SilverWook

Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

I have a friend that is an audio engineer at Skywalker Sound.  One time I asked him about his thoughts on the OUT vs SE, etc.  His response was basically that he didn't understand why I or anyone else would care.

 Is he even a fan? I imagine someone who doesn't give a rat's ass about Gone With The Wind could care less if the Cinemascope version was the only version available either.

Loving Star Wars probably isn't mandatory to work at Lucasfilm anyway. ;)

35mm print on Ebay.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/35-mm-animated-feature-film-The-Land-Before-Time-/221541926841

16mm print of Pinnochio with a French track.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/16mm-Walt-Disneys-Classic-Pinocchio-in-FRENCH-Orig-print-mylar-low-fade-/271599377503

Looks like it will be in theaters a few more days. At least that is what Fandango is telling me...

I saw it on a XD cinema screen Thursday night. It thankfully looked like film. Grain was intact, which I'm sure the clueless elsewhere will complain about. I was a little surprised how soft some of the original photography was. Shots in the second half of the film were much sharper.

There was one optical FX element wobbling right before Mr. Staypuft steps on the church. Everything else held up pretty well for a thirty year old film. I guess 35mm release prints concealed a lot of warts.

The colors on things like the library ghost, and the proton beams were vivid and beautiful.

For some reason, I never noticed Slimer has a huge buttcrack before. O_O

I think I've tuned out all the not so subtle Coke product placement all these years, (they owned Columbia at the time) but it's there. ;)

The soundtrack was respectful for a remix, (although I'm sure GB had a 70mm release?) and I didn't detect any modern meddling. For the first time, I was able to make out what tv show is overheard when the guys are searching the Sedgewick Hotel hallways.

For those of you who have never seen it, here's Zuul on Saturday Night Live in 1986. ;)

https://archive.org/details/SigourneyWeaverAsSexyZuul-ChurchChat

Good point!

I actually thought you'd leave Threepio's memory intact for some reason. ;)

I never noticed before how Jimmy Smits is really tall in that shot. (And he apparently doesn't cast a reflection on Threepio.) Or is Anthony Daniels really short?

I'm thinking about going to Monsterpalooza in Burbank CA. next weekend.

Thanks for the tip!

The LD I'm using, (as I know nuances of the soundtrack very well) only has the minutes and seconds display, and no chapter stops.

I was finally able to uncrate my new Teac, and hook it up to my 704 via toslink tonight. The unit is fairly simple to operate. It's surprisingly solid, hefty, and well made. (And yes, Made in China.) The remote is the only thing that feels and looks cheapo, but I've been spoiled by LD player remotes for decades.

The synchronized recording feature didn't want to work, as the LD probably doesn't have a TOC like a CD would. (Using an mid '80's title for the test.) Not really an issue so long an I can manually hit record and stop.

I was getting worried as the VU meters were not moving much as I made my capture. Finalizing was easy and painless. Popped the CD-R into my Blu Ray and it sounds like the Laserdisc!

Whether it's actually bit perfect remains to be seen. Maybe I should capture my Mortal Kombat DTS LD, and send it off to someone to analyze? ;)

dark_jedi said:

LOL it is crickets here, does anyone have Dracula 1979 either on VHS or LD and can provide screens?

and I assume no one has Silver Bullet LD?

 There are couple copies of Silver Bullet for sale on the LDDB. Keep in mind there was no digital sound release, and the disc apparently has no CX encoding.

I think I may have found Mustafar's theme song! ;)

http://youtu.be/5OA9ZSpVsZk

I would hope mature intelligent adults could differentiate between a plot point in a medieval setting, in a work of fiction, and real life.

It's a darn good thing they weren't doing a story set during the French Revolution!

Rogue-theX said:

Apparently Calling All Girls is on the greatest video hits II dvd:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greatest_Video_Hits_2

 Thanks for the info!

I was going go see the movie again in IMAX this weekend, but it's been bumped for the 20th anniversary reissue of Forrest Gump?! Someone must pay for this!

Doctor Loo?

Has anyone gone to see the one week only 30th anniversary reissue in theaters?

Nervous networks are nothing new. The 80's series The Greatest American Hero briefly changed the last name of the main character, from Ralph Hinkley to Ralph Hanley, in the wake of the assassination attempt on President Reagan. The shooter was named John Hinckley.

This probably belongs in general discussion. Whoosh!

Didn't realize you were going dual layer with this. We still need to get the tv spot properly scanned down the line.

The 1978 trailer is around in good quality. If I don't still have it, msycamore should.

I also think the two music videos heavily influenced by the film would make good extras. Calling All Girls doesn't seem to have ever been included on any official Queen video release I can find. All the Youtube versions are dodgy.

http://youtu.be/Q34BIMKre7I

Ganstarr's You Know My Steez

http://youtu.be/JXCo_lR3Pp0

Was TCW any different?

A couple of 1978(?) reissue poster designs I haven't seen before.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/THX-1138-Movie-Poster-2004-George-Lucas-Directors-Cut-NEW-/121428000572

Stick?

AntcuFaalb said:

SilverWook said:

At least consider a high bitrate? Too many mono mixes are regulated to 192kps Dolby Digital, even on Blu Ray.

I was thinking of using 224Kbps. Too low?

 384Kbps would be nice. There is only going to be one audio track?