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Author Topic: "Expert" DTS disc placement at Deluxe and Technicolor Steven J Hart Master Film Handler Posts: 282 From: WALES, ND, USA Registered: Mar 2004 posted 09-25-2010 08:36 AM                        The last two prints I received: One from Deluxe, the other from Technicolor, had the DTS discs placed beneath the film reels in the boxes that both depots seem to now prefer. Needless to say in both cases the discs were cracked and I had to request replacements. What kinda F*@ktards do they hire to check and pack these prints?  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-25-2010 09:11 AM                        Are these new prints? On used prints, I don't think they check the disk placement or even if the disks are there... they only verify the number of reels. If this is happening with new prints, a note to DTS is definitely in order.  |  IP: Logged Steven J Hart Master Film Handler Posts: 282 From: WALES, ND, USA Registered: Mar 2004 posted 09-25-2010 11:03 AM                        Both were used prints.  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 09-25-2010 04:35 PM                     Yeah that's all too common  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-25-2010 04:47 PM                     Funny story on a similar idea... I called Technicolor last night to get the check frames for a movie. It was an old movie so I knew it was a long shot but I called anyway. It would have been easier than trying to piece the reels together by trial or by logic. Needless to say, they didn't have it. I said, "Oh, that's all right. I was just hoping for a long shot." The operator said, "We don't have check frames for movies that far back." Without pausing, I said, "Yeah, that's because, back then, theaters used to hire people who knew what the heck they were doing!" That is the first time I ever heard an operator at Technicolor bust out laughing on the phone!  |  IP: Logged

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