About the idea that finding an IP with no subtitles is somehow the best, "first gen" source or something...I don't get it. I thought the whole point of having the subtitles on their own hi-con roll was so that it just runs "alongside" the negative when it gets printed. Otherwise wouldn't every foreign movie ever just be one long dupey effect shot? That doesn't sound right.

It would be funny if the reason the GOUT source seems so shitty is because it was actually some second tier, "B team" that actually made it, and who knows when. And LFL was so dogmatic about getting a title-less IP (which makes it easier for home video) they actually used the worst possible one.