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Dirty Harry is going to have the mono included on the upcoming 4K
fidelity wise it will probably suck compared to VHS/LD.
you don’t really know that, because the LD was an analog track with typical shortcomings (and it very well could’ve used an optical element as base) and this 4K would clearly be from lower generation elements so it would still likely have improvements, Warner would REALLY have to screw up the mastering for it to sound worse than a 42 year old analog laserdisc
I know the original broadcast version of Series 6 finale (eps 21 and 22) was 2 episodes together as a “film”, I should have it recorded on vhs and all intro credits are at front, nothing for second half. The vhs release for season 1 episodes 1-6 (https://buffy.fandom.com/wiki/The_Slayer_Pack) I believe has the 90 minute version with no credits on Harvest episode. I also have this series of PAL release (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Buffy-Vampire-Slayer-Complete-Seasons/dp/B005MX6Y6E)
If you have the uncut version of the season 6 finale that’d be fantastic
Dirty Harry is going to have the mono included on the upcoming 4K
Any info is appreciated
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I’m following up to see if this is still available? It’s been years since the original post.
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Certain streaming platforms used the mono mix with the 4K master
Oh which ones?!
when the movie was on Max it was in mono
Certain streaming platforms used the mono mix with the 4K master
oh my goshh! were you successful in finding the missing episodes?! i would give my left foot to see those episodes but have no clue where to start to find them and i would owe my life to you if you cld help me
I did find them and I restored altered music to two of them
Also, I noticed that you made no mention of the LOST Pilot episode, which also originally aired as a two-hour “movie” version… Does a proper version of this already exist somewhere in 1080p?
Incorrect actually, the movie version of the pilot never made it to broadcast, it originally aired in two parts and has always been that way since
Can’t really help you, but a post on Hometheaterforum indicates that there were probably changes. One poster specifically said that on yet another forum (unnamed), Season 1 Episode 17’s song Eyes by Rogue Wave was replaced.
Thought so, I do know the DVD release indicated possible music changes
Anyone have captures of the original NBC broadcasts for the first two seasons of this show? I already have the extended 101 Network captures for seasons 3-5 and was hoping I could get the first two seasons from the NBC run as well. Mostly because I want to make sure there are no music edits on the DVD and BD releases.
Please PM me if you have them.
I’d say your best bet is the broadcast rips already floating around
does anyone else have any VHS sources or anything that definitely has the full scene intact?
I do know one of the UK DVDs has it but it was reportedly dubbed over in certain bits to hide the harsher language and it seems that scene is affected too
Bruce Lee’s classic film Enter the Dragon is only available on DVD and Blu-Ray as part of an “extended version”. This version of the movie has different music cues in some scenes and most of the sound effects have been replaced.
The 4K release from last year that Warner Bros. themselves released has the original mono and remix options for both cuts and apparently they tinkered with the remix to more resemble the original
Were you able to restore the infamous whipped cream huffing scene?
One thing I will say is while it’s a shame the episodes aren’t completely uncensored (not Paramount+'s fault), they’re at least a lot better than the bastardized DVD episodes
MTV in general bastardized their catalog considering the state of the original Jackass series on Paramount+
Yeah, we are still discovering changes made to the Mike Judge Collection DVDs even in recent months. Part of it is revisionism, and part of it is going back to lower gen masters for that set (like Citizen Butt-Head, for example came out less censored). But their new releases just grab a random tape for an episode, clearly. Beware of the Butt is fully uncensored, and that tape was pulled from rotation after like two days in 1993.
Just to be clear, though, this project is fully uncensored.
I believe some of the censorships are permanent since apparently some episodes had their actual masters altered
It’s hard to say other than speculation. In some cases, probably. In other cases, like Citizen Butt-Head, clearly the master was not altered.
Doesn’t matter for the new streaming masters though, because those are all from broadcast tapes and not the upstream masters. Which is why we can have things like the Beware of the Butt “F UCKER” scene even though it only aired around twice in May 1993, and always censored after that. Or the voiceover on Give Blood’s credits, which was changed, etc.
I remember reading somewhere that Mike Judge once said he doesn’t even know if the early episodes in some cases even exist in their original form by now
One thing I will say is while it’s a shame the episodes aren’t completely uncensored (not Paramount+'s fault), they’re at least a lot better than the bastardized DVD episodes
MTV in general bastardized their catalog considering the state of the original Jackass series on Paramount+
Yeah, we are still discovering changes made to the Mike Judge Collection DVDs even in recent months. Part of it is revisionism, and part of it is going back to lower gen masters for that set (like Citizen Butt-Head, for example came out less censored). But their new releases just grab a random tape for an episode, clearly. Beware of the Butt is fully uncensored, and that tape was pulled from rotation after like two days in 1993.
Just to be clear, though, this project is fully uncensored.
I believe some of the censorships are permanent since apparently some episodes had their actual masters altered
One thing I will say is while it’s a shame the episodes aren’t completely uncensored (not Paramount+'s fault), they’re at least a lot better than the bastardized DVD episodes
MTV in general bastardized their catalog considering the state of the original Jackass series on Paramount+
Interesting
This looks to be a print of the 1980 special edition as it appears to have the alternate family introduction not in the original version
The original stereo mix of this movie hasn’t been released since the pre-DVD days and apparently the 5.1 track has some changes in it. Namely added music during the after party scene when Lloyd walks Diane home, which originally played silent. It’s possible some other changes occurred but I’m not entirely sure about what they’d be.
If one does have a laserdisc or VHS of this movie, please contact me
Really interested in the project, maybe even in contributing. Just one question first, is there something about the blu ray release that is wrong or messed up that you are trying to fix with this project. Or are you doing this just to do it, for the fun/educational process.
Really just curious, most of the projects I see here are trying to fix poor color timing or subsequent director/studio meddling. What’s your reason?
The current Blu is an ancient flat sharpened 2k master. A 35mm print scan is very welcome until Paramount releases the new 4k master.
Isn’t it with Fox in the US?
You should also attempt to restore the cut whipped cream huff scene removed after its theatrical release
By most accounts there aren’t any surviving prints of the film with the epilogue intact. What little has survived is not enough for a full restoration. This is why the epilogue is only shown in brief clips in the documentary on the DVD/BD.
In fact it was actually a miracle that the flower girl scene from Frankenstein was found fully intact, considering it was cut from the negative and destroyed soon after
What was used in the current restoration was from some print in the UK that happened to have it, it has noticeably worse quality than the rest of the movie and you can even see the quality shift in the next scene after it cuts back to the lower generation footage (idk what element they used for the rest of the movie)
The 4K DCP is reported to be the theatrical cut so there may be hope for a re-release after all
It works both ways, however the 4K has some issues with it
The theatrical cut being the shortened 2003 cut used since the DVD release, with various small trims throughout, but unlike before the mono mix this time was excluded as an option so you’re now stuck with the remix
The TV cut is also included in its first ever home video release but an SD source was used and it was AI sharpened really badly