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Author Topic: Clash Of The Titans KDMs John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 03-29-2010 05:12 PM                     Has anyone received theirs yet? We open this in 48 hours. Hopefully, it won't be like AVATAR's KDM issues. Edit: Just received word they should start being issued today.  |  IP: Logged Phil Blake Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 558 From: esperance western australia Registered: Nov 2003 posted 03-31-2010 07:48 AM                        never received mine so i downloaded it from technicolor website. but it still does not unlock until a few hours before first screening.  |  IP: Logged Michael Hossen Expert Film Handler Posts: 136 From: Perth, Australia Registered: Apr 2007 posted 03-31-2010 08:16 AM                        We got ours today, it's not valid until 6am tomorrow.  |  IP: Logged Justin Gorka Expert Film Handler Posts: 174 From: High Wycombe, England Registered: Apr 2006 posted 03-31-2010 03:52 PM                     Got mine two days ago.....the hard drive would be useful though!  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 03-31-2010 07:09 PM                     Got mine at 3.50 yesterday afternoon with a 6am 'opening day' unlock. When I questioned it, I was told we were generally pretty lucky to have gotten it this early as they've been completely strapped. I don't get it. Why can't these things be worked out weeks...even months in advance? It's just matching site docs to file names. Even if the physical drive is not even in existence yet...that shouldn't matter.  |  IP: Logged Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 03-31-2010 08:51 PM                    I assume that there's probably some hash or other identifier of the actual digital files included in the keys somewhere to make sure they match, which means they probably can't be created at least until the digital file(s) are ready. But after that, yeah it should be an instant automated process to get them to the appropriate theaters. The fact that it's not makes one wonder if they have the right people working on it.  |  IP: Logged Phillip Grace Expert Film Handler Posts: 164 From: ACMI. Melbourne. Australia. Registered: Mar 2004 posted 04-01-2010 01:50 AM                     Never forget that like DTS and Vitaphone before it, this advanced technology is in the hands of (shudder) Film Distributors!  |  IP: Logged Alex Shultz Film Handler Posts: 54 From: Marysville, KS, US Registered: Nov 2008 posted 04-01-2010 10:24 AM                        They sent mine on Wed morning. I start it at 9pm Thursday. The key unlocked at 12:01 Thursday.  |  IP: Logged Alastair Comrie Film Handler Posts: 28 From: Auckland, New Zealand Registered: May 2007 posted 04-01-2010 04:35 PM                     We received ours 10:30pm the night before opening with it unlocking at 7:30am. The email also said they were "resending" the KDM.  |  IP: Logged Bruce McGee Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1776 From: Asheville, NC USA... Nowhere in Particular. Registered: Aug 1999 posted 04-01-2010 06:44 PM                     Dont you just love the way they treat us all like we are idiots? Do they think we won't call if the movie won't play?  |  IP: Logged Elise Brandt Expert Film Handler Posts: 160 From: Kuusankoski, FIN/ Kouvola, Finland Registered: Dec 2009 posted 04-02-2010 05:44 AM                     Hmh. We got our keys just now, with the opening a week away. Keys unlock three days before the opening date, too. Why is it so different with you guys in the US? It seems to me that for you the keys are always late (or they unlock at impossible times) and you're generally just being bullied and underestimated all the time. With us, it's more of an exception than the rule...  |  IP: Logged Peter Castle Expert Film Handler Posts: 220 From: Wollongong University, NSW ,Australia Registered: Oct 2003 posted 04-02-2010 11:16 PM                     You are all very lucky. One distributor in Australia, for a single screening, opens the file for six hours! (This is not for "Titans" - just other shows from another distrbutor.)  |  IP: Logged

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