Once were warriors 2 click for

Once were warriors 2

click for a full 720×480 lossless PNG version; approximately 500 KB As you can see, both FUNimation releases are ever-so-slightly zoomed in. The colors are significantly saturated, and in the case of this episode, far too dark. The amount of grain is quite unbelievable, and while its still somewhat present in the Japanese release, its nowhere near what the domestic releases contain. Granted, the first episode is an extremely poor comparison to make and unfair to all sides; FUNimations master is clearly terrible, while Toei went to great lengths to clean up their footage from the original masters they actually and personally own. This particular shot is from the third episode. Once again, FUNimations colors are saturated, but not to the point where its ridiculous. Whats obnoxious is the pure darkness of FUNimations release; its less obvious on a television screen properly calibrating helps, but its still there. The grain is slightly more significant on the FUNimation release, but certainly leagues better than what was previously released on Arrival. Lets talk overall bitrates, though. Without going into too much technical detail, when DVDs are encoded properly, you wont once were warriors 2 all that digital breakup. As DBZ is a high-energy show with lots of motion, its very hard to compress as are most action shows. If there is not enough bitrate given to the high motion, youre going to see what looks like blocks called macroblocking appear; its the MPEG-2 format unable to keep up with the footage. The first-generation domestic anime DVDs such as the original FUNimation/Pioneer release were notorious for having embarrassingly low bitrates, and it showed in releases such as DBZ. So how do the three discs stack up against each other? Well, a picture is worth a thousand words. And since weve got three pictures below, thats a whole lot of words. The scene this comes from is when Raditz first rushes forward to elbow both Goku and Piccolo in the backs from behind them. It is a very high-motion scene, and this particular frame is as Raditz is in the process of rushing forward, and momentarily disappears from the screen all together. Needless to say, Arrival had a lot of problems with this scene. Look at those blocks; you could actually count them, if you wanted to! The new FUNimation release keeps up pretty well; the grain is still there, and the saturation is somewhat obvious, but overall its a decent effort. The winner of course is the Dragon Box release, with its original colors and tolerable amount of grain and breakup. Im moderately impressed. Not a gigantic amount, but enough to enjoy the release. Im floored by the inclusion of the Spanish track, and Im going to have a ball watching it for the remainder of this Ultimate Uncut release. The extras really arent up my alley, but if youre into that kind of thing, thats great. Of course, it will be interesting to see how they handle including extras for another sixty-odd episodes; they cant keep having Sabat and Schemmel talk about their characters forever! The video quality is a step up from what weve previously seen, and while it still doesnt touch the Dragon Box, I can live with that. If I really wanted to drop the money for the Dragon Box sets and watch the episodes in raw Japanese with fantastic visual quality which, by all means, I would live a happy life I would. Wed love to know what you think. Stuff like this goes on all the time, I realize, but it s funny to document a clear example of it using the activists own film. This is an excerpt taken from my new report up at PJM about dueling rallies in, battling for the title of the True Populists. Turns out the lefties had a little trouble attracting anyone outside their inner circle, so they faked it up a bit for the camera: Another one of US Uncut s official in-house videographers was also filming once were warriors 2 day s event, and put together a 13-minute video of the day s entire protest. You can watch the whole thing here if you re interested; but to save you time I took their own video and excerpted two crucial parts which reveal the utterly phony populism of the whole affair. The two-minute video is presented below: the first minute shows the SF US Uncut troupe doing their rehearsed and choreographed dance routine. As you watch it, pay close attention and note one of their members wearing a light beige shirt, sunglasses hanging around his neck, with a balding pate and a five-o clock shadow. You can t miss him in the crowd. But then keep watching. The second minute shows US Uncut about 15 minutes later after they have exited the bank and are now walking down the street. The videographer asks the exact same guy, Are you here for this demonstration?, to which he replies, No, I m just wandering by, but I think all corporations should pay their taxes! Not satisfied that the performance was believable, the videographer then asks him to repeat the lie so that she can get a better take. Busted! US Uncut videographer: Why doesn t B of A pay their taxes? Do you agree? US Uncut videographer: Are you here for this demonstration? US Uncut videographer: Are you here for this demonstration? US Uncut member: No, I m just wandering by, but I think all corporations should pay their taxes. All of us have to. US Uncut videographer: Thank you for joining us! Great! That s great.