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It has been a long time since I watched any US-made movie an the movie theater (probably not since I saw the Midnight in the garden of good and evil). So while all that digital revolution was happening, I have been sitting quietly in my HT room, well equipped and impressive as it is, watching the VHS tapes (many B&W) most of the time.Surely, I have my fair share of the "visitor's delights" - stuff you show your guests and then put away. Things like Fifth Element, Lost in Space, Soldier and the one I actually love - Ronin. All those things that my wife refuses to even consider sitting through with me (Well, she made an exception and saw the Ronin. She liked the actress, and so did I, the only difference being that she can admitt that openly and I need to be careful).
My system can play quite loud and I have done so on some occasions, with my wife out shopping - the big subs and all, all that time suffering intolerably from the SC-IV's doing the rear channels duty.
But then again, I forgot when it was the last time I really pushed it.
When we go to see the movies at the Ritz, it is cozy rooms, well-behaved crowds, etc. We are quiet people.
Then we went to see the Eyes...
We picked the matinee when the crowds are the thinnest. We found nice seats and I dug into my popcorn bucket. Then it come...
Like a huge and ugly freight train from nowhere it hit us. There was no warning and no escape - it just came. Played at full volume - whatever the theater was capable of. Itiotic and surely designed to impress the dumb and the dumber and the dumbest.
My wife covered her ears with hands, I almost dropped my popcorn and looked around confused. It lasted for but few seconds and I lost only some of my remaining hairs.
What is the proper name for that idiocy? Trailer? Whatever, I am sure you know what I am talking about. That dts thingy... that flies about you like a wounded bat.
There is no question that *it* reflects the current vision of the movie making industry - all movies are about the 100-year star wars, about morons lost in space, idiots with huge machine guns and flame throwers. Things need to be loud or there is no crowd and no revenue. Sad...
Imagine if My dinner with Andre was done in dts and you had to experience that "freight train" id right before the movie? Wild strawberries?
I don't remember seeing anything in Dolby Digital - is its "trailer" as obnoxious as the dts thing? I don't think it called the attention to itself on any of the DVD's.
It is good thing that the dts is disappearing from our homes. Too bad it is there to stay at the theater near you.
Victor.
I remember being a theatre that had just opened and had included THX. That was LOUD! When the Simpsons did a send-up of THX (audience teeth broke, glasses shattered, etc.), I could not stop laughing. Dobly Digital uses a helicopter (that device refined (invented?) by that other Russian-American fellow ;-)). It is also loud. The problem is the sound is setup by deaf drug addicts, who are only happy when the sound is set at 11.
Privet, Victor
Interesting... what you said about Ronin, fits
my feelings as well (including *wife* part:).It ate Mission:Impossible for breakfast, imo.
regards, gnat
Any movie with an assasination of Katarina Witt is okay by me. That gunwoman sure looked like Tonya Harding!
...where were my eyes? So it was Katarina Witt!Thanx a LOOOOT, TAFKA.
***regards***, gnat
She is so huge one doesn't need a telescopic sight to hit her from 100 yards.
***Interesting... what you said about Ronin, fits
my feelings as well (including *wife* part:).That smile right before she climbs onto DeNiro's laps has got to be one of the sexiest things in recent movies.
***It ate Mission:Impossible for breakfast, imo.
There is no comparisson. Ronin is super-classy, the Mission is another pale Hollywood piece. That chase in black Euro M5 is something special - engine noise galore and just the right amount of suspension travel. Downshifting and hand breaking masterfully done. That black Peugeot should not be able to keep the pace with the M5.
Have you noticed the same Paris arcade was used in the Last Tango in Paris? It is where Brando meets her.
Victor.
Hi, Victor
Add also these few seconds after kiss-for-cops
while they sit still with slightly coloured
faces... I call it erotic suspence.And btw, they *both* smiled.
> > >
That chase in black Euro M5 is something special - engine noise galore and just the right
amount of suspension travel. Downshifting and hand breaking masterfully done. That black
Peugeot should not be able to keep the pace with the M5.
< < <I hardly can tell Zhiguli from Volga, so your car
comments wasted on me. Umm... and spies often
*modify* motors, afaik. :)
Ha... Ronin chase reminded me an old anecdote:
Some guy drives *first* time in his life. While
he's driving, wife calls him by the mobile phone:- Darling, be careful! Radio says there's one
fool on the street who drives on the WRONG side.- Only ONE??? Honey, here's THOUSANDS of'em!
< < <
Have you noticed the same Paris arcade was used in the Last Tango in Paris? It is where
Brando meets her.
< < <Wow, no... shame on me! My main thought when I saw
the Last Tango was: "ohh so '9 1/2 weeks' is just
a *hollywoodized* version of THIS!"
Okay, since we're in details now... and since you
mentioned Soldier. Haven't you noticed that Russell
exploits *dog* image in his face mimics there?
This correlates with dobermans scene near film beginning.
Of course, he does it only when he has to *play*, not
just *schwarznegger*.
regards, gnat
Hi, Victor***Add also these few seconds after kiss-for-cops
while they sit still with slightly coloured
faces... I call it erotic suspence.I like that term. As my wife is so fond of saying, things understated often leave us disturbed and tormented more than any plastic guts in our faces.
And btw, they *both* smiled.***Did the ever...
> > >
That chase in black Euro M5 is something special - engine noise galore and just the right
amount of suspension travel. Downshifting and hand breaking masterfully done. That black
Peugeot should not be able to keep the pace with the M5.
< < <***I hardly can tell Zhiguli from Volga, so your car
comments wasted on me.You tell them by the size of their smoke trail. Volga's is also darker.
***Umm... and spies often
*modify* motors, afaik. :)Yep. However, few of them leave family car tires on their highly modified cars. Kidda trashes the whole idea.
***Ha... Ronin chase reminded me an old anecdote:
Some guy drives *first* time in his life. While
he's driving, wife calls him by the mobile phone:- Darling, be careful! Radio says there's one
fool on the street who drives on the WRONG side.- Only ONE??? Honey, here's THOUSANDS of'em!
That is good.
< < <
Have you noticed the same Paris arcade was used in the Last Tango in Paris? It is where
Brando meets her.
< < <***Wow, no... shame on me! My main thought when I saw
the Last Tango was: "ohh so '9 1/2 weeks' is just
a *hollywoodized* version of THIS!"I think she should have shot him after their first encounter. As much as I love this actor, he disgusts me on the screen often.
***Okay, since we're in details now... and since you
mentioned Soldier. Haven't you noticed that Russell
exploits *dog* image in his face mimics there?
This correlates with dobermans scene near film beginning.
Of course, he does it only when he has to *play*, not
just *schwarznegger*.No, I did not notice this. I like Russell, he is quite capable guy. But I must admit I saw the movie mostly as the HT set-up tool, with bangs and all those impressive noises.
regards, gnatBTW, is this your name or a handle?
Victor.
Hi, Victor> > >
***I hardly can tell Zhiguli from Volga, so your car
comments wasted on me.You tell them by the size of their smoke trail. Volga's is also darker.
< < <Thanx a LOT for the tip. :)
> > >
I like Russell, he is quite capable guy.
< < <That's not apparent in the Soldier. By I watched my
movie guide book and found him in 'Overboard' which
I liked. Maybe I'll try him in 'Thumbstone'.
> > >
But I must admit I saw the movie mostly as the HT set-up tool, with
bangs and all those impressive noises.
< < <You have my sympathy. :) I run movies sound straight
through my music system... no bells and whistles, but
no headache too. The only dedicated setting in my
HHHT (Ha-Ha-HT:) is switching the input selector on
the amp.
> > >
BTW, is this your name or a handle?
< < <Long-time nick. I looked into English dictionary long time
*after* I start using it. Hmm... maybe after one of local
old-timers, Lukazs F advice to look into Polish dictionary.It's also a small part of my real name.
Yeah, and I'm a proud owner of that 4-letter ukrainian suffix
as well. And I associate word 'Salo' NOT with Pasolini. :)
PS on your Nigel collision. I suspect that it's worth to try
a film he recommended and re-check your LDC equation. Nigel
seems to be like good book with ugly cover. Just take my words
with grain of salt: software enineers don't have cerebral cortexes,
they watch only Titanic etc...
regards, gnat
Hi, Victor
> > >
***I hardly can tell Zhiguli from Volga, so your car
comments wasted on me.You tell them by the size of their smoke trail. Volga's is also darker.
< < <Thanx a LOT for the tip. :)
No you know...
> > >
I like Russell, he is quite capable guy.
< < <That's not apparent in the Soldier. By I watched my
movie guide book and found him in 'Overboard' which
I liked. Maybe I'll try him in 'Thumbstone'.The Overboard was good, the Thumbstone I thought was more conventional.
> > >
BTW, is this your name or a handle?
< < <***Long-time nick. I looked into English dictionary long time
*after* I start using it. Hmm... maybe after one of local
old-timers, Lukazs F advice to look into Polish dictionary.***It's also a small part of my real name.
***Yeah, and I'm a proud owner of that 4-letter ukrainian suffix
as well. And I associate word 'Salo' NOT with Pasolini. :)That makes sense and that is why I asked.
***PS on your Nigel collision. I suspect that it's worth to try
a film he recommended and re-check your LDC equation.I am mildly tempted. But I must admit, I am not for giving anyone endless chances - if they screwed up ten times, I am not willing to waste my time invesigating them further. There are SO many really good actors that I have not seen yet. And no, you can not talk me into watching any Julia Roberts movie.
Nigel
seems to be like good book with ugly cover. Just take my words
with grain of salt: software enineers don't have cerebral cortexes,
they watch only Titanic etc...My heart is going out for them. I presume after the Y2K many will have difficulty finding jobs. My wife is sort of in the same category.
Best of luck,
Victor.
regards, gnat
Hi, countryman :)> > >
The Overboard was good, the Thumbstone I thought was more conventional.
< < <I'm not scared. Afterall, I love country music. :)
> > >
I am mildly tempted. But I must admit, I am not
for giving anyone endless chances
< < <For me, LDC is no more *anyone* after Nigel' recommendation.
Well... maybe... after I'll watch what he recommended...
maybe... my private "morons list" will get biggger. :)
> > >
software enineers don't have cerebral cortexes,
they watch only Titanic etc...My heart is going out for them. I presume after the Y2K many will have difficulty finding
jobs. My wife is sort of in the same category.
< < <Quite opposite... it offers GREAT job possibilities!
"Don't fix it while ain't broken"... but when it's
finally broken, you get some perfect racket. COBOL
programmers of the 70s are in the charts again!I'm now dreaming about ~2038, when Unix 32-bit timers
are going to overflow. :)
Ohh and previous time I forgot to ask you for some
car expertise:)> > >
***Umm... and spies often *modify* motors, afaik. :)Yep. However, few of them leave family car tires on
their highly modified cars. Kidda trashes the whole idea.
< < <Could it be just an imitation of... whatmachacallit...
"family car tires"? You know, a part of spy masquerade...
kinda using pregnant women image to hide dynamite. :)
regards, gnat
Ohh and previous time I forgot to ask you for some
car expertise:)> > >
***Umm... and spies often *modify* motors, afaik. :)Yep. However, few of them leave family car tires on
their highly modified cars. Kidda trashes the whole idea.
< < <***Could it be just an imitation of... whatmachacallit...
"family car tires"? You know, a part of spy masquerade...
kinda using pregnant women image to hide dynamite. :)Does anyone make super performance tires that look like those sold on $8000 family car? I doubt it. Maybe that is what we need: the 008's with white walls on wire wheels...
Victor
.
I haven't had the pleasure of hearing that one. They don't let me out much. But a lot of the VCR tapes do have that THX thing at the beginning. It is LOUD too though it seems less obnoxious as it's fairly short.Actually, I kind of like that one. It reminds me, finally, the commercials on the tape are over and yup, the rear amp is on.
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