Charles Threepio

IIRC the CGI was rendered at a resolution of 1280x768, or 1K @ 5:3.

Maybe, but either way, the open matte print currently circulating has the CGI cropped to 16:9.

Hopefully the CGI shots will be presented in their full 5:3 aspect ratio this time around.

If anyone has any or all of the Japanese audio tracks (and any subtitles for those that don’t have narration), please send them over to me via DM, so I can create Japanese localizations for each of them.

I’m going to try and make custom localizations in Spanish, French, and German, and I’d like to see what’s been done of the Italian localization restoration thus far.

I believe the Aussie DVD uses the laser videodisc as its master.

I believe it was the Orion logo, per the UK Virgin VHS and US HBO laser videodisc.

I can do it with mono audio and the original Spanish-language track.

It’d look better if you enhanced each shot individually.

I’ll have to upload it again.

Does Murch still have this version? If he does, I’d like a link, too. Thanks!

SpacemanDoug said:

the original photo is exclusive to the theatrical versions

And the IMAX Enhanced version, which like I said earlier is currently on D+ and nowhere else.

Most releases of Iron Man, with the sole exception of the IMAX Enhanced version on Disney+, replace a photo of Iron Man on the front page of The Chronicle at the end because of a rather complicated lawsuit filed by a leaker over that photo.

JayArgonaut said:

Tantive3+1 said:

Does anyone know which of The Godfather laserdisc versions contain exclusive additional footage?

I know the fan edit the Chronological Epic from modernknife used shots from a laserdisc release but I don’t know which one(s).

That, I cannot answer, but I do know that according to a Paramount insider, the 1980 home video releases of The Godfather and Part II contain footage - albeit brief, that is absent from all subsequent home video releases: due to the studio’s careless treatment of the negatives during the mid 80s whilst they were preparing a new transfer.

Source: http://godfathermuseum.blogspot.com/2015/03/screen-shots-and-technical-errata.html

The first transfers were done in 1980 for VHS, CED, and Laserdisc. The original negatives had been used to strike new prints as Parts 1 and 2 were re-issued several times throughout the 70’s and so by the time that they had already been run through the ringer. So even on those first home video releases the print looked like shit. They made a transfer from the negatives onto U-Matic tape.

Paramount was reissuing most of their catalog and Part I and II needed a new transfer… They couldn’t find the interpositive [a first-gen dupe of the original negative] so they glued the negative back together with chewing gum and scotch tape. Only a slight exaggeration. And they complete fucking ruined the negative in the process.

So that’s why you have more visual information in the first-gen releases, simply put the dissolve doesn’t completely mask the image like it does in the second gen transfer. I would guesstimate that for every scene with a dissolve, you’re missing about three feet of footage [about 2 seconds of runtime]. That footage is gone. For good. And the Restoration edition comes from those same botched negatives. They’re only preserved on those first gen home video releases.

I wonder if the new restoration was able to restore the original dissolves. I mean, according to the official press release:

The monumental effort included the following:

Over 300 cartons of film were scrutinized to find the best possible resolution for every frame of all three films.
Over 4,000 hours were spent repairing film stains, tears, and other anomalies in the negatives.
Over 1,000 hours were spent on rigorous color correction to ensure the high dynamic range tools were respectful of the original vision of Coppola and cinematographer Gordon Willis.
In addition to the 5.1 audio approved by Walter Murch in 2007, the original mono tracks on The Godfather and The Godfather: Part II have been restored.

It looks like the original theatrical version, though buried under fine print, is finally going to see a home video release this March.

It’s one of the better conversions out there, something I can personally attest to as I saw it on the big screen back in 2011. For example, it looked like Zazu was flying directly above the audience during the “Circle of Life” number.

I’d be willing to assist with 3D conversion for the new (old?) material.

The process of uploading is begun. Those who have requested it should receive the new Zippyshare links within the next 24 hours or so.

The next upload will take place tomorrow and be sent to those who have requested it.

I was hoping to, among other things, extend the existing depth map for the widescreen version to create a 3D conversion for the open matte version. Could anyone send me a MEGA link? Thanks!

He can’t at the moment, since he’d gotten involved in a bit of a tempest in a teacup over in the Fantasia thread.

I’ve known RVSA screeners to have been duplicated up to 16 weeks before the national advertised availability date, or NAAD for short. Question is, have videotapes ever taken any longer than that to come out since a screener was printed?

mj0012 said:

But at this point studios aren’t even making 35mm prints anymore, so I’d be really surprised if anyone’s looking for old theatrical release prints in private collector’s hands.

You might say the same thing about screener and rental-only videotapes from back in the day.

I’ll probably group them as The Nostalgia Critic: The 3D Files. (Only the actual film clips will be 3D, though.)

Ah, thanks! (BTW I forgot to mention the other 3D movies he reviewed, namely Jurassic Park, Sharkboy and Lavagirl, and Terminator 2, though two out of those three were technically post-converted.)