💼 Careercow Joe Cracker / Robert C. McGee

[Surtur]

Joe hasn't been here in over a week, I'm assuming he's working on a hot new product or he could just be smarter than the average lolcow and realizing if he stops posting here that his thread will die.

No he is just really lazy.

 

[Flowers For Sonichu]

No he is just really lazy.

He does more than @Connor

 

[Surtur]

He does more than @Connor

Witch says more about Connor than Joe.

 

[Joe_Cracker]

Joe hasn't been here in over a week, I'm assuming he's working on a hot new product or he could just be smarter than the average lolcow and realizing if he stops posting here that his thread will die.

Part 1 of that assumtion was right. the 1st trailer for the 10th anniversary cut of The Unknown Creature is ready for release on Valentines Day.

No he is just really lazy.

The only time I get to be lazy is when I'm 6 feet under or my ashes get put in a box.

 

[Mr. X]

The only time I get to be lazy is when I'm 6 feet under or my ashes get put in a box.

Since neither of those have happened, you should stop being lazy.

 

[Joe_Cracker]

Since neither of those have happened, you should stop being lazy.

The cut is 75 minutes done, the 4K videos are 1 minute long. Each minute is one single video and seemlessly merged back into one in the final stage.

Christ almighty, it's a shame we can't get this in 4K UltraHD.

Vines are 480x480 mp4 videos that are six seconds long. Some have been scaled to HD and posted on youtube. If you have 4K set a majority have built in HD to 4K upscaling. If any of you happen to view the TUC blu-ray or the upcoming trailer on a 4K set, let me know how it looks.

 

[Mr. X]

Vines are 480x480 mp4 videos that are six seconds long. Some have been scaled to HD and posted on youtube. If you have 4K set a majority have built in HD to 4K upscaling. If any of you happen to view the TUC blu-ray or the upcoming trailer on a 4K set, let me know how it looks.

You (unsurprisingly) missed the sarcastic intent of COGB's post.

 

[Joe_Cracker]

You (unsurprisingly) missed the sarcastic intent of COGB's post.

Sarcasam or not, 4K is here. I've seen them in a local Best Buy. If he has money as he says he does he's either bought one already or is planning such a purchase in the future just like I am. I've seen what native 4K looks like but I'm also on the side wondering what Football looks like on one of them.

 

[Mr. X]

Sarcasam or not, 4K is here. I've seen them in a local Best Buy. If he has money as he says he does he's either bought one already or is planning such a purchase in the future just like I am. I've seen what native 4K looks like but I'm also on the side wondering what Football looks like on one of them.

Do you ever get tired of missing the point?

 

[Joe_Cracker]

Do you ever get tired of missing the point?

If I where to suddenly give in to public sarcasum, I would suddenly become questionable if I can continue to do all I have done in the past. I'm smarter then most here give me credit for, most here don't see that or refuse to see it or acknowledge it. @hurrhurrhurr just seems to understand how my mind even works.

 

[WWWWolf]

Vines are 480x480 mp4 videos that are six seconds long. Some have been scaled to HD and posted on youtube. If you have 4K set a majority have built in HD to 4K upscaling. If any of you happen to view the TUC blu-ray or the upcoming trailer on a 4K set, let me know how it looks.

If you take a video and resize it, it will - unsurprisingly - look exactly like the original blurry low-res video. "HD to 4K upscaling" is not some magic technology that makes things mysteriously better.

Source: deliberately watched a black and white film from 1960s as the first thing I did on my Xbox One. High Definition my foot

 

[Smutley]

If you take a video and resize it, it will - unsurprisingly - look exactly like the original blurry low-res video. "HD to 4K upscaling" is not some magic technology that makes things mysteriously better.

The way Criterion is able to take an old movie and release high definition transfers is because they have the original film. They load the film in to a special scanner that does really high resolution scans of each frame that are then cleaned up by hand and with specialty programs.

But hey, taking a VHS tape of Unknown Creature, transferring it to DVD, ripping the DVD, and then increasing the resolution of the rip with premiere is basically the same thing and will get as good, or even better, results than the team at Criterion.

 

[DrChristianTroy]

The way Criterion is able to take an old movie and release high definition transfers is because they have the original film. They load the film in to a special scanner that does really high resolution scans of each frame that are then cleaned up by hand and with specialty programs.

But hey, taking a VHS tape of Unknown Creature, transferring it to DVD, ripping the DVD, and then increasing the resolution of the rip with premiere is basically the same thing and will get as good, or even better, results than the team at Criterion.

Speaking of which when can we expect a Criterion edition of Unknown Creature? With Cronenberg's The Brood getting a release this year surely Unknown Creature is the perfect film to follow.

 

[Joe_Cracker]

If you take a video and resize it, it will - unsurprisingly - look exactly like the original blurry low-res video. "HD to 4K upscaling" is not some magic technology that makes things mysteriously better.

Source: deliberately watched a black and white film from 1960s as the first thing I did on my Xbox One. High Definition my foot

I have done a view tests, and at close up shots you can see the benefits of the process, items that are just a few yards away. If you put a DVD in your Xbox One that's the expected result, but watch the same movie on Blu-Ray in your Xbox One or stream it in HD and you get a better result. There are three common tricks of scaling HD to 4K or SD to HD and I'm not using any of thise tricks.

Common upscaling tricks
http://www.red.com/learn/red-101/upscaled-1080P-vs-4K

No blocking, no blurring, no halo tricks. I decided on Pixel replacation, so that way the system is no longer guessing where the pixels are. At the end of the day, the source video is still VHS tape yet you are no longer looking at a very blocky pixelated image.

 

[nad7155]

I'm smarter then most here give me credit for

I will actually give you that.

 

[Mr. X]

If I where to suddenly give in to public sarcasum, I would suddenly become questionable if I can continue to do all I have done in the past.

Most modern browsers include a spell check. You should use it.

 

[Smutley]

There are three common tricks of scaling HD to 4K or SD to HD and I'm not using any of thise tricks.

When my old lady and I watched The Unknown Creature recently, I told her, "Believe you me, you will never see a director like Robert C. McGee, he doesn't use any of the usual tricks."

She called me a liar but when those credits started to roll she was a believer.

 

[Loke]

If I where to suddenly give in to public sarcasum, I would suddenly become questionable if I can continue to do all I have done in the past. I'm smarter then most here give me credit for, most here don't see that or refuse to see it or acknowledge it. @hurrhurrhurr just seems to understand how my mind even works.

If you're so smart, puny fool, why do you keep returning here to tell us of your accomplishments and woes, when all you get in return is scorn and mockery?

 

[Surtur]

Hey @Joe_Cracker , I got with my concept artist and she gave me permission to show you some of our concept art. I will be allowing you to see a sneakpeak into a part of the script of my new film, The Unboned Lecher

Spoiler

Scene: Outdoors, GAY BLOWMENs tent

BIGCOCK wanders outside, longingly staring at the tent. He walks up to the tent and carefully peers inside of the tent. GAY BLOWMEN lies sleeping inside of the tent, bags of chips strewn about.

GAY BLOWMEN:

*sleep talking* No dad, I don’t want to go to Uncle Ralphs. He makes me play in the special room…

BIGCOCK wanders over to GAY BLOWMEN. He begins to caress the man’s face and body, in a manner fare more lovingly than one would expect from such a might cocked creature. Suddenly, GAY BLOWMEN wakes up,

GAY BLOWMEN:

Oh my god, its you! The legendary Bigcock!

BIGCOCK:

Arrooooo!

GAY BLOWMENL:

Are you trying to speak to me Bigcock? What are you trying to say?

BIGCOCK

Aroooooo!

GAY BLOWMEN:

You…you want to stick your cock in my ass? Is that what you want?

BIGCOCK:

Arooooo!

GAYBLOWMEN:

Well…ok…

GAY BLOWMEN undoes his belt and drops his pants, he turns around and leans forward, presenting his ass to BIGCOCK.

GAY BLOWMEN:

Just be easy, this is my first time.

I promised to change it Joe and I think I changed enough that we should be cool right?

 

[WWWWolf]

If you put a DVD in your Xbox One that's the expected result, but watch the same movie on Blu-Ray in your Xbox One or stream it in HD and you get a better result.

But as @Smutley said, the Blu-Ray will be better than the DVD because the studio has access to the original high-resolution source material. It's not better because of some mysterious "upscaling" process.

I've done some comparisons too. For example, I watched "The Day the Earth Froze" episode of MST3K off of YouTube. Then I watched the actual film in 4K in theaters, when it was recently redone. It's pretty fucking obvious they didn't toss some "upscaling" on it and call it a day. (In fact, I just read the national audiovisual institute's report on the digitalisation. They specifically mention working at highest resolution the film scanner was capable of outputting, all the way until the final mastering phase.) ...for starters the American version has several scenes missing and it's in a little bit confusing order, but hey, let's not complain about little details.