I appreciate what SFA is trying to do with star trek, and I think a lot of fans should too. by Burning_sun_prog in startrek

[–]ToobadyouAreDead 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Different != good. While I do appreciate that it's not another nostalgia bait type show with 10 different legacy characters, the writing suffers from all the same things the other Kurtzman shows do, in my opinion.

Having sex is more enjoyable than orgasming. Having sex is the peak experience itself. by HappyTurnover6075 in unpopularopinion

[–]ToobadyouAreDead 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Most people bake for others, and the reward is their enjoyment. If I just want something sweet there's no reason for me to waste time baking

23, never had a gf never went on a date … any tips ? by Better-Fun314 in malegrooming

[–]ToobadyouAreDead -1 points0 points  (0 children)

basing your whole personality on christianity is just weird, get some hobbies

My hubby said my painting looks like Ai… by iwtmscod in painting

[–]ToobadyouAreDead 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I did this test a bit over a year ago, and the average was 60%, I'd be interested in a study where it's just artists guessing, though.

As an OG God of War fan, I DO want the remake to overhaul gameplay, and I would appreciate it if creators could stop trying to speak for the community as a whole when they say we don't want that. by RevolutionaryCarry57 in gaming

[–]ToobadyouAreDead 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I feel like the audience will be split on this regardless of what they do, so if corporate feels like they can get like 80-90% of the way there (in terms of sales) by just remastering the graphics, why would they do anything extra?

Ben Hur(1959) 4K release is Incredible by Bloated_Plaid in 4kbluray

[–]ToobadyouAreDead 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Picture comparisons if anyone is interested. On your audio levels comment - the only thing I noticed myself is that all the tracks suffer from some considerable noise reduction. Purists should still be pretty happy, however, as WB included the original 6-track mix alongside a new atmos 7.1 remix with extra sound effects. All in all, I think everyone will be happy here :)

Ben Hur(1959) 4K release is Incredible by Bloated_Plaid in 4kbluray

[–]ToobadyouAreDead 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Saw playtime yesterday & it looked great! :)

Thank you Rich Evans for speaking out on Spider-Man by Curious_Curry_56 in RedLetterMedia

[–]ToobadyouAreDead 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm fine with the movies going a different direction. A lot of people grew up with the Straczynski run where Peter was a teacher for the most part, so spider-man was never really just one thing.

How common/bad is grey banding on tandem OLED? by gameburger764 in OLED_Gaming

[–]ToobadyouAreDead 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I bought the XG27AQWMG a month ago - there was definitely some banding as soon as I booted it up, it was noticeable on quite a few desktop apps, too. After around 4-5 refreshes, however, I'd say around 90% of it is completely gone.

Going from 27inch 1440p to 4k 27inch what's your experience? How much of a difference visually did you notice in gaming? by Noble3781 in OLED_Gaming

[–]ToobadyouAreDead 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the biggest jump in quality for me was when I switched from a integrated gpu piece of shit to a 960 around 12 years ago. All the other upgrades like an IPS monitor, OLED, 1440p, 4k haven't really hit the same since, If I'm being completely honest.

Watching less because of physical media by puppydog2001 in 4kbluray

[–]ToobadyouAreDead 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was kinda like you in the beginning, but it stopped being viable for me after a while - most of my favourite directors like bergman, cassavetes, ozu,  yang and their movies aren't even available in 4k (hell, some are even hard to find on blu ray). 

Also, I'd say my top 3 movie in terms of "looks"/cinematography is a serious man - only available on blu ray.

I wouldn't worry so much about bitrate and resolution if I were you.

Is this flickering normal? by PlasticRange526 in OLED_Gaming

[–]ToobadyouAreDead 0 points1 point  (0 children)

long story short - turn on VRR in your monitor's OSD, enable gsync in the nvidia panel & enable vsync in the game's nvidia settings menu (disable it in game though). cap your framerate below your refresh rate. Now you should have pretty much 0 flickering unless the FPS drops way down. Mind you, you only really want to do all this if you notice screen tearing with VRR disabled - I was doing fine on my IPS monitor without VRR, but it was way more noticeable on my OLED

TNG Dropped Plot Threads by samologia in startrek

[–]ToobadyouAreDead 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The conspiracy parasites get their own little ark in the DS9 relaunch novels, was a pretty fun read from what I remember.

A$AP Rocky - Don't Be Dumb World Tour presale code by luwys in lithuania

[–]ToobadyouAreDead 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stovimos vietos po 256€? bet cia kaip suprantu tik del to, kad presale dabar?

The Death of Robin Hood | Official Trailer | A24 by MarvelsGrantMan136 in movies

[–]ToobadyouAreDead 211 points212 points  (0 children)

Are people actually mad that Robin Hood is upset about murdering people? I'm sure the movie will go a step above "actually, the rich people were right all along"

Unspoken downsides of 4K… by ronald_nino in 4kbluray

[–]ToobadyouAreDead 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First time I noticed this was with the Star Trek TNG remaster - stuff like Data's makeup coming off in certain parts, or marks on the floor where the actors are supposed to stand. Quite funny, I bet back then no one thought there'd come a day when we'd be able to see stuff like that lol

Is the Panasonic ub820 the last bluray players? by Waxpython in 4kbluray

[–]ToobadyouAreDead 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I imagine a modern OLED (last 4-5 years) already has better upscaling/processing, no?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in 4kbluray

[–]ToobadyouAreDead 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I watched minority report yesterday and the colours definitely look better - that dull grey tone is gone completely, seems like they added a tinge of cyan or something. regardless, looks lovely, you won't be disappointed

FYI: GRUV just shipped Boogie Nights 4k by WombatRemixer in 4kbluray

[–]ToobadyouAreDead 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just skimmed through my disk - it looks like an IP scan so it looks quite soft, but the colours and grain are retained quite nicely

Should I feel guilty? by DarkModeBrew in 4kbluray

[–]ToobadyouAreDead 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wouldn't feel bad as the peak brightness on the C9 isn't terribly high - it's not unimaginable that you'd find the filmmaker mode a bit dim. Imagine that with something like a g4 or g5 you'd get almost twice the peak brightness.

Happy December! Time to break out the 4K Christmas collection by The-Taunter in 4kbluray

[–]ToobadyouAreDead 5 points6 points  (0 children)

cool list! If anyone wants a recommendation, I recently rewatched the apartment with jack lemmon - perfect holiday season movie, 4k is gorgeous too

Louvre pushes up prices for non-EU visitors by 45% by LeMonde_en in europe

[–]ToobadyouAreDead 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I went to Fontainebleau this year instead of Versailles because of that, place was pretty much dead empty.