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Rakshasa		#81	[-]
Jun 23 08 5:36 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I totally remember that little Asian girl on the bus. Cool story! Links To All The Classic Monster Stills I've Posted: http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/topic/30758
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Johnny Staccato		#82	[-]
Jul 6 08 2:57 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Slightly off the topic but not too far...the same family friends' parents also showed up in a bit part in the 1978 remake of INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS. They're the couple running the dry cleaners. From what he's said his parents were friends with a casting director who would often fit them into whatever movie was filming in San Francisco in the mid to late 70's. BTW Rakshasa out of curiosity I checked out your profile. I couldn't help but notice your hobbies. Guitars,women and monsters! The spice of life in my book too!!!
Jeffrey Allen Rydell		#83	[-]
Jul 6 08 3:35 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	"She... not my wife!" Very memorable couple of scenes. - Jeff
Johnny Staccato		#84	[-]
Jul 6 08 8:08 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Jeffrey Allen Rydell wrote: "She... not my wife!" Very memorable couple of scenes. I totally agree with you. The scene in which Sutherland returns to the cleaners and the husband tells him "she better now...much better now" always gave me the heebie-jeebies. Especially that glare that the couple give him. Brrrrr!!! Gives me the creeps just thinking about it... Speaking of INVASION I've always enjoyed DIRTY HARRY because of it shares a couple of links with INVASION. Such as director Don Siegal directing the original IOTBS going on to direct DIRTY HARRY and making an appearance in the remake of IOTBS. And of course both IOTBS and DIRTY HARRY are filmed in San Francisco (which is of special interest to me as I was born in SF and live very close). Also both films feature somewhat avant-garde scores (it's a shame that INVASION is composer Denny Zeitlins only work to date...it's very effective). Not to mention both films have a certain "look" that seem to be popular in alot of 70's movies. Though it's not a horror movie DIRTY HARRY almost feels like one. Plus Andy Robinsons "Scorpio" (while not a physically imposing man) is scarier than any ghost or ghoul I've seen . His laugh gives me chills every time.
Rakshasa		#85	[-]
Jul 7 08 7:36 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Johnny Staccato wrote: BTW Rakshasa out of curiosity I checked out your profile. I couldn't help but notice your hobbies. Guitars,women and monsters! The spice of life in my book too!!! Cool Johnny! BTW ~ I got the Dirty Harry box set and the extras are amazing, the films look great, and hey, I had to have the reproduction of Harry's badge! Links To All The Classic Monster Stills I've Posted: http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/topic/30758
Jeffrey Allen Rydell		#86	[-]
Jul 8 08 1:48 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Rakshasa wrote: I got the Dirty Harry box set and the extras are amazing, the films look great... MAGNUM FORCE appears to display a fairly serious issue with its saturation of purer blue objects in frame (at least on the Blu-ray, at least on my PS3). They don't 'degrade' properly - whether into shadow or out of focus - they continue to 'pop' well past the point they should recede. Very unnatural. It's a pretty alarming effect reviewers so far don't seem to be picking up on. If you'd be willing to check yours (the SD DVD, correct?), there's a shot of Eastwood during the shooting contest with Hal Holbrook out of focus in the background, wearing something blue (I forget whether it's just his tie or his whole outfit - it was a Netflix rental). If the problem is on yours, it'll jump out of the screen at you in that shot... - Jeff
chris schillig		#87	[-]
Jul 8 08 6:58 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I watched DIRTY HARRY this weekend and realized it's probably the first time I've seen it in its original form. All others have been pan and scan, broadcast-TV edits. A very effective film -- it's hard to tell who is the bigger psychopath, Harry or Scorpio. One of the talking heads on the documentary notes that the marketing for the movie played up that angle, the poster showing both Callahan and Scorpio and noting that Callahan was the psycho with the gun, or something to that effect. (I'm too lazy to put the DVD back in right now.) And Andy Robinson in the documentary, hair short and considerably older, STILL gives off a creepy vibe.
MikeTheMook		#88	[-]
Jul 8 08 8:35 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	One of my favorite lines from this movie, and always illicits a laugh from me, is after Scorpio has himself beaten up and pins the rap on Harry. Harry says to the chief "Anybody can see I didn't do that to him." And the chief says "How?" Harry's response is "Because he looks too damn good, that's how!" I'm glad Harry was the psychopath with the badge. That's an interesting point. Does Harry qualify as a psychopath? Last Edited By: MikeTheMook Nov 2 10 9:10 PM. Edited 1 times.
Rakshasa		#89	[-]
Jul 8 08 10:44 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Jeffrey Allen Rydell wrote: Rakshasa wrote: I got the Dirty Harry box set and the extras are amazing, the films look great... MAGNUM FORCE appears to display a fairly serious issue with its saturation of purer blue objects in frame (at least on the Blu-ray, at least on my PS3). They don't 'degrade' properly - whether into shadow or out of focus - they continue to 'pop' well past the point they should recede. Very unnatural. It's a pretty alarming effect reviewers so far don't seem to be picking up on. If you'd be willing to check yours (the SD DVD, correct?), there's a shot of Eastwood during the shooting contest with Hal Holbrook out of focus in the background, wearing something blue (I forget whether it's just his tie or his whole outfit - it was a Netflix rental). If the problem is on yours, it'll jump out of the screen at you in that shot... Yep, I see what you mean about the blues in the shooting contest scene (I just popped in my Standard DVD from my set). Holbrook's blue shirt is so vibrant it's almost glowing. Saturated indeed. David Soul's blue shirt is also blinding in the same scene. The scene takes place in the blinding sunlight, so a lot of the colors seem saturated to me (like Harry's red shirt at times). That being said, this is a small potatoes issue to me. The films look awesome overall. Links To All The Classic Monster Stills I've Posted: http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/topic/30758 Last Edited By: Rakshasa Jul 8 08 1:20 PM. Edited 2 times.
Jeffrey Allen Rydell		#90	[-]
Jul 8 08 11:13 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Rakshasa wrote: Yep, I see what you mean about the blues in the shooting contest scene (I just popped in my Standard DVD from my set). Holbrook's blue shirt is so vibrant it's almost glowing. Saturated indeed. David Soul's blue shirt is also blinding in the same scene. The scene take place in the blinding sunlight, so a lot of the colors seem saturated to me (like Harry's red shirt at times). That being said, this is a small potatoes issue to me. The films look awesome overall. It's actually all over the transfer on mine - even when blues are in shadow. I pointed out the specific shot of Holbrook well out of focus because it's just not something that would resolve like that photographically. For sure the blues are very pronounced, but I'm really trying to find out if they're as artificial on the SD, so I can begin to determine if the problem is in the Blu-ray, or my PS3 itself (CLOSE ENCOUNTERS last night had a couple of blue lens flares that I felt 'burst their boundaries' in a similar way, but only fleetingly). - Jeff
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Rakshasa		#91	[-]
Jul 8 08 1:20 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Well, like I said, I noticed it on my SD DVD, so maybe the high def of the Blueray technology pronounces it even MORE, creating a more distracting image. My SD DVD looks so vivid, I can only imagine what your Blueray copy looks like. Maybe TOO vivid? Links To All The Classic Monster Stills I've Posted: http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/topic/30758
Jeffrey Allen Rydell		#92	[-]
Jul 8 08 4:37 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Rakshasa wrote: Well, like I said, I noticed it on my SD DVD, so maybe the high def of the Blueray technology pronounces it even MORE, creating a more distracting image. My SD DVD looks so vivid, I can only imagine what your Blueray copy looks like. Maybe TOO vivid? Other than the blue weirdness, MAGNUM FORCE looks great. There are a few problems the production had with either the cameras or lens mounts that are occasionally distracting (one of the major set-ups in Harry's first scene, for one), but that's unavoidable, of course. The other one I watched, DIRTY HARRY, looked terrific. It's getting some odd looks from purists because its color timing is a bit different from past transfers, but I didn't find it either particularly revisionist nor incompetent. It's just a little different. The depth, where the photography permits (the SF cityscapes), is often astonishing. - Jeff
Hamicus		#93	[-]
Jul 10 08 5:07 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I'm a huge Eastwood fan and Dirty Harry is my all time favourite Clint film. I've been lucky enough to meet Clint & Andy Robinson (not at the same time) . I asked Clint if he had ever considered doing a horror film. He said that he would consider it as everything depended on the story. Genre didn't matter to him. I had seen an interview with John Malcovich during the publicity for In The Line Of Fire. The interviewer said that he though Malcovich would go down as one f the best screen psychos. Malcovich thanked him but said that he didn't think he was as good as Andy Robinson was in Dirty Harry. When I met Robinson years later I asked him if he had seen that interview. He hadn't but was delighted and humbled by Malcovich's comments.
El Diabolik		#94	[-]
Aug 12 08 2:02 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I finally -after over Twenty years of waiting- got to see Dirty Harry on the big screen last weekend. It was a dirty Harry geeks dream come true. The print was excellent, I don't know if it was the British film institutes own, or on loan. One thing I noticed watching it in a theatre was how dark the film is in terms of lighting and night scenes. And of cause the greatest thrill of catching your all time favorite film at the cinema is looking at all the detail on a big screen that you just can't get on DVD. The shots of San Fransisco, just fantastic. Last Edited By: El Diabolik Aug 12 08 2:26 PM. Edited 2 times.
MikeTheMook		#95	[-]
Aug 13 08 4:45 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Love your avatar, El Diabolik! Row, row, row your boat!!!
Heathenson		#96	[-]
Nov 4 10 12:37 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Anyone been spying on Hot Mary?
Jonatwork		#97	[-]
Nov 5 10 7:58 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	For years, a former friend and I would break uncomfortable moments at work or at parties by catchingthe other's eye and saying, "I gots ta know!" If I had a dime for every person who looked at us like we were lunatics, laughing at this private joke... DIRTY HARRY is one of those movies that is so much more than the sum of its parts. It caught a vibe, and I don't think you can plan that, it happens or it doesn't.
MikeTheMook		#98	[-]
Nov 5 10 1:39 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	In my opinion, Andy Robinson's performance in this is one of the great psychotic performances in film. He's totally believable.
Monster Jungle Xray		#99	[-]
Dec 13 10 12:19 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Definitely the best of the Dirty Harry series, I would put this with THE FRENCH CONNECTION as my favorite cop/crime films. One of the best moments to me in the film is the look on Scorpio's face after being stabbed in the leg with the switchblade. The first time I saw it I had to remind that scene at least five times. I agree that Andrew Robinson's performance is one of the best screen psychos, very unnerving especially given that the real Zodiac was never caught.
Grant		#100	[-]
Dec 13 10 6:44 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Is Andrew Robinson related to Chris Robinson? I never noticed a resemblance, till a couple of weeks ago when I saw Chris in an early role (fittingly enough, playing a scary character in an Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode).
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