JayArgonaut

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/titanic

It’s scheduled for another broadcast on Sat 1st April at… 7pm - which already strongly suggests that they’re simply repeating the censored version yet again. If it was airing at 10pm or later then the odds would be in our favour for an uncut transmission. Nonetheless, I’ll record it anyway.

SilverWook said:

The long worked on restoration of the tv cut of Superman went completely off the grid, after some dotty member of a Superman forum decided to tell Warner’s about it’s existence.

Why did they feel the need to do that?

I got it…

U.K.

This Trek fan for one would definitely welcome anything that you want to share. 😃

So much of that stuff has never been made commercially available and will probably never be repeated due to licensing issues and other factors. On a side note, I wish that I’d been able to record the Nimoy introductions to C4’s Star Trek TOS film marathon a few years back.

Was the 25th anniversary special also broadcast on BBC2 and was it around the same period in 1992 (the autumn IIRC) when they also aired The Cage?

Thanks! Now I remember the theme night because it also featured the BBC premiere of ST: Voy - Caretaker. Did you manage to record the entire night? It didn’t occur to me at the time that I ought to record it and my VCR was mono anyway, let alone NICAM. I’d definitely be interested in re-watching Science: the Final Frontier and Funk Me up Scotty.

It’s such a shame that BBC2 hasn’t shown anything like this in years.

Likewise. Which channel was it broadcast on?

Ditto… Wow, just wow.

The external device is probably the best choice as none of my boxes have any free PCIe slots and plus, I can use it with my MacBook Pro during situations where I want to capture stuff when I’m away from home. 😃

Cheers.

Sampistola said:

Put the link to download the original uncensored version please

“The originaltrilogy.com forum provides information about fan projects. Due to the underground nature of this scene, there are no downloads or torrent links posted here. You are expected to search out these projects yourself.”

http://originaltrilogy.com/announcement/Notes-on-Piracy-Please-Read/id/13347

I look forward to seeing the results but in the meantime, I’ll enjoy your handiwork. 😃

On a side note, in the past I’ve used VirtualDub with the Neat Video filter to denoise LD captures and the improvements were amazing. If I ever get round to completing my LD projects, that’s what I’ll be relying on.

An overdue reply… Considering it’s been literally captured straight from the LD onto a DVD recorder, the results are quite good. For me, the only (minor) issue is the presence of video noise within the image but that’s an intrinsic characteristic of LD players. I have two players: a consumer UK PAL/NTSC unit and an industrial NTSC only model - both suffer from this problem but the latter to a far lesser extent.

Thanks! Just had a look on eBay UK and they can be picked up quite cheap. It’s Mac compatible too, which is a must for me. 😃

This would capture in a lossless format?

I love this film. 😃 Why have you chosen it for a project? Is the Blu-ray not up to scratch?

Fast work! Much appreciated, thanks again.

(on a side note, have TNT cropped the image from 2.35:1 to 1.85:1 in order to “fill” 16:9 tv’s?)

moviefreakedmind said:

Are PS3s just worse in Europe? I’ve never heard of anything like this happening until now.

I suspect it’s a case of extremely bad luck. I purchased a reconditioned UK (CECHGxx) PS3 from Ebay in 2013 and there’s never been any problems. It even survived being thrown on the floor by whichever SOB staged a home invasion on my place some years back.

Thank you! 😄

Conan O’Brien meets with TBS Standards & Practices manager, Jim Spann and questions the “quality of the dubbing” on Die Hard 2. 😄

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIcvnU9t7S0

(Seconding the request for this to be capped and shared. If I lived in the US, I’d do the honours)

doubleKO said:

Yippee Ki Yay Mr. Falcon.

Sorry, couldn’t resist…

“You can have two: joke and you.” 😄

(Sorry, couldn’t resist either, just a Die Harder)

According to this post, only the Jpn SLV LD had digital sound…

http://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/774630

http://io9.gizmodo.com/batman-v-superman-wins-big-at-razzie-awards-1792746942

litemakr said:

I’m not aware of any LD release beyond the 1992 version, I would have definitely bought it. I did get the letterboxed VHS released around 2003 because it said on the back that the effects were “newly enhanced”. Of course it was the same transfer with no enhancements. I think their marketing people got confused because Raiders WAS supposed to be re-released theatrically in a Special Edition and I believe some preliminary work was done. The rumor was that the submarine scene would be finished and added. However, they cancelled it when special editions fell out of favor with fans after the 2002 E.T. special edition.

Personally I would have loved to see an updated edition of Raiders with added deleted scenes and updated effects, as long as the original was also available.

I suppose the 2008 HDTV master with the CGI cliff scene, contains the remnants of what was supposed to have been the Special Edition.

Can you elaborate about the submarine scene please? What would it have entailed?

Ah, thanks for the clarification. Perhaps Paramount nixed it with a view to focusing on a future DVD release?

You are correct. Here’s the 1990 LBX S-VHS opening for Last Crusade.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWhosaP1ZgU

@Lite: what’s your thoughts, if any, on the ROTLA 1999 LBX THX LD vs the 1992 release?

Thanks for your thorough reply, you’ve jogged my memory about a few releases over the years. 😃

TServo2049 said:

I think the fact that Manhattan was a less mass-consumption movie might have contributed (and I don’t believe it was fully letterboxed to 2.35:1 anyways?).

It almost certainly appears to have received the full OAR, judging by the opening to the 1984 Betamax release:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLXUy7XZPPA

TServo2049 said:

Spielberg was able to get a few of his/Amblin’s movies released in widescreen, even on VHS, though they were only 1.85:1 movies - first, Warner Bros. released The Color Purple, Empire of the Sun (on LD only, IIRC) and Joe Dante’s Innerspace exclusively in letterbox, then Universal used letterbox for E.T. (on LD only) and Always.

I’d completely forgotten about InnerSpace! It begins with a comparison of the night club sequence in P&S vs WS so that viewers understand that they’re gaining, not losing with the black bars. I really ought to have a go at preserving that at some point, unless other members have already done it. 😃

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y7YyTZCO8Q

TServo2049 said:

I believe the first 2.35:1 Spielberg movie released in widescreen on video was indeed Last Crusade, and even then he wasn’t able to convince Paramount to release a letterbox VHS (though it was LBX on S-VHS).

I don’t follow here, Paramount agreed to an S-VHS LBX but not a VHS LBX release? According to this interview, Spielberg states that Paramount were convinced to release Last Crusade in LBX on VHS alongside the P&S version.

http://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/spielberg-turns-letterboxing-into-crusade-with-new-tape

TServo2049 said:

I have no idea of the history of letterbox releases in Japan, but using LDDB’s dates, the next North American letterbox home video release of a scope film after Manhattan was the Criterion LD of The Hidden Fortress in 1987 (it has the earliest volume number of the three scope LBX CC releases that year, the other two in '87 were The Graduate and Blade Runner). In 1988, three non-Criterion scope LBX LDs came out - Ben-Hur and Doctor Zhivago from MGM, and Otto Preminger’s The Cardinal from Image. LBX in general, and scope LBX in particular, became a bigger thing in 1989 (Fox, Columbia, and more from MGM), and I believe all the studios were on board by 1990. (I have no idea what the next scope LBX VHS was after Manhattan - I do know there was a widescreen VHS of the 1989 restoration of Lawrence of Arabia, maybe it was that?)

Again, thanks for the information. The OT received an LBX Japanese LD release in 1986 that still remains highly regarded, all these decades on.

litemakr said:

The CAV should have slightly better picture quality, but I doubt there is a need to digitize both.

Here’s the opening to the 84’ CLV, they adjusted the credits for the constraints of P&S…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpCSFKF_9as

dvdmike said:

VHD or nothing

😃 The Raiders VHD can be briefly viewed in action here, Fast FWD to 26:19.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCWLaAwr3sM