Spuck-uk
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Cool, but I'll take cinematic genius George Millers opinion over yours.
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Mad Max: Fury Road "Black & Chrome" Edition - Releasing December 6th
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Cool, but I'll take cinematic genius George Millers opinion over yours.
I'm not gonna begrudge people who want to see it, but I do wonder how far they can push this thing:
Mad Max: Fury Roar - enjoy the raw sounds of Miller's modern masterpiece by viewing the version of the movie without dialogue or the soundtrack distracting you from the truly important sounds, the engines. We hear nothing but the sound of cars and explosions.
Mad Max: Silent Road - you've seen Fury Road in 2015, buy have you ever wondered what if it were made in 1915? Enjoy this sub480p version of this instant classic, which removes all audio to replace it with an old timey jingle and flash cards placed into the movie to show what's happening in this glorious, blurry, sepia revision.
Mad Max: Empty Road - Do you enjoy Fury road, but are annoyed with all the audio and video cluttering up your screen? Please enjoy this special version of Fury Road that comes with a blank disc. That's right, it contains nothing whatsoever. Now you experience Miller's masterpiece by watching a blank screen for 2.5 hours. It is the purest way to view, only for the most extreme enthusiasts.
Mad Max: Fury Roar - enjoy the raw sounds of Miller's modern masterpiece by viewing the version of the movie without dialogue or the soundtrack distracting you from the truly important sounds, the engines. We hear nothing but the sound of cars and explosions.
Mad Max: Silent Road - you've seen Fury Road in 2015, buy have you ever wondered what if it were made in 1915? Enjoy this sub480p version of this instant classic, which removes all audio to replace it with an old timey jingle and flash cards placed into the movie to show what's happening in this glorious, blurry, sepia revision.
Mad Max: Empty Road - Do you enjoy Fury road, but are annoyed with all the audio and video cluttering up your screen? Please enjoy this special version of Fury Road that comes with a blank disc. That's right, it contains nothing whatsoever. Now you experience Miller's masterpiece by watching a blank screen for 2.5 hours. It is the purest way to view, only for the most extreme enthusiasts.
obin_gam
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For people wondering what makes this different from just turning saturation down on your TV, I took a random shot from the movie and made three different B&W versions.
Making a black and white print isn't as simple as getting rid of colours. It's redoing the color correction on the entire movie, and can result in a number of drastically different looks.
Making a black and white print isn't as simple as getting rid of colours. It's redoing the color correction on the entire movie, and can result in a number of drastically different looks.
obin_gam
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Style.
It's a different, stylish, beautiful image.
Have they put out any official shots yet?
DJ Lushious
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I wish we were, but it doesn't seem like it. Which makes me sad, because the UHD Blu is reference quality and it will be hard to "downgrade."
DJ Lushious
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For people wondering what makes this different from just turning saturation down on your TV, I took a random shot from the movie and made three different B&W versions.
Making a black and white print isn't as simple as getting rid of colours. It's redoing the color correction on the entire movie, and can result in a number of drastically different looks.
How did you get the third one? It looks like you changed some of the curves, or remapped some of the colors?
Just brought down the cyans/blues and upped the oranges/reds. By pretty extreme amounts, though.
I didn't have anything in mind other than demonstrating how drastically different that frame can look, but suddenly I'm itching to do my own B&W version of the trailer.
He could always throw a curveball, but I'd suspect that a lot of the B&W print will look like a subtler version of the third one, with blues down and reds up. Bringing reds up really makes skin look fantastic, and bringing blues down would create a really awesome contrast with the ground, and let you really see the detail in flames against the sky.
But if you turned up the reds you'd also lose a lot of contrast in the shots where they spray chrome on their faces.
Hmm.
It is perfect in every way.
MoonsaultSlayer
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Is the Black and Chrome version altered or corrected in anyway to make it the ideal black and white version or would I get the same results turning the color down on my tv?
ffejeromdiks
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Brace for disappointment then, Miller is a fan of the high contrast style and the final product is going to have a lot more contrast than just lazily checking the "grayscale" box like the first image. But hey, if you want the movie to look like that you can do it yourself in all of 2 seconds.
b&jy77VjiKn$#F
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good lawd
PhoncipleBone
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It will be newly color timed, otherwise it would just be them omitting the color keys from the image to make it bw. The original Rocky Horror blu ray did that for the wizard of oz version.
Even if you want to be as cynical as possible there is no benefit to either George Miller or WB putting out a B&W rerelease of the film if all they did was desaturate the film.
What's still up in the air is just to what degree they went back and redid the colour grading for the B&W version.
MoonsaultSlayer
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It was after I had posted when I saw there was already discussion about the possibilities of it. But you're saying it will definitely be reworked to suit B&W? Did I miss a link?
Discotheque
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For people wondering what makes this different from just turning saturation down on your TV, I took a random shot from the movie and made three different B&W versions.
Making a black and white print isn't as simple as getting rid of colours. It's redoing the color correction on the entire movie, and can result in a number of drastically different looks.
Holy shit. Man I was just curious but now I'm very excited about watching the black and white version if it looks something like the third pic
Preorder!
Edit:
Mad Max High Octane Collection
BLURAY link: 79.99
http://a.co/dl2XWQF
Mad Max Fury Road: Black and Chrome
Two Film Collection: $29.98
http://a.co/2M8gWld
Edit:
Mad Max High Octane Collection
BLURAY link: 79.99
http://a.co/dl2XWQF
Mad Max Fury Road: Black and Chrome
Two Film Collection: $29.98
http://a.co/2M8gWld
Nappuccino
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Yes, but the sky becomes an awesome, vignette like effect. Makes the originally open and spacious image claustrophobic, greatly altering the way I read the image.
Plus, the white road is unexpected and visually surprising / interesting.
Not sure I'd like the whole movie like that, but it is crazy stylish.
TheGreatDirector
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Well, I might be buying this.
juliushandle
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Can't you just turn the color off on your TV to get the same effect?
Yes and no.
Yes you would get a black and white visual, but not one retimed/recorrecting to take advantage of the lack of colour in how the picture looks.
Ie this:
Originally Posted by aasoncott
For people wondering what makes this different from just turning saturation down on your TV, I took a random shot from the movie and made three different B&W versions.
Making a black and white print isn't as simple as getting rid of colours. It's redoing the color correction on the entire movie, and can result in a number of drastically different looks.
Aw man some of these mockups from the blu-ray.com forum..where the hell are the preorders already?!
Holy shit. Here's hoping the actual black & chrome version is just as carefully crafted.
SunhiLegend
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"By my deeds I honor him. V8"
Doubt it'll be as blown out as the third image.
It's not really stylish or interesting.
ffejeromdiks
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Cool story bro.
Nappuccino
Member
I mean, someone's trying to walk back how awesome their intended-to-be-shitty image is.
Dropped to $25 bucks already!
Mad Max: Fury Road /Fury Road Black & Chrome (BD Double Feature) [Blu-ray] http://a.co/9H0Qscy
Mad Max: Fury Road /Fury Road Black & Chrome (BD Double Feature) [Blu-ray] http://a.co/9H0Qscy
ShinoguTakeruKoeru
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I know you're joking about this one, but I remember listening to George Miller on a podcast talk about finding himself on an airplane trip, watching Fury Road for about 2/3 of it with the sound off and still finding it a fascinating viewing experience.
Simo
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Nice! High Octane preordered despite owning some of the stand alone discs because I'd like to see the new docs and the UHD is a nice addition for when I eventually upgrade to 4K. Sucks though that the US gets screwed out of another Collector's Edition though. lol
Simo
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Bit of a bump but Amazon has now listed the Interceptor CE for the High Octane set for a $240 price tag and also confirms new docs for The Road Warrior and Fury Road:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LY9FHIG/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Oddly enough Amazon lists this CE as releasing October 25th and not December 6th?
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LY9FHIG/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Oddly enough Amazon lists this CE as releasing October 25th and not December 6th?
Jesus Carbomb
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Missed opportunity for a chromed out steelbook. Collectors would have ate that up.
Bit of a bump but Amazon has now listed the Interceptor CE for the High Octane set for a $240 price tag and also confirms new docs for The Road Warrior and Fury Road:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LY9FHIG/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Oddly enough Amazon lists this CE as releasing October 25th and not December 6th?
An entire disc dedicated to Fury Road bonus materials? MAN I'm really pissed off now that I bought the original release. :[
Dude... If that means I'm able to get to see the B&W early, I might cop.
The Black & Chrome edition will debut at SpectreFest 2016 on November 1.
http://www.slashfilm.com/mad-max-fury-road-black-and-chrome-spectrefest/
http://www.slashfilm.com/mad-max-fury-road-black-and-chrome-spectrefest/
Rats Off To Ya
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I'm really into the B&W mock-ups people have done. As much as I love the extreme color palette of the original, I'm all in for this version.
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