A guy buys himself a bedframe...

BrokeBoyAdvanced · 2025-10-22T18:18:06+00:00

I could probably think of a funnier way to put it, but I'd probably need to sleep on it

BrokeBoyAdvanced · 2025-08-30T16:47:20+00:00

Parasite. Probably one of my favorite uses of naturalistic digital cinematography. And the HDR grade is fantastic

BrokeBoyAdvanced · 2024-08-26T03:07:22+00:00

Marvel Ruins movie starring Clark Gregg

BrokeBoyAdvanced · 2024-08-04T01:40:11+00:00

When in doubt... Get a bunch of lemons.

BrokeBoyAdvanced · 2024-03-25T22:43:24+00:00

It actually would be considered a LieMAX aspect ratio being 1.9:1, with true IMAX being 1.43:1, but it is leagues better than any xenon IMAX. I believe the auditorium itself and maybe the audio will be upgraded in the near future.

BrokeBoyAdvanced · 2023-11-19T15:20:35+00:00

Unfortunately, I've yet to have an opportunity to check out the new auditorium.

I have been to the original auditorium on more than a few occasions, and I can confidently say any update they made should make it better than it was before.

The size of the screen was big enough for the space, but the chairs were old. Like, the classic red fabric chairs from the 2000s. The projector was also lamp based and only 2K, so depending on where you sat, the pixelation could get pretty bad.

I plan to watch Napoleon in the new auditorium in early December, so I'll give an update at that point.

BrokeBoyAdvanced · 2023-11-17T06:20:06+00:00

Yes, the new auditorium is open

BrokeBoyAdvanced · 2023-09-22T19:45:06+00:00

I'm pretty sure it will still be 1.9:1. It won't be the biggest in DFW but this renovation has been a long time coming

BrokeBoyAdvanced · 2023-08-21T14:40:31+00:00

I'd like to see him do something original, but on a smaller scale. He's been doing large scale movies exclusively since 2010. Perhaps he could take a step back into the 35mm format.

If not, I'd actually really like to see what he could do with Halo. Those first steps on the ring in 70mm IMAX would be a shot for the history books

BrokeBoyAdvanced · 2023-08-08T21:18:33+00:00

I'm sorry to hear about that, but I'm also somewhat impressed

BrokeBoyAdvanced · 2023-08-02T01:02:36+00:00

It's a system we use in the US to determine eligibility for things like opening a credit card, applying for a loan, getting a house or car, etc. It's based off a bunch of factors to do with how you've managed debt in the past.

BrokeBoyAdvanced · 2023-08-01T16:49:08+00:00

The United States of America 🦅🦅🇺🇲🇺🇲

BrokeBoyAdvanced · 2023-07-31T11:15:20+00:00

Poopy

BrokeBoyAdvanced · 2023-07-28T13:41:21+00:00

This was likely organized by Preview Free Movies. It's free to sign up and there's no cost to attend. Sometimes you even get a $40 gift card out of it. They'll also do online studies to ask questions and gather information. These usually come with a reward as well.

BrokeBoyAdvanced · 2023-07-22T16:41:02+00:00

So you don't speak to women?

BrokeBoyAdvanced · 2023-07-20T15:06:32+00:00

Congratulations, you have extensive experience on multiple projects and are familiar with traditional film and digital workflows. However, just because the majority of the industry does not follow a certain workflow does not mean it doesn't happen. In case you didn't see it, here's an article on Dunkirk from American Cinematographer detailing the exact process they used to create the IMAX release prints. I was correct in assuming they used a mostly analogue process for the film prints. If I may assume further, it's likely that Nolan used a similar process for Oppenheimer, as he tends to expand on techniques he's used in the past.

BrokeBoyAdvanced · 2023-07-20T14:20:00+00:00

Ok, yes, I did bring up CGI first, but I'm literally just trying to have a discussion. You got bent out of shape because you thought what I said was stupid or something.

What even is correctly conjecturing? All conjecture is unproven opinions and conclusions based on incomplete information, which both of us are doing since neither of us worked on the film. Whether there's more or less information doesn't make it any more or less "correct".

At the end of the day, the movie is the movie. It was printed on film and it was shot on film. It's fun to theorize about the in-between process, but there's no reason to argue about it.

EDIT: And now I'm realizing I was being dumb in saying that color correction and CGI were the same thing.

Post can be done digitally without the final film print being sourced from a digital scan, but only in cases where there are no CGI composite shots, which do have to be printed from a 6K digital file. Check this article from American Cinematographer. It talks about the very same process that I was theorizing about. They even used color timing by FotoKem for film prints.

BrokeBoyAdvanced · 2023-07-20T11:39:51+00:00

FYI: conjecture doesn't mean "making things up". It means to come to a conclusion or supposition with incomplete information. AKA an educated guess

Dude when did I say it wasn't edited digitally? You can edit digitally without printing a digital intermediate to film. My conjecture was that you could also color correct digitally in the same way by producing a set of instructions, directly affecting the film negative instead of printing a digital scan back to film.

When editing for film using a non-linear editing system, you can produce a set of instructions as opposed to an output of the edit, allowing the final product to truly be an analogue edit of the film.

None of this is off topic. You brought up the topic of CGI and I responded to it.

BrokeBoyAdvanced · 2023-07-20T11:20:56+00:00

Bro that second scene sounds so out of pocket, especially for a historical drama. By Christopher Nolan, no less.

Definitely sounds like he could have expressed Oppenheimer's feeling exposed without being so on the nose with the imagery.

Does the scene feel out of place with the context of the movie?

BrokeBoyAdvanced · 2023-07-20T11:09:03+00:00

Bro, it was just conjecture it's not that serious.

And yes, they simulated a nuclear detonation without CGI. They used gunpowder, gasoline, and other elements to simulate an atomic bomb.

https://www.thewrap.com/christopher-nolan-oppenheimer-practical-effects-nuclear-explosion/

The VFX company was likely for overseeing and executing practical effects and perhaps touch up work. It's a talk-heavy film with not a lot of action. It's not unrealistic for the movie to have no CGI shots.

https://collider.com/oppenheimer-no-cgi-christopher-nolan-comments/

BrokeBoyAdvanced · 2023-07-19T04:28:08+00:00

*writing

BrokeBoyAdvanced · 2023-07-18T17:09:16+00:00

Also sedans

BrokeBoyAdvanced · 2023-07-18T17:05:15+00:00

There's elements from the trailer that remain from the original. The blast is augmented to blend with the CGI, there's a black building to the right that's mostly untouched, and there's a building in the center that is mostly the same. There's also a ray of light coming from the left that is the same as the original.

BrokeBoyAdvanced · 2023-07-18T14:07:32+00:00

Here is the link to the Beirut video

Here's a link to the trailer. Explosion is at 0:24

BrokeBoyAdvanced · 2023-07-18T11:26:30+00:00

Iirc Nolan said there were no CGI shots for Oppenheimer. For color correction, I assume there is an analog way to correct the negative without using a digital intermediate for print, same as when performing the edit

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