I saw The Day The Earth Stood Still a couple days ago. I always forget just how good black and white film looks. It has this soft quality that makes everything look a touch unreal. It makes me wonder how the changes in the medium of mass media affect our tastes. When someone appears on screen effort has been made to make them look good on screen. This isn't as big a deal in a theater with a big high resolution screen, but for television where you effectively have a blurry 640x480 image with the color consistency that's about as reliable as a ferret who's consumed it's own body weight in sugar[0] I have some real questions about the choices that have been made.
And after seeing the original movie trailer on the DVD I no longer feel so bad about how much is given away in today's movie trailers.
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[0] That is to say: it's reliable only in that it'll never do what you want.