CMGF

TonyWDA said:

CMGF said:

Hey how is this going on? Any updates?

On and off over the past two months, I’ve been carefully removing clicks, pops, low-end hum and correcting all sorts of anomalies from the mag stereo tracks, channel by channel. A preview file should be ready soon.

Oh good!
Then why in the to-do list it says that the clean-up part is not yet in process? And do you have any news about the scans you are still waiting for?

Hey how is this going on? Any updates?

I wish I had, because I grew up watching this show in Israel Back when this dub aired. Sadly I have nothing of it, only episodes in English. Good luck though, and I hope someone else here can help you!

Underbelly said:

I got it from a estate auction and also got silence of the lambs 35mm complete

I PM’d you about this, please check your private messages

Seriously! Where did you get that?
This could save me some work I was going to do during my vacation (editing the German copy with titles from the Laserdisc)

Underbelly said:

I have a copy of lion king on 35mm

Is this the same German copy floating around? Or a new one?

littlejoe416 said:

CMGF said:

littlejoe416 said:

Again, hilarious and revealing hot takes. This movie isn’t worth it. This ain’t it, chiefs.

That is YOUR opinion, and I find it actually quite offensive. I mean come on, who even talks like this today? You’re discriminating Song of the South lovers, you’re being a Songophobe! Deeply insensitive, so uninclusive. Shame.

Please. I’m done engaging with this bad faith argument about a movie that isn’t worth mine or anyone else’s time.

You are invited to speak for yourself - It was definitely worth my free time, as well as most of those who actually saw it and not just read the title “Disney’s racist movie” on some TikTok short with a picture of Uncle Remus.

I was only mocking Wokeists if that wasn’t clear. I find this cultural trend ridiculous (and sad, too), just like any logical human being should.

littlejoe416 said:

Again, hilarious and revealing hot takes. This movie isn’t worth it. This ain’t it, chiefs.

That is YOUR opinion, and I find it actually quite offensive. I mean come on, who even talks like this today? You’re discriminating Song of the South lovers, you’re being a Songophobe! Deeply insensitive, so uninclusive. Shame.

If Disney would ever treat Mary Poppins the same way they treat Song of the South, it would be nothing but a cultural crime. Enough is enough. You can’t just take every classic and look for the crazy reasons to label it as “wrong” - sometimes you just need to enjoy the movie and shut your mouth up, because there is what to enjoy, especially when it comes to masterpieces like this. Getting offended is a decision.

Back to Song of the South - if you are really that sensitive to take offense from a movie about a nice, clever and positively-portrayed black man telling folklore tales to children of both races and encouraging their friendship - just don’t watch, instead of telling people that they shouldn’t even be ABLE to view it.
But, Oh man… you need to work on yourself a bit.

littlejoe416 said:

0x897673 said:

These are the scans I’m aware of that have surfaced in various places:

101 Dalmations
Aladdin
Beauty and the Beast
Cinderella
Fantasia
Lady and the Tramp
Mulan
Pinocchio
Robin Hood
Sleeping Beauty
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
The Jungle Book
The Lion King
The Little Mermaid
The Sword in the Stone
Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Also technically nightmare before christmas and also unfortunately song of the south

Just because you don’t like Song of the South for whatever reason doesn’t mean it shouldn’t exist. 💀

Actually I also can’t find the 4K transfers of Snow White and Cinderella anywhere.

Class316 said:

Starbond9 said:

Great work Class.

Thanks man, but greater work to both you and CMGF! And your own work still lives on in the audio tracks of all 3 Fantasia releases that we now have.

I actually owe both of you a great thanks… Fantasia is one of my childhood favorites, and I would have never known what was wrong with the way I used to watch it if it wasn’t the old Laserdisc V1 and the detailed write up that came with it.

BTW, I noticed that this thread is getting more and more PM requests recently, which is very nice to see! I’m considering to upload both this release and the 35mm one on archive, hopefully they won’t flag it.

Thanks!
Ah, well… most Disney classics are not yet released on 4K, and I doubt Song of the South is going to be the next as they didn’t even give it an HD or DVD release.

I see now that all Fantasia releases were taken down from Archive except the Special Edition Laserdisc V1.

Feel free to PM me for the direct link if you don’t have a MySpleen account, I may release it also on Archive in the future!

A few days ago, I released the first version of my Song of the South project. However, some pointed out to me that there are interlacing artifacts which I didn’t notice. In this upgrade I re-done the video to get rid of the interlacing, improved the color correction a bit and also fixed a syncing issue in the ending scene. Enjoy!

Original V1 write up:

Hello everyone!
I’m very glad to annouce the release of a new 35mm version of Song of the South, which as far as I know, is the best way to watch the movie as of 2023! Unlike other versions such as Notelu’s restoration, in this release I used Thunderbean’s recent 35mm scan, which is much cleaner and has better color than the previous scan.
Here’s what was done to create this version:

Thunderbean’s scan was slightly cropped to get rid of the rounded corners, which look quite bad.
Missing scenes patched up from the old 16mm scan, which I color corrected to match the 35mm better.
For the audio, the same missing scenes were patched from the BBC broadcast audio.
A minor color correction has been done on the 35mm scan to fix some brightness/contrast issues
Video and audio multiplexed using MKVToolNix
Released on MySpleen, and I can send you direct download links in PM. Feel free to upload this anywhere you want.

Hope you all enjoy!

Yes everything is print sourced, the interlacing was a mistake on my end but I didn’t notice it because of VLC’s automatic deinterlacing. I’m currently re-doing this release to fix that, it should take me several days.

So is it still worth donating to this or is the project dead?
I released V1 of my own Song of the South 35mm project a few days ago, but would very much like to see how it compares to yours.

Some folks on MySpleen complained about interlacing artifacts I didn’t notice. An updated version to fix that is coming, I’ll let you all know when it’s done.

Hello everyone!
I’m very glad to annouce the release of a new 35mm version of Song of the South, which as far as I know, is the best way to watch the movie as of 2023! Unlike other versions such as Notelu’s restoration, in this release I used Thunderbean’s recent 35mm scan, which is much cleaner and has better color than the previous scan.
Here’s what was done to create this version:

1. Thunderbean’s scan was slightly cropped to get rid of the rounded corners, which look quite bad.
2. Missing scenes patched up from the old 16mm scan, which I color corrected to match the 35mm better.
3. For the audio, the same missing scenes were patched from the BBC broadcast audio.
4. A minor color correction has been done on the 35mm scan to fix some brightness/contrast issues
5. Video and audio multiplexed using MKVToolNix

Released on MySpleen, and I can send you direct download links in PM. Feel free to upload this anywhere you want.

Hope you all enjoy!

Class316 said:

Words like “I don’t know” and “my friend in another country told me” are not very encouraging.

I firmly doubt there was a recent theatrical showing of Fantasia in the UK which had both Deems Tayler’s voice and the longer intros.

I know, but it raised my expectations somehow. Just brought it up here to see if anyone else than this guy on MySpleen knows anything about such a release.

Yeah, that would be weird if Disney released a 4K restoration of Fantasia quietly. The guy who started this rumor was asked about it and replied:

I don’t know, one of my friends in the UK got to see a theatrical reshowing recently and told me it had Deems Tayler.

as for the release date, that’s the rumoured date that all of the 4K restorations are being added to Disney+

Whether the Disney+ rumor is true or not, if this guy is right about the Deems Taylor audio and it was actually found… then, is there any way we may be able to get our hands on it? That would quite a huge progression in the preservation of Fantasia.

There are rumors on MySpleen that Fantasia is going to get a 4K restoration released on Disney+ in the next few days which might finally have the full Deems Taylor audio. I could’t find anything about it on the internet, but may worth keeping eyes on it?