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[Custer]

Not a magazine I have many issues of - but I did scan this Frank R. Paul cover a while ago:



Strange to think that, back in 1929, air travel was so strange and exotic...

[tmlindsey]

A film I should have loved but just like a lot.

The producer and studio turned what was to be a low budget film into a big wannabe tent-pole production which severely stressed the creator/director (who also said later that the studio's budget claims were false). Jude Law was enthusiastic and wanted to make whole series of SC films, which I would have liked if they were well done. Gwyneth Paltrow was okay as Polly, but I've never been a big fan of her acting.

The whole look of the color is really off-putting. I had more than a couple of people tell me they wouldn't watch the movie based on that alone I watched it a couple of times in B&W mode on my TV and it looks much better (even watched it up-converted to 3D once

The production design is great, as is the soundtrack, but it just misses the mark of being as much "fun" as I think it should be.
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"Have you never wondered what it would be like to walk between the ticks and tocks of Time?"

[Bud Brewster]

[tmlindsey]

Well, the creators said they never intended for it to be realistic CGI/real world looking. They were going for a Max Fleischer cartoon come to life kind of aesthetic. So in that respect they succeeded.

They did a good job mimicking the 3 strip technicolor look. Unfortunately, 3 strip technicolor looked like crap back-in-the-day, so no one was likely to respond well to it in the 21st century.
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"Have you never wondered what it would be like to walk between the ticks and tocks of Time?"

[Bud Brewster]

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A great comment, Tim!

Actually though, I disagreed with your comment below. As an artist who LOVES rich color, I adore the three-strip Technicolor films from the 30s and 40s.

That's why I tend to pump up the color on the images I post on All Sci-Fi.

However, Sky Captain's color looked washed out — so, I disliked the movie. Did I misunderstand your comment?

[Krel]

Bud, Tim maybe talking about the early Technicolor movies. Although I think that comes from how the color washes out with each copy that is not made from a Technicolor negative. Each generation loses clarity and color. Even non Technicolor movies can suffer from that problem.

When I saw "Doctor X" from 1932 I wasn't impressed with the color or the dark image. But after seeing photos from the restored version, I'm much more impressed and want to see THIS version.

Sky Captain was suppose to be in B&W, but the studio wanted it in color. I wonder if that had an impact on how vibrant the color could be rendered.

With so many movies being recorded with digital cameras, I wonder why no one has written software for the cameras to make the images look like 3-strip Technicolor.

David.

[scotpens]

[tmlindsey]