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Author Topic: Warren theaters switching to digital Darryl Spicer Film God Posts: 3250 From: Lexington, KY, USA Registered: Dec 2000 posted 07-29-2007 02:03 PM                    I am starting to wonder if the high school kids have taken over the labs. If so we will never see quality return to film. One thing I have been noticing is how sometimes suddenly prints start to have this washed out look that comes and goes.  |  IP: Logged David Zylstra Master Film Handler Posts: 432 From: Novi, MI, USA Registered: Mar 2007 posted 07-29-2007 02:35 PM                     I also wonder how much some of the poor quality is the fault of the studio's budgets and unwillingness to pay for higher quality prints . . . . . . unfortunately it seems to be the American way - cheaper and faster, not necessarily better - contract goes to the lowest bidder regardless of quality (and companies will compromise their own quality in order to keep from losing a customer's contract) . . . . maybe poor quality prints is a plot to make digital look better than film (I'm mostly joking)  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 07-29-2007 03:51 PM                     Which brings me to a famous quote from President William McKinley.... "I do not prize the word cheap. It is not a badge of honor... it is a badge of despair. Cheap priices make for cheap goods; cheap goods make for cheap men; and cheap men make for a cheap counttry" Mark  |  IP: Logged Frank Angel Film God Posts: 5305 From: Brooklyn NY USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 08-03-2007 04:55 AM                        Unfortunately our striving for cheap has moved most of what we use to manufacture out of the country, so seems like those in the top ranks of corporate America would fall under McKinely's definition of "cheap men." They all seem to be in love with the workers in China, Malaysia, Thailand, etc. In the last ten years Ford has been building dozens of plants outside the USA and hiring cheap labor. During that same period, Toyota has been building dozens of plants on US soil hiring American workers. Last fiscal year, Toyota has seen profits to the tune of 3 billion, while Ford has racked up a debt of 9 billion. Gotta tell ya something.  |  IP: Logged

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