aw man, well at least I know what next month's WDYLL theme should be.
― dayo, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 05:49 (fifteen years ago)
xp For instance this:
http://i51.tinypic.com/514t9j.png
is a bit of a stretch.
― I am Woolen Man. The scarf and I are one. (kenan), Tuesday, 8 February 2011 05:49 (fifteen years ago)
(... for that bikini, amirite?!)
― I am Woolen Man. The scarf and I are one. (kenan), Tuesday, 8 February 2011 05:51 (fifteen years ago)
Seriously, Jordan, after the first three-ish photos you posted, none of them contain unusual amounts of teal OR orange.
― I am Woolen Man. The scarf and I are one. (kenan), Tuesday, 8 February 2011 05:54 (fifteen years ago)
Let Me In owns this thread
― Gukbe, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 05:56 (fifteen years ago)
i don't agree -- i mean, somehow (a coincidence?) 80% of the extras in the background of these scenes happen to be wearing teal or orange?
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 8 February 2011 05:57 (fifteen years ago)
http://i56.tinypic.com/16kaww5.png
i mean a totally classic random sample here of people wearing all different color shirts at the chuck-e-cheese
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 8 February 2011 05:58 (fifteen years ago)
So the problem is with the wall color of a Chuck-E-Cheese in a movie? Of the shirt of a random background guy?
I assume this thread is meant as a complaint. If it's just meant as observation, then I gently and politely do not care.
― I am Woolen Man. The scarf and I are one. (kenan), Tuesday, 8 February 2011 06:01 (fifteen years ago)
http://i51.tinypic.com/29lxml5.png
classic couple of dudes, just hanging out in teal & orange shirts next to a teal vase w/ orange flowers
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 8 February 2011 06:03 (fifteen years ago)
And that means...?
― I am Woolen Man. The scarf and I are one. (kenan), Tuesday, 8 February 2011 06:05 (fifteen years ago)
I don't think the issue is as much with costumes and set decorations as it is with the post-production colour correction.
― Gukbe, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 06:06 (fifteen years ago)
that it looks fucking retarded in succession
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 8 February 2011 06:07 (fifteen years ago)
it's clearly an aesthetic choice & it's a terrible one
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 8 February 2011 06:08 (fifteen years ago)
I understand, that's ostensibly the trouble brewing here. The reason that particular palette is used so often is because the flesh tones remain reasonably believable, but the blues opposite those tones stand out in high contrast. It's all about making the blacks blacker, I think. It's a fashion, it will fade, and movies from this time period will be recognizable for that particular look.
― I am Woolen Man. The scarf and I are one. (kenan), Tuesday, 8 February 2011 06:13 (fifteen years ago)
It's not a bad color combination, I don't think. I have much more of a problem with the obsession with making the blacks as black as the cover of "Smell the Glove," and that's not just a movie problem. Every "glossy" computer monitor nowadays has it, as well.
― I am Woolen Man. The scarf and I are one. (kenan), Tuesday, 8 February 2011 06:16 (fifteen years ago)
still, all of those jpgs pale in comparison to the scene they showed on conan -- ill try & get some shots w/ my phone but srsly y'all should turn it on in like 20 mins
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 8 February 2011 06:16 (fifteen years ago)
I think it's that teal and orange are opposites on the colour wheel (or something like that). they make each other 'pop', as it were. that's why they do it. I blame Ridley Scott.
― Gukbe, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 06:22 (fifteen years ago)
yes that is why
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 8 February 2011 06:23 (fifteen years ago)
Yes, that is indeed why.
― I am Woolen Man. The scarf and I are one. (kenan), Tuesday, 8 February 2011 06:25 (fifteen years ago)
wait i knew i ripped that off from a blog somewhere. stealin' from here
― Gukbe, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 06:25 (fifteen years ago)
I have debunked that blog post before, elsewhere on ILX, to the best of my ability, and I don't care enough to dig it up.
Point is, it's a silly thing to get up in arms about.
― I am Woolen Man. The scarf and I are one. (kenan), Tuesday, 8 February 2011 06:27 (fifteen years ago)
i thought there was some sort of deja vu to all of this. shouldn't skim threads while watching Machete.
― Gukbe, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 06:31 (fifteen years ago)
"It's teal and orange and it makes me ANGRY!" Whoa whoa, easy there. The artform of film will survive this.
― I am Woolen Man. The scarf and I are one. (kenan), Tuesday, 8 February 2011 06:33 (fifteen years ago)
kenan otm
http://i.imgur.com/2K5rH.gif
― Princess TamTam, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 06:51 (fifteen years ago)
i'd crush her blue
― Lamp, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 06:54 (fifteen years ago)
here's a promo shot for dances with wolves:http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7HqO4e1M-Aw/TT3SWIGGzxI/AAAAAAAAG4k/uHF9dMIdIrY/s1600/dances-with-wolves.jpg
and here's a t&o.xls version they've been using recently:http://www.movieposterdb.com/posters/05_02/1990/0099348/l_7580_0099348_1b71ed22.jpg
― a nan, a bal, an anal ― (abanana), Wednesday, 9 February 2011 06:36 (fifteen years ago)
http://i52.tinypic.com/2liu42c.jpg
― a nan, a bal, an anal ― (abanana), Wednesday, 9 February 2011 06:40 (fifteen years ago)
They're not even trying to hide it in Cedar Rapids. Everytime the commercial comes on, my brain starts doing a "teal & orange, teal & orange, teal & orange" mantra:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9VspqcwtJQ
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 9 February 2011 06:41 (fifteen years ago)
goddamn that entire hotel is teal&orange.
― Punish Them! The House of Fortune is the Monster Mansion! (reddening), Wednesday, 9 February 2011 06:59 (fifteen years ago)
http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/egypt020911/s_e39_0RTXXLZ5.jpg
― caek, Thursday, 10 February 2011 21:34 (fifteen years ago)
amazing picture
― ENBB, Thursday, 10 February 2011 21:37 (fifteen years ago)
that baby's popping
― plax (sotc) (cozen), Thursday, 10 February 2011 21:37 (fifteen years ago)
that baby's pooping
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 10 February 2011 21:39 (fifteen years ago)
i think kenan's otm for the most part, it's like the '23' thing where once you hear about it you see it everywhere. brains love pattern recognition.
but still
http://i637.photobucket.com/albums/uu92/damien_stone/mrsunshine.jpg
― The indie rocker is the modern hippie, and the internet is his LSD (herb albert), Thursday, 10 February 2011 21:47 (fifteen years ago)
http://img.maniadb.com/images/album/115/115442_1_f.jpg
― vacebook (crüt), Thursday, 10 February 2011 21:53 (fifteen years ago)
http://risingtensions.tumblr.com/photo/1280/3095247717/1/tumblr_lfie0zs4FF1qayd70
― caek, Thursday, 10 February 2011 22:10 (fifteen years ago)
what the
― sonderangerbot, Thursday, 10 February 2011 22:11 (fifteen years ago)
!
― just sayin, Thursday, 10 February 2011 22:13 (fifteen years ago)
http://www.4dudes.com/2011/02/baby-toss-meme-collection.html
― bnw, Thursday, 10 February 2011 22:20 (fifteen years ago)
http://www.knowledgeforthirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/irn-bru.gif
― dayo, Friday, 11 February 2011 02:20 (fifteen years ago)
I watched "Hot Tub Time Machine" last night, and yeah, ok, the teal-and-orange-ness of it was really extreme. Also, I didn't laugh that much and found it vaguely depressing, which is a much bigger problem than the color scheme.
― I am Woolen Man. The scarf and I are one. (kenan), Monday, 14 February 2011 17:09 (fifteen years ago)
http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/049I1jD86g066/610x.jpg
― caek, Thursday, 17 February 2011 02:13 (fifteen years ago)
nope
― a nan, a bal, an anal ― (abanana), Thursday, 17 February 2011 02:49 (fifteen years ago)
I think that's aquamarine and red, yo.
― I am Woolen Man. The scarf and I are one. (kenan), Thursday, 17 February 2011 02:50 (fifteen years ago)
Kind of an emerald, maybe. But teal, it ain't.
― I am Woolen Man. The scarf and I are one. (kenan), Thursday, 17 February 2011 02:52 (fifteen years ago)
http://www.corbisimages.com/images/67/1C9DDC6E-5BE3-435C-84EF-00C405E8E77F/CSM003092.jpg
― Peter Pepsi (Abbbottt), Thursday, 17 February 2011 05:19 (fifteen years ago)
So the problem is with the wall color of a Chuck-E-Cheese in a movie? Of the shirt of a random background guy?― I am Woolen Man. The scarf and I are one. (kenan), Tuesday, February 8, 2011 6:01 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark
Dude, teal and orange is all over that fucking picture. You can argue this is whining or whatever, but don't minimize the teal and orange MANIA to which we are all slaves.
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 17 February 2011 05:48 (fifteen years ago)
I think the "teal & orange" thing is like when you learn the meaning of a new word, and then suddenly you hear and notice that word in print everywhere. Even though they were always there.
― I am Woolen Man. The scarf and I are one. (kenan), Tuesday, February 8, 2011 5:45 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark\
Except this "word" is a painfully overused one that was invented recently, and is going to date every fucking movie it touches.
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 17 February 2011 05:52 (fifteen years ago)
ok maybe that metaphor got mixed along the way
and is going to date every fucking movie it touches.
I said that myself upthread. Can't deny that at all.
― I am Woolen Man. The scarf and I are one. (kenan), Thursday, 17 February 2011 06:09 (fifteen years ago)
wow, a lot of stunning tableaus at that link
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― na (NA), Thursday, 29 January 2026 15:38 (four months ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X21JsHLHnY8
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Christoper Nolan's "The Odyssey"https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:exxdcplb2ozev5lvw5ohnejq/bafkreibzprnioxb44c2qtuhhpkozqtgcfwvdgcslhei5uxo2z32jpiwa64
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omg that he-man trailer looks horrendous but what did I expect
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