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- Frankenstein (1931) Audio Preservation (Released)
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How did you deal with the altered frame jump?
How did you deal with the altered frame jump?
What’s your opinion on the BD in terms of picture quality?
One of my friends wasn’t a fan of it
was there ever a home video release in the theatrical ratio?
The lossless dual mono track on the WAC blu-ray of Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark sounds astonishing
It’s hissy and sounds really clear and crisp as a result, thank fuck they didn’t nuke it with hiss reduction
I’m curious about how the stereo upmix from the first DVD sounds then
Idk sadly about that last part
It actually depends on what platform as well, season 3 had four hour long episodes and they’re preserved that way on DVD and Prime, but Hulu has all four of them in their two part versions
Along with that the last two episodes from season 2 on Hulu are the syndicated edits and Prime/DVD have both episodes uncut
Really the only episode I know of that’s in two parts everywhere is South of the Border from season 2, other than the original NBC broadcast the only way to have the uncut version is on DVD, and that has a few song changes
I have located what I needed, the versions of both of the season 1 episodes on Aussie iTunes are uncut with original music
I know I’ve frequented that blog
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3QSVzSXeos
ok here you go, I didn’t have the video finished yet
the sound of the shotgun falling to the ground, Max falling on the car, and the bird wing noises are all not in this version, which is a recording of an Australian broadcast from 1985
meaning they were never in the Aussie track to begin with, they were first added to the US dub, the region 2 DVD has an altered mono track and the Kino release is correct
with the exception of putting the clips together, I didn’t touch the recording at all (I even left in the PAL speed up), the first clip is to showcase it’s from a broadcast (yes the Superman theme was always there, it was added by the channel who aired this) and the last clip at the end is to show that it does in fact have the Aussie dialogue
The recent 4K release of Mad Max restores the proper Aussie mono mix
The comparison video floating around is misleading, the sound effects that it claims are missing were never there to begin with
They were added for the US dub originally, the European DVD is a weird hybrid that utilizes the Aussie dialogue but uses a few of the US mix sound effects
If anyone doesn’t believe me I actually have proof about this
that LD from the 90s is overrated though, it of course has the theatrical version but the quality is terrible and for a long while the sound falls out of sync, very sloppy release
the Kino mono is superior
there was a planned 4K of this title from Kino but sadly it got cancelled a few months ago
The Mondo transfer uses the same 4K master but it’s unfaithful to the original prints and looks too purple, the MGM BD from 2014 tries but fails to replicate the original theatrical color timing (which was extremely yellow) and instead looks more brownish than anything, Kino’s dials back the yellow but as a result what looks like a blue tint covers a lot of the picture and affects the black levels
Between these three though I’d say the Kino one is the best since it also has the original mono track and something at least close to the theatrical version
The BD master for American Graffiti was an entirely new master that was supervised by Lucas himself
But unfortunately after he approved it was when Universal ruined it with their routine sharpening and heavy filtering
The scene surprisingly is intact on the Amazon Prime version of the movie
one interesting thing I noticed was the green was dialed back on the remastered 1080p disk, unfortunately has a poor encode
same here
it appears there’s gonna be a 4K next year that Universal is releasing utilizing the same master as the Arrow release and Shout! Factory steelbook
the guy to contact is on reddit, I don’t wanna publicly reveal his name
Could you tell me how to get in touch with this guy?
It was a dude I met on reddit
Both me and him are restoring the episodes of the show, over half of it is done currently
I can PM you more about it if you want
Not exactly the same but better than nothing
I believe the UK BD and 4K have it as well though filtered
What’s the difference with the music?
Update
He just started on season 6 and I decided to help out with the later seasons
I started on season 9 and I did a few of the feature length episodes too
Most were provided privately, they’re already shared on MySpleen
What’s on DVD?
Does anyone possibly have any recordings of the SOAPnet run of Melrose Place?
There are recordings with original music floating around but sadly they’re cut for time and the SOAPnet versions are far more likely to be uncut
The reason why is because the DVD versions like 90210 are edited and replace nearly all the music
If anyone knows where I can at least locate them please let me know