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SpacemanDoug

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#1657082
Topic
LOST (2004-2010) -- ORIGINAL BROADCAST RESTORATION PROJECT (ON HOLD)
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DJPitaB said:

SpacemanDoug said:

You do realize that I have 1080p versions of the season 4-5 finales and the season 6 premieres already saved right?

They were intact on the US blu-ray sets and I was able to acquire rips of them.

I have the US blu-rays, and the episodes are split on the versions I have. I bought each season on blu-ray as they became available, as opposed to the big boxed set that came out later… So are you saying that the boxed set had the episodes intact? If so, I’d love to get a copy of those rips.

Well it’s equally possible that the versions you got happened to be international discs, because what I have came straight from the original US discs and they have the intact double length episodes in 1080p

If you do want them just send me a PM and I’ll send them to you

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#1656704
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LOST (2004-2010) -- ORIGINAL BROADCAST RESTORATION PROJECT (ON HOLD)
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TheBoogeyman1023 said:

I think it’s going to be a much longer wait than I initially anticipated for Seasons 1-3. The source I mentioned who has the full quality HDTV broadcast rips is going through some personal things.

In the mean time, I’ve gotten the rest of the double episodes completed: Season 4 & 5 finales and the Season 6 premiere.

I’m putting together a spreadsheet with links to the completed projects. This will make sharing easier.
People can DM me and I’ll share the spreadsheet when it’s ready.

SIDE QUESTS:
I’m considering adding the Season 5 premiere to my list, which to my knowledge only had 1 minor change. The placement of the first commercial break and opening credits. But I’ll need to secure a new Blu-ray reader/burner to get the episode off the disc.

And I may also do a pass on the pilot but I would need a reference to the 2 hour broadcast version. If anyone has that and would be willing to share, that would be a big help. It will also depend on whether or not this AI tool I’ve been messing with can seamlessly remove the credits off the footage from Pilot, Part 2.

You do realize that I have 1080p versions of the season 4-5 finales and the season 6 premieres already saved right?

They were intact on the US blu-ray sets and I was able to acquire rips of them.

As for the two part pilot, as stated earlier there is in fact a double length version but it was a pre-release version that contained temporary music (there was no score composed yet) and it aired in two parts originally on ABC to begin with. The dead giveaway is that the original air dates are a week apart.

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#1653901
Topic
Beverly Hills, 90210 - with original music (Released)
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So I’ve heard rumors that someone on Instagram has been selling these restorations and taking credit for them. These restorations are NOT for sale, they are 100% free and if you see someone attempting to sell them, they are a big time scammer. Please do not fall for it, just contact me instead and I’ll send you the link directly and completely free of charge.

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#1652493
Topic
Do we have any project for Brazil (1985)?
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Perene said:

springfeel said:

tarantino probably has a print, but then you would be whining because its the theatrical cut.

Another thing I found out today is that Universal’s theatrical cut (Blu-ray) has slightly less brightness than Criterion’s Blu.

Proof:

Universal:
https://i.postimg.cc/SRKkqDfV/VECI.jpg

Criterion:
https://i.postimg.cc/gJsmff8n/112.jpg

UHD:
https://i.postimg.cc/8cnDCMyG/113.jpg

Also, some caps-a-holic images showing how the 4K and Blu-ray differ: https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?d1=19074&d2=1833&c=34

Again, it was a transfer personally supervised by Danny Boyle and he’s not a known revisionist. The old masters were DVD era neutral and were clearly not theatrically accurate. Teal always existed as a color and idk why people are always so insistent that DVD era neutral and magenta pushes are theatrically accurate when they’re clearly not. The color timing on Trainspotting looks so much better than the various old masters.

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#1651473
Topic
Do we have any project for Brazil (1985)?
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springfeel said:

midnight cowboy was tealed to death, but it actually very close to the og trailer

Here’s an excerpt from Criterion’s booklet regarding their restoration of Midnight Cowboy:

“A 35mm theatrical print made for the 2004 twenty-fifth anniversary of the film – supervised by director John Schlesinger, producer Jerome Hellman, and cinematographer Adam Holender – was referenced for color correction.”

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#1650610
Topic
Do we have any project for Brazil (1985)?
Time

Perene said:

SpacemanDoug said:

Here we go again with the teal and orange accusations. Teal existed in 1985 and the old masters are magenta tinted. People only hate the look of teal and orange because it was so popular in the late 2000s and are used to the old magenta tinted masters and thinking they’re correct.

No one has said this, only that Criterion went full-retard on this 4K remaster. Instead of fine-tuning the picture, it looks like this:

UHD:
https://i.postimg.cc/dQ4pZ5mt/UHD44.jpg

Blu-ray:
https://i.postimg.cc/VLhhD5Vx/UNI1.jpg

++++++
UHD: https://i.slow.pics/Z8kHLrDB.png
Blu-ray: https://i.slow.pics/SxQKLKVf.png

++++++

UHD: https://i.postimg.cc/cx8sY8Mm/UHD-DELES1.jpg
Blu-ray: https://i.postimg.cc/D2Nv8cs0/BD-TEA1.jpg

The only thing you’ve proved here is that Brazil’s 4K color timing has a much more photochemical look to it compared to the old BD master which is another DVD era neutralized master with no care put into the color timing whatsoever. Teal and orange existed in 1985, the BD is far from theatrically accurate.

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#1643506
Topic
'Dirty Harry' - with original mono mix (see kchrules' posts) (Released)
Time

springfeel said:

SpacemanDoug said:

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

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#1633656
Topic
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: original broadcast reconstruction project
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kineticsolace said:

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

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#1603975
Topic
LOST (2004-2010) -- ORIGINAL BROADCAST RESTORATION PROJECT (ON HOLD)
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DJPitaB said:

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

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#1603642
Topic
Friday Night Lights: NBC captures for seasons 1 and 2
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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.

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#1591014
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Info: Mono soundtracks that were butchered with 5.1 remixes in later releases
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The Decimator said:

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