The Morning Watch: How Technicolor Changed Movies, ‘Maze Runner’ Recap & More

Posted on Friday, December 8th, 2017 by Ethan Anderton

The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows.

In this edition, a video essay explains how Technicolor changes movies forever. Plus, the cast of the Maze Runner recaps the young adult film franchise before the final installment hits theaters next month, and Adam Savage builds a LEGO version of Han Solo’s signature weapon. Read More »

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DVD Drought About to Dry Out Hollywood?

Posted on Thursday, January 29th, 2009 by Brendon Connelly

For me, the word Technicolor immediately brings to mind images of Robin Hood’s tights or Becky Sharp singing for her supper, but there’s more to that Trademark than just the three strip process. Indeed, Technicolor have been behind film presentation technology for a lot longer than you might think – with two strip colour being developed in the 19teens – and still are, in their capacity as one of the busiest manufacturers of DVDs.

So, imagine what would happen if a company on a truly massive scale and responsible for the mass production of many, many products for the film industry were to suddenly get sucked down by the recession. What would that mean? Would we see the shelves stripped bare of new discs? Unfortunately, we may not have to only imagine this for too much longer. We may soon be living it.

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