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Author Topic: Three Stooges in HD Joe Tommassello Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 547 From: Coatesville, PA, USA Registered: Jan 2008 posted 10-23-2010 09:10 AM                  It appears IFC has HD transfers of the Three Stooges. They are having a little marathon till 2PM today (Saturday). I refrained from buying the full set on sail at Amazon a couple of months ago because I am waiting for a blu-ray release.  |  IP: Logged Mitchell Dvoskin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1869 From: West Milford, NJ, USA Registered: Jan 2001 posted 10-23-2010 11:17 AM                     Just checked it out. Although on IFC-HD, These do not appear to be HD transfers, but rather upconverted SD transfers. It becomes rather obvious when projecting HD onto a 10' screen. Many of the so-called HD cable channels are not running from true HD sources. TCM-HD, after being on the air for over a year, is just now starting to occasionally run actual HD.  |  IP: Logged Louis Bornwasser Film God Posts: 4441 From: prospect ky usa Registered: Mar 2005 posted 10-23-2010 03:59 PM                        Sorta like "reprocessed for stereo" isn't it. Great way to kill a good idea. (like 3D). Louis  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-23-2010 05:32 PM                        Even on 35mm, these films aren't exactly the paragon of technical quality. They were cheaply made from the start. I'm not sure how much they would gain from being shown in HD, unless someone took the questionable step of cleaning up flaws that existed in the originals.  |  IP: Logged Mitchell Dvoskin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1869 From: West Milford, NJ, USA Registered: Jan 2001 posted 10-23-2010 06:32 PM                     Cheaply made, yes, but I have seen a number of early 1950's 35mm printings, and the picture quality was excellent. Unfortunately, most of the Stooges shorts were re-printed in the 1970's, and the quality is all over the place on those.  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 10-23-2010 07:32 PM                     I don't believe we have ever seen transfers direct from the OCN's.  |  IP: Logged Bruce McGee Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1776 From: Asheville, NC USA... Nowhere in Particular. Registered: Aug 1999 posted 10-25-2010 11:14 AM                     I think the IFC copies of these shorts are the same ones that AMC is using. There are alot of fade-outs that are not in the original shorts... for commercials, that IFC is not using. Watching these films on AMC is painful.  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 10-25-2010 04:35 PM                     Watching ANYTHING on AMC is painful!  |  IP: Logged Jack Theakston Master Film Handler Posts: 411 From: New York, USA Registered: Sep 2007 posted 10-31-2010 02:39 AM                     Sony transferred all the recent re-masterings in HD, which is standard for the majors. I don't know why they're distributing up-conversions of old masters unless they feel that distributing the HD files might compromise a future BD set (which has been rumored). And Mitchell is quite correct. While the Stooges weren't exactly "A-Unit" material, the technicians that shot those films knew just what they were doing, as evidenced by the excellent standard-def down-converts of the shorts on DVD. Some of the gray tones achieved in those original prints are incredible.  |  IP: Logged

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