Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Ian J. Ball" Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-03-09 (Saturday) Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 14:58:40 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 56 Message-ID: References: <79775795.731825420.082403.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> <1986534739.731959514.989829.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 21:58:40 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="4d45907d5eed2a141e616daeb0c60d82"; logging-data="562803"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+xFXd2joWPVnoWlpzTB/bY" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:v5oJ3qAhPgCiKVR9LCOjh7zlwzc= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: <1986534739.731959514.989829.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> Bytes: 3499 On 3/12/24 11:12 AM, anim8rfsk wrote: > Ian J. Ball wrote: >> On 3/11/24 7:49 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote: >>> Ian J. Ball wrote: >>>> On 3/10/24 11:10 PM, anim8rfsk wrote: >>> >>>>> TRACKER >>> >>>>> No, not this silly uncredited remake that Adam is watching starring Green >>>>> Aquaman. >>> >>>>> The one and only original series from 2001, starring the Highlander versus >>>>> the vampire from Forever Knight! >>> >>>>> An incredibly goofy one season wonder from Canadia's space channel. >>> >>>>> Adrian Paul is Daggon, a.k.a. Cole a prison guard from Cirron who comes to >>>>> earth chasing 218 prisoners that the Evil Zin released and came exactly 100 >>>>> light years (sometimes it's 100,000,000 light years) from their planet SAR >>>>> TOP in the Migar solar system. . . . >>> >>>>> [snip] >>>>> On Freevee and other services. Freevee seems to have the running order >>>>> right; Ian's IMDb episode listing is completely wrong, based on people >>>>> leaving the series and their storylines being wrapped up. >>> >>>>> Fred-Bob sez "check it out!" >>> >>>> I asked Anim, but it sounds like this series is in SDTV, not HDTV, which >>>> is a turnoff to me... [shrug] >>> >>>> P.S. I never saw this on Sci-Fi when it originally aired. In fact, I >>>> don't even remember that it existed!! >>> >>> I remember this. Adrian Paul was quite laconic. I have no idea why you'd >>> want to see this in HD. As you point out often enough, there's an >>> inadequate signal level to upgrade. The special effects didn't look all >>> that brilliant at the time and they won't improve output as HD. >> >> Because SD looks like s**t on an 4k TV. >> IOW, not just the "FX", but *everything*!! >> >> I would have figured by 2002 that most everything was filming in HD - >> "...Jules Verne" had done so 3 years prior, and even shows on The WB, >> like "Babes of Prey" from the year previous, were filmed in HD. >> >> But I guess it took until c.2005 before everything, even stuff like >> "Tracker", was filmed in HD. > > Huh? IOW, even through 2005, a lot of stuff was still filmed in SD. It wasn't until 2005 that even low-rent stuff like "Tracker" was filmed in HD.