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LoathedVermin72 wrote:I am so fucking hyped to watch Planet Earth II in 4K.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnarcher ... 346e5b1b67
I've been watching this in regular old HD and the visuals are crazy. How the fuck did they get some of these shots? I hope they have a "making of" episode so we can see what they did and had to endure to get the footage.
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Self wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:I am so fucking hyped to watch Planet Earth II in 4K.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnarcher ... 346e5b1b67
I've been watching this in regular old HD and the visuals are crazy. How the fuck did they get some of these shots? I hope they have a "making of" episode so we can see what they did and had to endure to get the footage.
a lot of it is scripted
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You can tell they are feeding the elephants their lines no one is that quick with a come back.
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Self wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:I am so fucking hyped to watch Planet Earth II in 4K.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnarcher ... 346e5b1b67
I've been watching this in regular old HD and the visuals are crazy. How the fuck did they get some of these shots? I hope they have a "making of" episode so we can see what they did and had to endure to get the footage.
Yeah, I keep having the same thoughts while watching the first PE. The footage they get is unbelievable. And yes, there is "making of" material included on the home video release.
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Interesting. Head of broadcast at BBC talking about how there are colors captured in Planet Earth II that simply cannot be displayed if you don't have a 4K HDR set: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-38242187
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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tragabigzanda wrote:Just watched the pilot for This Is Us. I loved it. I had ignored this all season, thought it looked like treacly network shit. And it is. But it's honest and enjoyable in a way similar to Friday Night Lights. Will keep watching.
Comparing this in any way to Friday Night Lights is kinda huge. Careful there.

But, yeah, I haven't watched any of it yet. But I want to.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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tragabigzanda wrote:Crashing E4 was great. I'm getting more excited about this show.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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tragabigzanda wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:Just watched the pilot for This Is Us. I loved it. I had ignored this all season, thought it looked like treacly network shit. And it is. But it's honest and enjoyable in a way similar to Friday Night Lights. Will keep watching.
Comparing this in any way to Friday Night Lights is kinda huge. Careful there.

But, yeah, I haven't watched any of it yet. But I want to.
There's a twist at the end that is just delicious. Please watch it, I think you'll love it.
Does Coach Taylor make an appearance?!
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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tragabigzanda wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:Just watched the pilot for This Is Us. I loved it. I had ignored this all season, thought it looked like treacly network shit. And it is. But it's honest and enjoyable in a way similar to Friday Night Lights. Will keep watching.
Comparing this in any way to Friday Night Lights is kinda huge. Careful there.

But, yeah, I haven't watched any of it yet. But I want to.
There's a twist at the end that is just delicious. Please watch it, I think you'll love it.
Does Coach Taylor make an appearance?!
No, but Crucifictorious plays a rousing set.
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This is Us is like the poor man's Parenthood.
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Monkey_Driven wrote:This is Us is like the poor man's Parenthood.
Man, I love what I've seen of Parenthood. So fucking great. I'll get back into that once I'm all caught up on Gilmore Girls.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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tragabigzanda wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:This is Us is like the poor man's Parenthood.
Oh yea? Never watched that.
This is according to my wife and my brief experience watching This is Us.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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tragabigzanda wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:This is Us is like the poor man's Parenthood.
Oh yea? Never watched that.
This is according to my wife and my brief experience watching This is Us.
I must be manopausing, because I'm keen to watch more This Is Us AND now I want to check out Parenthood.
It's ok to be in touch with your emotions trag.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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