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[hansreinhardt]

16 minutes ago, Veum said:

 🤠 🎬 📀 📺 Fellows just wanted to let you know SUCCESS with my Stereo hook-up to my new TV today!…  a big SHOUT_OUT to our very good/helpful fox 🦊 @Basil Paul❣️🙌

 

Thank You so much Paul for your informative help… although I did leave my own surge-protector that handles our ROKU stick and our BD/4K players and they still work!! 

 

 

Congrats! Did you decide on what movie you'll watch to test it all out?

[Veum]

3 minutes ago, hansreinhardt said:

 

Congrats! Did you decide on what movie you'll watch to test it all out?

 

Not yet, you have some recommendations my friend? 🧐 

 

Although I am digging out my movies from that list yesterday… perhaps I’m thinking of my Dracula steel 🧛‍♂️ 🤨 

 

 

 

[Veum]

🌚 🤠 🐴  goodnight to my fellow Psychos who need their rest now … ❣️😴🛌 

 

 

“weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning”❣️🙏

[hansreinhardt]

2 minutes ago, Veum said:

perhaps I’m thinking of my Dracula steel 🧛‍♂️ 🤨 

 

That's my plan for tonight as well! Can't wait to finally experience it.

 

@BreakBeatDJ had a really comprehensive list on another thread, any of those were great options. Here's some of my personal favorites for demo purposes, all 4K discs except Tron: 

• 2001: A Space Odyssey
• Blade Runner
• Blade Runner 2049
• Dune (2021)
• First Man
• Quantum of Solace
• Passengers
• Star Trek Into Darkness
• Starship Troopers
• TRON: Legacy (killer audio, hoping we get a 4K one of these days)

[upmaniac]

On 1/8/2024 at 5:21 PM, Veum said:

 

🎬 My list so far:

 

Ones I own:

 

Dune - still have not finished watching the 2nd half WHAT> 😛 

Casino Royale- Love the casino scene! 

Bram Stokers Dracula - One of my fav Drac renditions!! 🧛‍♂️ 

Terminator Salvation- Enjoy all the Terminator films! 🤖 

The Revenant - awesome film! 🎞 

IT (2017) - who doesn’t enjoy a scary clown! 🤡 

Dark Knight - Love all the Batman films! 🦇 

Aquaman - Love this and suppose to have excellent PQ! 

The Silence of the Lambs- Love this and suppose to have excellent PQ! 

 

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The Batman

Zack Snyder's Justice League

Tenet

Joker

Captain Marvel

Avengers: Infinity War

The Avengers

Justice League

Kingsman: The Golden Circle

Wonder Woman

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

Alita: Battle Angel

Bumblebee

Solo: A Star Wars Story

Predator 3-Movie Collection

Star Wars: The Last Jedi 

War for the Planet of the Apes

Alien: Covenant

Lucy

Oblivion

Pacific Rim

Independence Day: Resurgence

Chappie

Star Trek

Star Trek Into Darkness

1917

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

Black Hawk Down

Bohemian Rhapsody

Dunkirk

Patriots Day

Hacksaw Ridge

The Shallows

The Shining

Gemini Man

Bad Boys for Life

Mission: Impossible – Fallout

Atomic Blonde

The Fate of the Furious

John Wick: Chapter 2

Warcraft: The Beginning

 

Ones I own but have not watched yet: The Flash, Ghost in the Shell, The Meg…  😮 

 

Don’t own: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Deepwater Horizon, Suspiria… 

One of my favorites, and the one I use when someone new comes to our theater is Heat. The gunfight while they are trying to escape from robbing the bank is incredible!

[hansreinhardt]

41 minutes ago, Veum said:

perhaps I’m thinking of my Dracula steel 🧛‍♂️ 🤨 

 

Mine just arrived, complete with spine slash and two big dents in the front...

 

[Veum]

1 minute ago, hansreinhardt said:

 

Mine just arrived, complete with spine slash and two big dents in the front...

 

 

I’m so sorry that is awful, can you exchange it possibly?🤔 

 

I’m watching my copy now … I hope to watch another after it and need to decide which on? 🤨… I think I’ll finish up Dune, yes I will! 🙌

 

[hansreinhardt]

2 minutes ago, Veum said:

I’m so sorry that is awful, can you exchange it possibly?🤔 

 

Thanks, I just initiated an exchange so fingers crossed that one arrives better. Still going to watch the disc tonight I think!

 

3 minutes ago, Veum said:

I’m watching my copy now … I hope to watch another after it and need to decide which on? 🤨… I think I’ll finish up Dune, yes I will! 🙌

 

Enjoy!!  Dune's an excellent choice to follow up with 🙌

[Heywoodmoutaw]

1 hour ago, Veum said:

 

Not yet, you have some recommendations my friend? 🧐 

 

Although I am digging out my movies from that list yesterday… perhaps I’m thinking of my Dracula steel 🧛‍♂️ 🤨 

 

 

 

I feel like John Wick 2 was on your list, maybe?  I had read somewhere that it’s reference quality and after watching the 4K I absolutely agree with that assessment.  The colors of the cars at the beginning really pop, along with the entire city.  Really great looking movie.

[BreakBeatDJ]

40 minutes ago, Heywoodmoutaw said:

I feel like John Wick 2 was on your list, maybe?  I had read somewhere that it’s reference quality and after watching the 4K I absolutely agree with that assessment.  The colors of the cars at the beginning really pop, along with the entire city.  Really great looking movie.

 

Agreed.  I see that one also mentioned for motion rendering, there are some fairly complicated and quick camera moves/editin that challenge a TVs ability to refresh.  Not quite game specs, but def fast.

[LeadFarmer]

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[Whodini]

Finally a proper summer.. we finally meet the sun.

 

 

Those who know.. know.

[Fortis93]

2 hours ago, Whodini said:

Finally a proper summer.. we finally meet the sun.

 

 

Those who know.. know.

 

Feels a bit like your banner right now. 😅

[nathan_s82]

Happy Thursday All! That is an amazing setup @Heywoodmoutaw! Congrats @Veum on a successfull setup! One movie I would add is Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. It has a lot of action scenes, with rapid transitions and sound changes.

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[Veum]

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[LeadFarmer]

good morning my friends rain has finally stopped flood waters are receding and it's almost Friday

  

[hansreinhardt]

@Veum

 

Me while watching Bram Stoker's Dracula in 4K last night: 

 

Me after watching Bram Stoker's Dracula in 4K last night: 

 

Wild ride for sure! Beautiful 4K disc, I listened to the 5.1 track and it was gloriously thunderous. (I read the Atmos had the score mixed too low?) My dogs were fascinated by the scene in the beginning where Harker is traveling to Dracula's castle, all those wolves howling in surround sound had them totally enthralled. Keanu's acting at first threw me, but I got used to it pretty quick and grew to appreciate his performance. Gary Oldman is, as always, top notch—as was Winona Ryder. 

 

The scene transitions floored me, Coppola clearly spent a lot of time in pre-production developing that and it really paid off. I loved the visual style with tricks like the hard Dracula shadow independent of his body, that was really interesting to absorb. The layering of visual elements was fascinating too. 

 

I didn't totally follow the story, after about 50 minutes I thought it started to drag a bit, but I'm mostly unfamiliar with the story which didn't help. The old-English dialogue was occasionally tough for me to follow as well. The good news with that criticism though is that the movie demands repeat viewings. I was surprised at how creepy I found the entire movie to be, in a good way—definitely revisiting this next October. 

 

Side question—has anyone here seen The Last Voyage of the Demeter? I'm even more curious about it now after watching Dracula. 

[Veum]

3 minutes ago, hansreinhardt said:

@Veum

 

Me while watching Bram Stoker's Dracula in 4K last night: 

 

Me after watching Bram Stoker's Dracula in 4K last night: 

 

Wild ride for sure! Beautiful 4K disc, I listened to the 5.1 track and it was gloriously thunderous. (I read the Atmos had the score mixed too low?) My dogs were fascinated by the scene in the beginning where Harker is traveling to Dracula's castle, all those wolves howling in surround sound had them totally enthralled. Keanu's acting at first threw me, but I got used to it pretty quick and grew to appreciate his performance. Gary Oldman is, as always, top notch—as was Winona Ryder. 

 

The scene transitions floored me, Coppola clearly spent a lot of time in pre-production developing that and it really paid off. I loved the visual style with tricks like the hard Dracula shadow independent of his body, that was really interesting to absorb. The layering of visual elements was fascinating too. 

 

I didn't totally follow the story, after about 50 minutes I thought it started to drag a bit, but I'm mostly unfamiliar with the story which didn't help. The old-English dialogue was occasionally tough for me to follow as well. The good news with that criticism though is that the movie demands repeat viewings. I was surprised at how creepy I found the entire movie to be, in a good way—definitely revisiting this next October. 

 

Side question—has anyone here seen The Last Voyage of the Demeter? I'm even more curious about it now after watching Dracula. 

 

@hansreinhardt as this came out in ‘92 you can imagine how many times I’ve seen this 😝 

 

 

The Last Voyage of the Demeter had some good production value and some spots were alright but for me it did not move me much for a Vampire film  🧛‍♂️ 🤷‍♂️ 

[Heywoodmoutaw]

24 minutes ago, Veum said:

 

@hansreinhardt as this came out in ‘92 you can imagine how many times I’ve seen this 😝 

 

 

The Last Voyage of the Demeter had some good production value and some spots were alright but for me it did not move me much for a Vampire film  🧛‍♂️ 🤷‍♂️ 

Thanks.  I was curious about Demeter as well, will probably just skip it, at least for a while.

 

 I think my next Dracula movie will be Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu, which I’m really excited about.  I love his stuff.

[Veum]

1 minute ago, Heywoodmoutaw said:

Thanks.  I was curious about Demeter as well, will probably just skip it, at least for a while.

 

 I think my next Dracula movie will be Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu, which I’m really excited about.  I love his stuff.

 

If you can handle some sexy elements in your Vampire films I enjoyed these…

 

 

[Veum]

🌚 🤠 🐴  goodnight to my fellow Psychos who need their rest now … ❣️😴🛌 

 

 

“weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning”❣️🙏

[nathan_s82]

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[LeadFarmer]

good morning guys you made it to Friday. have a good day

 

 

 

[Veum]

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[Heywoodmoutaw]

55 minutes ago, Veum said:

 

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