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#1659904
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Toy Story (1995) 35mm Revival (In progress)
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RU.08 said:

DylanDrew said:

yea everyone with a better scanner who actually knows how to use it produces worse scans than you. Ok retard. Every single scan you’ve ever done looks like complete shit. Nobody who actually knows what a good scan looks like would ever waste space on their hdd to download it. Your scans are for Twitter clankers that don’t know any better. There’s a reason you spit when you talk and cant produce a coherent sentence without chat gpt

Dylan, without commenting on PNC17’s work I can tell you there’s a lot of SHIT scans that get done commercially that end up on streaming and on bluray/uhd. You’d be shocked if you actually saw what happens with a lot of workflows.

The dynamic range looks quite limited on PNC17’s screencaps, but not necessarily more than you would see on a lot of commercial scanners that struggle with the density of print. For example take a look at the Alien³ commercial Bluray and you’ll see the same limited dynamic range - except they worked from the negatives to produce it and not a print! It makes me wonder if the backlight is the issue with PNC17’s homebrew scanner.

NC-17peter said:

Anyway to check out the ones you have done so I can get a reference for your standards? thx m8

Well you did Batman on a commercial scanner, just scan a reel on your one and compare the results.

I really appreciate it when some gives logical feedback mate. Always good to A & B to compare & contrast.

Thanks

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#1659813
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Toy Story (1995) 35mm Revival (In progress)
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DylanDrew said:

yet it’s still all proper English. You truly are the king of spinning shit to not take accountability and to always seem like the victim. I literally said “were”. You WERE gonna sell it until you got called out.

So I didn’t leak it… Ok so you are mad cause you assumed I was going to sell some thing? So then what made me stop then? Can you use some pro nouns so I can have context on who called me out? Please make more sense… Try Chatgpt

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#1659812
Topic
Toy Story (1995) 35mm Revival (In progress)
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DylanDrew said:

yet it’s still all proper English. You truly are the king of spinning shit to not take accountability and to always seem like the victim. I literally said “were”. You WERE gonna sell it until you got called out.

Spinning what dude? You can’t even answer a simple question. Now you are pulling the “spinning narrative card” for a dude with poor grammar you seem kind of flustered. Just listen back to your logic. I am not sure what I did to offend you but it seems like I’ve hit a chord. I can see these scars run deep with you. But if I hurt your feelings in anyway I apologize.

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#1659807
Topic
Toy Story (1995) 35mm Revival (In progress)
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DylanDrew said:

Nobody has a hard on for you ugly old man. “I didn’t sell the scan because I was called out! I’m not a bad guy! I’m the only one doing this for the community blah blah blah!”

Just answer the questions. Did I sell any scans or leak any scans from here yes or no? And can you elaborate on the call out exactly?

You say my grammar is poor yet you are the one rambling nonsense.

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#1659804
Topic
Toy Story (1995) 35mm Revival (In progress)
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DylanDrew said:

Literally made perfect sense “mate”. What happened to that Re-Animator scan you were gonna sell that wasn’t yours “mate”

Did I sell one? How about we start with that simple question. Any proof I sold one? I understand you have a serious hard on for me but do you realize you are a walking contradiction? So let me it get it straight you are upset because I was planning to sell a scan but I didn’t correct?

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#1659800
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Toy Story (1995) 35mm Revival (In progress)
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DylanDrew said:

NC-17peter said:

Well telecines are a weird thing really. They are two separate processes as all you guys know but the results are generally sub par at beast. But if you ask me a lot of commercial real time scanners are essential hybrid Telecines to me. It’s taking a video real time then separating into dpx… This why I see poor results with most commercial scanners.
yea everyone with a better scanner who actually knows how to use it produces worse scans than you. Ok retard. Every single scan you’ve ever done looks like complete shit. Nobody who actually knows what a good scan looks like would ever waste space on their hdd to download it. Your scans are for Twitter clankers that don’t know any better. There’s a reason you spit when you talk and cant produce a coherent sentence without chat gpt

You are not making sense mate.

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#1659758
Topic
Toy Story (1995) 35mm Revival (In progress)
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Well telecines are a weird thing really. They are two separate processes as all you guys know but the results are generally sub par at beast. But if you ask me a lot of commercial real time scanners are essential hybrid Telecines to me. It’s taking a video real time then separating into dpx… This why I see poor results with most commercial scanners.

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#1659757
Topic
Toy Story (1995) 35mm Revival (In progress)
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The goal in preservation grading isn’t to “reimagine” the look—it’s to remove unnatural fade and leave the rest intact. Stocks have characteristic shifts: Fuji often pushes green/blue; ’70s Eastman tends toward pink/red; Eastman LPP can skew yellow, etc. Identify the stock’s bias, correct the fade, and avoid heavy-handed regrading. In most cases the original color information is still there; outside of minor trims, you don’t need to reinvent it.

On RAWs: nobody is obligated to hand over source files. A single project here can be 3–4 TB. That’s not practical to pass around, and there’s no ethical requirement to do so.

Pre-scan cleaning matters. Older prints often carry projector oil and residue; if you don’t remove it, you’ll see micro-weave and odd background movement that has nothing to do with the scanner.

A lot of the leaks I’ve seen don’t look like true RAW workflows. And when RAW is used, you can tell some folks are unsure how to bring a flat log image to a proper film-density target—the result stays dull and under-shaped.

Our baseline: RAW, 16-bit, 6K, ISO 200, camera set as flat/log as possible. Exports: ProRes 4444 (HQ) at 6000×4000. I’ve used JPEG 2000 before, but it doesn’t offer the same latitude as RAW for nuanced control. For DCPs, we’re careful to avoid crushed blacks or blown highlights—aiming for a projection-accurate look without introducing “projector flicker” artifacts.

Reference: https://x.com/NCseventeen/status/1956399052423147697

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#1655986
Topic
Toy Story (1995)– 4K 35mm Scan [CLOSED]
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chocolateintheair said:

NC-17peter said:

chocolateintheair said:

trying to reference cintel being shit while constantly big upping “your” batman scan that was done on a cintel… lol. dude. stop acting.

Oh, come on, man — we all know who you are from the Patreon.

This all kicked off because you got bent out of shape over a color correction. God forbid I didn’t drop everything to scan two whole trailers for you. My bad for being busy scanning actual films for, you know, the entire community.

But instead of just saying, “Hey, maybe I was wrong,” you kept going — post after post, moan after moan — until I finally had to give you a side-by-side A/B comparison just to put it to bed.

And then? Poof. Gone like it never happened. No apology. No accountability. Just vanished into the ether the second you couldn’t prove your point.

pffffffff lmao. who am I then? nothing happened when I leaked die hard lmaooo. and now someone else just leaked the gate :p ur not in control of shit. maybe clean your own house before you go tripping over yourself to promise people toy story

Ya because I put up the Gate 2 for download as promised… So if it leaked it leaked because I put it out…
[Moderator Note: Link removed for violation of Rule 4.]

Look at the date. Just went up this morning on telegram… I posted gate yesterday on twitter… Free…

You keep putting your foot in your mouth m8… Maybe its time you quit?

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#1655985
Topic
Toy Story (1995)– 4K 35mm Scan [CLOSED]
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chocolateintheair said:

NC-17peter said:

chocolateintheair said:

trying to reference cintel being shit while constantly big upping “your” batman scan that was done on a cintel… lol. dude. stop acting.

Wasn’t done on a Cintel, bubba…

It was done on a $350K 35mm scanner — top-tier lab. But hey, keep spinning those false narratives, they’re entertaining at least.

For the record, my personal scanner was still being built at the time. But I promised the scan would be delivered within a month, so I paid the best lab in the city to get it done right.

No shortcuts. No excuses.

Here’s the lab I used — facts over fiction
https://www.framediscreet.com/

yea I’m not doing this back and forth bullshit with you where you can never admit when you’re wrong and you muddy the waters and backtrack left and right and spin shit your way. so now you’re admitting batman wasn’t yours huh? where’s your lame little catchphrase on that one? you’ve been spinning some big fiction since you hit the scene seriously just stfu. but you won’t. so have fun ig lol. keep grifting dipshits like Gregor into funding your film collection, like good for you ig lol. I’m not reading any of your drivel. claiming “attacks” lol. take some more pages out of trumps playbook. fuck off guy. replying to me and not Tristan in this thread lol, like your bullshit is clear if you look for it. constantly concern trolling about why and how other scanners are raising money while you keep up your little grift. you’re here to stir shit up and grift people and “look good”. that’s it. talking about “preservation” (lol). and you have only been scanning for like a year. period. throw your lame catchphrase at that too lol. get over yourself. If all the stupid melodramatic shit you’re always complaining about was true then you wouldn’t be here. if everything you’re always running your mouth about were true you wouldn’t be here and other places running around with this victim complex or whatever your deal is lol. you are what’s wrong with the world. reckless provocative attitudes like yours. everyone is wrong sometimes. it’s what we do after that matters and you’re just a douchebag through and through

I’ve been collecting, projecting, and programming for — what — 20 years now? A good chunk of the first scans you all praise came from my prints. So maybe do a little research before you start yapping like you’ve got the full story.

And no, I don’t need to name-drop or puff my chest about my work. The record speaks for itself.

Victim complex? Please. The melodrama is all on your end — creating aliases, obsessively following me, spinning stories like it’s a soap opera. All while hiding behind burner accounts… yet somehow making it painfully obvious who you are. Blocking me after being proven wrong? Classic move.

And the kicker? You’re upset because I didn’t jump when you cried foul over a color correction. You were wrong. I showed the A/B proof. You vanished. Now here you are — stalking, stirring drama, leaking scans early just to feel powerful. It’s sad, man. Genuinely.

Critique is fine. Comes with the territory. But what you’re doing? This is something else. Even the people here who can’t stand me don’t go to these lengths. You’re on a personal crusade over your own bruised ego. It’s honestly concerning.

If you’re gonna talk this much, at least have the spine to use your real name. But hey, we both know who you are. Wasn’t exactly hard to figure out.

Whatever grudge you’re holding onto — let it go. I don’t know what I did to make you spiral like this, but if I hurt your feelings somewhere along the way? Sorry. Truly. But this level of obsession? It’s not normal. It’s not well.

So do us both a favor: move on.

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#1655967
Topic
Toy Story (1995)– 4K 35mm Scan [CLOSED]
Time

chocolateintheair said:

trying to reference cintel being shit while constantly big upping “your” batman scan that was done on a cintel… lol. dude. stop acting.

Oh, come on, man — we all know who you are from the Patreon.

This all kicked off because you got bent out of shape over a color correction. God forbid I didn’t drop everything to scan two whole trailers for you. My bad for being busy scanning actual films for, you know, the entire community.

But instead of just saying, “Hey, maybe I was wrong,” you kept going — post after post, moan after moan — until I finally had to give you a side-by-side A/B comparison just to put it to bed.

And then? Poof. Gone like it never happened. No apology. No accountability. Just vanished into the ether the second you couldn’t prove your point.

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#1655965
Topic
Toy Story (1995)– 4K 35mm Scan [CLOSED]
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TristAndShout64 said:

NC-17peter said:

Juicy Pep said:

There’s two school of thoughts here.

  1. Scans should be public and be shared with the whole world
  2. Scans should be private and should be shared with only a small group of donors

Not everyone on this website is in group 2, a lot of people on this website are actually in group 1. So it’s very hard to keep a project funded here private.

The good news is that, NC-17 will give us Toy Story 35mm scan for free 😃

Hey man,

I’m actively hunting it down. Part 2 seems to be a lot more common, but if you’re patient, I’m confident I can track down Part 1. I’m about 90% sure I have a partial print in Russian and another in Italian. One way or another, I’ll make it happen.

That said, I need to be honest about something. I think a big issue surrounding this scan is how Tristan has been treating the people who supported it—especially the Patrons who helped fund it. It’s pretty disheartening to see people being told some supporters are getting copies while others are getting refunds. Then there’s the excuse about being “worried it might leak” and somehow getting hit with copyright claims… I mean, come on—this site made its name off Star Wars scans. It doesn’t get more high-risk than that.

Look, I understand that scanning is expensive and time-consuming. But let’s be real: you didn’t make the film. You didn’t animate it. Your name isn’t creatively tied to Pixar. Having a limited exclusive window for funders? Totally fair. But acting like a scan gives you permanent ownership over a cultural artifact just because you bought the print and paid for a scan—that’s not preservation, that’s gatekeeping.

The more attention film print scans get, the better. Labels are obsessed with negatives. Studios don’t give a damn about film print scans right now. Ironically, what we’re doing might be giving them the best preservation copy they’ll ever see. And you’d be surprised how many filmmakers, producers, and even studios quietly acknowledge that.

To a lot of people, getting a 35mm scan of a beloved film is a huge deal. They wait patiently—sometimes for years—for a chance to see it. So when you tell them that only a select few get access while everyone else gets a refund or silence, it leaves a bad taste. Especially when the people being denied were the same ones defending you when delays piled up.

And about the leaks—you keep pointing fingers, but let’s be honest: the only leaks in the last year have been from my scans. And I’m fine with that. After a 3-month exclusivity period, I open it up for everyone. That’s how I operate. Ironically, I’m often accused of leaking things, but the truth is, it’s usually someone else acting in bad faith. Meanwhile, I keep scanning and pushing forward.

Some people in this community think I’ve ruined it. Maybe that’s what the loudest voices say. But I’ve tried to be transparent every step of the way. I didn’t just buy a basic Cintel or Kinetta—I built my own scanner, from the ground up. It works completely differently from anything out there. And I did that for one reason: to preserve film.

Honestly, it feels like we need a full reset in this scene. If you’re into film preservation just so you can hoard art that isn’t yours, what’s the point? If you’re passionate about cinema, then that passion should be contagious—not buried under layers of secrecy and power trips.

You might not like me. That’s fine. But I hope you respect the work ethic and what I’m trying to do. We don’t have to be best friends—but we should be working together. Because at the end of the day, this is about one thing: the love of cinema. And if we lose sight of that, what are we even doing?

Pete, you need a SERIOUS ego check here. I have already fully explained my reasons for doing what I’ve done– stop butting in and trying to take the moral high ground.

You do whatever the heck you want with your prints/scans, but I don’t need (nor do I want) your input on what you think is right or wrong in this situation. Please and thank you.

I mean, seriously — just look at the way you’re talking to people. Do you really think this is about money?

Most of the folks who donated — whether it was $1 or $20 — aren’t sweating the amount. For many collectors, these scans represent something personal, something they love. It’s about preservation, passion, and access — not pocket change.

And you outright admit the scan is done… but only some people get it? After a two-year wait? How do you not see the problem with that?

You talk about ego — man, I’d never speak to the people supporting my work the way you do. Especially those trying to help. Calling that ego? No — it’s called accountability. People backed you because they trusted your word. That should mean something.

The bigger issue here is this twisted idea that having access to 35mm scans gives you some kind of power. I don’t see cinema that way. The joy of film is sharing it — letting people experience the magic together. But this? This has become all about you. And your excuses? Weak.

And when I offer to help? Suddenly I’m the asshole? Just because I stepped in when things were falling apart?

That’s not ego — that’s love for cinema. That’s wanting to preserve something that’s disappearing. Do you even care about 35mm preservation? Do you see what’s at stake here?

Prints are vanishing. Scans aren’t trophies to hoard — they’re part of film history. If they’re kept locked away, they’re worthless. What we’re doing is bigger than one person, bigger than clout or credit.