My DVD TRILOGY collections

[HatchetMan]

Some that I have that have yet to be mentioned-
A Better Tomorrow (first 2 directed by John Woo, all 3 starring Chow Yun-Fat)
The Dollars Trilogy aka The Man With No Name Trilogy ("A Fistful of Dollars", "For a Few Dollars More", "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly")
Samurai ("1: Musashi Miyamoto", "2: Duel at Ichijoji Temple", and "3: Duel on Ganryu Island")
and
Candyman (Tony Todd iz tha shizznit)

[the bomb]

Hey Yoda , can you get the extended version of Lord of the Rings in full screen?

[doppletwo]

Some that I have that have yet to be mentioned-
A Better Tomorrow (first 2 directed by John Woo, all 3 starring Chow Yun-Fat)
The Dollars Trilogy aka The Man With No Name Trilogy ("A Fistful of Dollars", "For a Few Dollars More", "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly")
Samurai ("1: Musashi Miyamoto", "2: Duel at Ichijoji Temple", and "3: Duel on Ganryu Island")
and
Candyman (Tony Todd iz tha shizznit)

Isn't High Plains Drifter part of that series?

That movie has little person sheriff.

[HatchetMan]

Isn't High Plains Drifter part of that series?

Yes, I suppose it would be as it is a return of "The Stranger".
But then again, it is directed by Clint Eastwood instead of Sergio Leone. Therfore not a spaghetti western like the others. Good catch though, I still gotta get that one.

That movie has little person sheriff.

the dwarf Mordecai (Billy Curtis)

[BJ_M]

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[flaninacupboard]

Hey Yoda , can you get the extended version of Lord of the Rings in full screen?

That's just mean!!

[the bomb]

Hey Yoda , can you get the extended version of Lord of the Rings in full screen?

That's just mean!!

Why?

[Doramius]

SECAM
(Systeme En Couleur Avec Memoire) A color TV standard that was developed in France. It broadcasts 25 interlaced frames per second (50 half frames per second) at 625 lines of resolution. SECAM is used in France and Russia and many countries in Africa, Eastern Europe and the Middle East. See NTSC and PAL.

Bah, it's a PAL clone.

Not trying to get into a PAL SECAM NTSC debate or flame war, but I noticed that most of the blockbuster US movies everyone talks about (and many European) are originally filmed with the NTSC format in mind and converted to PAL & SECAM. I don't really think any one is better than the other. However, in my experience with film & audio, the greater speed per second allows the best picture or sound, though at a cost of more space, film, tape, memory, etc. I'm thinking, if a system ran a picture at 50 frames, then it would be unbelievably clear as long as the resolution is good per frame. Film might not handle that type of speed stress though. Maybe as digital improves, there will be a new 50 frame format to work with HDTV resolution or better.

[flaninacupboard]

"blockbuster movies" are shot on film, at 24fps. this has to be telecined for playback at 29.97fps for NTSC. for PAL or secam playback you just speed 24fps up to 25fps. this means that although the image is drawn in fields, they're progressive frames. film to PAL has much smoother motion (and better clarity) than film to NTSC. when talking digital and progressive the 4% speed difference on PAL can be annoying with music, but you still get improved clarity.

[doppletwo]

Get back to triliogies there are other places for serious video talk. I was joking about SECAM.

[flaninacupboard]

Hey Yoda , can you get the extended version of Lord of the Rings in full screen?

That's just mean!!

Why?

Because this is not how Da Vinci wanted you to view the last supper, and it's not how Peter Jackson wants you to view Lord of the Rings.

[the bomb]

If I had a wide screen TV it would be different.

[flaninacupboard]

So buy the widescreen discs, and enjoy them in the correct aspect ratio. then, when you buy a widescreen TV, you won't have to buy them again.

[Doramius]

You don't have to have a widescreen TV to view widescreen. A widescreen TV just shuts up the people who gripe about black bars on the top & bottom of the screen. However, if a film is originally 1:83 format, you get plack bars on the sides anyway. The black bars don't mean anything. Full Screen chops your picture up and then PAN to the most important action. In many movies, a lot is lost. Check out Star Wars EPS. 5 when you see the bounty hunters Vader has hired to get the Millenium Falcon. You lose some of the Bounty Hunters you were meant to see. THat's only a minor loss, FOR THAT SCENE. There's a lot of lost action in several movies and various other scenes. FullScreen is like taking a panoramic picture of the three pyramids and only developing the one in the middle. Then what was the purpose of taking a panoramic picture? If it's because you wanted all 3 pyramids, why are you only developing the middle one?

IMO FullScreen Versions are basically just for people who don't know better or understand the truth about the way the formats are made.

[BJ_M]

they are not filmed with NTSC in mind ..

they are not converted to secam - there is no such thing as dvd secam disks...

you can not really see the diff. between 24 and 25 fps , but you can see diff. between 25 and 30 for sure ..

films have made for years that play at 30fps , 48fps and 60 and even 72 ... 30 - 60 fps films i work with a lot in my business , yes they use a stronger substrate ..

i wish hdtv would have standardized at 30fps and 48fps - it looks much nicer - but it was not to be ...

[BJ_M]

even with wide screen tv's you get bars top and bottom a bit anyway

sometimes a lot for 2.35:1

[Tool Man]

I remember in the late 80's early 90's a system called DMAC came out in the UK for sattellite TV. It was used by British Sattelite Broadcasting (BSB) who where the first rival to Sky, who used PAL. I'm not sure but I think it had the higher res of PAL, the frame rate of NTSC, and digital sound. Unfourtunaly BSB flopped big time.

[doppletwo]

I like to view things however they were created.

I dion't like anything chopped off ever.

I don't have a widescreen TV, but I always go for the native ratio.

I want the whole picture even if it is smaller on my TV.

[BJ_M]

doppletwo - most film is chopped off -- the native res is 1.33 and its masked off to 1.85

[Tool Man]

Seems I was wrong, D-MAC is still only 25fps....

http://www.itla.edu.do/Data/Recursos/mult/Videodigital/SESION1/sistemastv.htm

[doppletwo]

Yes it is chopped, but the director and/or cinematographer shoot it knowing how they are going to chop it.

I guess instead of native I should have said the ratio intended by the creator.

[yoda313]

Hello,

Hey Yoda , can you get the extended version of Lord of the Rings in full screen?

Dunno.... Doubtful. They have the theatrical in widescreen.

It's not a good idea to have epics like STAR WARS and LORD OF THE RINGS in full screen. You lose far more than you gain. I watch my widesceen on a 21" normal in surround sound and a 25" without - the cabinet won't hold my 25" and I'm too lazy to do anything about it (actually it's from my grandparents after they passed away - kinda too early to get something else)

Kevin

[the bomb]

Thankyou ,Yoda

[Doramius]

1.83:1 ratio is considered FullScreen, but I consider anything Full screen anything thats chopped from the original ratio. I have many 1.83:1 ratio movies that were filmed in that ratio, so I still consider those Original Aspect, not Full Screen, because the whole original aspect ratio is kept. Any time a disclaimer states, "THIS FILM HAS BEEN ADJUSTED TO FIT THE SIZE OF THIS SCREEN" message appears I flip out. My wife knows this after buying Jurasic Park the lost world & SW Eps.2 in FS. I turned her from her ways and after JP2, but the SW Eps.2 was an accident as she thought she grabbed the WS version. We took it back and got the WS version later that day. Not showing are my Simpson's Box sets (I really wasn't sure if they would be considered "TRILOY box set material) & The new release of the 2 Ewok movies (as someone is borrowing them at the moment).

THese are my box sets, series, trilogies, etc.

[yoda313]

Hello,

Doramius - NICE

Kevin

[Doramius]

The StarWars Collection or everything all together?

[yoda313]

Hello,

All of it

Kevin

[Doramius]

I don't think you can see it Very well, but on the shelf with Shrek & Amazing Stories, the first 2 are the Allan Quartermain DVDs "King Solomon's Mines" & "Lost City of Gold" starring Sharon Stone & Richard Chamberlan. I've debated wether or not to put League of Extraordinary Gentlemen with it, because I'm also hoping to get the Invisible Man box set. I will place The Man Who Wasn't There and Memoirs of the Invisible Man with the Collection, as well. I also have the complete James Bond Collection, but again they aren't Trilogies, so I held them back. I'm a bit of a movie fan.

You may have seen them before, but I put the different Eps. 1 & 2 covers in the jackets. I liked these better.

[doppletwo]

Doramius

Amazing stories was a great show. I didn't even realize it's on DVD.

I think I will get it.

Do your Bond movies have that messed up fake Ratio, there was a thread about?

[Doramius]

No, I waited for the 2nd generation to come out, just like with Back to the Future. I always check out the information in detail before the releases. The gripe about the aspect ratio was caught by people before it made it out onto shelves. I'm not exactly sure how, but I had good sources that paid out well.