There was a version of the Japanese widescreen laserdisc on MySpleen a long while ago, and despite efforts from myself and others (for over two years now), no-one will re-upload or re-seed the torrent that's till there (although dead).
Here's the blurb from the MySpleen torrent -
This is a DVD transfer of the wide-screen japanese laserdisc of the movie The Monster Squad. For those who know, the laserdisc is quite expensive and very rare. It is also the only way to see the film in it's original wide-screen aspect ratio since it's 1987 theatrical run. While there are many rips of it available on e-bay, I wanted to do something a little extra with it.
With all the new OT Star Wars rips available as of late, I used popular opinion to judge my approach & learned quite a bit in the process. My disk specs are as follows...
Non-anamorphic wide-screen captured from S-Video
Uncompressed PCM audio
Full menu system with scene selections
Original theatrical trailer
DVD-Rom directory with 300dpi printable cover
What's most unique about this transfer however, is that I have removed the inherent burnt-in japanese subtitles, re-framed the picture to center screen and added clean letterboxing. Being a video purist, I made no attempt to alter the video quality from it's laserdisc counterpart. What you will see is a direct representation of quality from this very rare 1989 laserdisc print of Monster Squad. Rumor has it that this movie will never be released to any new medium due to supposed character rights, so I have no doubt that this will remain the definitive copy of Monster Squad until such time that it is outdone by another loyal fan.
Whether you like my end product or not, I'm making this available as a MySpleen exclusive with the intent of offering a viable backup solution to the proper owners of this laserdisc as a token of my appreciation to this community for bringing so many rarities that are almost impossible to come by in normal channels. I am not opposed to seeing this torrent on other trackers, However I leave that solely at the discretion of the MySpleen admins. As for the .iso image itself, please feel free to distribute it in any way you see fit, providing that you do so with the intent of offering it as a viable backup solution to owners of this rare laserdisc and that you always include the printable cover as part of the final product. It's so boss.
Hopefully if someone here has it, or has another widescreen rip, could they upload it somewhere, so that others may enjoy?
Cheers!
