Project is ready guys.
In terms of you’re finding the time to start it or that you’ve already finished it?
Also, how about the inclusion of the CinemaDTS as I suggested?
Project is ready means project is released. Feel free to remux the CinemaDTS track as I don’t have it.
I have the cinema DTS ISO’s. Message me for a link.
Can I have a link too?
Thanks! Definitely interested in seeing this.
Was this project ever finished?
Not sure if it was this scan, but I did spot a 35mm scan of BATB very briefly on Archive, but then it got removed shortly after.
Hello! I’m very interested in the open matte scans of Re-Animator and Napoleon Dynamite. I can donate for any additional progress you’re working on.
I’d love to put my eyes on this if at all possible, one of my favorites.
I pm’d you both
The person who did the upscale has the raw uncompressed file. Let me ask him for a link for you.
Hello! I’m very interested in the open matte scans of Re-Animator and Napoleon Dynamite. I can donate for any additional progress you’re working on.
And for anyone curious about the European Cut in its open matte UK DVD master, I’ve posted the original untouched file on Archive.
Any fans of Alex Winter’s Freaked here? Some fans might not know this, but in Europe, we got a slightly longer cut of the film released here (it was a direct-to-VHS release in 1995 in the UK, not even theatrical). It includes two scenes not seen on the US theatrical cut: the Freekz playing Wheel Of Fortune, and Ricky saying farewell to all the Freekz before he is forced to murder them by Skuggs. The latter in my opinion has some of the funniest lines in the entire film “Frogman…Perhaps death is the best thing for you now”, so it’s such a shame these scenes were cut out as they do have some good character work in them too fleshing out the relationship between the Freekz and Ricky’s arc in the story. These were included on the out of print Anchor Bay special edition DVD as extras but the quality is pretty mid.
However, here in the UK, Pathe (who inherited the distribution rights when they dissolved Guild Home Video) released Freaked on a bare bones 4:3 DVD. But don’t be fooled by the seemingly lacklustre release, not only is it an open matte print of the film, it is the longer European cut with those two scenes intact. The print looks surprisingly good for a DVD, and dare I say, the colours look more vibrant and superior to the oddly muted grading on the later Anchor Bay blu-ray. So I had an idea.
Thanks to Owen Davies, a wonderful Youtuber who creates AI upscales of TV shows and sometimes films that even I’m impressed by (his work on the Russell T Davies era of Doctor Who wipes the floor with what the BBC have attempted themselves with their upscaling), he upscaled the two scenes taken from my copy of the UK Pathe DVD to 4K and upscaled the theatrical cut taken from the US Anchor Bay blu-ray to 4K as well (with some minor additional colour correction by myself to have the blu-ray master match the superior colours of the UK DVD print). Then inserting the additional scenes back into the film (and cropping them in the original theatrical aspect ratio).
This reconstruction has been uploaded on YouTube for everyone’s enjoyment. Would love to hear your thoughts!
[Link Removed: See Rule 4.]
I’m all for more Mask projects! I’m so gutted i missed out on donating the 35mm print scan, but this looks great.
What’s the source of the print? US, UK?
A few clips of a 35mm scan are on YouTube (the NLC logo and a section of the Coco Bongo scene, they look GREAT), so I expect at least one scan is out there. If anyone does have a copy of the scan, I’d love to pay for one. I didn’t know this was being funded until it was too late and would love to get my hands on it. If anyone could help me out, I’d be very grateful!