Christopher Nolan Says Buy ‘Oppenheimer’ on Blu-ray ‘So No Evil Streaming Service Can Come Steal It From You’: ‘We Put a Lot of Care’ Into Home Release
Christopher Nolan Says Buy ‘Oppenheimer’ on Blu-ray ‘So No Evil Streaming Service Can Come Steal It From You’: ‘We Put a Lot of Care’ Into Home Release
Christopher Nolan has put a lot of care into the "Oppenheimer" Blu-ray release.
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Christopher Nolan took a playful swipe at streaming while introducing a Los Angeles screening of “Oppenheimer” that was devoted to spotlighting the film’s craft. Crew members reunited for the event Monday evening, billed as “The Story of Our Time: The Making of ‘Oppenheimer.'” The director said a lot of time and energy has gone into assembling the “Oppenheimer” Blu-ray so that it preserves the film’s soundscape, which is one reason moviegoers should buy a physical copy as opposed to waiting for the movie to stream.
“Obviously ‘Oppenheimer’ has been quite a ride for us and now it is time for me to release a home version of the film. I’ve been working very hard on it for months,” Nolan said. “I’m known for my love of theatrical and put my whole life into that, but, the truth is, the way the film goes out at home is equally important.”
“‘The Dark Knight’ was one of the first films where we formatted it specially for Blu-ray release because it was a new form at the time,” he continued. “And in the case of ‘Oppenheimer,’ we put a lot of care and attention into the Blu-ray version… and trying to translate the photography and the sound, putting that into the digital realm with a version you can buy and own at home and put on a shelf so no evil streaming service can come steal it from you.”
Release date: 22nd November 2023
Tech specs: Blu-ray.com
He made sure to turn the voices down really low with no bass, and all the explosions max volume and will blow your subs.
Christopher Nolan has some of the worst sound mixing in movies, I couldn't hear SHIT in Interstellar
USE YOUR MIDS
73I saw Oppenheimer in the theater and felt like an old man:
Me: IS IT ME, OR IS THIS MOVIE TOO LOUD?
My wife: WHAT DID YOU SAY??
8My shitty TV makes a god awful buzzing noise when watching it at home.
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I can only watch interstellar on my bedroom TV because I've maxed out the audio compression to watch things at low volume, I can actually understand what anyone in that movie is saying.
7I didn't have an issue when watching it in the movies. Talking was understandable and I expected the explosions to be megahugeloud, would've been disappointed if they weren't.
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I'm sure it has nothing to do with Nolan trying to make more money. Nothing at all.
Nor does it have anything to do with Nolan overseeing a project that had dodgy royalties contracts that have since been banned by the unions.
42I'm going to take his advice and pirate this straight to my hardrive where no one can take it away.
17Just the way God intended.
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Rofl yeah. How many other mainstream movies are on Blu ray? Every single one maybe? This movie will surely end up on a streaming platform too, having Blu ray release does not change that.
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Will do! I'm so happy he's coming out and saying this, because it's become ridiculous that you never know where the movie you want to watch is. There's zero guarantee anymore that the thing you love will still be there.
I buy them myself now, and will own them forever. (Plus the quality of a 4k disc is just so much better)
39I had forgotten how much worse streaming quality was after being stuck on it for a while.
Popped in an old DVD and was surprised how much better stuff looked. Not to mention BR....
I always knew it, but actually seeing it in front of me made me sad for how much I've missed, and now I can't go back.
23Depending on how you watch audio is way better on bluray vs streaming, as well. 5.1 or any good aftermarket receiver + speaker combo will sound much better.
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We've gotten to a place where people are paying for the chance that the thing they want is still on the service when they want it. Literally paying to throw the dice.
7Let's just apply fucking loot box mechanics to everything in our lives.
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The quality of a regular bluray is much better than streaming for the most part! Bitstarved content sucks and I really hope discs don't die out.
6That’s why I download all my movies and tv shows. My personal server never removes movies and always streams to my devices without restriction.
3It’s all just bits. It doesn’t matter if they’re stored on a BluRay or on a hard drive. There’s nothing stopping you from ripping your BluRays and dumping the bookshelf of media onto one disk.
2didn't say I don't do that
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The only moral screaming service is tubi because they don't charge
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I'm glad that we are all saying fuck you to the streaming services. As soon as people started leaving Netflix to form their own streaming services, I knew shit like this was going to happen. There is going to be a fucking market crash I guarantee it.
26I was under the impression that every blu ray inserted needs to show a certain encryption key in order to work. At some point if you dont get a firmware update on your player, it will stop playing newer blu rays. (In theory, its entirely within a blu ray player creators power to simply create a new player with certain keys revoked, meaning some or all of your blu rays wont play on new machines, leaving you dependant on old stock. But its highly doubtful this will EVER happen.)
I don't believe DVDs have to worry about any of this. Im probably wrong however. It's been a long time since I thought about any of this.
21DVDs suffered from similar issues, but thankfully people figured out how to crack them reliably, e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libdvdcss
8Rip it as soon as you get it.
6Yup. The only bluray player you can trust to keep working is a Playstation, hah
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Did he hire someone to fix his terrible audio engineering for home media as well?
20Did people have a problem with Oppenheimer's audio in the theater or do you mean specifically home releases from Nolan?
I thought the audio was fine on Oppenheimer.
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Silly Chris Nolan, only I get to astroturf Lemmy to sell Blu-rays of my movie, Barbie, the better half of Barbenheimer and the better movie to own.
Lemmy is my territory.
16Yarr. Can't steal from me, if I do it first.
14By "soundscape" does he mean the explosions and random atomic/quantum noises that shattered my eardrums throughout the film? Nah, I'm good on that
13I liked that aspect and tbh expected it. I just wish the explosion visuals were up to the audio. It was the thing that should've been fuckhuge big spectacle in a movie like this. Quite the letdown.
1Fair play on the explosions, I expected those too. I just really wasn't prepared for the microscopic cutaway stuff or how loud those parts would be in the theater
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This is a well marketed movie. 😔
11Care to elaborate? The emoji threw me off and I'm genuinely interested.
3My guess is they're referring to the fact that Nolan's statement here is ultimately nothing more than marketing meant to increase sales. I'm sure Nolan will still get paid for it being on streaming services, regardless of how often it's watched, even if all the actors he employed will only get paid per watch on said services.
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I'm ok with this. I prefer 4k physical media I can rip into it's raw state and stream via Plex. Looks dope, yo. Best part? I own it. There's no marketing douchebag that flips a killswitch to remove it from the streaming service.
8Cool, so we can pay royalties to other crappy companies who benefit from their Blu-Ray Patents.
I agree many streaming services suck, but, the Blu-Ray standard is a much bigger suckfest (especially considering all the people they screwed with newer copy protections and such)
8Copy protection is what these people want
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Cool, cool... I think I have an old DVD player in a box in the attic somewhere, I guess I'll go look for it specifically for watching Oppenheimer
Hopefully it still works
6That’s why I pirate it and own the mkv
5Something something the seven seas
5I'm surprised he didn't mention the 4K UHD disc instead.
4Oh shit, they still print discs?!?
Can I get it on gramophone instead?
(e: I’m kidding. Streaming is horrible for artists, I agree.)
4Buy overpriced physical media? lol no thanks.
3Or…I’ll just get it by my usual means since I’m a grown-ass adult.
3I don't even need to be asked. Streaming for films is a pain in the ass and I find the quality to be below that of a blue-ray.
1Get me the 10%.
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