They've already shown it in HD, seen it previously, didn't watch the whole thing though.
The Green Mile--HD on ABC, Sat, Feb19
Just in case anyone hadn't noticed yet.
The reason for the sad face is that I assume they must be editing the heck out of it, because it's scheduled to air from 8-11pm, and the film itself ran 3h9m.
With the normal proportion of commercials/content, they'll need to eliminate almost an hour of the film to fit into that slot. Has anyone heard anything different?
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The reason for the sad face is that I assume they must be editing the heck out of it, because it's scheduled to air from 8-11pm, and the film itself ran 3h9m.
With the normal proportion of commercials/content, they'll need to eliminate almost an hour of the film to fit into that slot. Has anyone heard anything different?
- Tim
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Does anyone recall how much is edited out and the amount of Commercial interuptions ?
Believe it or not, I've never seen this movie and looking forward to it.
Believe it or not, I've never seen this movie and looking forward to it.
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Why does this surprise you? It's only on extremely rare occasions that a movie shown on the networks is shown unedited. If it wasn't for commercials, would the networks exist? Of course not. Commercials are how the networks make their money and exist. NBC pays a fortune for the Olympics. And then people complain about the commercials. What do they expect? Without the commercials, there would be no televised Olympics. The networks aren't in the game for any altruistic reasons. They exist to make money.
It's extremely rare that I'll watch a movie on the networks. The commercial breaks and edited content makes a movie on the networks very unenjoyable for me. I'd much rather watch the DVD of the movie, especially if the DVD is of fairly decent quality, as is the DVD of the Green Mile.
You have to decide if seeing the edited movie with commercial breaks in HD is preferable to seeing a slightly lower quality DVD that's unedited and commercial free. To me the choice is a no brainer.
| Originally posted by VideoGrabber The reason for the sad face is that I assume they must be editing the heck out of it, because it's scheduled to air from 8-11pm, and the film itself ran 3h9m. With the normal proportion of commercials/content, they'll need to eliminate almost an hour of the film to fit into that slot. Has anyone heard anything different? - Tim |
It's extremely rare that I'll watch a movie on the networks. The commercial breaks and edited content makes a movie on the networks very unenjoyable for me. I'd much rather watch the DVD of the movie, especially if the DVD is of fairly decent quality, as is the DVD of the Green Mile.
You have to decide if seeing the edited movie with commercial breaks in HD is preferable to seeing a slightly lower quality DVD that's unedited and commercial free. To me the choice is a no brainer.
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Yea. The usual. Lots of commercials and missing material. I turned if off after 45 or so minutes. See my post above regarding the DVD.
| Originally posted by dogmanky Does anyone recall how much is edited out and the amount of Commercial interuptions ? |
I first saw this movie for the first time via ABC HD two or three years ago and enjoyed it .... I thought the film transfer/HD PQ was very good ... A "no brainer" comapared to DVD quality
Although I generally prefer to watch movies via DVD on my own schedule(and without commericals or extra editing/etc), I've enjoyed a movie on Broadcast HD from time to time, including movies I've seen before on DVD ...
Although I generally prefer to watch movies via DVD on my own schedule(and without commericals or extra editing/etc), I've enjoyed a movie on Broadcast HD from time to time, including movies I've seen before on DVD ...
Ugh, if they cut out a whole hour of this movie, then I would have to say its VERY unwatchable, regardless of picture quality. I just cant imagine how you can cut an entire hour of a movie and it still make any sense.
That's why they invented HD VOD imho.
It was on in HD before and I thought the picture quality was very poor. I'll pass.
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Of course, that is all very true, but if a 3hrs. plus moving is shown in a 3 hr. time period with commercials, that's excessive. You may end up missing 1/3 of the movie, and profit or no profit, that's poor scheduling.
| Originally posted by Jerry G Why does this surprise you? It's only on extremely rare occasions that a movie shown on the networks is shown unedited. If it wasn't for commercials, would the networks exist? Of course not. Commercials are how the networks make their money and exist. NBC pays a fortune for the Olympics. And then people complain about the commercials. What do they expect? Without the commercials, there would be no televised Olympics. The networks aren't in the game for any altruistic reasons. They exist to make money. |
Yeah, it seems excessive given that there are usually around 17~18 minutes per hour or so of commercials on TV ..
I suppose I should learn when to keep my mouth shut. However, this airing does seem different than what I got from ABC HD the first time I caught it, which had to be either 2001 or 2002, I don't know if there were previous airings.
For one thing, unless it is just something wrong with my eyes or memory, the PQ appears WAY soft to me tonight, that was definitely not the case the first time I saw it in HD from ABC .... Maybe it's just me+poor memory however, as you would think they would be using the same transfer, even if more content was edited for this airing ...
For another, I could be wrong about this as well, but I think the first time it aired in HD, It either aired in one 4 hour block(such as sun 7-11pm) or over 2 nights, like they did with the first airing of HD "Gladiator"(Which I think "took up" 5 or 6 hours all together) ... Which "somehow" they managed to squeeze down into one night and fewer hours on subsequent airings .... Maybe I'm just remembering it wrong, but I actually caught "Green Mile" DVD at a friends house AFTER seeing it in ABC HD first, and I didn't think much was cut for the first ABC airing of it I saw ...
I tried to search the AVSforum archives for more "reliable" and perhaps more accurate info than I can recall(I'm sure there was a 2001~2002 thread about it) but I didn't have any luck ...
I suppose I should learn when to keep my mouth shut. However, this airing does seem different than what I got from ABC HD the first time I caught it, which had to be either 2001 or 2002, I don't know if there were previous airings.
For one thing, unless it is just something wrong with my eyes or memory, the PQ appears WAY soft to me tonight, that was definitely not the case the first time I saw it in HD from ABC .... Maybe it's just me+poor memory however, as you would think they would be using the same transfer, even if more content was edited for this airing ...
For another, I could be wrong about this as well, but I think the first time it aired in HD, It either aired in one 4 hour block(such as sun 7-11pm) or over 2 nights, like they did with the first airing of HD "Gladiator"(Which I think "took up" 5 or 6 hours all together) ... Which "somehow" they managed to squeeze down into one night and fewer hours on subsequent airings .... Maybe I'm just remembering it wrong, but I actually caught "Green Mile" DVD at a friends house AFTER seeing it in ABC HD first, and I didn't think much was cut for the first ABC airing of it I saw ...
I tried to search the AVSforum archives for more "reliable" and perhaps more accurate info than I can recall(I'm sure there was a 2001~2002 thread about it) but I didn't have any luck ...
I didn't think the picture was any better than my DVD. I had to really turn the volume up to hear the dialoge, which I had to turn down every time the commericals came on
I watched the first hour up until the UK game on ESPNHD. I LOVE this movie, but hadn't seen it in a while, but still noticed that they cut a ton of stuff out of just the first hour.
For those who may have watched it, I can only say to rent it for the more enjoyable experience.
For those who may have watched it, I can only say to rent it for the more enjoyable experience.
Not in HD on west coast. Neither OTA from KGO (SF) or via D* on ABCW (LA).
An absoulte horrible butchering of a GREAT movie. However, I was suprised they let the "N" word get in.
It's probably considered blasphemous to utter this with this crowd, but I'd rather watch it on DVD vs network TV (1).
(1) Now, if it's on network TV and in HD and I record it on my HD-DVR, that would get first nod.
(1) Now, if it's on network TV and in HD and I record it on my HD-DVR, that would get first nod.
It wouldn't surprise me if Voom HD News carried it.
Commercials DESTROY movies. I watched it and will never watch a movie again on network TV, despite the picture. I would rather watch a DVD in 480p.
That's why we DVR everything and click click click right over the commericals. We spend less than fifteen seconds an hour FFing over them. ABC was especially helpful here by padding the commercial breaks with several seconds of black screen. I agree that commercials are just brutal to movies and shows like "Lost", especially the painfully loud overcompressed local commercials that sound like they were recorded for AM radio.
It seemed funny to me that that they did cut out so much during the movie, but then ran the credits in their entirety with no overlay or speed up effect?
Was that a decision my local affiliate made or is that a network deal?
Peace,
DM
Was that a decision my local affiliate made or is that a network deal?
Peace,
DM
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