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Post #783997

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captainsolo
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Worst Blu-ray transfers thread
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Date created
6-Aug-2015, 2:51 PM

I've asked both WB and the archive about a BD of the Fleischers....no go. ti may be the work was SD only. The standalone release corrects an error or two, but is otherwise the same. I'd like to patch in corrections from the Diamond Bosko DVD.

My pick for worst major studio release would be Family Plot. Universal does not and has never cared for their Hitchcock titles-not even back in the 80's during the LD days. Sure Vertigo and RW were restored but they have not been handled properly since nor have any of the others. The ones that come off well are those which are still based on older work and have not been futzed with at all. Instead of doing new work they simply crammed them onto a BD disc...with a few exceptions. Some titles like Frenzy were riddled with awful DNR...The Man Who Knew Too Much is rotting away and they reused the atrocious 2005 DVD master....Marnie looks terrible....and then you get to Family Plot which is so painfully pitifully bad it makes the DVD look like the Blu-ray.

It is an absolute insult on top of all the insults given their Hitchcock library since the 80's.

Do yourself a favor..buy the cheap UK boxset and keep your DVDs for the bad discs.