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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 4,695 |
| | Posted: | | | | When I double dip I usually bring the old DVD to work to see if I can give it to any of my coworkers rather that going thru the hazzle of trying to sell it. So today I brought my old copy of The Guns of Navarone to work. The following conversation ensued between me and one of my colleagues (in his mid thirties): - Do you want my old copy of Guns of Navarone?- I don't know. Is it any good? - You haven't seen Guns of Navarone???- No [takes the DVD and reads the back cover]. It's from 1961! - Yes. So?- They didn't have any cool special effects back then! - Uh... what do you mean?- No computer graphics. - No, but it's still a really good film.- Nope. I don't like old movies that don't have cool special effects. - You're kidding, right?- No. Have you seen The Dirty Dozen? - Sure. Not one of my favorites, but it's a good movie.- I almost fell asleep while trying to watch it. - Have you seen Where Eagles Dare?- Yeah. Boring! At this point I just shake my head and leave. I put the DVD in a bookshelf where I usually leave stuff that I have replaced with better versions (usually VHS for DVD), hoping that there is someone at work who has better taste than my colleague.  | | | My freeware tools for DVD Profiler users.
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 5,635 |
| | Posted: | | | | I guess Buster Keaton's " The General" where he drops a real locomotive off an actual burning trestle bridge into Oregon's Row River wouldn't be any good, would it? (It seems they finally removed the locomotive in WWII, after it had been a tourist attraction for 20 years.) | | | If it wasn't for bad taste, I wouldn't have no taste at all.
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 2,293 |
| | Posted: | | | | Each to their own I suppose, but that really is a very blinkered view | | | | It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 1,136 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting VibroCount: Quote:
I guess Buster Keaton's "The General" where he drops a real locomotive off an actual burning trestle bridge into Oregon's Row River wouldn't be any good, would it? No, of course not, "real" is soooo yesterday, we want to it all to be fake fake fake Of course, I do wonder if that guy liked the Bond Films (Apart from Tomorrow Never Dies), as they try to keep the SFX less S and more actual I have had similar conversations about music "Music was carp before 1980" he said "Oh? Do you like Queen?" (Knowing that he did) "Yes, of course!" "what year did they form?" I left him to it..... | | | Signature? We don't need no stinking... hang on, this has been done... blast [oooh now in Widescreen]
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 147 |
| | Posted: | | | | Y'know, I've run into this as well and I usually tell the person that, back then, that was the "cool special effect." Dropping a train off a trestle bridge wasn't just just done, it took planning and thought. Harryhausen's effects were spectacular (still are, IMHO). Heck, squibs were a pretty inovative effect and if not done properly could really hurt the wearer.
Sure, there are some older films I don't particularly like but they usually belong to genres that I'm not interested in. But I still appreciate them for what they are.
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 582 |
| | Posted: | | | | I don't like those computer generated effets. When Gladiator came out a few years ago everybody went crazy about the view of the stadium and all. Some actually got angry at me when I said I was not impressed, they couldn't see why.
I tell them "It's because when I look at computer generated images I see computer generated images, it's not real and you can see that it's not real, you can actually see that it's been computer generated, the textures and the shadows show it", they still don't understand. You should have seen some faces when I said if they ever re-made Ben-Hur today I would probably hate it, the 1959 (or is it 56 ?) version looks real. Why ? Because it is. There's thousands of real people in a real stadium. There's real horses, pulling real chariots controled by real people. Now that's impressive. Computer generated stuff, give enough time and money to anyone and he'll make it, nothing there ! | | | My 4x4 Club: Club FJ Cruiser Quebec
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | Gunnar:
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 101 |
| | Posted: | | | | Pssst Touti ummmmm errrrrr ummmm isn't your logo from ummmmm errrr ummmm a computer generated type thingy  . | | | | Sometimes you are the bowling ball, sometimes you are the pins. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 4,596 |
| | Posted: | | | | Perhaps it's my age but I much prefer the older films over the modern, overly CGI'd, garbage they shovel down our throats today.
The Dirty Dozen, Where Eagles Dare, Guns of Navarone, The Great Escape, The Eagle has Landed...too many really too mention...all great films. | | | | My WebGenDVD online Collection |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 811 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting VibroCount: Quote:
I guess Buster Keaton's "The General" where he drops a real locomotive off an actual burning trestle bridge into Oregon's Row River wouldn't be any good, would it?
(It seems they finally removed the locomotive in WWII, after it had been a tourist attraction for 20 years.) The town of Cottage Grove still has a small plaque in honor of the film.  |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 811 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting GSyren: Quote:
When I double dip I usually bring the old DVD to work to see if I can give it to any of my coworkers rather that going thru the hazzle of trying to sell it. So today I brought my old copy of The Guns of Navarone to work. The following conversation ensued between me and one of my colleagues (in his mid thirties) sad but true ... send him back to his video games and move on  |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 582 |
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| Registered: May 29, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 3,475 |
| | Posted: | | | | I like old & new movies! I never thought Lord of the Rings could be made - I LOVE the books - yet I thought the computer generated scenes complimented the "real" scenes. Gollum was fabulous - he seemed real to me. Anyone who eliminates a movie based on the year it was produced is narrow minded, short sighted, and unworthy of any of your collection. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 3,321 |
| | Posted: | | | | I like good movies and don't really care when or how they were made. Being good can cover a multitude of flaws whether they be bad CGI or bad practical effects. But it is a funny story.  | | | Get the CSVExport and Database Query plug-ins here.
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,918 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Mark Harrison: Quote:
I like good movies and don't really care when or how they were made. Being good can cover a multitude of flaws whether they be bad CGI or bad practical effects.
But it is a funny story. But excellent special effects can somewhat make up for a poor plot. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 465 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Kathy: Quote:
I like old & new movies! I never thought Lord of the Rings could be made - I LOVE the books - yet I thought the computer generated scenes complimented the "real" scenes. Gollum was fabulous - he seemed real to me. Anyone who eliminates a movie based on the year it was produced is narrow minded, short sighted, and unworthy of any of your collection. Well said ! | | | | Michael |
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