Correct but in the IGN interview he goes into further depth on the “capitalistic propaganda” of Zemeckis and co. Which is why I shared it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVNeFlIiceU&t=37s
Glover said in another interview that he hasn’t watched BTTF since 1985. In my opinion, he really ought to take a couple of hours to revisit it because he’s seriously misread the themes and messages of the film and he’s endlessly misrepresenting them (and the filmmakers) in his interviews. Note the IGN panel nodding their heads in agreement with his erroneous criticisms of BTTF and people in the comments section saluting him as a hero.
When Marty returns home and wakes up the following morning, he encounters a household where Strickland’s sneer that, “No McFly has ever amounted to anything in the history of Hill Valley” has lost all validity. His older brother Dave is no longer underemployed and his sister has the confidence and self-assuredness to form romantic relationships. As for his parents, the dynamic between them has changed on so many levels. Lorraine is a million miles removed from her dispirited, forlorn and unhealthy appearance at the beginning and we see George providing a strong, positive source of inspiration to his children as a happily married man who is prepared to take the risks to fulfil his aspirations and in turn is able to help his children also fulfil their aspirations.
As a result, the McFly’s are more cohesive as a family and they enjoy a higher standard of living than we saw at the beginning. Whilst they’re not outrageously wealthy on say, a Forbes 100 level, they do have a decent middle class existence.
Even that is too much for Glover, who accuses the filmmakers of glorifying material and monetary rewards and promoting propaganda to the audience? Where’s the “capitalistic” propaganda during the ending of BTTF? The McFly household is hardly Scarface with Tony Montana-esque garish nouveau riche furniture and decor - something which is actually satirised in the sequel.
What say you, my fellow film fanatics?
For an academic project, I’m bulk recording TV news broadcasts from a channel that transmits in 1080i and every so often I need to edit down the recordings to particular segments of relevance but there’s a frequent problem where in every video editor that I’ve tried, (Avidemux, MPEG Streamclip and F.C.P.) the recordings either don’t play properly (often because of video corruption) or simply crash the software. I’ve tried VideoRedo and other programs but with mixed results. Some files I can fix but not all.
However I’m always able to review the recordings on my PVR and watch them on my TV without any problems, so that’s got me thinking that surely I could just connect my PVR’s HDMI out to an HD capture box and let it capture the content in a lossless format that would be free of the problems and also easier to edit than AVCHD.
How viable is this idea and if so, what you would recommend as an external capture box for this purpose?
JayArgonaut, sure. The 2001 POTA tapes would contain things similar to what I previously posted about my X-Files Fight the Future VHS tapes and their contents. Mainly, interviews, commercials, entertainment show segments, Fox and local affiliate coverage, box office reports, cable new outlets reports, other specials and just about anything that aired at the time of the release. I just found the tapes and will attempt to scan the note cards with all the details on them for you.
Wow, “ST”, thanks for your extremely prompt response. I’m really impressed by the sheer extent and meticulousness of your archiving. You probably have material that even the studios have lost or forgotten about. I’ve long felt that a lot of home video releases wouldn’t be so below par in terms of extras if the studios employed people who really know how to research and took archiving seriously. This is a perfect example.
…and 2 tapes from the awful “Planet of the Apes” (2001) movie. Anyone interested in those?
Can you elaborate more on this please? Not the awfulness of the 2001 POTA movie but what’s on the tapes. 😃
JayArgonaut, no, sorry, I don’t have anything on video from B5.
No worries. It was worth a try, given the extent of your archives. 😃
Did you happen to record any of the POTA tv movies made by editing the series episodes together? In a few markets, they had new intros and outros by Roddy McDowall in full ape makeup as an older Galen. The only version of these in circulation looks really funky and low res, like the earliest video capture technology was used.
These turn up periodically (in PAL) on one of my FTA channels but it broadcasts at just 544 x 576 and has a permanent logo in the corner. Nonetheless, I can keep an eye out for the next airings in case they’re better than what you already have.
So if anyone on this forum is looking for anything specific, don’t hesitate to ask.
Just wondered, do you have the TV recordings of the Babylon 5 run?
Any particular need for a print scan?
The bluray screwed up the collars! What was the TRUE theatrical timing? I saw it 7 times in 1960 and the only medium that felt “right” since then was the discovision release!
I’m going to be 100% honest and say that I can’t tell whether you’re joking, as the movie is in B&W, though if you’re serious, I actually had no idea the colors/shades/tints/whatever were incorrect on the BD.
See my comments here:
http://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Psycho-HDTV-broadcast-vs-50th-anniversary-Blu-ray/id/50132
That’s interesting about the SAT.1 broadcasts, at some point I will have to look into getting a dish as that would give me so many more options. I don’t have Film 4 HD on my channel line up - as that did cross my mind.
I contacted C4 to ask if there’s any possibility they’ll show it again in the near future, uncut and received the following response…
Unfortunately there are no current plans to repeat this programme, however, I will pass on your interest for this film to be repeated post watershed to those responsible for our programming.
Let’s see what happens. 😃
Not for long though…
Thanks for alerting me. I just checked and it is unfortunately censored. To run it at that time slot but cut to ribbons is so annoying. I’ve heard “bastards” and “bitch” uttered during the daytime on other channels! Maybe they might show an unadulterated version in a few months or next year…
I set my PVR to record this on the off-chance that James Cameron and his minions haven’t got round to ensuring that only the 2012 master is available to TV stations. The continuity errors and colour grading seen on the home video versions prior to 2012 are present here.
For example: visible lighting equipment in this shot.
Scenery visible in the background, right behind the stairway.
See here for further details: http://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=935850
I doubt they would scan a whole new transfer without DNR just to show it on television. It would be so much easier to just use the same blu-ray master.
That is true, however alternate or older masters frequently turn up during TV airings. This is exactly what happened recently with broadcasts of Predator and Psycho. I suspect it also might be the case with the ITV broadcast.
Here’s a comparison of the same shot from a Blu-ray rip and the ITV airing. Note that the former suffers from horizontal and vertical cropping whilst the latter has a more visible area and lacks the “Coming Summer 1990” title that is present on the Blu-ray and DVD.
Judging by the caps, would you say the ITV broadcast exhibits any signs of the DVNR & EE that are present on the Blu-ray?
Thanks for doing this, I’m looking forward to seeing the extended cut. Just a thought, surely the transition between the Blu-ray and TV footage (aspect ratios and picture quality) is going to be really jarring? Would it not work out better to just show the TV version as it is, warts and all?
Not sure where you live but I prefer to wait and buy it from amazon.co.uk. If I buy it from amazon.com it might arrive even later than from amazon.co.uk
I’m in the UK and there’s many ways to obtain imports without a long wait. 😃
The new BD just dropped to $15 on amazon.
The UK Region B/2 release isn’t scheduled till July 18th. I might look for a US import…
ITV1 HD aired BTTF II over the weekend and thankfully during the evening, which meant it was uncut for the first time in years. How does this broadcast compare to the Blu-ray? Does it exhibit the same DVNR and EE problems? If you think it’s sourced from a different master, I’ll record BTTF III this Friday. 😃
48 screen grabs available here: http://imgur.com/a/GGkQ0
No, since that’s more of a remastering attempt.
Cool.
We’re amassing quite a list…
Here’s another addition: James Cameron strikes again, this time applying orange and teal to the remastered Blu-ray release of The Terminator.
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/hd-talk/606990-terminator-remastered-2-19-2013-a-3.html
From the Special Edition DVD onwards, The Matrix has been altered on a colour level in order to match the look of its sequels.
http://www.dvdactive.com/editorial/articles/the-matrix-visual-comparison.html
Jedit: does “digital alterations” also include DVNR?
Another glaring one that I forgot… Titanic Blu-ray: multiple digital alterations to fix continuity errors, “colour timing/correction”, enhance special effects and remove crew, equipment and background scenery.
I can’t believe I forgot about this! 😄
All home video versions of The Fugitive from the 2001 DVD onwards have been altered to digitally remove a crew member who was visible (in a ghost like image, apparently) during the train crash scene.
http://www.moviefone.com/2013/08/07/the-fugitive-25-things-you-didnt-know/
You’re welcome. Glad to be of help. 😃
How can we forget to include this? 😮
The Babylon 5 DVD’s have been visually altered (mutilated, really) in order for WB to market them as “16:9.”
http://babylon5.wikia.com/wiki/Babylon_5_DVD_Releases
http://home.iae.nl/users/starcat/b5tvm/
https://www.modeemi.fi/~leopold/Babylon5/DVD/DVDTransfer.html
The title seen during the closing moments of the Scarface Special Edition DVD, “this film is dedicated to Howard Hawks and Ben Hecht” has a different screen position and text colour from the version featured on the 1998 widescreen VHS release. I suspect but can’t confirm 100% that the VHS (and LD, presumably) title text is very likely from the theatrical print and de Palma probably created a new version for the SE DVD. Sadly I no longer have a copy of the W/S VHS release from which I could produce a comparison screen grab.
Thanks for the confirmation.
It was also available on iPlayer and there was no HD option - so yeah, definitely just a very good upscale from an LD master.
