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timemeddler

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#1542661
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Why are people like this?
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Makes me wonder what these idiots who magically happen to have “Worked in the industry” actually did. Were they the janitor employed at a UHF station in the eighties? They usually insist on saying something technically iffy like “a 35mm print wont have the dynamic range for a bluray”. Baloney! lots of older movies on bluray were restored from release prints, it’s fairly common with older films like Woman on the Run Nothing Sacred.

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#1535828
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Max Fleischer's Superman cartoons
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Class316 said:

superman and mole men is released on blu already as extras on the Superman blu ray box set.

Hoping the new 4k transfers of the shorts are all fixed.

I see, I though it was slated to be released a few years ago, but when I went to try to find it all I could locate were dvds, not being much of a fan of the later versions I never looked into the box set.

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#1512580
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American Graffiti - Original Cut Restoration (Mechanical Assistance/Telecine Experts Needed!) (* unfinished project *) - lots of information...
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silverwheel said:

SpacemanDoug said:

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AdmiralWasabi10191 said:

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AdmiralWasabi10191 said:

timemeddler said:

interesting, there’s a 480p transfer on the spleen claiming to be the 1973 version, is that from this print? Perhaps it could be used as the source to created a despecialized version of American Graffiti.

The Spleen can go suck a fuck.
35mm print would be best. 1080p or 4K scan. Would it ever happen? That’d be neat.

The one on myspleen is a 35mm scan, it’s just 480p

That’s fucking hilariously stupid that it’s 480p, not 1080p or 4K.

Considering that the scan was made almost 40 years ago, I’m not sure what more you’d expect. Certainly don’t know why you feel so committed to shittalking it.

How do you know it’s a 40 year old scan?

There are some optical issues that simply would not happen on a remotely contemporary scan. It looks like a very old telecine with damage of its own rather than issues from an old film print (the print itself looks pretty good - all the visual issues aside from dirt and grain seem to be the fault of the scan being in poor condition). And the print is almost certainly pre-1978 because it has the same advertising tags that were on the original poster.

Could it have been transferred using sub-par homemade equipment?

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#1481457
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looking for a prequel spoof
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Perhaps somebody will know more about this, but I remember seeing a prequel spoof done as an info-mercial for the mace windu lightsaber, even had a recording once and I thought it was on youtube but can’t find it now if it was. I remember it had the awful line “…it comes with a purple blade but it doesn’t mean your gay” and an accidental dismemberment in it. May have been spike tv, but I’m not sure. Any ideas what it was or where it might be found?

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#1373551
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The Keep (1983) - 35mm Preservation Scan Opportunity (Released)
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just watched the grindhouse. It certainly works on large screen better than the so called hdtv broadcast. It’s definitely darker in some scenes, which isn’t necessarily a problem as it enhances the errieness of the movie in places, although some scenes are more awkward. I’ll probably play around with it in kdenlive for some adjustment.