FrankT

Well, I did a little research. Apparently, they found old footage (which was NOT in the theatrical version) which they wanted to reinsert into the film - but the audio on that obscure footage had been damaged. They felt they had to redub those voice overs. Fine. But then, in the process, they re-dubbed the entire film, even the parts that had not been damaged! What, are they CRAZY?!?

Ah man, I remember that theme music, thinking “Woah, it’s The Apprentice!” (the one with Lord Sugar, that is.) Thanks!

Why’d they replace Deems Taylor with that other guy?!

Superb! I have a kind of fondness for this score. It’s totally unoriginal, but very much familiar. Where do I find it?

TV’s Frink said:

FrankT said:

Is that Tusken Raider at 28:42 supposed to be animated backwards and forwards like that?

EDIT: Oh yes he is, I’ve checked the SSE. Never mind.

Wait, are you talking about the part where he’s screaming at Luke while holding his stick over his head?

How many times have you seen Star Wars?

About a hundred times! It’s just something I never noticed until now.

Is that Tusken Raider at 28:42 supposed to be animated backwards and forwards like that?

EDIT: Oh yes he is, I’ve checked the SSE. Never mind.

towne32 said:

So 2.0 was a gout/bd hybrid? That explains the droid’s clarity

If anyone spots more problems, let me know. Sorry for the final release not being final.

Oh… I’m going to have to download this again, aren’t I?

What about those Snow White Super 8s? Did Poita manage to do anything with them before his hard drive crash?

joefavs said:

FYI, the ROTJ label in that folder says “Language: Colour”.

What? OH NO, BLAST! Thanks for catching that for me!

So what about Sleeping Beauty? I believe that got a THX mix at the time too - couldn’t they store it on their machines or something?

I’m a little confused about the filmout part of the reproduction process. Why bother printing it onto film if they’re just going to transfer it to video anyway? Would it have made any difference to go straight from workstation to video?

Well, one’s in that folder already - You can find the other here.

Molly said:

I can’t think of anything the Snow White LDs could be than the 1994 restoration.

So it’s probably the reanimated version then. There’s no hope. They’ve given us nothing but imitations of their films! The Disney Company always has to find new ways to disappoint me! The digital age has ruined everything.

Who’s got prints? They’re our only real hope now.

A 16mm of Bambi is up right now - that’s a good place to start!

I dunno, hearing about how Disney are over-restoring and potentially damaging these films is troubling. Especially since I like some of them (particularly loved Big Hero 6!). We’ll have to get prints of each film and restore them ourselves if we can.

Can anyone confirm if the Snow White LaserDiscs are the 1994 restoration?

Would it be feasible to add grain back onto the Dumbo BD and colour-grade it to the '87 LaserDisc?

What’s with the greenish patch on the right here?

Yes, they are printable. In fact they were designed to be printable.

Ugh! Why is that torrent so slow!?

I suppose you might be able to reconstruct it with custom mattes.

FrankT said:

Yes, now that you mention it!

Arrow “White Box” Blu-rays - Reversible sleeve

A box for the entire trilogy. Available here with options for extras from ronwlim. A reissue is anticipated with options for phildesfr’s BD-ISOs.

This set now has options for phildesfr’s BD-ROM material.

I’d second a 2.6 BD-ISO. Although if it comes to it, I’d probably replace the m2ts files with the 2.6 ones, but I don’t know if that’d work.

Excellent! Downloading now!

Yes, now that you mention it!

Arrow “White Box” Blu-rays - Reversible sleeve

A box for the entire trilogy. Available here with options for extras from ronwlim. A reissue is anticipated with options for phildesfr’s BD-ISOs.

Arrow “Full Size” DVDs

Produced by request. UK Version US Version