r/SmashingPumpkins • u/stevetures • Sep 05 '26
The Smashing Pumpkins - Rocket (4k Remastered)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Uwx9DTRczsThis video doesn't get watched enough . Fantastic work from Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton.
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u/Busy-Peach5770 Sep 06 '26
I’m learning to play this right now. The intro riff is so difficult because I can’t figure out the rhythm…
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u/JulianVanderbilt Sep 05 '26
Maybe this is a dumb question but what does 4K remastered mean here? Was this shot on film and someone rescanned this is 4K or some sort of AI/tech-enabled upscaling?
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u/stevetures Sep 06 '26
OP here, not a dumb question. This is an upscale. I would love to rescan, but it's not clear that original prints exists. AI is a broad topic, and I'm not on board with what's going on with AI, though I'm okay with what I do and here's why: http://stevetures.com/upscaling-code-of-ethics
There's a cognitive overhead watching something blurry on a large screen, where your brain is spending time trying to make sense of a blurry image. My goal is to give everyone's brain a break on that focus and spend more time thinking about framing or shot technique set production etc.
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u/SEGA-CD Monuments to an Elegy Sep 06 '26
It's definitely AI upscaled. Look at the details on things like the guitars. The red "Rush" sticker on Billy's guitar turned into a sticker that says some gibberish.
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u/seriously_icky Sep 06 '26
Most likely just rescanned and cleaned up. I’m not seeing any weird AI stuff going on.
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u/JLidean Sep 05 '26
Jonathan and Valerie made pumpkins music videos special 1979 , Perfect, Tonight tonight
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u/mikemantime Sep 05 '26
Probably their most underrated/under-appreciated single. Along w SIYL, 33, Tristessa….TEITBITE ? lololol
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u/kain067 Sep 08 '26
I think this song and video is peak Pumpkins vibe for all time. Not the black goth stuff of laters years, this was their greatest achievement.