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#783293
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Terminator (1984) - Foreign versions! (now just Italian) (* unfinished project *)
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A DVD release without the imprinted introduction Text about the rised Machines, and the two time and place inserts "Los Angeles 2029 A.D." and "Now" exits.

If you want to make the inserts yourself, maybe the DVD may help.

Edit: The Scene with the possible answers is not clean. It is in english.

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#782920
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Terminator (1984) - Foreign versions! (now just Italian) (* unfinished project *)
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thxita said:

MrBrown said:

Hi, nice idea! As from Germany, seeing localized Versions dimish with upcoming of DVD and BD from the home cinema market, I really would love to see more movies with intact German localization.

I don't know, if terminator was localized in theatres, but the LD only has english opening credits.

Do you know what release date does the German LD have?

According to this website ( http://www.lddb.com/search.php?search=the+terminator&sort=title&format=ld ), there are two German versions: one has an unknown release date and another is from 1995 (possibly a later release).
France also has two releases, one from 1985 and another with unknown date.

Perhaps later releases from the 90s made use of the original US master while earlier ones came from the "regional" versions?

 I have the 1995 release. Because the other release is a strong censored Version.

The Orion Logo on the Disc is, as with the first German DVD release, the localised one.

But as with the french Version the introduction text is voiced. Maybe it was such a B-Movie back then, that it never got a complete localisation.

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#781672
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Info: The Look of Terminator 2
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Beber said:

I don't know the US Live. Is it the same deal as the Studio Canal colorwise?

 

I did a short check with the german HD-DVD, and I would say it is colorwise same as StudioCanal.

Just uploaded som DVD Caps from the french DVD at my dropbox to check.

(The Program took them at their original "on DVD encoded for anamorphic view" aspect ratio, so they are streched.)

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#781409
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Info: The Look of Terminator 2
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Beber said:

There has been a Columbia Tristar first DVD release in France for T2, before Studio Canal Ultimate Edition. Do you guys know how it looks? Maybe the same one got released in the UK or somewhere else?

http://pmcdn.priceminister.com/photo/10990.jpg

http://pmcdn.priceminister.com/photo/11979.jpg

 I only did a small check, but I thought the colors are quite like the StudioCanal Colors. Maybe I can take some caps this weekend.

Edit: just checked again with the scene in the facility at the end:

Coloring is as on the US Live DVD release.

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#779953
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Info Wanted: Giorgio Moroder presents "Metropolis" - is it any good? (lots of info)
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InvisibleWolfMan said:

The recent UK Region B release of Metropolis includes not only the 2010 reconstructed version but also Moroder's version. I own it and can vouch for the extras listed:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Metropolis-Ultimate-Collectors-SteelBook-Blu-ray/dp/B00Q8LDNFO/ref=sr_1_2?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1436361862&sr=1-2&keywords=metropolis+blu+ray

The quality of Moroder's version is, IMHO, first generation VHS of a used silent-era film.  As The Aluminum Falcon pointed out, the elements used in Moroder's version were far inferior.

 Oh, thanks for the Info's. Seems to be a very interesting release.

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#778230
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Info: The Look of Terminator 2
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TServo2049 said:

The VCL T2 seems to come from a low-contrast interpositive like the other home video transfers; it just seems to come from a different one with different color. If it had come from a theatrical print element like T1, it would look much different.

 

What I am curious about is why the carolco logo changes its color tone:

https://youtu.be/mZcwqKj0lH0

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#778054
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Info: Our projects released thread
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So, last Week I got some of the TeamBlu stuff. (The one who made this possible knows who he is :) )

And so I was able to give "The Neverending Story" (2 Discs), "Jason goes to Hell", "Conan - Extended Cut", "Night of the living Dead [1990]", "Terminator" and "Temrinator 2" a "try".

Long things short: I just love the Work of Team Blu. That's what official Release should be... (okay, personally I would love having a german Audio track, because some people I know just watch movies.. dubbed, and have no interest in watching them in original Audio, so I can enjoy these Blus only with quite a few friends... )

I think it is quite good, that this weekend my next door neighbor is not at home. The 2.0 Track on Terminator 2 is just a monster. I love the complete dynamic of the CDS (if I remember right) track, but the 2.0 Track just blows my Audio Setup into new spheres of power.


Damn great work.

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#777776
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Info: The Look of Terminator 2
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dvdmike said:

It looks like a VHS master!

 Oh, I am sure they used exactly that.. the VHS master, or at least the LD Master.

But as I said, it is not the worst German DVD I saw.

Their DVD of Terminator 2 was better, but not perfect. First of all it is letterboxed and not anamorphic widescreen. Second: no english audio.

Also they did not used english audio back in time. Just plain German Audio. T1 was mono and T2 was some 2.0 and 5.1 audio Track. The 1st release of the Terminator 2 VCL DVD release missed the Making of, even if it was announced on the Cover. Maybe some mastering error.

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#777769
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Info: The Look of Terminator 2
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TylerDurden389 said:

Was the post someone sent me for a copy of that on Germany's ebay removed? Or did I talk about this another post? No joke, I talk about these movies and the color timing on at least 2 other message boards lol.

 I send just the link the the T1 eBay auction with the insane price.

@dvdmike Yes, it was sold in Germany, and it was not the worst DVD I ever saw in Germany. Now it is more of a collecting items, according to the insane price they charge at eBay for that.

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#777654
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Info: The Look of Terminator 2
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TylerDurden389 said:

The seller of the German vcl Terminator 1 got back to me: "Sorry, no overseas shipping"

Ah well, TBH I'm more interested in seeing if there's any video release with the color timing I've seen in a few videos on youtube where the picture was very, very bright, and had more of a gray color to it. The 2 scenes I remember seeing in these clips were when Kyle runs out of the alleyway and onto the streets (after getting away from the cops and taking their shotgun), and the scenes in the parking lot from when they drive in, to when they get in the 2nd car and Kyle tells Sarah about her son.

 If you hafe too much money, there is one T1 VCL at ebay, stated as FSK18 Version.

(No I am not the seller, I don't think I would ever sell my T1 VCL Disc. It is the only Release with the original Weapon Sounds in the Police Department Shootout in the German dubbing.)

If you could point out on wich timecode those scenes are, I could check if I get caps from the VLC disc of those scenes.

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#777439
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Info: The Look of Terminator 2
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TylerDurden389 said:

So the pics where the blue scenes are purple and the daytime scenes aren't as orange is an old german dvd from vcl? I've been trying to find their release of T1 since I saw some caps of it that show T1 actually looking much closer to the teal that some of us have been complaining about since the release of the American blu-ray.

http://sd.caps-a-holic.com/vergleich.php?vergleichID=221

...

Last night I contacted someone from Germany *I think* is selling it, but haven't gotten a response yet. I'd actually like a copy of this german T2 dvd moreso, since I'd love to see as much of that blue blanket removed. I'm gonna look it up right now :)

 The FSK18 T1 DVD was slightly cut. Beware not to get the stronger cutted FSK16 DVD.

And yes, T2 was released from the same company.

Both are quite tough to get. They only have german audio. (Were both released in a time when multi languaged was nothing smaller companies could afford, or was as demanded as it is now...)

Oh regarding the question:

The ones matching the more sepia carolco logo are from the VCL DVD. The intro daylight shots (cars and people on the street are more warmer colors) the night shots are more purple, the explosion shows more on the bottom screen, but lesser on the sides, the daylight shot with sarah connor in the desert seems not so orange...

somehow I alwasy remembered the carolco logo that way: being silver, and changing color to sepia when "finished". I was oddly wondering when I saw it just staying kind silvery blue...

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#777429
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Info: The Look of Terminator 2
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Beber said:

Your yellow shot is closer to what I saw last september, but it's not quite that yet. It really was yellow and warmer. Almost no orange at all.

I also noticed that the Terminator red vision was missing some letters in its inscriptions, at least on the left side. That's the way it was cropped.

 Yeah, it was just slightly cropped, sometimes the Letters were just directly at the side, without any vision border.

In that folder are some caps from a remastered release and the old german DVD from VCL. When there are two caps from the same picture, then the true widescreen ( smaller black bars top and bottom) are the remastered DVD and the ones letterboxed full screen ratio are the ones from the first german DVD release...

The ones without borders at all are, as far as i remember only from the old DVD.

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#777424
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Info: The Look of Terminator 2
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kk650 said:

kaosjm said:

Beber: I stand corrected. Your link is dead but luckily I still had the image on my phone and just referenced it. You are correct... the 35mm print I saw had much more yellow to it and was not as orange as this:

I apologize for the confusion.

What you are describing sounds similar to the regraded Terminator 2 release I did, it looks more yellow and less orange in that scene as well. Here's a screencap from that scene taken from my regrade:

 More Yellow like this one?

Stamper said:

Kaos, what was the general color in the biker bar at the opening? I remember it not being as brown as the DVD, more Blue like. Saw it 14 times on year of release, so I'm certain Cameron changed this for the VHS/LD and all the other versions.

 To baad I never saw it in theatre, but I raised with this kind of look at the bar scene.

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#749891
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Info & Discussion: Fullscreen Laserdisc / DVD Preservations
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Another German Full screen DVD:

Maniac Cop

Evem if it is not Full Screen, ist is more open matted:

The Criterion DVD of "Robocop" (No list would be complete without it. :) )

Also there was a German languaged "Bad Taste" DVD releas ein 4:3 Full Screen.

UK "Brainscan" DVD was Full screen.

One of the two german "God's Army" (The Prophecy) DVDs was Full Screen. (the "not american Cut)

The old german DVD of "Lord of the Flies" (The REMAKE from 1991) was open matted.