Reply With QuoteI got mine last week and have watched it several times. Hmmm.....
the overall packaging is lousy, the picture quality is good, and I have 5.1 sound and that music is terrific! :D
Disc and shipping from Amazon was les than $20 US and worth it, IMO.
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I was disappointed at the low budget look to this DVD. The packaging is pretty cheap looking. The menu is even worse. No picture from the movie at all! Just some cheap looking graffic of a film and a reel, and the options to Play Movie, select subtitles (English and Japanese(?!)).
As for the movie itself, it looks like they may have matted the full screen print or not used a full widescreen print, because the T in Thank and the Y on Friday are almost off the edges of the screen. You'd think they would have left some room on either side.
The picture quality is pretty good. The intro title sequence looked grainy, but the rest of the movie looks nice and clean. The audio, however is disappointing. They put it on the disk as a 5.1, and sadly I don't have a 5.1 setup, so I can only hear the two channel stereo separation. It sounds like they put some kind of reverb on the audio to make it a kind of fake stereo. The intro title music sounds like the instruments were separated, just like on the VHS, but the rest of the music has this weird slight reverb to it. I'm wondering if they just bounced a two channel stereo mix onto 5 channels using reverbs.
As whole, presentation of the DVD is pretty cheap. If I were you, I'd wait until you're seeing them for $5 used on ebay or amazon because that's where they'll turn up once the audiophiles hear the poor mixing. If you've already got the VHS, just get a DVD burner or recorder and transfer it. You're not getting anything much better with this DVD release.
http://www.discomusic.com/cds-more/6940_0_3_0_C/
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I got mine last week and have watched it several times. Hmmm.....
the overall packaging is lousy, the picture quality is good, and I have 5.1 sound and that music is terrific! :D
Disc and shipping from Amazon was les than $20 US and worth it, IMO.
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It is a low-budget DVD, most older movies are released on the cheap. IMDB ( http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0078382/ ) states that the original film sound mix is stereo.
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It's not released her yet, but hey, even if the quality could have been better, it's ON DVD! And we can buy it, coz the Video was unavailable since many, many years in our shops.
I'm with Bernie, they shouldn't have changed the cover, they should have picked the original one!!!
http://www.discomusic.com/cds-more/6940_0_3_0_C/
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Most DVD releases of catalog stuff get new artwork. I guess it's a way to make it look newer. Warner releases many DVDs with the original movie poster as the cover. They look great. Movie posters were an art form in the 1930s through 1950s.
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:lol: :lol: :lol: Do I remember that poster! :lol: :lol: :lol:
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I'm yet to pick this one, I hope they didn't mess up the wide screen transfer or the music.
as far as anyone remembers , Did they switched or eliminated any original musical numbers?
here is a review, interesting how the reviewer (From LA) also claims that "Disco" a couple of years after TGIF (early 80's) "quickly melding into a predominantly gay thing" Hahaha
http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read....=20852&___rd=1
where did I hear this observation mentioned around here before ? Hahahaha
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I read that :evil: I think that sonofabitch got cornholed and had his brains scrambled in the process. It amazes and angers me that people so totally ignorant write **** and have it published... :-?
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I have mixed feelings about seeing this again after allllllllllll these years. I want to view it and discover .... "hey it wasn't so bad after all !!! " :D I'm hoping its possible . Would be nice if this relic from the era somehow does those times some justice ....
.... But I remember how horrid it was when I watched it then ... I literally left the theatre with my head down not wanting anybody to notice me coming from it !! :oops:
Surely .....somehow :roll: .......in some way .... it makes for better viewing now !!!! :-?
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It really is good fun, so watch and enjoy.
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I have to backtrack on my comments about the audio. I thought it was worse than what was on the VHS, but it's about the same. The stereo-izing effect wasn't reverb, but something similar to artificial double tracking, where you take a mono recording, slightly delay one channel, to give the illusion of a stereo sound.
I still have a slight beef with the video image. I compared it with the VHS version, and I was right about the matting. While they've added a little bit to the edges, they've chopped off a chunk off the bottom. I think this is a side-effect of altering the image to fit a 16:9 TV, which is too bad. I know you're probably only loosing parts of people's feet, but sometimes that's the most interesting part, especially in a dance sequence.
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I should comment on how bad the new cover art is. It wasn't even a shot from the movie. I think it's a photo of Donna from the 80s.
The original movie poster is not a favorite of mine either. It looks like a Mad Magazine drawing. The VHS cover they had with Donna and Jeff Goldblum on the cover was good.
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I remember when it came out, but didn't see the movie until about 10 years ago. I have to say that I thought it was dire. Most of the little stories and jokes that were happening in the club weren't very funny at all. It was interesting to see a young Jeff Goldbum though.
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Saw Thank God It's Friday when it first came out at some theater on Hollywood Blvd.. There were 10 people in the audience. I hated it. Bought the DVD on Saturday and watched it again after all these years. Then I watched it a 2nd time and a third time. I like it now. Its easy to watch and the music is good. Its great to see Donna perform. This movie is the best indication on how disco was here in LA. I used to work at that club (ZOO) when it was called Cabaret-The club was torn down for a shopping center. This movie brought back many memories. I knew some of the dancers in the movie and Marc Paul Simon, who worked for Casablanca. I thought the transfer was good for a Sony DVD. Clean and sharp. Good color. I think they did change the aspect ratio. As for the sound, I don't think the movie was made using the Dolby process, I'll have to crank it up this week-end to really listen. I loved it-----
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That's exactly how I'll approach it .Originally Written by DiscoMan
But not with my visiting nephew around .....he already finds the era unworthy and I don't want to reconfirm that notion with some silly, campy , low budget film representation.... which is how I dread this re-release will affect today's young population who'll be seeing it for the first time ??
Maybe once I see it again ... I can feel better about its existence !!! :lol: ..............? :roll:
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Educate that kid, Remicks, don't waste time, let him join the Disco-Force! Train him to be a worthy Disco-Jedi!!!
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THANKS VS !!! My laugh for the day !!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
BTW ...he's educating me ... catching me up on the latest lounge stuff ..... :)
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Disco Funk , when comparing the "Full Frame" VHS version to the WS you'd might be missing some video info in the top and bottom of the screen , but in reality this was not meant to be seen and was removed (by the director) in the theatrical version, that’s why the WS versions is "matted" to block this unnecessary portions according to the director’s wishes, reviews and comments of this anamorphic wide screen version DVD leads me to believe that it is the original presentation as it was intended to be seen.
When a "full screen" version is released , especially back in the VHS days (some tittles were released in WS also) , they chopped off the sides (and apply Pan & Scan)and remove the Matting to fill in the 4x3 aspect ratio (top and bottom) of old square TVs, if you watch any movies in "Full screen" (that was not originally filmed this way) you are getting an awful remix of the original, many times not even done by the original artist (director). Hahahaha
Let me see if I can get a copy locally this week, but I read they are not plentiful (not to much demand ????) unless one orders online.
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I know some directors do like to do that. Stanley Kubrick, for instance, liked to film in full screen, but matted his films when they were shown in the theatre by covering the extra stuff on the top and the bottom.
It was the appearance of the title sequence edges being almost cut off that made me wonder about the true aspect ratio of the film. I also am aware that some DVD film releases have video that is being altered to accomodate the 16:9. They force it to fit by chopping off some of the top and the bottom, or even the sides if its too wide.
It depended on the way the movies were filmed. If they were in cinemascope or panavision, they tended to have to use that chopped edges, panning, and in some cases, even squeezing the image if they couldn't successfully crop it for a 4:3 TV screen. This was most apparent in films from 60s and 70s.When a "full screen" version is released , especially back in the VHS days (some tittles were released in WS also) , they chopped off the sides (and apply Pan & Scan)and remove the Matting to fill in the 4x3 aspect ratio (top and bottom) of old square TVs, if you watch any movies in "Full screen" (that was not originally filmed this way) you are getting an awful remix of the original, many times not even done by the original artist (director). Hahahaha
As for Thank God Its Friday, I was hoping it was filmed as a 2.35 to 1 image, but it doesn't look like it was.
I don't see them being on retailers Top 100 sales lists.Let me see if I can get a copy locally this week, but I read they are not plentiful (not to much demand ????) unless one orders online.
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because they suspect that it will have limited appeal. I don't have the DVD yet but if the picture quality is sharper than the VHS I'll be satisfied. And I wonder if anyone (besides myself) has the single disc promotional copy of the soundtrack, which has excerpts from all the soundtrack's songs? It also has very annoying narration...
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I keep forgetting to mention this. Check out how great a DJ Bobby Speed is at the end. As he's tidying up the booth, right before Donna Summer's enters for their last dance, you see him stick a record with a Motown label into the Meco Star Wars sleeve. And he blames Wrong Way Floyd for being disorganized?! :-)
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Kubric liked to film in what is called “full frame” he didn’t use “Matte” technique to cover any portion of the image, it has to do with the film stock preferred by the Director, like a Canvas size for an Artist, full frame flicks mostly older B&W films from the 30’s to 60’s transferred nicely for a full screen presentation without any alterations, this all changed with the introduction of Cinemascope like you mentioned..I know some directors do like to do that. Stanley Kubrick, for instance, liked to film in full screen, but matted his films when they were shown in the theatre by covering the extra stuff on the top and the bottom.
Always a dead giveaway that you just finished watching the altered “full screen” version :evil: , as they can’t do much during the credits, some film versions squeeze the opening and closing credits so that at least you can read them.It was the appearance of the title sequence edges being almost cut off that made me wonder about the true aspect ratio of the film.
this is true, but it is more of the exception, (unless you buy the full screen version) as some people with a very kin eye always spot this changes or deviations from the original aspect ratio and raise hell online to warn off potential buyers, usually the Studios acknowledge the mistake and fix it with an exchange program or new release, I just found the corrected “Back to the Future “ set, the original release had framing problems with disk 2 & 3, also , I believe the latest “Ben Hur” release fixes the framing issues of the first disk.I also am aware that some DVD film releases have video that is being altered to accomodate the 16:9. They force it to fit by chopping off some of the top and the bottom, or even the sides if its too wide
Movies filmed using the 1.75 stock ( I believe is the correct aspect :roll: ) fits exactly on a 16x9 screen without any alterations, Spielberg likes to do it this way.It depended on the way the movies were filmed. If they were in cinemascope or panavision, they tended to have to use that chopped edges, panning, and in some cases, even squeezing the image if they couldn't successfully crop it for a 4:3 TV screen. This was most apparent in films from 60s and 70s.
I’l l snoop around and see if I can find out what was the exact original theatrical aspect ratio, I like all this technical trivial mambo jumboAs for Thank God Its Friday, I was hoping it was filmed as a 2.35 to 1 image, but it doesn't look like it way
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Got my DVD 2 weeks ago as well,
I had fun looking at movie errors like the one
where one of the chicks got coffee spilled on her dress
from the dashboard. We can actually see a blond person hiding in the back seat pulling a cord to force the spill
the kind of detail you won't see the first time at the movie.
:-)
I was disapointed too with the quality, no additionnal material. Nothing compared with the remasted Dvd of Top Gun with really recent interviews with Giorgio Moroder, Harold Faltermyer, Kenny Loggins, Berlin, etc
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Never noticed that! But you can be sure I will now!!!!!!!!!! :lol:We can actually see a blond person hiding in the back seat pulling a cord to force the spill
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I don't get the HA HA HA ??? :-? :roll:
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