Originally posted by: boris
“If Lucas can't be arsed to do the original trilogy justice, then I say, hand whatever he has over to Criterion and let them do the rest.”
see this link
I have some criterion DVD's... most of them were mastered form their laserdisc masters, for instance Robocop and Life of Brian. Silence of the Lambs was too (audio commentary lifted from the LD release too for both Silence of the Lambs and Robocop). When comparing Robocop to the MGM release I think Criterions looks much better... I think the guy who wrote that really doesn't know what he's talking about... if he hates DVD's released from LD masters Criterion should be on the TOP of his hate list!
Originally posted by: THX
I'm gonna have to go with boris on this one. All VHS tapes were non-anamorphic but that doesn't mean it'll be VHS quality either. Anamorphic vs. letterbox has nothing to do with Laserdisc. The digital tape masters which these DVDs are made from have nothing to do with Laserdisc either.
Just to point something out:I'm gonna have to go with boris on this one. All VHS tapes were non-anamorphic but that doesn't mean it'll be VHS quality either. Anamorphic vs. letterbox has nothing to do with Laserdisc. The digital tape masters which these DVDs are made from have nothing to do with Laserdisc either.
“If Lucas can't be arsed to do the original trilogy justice, then I say, hand whatever he has over to Criterion and let them do the rest.”
see this link
I have some criterion DVD's... most of them were mastered form their laserdisc masters, for instance Robocop and Life of Brian. Silence of the Lambs was too (audio commentary lifted from the LD release too for both Silence of the Lambs and Robocop). When comparing Robocop to the MGM release I think Criterions looks much better... I think the guy who wrote that really doesn't know what he's talking about... if he hates DVD's released from LD masters Criterion should be on the TOP of his hate list!
Criterion ceased doing this in 1999 or so. It was common back then for any company. No one will deny this. But we are not living in 1999 and Criterion has not done this for many years.