PTA's New Short Film "Couch"

abbey road · May 17, 2003, 10:40:52 PM

i enjoyed the whole "old silent film thing," but i would expect pta to do something way cooler and les adam sanler-ian than this, i dont mean to disrespect pta, but i was a little let down.

-chad

thedog · May 18, 2003, 04:21:11 AM

I just finished downloading the dvd quality mpeg (it took about 24 hours), only to find out it didn't work.

I tried it with a few different players with no success.

Has this happened to anyone else? I'm downloading the vcd quality mpeg now and hopefully that'll work.

I tried watching it in windows media player but the quality of the player is so terrible I can't even make out Adam Sandler's face. Unless I shrink it down to the size of my thumb.

Has anyone else gotten this problem? Has anyone else even downloaded the dvd quality mpeg?

Thanks.

The Silver Bullet · May 18, 2003, 04:38:46 AM

Quote...i dont mean to disrespect pta...

I'm sure he cares, too.

Xixax · May 18, 2003, 09:32:57 AM

Quote from: The Silver Bullet
Quote...i dont mean to disrespect pta...
I'm sure he cares, too.

God, isn't that the truth?

Who do we think we are, anyway?

This thread with its self-absorbed reviews has given me as much entertainment as the short has.

Cecil · May 18, 2003, 10:30:49 AM

Quote from: thedogI just finished downloading the dvd quality mpeg (it took about 24 hours), only to find out it didn't work.

I tried it with a few different players with no success.

Has this happened to anyone else? I'm downloading the vcd quality mpeg now and hopefully that'll work.

same thing happened to me, and the vcd worked

godardian · May 18, 2003, 10:59:23 AM

Quote from: thedogI just finished downloading the dvd quality mpeg (it took about 24 hours), only to find out it didn't work.

I tried it with a few different players with no success.

Has this happened to anyone else? I'm downloading the vcd quality mpeg now and hopefully that'll work.

I tried watching it in windows media player but the quality of the player is so terrible I can't even make out Adam Sandler's face. Unless I shrink it down to the size of my thumb.

Has anyone else gotten this problem? Has anyone else even downloaded the dvd quality mpeg?

Thanks.

This happened to me, as well. I wonder if it has anything to do with having Mac?

Off to download the vcd...

sphinx · May 18, 2003, 01:14:23 PM

i have the dvd version, and it does work, you just need to make sure your codec and players are up to date.

Xixax · May 18, 2003, 01:33:41 PM

The scoop on the DVD version is that, well, it's for DVD.

It's a MUXed Mpeg2 high-bandwidth (>8 megabit) file. If your computer has DVD playback software that installs the codec to play back these kinds of files, then you can watch it. Otherwise, you won't be able to.

It was created so that people with DVD recorders could download the file directly, stick it in their authoring software, and burn a video DVD. The ability to play it back on a computer is more or less just a bonus.

The VCD mpeg file is the same. It's made so that you can dump it straight into Video CD authoring software and play it back on your TV from CD. More computers can play this type of file than the DVD type - even though they're technically very similar (using mpeg2 compression).

bonanzataz · May 18, 2003, 10:27:21 PM

mac computers, in order to play mpeg-2, need to purchase a codec for about $20. PC's can play it if dvd playing software is installed.

thedog · May 19, 2003, 01:41:44 AM

Quote from: bonanzatazmac computers, in order to play mpeg-2, need to purchase a codec for about $20. PC's can play it if dvd playing software is installed.

what? damn mpeg-2 and it's lameness.

it's okay though, I tried the vcd quality one and that works fine.

it was pretty funny. i loved the sounds. i'm a big fan of adam sandler and pt anderson so it worked for me.

abbey road · May 19, 2003, 03:19:02 PM

Quote from: Xixax
Quote from: The Silver Bullet
Quote...i dont mean to disrespect pta...
I'm sure he cares, too.

God, isn't that the truth?

Who do we think we are, anyway?

This thread with its self-absorbed reviews has given me as much entertainment as the short has.

you saying that is just as self-absorbed as anything else. get over it, the short sucked, go watch magnolia, thats pta worthy

EL__SCORCHO · May 19, 2003, 03:36:56 PM

I just saw "couch" and thought it was ok. not that funny, didnt like the ending. I really wish pta stays the fuck away from adam sandler from now on.

bonanzataz · May 19, 2003, 04:47:39 PM

Quote from: EL__SCORCHOI just saw "couch" and thought it was ok. not that funny, didnt like the ending. I really wish pta stays the fuck away from adam sandler from now on.

adam sandler is my favorite.

EL__SCORCHO · May 19, 2003, 10:50:23 PM

Quote from: bonanzataz
Quote from: EL__SCORCHOI just saw "couch" and thought it was ok. not that funny, didnt like the ending. I really wish pta stays the fuck away from adam sandler from now on.

adam sandler is my favorite.

i like sandler in his films and in punch-drunk, but I really wish paul doesn't make it a habit to use him as a leading man. Take "couch" for example, I would have liked to have seen Hoffman do it. As for future feature films I just don't like sandler's voice for paul's dialogue. like i said, punch-drunk was fine and all, but just try to picture sandler in magnolia, he and his voice would have completely fucked everything up.

Jeremy Blackman · May 19, 2003, 11:20:18 PM

Quote from: EL__SCORCHOAs for future feature films I just don't like sandler's voice for paul's dialogue. like i said, punch-drunk was fine and all, but just try to picture sandler in magnolia, he and his voice would have completely fucked everything up.

That's like saying Jim Carrey was totally wrong for Casablanca. Don't blame PTA for what he hasn't done.

PTA's New Short Film "Couch"

Cecil