Comment on Exclusive: Kevin Smith opens the Pearly gates on plans for a 4K Steelbook version of Dogma

Flamekebab@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• TachyonTele@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It’s for collectors, not people that don’t care.

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  • Fredselfish@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    My issue is the movie wasn’t shot in 4k, it didn’t exist. How the hell do they make it 4k. You knew I want. I want Q&A like he did for Clerks, and Mallrats anniversary editions. Both I have one signed. But not one for Chasing Amy nor Dogma. Where are they?

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    • TachyonTele@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      It was filmed on actual film. No one used digital cameras back then for theatre movies.

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      • SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I have the blu ray version of the original Twilight Zone and that shit’s crisp as fuck.

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      • atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        The Phantom Menace was released the same year and was quite famously recorded digitally in 1080p. I doubt Dogma did this but it is possible.

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    • southsamurai@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      The equivalent resolution of film is roughly 6-8k, assuming they’re going from the masters. Easy to transfer it to 4k, which is realistically so high a resolution you aren’t going to be able to see the detail it can deliver at home.

      He did a recent q&a for dogma, though I’m not sure if it will be in the package or not. youtu.be/uL0eBZajQYo. It was for the 25th anniversary.

      I thought he did one for chasing amy too, but that it was only on one specific edition of the dvd. Maybe I’m misremembering, I dunno.

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    • Zachariah@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      reddit.com/…/how_are_they_able_to_upscale_old_mov…

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    • SRo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      lol

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  • Flamekebab@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    As helpful as that is, I'm interested in collecting films on UHD. I just don't get the steelbook angle.
    If the answer is just a Marge Simpson "I just think they're neat" then fair enough. I was just hoping there was something more to it. Perhaps it has an interesting origin story or it's in reference to some historic packaging for a different format that didn't particularly take off.

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• iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  They look cool. That’s really it for me.

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  • Flamekebab@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Fair enough! I hoped there was something more to it. I used to have Bioshock in a steelbook but that was purely because it was what a game shop near me had available.
    I also don't get the appeal of hardback books so it's probably just me being weird.

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• TastyWheat@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  For me, its about longevity. My standard 4K sleeves are all fading from the sun, and the steelbooks look Day 1.

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  • Flamekebab@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Now that is rather interesting. I hadn't considered UV damage (mine live in a shelf with a cover that limits exposure - not intentionally, purely because it's a shelf I rescued from my childhood bedroom!).

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