Info: The Criterion Laserdisc Preservation Thread — Page 2

For those of you "Close Encounters" fans, I have all the supplements of the CAV laserdisc version transferred to DVD-R (as you know, these were exclusive to the Criterion Collection and not available on any subsequent DVD edition of the film).  However, right now it is spread onto 2 DVD-Rs as part of a fan-made project I did many years ago, a compilation of all the known footage (theatrical, SE, collector's edition, deleted scenes) from CE3K.  I am planning to someday do a one-disc edition of just the supplements to supplement whatever DVD of CE3K you have.  Hit me up if interested.

hiphats said:

For those of you "Close Encounters" fans, I have all the supplements of the CAV laserdisc version transferred to DVD-R (as you know, these were exclusive to the Criterion Collection and not available on any subsequent DVD edition of the film).  However, right now it is spread onto 2 DVD-Rs as part of a fan-made project I did many years ago, a compilation of all the known footage (theatrical, SE, collector's edition, deleted scenes) from CE3K.  I am planning to someday do a one-disc edition of just the supplements to supplement whatever DVD of CE3K you have.  Hit me up if interested.

sounds interesting but is there a lot of differences with all previous dvds/br releases ?

The Criterion release contains interviews, publicity materials, screenplays of deleted scenes, and "frame by frame" photo and artwork not available on any subsequent DVD issue of the film.  However, Criterion had no trailers or deleted scenes not in any of the two major versions that were out at the time (original theatrical and special edition).

ok,thanks for the details !

if you decide to upload somewhere,let us know.

i said "us" because it's hard to beleive i'm the only one interested    : (

I hope to begin some type of work on the single disc adaptation of the Criterion CE3K materials sometime within the next few weeks.  This should be easy since it's already onto digital format.  So if interested and want it sooner, hit me up and I'll do what I can.

I love "The Game Criterion", although the copy someone gave me was a compressed single layer disc instead of the uncompressed version. But I love it all the same. 

Speaking of commentaries. Would applying a commentary of, say the Robocop Criterion dvd (out of print) along with other "special features" to a nicer, newer print of the film count as a preservation?

I have my own plans to do a few Criterion preservations of disks I have.

"The James Bond Films" (Dr. No, From Russia With Love, Goldfinger) Upgrade

"Lawrence of Arabia" (Preservation of the 4 disc set with all extras) 

"Akira" (With the original English audio)

"A Hard Day's Night" (This will also include the very rare complete unaltered original mono mix from the first MPI release)

Someone mentioned MySpleen - what is it and how to I get on it, seeing as thought its the only way to get these Criterion preservations?

Jetrell Fo said:

GavSalkeld said:

Someone mentioned MySpleen - what is it and how to I get on it, seeing as thought its the only way to get these Criterion preservations?

I believe you HAVE to be invited by a member.  I used to be a member a ways back...my account got pruned due to inactivity...and I haven't been able to get back in since...........good luck.

:) 

Same here. I also lost my membership due to inactivity. I think they still have a few of my projects posted there. In fact, I found out about this very forum from the MySpleen members. That was about 5 years ago. The site also went down for an extended period of time.

I PMd you, FanFiltration. Maybe you can help?