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Author Topic: Sky Captian "Special Sticker" Jason M Miller Master Film Handler Posts: 284 From: Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA Registered: Jul 2004 posted 09-16-2004 03:52 PM                     Our copy of Sky Captian has a orange sticker on it that says special, does this mean any thing special?  |  IP: Logged Dean Kollet Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 591 From: Florida State University Registered: Jul 2003 posted 09-16-2004 04:01 PM                     it's b/c you are special....and you have to believe that, b/c everyone is special... no really, it's been talked about (you can search for it, it was in mid-july) and no one really noticed anything special but low print #s  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 09-16-2004 05:23 PM                        They're not suposed to have food in the print assembly area. Somebody was just getting rid of the sticker off of their sandwhich.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-16-2004 06:18 PM                        Maybe you got Brad's print.  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-16-2004 06:28 PM                        Check and see if it's Filmguarded and in pristine condition! I've gotten prints from Steve Kraus before, but they had his own stickers (and they didn't say "SPECIAL" on them).  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 09-16-2004 06:38 PM                        I guess even being in the opening of Ebert's show doesn't make you special.  |  IP: Logged Ron Yost Master Film Handler Posts: 344 From: Paso Robles, CA Registered: Aug 2003 posted 09-16-2004 06:38 PM                     Ok, I confess. It was me. I hate 'special sauce', so I have a daily supply of 'special' stickers. Guess I missed the roundfile. Sowwy. Ron Yost .. AKA "Inspector Shirley"  |  IP: Logged Wayne Keyser Master Film Handler Posts: 272 From: Arlington, Virginia, USA Registered: May 2004 posted 09-16-2004 08:58 PM                     It means the print didn't cry when the doctor had to give it a shot, so it got a sticker for being brave.  |  IP: Logged Steve Kraus Film God Posts: 4094 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 09-16-2004 10:06 PM                    Hmm..."Special" sounds familiar so I'm gonna guess I had such stickers on my Sky Captain prints as well. No clue what it meant.  |  IP: Logged Dean Kollet Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 591 From: Florida State University Registered: Jul 2003 posted 09-16-2004 10:17 PM                     I saw them too....maybe they are trying as hard as they can to tell people that the movie is worth seeing?  |  IP: Logged Jason M Miller Master Film Handler Posts: 284 From: Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA Registered: Jul 2004 posted 09-17-2004 10:53 AM                     I think someone was playing a joke or something because every other reel was Head first...ie.Reel 1-H, Reel2-T, Reel3-H, etc Also some of the reels was taped on to the core of the reel while some was in the slot.  |  IP: Logged Barry Martin Expert Film Handler Posts: 203 From: Newington, CT USA Registered: Jul 2002 posted 09-18-2004 09:42 PM                        In talking to my film courier for ETS they refer to a run outside of their normal routine as a "special" and since they charge extra for these runs my guess is they use the sticker to signify an increase in the shipment charge for this purpose. Only a guess because I couldn't think of anything on the same level of funny as what's above. My print was also heads and tails everyother reel, and often wonder WHY this is. Just because it is so bothersome to flip every other reel. At least if they were all tails I could build up onto a 6,000 foot reel and throw those reels onto the platters. At least I had a fresh print, been so many weeks with mangled sloppy prints I thought I would never survive.  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 09-18-2004 10:28 PM                        A mix of heads and tails orientations usually means the lab used bi-directional contact printers rather than unidirectional "loop" type printers. Or some reels were chosen for full inspection projection.  |  IP: Logged

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