Scottish Jedi

I watched the documentary you made, very insightful. Do you think that the trimming of the flashback scenes is the reason that in the Director’s Cut there is that weird VHS insert just after the Kurgen impales McCleod (it transisions into a shot of McLeod’s eye in the 1985 present)? Was the original negative lost when it was cut? I have looked this up before, but all I see is others acknowledging the quality drop, but not the reason why. The drop exists on the Blu Ray edition and the most recent 4k UHD Blu Ray. Or is this scene/transition present in the Theatrical versions too, and if so, does it drop in quality, both in the HDTV and 35mm transfer?

These look great! I have a question (in multiple parts).
I am a little confused as to what source(s) you used for upscale, is it the original Blu-rays, the new remastered Blu-rays (1080p or 2160p), or a hybrid of both? Additionally, if it was the remastered Blu-rays, did you fix the DNR artifacts prevelent with the remastered Blu-rays? E.G. in Return of the king, when gandalf and Pippin have dismounted Shadowfax in the Minis Tirith’s courtyard, Shadowfax’s ears get left behind when he moves his head & The top of Gandalf’s staff goes in and out of extistance (these are visible in the caps-o-holic screenshot comparrison link I included: https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?a=1&x=502&y=284&d1=5245&d2=15009&s1=49011&s2=156558&l=0&i=2&go=1 You can see it to the right of his head, and the error is present in both the 1080p and 2160p remaster)? Have these issues been replaced with upscaled and re-coloured original Blu-Ray footage? Again, this looks fantastic and is not meant as criticism, and apologies if it is read as such.

Could I please get a link to these please? I have sent you a PM previously too.

Would it be possible to get a link for this please?

Thank you for these links, they are great.

I have a question about your “Sorcerer’s Stone” extended version. I was wondering where you got the Blu-rays with the audio tracks that say “Philosopher’s” from that are included in your 4k hybrid? As you can tell from my screen name, I am from Scotland (UK) and all the UK versions of the Blu-Ray & DVD have never included the extended cuts. In addition to owning the UK 4K Blu-Ray Collection, I also own the “Sorcerer’s Stone” due to my wife being American and having access to her blu ray collection. It has always bugged me that they say “Sorcerer’s” in the US release and I always hoped there was an extended “Philosopher’s” version commercially available. dvdcompare.net says Holland has the extended cut, but dvdcompare.net has never been the most accurate in my experience.

My questions are;

1. Is there an extended version of The Philosopher’s Stone and which version did you get the audio tracks from?
2. If so, which region(s) release is it from (I saw the French tracks so is it the France release)?
3. If so, is the opening title card and credits on that release in English (and read “Philosopher’s Stone”)?

Thank you again for all your hard work! If anyone else knows where I can get the “Philosopher’s Stone” Extended version commercially, please chime in.

Could I have a link please? I grew up with the VHS tape version from the 90s which had the original audio. In the 2000s my mother without asking me got rid of ALL of my VHSs. I got the DVD in the 2000s and was disappointed when they changed the audio. To add insult to injury my mother insisted that the change did not matter and that I was over reacting because the DVD image was better. So this project means a great deal to me in terms of restoring a part of my childhood. Thank you for all your work.

Could I please have a download link please when you are not too busy?

Hey, I know this thread is years old, and I see someone asked this back in 2022, but is there a link to the 720p version, or is there a new project for this somewhere else on this site?