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Re:Columbo: an origin story (2018) by scandox on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @07:52AM (#27971332)
Respectfully disagree on Spielberg. Many episodes from the early series show exceptional visual flair. Watch the opening sequence of Publish or Perish or the post murder cover up from Death Lends a Hand.

Spielberg was young and had enormous talent obviously but I think a blind taste test wouldn't show the difference.

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Re:Columbo: an origin story (2018) by selimthegrim on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @09:59AM (#27972532)
You beat me to mentioning Death Lends a Hand.

“How do we trump split screen? Let’s do it on sunglasses” (which always seems to get cut in syndication)

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Re:Columbo: an origin story (2018) by lqet on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @05:46AM (#27981973)
> Watch [...] the post murder cover up from Death Lends a Hand.

Personally, I find the projection on the sunglasses a bit kitschy.

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Re:Columbo: an origin story (2018) by scandox on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @06:01AM (#27982058)
My feeling is that if it was used in the context of cinema/feature film then yes it would be kitsch. But for the medium of TV of the era it strikes me as a bit of intelligent fun.
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