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#1393333
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Going away? Post so here!
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Handman said:

Dek Rollins said:

Handman said:

The incident with Fated-Dualist was to counter his own accusations about a member who can no longer defend himself here.

Did you have some kind of beef with him previously, or was that whole thing about that one specific post? Because if it was the latter, you blew that all way out of proportion, considering it was incredibly obvious he wasn’t accusing the real Frink of being a stalker. His post was referencing the recent “Frink 2” account, since he literally said “TV Frink #” with a typo missing the 2.

Thanks Dek, for your input on things that you aren’t involved with at all.

I’m honestly curious about this situation.

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#1393331
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Going away? Post so here!
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Handman said:

The incident with Fated-Dualist was to counter his own accusations about a member who can no longer defend himself here.

Did you have some kind of beef with him previously, or was that whole thing about that one specific post? Because if it was the latter, you blew that all way out of proportion, considering it was incredibly obvious he wasn’t accusing the real Frink of being a stalker. His post was referencing the recent “Frink 2” account, since he literally said “TV Frink #” with a typo missing the 2.

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#1392224
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44rh1n's "The Fellowship of the Ring" Extended Edition Color Restoration (Released)
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Jason0839 said:

From the tldr’s i’ve read in the dumbsterfire that blu-ray.com forum is currently and the comparisons between the matrix that is an actual 4k remaster, these seem to be an upscale from the 2K DI with some decently applied DNR and sharpening. I like the colour timing but im kinda disappointed they dont seem to be true 4K scans.

EDIT: Wasn’t it officially stated that the non-CGI shots were scanned in 4K for the remaster?

EDIT 2: Looks like they maybe didn’t state anything about new scans. It seems that’s just what the press has been saying without it coming directly from an official source, as far as I can see. This set is looking more disappointing every minute.

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#1390737
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Help Wanted: Need help to watch the original 1977 release.
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KillThad said:

If you’re looking for a 1:1 exact replica of what aired in theaters in 1977, the Silver Screen Edition is what you want.
If you’re looking for a 4K restoration to bring the actual picture quality more up to snuff with modern standards, 4K77 is what you want.

4K77 is also a “theatrical” experience. The Silver Screen Edition was restored from an HD scan of a LPP (IIRC it’s a dupe, but I can’t be sure), and the scan suffers from some light leak. While it was impressive and wonderful in 2016, I think it’s a much lower quality presentation than you’d probably get from an actual theatrical projection. 4K77 is simply better quality overall, so if someone is looking for a theatrical experience that isn’t reconstructed like Despecialized, I’d recommend 4K77 over the Silver Screen Edition.

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#1390399
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Info: The films of Sergio Leone - The best available versions...
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SpacemanDoug said:

The Mondo transfer uses the same 4K master

No it doesn’t. The Mondo uses a separate restoration created in 2006 or 2007 I believe, released as a Blu-ray in 2009.

Ultimately the Mondo is the best looking out of the available HD masters, because it retains all the existing color information, which the MGM master does not. Sadly, MGM’s 4K restoration looks a lot better besides the color issue, because the Mondo has some strange wobbling/warping, some highlights are blown out and clipped, and there’s blended frames that crop up every-so-often (there’s also missing footage but that’s a different problem).

The MGM’s color looks more green than it does brownish to me. If they would release the 4K restoration on UHD Blu-ray with HDR, I’d bet the color could be salvaged finally.

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#1390001
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Is anyone looking forward to Lord of the Rings Deleted scenes next year?
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Ronster said:

So far as the process went for remastering the cgi effects the 2K effects were printed out to 35mm film and then scanned at 4K…

Technically, printing the effects shots to film wasn’t actually part of the remastering process. During post-production, some effects shots were finished as film-outs, and some were finished digitally I think. To my knowledge, the film-outs were scanned in 4K, and the digitally finished shots were simply upscaled from 2K.

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#1389528
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Info Wanted: Has anyone done... The Theatrical Cut of THX-1138?
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JadedSkywalker said:

For American Graffiti. The clouds and sunset were added they were not originally there. The original shot was different. Its a minor change honestly, especially considered what he did to Star Wars and THX 1138.

Oh, I thought you were referring to the sunset shot in THX, haha! Yeah, on the one hand it’s a shame that even American Graffiti, a non-special effects driven film, had to be meddled with by George on all the digital releases, but on the other hand it’s such an inconsequential change that it doesn’t negatively affect the film at all.

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#1389250
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The Unpopular Film, TV, Music, Art, Books, Comics, Games, & Technology Opinion Thread (for all you contrarians!)
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JadedSkywalker said:

I’m lost on things like Whills and midichlorians teaching the Jedi to survive as a presence in the force, i checked out on all that. I like the force to remain mysterious its an energy field that exists in all living things is enough, and that it allows the Jedi to have space samurai/ninja/wizard powers.

Lucas seems to have and i mean it in a bad way, to begin to over explain things in the prequels. To give back stories to every character and cheapen them as well.

This isn’t unpopular.

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The Unpopular Film, TV, Music, Art, Books, Comics, Games, & Technology Opinion Thread (for all you contrarians!)
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I for one actually like Willie Scott as a character (seems to be perfect for this thread). It would be dumb if Temple of Doom got “Marion 2.0” instead of a unique character.

Temple of Doom definitely gets an unfair and disproportionate amount of hate. I also kind of like Last Crusade’s parallels to Raiders? I guess it bookends the series nicely that way.

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#1383954
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The Unpopular Film, TV, Music, Art, Books, Comics, Games, & Technology Opinion Thread (for all you contrarians!)
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StarkillerAG said:

Dek Rollins said:

ChainsawAsh said:

The CGI replacements have aged worse than the original shots.

This. Not to mention that the compositional changes and editing changes are worse for many of the shot replacements.

Take the opening approach past the planet for example. They changed two distinct shots into a single moving shot where the order of the angles is reversed. That shot replacement is not only worse compositionally and ill-fitting to the visual style of the film, but it also changes the editing of the sequence and ignores the timed musical cue.

Another good example is the “lock s-foils” approaching shot. In the original shot, the x-wings are in a formation, and the imagery is striking. In the SE shot, the x-wings don’t appear to be in any sort of formation, and the altered composition and movement makes the shot far less visually striking.

I think you’re looking into it too much. The shots do lose a tiny bit of compositional appeal, but that was done in service of greater realism and more dynamic motion. It’s not a game-breaker to my eyes.

I’m not looking into anything too much. I’m looking at precisely what is visible on screen and determining that the CGI replacements are artistically inferior to the original shots.

BedeHistory731 said:

Admittedly, the CGI models needed […] motion that fit with ROTJ-period effects,

Um… why not have motion that fit with Star Wars-period effects? ROTJ wasn’t shot like SW.

Because the effects in the original movie, to be perfectly frank, weren’t as good as the other two. Back then, they only had the technology to show spaceships moving in straight lines, and big battle scenes like the Yavin battle looked kind of iffy because of it. The new effects of the ANH-SE space scenes really help bring that movie more in line with the dynamic motion of the other two movies.

Star Wars was not shot like the other two movies.