Mango

Well, after carefully looking at the laserdisc, it seems to have the same color grading as the DVD and Blu-ray, but the VHS still appears to have a more warm tone to it. Either way, It seems like it might be completely unnecessary to continue this project. The only real problem with the blu-ray is the missing acapella at the beginning, but I personally don’t see even that as much of a reason to continue.

I think I’m gonna mark this project as cancelled, but if you want a nice quality version of the artwork I made, shoot me a PM.

Sorry guys. 😕

Out of curiosity, I bought the VHS of this movie to see how it looked. From all the copies I’ve seen (VHS, DVD, and Blu-ray) I’d say I was wrong about the blue tint. Although the blu ray is a little brighter. The DVD and VHS have a nice reddish yellowish tone, and so does the trailer. The blu-ray seems to have a green tint, so that will be important to change.

Still working on V3. Just need to take care of the bonus features, then build the iso.

Here’s the trailer. Looks pretty different from the DVD and Blu-ray, and the VHS looks very similar to this. Don’t know about the LD though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek08KvgqFGM

nedmerrill said:

Mango said:

nedmerrill said:

I have the movie but not bluray. Whatt are the differences in audio?

The audio on the Blu-ray is upmixed to 5.1 and has leveling differences. Typical loudness war bullcrap.

the audio on mine is lpcm 2.0

Really? Maybe it’s just the Mixing differences I noticed. I remember the movie would be really quiet, and then get really loud at scenes with music or any sort of action. Either way,the blu-ray DOES omit a part at the beginning.

I do have some good news though, there’s a lasderdisc on LDDB at a semi reasonable price. I made an offer, but even if its rejected I’ll still buy it. I’ve been wanting to do this restoration for a while.

Well, I ordered a new copy of the Blu-ray. In the meantime i’ll continue work on the fullscreen restoration. The laserdisc goes for quite a bit, and at the moment I don’t have enough for it. I’ll keep an eye out for it on LDDB though.

JayArgonaut said:

Does the UK Blu-ray contain the acapella at the beginning that’s been omitted from the MGM releases?

No it doesn’t, but it’s easily fixed with the soundtrack CD audio. Can literally overdub over the MGM logo on the bluray (on the VHS, the acapella is there, and so are the lion roars.).

^…^ said:

US blu-ray has the same color grading of DVD: https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?d1=10732&d2=10733&c=4286

Dunno about audio, though.

Didn’t like the look of either. Very different from the VHS and trailer.

nedmerrill said:

I have the movie but not bluray. Whatt are the differences in audio?

The audio on the Blu-ray is upmixed to 5.1 and has leveling differences. Typical loudness war bullcrap.

Going back to work on the blu ray very soon. I’ll get it to you guys ASAP! 😃

Still working on this project. I’ll get it out to you guys very soon!

flashback8 said:

Thanks! Just saw V2. Looks great. 😃 If I may ask a question, is there any way to get a lossless (PCM mono/stereo is fine) soundtrack on v3? Lossy is fine, all things considered, but a lossless version would make me super happy. 😃

Thanks again!

Sure! That’s easily done. I admittedly haven’t finished this project yet, but I’m getting back to work on all my stuff. Just took a break for a little while. 😃

A while back, it came to my attention that Electric Dreams was finally released on blu ray, but only in Europe. If that’s not disappointing enough,the blu-ray version had a completely different sound mix then the old 80s releases, plus it had that stupid blue tint that Hollywood is obsessed with adding to everything.

I planned to do a blu ray of this movie quite some time ago, but right when I was ready, I lost the freaking blu ray. I’m not kidding. It was accidentally thrown out when I was renovating the computer room in my house.

Having said that, I do own the VHS, and I will restore it for the fullscreen version, but my VCR only has mono output. Luckily, a vhs rip has been on youtube for quite some time now, so it’s gonna have to do for now as far as audio.

Now, I hate to ask this, but is there any chance anyone on here has the blu-ray? if so, can you rip the MKV for me and send it my way? If not, I can order another copy, but it will take a while to ship from England to Michigan. I’m just asking if anyone has it to see if we can speed up the process.

If nobody owns it, don’t bother buying a copy. I’ll just get one myself. 😃

Artwork I did based on the VHS.

Thanks for the feedback guys. I’m going to work on it more tonight. 😃

Side by Side comparison of the Mutant Toys scene. While the Blu-ray is much too bright, I’m starting to fear that mine may be too dark. Let me know if Should adjust it some more.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjMDeMjgXtg

The screenshots aren’t final. Still Tweaking.

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Ugh. Version 2 Also has problems. Work On Version 3 is Underway now.

Here’s a clip from the project. Please note that the grain does not show up well on youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1sbgAUyFyI

I’m working on the blu ray right now and I’ll hopefully have it available sometime tomorrow. The blu ray will include both a 35MM Recreation with added film grain as well as the raw color correction with no grain. Both versions have the original Disney Castle logo from back in the day. Again, a huge thanks to Swazzy for coming up with the project. In fact, I’m not counting this as the official restoration. He will hopefully release his version someday and I guarantee it will be worlds better than mine.

Upon reviewing version 1 on several different screens in my house, I have found numerous problems. The color doesn’t quite match the laserdisc or the trailers and I made it a little too dark. I am beginning work on version 2 right now, and the release is postponed.

Hopefully I’ll at least have an MOV done later today, and the blu ray will be made ASAP. Since it took a LONG time to redo those trailers, I’m not going to do them again with version 2, so the trailers won’t necessarily reflect how the release will look.

Again, huge thanks to Swazzy for his help and the initial idea.

Trailer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCekrv5U-Bk

Well, I already finished version 1, but I’ll keep that source in mind for version 2. I’m uploading a restoration of the teaser trailer right now.

Also, no need to feel lazy Swazzy. I wouldn’t have attempted a version of the project without you inspiring me. All credit goes to you for the idea, I just wanted to try it out. 😃

Here are some screenshots from my version:

2020 Update:

This project is almost ready. A blu-ray ISO is in the works. below you will find artwork, screenshots and a list of bonus features to be included on the blu-ray.

Bonus Features Will Include:
The Making Of Toy Story
Layout & Animation Featurettes
Sound Design
Trailers

Possessed said:

Mango said:

Hmm. Yet another Trump supporter banned from the site. I’m starting to notice a pattern here.

I don’t even see who is banned, much less a trump supporter, or a pattern? Who is banned?

I accidentaly reported this post. Please ignore that.

As I was saying,

I was referring to Jetrell Fo, who at the time that I made that post had just been banned for defending Trump. He had been on here since 2004 and he’s not the only one I’ve seen get banned on here. Cant remember the name, but someone was banned for disliking the idea of abortion and he was also a Trump supporter.

Also, ever since I made that post, nobody seems to care about the work I’ve done on here. Does my hard work count for anything, or should I just leave this site?