myself to accepting that what the film was at the time of its creation is what it always should be for future generations. I’m no longer a digital revisionist.</blockquote>Hooray! and Are you listening George?

No, there’s no aesthetic changes to the films. I’m not going back and doing to any of my movies that are now coming out on Blu-ray what I did when “E.T.” was reissued for the third time and I made some digital changes in the picture. I’m not doing that any more. I’ve resigned myself to accepting that what the film was at the time of its creation is what it always should be for future generations. I’m no longer a digital revisionist.

Hooray!
and
Are you listening George?

]]> By: Dean Putney http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/raiders-of-the-lost-ark-coming.html#comment-1509277 Dean Putney Thu, 16 Aug 2012 02:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176592#comment-1509277 I was curious, so I dug a bit into this and found a good article about how they bump up the resolution for IMAX movies filmed in 35mm. Turns out it's pretty fascinating: http://gizmodo.com/5250780/how-regular-movies-become-imax-films I was curious, so I dug a bit into this and found a good article about how they bump up the resolution for IMAX movies filmed in 35mm. Turns out it’s pretty fascinating: http://gizmodo.com/5250780/how-regular-movies-become-imax-films

]]> By: Hanglyman http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/raiders-of-the-lost-ark-coming.html#comment-1509150 Hanglyman Thu, 16 Aug 2012 00:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176592#comment-1509150 For people looking for theatres showing it on the IMAX website, it's helpful to note that they've incorrectly listed it as "Indiana Jones and The Raiders of the Lost Ark". Or, in other words, "In the Latin alphabet, Raiders begins with an I!" For people looking for theatres showing it on the IMAX website, it’s helpful to note that they’ve incorrectly listed it as “Indiana Jones and The Raiders of the Lost Ark”.

Or, in other words, “In the Latin alphabet, Raiders begins with an I!”

]]> By: mccrum http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/raiders-of-the-lost-ark-coming.html#comment-1508882 mccrum Wed, 15 Aug 2012 20:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176592#comment-1508882 Steve-o, if you're reading this, for the record I certainly do not mind you doing a direct transfer and not changing a thing.  I'll gladly lose a little resolution as long as Yoda hieroglyphics aren't added into a scene or something equally horrifying. Steve-o, if you’re reading this, for the record I certainly do not mind you doing a direct transfer and not changing a thing.  I’ll gladly lose a little resolution as long as Yoda hieroglyphics aren’t added into a scene or something equally horrifying.

]]> By: mccrum http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/raiders-of-the-lost-ark-coming.html#comment-1508871 mccrum Wed, 15 Aug 2012 20:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176592#comment-1508871 I don't know what you mean.  I consider the series to have three DVD's and one free coaster. I don’t know what you mean.  I consider the series to have three DVD’s and one free coaster.

]]> By: Quiche de Resistance http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/raiders-of-the-lost-ark-coming.html#comment-1508786 Quiche de Resistance Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176592#comment-1508786 I want Temple of Doom, but I'm sure I speak for all happy mutants when I say please God no Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.  Unless we can somehow get MST3K involved with that disc. I want Temple of Doom, but I’m sure I speak for all happy mutants when I say please God no Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.  Unless we can somehow get MST3K involved with that disc.

]]> By: Keith Tyler http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/raiders-of-the-lost-ark-coming.html#comment-1508763 Keith Tyler Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176592#comment-1508763 I get the remastered sound, but what the fuck -- if you're going to put it on an IMAX screen, touch it the hell up so it's worth it. Blu-Ray too. Isn't it brain-numbingly stupid to take a grainy old 35mm print and blow it up to the 1000s of pixels of IMAX? "It looks like shit, but it looks like shit *IN HD!*" I get the remastered sound, but what the fuck — if you’re going to put it on an IMAX screen, touch it the hell up so it’s worth it. Blu-Ray too. Isn’t it brain-numbingly stupid to take a grainy old 35mm print and blow it up to the 1000s of pixels of IMAX? “It looks like shit, but it looks like shit *IN HD!*”

]]> By: Purplecat http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/raiders-of-the-lost-ark-coming.html#comment-1508707 Purplecat Wed, 15 Aug 2012 18:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176592#comment-1508707 You know, if they released a box set containing just Raiders and Crusade, I'm sure it would sell better.  You know, if they released a box set containing just Raiders and Crusade, I’m sure it would sell better. 

]]> By: Boundegar http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/raiders-of-the-lost-ark-coming.html#comment-1508702 Boundegar Wed, 15 Aug 2012 18:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176592#comment-1508702  Pfft.  As if that would stop Indiana Jones.  Pfft.  As if that would stop Indiana Jones.

]]> By: akbar56 http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/raiders-of-the-lost-ark-coming.html#comment-1508673 akbar56 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 18:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176592#comment-1508673 They "fixed" that in the DVD set released a few years ago. I wonder if the fix is kept in place for this print and the bluray. They “fixed” that in the DVD set released a few years ago. I wonder if the fix is kept in place for this print and the bluray.

]]> By: Funk Daddy http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/raiders-of-the-lost-ark-coming.html#comment-1508665 Funk Daddy Wed, 15 Aug 2012 18:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176592#comment-1508665 I bought the laser disc release of Raiders for my best friend years ago, you can indeed see that reflection. I like it because I like Harrison Ford and didn't want to see him get bit in the face by a cobra the way it is in the VHS version of the movie. I bought the laser disc release of Raiders for my best friend years ago, you can indeed see that reflection. I like it because I like Harrison Ford and didn’t want to see him get bit in the face by a cobra the way it is in the VHS version of the movie.

]]> By: lavardera http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/raiders-of-the-lost-ark-coming.html#comment-1508607 lavardera Wed, 15 Aug 2012 17:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176592#comment-1508607 Ohhh, that's very different. Never Mind. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3FnpaWQJO0 Ohhh, that’s very different.

Never Mind.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3FnpaWQJO0

]]> By: Tim H http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/raiders-of-the-lost-ark-coming.html#comment-1508601 Tim H Wed, 15 Aug 2012 17:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176592#comment-1508601 There's a scene where Indiana Jones falls down and a cobra pops up right in front of his face.  The laser disc people boasted that the resolution was so perfect in their version that you could see the cobra reflected in the sheet of safety glass placed between it and the actor.  I wonder if that will be visible in the IMAX version? There’s a scene where Indiana Jones falls down and a cobra pops up right in front of his face.  The laser disc people boasted that the resolution was so perfect in their version that you could see the cobra reflected in the sheet of safety glass placed between it and the actor.  I wonder if that will be visible in the IMAX version?

]]> By: atteSmythe http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/raiders-of-the-lost-ark-coming.html#comment-1508591 atteSmythe Wed, 15 Aug 2012 17:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176592#comment-1508591 It seals the cave behind him - if he hadn't run, he'd be trapped inside! It seals the cave behind him – if he hadn’t run, he’d be trapped inside!

]]> By: lavardera http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/raiders-of-the-lost-ark-coming.html#comment-1508547 lavardera Wed, 15 Aug 2012 17:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176592#comment-1508547 Anybody else ever notice that if Indy had just kept his cool and watched that boulder roll, it would have passed right over his head, and he could have strolled right out of there... Anybody else ever notice that if Indy had just kept his cool and watched that boulder roll, it would have passed right over his head, and he could have strolled right out of there…

]]> By: David Pescovitz http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/raiders-of-the-lost-ark-coming.html#comment-1508503 David Pescovitz Wed, 15 Aug 2012 16:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176592#comment-1508503 Who shot first? Oh wait. Who shot first? Oh wait.

]]> By: Robert Oliver http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/raiders-of-the-lost-ark-coming.html#comment-1508486 Robert Oliver Wed, 15 Aug 2012 16:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176592#comment-1508486 I sure hope he tweaks the scene where he shoots the swordsman and instead of shooting him, Indy throws a walkie-talkie at him...it worked for E.T.!!!! I sure hope he tweaks the scene where he shoots the swordsman and instead of shooting him, Indy throws a walkie-talkie at him…it worked for E.T.!!!!

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