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Brad Miller
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From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall)
Registered: May 99
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posted 05-18-2000 02:37 AM
Interesting that the "digital prints" of "Dinosaur" arrived at theaters on Tuesday. Even more interesting is the REAL films arrived at theaters Wednesday! Anyone know what prompted the early delivery from Technicolor?Ok, now for the point of this thread:
Anyone else get a beat up and scratched used screening print? Even the replacement print was crap, actually to be more specific it was worse than the first rejected print...and yet it was "integrity inspected"! How can we be expected to put on a good show with a poorly mishandled used print? It is bs like this that is the reason why digital cinema will take over. When in the HELL will Technicolor learn to SEND ALL SCREENING PRINTS BACK TO THE THEATERS THAT ORIGINALLY SCREENED THEM! (I think Technicolor must have stock in digital cinema.) A scratched print is just plain UNPLAYABLE! That's it...useless, garbage, junk...simply unplayable. Let the offending screening theaters deal with their own damaged prints, damnit! Buena Vista needs to open their eyes to the hell they have unleashed by contracting TES. How many screenings could BV have possibly done on this title, and what is the realistic odds that TWO such prints could end up on one theater...and why are they sending out prints that any good inspector should know are junk? John, do you think Kodak might be able to make a difference with some sort of in-house training at the Technicolor depot? Do you think a little basic film handling and inspection instruction might help such things? Would they even listen? Perhaps I could assemble a team of Film-Techers to personally visit the depot, explain and demonstrate what scratches, dirt and other damage really is so they know what to look for, and then have everyone simply slap the shit out of them for not caring.
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John Pytlak
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From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 05-18-2000 07:01 AM
AFAIK, "Integrity Inspected" only means that they made sure all the reels were there. It is not a full inspection by rewinding and viewing.It's unlikey that Disney paid TES do do a full inspection after only a preview screening. So I wouldn't blame TES for this one. The sad thing is that whoever screened that print first didn't report the damage. I agree that one way to stop this would be to reroute screening prints back to the original theatres, so they have to deal with the problems they caused, or own up to it by having to request a new print. ------------------
John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist
Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging
Eastman Kodak Company
Research Labs, Building 69, Room 7419
Rochester, New York, 14650-1922 USA
Tel: 716-477-5325 Fax: 716-722-7243
E-Mail: john.pytlak@kodak.com
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Dave Williams
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From: Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 05-18-2000 03:06 PM
I actually by chance managed to get a TES employee to admit that integrity inspected does in fact only mean that they check to make sure that all of the reels are there, that they are either the head or the tail at the right end, depending on what end is out when they get it back.If it doesnt say "full inspection", then you are getting a crap print. I got to the point where I was sending EVERY SINGLE PRINT BACK that had not gone through a full inspection. Now thats all my FORMER theater gets. Of course the down side is that you actually have to give a shit and take care of the print. But what the hell do I care, you are right brad, digital is coming and these crap depot's and shit ass operators are killing the best medium for cinema. Excuse my language, but it gets under my skin when people just stop caring. And Brad, Please let me know when you are planning your shit slapping tour of TES, I want to go. ------------------
"If it's not worth doing, I have allready been there and done it"
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