Date: July 26th, 2026 6:13 PM Author: Aquamarine concupiscible nowag
it's a Technique issue, not a Tech issue. they just haven't developed a new Film Technique that suits the Technology.
music production went through something similar re: digital vs analog tape/gear. for 25 years after the advent of digital recording, people continued fetishizing old analog gear because digital sounded 'sterile' and shitty. but gradually producers/engineers developed appropriate new Technique that preserved the best of Analog effects while embracing the clarity of digital.
Date: July 26th, 2026 7:35 PM Author: Iridescent Affirmative Action Trailer Park
It used to be acceptable to film nighttime scenes with proper stylized lighting and it was perfectly fine and even better than whatever they do now which I guess is No Lighting so you can’t see anything. It’s more “realistic” or something.
It didn't matter with normal LED TVs because the whole screen got lit up during playback. OLED is the first technology where those portions of the image are totally unlit.
So for example the mall scenes in Back to the Future look horribly underexposed now. You really can't see any of the buildings at all.
Date: September 2nd, 2026 11:31 AM Author: gold razzle-dazzle rigpig associate
I’ve watched game of thrones 20 times and I still don’t know what the fuck happened in the last season because it was so dark when they filmed it. @HBO