The Fantastic Four 1994 - The Ultimate Fan-Restoration - Released (With Upscales, Bonus features, & More!)

FINAL UPDATE REGARDING SHARING 2025:

Hi there, I see a lot of people requesting links. Links will be sent to users who are reliable users of this and appreciators of fanedits. This is a fanedit, no copyright infringement intended. If you made an account just now and are a new poster asking for a link, a link won’t be shared.
If you are on reddit, I share it with users with good karma too.
https://www.reddit.com/r/fanedits/comments/1ipeaks/fantastic_four_1994_ultimate_remaster_dm_for_link/

Version 1A contains the 10GB lite version, with bonus features and the unaltered DVD.
Version 1B is the main 38GB version, 60MBPS

About this Restoration:

FANTASTIC FOUR ULTIMATE REMASTER

This remaster takes a first generation transfer of the movie as the base. This first gen transfer has a red tint to it, the first step of the remaster was to remove the red tint. This made the image a bit more dull and desaturated, but it was clear. Then we regraded the move to a more natural color palette, with a bump to saturation, hue adjustments, white level balancing, gamma adjustments, CMYK tweaks, and chromatic noise reduction to fix glowing reds. Once this was finished, we upscaled the movie with the latest Topaz to clean the image and improve visual quality.

After the upscale, we took the upscaled version and added grain, as well as further brightness and contrast tweaks to try and squeeze out as much information as possible. The source transfer was already dark, and it was lightened pre-upscale. With the grain however, there are further brightness and contrast adjustments that can be made to really push to have the fine details pop. So this edit does its best to make the movie look how it would have looked in its theatrical release. It is darker than the trailers, and small shots are missing that were in the trailer, but this is as close as possible with the movie how it was when the Telecine was created.

Screenshots:

Album comparison images here: https://imgur.com/a/mLh7Z5J

Bonus Features:

Included in this release are the following:
-Documents (Magazine scans from FilmThreat, HD Posters, DVD covers & more.)

-Film (The main remaster and the original DVD Rip lent to us by SJ REED Also including NEW Subtitles (English and Spanish, synced to both releases.)

-The OST (.mp3 files of the soundtrack in crisp clear quality.)

-Trailers (The 35mm trailer, the Ultimate Fan-Restoration fanedit trailer, and a NEW HD transfer of the trailer from The Little Miss Millions VHS Release, transferred via S-Video in VirtualDub 2.)

Project Credits:
ReverendRetro
MTR_Edits
SundayPancakeBreakfast
Kryptofreak
S.J Reed

Hi there, I see a lot of people requesting links. Links will be sent to users who are reliable users of OT.com and appreciators of fanedits. This is a fanedit, no copyright infringement intended. If you made an account just now and are a new poster asking for a link, a link won’t be shared.

SpenceJ97 said:

jinxfan2 said:

Hi there, I see a lot of people requesting links. Links will be sent to users who are reliable users of OT.com and appreciators of fanedits. This is a fanedit, no copyright infringement intended. If you made an account just now and are a new poster asking for a link, a link won’t be shared.

I just made my account, as an appreciator of fan edits and fan of cinema, I’d love to see your copy. Why choose to gatekeep something to a website I hadn’t heard of until now but went out of my way to make an account for?

My position stands.

You don’t have to be like that man. It’s just a movie 😕
A campy one at that.

ely2056 said:

Wanted to reach out and say that I’m grateful for the effort put into this by yourself and whoever else assisted in this great remastering effort! Secondly, I wonder where you sourced this first-gen copy with the red tint from? Would it be from the blu-ray that was released alongside the DOOMED! blu-ray release, found here: https://tinyurl.com/ffdoomed As the producers of DOOMED! claim that the copy their offering is from a “first-generation source - the original 3/4” U-Matic layoff (from telecine) that was the source for the all the bootlegs out there."

It is not. It was sourced from S.J Reed.
But, I am fairly sure that the Reed DVD source comes from the same telecine, but it was probably an earlier transfer made years ago. The new blu-ray release appears to be from the same tape, but with more damage and age to the original source. So that is technically true. Look, I’m not an expert. We just got lucky with the sources and all.
We are also planning on making this upload available publicly on other streaming sites (probably not Youtube). Believe me, I’m not trying to hoard this. I just want to protect it.

ely2056 said:

jinxfan2 said:

ely2056 said:

Wanted to reach out and say that I’m grateful for the effort put into this by yourself and whoever else assisted in this great remastering effort! Secondly, I wonder where you sourced this first-gen copy with the red tint from? Would it be from the blu-ray that was released alongside the DOOMED! blu-ray release, found here: https://tinyurl.com/ffdoomed As the producers of DOOMED! claim that the copy their offering is from a “first-generation source - the original 3/4” U-Matic layoff (from telecine) that was the source for the all the bootlegs out there."

It is not. It was sourced from S.J Reed.
But, I am fairly sure that the Reed DVD source comes from the same telecine, but it was probably an earlier transfer made years ago. The new blu-ray release appears to be from the same tape, but with more damage and age to the original source. So that is technically true. Look, I’m not an expert. We just got lucky with the sources and all.
We are also planning on making this upload available publicly on other streaming sites (probably not Youtube). Believe me, I’m not trying to hoard this. I just want to protect it.

I think considering the lack of decent sources, your remastering is a GIANT step up from anything floating on the web. The telecine copy available on DOOMED! Blu-Ray site does look more damaged, that’s why I was wondering where you sourced yours from.

I don’t think you’re trying to hoard this project. I think you realize that it took time to work on it and you’ve set your parameters clear that about who’s getting a copy for now: active OT users. Also, people could get a copy from you and distribute it online.

I wanted to know if you plan on posting any before/after clips to highlight the changes. I’m more interested in the actual remastering work and that entire process.

We would love to make a video about the process and the inspiration behind that. Look guys, I love this movie and I am happy you all express interest in this fanedit.
I want to maintain something:
This is a non-profit project. I will never make this available for sale, because selling fanedits is illegal. I love movies, fanedits, etc. My intent is to simply share it with those who are trustworthy first to make sure this isn’t spread into unreliable hands 😃

SpenceJ97 said:

jinxfan2 said:

SpenceJ97 said:

jinxfan2 said:

Hi there, I see a lot of people requesting links. Links will be sent to users who are reliable users of OT.com and appreciators of fanedits. This is a fanedit, no copyright infringement intended. If you made an account just now and are a new poster asking for a link, a link won’t be shared.

I just made my account, as an appreciator of fan edits and fan of cinema, I’d love to see your copy. Why choose to gatekeep something to a website I hadn’t heard of until now but went out of my way to make an account for?

My position stands.

Real scumbag move 🤷🏻‍♂️

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