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The Flash. Awful script. Bad cgi. Story and continuity makes no sense. Wastes Michael Keaton and Sasha Calle.

The only thing i liked about it was Michael Keaton as Batman.

Sasha’s Supergirl is one note and all she portrays is anger. But she is in the movie for such a short time i don’t blame her for that.

It was cool to see some of the cameos, but it really shouldn’t have been made. Why they didn’t just adapt the much superior Flashpoint instead. Baffling. The animated is such a better movie.

I can’t speak for 35mm scans of Temple of Doom or Last Crusade. I know there were a couple of projects But i’m not the person to ask. I assume they were archived and not released.

I wish i had gotten the HD scan of Making of Raiders before it was taken down. I wish i had gotten the laserdisc preservations. I understand why they were taken off. to not get Disney’s ire.

Here we had the Return of the Jedi screening. But it wasn’t advertised and it was like only for 4 days. It was the 4K DCP. I didn’t go because i own the damn UHD why would i pay to see what i already own projected in a cineplex? Would have gone if it was the 1997 print or the 1983. We did get Empire here as well years ago again that was the old 2011 master.

We also got two different restored DCPS of Raiders. The old one and the more recent one. The new one is the 4K. And its a different restoration than the Imax version. I assumed it was going to be the old one but someone went and saw it and said it was a brand new version. We do have a small theater that is a two screen that shows 35mm, but the AMC is all digital. They wouldn’t be able to project 35mm if they wanted to no equipment. Same for the Omni theater they went full digital so they no longer show 70mm films. My local Imax is Liemax no film equipment whatsoever, completely digital.

I found a not so good taping of Raiders off TV From Victoria BC from Archive.org And i also found captures of the trilogy from VHS just not the THX tapes. No Laserdisc preservations.

The Trilogy tapes appear to be from the period when Young Indy was on tv because the advert at the beginning of them is for that series. So they aren’t first issue but they also aren’t the THX tapes.

While i was there i also found a superior recording of Warriors of the Wind, from UK Pal tape source. And the 2001 Japan DVD of Transformers the movie with the Japanese Dub. No subtitles and no English track. I didn’t save the link for Transformers because its the same audio as the laserdisc in mono and lossy and its a rip so even worse quality. Its non restored.

The Star Wars Purist said:

Mysterious Chinese bootleg DVDs of the SW Original Trilogy that predate any of the official releases ('98/'99, it can’t decide, but it’s one of the two), and includes the 1997 cuts with English audio (albeit with burnt in Chinese subs)

are these the pan and scan ones? Because i had those and the source is the Hong Kong Laserdisc with hardcoded Cantonese subs.

I have the Laserdisc for ROTJ. Its warped though. And scratched.

Is this still available? I used to have the more commonly shared version i have lost my DVD. I looked for it on Archive.org they sometimes have tape recordings of tv broadcasts up there. I did not see it.

Added Urusei Yatsura TV series Blu-Ray set 2 of 4. Discotek. No Bonus material no dub, just English Subtitles.

Added Temple of Doom and Last Crusade Hong Kong Laserdiscs. Pan and Scan Cic Video. Hard Cantonese subs. Ex Rental, rare discs i hope they arrive not broken. 45 a piece is absurd. But the seller wouldn’t make a deal.

Added digital John Wick 4, The Flash, Transformers Rise of the Beasts, Fast X, Dungeons and Dragons Chris Pine version, Guardians of the galaxy 3.

Added Blu-Rays from Cohen Media of Robin Hood/Black Pirate, and Thief of Bagdad.

I’m saving up to be able to purchase Picard season 3, The Korean Laserdisc of Temple of Doom, And Antman Quantumania.

I think i’m going to get some Last Jedi cels. They aren’t of the best scenes however. and they look like standard Imax blowup not the extra large format scenes. I’m gonna get the Rey one see if i like it and maybe get the Falcon scene, or Poe.

Edit: the cel i received was better than i thought it would be. it is just three frames. But much more impressive than the cels i have of the OT from the 1990s. Its Imax. Its not faded like those Willits Return of the Jedi 70mm frames.

Generally the prints that are letterboxed or pan and scanned are trailers. But that isn’t always the case. I know for a fact that 35mm pan and scan prints of Star Wars and the Indiana Jones films have come up in auction. Why anyone would pay for them i have no idea. Those were full feature.

I like the film scan preservations very much. However if i didn’t donate to a project i’m not entitled to a copy. If a creator/preservationist says to not share a scan i respect their wishes. I saw Lion King, i didn’t download the link because its disrespectful of donors and the project creator. I didn’t download Terminator 2 because i didn’t contribute to that scan. People asked me for the Raiders scan i said no. It was asked to not be distributed. But someone else posted it on Reddit anyway a place where i don’t have an account.

Making the myspleen materials more exposed isn’t the best idea either there is a reason its a private tracker.

Getting donors to stop donating because of drawing the eyes of the rights holders is not a good thing, nor is getting OT and the entire fanediting/restoration community nuked from orbit. For one person who thinks they are being cool and the rules the community has followed for decades no longer apply.

You should read the Eric John Stark Skaith Trilogy. I only have the first 2 books. I have been meaning to get the third and read it for a while.

I’m watching the original theatrical American Graffiti. Other than it being 480P and the wobble in the telecine its very enjoyable. The print looks surprisingly clean. The mono mix isn’t incredible but it is great to finally be able to hear it.

This might be my go to version if it wasn’t for my Japanese Laserdisc. With a very nice video transfer and the 78 stereo mix.

Transformers Rise of the Beasts. Not recommended easily the worst of the franchise. Cheap looking, even worse cgi. Can’t even recommend Peter Cullen’s performance it was lackluster. And he is the only voice actor from G1 in it as far as i could tell. No Frank Welker. No Megatron, no Galvatron. But there is a mishmash of including Beast wars and Unicron in one story for some reason.

And it isn’t from Bay but it still has the Bayformers theme and Bumblebee but acts like those other movies never happened. And it tries to set up a combined Transformers/GI Joe universe. And it fails.

Tom Holland is a good Peter Parker and an awful Spider-Man. I’m always going to see him as Spider-Boy.

I’m very interested in the pre Lowry video masters. Even tv broadcasts.

The Letterbox THX VHS tapes, The letterbox Laserdisc US discs.

On further reflection while i’m happy to have gotten new movies, i’m not sure i was willing to sacrifice the EU, Lucasarts or Dark Horse comics Star Wars to get them. The Disney canon is like an entire rebooted universe.

I mean i like the Kanan comic, and Rebels. I like Rogue One, i like the Darth Vader comic from Marvel. I guess i’m selfish because i want the old Star Wars but also the best of the new. But we can’t have what we want, i mean i would love to be able to see George Lucas sequels and Duel of the Fates as actual movies.

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. A solid C- minus about the same as Crystal Skull. A lot to like and a lot to dislike, i’m pretty torn on this movie. Harrison was really good in it. I don’t want to spoil. The digital photography and dark lighting was distracting to me though. So not Indiana Jones. And i love Johnny but that was his weakest Indiana Jones score. The cgi was bad and not believable.

I will say this is the worst of Jimmy Mangold’s films i have seen. And its still a pretty middle tier film.

Was watching Rise of Skywalker And i’m still confused by objects being teleported from one location to another. For a series that is totally fake and make believe with space wizards i couldn’t suspend my disbelief. It just breaks the canon laws of the Star Wars universe which they’ve been doing since Force Awakens. Things like lightspeeding through shields, lightspeed skipping, lightspeed ramming, automatically leveling up like a video game character by downloading another persons training through a force link. Force Skype, astral projection. Maybe i could ignore some or most. But its just so bad in the ROS i had to change the channel.

I really need to get into the older EU. Star Wars in its purest form. The original Marvel comics, Newspaper Strips from Manning, and Williamson. Radio plays by Brian Daley. Novels by Daley and Foster.

the pre west end games, pre Zahn, Pre prequels stuff.

Reading some old magazines with the comic strips and McQuarrie art, love how pulpy it is. I can imagine the SW universe as this vast place. With lots of adventure. Free of the Saga and, free of 40 years of baggage.

Every member of my family i have talked to about the originals either thinks they’ve already been released, or tells me to get over it.

If they were released i would buy them even if maybe 4K77 and 4K83 might end up being better than official releases, for one reason or another. Maybe they screw up the color correction, don’t give us original audio. Or too much DNR. Or even if they digitally tweak optical effects like they did with Indiana Jones. Or even recomposite them.

The Matrix, original. None of the sequels.

Star trek the Motion Picture.

Back to the Future

Jurassic Park

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Superman 78

Can’t go wrong with Akira Kurosawa not sure which of his films is my favorite. Yojimbo, Ikiru. Seven Samurai. Hidden Fortress.

Manny Coto. Producer of Star Trek Enterprise. R.I.P.

Unless i change my ranking with the video release of Dial Of Destiny my ranking is as follows.

Raiders
Doom
Skull
Crusade
Dial

I don’t like Disney Star Wars, but i will admit the trailer was enjoyable. It was light and fun. I almost smiled. I applaud Mr Filoni’s efforts to make something young people will enjoy. I know my niece is going to love this series.

Alien Resurrection. A film so awful i almost feel bad for my negative rating of Alien 3. Clearly a superior film.

The only thing i will say is Brad Dourif comes off as creepy in it. But the whole thing looks so cheaply made.

I hope there is also a restored Blu-Ray and not just 4K. It would be a shame if its like Indiana Jones and they just reissue the same one as before. It that is the case i’ll stick with my laserdisc.