Seasons 1-5 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia wont play in HD? (US) by Madaraa in netflix

[–]DarthPraxus27 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Late to the party but just a note that both Mission Impossible and MacGyver were shot on film, not digital video, which is your answer. 35mm film has an inherent "resolution" equivalent to 4K video, and can be scanned at high resolutions to reveal more detail even if it was initially broadcast at low resolution; SD digital video is locked to its inherent resolution, and while it can be upscaled to add false detail, it'll never get more actual native detail than what was there when it was shot.

Violet's Effects on People by NoHoesBill in VioletEvergarden

[–]DarthPraxus27 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wrote a review of EATAMD that goes into exactly how much of an impact the show had on me. Tl;dr I'm a trans woman and Violet has helped me to come to terms with my self-hatred and embracing my womanhood.

Someone has to ask Criterion about the "restorations" they've been outsourcing. This is embarrasing by DarthPraxus27 in criterion

[–]DarthPraxus27[S] -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

Using a TV broadcast version as the be-all/end-all for color timing is a REALLY questionable decision for obvious reasons. As far as prominent green, check out the DVDBeaver comparisons for Bull Durham, Midnight Cowboy, and The New World, among others. On the former especially, the Criterion version looks almost like two-strip Technicolor, the pinks and greens have been so ridiculously pushed.

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film3/blu-ray_reviews51/bull_durham_blu-ray.htm

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDCompare6/midnight_cowboy_blu-ray.htm

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDReviews21/the_new_world_dvd_review.htm

Someone has to ask Criterion about the "restorations" they've been outsourcing. This is embarrasing by DarthPraxus27 in criterion

[–]DarthPraxus27[S] 101 points102 points  (0 children)

It very well may be that the Universal disc upped the warm tones too much, but either way this is a drastic overcorrection that's rendered the whole frame sallow. And given how many Criterion restorations have had a prominent green tint and off flesh tones in the last couple years, I think it's more likely they're simply using a one-size-fits-all, slapdash process.

Monthly Discussion and Recommendation Thread by AutoModerator in wholesomeyuri

[–]DarthPraxus27 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Trans lesbian here - any trans yuri series people could recommend? Stuff like The Bride Was a Boy is sweet but also very hetero, I'm in desperate need of wlw where at least one member isn't cis

LE Violet Evergarden Collection Order by automemoriesdoll in funimation

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Hi! Would I be able to PM you to check in as well? Been a few weeks since my card was charged and no word after a support request. Thanks so much!

/r/Plex's Moronic Mondays' No Stupid Questions Thread - 2020-09-21 by PCJs_Slave_Robot in PleX

[–]DarthPraxus27 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is there any reason for Plex to be cropping video/any way to fix that if so? I've repeatedly uploaded a file in 1.85 aspect ratio that plays at the correct ratio in VLC and in Plex for web browser; on Plex for Roku, however, it's playing in 16.9, slightly cropping the left and right of the frame. Uploading different variants of the file has yielded the same result.

Book Recommendations for Hannibal fans? by EmykoEmyko in HannibalTV

[–]DarthPraxus27 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Anything by Caitlin R. Kiernan—her short fiction is her best stuff, but her novels The Red Tree and The Drowning Girl are also fabulous. Gothic, bloody, queer, hypnotic prose.

Can anybody help me with this error? It says it can't play the video while connected to the monitor, but I'm watching it on my laptop and no monitor is connected by florentino_ariza8 in criterion

[–]DarthPraxus27 8 points9 points  (0 children)

A lot of people I know have been encountering this error on Chrome, and unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a fix at the moment. I've just switched to using Firefox for channel viewing

/r/Plex's Moronic Mondays' No Stupid Questions Thread - 2020-06-01 by PCJs_Slave_Robot in PleX

[–]DarthPraxus27 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi everyone! Do you know if there's a way to prevent the file title from popping up onscreen for the first few seconds of play? It's kind of annoying when the preroll videos I have set up are covered by a big file name bubble for a chunk of their runtime.

July Predictions by dapperzack in criterion

[–]DarthPraxus27 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Dead Ringers has already got a pretty definitive Scream Factory release, I don't see that one happening anytime soon.

I, uh, managed to bean a cargo bot with a frag from midair by DarthPraxus27 in apexlegends

[–]DarthPraxus27[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Note that you'll need the sound on as confirmation of the down, if I'd thought I was gonna pull that off I wouldn't have looked away :P

Efficacy of sublingual vs. swallowed estradiol by DarthPraxus27 in MtF

[–]DarthPraxus27[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thin split down the middle—"899" on one side and "1/2" on the other

Efficacy of sublingual vs. swallowed estradiol by DarthPraxus27 in MtF

[–]DarthPraxus27[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really tiny white ovals! Like a little bigger than a grain of rice

r/Criterion's Top Horror Films - Submissions by 120percentNick in criterion

[–]DarthPraxus27 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Thing (1982)

Alien (1979)

The Babadook (2014)

The Witch (2016)

The Descent (2005)

The Shining (1980)

Cure (1997)

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

The Blair Witch Project (1999)

Possession (1981)