SpacemanDoug

I believe I’ve seen that, only problem is the songs are changed just like on DVD

I believe this is only for a couple of episodes though but I still wanna do it

It’s similar to how a lot of these things are done, the original elements are always bound to show more information than what would be seen on a print. On the 4K release of the Charlie Brown Christmas/Halloween/Thanksgiving specials, the widescreen versions show more information on the sides than on the also provided 4x3 versions. Sure the animation in this movie was digital but once again, framing from the elements always differs from what’s seen in the final product theatrically and home video. The extra information on the sides of the trailer wasn’t meant to be seen in the final product.

Even shows from the mid-2000s have issues on DVD. The episodes for the show are all uncut on DVD but unfortunately a bunch of song cues originally in the NBC broadcasts were altered. The streaming versions of the show however restore all of the omitted cues. But in sort of a win-lose situation, Fox was very sloppy and instead chose to utilize syndication edits of the episodes that were originally super-sized (the pilot and season 1 finale being examples). To my knowledge the episodes that had a regular runtime are uncut. Fortunately all but one of the originally hour long episodes are preserved. The one that isn’t is in two parts and as a result has about 20 seconds of footage missing. What I’d like to do is if anyone has the right sources, for specifically the affected episodes I’ll create restorations that are more faithful to the original NBC broadcasts. All I need to know are which episodes were originally super-sized, an hour long, and what cues were where initially. Plus I’ll need someone with the right capabilities to send me the streaming and DVD versions of the affected episodes. If anyone is able to please let me know.

digitalfreaknyc said:

SpacemanDoug said:

I managed to discover earlier TV airings are based off of the theatrical version, however it still has some edits regarding violence and swearing, but that does make somewhat of a preservation easier

It’s a super easy preservation. It’s just the two scenes that were added, IIRC.

actually it was far more than that, a bunch of other shots were added and alternate takes were used, and even some bits are unique to only the theatrical version

well it looks like a preservation isn’t necessary anymore
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Bruce-Lee-His-Greatest-Hits-Blu-ray/265461/

gonna include both the previous special edition and the original US cut with the original mono track restored

If Amazon video has the theatrical version in HD, wouldn’t there also be the risk of it being pan and scan?

I managed to discover earlier TV airings are based off of the theatrical version, however it still has some edits regarding violence and swearing, but that does make somewhat of a preservation easier

what would count as a contributing member?

Led Zeppelin is so stingy I swear, don’t get me started on the Wayne’s World case

What scene was it in?

any takers?

I’m sure a lot of already saw my thread on how I’ve restored a bunch of the broadcast music to a lot of episodes of That 70s Show, well since that thread I managed to locate a few more episodes but I’m sadly still missing a third of season 1, all of season 2, and an episode of season 3. I’ve run out of ideas on where to look and idk anyone else who could still have those ancient broadcast rips circulating around for years. I’ve been doing this project for almost 3 years and I still don’t have everything I need to finish. If anyone knows where or has any episodes from the original airings at all, please message me.

UPDATE: As of mid-2020, all of the episodes have been found and restored

does anyone have any updates regarding this project?

I’m very desperate at getting the rest of this series restored, I still am missing a third of season 1, all of season 2, and the one season 3 episode

please let me know the best places at where I can get them

riftamos said:

I’ve got both the LD and a scan and its not present in either of them

Is that print from 1989?

What Jesse Owens line?

OrangeTank said:

Do the Right Thing got the color grading fixed on the Criterion Blu-ray disc release, correct?

Yes, along with eliminating all of the severe DNR and sharpening that plagued the old Universal release

I know that not too long ago reel 1 was finished

Back to the Future should be added
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFo1vaDk-SA

just thought I’d correct a small mistake here

the CCE master wasn’t just on the Criterion LD, it was also on the very FIRST New Line DVD (the flipper DVD), I have a rip of it and it does look identical to the LD

I know Grease has been added already, but there is more to it. The 20th anniversary 1998 5.1 remix of Grease had all of the songs remixed (like adding reverb and background vocals to a couple of the songs) and added a bunch of foley sound effects. This was the only mix available for 20 years. The 40th anniversary 5.1 remix restores the original sound mix and sounds far better than the previous 5.1 mix.

crissrudd4554 said:

Think I’ve shared this before. Not a comparison of a surround mix to mono but IMO the mono track on the BD of Frankenstein is very flat.

https://vimeo.com/295910511

Ah yes I’m quite familiar with this one, I own the 1999 DVD myself and despite being mastered too quiet it sounds far better and more lifelike than the blu-ray

Well at least the Disney+ versions restore the Fox logos despite since 1997 the original trilogy has had them plastered, along with removing references to News Corporation

digitalfreaknyc said:

It’s missing from the Blu-ray as well??

Yep

Any takers?