2001:aso 4K UHD Blu-ray

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Wondering if this will be a proper 8K re-scan from the negatives, or if that will be something eventually passed-on for Criterion to handle, per BL. March/April 2018 for 2001:aso's 50th:

http://thedigitalbits.com/columns/my-two-cents/012918-1800

Steve

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http://thedigitalbits.com/columns/my-two-cents/012918-1800

Amazon US product page reveals the 2001:aso 4K UHD Blu-ray packaging:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07B12HNJW/

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Steve

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I want a Storaro size display to watch it.

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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07B12HNJW/

Amazon product page zotzed as the 4K 2001:aso Blu-ray has been pushed to October 2, 2018 (per the WB shop):

https://tinyurl.com/yb2u92wd

Nolan interviewed in detail about the film-based workflow on the 2001:aso print screened at Cannes:

Variety: https://tinyurl.com/yd4d3ah7

NY Times: https://tinyurl.com/y9eqp6jw

Nice pic of KK @ Cannes:

https://tinyurl.com/yd9gwbzx

Perhaps the 4K disc has been delayed to include the recent Nolan content?

Regards,

Steve

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Hollywood reacts to the Nolan-supervised print of 2001:aso at the ArcLight:

Is it that the WTF?! panel cannot address the themes of 2001:aso, or that their web audience would just tune out if they "go there"?

Jeffrey Wells commented: "Lemire: “You can interpret [2001] a lot of ways!” HE: Not really. The super-aliens who sent the monolith to earth to awaken the man-apes and turn them into bone-wielding carnivores, give them intelligence and the will to gradually evolve into homo sapiens are the sires of our species — our Gods, our fathers, our evolutionary architects. They planted one of their monoliths under the surface of the moon, knowing that sooner or later humans would fly there and uncover it, which would alert them to our evolutionary progress. At the very end ancient Dave Bowman sees the monolith at the foot of his deathbed and reaches out as a dying Christian would to a crucifix or a dying alcoholic to a fifth of Jack Daniels. And then he’s reborn into a star fetus, etc."

http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2018/05/breezy-good-time-charlies/

To the point of Lemire; Wells misses that the the monolith remains an oblique reference to the next stage of an odyssey, and it's not always the same material marker object being planted by aliens as a stepping stone.

- The monolith manifests and vanishes for the neanderthals, leaving them (or, at least Moonwatcher) whacking bones and lashing out at others to intimidate them, as the monolith intimidated him. Kubrick does add a flash cut of the monolith towering above before that occurs. I don't believe, "Now the ape understands that a bone can be an instrument or weapon," was the intended message. Moonwatcher wants to tower over others as the monolith towered over him. It didn't, "give them intelligence," but showed the apes there was something more dominant than them, resulting in a quest for domination (a reckless smashing of bones progressing to an orbital defense satellite dominating the Earth). It wasn't like the monolith taught the apes a new language. That would be implanted intelligence.

- Once mankind dominates space, the monolith is reduced to a directional signal. It is physically present under the surface of the moon, generating a magnetic field until excavated, and—when touched by man—emits a beacon to Jupiter. That is all it needs to be at that stage; an oblique reference to what awaits.

- Once man defeats the highest form of his own technology as a mind/intelligence in the HAL 9000, the monolith appears as a gateway (which Bowman seeks and/or is drawn to). The monolith no longer has evolutionary or hierarchical meaning here beyond something Bowman follows in an EVA. This begins a stage where the monolith is untouchable, and it may no longer be a material object at Jupiter (it does vanish).

- The monolith is certainly not a physical object after Bowman lives out his life in the alien consciousness environment. It may have even been pulled out of his consciousness like the room environment; but from his evolutionary origins in "The dawn of man." While the monolith in that earlier sequence may not have been a similar consciousness implantation, its form may have been decided at that origin stage as something which would embed in the primeval psyche, for man to respond to throughout evolution. It remains an oblique reference to unknowable and unattainable intellect until (Bow)man is absorbed into it, evolving beyond mind and body into something celestial (starchild).

Summarily; just the material presence and function of the monolith alone can be interpreted in many ways.

Regards,

Steve

[Don Stockbauer]

No one had to teach humans how to kill.

[kelpzoidzl]

I tend to want to believe Nolan has done it right. The tinkering that can occur may be te blasphemy.

[Don Stockbauer]

Seems like Clarke would have known that humans did not have to be taught to kill.

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Post by Don Stockbauer
Seems like Clarke would have known that humans did not have to be taught to kill.

"The sentinel" was about the lunar monolith. The novel and script were collaborations with SK. That the monolith gave the neanderthals *intellect as violence* is probably one of the biggest mis-reads on 2001:aso, IMO. The primates are intimidated by a form/intellect greater than them, inciting conquest through available materials (bone-to-satellite).

Steve

[Don Stockbauer]

Oh well, it’s science fiction, the story need not pass the scientific method.

[Don Stockbauer]

"The sentinel" was about the lunar monolith. The novel and script were collaborations with SK. That the monolith gave the neanderthals *intellect as violence* is probably one of the biggest mis-reads on 2001:aso, IMO. The primates are intimidated by a form/intellect greater than them, inciting conquest through available materials (bone-to-satellite).
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Regular old plain Jane run-of-the-mill evolution is what got us to where we are, not intimidation by space aliens.

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Oh well, it’s science fiction, the story need not pass the scientific method.

Having recently-watched 2001:aso again, I think it does pass evolutionary science as far as it tracing humanity's origins to Africa; where SK sets "The Dawn of Man." There's not much in those Southwest African deserts to cue a viewer that the monolith's intimidating material perfection has affected the neanderthals. SK couldn't show the primates building structures, for instance, since there's none of the available materials. The sudden development of a language would have been farcical. The shift from the primates living off shrubs to sitting-around with utilitarian bones and eating boar meat is abrupt, but it is a clear visual message.

Steve

[Don Stockbauer]

I just think it was not necessary for some entity to come in and teach humans how to kill. Humans have always known how to kill. A racoon knows how to kill. A chimpanzee knows how to kill.

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I just think it was not necessary for some entity to come in and teach humans how to kill.

Again, I don't think that was SK's intended message, but most read "The Dawn of Man" sequence that way.

If it was the intended message by SK or ACC, agreed.

Steve

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Post by Don Stockbauer
I just think it was not necessary for some entity to come in and teach humans how to kill.

Again, I don't think that was SK's intended message, but most read "The Dawn of Man" sequence that way.

If it was the intended message by SK or ACC, agreed.

Steve
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OK, nice opinion, I have my opinion , people with opinions can get into endless discussions. I really don’t have time for an endless discussion right now, but it was nice to communicate with you up to this point.

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I just think it was not necessary for some entity to come in and teach humans how to kill.

Again, I don't think that was SK's intended message, but most read "The Dawn of Man" sequence that way.
If it was the intended message by SK or ACC, agreed.
Steve

Metaphors about metaphor. Something...

[Don Stockbauer]

PS: Steve, read the book , which is an explanation of the movie . What does Clarke say there? That the early hominids were trained to kill by the aliens so that they could avoid starvation.

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PS: Steve, read the book , which is an explanation of the movie . What does Clarke say there?

I last read ACC's 2001:aso book in high school, but I still have it here. The salient passage for me is, "Now he was master of the world, and he was not quite sure what to do next," which leads into the chapter, "Ascent of man."

ACC goes on to discuss how the use of tools like bones advanced the minds of the primates while helping them defend themselves against predators. It's a small chapter of only two-and-a-half pages, but it fits my take that the monolith's perfect material form intimidated the primates, initiating their journey of conquest over the world.

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That the early hominids were trained to kill by the aliens so that they could avoid starvation.

The ACC novel begins with the primates on the road to extinction due to drought, starvation and animal attacks (e.g. chapter "The leopard"). My takeaway is that the monolith intervened so that the primates could use available materials to conquer their fate.

Regards,

Steve

[Don Stockbauer]

If you’re into science fiction, then there were monoliths. If you’re not into science fiction, then there weren’t.

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Post by Don Stockbauer
If you’re into science fiction, then there were monoliths. If you’re not into science fiction, then there weren’t.

I'm into science fiction, and am certain there were no monoliths before 1:4:9 ratio slabs began manifesting at Shepperton and Borehamwood studios in the 1960s.

Steve

[Don Stockbauer]

Whatever turns you on. Like seeing some kind of threat from me when I don’t even know who you are.

[Don Stockbauer]

Nor do you know who I am.

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Post by Don Stockbauer
Like seeing some kind of threat from me when I don’t even know who you are.

Can you cope with the fact that I do not believe you, Don? My opinion just can't be worth that much to you if I am as mentally ill as you claim me to be. You must have better things to do than fake your own harassment and injustice from some crazy person on an antiquated newsgroup (unless there's significant monetary compensation in play, perhaps).

Post by Don Stockbauer
Nor do you know who I am.

100% correct; you could be anybody. Therefore, you have nothing to complain about from me. No worries, I never expect honest statements, responses or accountability from someone of unverified identity.

Steve

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Like seeing some kind of threat from me when I don’t even know who you are.

Can you cope with the fact that I do not believe you, Don? My opinion just can't be worth that much to you if I am as mentally ill as you claim me to be. You must have better things to do than fake your own harassment and injustice from some crazy person on an antiquated newsgroup (unless there's significant monetary compensation in play, perhaps).

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Nor do you know who I am.

100% correct; you could be anybody. Therefore, you have nothing to complain about from me. No worries, I never expect honest statements, responses or accountability from someone of unverified identity.
Steve

Is it that you don't expect honest statements? Or that you expect dishonest statements?

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Post by s***@hotmail.com
100% correct; you could be anybody. Therefore, you have nothing to complain about from me. No worries, I never expect honest statements, responses or accountability from someone of unverified identity.

Is it that you don't expect honest statements? Or that you expect dishonest statements?

In the context of the Internet's ability to shield a person's identity for the purposes of deceit, both expectations are prudent.

Steve

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Post by s***@hotmail.com
100% correct; you could be anybody. Therefore, you have nothing to complain about from me. No worries, I never expect honest statements, responses or accountability from someone of unverified identity.

Is it that you don't expect honest statements? Or that you expect dishonest statements?

In the context of the Internet's ability to shield a person's identity for the purposes of deceit, both expectations are prudent.
Steve

Pardon, one of the two is not an expectation at all. It is other than expectation. But at least you see them as different. Most are not so discriminating, being for the most part unaware of the third state.

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Is it that you don't expect honest statements? Or that you expect dishonest statements?

In the context of the Internet's ability to shield a person's identity for the purposes of deceit, both expectations are prudent.

Pardon, one of the two is not an expectation at all.

Pardon ME, "both *states of expectation* are prudent." A negative state of expectation is not within a scope of expectation. My bad entirely.

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It is other than expectation. But at least you see them as different. Most are not so discriminating, being for the most part unaware of the third state.

Who must be PAYING you and Don to tag-team me on AMK for team Paulo Soares Figueiredo and team FBI? I can't believe you're taking this effort upon yourselves for free. C'mon...it's become so utterly transparent...you could at least spend time adding Kubrick news/discussion as chickenfeed.

Steve

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Post by m***@yahoo.com
Is it that you don't expect honest statements? Or that you expect dishonest statements?

In the context of the Internet's ability to shield a person's identity for the purposes of deceit, both expectations are prudent.

Pardon, one of the two is not an expectation at all.

Pardon ME, "both *states of expectation* are prudent." A negative state of expectation is not within a scope of expectation. My bad entirely.

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It is other than expectation. But at least you see them as different. Most are not so discriminating, being for the most part unaware of the third state.

Who must be PAYING you and Don to tag-team me on AMK for team Paulo Soares Figueiredo and team FBI? I can't believe you're taking this effort upon yourselves for free. C'mon...it's become so utterly transparent...you could at least spend time adding Kubrick news/discussion as chickenfeed.
Steve

But then, you're doing this for free, aren't you? I guess it follows if no one would do it for free, then you're getting paid for it. Who are YOU working for?

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Who must be PAYING you and Don to tag-team me on AMK for team Paulo Soares Figueiredo and team FBI? I can't believe you're taking this effort upon yourselves for free. C'mon...it's become so utterly transparent...you could at least spend time adding Kubrick news/discussion as chickenfeed.

But then, you're doing this for free, aren't you? I guess it follows if no one would do it for free, then you're getting paid for it. Who are YOU working for?

That's a refusal to answer my direct question; which simultaneously acknowledges that any claims you, Don, David Cole, Paulo Soares Figueiredo and/or the FBI have been—and are—so fake, contrived and vindictive that you can only continue to resorting nonsensical accusations.

However, thanks for mastering that consecutive *state* of refusal and acknowledgment. You are here on AMK for the sole purpose of screwing with me, that's affirmed. Keep pushing for that team win and Lord Bullingdon's "satisfaction"...it's only resulted in disaster over the last 18 years. I guess it follows.

Regards,

Steve

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Post by s***@hotmail.com
Who must be PAYING you and Don to tag-team me on AMK for team Paulo Soares Figueiredo and team FBI? I can't believe you're taking this effort upon yourselves for free. C'mon...it's become so utterly transparent...you could at least spend time adding Kubrick news/discussion as chickenfeed.

But then, you're doing this for free, aren't you? I guess it follows if no one would do it for free, then you're getting paid for it. Who are YOU working for?

That's a refusal to answer my direct question; which simultaneously acknowledges that any claims you, Don, David Cole, Paulo Soares Figueiredo and/or the FBI have been—and are—so fake, contrived and vindictive that you can only continue to resorting nonsensical accusations.
However, thanks for mastering that consecutive *state* of refusal and acknowledgment. You are here on AMK for the sole purpose of screwing with me, that's affirmed. Keep pushing for that team win and Lord Bullingdon's "satisfaction"...it's only resulted in disaster over the last 18 years. I guess it follows.
Regards,
Steve

You must be a miserable motherfucker if you believe no one would ever want to talk to you. That they would have to be paid to do it. Whatever...

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However, thanks for mastering that consecutive *state* of refusal and acknowledgment. You are here on AMK for the sole purpose of screwing with me, that's affirmed. Keep pushing for that team win and Lord Bullingdon's "satisfaction"...it's only resulted in disaster over the last 18 years. I guess it follows.

You must be a miserable motherfucker if you believe no one would ever want to talk to you. That they would have to be paid to do it. Whatever...

Yep, you're specifically here to screw with me.

Steve

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Ha!

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Ha!
Is it that you don't expect honest statements? Or that you expect dishonest statements?

During either *state of expectation* with an anonymous and patently obvious Internet shill, what's usually on my mind is, "Who do you think you are fooling?"

Steve

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Ha!
Is it that you don't expect honest statements? Or that you expect dishonest statements?

During either *state of expectation* with an anonymous and patently obvious Internet shill, what's usually on my mind is, "Who do you think you are fooling?"
Steve

Yourself, evidently...

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During either *state of expectation* with an anonymous and patently obvious Internet shill, what's usually on my mind is, "Who do you think you are fooling?"

Yourself, evidently...

I'm the only person remaining on AMK who's kept it continually running with relevant SK news and discussion *gratis* since 1997.

Discrediting that is, of course, specifically why you are here.

Steve

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Post by s***@hotmail.com
During either *state of expectation* with an anonymous and patently obvious Internet shill, what's usually on my mind is, "Who do you think you are fooling?"

Yourself, evidently...

I'm the only person remaining on AMK who's kept it continually running with relevant SK news and discussion *gratis* since 1997.
Discrediting that is, of course, specifically why you are here.
Steve

Funny, I remember at least several years when it was Don, kelp and the Moopster. I called them Cerberus. I don't recall you during that time at all.

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Funny, I remember at least several years when it was Don, kelp and the Moopster. I called them Cerberus. I don't recall you during that time at all.

Again confirming that you are here to discredit my history on AMK, and for the team win with Don, David and Mike, aka "Cerberus." Google remembers my posting back to 2002:

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!activity/alt.movies.kubrick/XSEGBmTQBgAJ

I did have a gap in posting from 2006-2009, after Paulo Figueiredo flooded AMK with a run of 600 posts, leaving mostly his enablers squabbling/remaining on AMK without me as his target (your connection to "Cerberus").

I was posting a troll alert and SK news under LB_FAQ during that gap period with a noarchive. Likewise, a number of AMK'ers like myself were using nospam/noarchive in our posts until Google started obscuring e-mail addresses, so a significant amount of AMK posts are not stored on Google.

Like I said in a recent audio recording on AMK, the newsgroup format is basically dead, while Reddit remains thriving with Kubrick discussion; thus your attempts to have a dump on me on AMK only reaffirms why you are here.

Steve

[Don Stockbauer]

I wonder how the human race would have fared had it never developed language? At least one benefit of that would be that this thread could’ve never been instantiated.

[kelpzoidzl]

God dammit Steve!

Brw I have been on AMK since 1996 before you. . Used my real name origially, was rialcmis, yelps, Kelps and kelpzoid. Use to sign dc then stopped as things got nutty here. Stop being so f-ing self centered. Its not about you. Compared to alot of posters on AMK in the past, you were usally mild mannered and knowledgable. When the Brazilian was posting at first I thought you were being heavy handed with him. To menit was much ado about nothing, but a couple of posters went off on katherina...not just the brazilian....and that was disgusting. The Irish idiot from Dublin was worse than the Brazilian and Never saw you targeting him with the FAQ attacks. So It made no sense, why single out tge Beazilian udiot and not target that dubiner who was far nastier? But I didn't/don't sit around thinking about this.


Stop the weirdness.

Don is a Texan, whose dad owned a pecan farm and left it to Don when he passed away. The farm became defunct because it cost too much to keep up. He lived(s) somewhere around that big Lake in Texas with a wife. Not sure current status. . He is Don, not a spy for some idiotic brazilian. Don is into global brain theory and associated 2001 with that--his initial motivation for coming to AMK.

Myriad I don't know or remember much about his background posting but I associate him with the other screen name that used to talk about Pink Floyd---maybe wrong there--at any rate he's not after you. Hes been here quite a while NOT about you.

IT's not about you Steve.

If you werent so self absorbed you would know by his posts who Don is or who I am.

[kelpzoidzl]

Correction: my first screen name was rialcnis, not rialcmis.

This is not a career or something to get worked up about.

[kelpzoidzl]

I have been a big SK fan since I first saw The Killing on TV, when I was around 10 yrs old. The film made it to mid mornig TV a few months after release.

[kelpzoidzl]

Hey myriad, am I thinking of soneone else who use to post about Pink Floyd? And various arcanum? I can't place your original ideation here.

We need to send positive energy toward Steve. He is so tightly wound.

Whatever the case, we all have some kind of obscure comaradery here. Like stubborn

Truth is this forum required a sense of humor and had some incredibly nasty, pinheaded arguing from super righteous people.

Steve said he thought Mm was iggy. IDK. I kind of liked MM and Don's endless babble. AMK IS JUST A HABIT.

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Hey myriad, am I thinking of soneone else who use to post about Pink Floyd? And various arcanum? I can't place your original ideation here.
We need to send positive energy toward Steve. He is so tightly wound.
Whatever the case, we all have some kind of obscure comaradery here. Like stubborn
Truth is this forum required a sense of humor and had some incredibly nasty, pinheaded arguing from super righteous people.
Steve said he thought Mm was iggy. IDK. I kind of liked MM and Don's endless babble. AMK IS JUST A HABIT.

Yes, I also post in ampf, both dating back to 2004. I'm a pink floyd and a Publius Enigma aficionado. Steve is new to me.

I came to amk for various reasons. First?, but not only, to suggest a connection between Stanley (as well as Arthur C. Clarke) and neoteny. Of course, in retrospect, neoteny, as sweeping a theory as it is, is only part of an even bigger picture, and as such, it would naturally be part of Stanley's purview. The man had no boundaries.

I also suggested, in light of the 528491 code in 'Inception' that 237 might also be a frequency. Jury still out on that one.

Who is iggy?

[kelpzoidzl]

I thought that was you. Iggy was Ichorwhip . Steve never posted very much He wrote a FAQ and got frustrated. Sometime I wonder if he actually reads other's posts that veer in conversational.

[Don Stockbauer]

Kelp - Just want to straighten out a few things where you have some wrong info. I am a Texan, live near Victoria Texas on a ranch outside of town , dad didn’t leave me the ranch , I have two brothers and a sister , the ranch is an estate in my mothers name , she is crippled by Alzheimers, she doesnt recognize her children, I do have a wife , don’t live near a big lake but our property does border on the Guadalupe River, and I came to AMK because of interest in 2001 , but over the years I’ve come to realize how extraordinarily improbable the story is, which I suppose is no great realization.

[kelpzoidzl]

Don...thx, I was just going by memory. I think I assume you lived near Lake Victoria. My mom diesn't have Alzheimers, but at 95 she can act like it sometimes.

2001, was never intended to be taken literally, by Clarke or SK. Much of it is based in real science, but the ending and the cosmic stuff, is of course not to be taken literally or intended to be an exact statement on reality as it is. It's Art.

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Post by kelpzoidzl
Steve never posted very much

I have over 1,200 of my AMK posts in stored in my newsreader, going back to January, 1999 (when I began using such software). Obviously, I've posted more than that.

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He wrote a FAQ and got frustrated.

It's frustrating watching your favourite newsgroup die because you consistently enabled the person(s) killing-it-off.

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Sometime I wonder if he actually reads other's posts that veer in conversational.

You can invent nonsensical assumptions like you just did there, but it's certainly not true.

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Brw I have been on AMK since 1996 before you.

Okay, you enabled Paulo Figuerieredo and others to push AMK into extinction so you could lay claim to it. Thanks for that, as it's what I presumed to be the case all along. However, the newsgroup format is long-dead. It's quite easy to be a king sitting on a pile of dirt, so be my guest.

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God dammit Steve!

Turning this into a discussion forum about me, in a gang-bang with your mostly-anonymous AMK pals, just served to prove what I've claimed has been going on here with team Paulo and team FBI. You can lie an lie and invent all you want. You can point your fingers at me all you want. You can blame me as the author of my demise all you want. It consistently proves nothing but your agenda.

Regards,

Steve

[kelpzoidzl]

Steve, it's you who have turned AMK into all about you, with your weird accusations.

I didn't look at AMK for a few days and then log in and see the many new posts, again with your ridiculous accusations.

Can't you just leave these weird comments at the door?

It's not all about you Steve. No one here is out to get you. No one has ill feelings about you and only wish you well.

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Steve, it's you who have turned AMK into all about you, with your weird accusations.

David, you've just claimed squatter's rights on AMK after turning this newsgroup into a discussion forum about me. You've also LIED about me. Those are *you* issues, not *me* issues. So, let me return the favour just this once.

What you are doing right now is completely parallel to what you accomplished with Paulo Soares Figueiredo circa 2005, while he was faking his own death threats and bringing-in newbies/inventing identities for discrediting quotes for his counter-FAQ on me. You never did take-on Paulo for that lunacy, David, and that's all I need to know about your character. Like Don, I simply do not believe you. Cope with it or not. As for Paulo, he is an evidenced online shill; who would even use multiple identities to raise the auction price of an aquarium filter. Pretending to be different persons online is what he did, and perhaps still does.

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Relax, Steve. I deleted the twitter messages. It was just a test. Peace.
L.B.

For example: I have no idea what Paulo is talking about with me and his tweets, nor do I have any idea if he even has a Twitter account. Is another one of his online identities now chasing himself around online as me, while both of you instruct me to relax, whilst inventing this garbage? I have no time for it.

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Can't you just leave these weird comments at the door?

Cole, It's not my problem you were repeatedly booted and chased off alt.religion.buddhism.nichiren so so many times they had to run a FAQ on you to get you out of there. You don't like the FAQ treatment...got it. You're a Kubrick fan and that's fine, but I've *witnessed* you enabling the ruination of this group to get it under your control with Paulo Figueiredo. Your agenda was to bring AMK down to fan-level discussion where any thought which popped into your head, or any Buddhist tract, became "Kubrick content" and discussions above that were from what you call, "super righteous people." You many times post sentence fragments just to get your AMK post count up. That's your AMK track record.

Likewise, it's not my problem if Paulo stated he had relatives in the holocaust and thus a hate-on for the Kubrick estate (due to their relations to Nazi propagandist Viet Harlan) to the point he literally quoted jewish runner Harold Abrahams from 'Chariots of Fire' in his pursuit of Lord Bullingdon's "satisfaction." That's his cultural/religious baggage and agenda, and it's no different than Frederick Raphael slamming SK for not being jewish enough, IMO. The jewish information network needs to stop inventing its own persecution via AMK and/or just grow up.

You perhaps have a year on me on here, but I am the ONLY SK documentarian/critic/fan/researcher/news poster remaining who has the stamina to stomach the lot of you for deliberately running AMK into the ground before it outright died. This is an evidenced and archived history on AMK, not my personal opinion. It was literally graphed-out using Google's own stats.

Once I took a posting reprieve from AMK in 2006-2009, the rest followed. They couldn't deal with Paulo's hundreds of posts about his life and issues, or what got you FAQ'd by and run off alt.religion.buddhism.nichiren. I don't blame them in the slightest. Thankfully, interest in Kubrick online is stronger than ever, and the attempts by many on AMK to defame his memory and estate HAVE FAILED. I'm pleased to have been a part of that deserved outcome.

Here's my position as of 2018/06/13: As I've had my life nearly destroyed by online liars and fakes, I'm no longer on AMK for personal conversations, debates or arguments (and, in fact, I never was) with the current remnants of AMK. You, LB, "Cerberus" and pals can continue having your chats, discussions and e-mails about me and without me. It's better that way, because WE ARE NOT ALIKE.

Unless there's some particular disinformation which I want to correct for the AMK record, or some question I feel like addressing, it's SK news and articles from here out.

Byeeeeeeee!!!!

Steve

[Don Stockbauer]

kelp of course you and I realize it’s not to be taken literally , what I’m talking about are the people that do take it lirerally and will spend hundreds and hundreds of hours trying to analyze it; it’s like devising some huge complicated puzzle and people spend way too much time on it trying to see meaning in what is just a contrivance. That’s really all I mean. Actually, I’m finding that I shouldn’t really be saying anything because it’s heresy. The movie surely has stunning visuals and a great soundtrack.

[kelpzoidzl]

@Don for me I'm more interested in SK's thought process and what instigated various choices he made. Obviously the message is not a literal one. I don't pay much attention to interpretations that are treating it as real. I do know where he got the idea for the monolith shape and I know the psychedelic tunnel ending, was influenced by the lsd trips common at that time.

[kelpzoidzl]

Steve that weird "LB" message you got recently, was probably a troll and old poster on AMK, who had been reading your drama. Had nothing to do with me. Could have been a number of old cranks.

I regret ever asking you what you meant when you said you were "handcuffed" at Ready Payer One. It was natural I was curious and jyst being polite. It never entered my mind that you were having problems like those you related i want nothing to do with it. I didn't want to know.

That LB stuff is ancient history. It meant very little to me at the time---just another usenet crank.

The usenet groups I used to post on got taken over by spammers and/or grandiose people. There were always crazy people on usenet.

No one reads here anymore. You are talking to the wind. Why are you not active on reddit? I only come here out of habit and to see what news you were posting, and see what Don and myriad are saying. Your drama is way too tiresome.

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Post by kelpzoidzl
Relax, Steve. I deleted the twitter messages. It was just a test. Peace.
L.B.
Steve that weird "LB" message you got recently, was probably a troll and old poster on AMK, who had been reading your drama.

I'll correct Cole's conjecture. Firstly, that 2018/05/12 AMK post was from Paulo Figueiredo's e-mail. Secondly, Paulo is an evidenced Internet shill, who played multiple parts online, and thus could partially be posting to AMK as David Cole by VPN using shared access to his Gmail account and nobody would know the difference.

Post by kelpzoidzl
"Steve" whoever he is, is a vindicative, snide little moron. Of course its
a vendetta LB and you should take action against his website.
dc

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.movies.kubrick/XiFtnAoCNrs/9ykyWv8jbv0J

Post by kelpzoidzl
No one here is out to get you. No one has ill feelings about you and only wish you well.

If the above post was from David Sinclair Cole, he is lying.

Regards,

Steve

[Don Stockbauer]

Kelp, the “tunnel” was influenced by LSD? Do you mean Kubrick went on trips, or do you mean he heard descriptions of them?

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Post by Don Stockbauer
Kelp, the “tunnel” was influenced by LSD? Do you mean Kubrick went on trips, or do you mean he heard descriptions of them?

Stanley didn't need LSD.

[Don Stockbauer]

anyone who has seen 2001: ASO knows that he didn’t need LSD.

[kelpzoidzl]

12 yrs ago a brazilian guy, a smart ass, like a bunch of others on AMK, was singled out as a target of the self-ordained AMK police force of one, and began spamming the forum with personal atacks on this Brazilian including doxxing the guy. in reality, it was much ado about nothing. There were far nastier guys already on AMK attacking everyone including Katherina.

The braziian turned out to be an asshole, but there were other assholes equally as bad or worse. Casual reading of AMK was obstructed.

Now, Steve is still obsessed with " LB." and thinks the three other people who read here, 12 ys later, are in a conspiracy with this Brazilian. Get over it Steve. It meant nothing at the time and means nothing now. It certainly has nothing to do with me, don or myriad.


I didn't even know who you were when you were spamming that faq and i'd been reading AMK since 1996. Not into Internet forum politics.

My post you quoted was a response to reading that guy who was saying you were contacting his work or school or something like that to complain about him.

Honestly You were as over the top as pablo or pedro or whatever the fuck his name was.

Why the hell are you obsessed with this? You were like calling the guys work or something?

I don't care what really happened with you and LB, and don't care.

Honestly.

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Post by s***@hotmail.com
http://youtu.be/aCZE8ZuCr8U

The TIFF is getting the Nolan-supervised 70mm print of 2001:aso from June 6 to 14, 2018.

https://www.tiff.net/events/2001-a-space-odyssey-70mm/

I'll try and check it out.

Steve

[kelpzoidzl]

Playing at Cinerama Dome tomorrow for 6 days. Unless I can get my sister to cover for me watching my mom, i can't go.

No way can I leave my mom alone. I wonder if Nolan will prepare a disc with his specs?

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Post by s***@hotmail.com
I'll try and check it out.

Caught the 50th anniversary print of 2001:aso this evening. TIFF had it in cinema 1, which was about half full with a mostly respectful audience.

The good: sound and stereo separation are much improved. I may have mentioned before that my prior screenings of 2001:aso in 70mm felt like they were not in stereo; aside from the music. Well, that's all changed for the better. The six-track mix has thunderous bass, piercing high-end, dynamic stereo and clear use of the surround speaker (most notable in "The dawn of man" and the "blue ladies cashmere sweater" P.A. address on the space station).

The bad (verging on ugly): Reports of the Nolan print having a cyan cast were correct. ALL the stars in many of the space shots are cyan! Nolan used the original timing light notes from 1968, but the film elements have had a colour shift over these 50 years. Some shots are peerless (e.g., much of SK's handheld footage), but those showed-up many other shots with faint but visible mold spots dancing right in the middle of the screen, some vertical streaks and many large dust specks.

There are a number of highly visible and nasty splices, which other viewers had reported, so it wasn't our projection print. Hopefully someone will scan the best available film elements into 8K or 12K for a definitive restoration. It will be interesting to see what the 4K UHD BD ends-up looking like in October.

Overall, most of the Nolan "unrestored" version looks good but sounds much better than other 70mm prints I've seen. The stargate and cosmic birth sequences have superb, saturated colour and are practically spotless. However, the cyan shift and some jarring splices take the whole experience down a notch.

ticket: https://tinyurl.com/ycngumsg

Regards,

Steve

[kelpzoidzl]

I'd like to see what Nolan says about the criticized "cyan shift" and what he says about any degradation of the original he had to work with.

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Post by s***@hotmail.com
The good: sound and stereo separation are much improved. I may have mentioned before that my prior screenings of 2001:aso in 70mm felt like they were not in stereo; aside from the music.

Pre-Cannes interview with Christopher Nolan, where he expresses the same astonishment at finally hearing 2001:aso in its proper six-track mix.

https://www.kcrw.com/news-culture/shows/the-treatment/christopher-nolan-2001-a-space-odyssey201d

or

https://podcast-download.kcrw.com/kcrw/audio/podcast/etc/tt/KCRW-the_treatment-christopher_nolan_2001_a_space_odyssey201d-180516.mp3

Regards,

Steve

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October 30, 2018 now the revised date for the 4K UHD of 2001:aso. Warner's press release mentions a 4K *remaster* from the camera negative, so it's not the Nolan *unrestored* print from the master I.P. (although they seem to have used it as a point of reference). Good news is that the Nolan-supervised 6-track sound mix is on the disc along with the 5.1 mix, which is why the disc release was pushed ahead.

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/954057-2001-a-space-odyssey-50th-anniversary-blu-ray-details

The 4K UHD BD release's Amazon page has returned:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07B12HNJW/

FYI, KK is currently over at the SK Reddit discussing Cannes events.

Regards,

Steve

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Post by s***@hotmail.com
October 30, 2018 now the revised date for the 4K UHD of 2001:aso.

MediaPlay News has pushed the 2001:aso Blu-ray release to November 20, 2018:

https://www.mediaplaynews.com/2001-a-space-odyssey-to-debut-on-4k-ultra-hd-from-warner/

Amazon still shows a ship date of October 30, so this may be a manufacturing delay; explaining why there have been no Blu-ray reviews a week away from street date.

Steve

[s***@hotmail.com]

Review copies and some pre-orders of the 2001:aso 4K UHD BD have been received, and the initial reviews of the image transfer are extremely favourable (it's not a transfer of an "unrestored" Nolan print). The street date for retailers still remains pushed to November 20, 2018.

Steve

[s***@hotmail.com]

Review copies and some pre-orders of the 2001:aso 4K UHD BD have been received <snip>

The standard Blu-ray disc in the 4K package is the 2018 remaster, and is also available separately on November 20:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07DXSK8L2

There are no new extras on the second Blu-ray disc in both 4K and standard editions.

Steve

[s***@hotmail.com]

The remastered 2-disc 2001:aso Blu-ray was stocked and on sale at Best Buy on October 30. Didn't see any of the 4K 3-disc sets.

pic: https://bit.ly/2qjQjQz

Steve

[s***@hotmail.com]

Review copies and some pre-orders of the 2001:aso 4K UHD BD have been received <snip>

Favourable trade review for the 4K remaster:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnarcher/2018/10/30/2001-a-space-odyssey-4k-blu-ray-review-a-monolithic-achievement/#573b71982fe8

Steve

[Don Stockbauer]

Humans didn't need to be taught how to kill.

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Review copies and some pre-orders of the 2001:aso 4K UHD BD have been received <snip>

I have the 4K UHDBD of 2001:aso. Not having a 4K setup or player, I can only comment on the standard Blu-ray (which is down-sampled to 1080p from the 2018 4K remaster) and the packaging.

The 4K Blu-ray press release mentioned that Warner's 4K UHDBD restoration was built on the foundation on Nolan's 2018 "unrestored" print, and it shows. The colour grade is, like the 2018 70mm print I saw at the TIFF and IMAX Cinesphere, heavily shifted into the cyan range. Cyan stars, AGAIN! So close and yet so far...very frustrating. The detail is better and noticeably improved from the 2007 Blu-ray release of 2001:aso, and the inclusion of the 1968 6-track sound mix is a plus.

Below are screen captures from the Blu-ray from 2007 and the standard 2018 Blu-ray from the 4K set, revealing the cyan shift. I've taken colour-blindness tests, so I knew it wasn't me when I was complaining about this back in June.

JPEG: https://tinyurl.com/y7sx5zxy

PDF: https://tinyurl.com/ybq2xd34

The 3-disc set comes in a quality metallic red hard slipcase with debossing and a pouch containing a booklet with production photos and stills, as well as four mini-replica lobby cards.

Regards,

Steve

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I have the 4K UHDBD of 2001:aso.<snip>

DVD Beaver now has a review of the 2001:aso 4K UHDBD, with more screen captures, showing the heavy cyan push throughout (check out the highlights on starchild).

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I guess if you're going to screw-up a colour grade, you might as well do it with one of the greatest films ever made and in 4K.

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/blu-ray_reviews_72/2001_a_space_odyssey_4K_blu-ray.htm

Steve

P.S. B&N has a Criterion Blu-ray sale running with 50% off BL & DS:

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/b/50-off-the-criterion-collection/_/N-2rg0

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Post by s***@hotmail.com
I guess if you're going to screw-up a colour grade, you might as well do it with one of the greatest films ever made and in 4K.

The release date of the 4K UHDBD of 2001:aso has been pushed ahead again. Some sources say December 18, 2018, but it's looking more like early 2019. Forum rumours say it's the space station fade-out issue (I can confirm it is a hard cut to black on the 2018 remaster), but hopefully this delay is to pull the cyan cast out of that colour grade.

Amazon US has completely pulled the release date from their product page:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07B12HNJW/

The BestBuy steelbook has also been pulled, but it's likely to re-appear through Zaavi. The Australian steelbook is still listed for sale, though it's region B.

https://www.jbhifi.com.au/movies-tv-shows/movies-tv-shows-on-sale/sci-fi/2001-a-space-odyssey-steelbook/335004/

Steve

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Post by s***@hotmail.com
The release date of the 4K UHDBD of 2001:aso has been pushed ahead again. Some sources say December 18, 2018, but it's looking more like early 2019.

2001:aso 4K Blu-ray stock from the aborted November 30, 2018 release date was on sale at BestBuy Canada yesterday.

https://tinyurl.com/yb9gk79j

A result of their competition, Amazon Canada, listing it for sale and in stock...

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07B14J2N7/

...likely a database error from the multiple release date pushes by Warners.

Steve

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Post by s***@hotmail.com
2001:aso 4K Blu-ray stock from the aborted November 30, 2018 release date was on sale at BestBuy Canada yesterday.

...the aborted November 20, 2018 release date...after the aborted October 30, 2018 release date.

Even I'm confused.

Steve

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Post by s***@hotmail.com
The release date of the 4K UHDBD of 2001:aso has been pushed ahead again.

Amazon U.S. still shows a December 18, 2018 release date, however there is a new UPC [883929671526] and product page for the 2001:aso 4K UHDBD:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KH8W76F

Steve

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4K news reveals a new 2001:aso 4K UHDBD insert, with a red area for the new UPC code [883929671526].

http://4k.com/news/2001-space-odyssey-comes-4k-ultra-hd-blu-ray-just-5-days/

There is a white UPC area for the old UPC code on the copy I have, so do check for a *red UPC* to purchase the new stock (apparently correcting the space station fade out).

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I doubt there's been any of colour correction for the pervasive "cyan stars" or other timing problems, as the article still cites, "the end result is a release to digital that builds on what was done with the 70mm prints".

Regards,

Steve

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Post by s***@hotmail.com
4K news reveals a new 2001:aso 4K UHDBD insert, with a red area for the new UPC code [883929671526].

Confirmed that the new 2001:aso 4K UHDBD stock [RED UPC: 883929671526] has the proper fade-to-black from the space station instead of the hard cut. The few screen shots I have seen indicate that the pervasive colour timing problems *are* still there. I will most likely buy a copy of the new 4K stock to make sure.

The standard 2-disc remastered Blu-ray will also have a new YELLOW UPC: 883929671533. The old stock (with the hard cut from the space station) has a white UPC 883929653003.

Steve

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Post by s***@hotmail.com
4K news reveals a new 2001:aso 4K UHDBD insert, with a red area for the new UPC code [883929671526].

As with the 2001:aso 4K slipcase release, new stock of the BestBuy exclusive 4K steelbook release (crappy cover, IMO) will also have a new RED UPC: 883929671694.

Steve

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Post by s***@hotmail.com
Confirmed that the new 2001:aso 4K UHDBD stock [RED UPC: 883929671526] has the proper fade-to-black from the space station instead of the hard cut.

No new 2001:aso 4K UHDBD stock in my local stores this week; maybe next. Reading home theatre/Blu-ray forum comments today ("too teal"..."orange hallway"...etc.), there were no fixes for its colour timing problems. File under: DEATH OF CINEMA.

Nonetheless, the 4K transfer of 2001:aso is now on iTunes ($17.99):
https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/2001-a-space-odyssey/id285993250

$10 less on iTunes Canada for some reason ($7.99 CAD):
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/movie/2001-a-space-odyssey/id285993250

I would assume it's also now available on the major streaming services.

Steve

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Post by s***@hotmail.com
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/movie/2001-a-space-odyssey/id285993250

Well, the new 4K iTunes version has a hard cut from the space station instead of a fade. I would assume WB will replace the iTunes file once the expected complaints arrive.

Steve

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Post by s***@hotmail.com
Well, the new 4K iTunes version has a hard cut from the space station instead of a fade. I would assume WB will replace the iTunes file once the expected complaints arrive.

The new 2001:aso iTunes file only has one "chapter" for the whole 2h29m.

https://tinyurl.com/ycwahpgh

WB home video QC...hello...anybody?

Steve

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Post by s***@hotmail.com
The new 2001:aso iTunes file only has one "chapter" for the whole 2h29m.

Record of what I reported to Apple today regarding the new 2001:aso iTunes file problems:

PDF: https://tinyurl.com/y7a8657m

Steve

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Record of what I reported to Apple today regarding the new 2001:aso iTunes file problems: PDF: https://tinyurl.com/y7a8657m

The iTunes digital copy of 2001:aso now includes chapters, and the correct fade from the space station. As with the re-pressed 4K UHDBDs, the colour problems are still there.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/2001-a-space-odyssey/id285993250

Steve

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Post by s***@hotmail.com
Reading home theatre/Blu-ray forum comments today ("too teal"..."orange hallway"...etc.), there were no fixes for its colour timing problems.

Over at the Blu-ray forum, they're already e-mailing WB Home Video for another recall of the 2001:aso 4K UHDBD. The iTunes file also has the colour timing problems I raised: pervasive cyan stars, cyan fringed highlights...even "The Dawn of Man" title fade-up is cyan-tinted before it turns white. It's now too aggravating to keep updating, as I raised the image and sound problems *in detail* starting seven months ago.

All I can suggest is: (a) I had a photography major in my BFA program with over two years of film photography, manual colour/B&W developing/printing/correction/densitometry—the foundation of my cinematography experience, and (b) I live in walking distance of Technicolor Toronto.

<deaf ears>

Steve

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Post by s***@hotmail.com
Over at the Blu-ray forum, they're already e-mailing WB Home Video for another recall of the 2001:aso 4K UHDBD.

For any AMK lurkers still interested, the cyan cast problems with the 2001:aso 4K mastering are being discussed at the Blu-ray forum, now that most have finally received and watched their (delayed) copies:

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?p=15903013

Geoff Dearth of thedigitalfix.com: "There's a separate issue here I think. I've spotted some quite strong cyan/blue noise in the new BD, yes, like on the shuttle as it approaches the station in one of the wider shots."

reply by 'AllOuttaBubbleGum': "During grading, in striving to achieve the look of the original release prints, they might have inadvertently hit critical mass on a blue channel, causing it to bleed into whites, highlights, etc. The press release suggests Vitali OK'd the UHD and blu-ray masters, and it's a bummer this didn't catch his eye as it doesn't seem like it'd be too difficult to roll back (if this is actually the issue)."

Robert A. Harris' comment on the 2001:aso 4K UHBD, "I cannot, and will not speak to color," alludes to what may be the touchy studio politics involved, considering he co-restored, "Spartacus."

https://www.hometheaterforum.com/community/threads/a-few-words-about-%E2%84%A2-2001-a-space-odyssey-in-4k-uhd-blu-ray.359536/

In any case, the cyan cast, fringing and haloing has been duly spotted by the masses and it's now in their hands as far as any disc recall goes. There are other shots with noticeable red, orange and amber shifts, but they're less pervasive. I highly doubt WB will re-time the 4K master, as it likely already cost millions (factoring recoup from heavy press at Cannes with Christopher Nolan at 2001: aso "unrestoration" helm).

Steve

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Post by s***@hotmail.com
No new 2001:aso 4K UHDBD stock in my local stores this week; maybe next.

Only one niche local store has the new 2001:aso 4K UHDBD stock, and it's overpriced. I'll leave it with the Blu-ray forum referring to its "cyanization" that no colour fixes were made, and purchase a copy of stock with the fade fix when it drops in price on Amazon or at a retailer.

Steve

s_o_keefe: http://www.mediafire.com/folder/k9qjxs8uv5ces/s_o_keefe
AMK: http://www.mediafire.com/folder/bbwm3s3rpcjbi/AMK

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Post by s***@hotmail.com
Below are screen captures from the Blu-ray from 2007 and the standard 2018 Blu-ray from the 4K set, revealing the cyan shift.

Larger screen captures of the cyan-shifted highlights in the 2001:aso 4K remaster Blu-ray, revealing a cyan halo around the monolith.

JPEG: https://tinyurl.com/ybbrfrbl

PDF: https://tinyurl.com/y9yruhgn

Steve

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Post by s***@hotmail.com
Larger screen captures of the cyan-shifted highlights in the 2001:aso 4K remaster Blu-ray, revealing a cyan halo around the monolith.

More screen captures of the cyan-shifted highlights and black levels in the 2001:aso 4K remaster Blu-ray, showcasing the cyan stars.

PDF: https://tinyurl.com/yco5gaz6

Steve

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Post by s***@hotmail.com
More screen captures of the cyan-shifted highlights and black levels in the 2001:aso 4K remaster Blu-ray, showcasing the cyan stars.

I e-mailed links to my three PDFs regarding the cyan problem in the 2001:aso 4KUHD Blu-ray to Bill Hunt, who runs thedigitalbits.com. He already received technical notes from Warners on the restoration, so I thought he might be able have them to address the cyan problem for the re-pressed 4K/1080p discs.

Hunt's response, "Except that Nolan didn't give the final approvals on the color grade – that was Leon Vitali, Ned Price, and Janet Wilson."

While restoration workflow and color timing for the 2018 celluloid "unrestored" print at Fotokem in L.A. was supervised by Nolan using the 1968 timing charts, the digital remaster *was built* on that color-timing foundation, again at Fotokem, through their 11K Imagica scan>8K>4K digital restoration. I doubt the colorists or Vitali would (or could) have undone Nolan's foundation work.

Ultimately, one would have needed to see the heavy cyan cast throughout the 70mm "unrestored" prints to have recognized the similarity to the 2018 Blu-ray. In his glowing A-grade review of the 4K Blu-ray, Hunt mentioned not wanting to see the 2018 celluloid print of 2001:aso.

http://thedigitalbits.com/item/2001-a-space-odyssey-uhd-bd

Posted on October 29, 2018, it's far too along for a retraction, I suppose. So, get ready to enjoy those cyan stars and red-tinted Discovery hallways in 4K.

Steve

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Post by s***@hotmail.com
More screen captures of the cyan-shifted highlights and black levels in the 2001:aso 4K remaster Blu-ray, showcasing the cyan stars.

I e-mailed links to my three PDFs regarding the cyan problem in the 2001:aso 4KUHD Blu-ray to Bill Hunt, who runs thedigitalbits.com. He already received technical notes from Warners on the restoration, so I thought he might be able to have them address the cyan problem for any re-pressed 4K/1080p discs.

Hunt's reply today, "Except that Nolan didn't give the final approvals on the color grade – that was Leon Vitali, Ned Price, and Janet Wilson."

While restoration workflow and color timing for the 2018 celluloid "unrestored" print at Fotokem in L.A. were supervised by Nolan using the 1968 timing charts, the digital remaster *was built* on that color-timing foundation, again at Fotokem, through their 11K Imagica scan>8K>4K digital restoration. I doubt the colorists or Vitali would (or could) have undone Nolan's foundation work.

Ultimately, one would have needed to see the heavy cyan cast throughout the 70mm "unrestored" prints to have recognized the similarity to the 2018 Blu-ray. In his glowing A-grade review of the 4K Blu-ray, Hunt mentioned not wanting to see the 2018 celluloid print of 2001:aso.

http://thedigitalbits.com/item/2001-a-space-odyssey-uhd-bd

Posted on October 29, 2018, it's far too along for a retraction, I suppose. So, get ready to enjoy those cyan stars and red-tinted Discovery hallways in 4K.

http://youtu.be/E4m0AOinkqk

Regards,

Steve

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Post by s***@hotmail.com
Hunt's reply today, "Except that Nolan didn't give the final approvals on the color grade – that was Leon Vitali, Ned Price, and Janet Wilson."

Perhaps an AMK lurker with *connections* can forward this to WB for future reference:

https://tinyurl.com/ycyrc5r7

File under: much ado about nothing.

Steve

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Post by s***@hotmail.com
I e-mailed links to my three PDFs regarding the cyan problem in the 2001:aso 4KUHD Blu-ray to Bill Hunt, who runs thedigitalbits.com.

Bill Hunt has re-posted his interview with Vitali on the remastering work for the SK 2001 DVD set:

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/featured/interviews/leon-vitali-talks-kubrick-on-dvd

Steve

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Another Wells article on the 4K UHD BD release of 2001:aso, stemming from his interview with Vitali:

http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2018/04/nolans-yellowish-teal-tinted-2001-obviously-sucks/

Steve

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This is bizarre. Hard to believe Nolan would screw this up. The article is confusing. Have they already fuxed the problem?

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Post by s***@hotmail.com
Wondering if this will be a proper 8K re-scan from the negatives, or if that will be something eventually passed-on for Criterion to handle, per BL.

Fotokem in Burbank, CA (which produced Nolan's "unrestored" prints of 2001:aso) scanned the original negative elements on an 11K IMAGICA scanner, which handles 65mm and outputs 8K frame records. Nolan had used this scanner for "Interstellar" and "Dunkirk." For the upcoming UHD BD, the 8K files of 2001:aso were downsampled to 4K for the restoration process.

So, at least there *is* an 8K scan of 2001:aso on file at Fotokem or WB.

Steve