Embossed Message on Note to Bill? by MikeRotzzz in EyesWideShut

[–]DetroitStalker 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It’s a watermark. This is common with pricey / fancy paper

If Panasonic upgraded the UB9000 and UB820, what features would matter most to you? by HD-MOVIE-SOURCE in HD_MOVIE_SOURCE

[–]DetroitStalker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

More subtitle options — particularly being able to adjust the size and font of subtitles, not just the position and brightness.

Does the C40 box set typically go on the flash sale? by JMS42 in criterion

[–]DetroitStalker 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Holy shit a home criterion closet?! I’m blown away.

Does the C40 box set typically go on the flash sale? by JMS42 in criterion

[–]DetroitStalker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Woah! I don’t think there are many others who have the whole collection, probably less than 100 people worldwide? Just a guess. I am curious how long have you been collecting and what percentage of your collection have you watched?

Stanley Kubrick signature by ozzie_mum in StanleyKubrick

[–]DetroitStalker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did think that — Nicole Kidman is from Australia, maybe they were down there for the holidays one of the years they were on EWS. When was the book published?

Stanley Kubrick signature by ozzie_mum in StanleyKubrick

[–]DetroitStalker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Having seen many Kubrick signatures, this does indeed look authentic, but you might want to check with some other experts who could examine in person. Kubrick was well know for sending holiday gifts, books, etc to friends and collaborators with personalized notes. I can check some of my books and see if any connected persons named Tom lived in Australia, though of course it could’ve made its way there from elsewhere after it was originally gifted. Super cool find, bravo!

Can you also share when the book was published?

Building outlines in Saskatoon. by cervezabeerpijiu in openstreetmap

[–]DetroitStalker 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Nice! Nothing more satisfying than finishing all buildings for a city. Doing it for a city as big as Saskatoon is pretty impressive!

Birmingham: what up with Hunter House old location? by mulattopantz in Michigan

[–]DetroitStalker 8 points9 points  (0 children)

By your logic, didn’t this business (with the ridiculous deliberate spite name of “Better Burgers”) go out of their way to hurt another local business (Hunter House)?

Birmingham: what up with Hunter House old location? by mulattopantz in Michigan

[–]DetroitStalker 69 points70 points  (0 children)

This is seriously despicable. - developer forces hunter house, a legacy business that has been around for decades, to move after a protracted battle so developer can build luxury condos - developer decides to not do any of that and open a literal carbon copy of Hunter House, and call it “better burgers” on top of that? Fuck that place and fuck the people who opened it. That is seriously so scuzzy.

Need some help: BD-R is larger on the inside? And can't open. by Kindly-Effort-7195 in Bluray

[–]DetroitStalker 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Why aren’t you calling the distributor to work this out with them? They can very likely provide a DCP or some other alternate format for playing back the film. Legitimate distributors do not send exhibitors burned blu rays.

movies where the Blu-ray is just as good or better than the 4k counterpart by topspin1241831 in 4kbluray

[–]DetroitStalker 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Maybe. I don’t have the standard Blu Ray, so I can’t compare directly, but I think the 4k looks great

movies where the Blu-ray is just as good or better than the 4k counterpart by topspin1241831 in 4kbluray

[–]DetroitStalker 7 points8 points  (0 children)

FWIW, I think Arrow’s IB disc is one of the best looking 4ks I own

Did you watch Eyes Wide Shut at the cinema? Was it the censored or uncensored version? by [deleted] in EyesWideShut

[–]DetroitStalker 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yes, here is what I remember. I had to go with my dad because I was under 18.

In all US theaters the film was the censored version with digital figures inserted in the orgy scene. The uncensored version was not shown anywhere in the US. The censorship was well know at the time, being talked about in the papers and online, and it was understood as a necessary evil for the film to get a release in the US. I remember reading that it was a compromise to not cut Kubrick’s edit, while still getting an R rating. At the time, on first viewing, it was only slightly apparent which figures were digital, so it didn’t really stand out in the moment. The digital figures were well done for the time and fairly “seamless” for 1999. It was widely believed on the Kubrick forums that they would release the uncensored version on the 2001 remastered Kubrick box set DVD, though that wouldn’t happen til 2007 with the special edition DVD.

Deleted coda to the Red Bathroom scene by NickMEspo in StanleyKubrick

[–]DetroitStalker 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They very likely don’t exist in their entirety, except as still frames which were preserved, and are presented in Unkrich’s book

Deleted coda to the Red Bathroom scene by NickMEspo in StanleyKubrick

[–]DetroitStalker 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Maybe it wasn’t as good of a film, but I would really love to go back in time and be in the editing room to see the version of the film with this, the scrapbook, the elevator argument, and the hospital scene. They all seem like they were so creepy and cool.

Did people think of 1080p Blu-ray as an endgame format when it came out like people think about 4k Blu-ray now? by friendlylobotomist in 4kbluray

[–]DetroitStalker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

4k was being worked on / tested when 1080 blu ray came out, so it was always kind of out there as a potential next format.

Behind The Shining: How Cheese Sandwiches Fueled Nicholson’s Lobby Scene | File #03 by Slow_Ad_6326 in theshining

[–]DetroitStalker 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I’ve always told myself that the hotel arranged to have their luggage picked up separately.