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SpacemanDoug

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#1545016
Topic
Friday Night Lights (Extended Episodes)
Time

DJPitaB said:

UPDATE:
While looking over these episodes with @SpacemanDoug, we discovered that there are extended versions of every episode in season 3. There is also an extended version of the series finale. However, the rest of the episodes (all of season 4 and all but the final episode of season 5) appear to have the same episode runtimes as the versions that were released on blu-ray. (I’ve edited my original post to reflect this.)

That being said, every episode I’ve checked from seasons 3, 4, & 5 has altered music on blu-ray (& streaming) compared to what originally aired.

I have started the process of restoring season 3. I’ve completed the first episode, and I have mixed feelings about the end result. I’ve tweaked the upscaling settings to achieve the closest possible look to the 1080p versions on blu-ray, and many of the shots look very good; a few shots definitely do not. (When upscaling low resolution footage, close-up shots tend to look great, medium shots are hit-or-miss and wide shots with people’s faces in them often get weirdly distorted.)

As a proof of concept, I can make the completed version of episode 301 available to whomever is interested.

If there is enough interest in the complete season and/or seasons 4 & 5 with the original music, I will continue to work on this project. (It will certainly take a lot of time, as the process is quite tedious.) If not, I’ll probably put it on the back burner or abandon it. The additional footage and extended scenes are interesting to have access to, but they’re clearly not necessary for the enjoyment of the show. In my opinion, having just done the one episode so far, most of the DirecTV exclusive content adds very little.

For those interested in what was changed for episode 301, I’ve included the list of changes below. (Note: In order to preserve the original music, I used the stereo TV audio for the entire episode, except where noted.)

List of changes:
00:00:30-00:00:35 - Extended shot
00:03:37-00:03:40 - Extended shot
00:03:46-00:04:58 - Extended shots, additional footage
00:08:36-00:10:39 - Extended scenes, credits adjustments (the beginning of this section is perhaps the best example of how bad certain shots look when upscaled)
00:13:03-00:13:08 - Extended shot
00:14:26-00:14:29 - Additional footage
00:17:37-00:17:41 - Extended shot
00:18:37-00:18:41 - Additional footage, extended shot
00:19:54-00:20:27 - Extended scene
00:25:52-00:26:02 - Used ADR audio from blu-ray, which was recorded to correct a continuity error in the original dialogue
00:28:04-00:28:44 - Additional scene
00:41:17-00:41:36 - Extended shot, re-ordered scene
00:41:36-00:43:29 - Extended scenes
00:44:19-00:46:21 - Extended scene

For the altered opening credits, are you using the full frame or are you cropping the TV footage and overlaying it on top of the BD footage?

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#1543838
Topic
Taxi (1978-1983) - Seasons 4 and 5 uncut episodes preservation
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heathen3017 said:

OTRest said:

SpacemanDoug said:

DawnShadow said:

Jim’s Marios is still edited on Amazon via Paramount+ - I assume the regular Paramount+ version is edited too unless you can confirm otherwise?

Edit occurs at 18:05 - all of Alex playing the piano, singing etc. is gone

I guess that’s the unfortunate acception because P+ is edited too

Do you have a TV capture of that scene by any chance?

Good news! The missing scene in Jim’s Mario’s is included in Pluto’s free streaming version:

https://pluto.tv/en/on-demand/series/613a6a0462aa0500144ef1d1/season/5/episode/6398f7491f9a4e0013885494

Can anyone confirm that there are no other cuts on the Paramount+ versions?

Can anyone capture this in 1080p and make it available?

it’s been released on myspleen

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#1539884
Topic
"Weird Al" Yankovic - Just Stupid Enough (Complete Videography) [WIP]
Time

Mango said:

After closer inspection of the 4K version of Eat It, it seems al was barely able to remaster that video, as the film elements were in poor condition. It seems to be a one time thing that was apparently only done for his new movie. The remaster is also missing a sight gag where Al’s breath causes the camera lens to fog up.

I’m sorry for the abrupt cancellation. That was my mistake. Project is still underway, and I hope to have some things ready soon.

Also as a result of the video being in 16x9 (including the black bars), all of the optical transitions are now in the 16x9 frame rather than the original 4x3 frame (most noticeable with the final “eyes” shot zoom, but it occurs a couple of other times before too)

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#1539097
Topic
Info: Theatrical/rare soundtracks and where to find them.
Time

springfeel said:

SpacemanDoug said:

springfeel said:

Post em on archive.org they likely won’t get taken down.

Any old paramount dvd release with the widescreen banner on the bottom likely has the theatrical mix

Other titles
deep impact, black rain, Truman show, days of thunder

If you’re referring to the 2.0 tracks on those DVDs then likely they aren’t, Paramount created a lot of 2.0 downmixes of 5.1 tracks those DVDs had because at that time a lot of players weren’t 5.1 comparable and weren’t the best at automatically downmixing them

no some of the 5.1 's . I know the DVD 2.0 of Witness is a downmix cause it has the same SFX as the 5.1 and the LD has the original SFX.

Airplane and Grease had downmixes as well

Did Witness have new sound effects?

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#1539061
Topic
Info: Theatrical/rare soundtracks and where to find them.
Time

springfeel said:

Post em on archive.org they likely won’t get taken down.

Any old paramount dvd release with the widescreen banner on the bottom likely has the theatrical mix

Other titles
deep impact, black rain, Truman show, days of thunder

If you’re referring to the 2.0 tracks on those DVDs then likely they aren’t, Paramount created a lot of 2.0 downmixes of 5.1 tracks those DVDs had because at that time a lot of players weren’t 5.1 comparable and weren’t the best at automatically downmixing them

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#1536070
Topic
Beverly Hills, 90210 - with original music (Released)
Time

MonkeyLizard10 said:

SpacemanDoug said:

does anyone have the full run of the FX captures?

I don’t need the SOAPnet versions because I already have those, but I am interested in the FX recordings, particularly with season 5

supposedly some alternate footage aired in that run for that season

I probably have some to all of S5 on VHS.
I don’t know offif they would be like the SOAPNet or FX or maybe neither.

Can you PM me what you have?

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#1534865
Topic
Taxi (1978-1983) - Seasons 4 and 5 uncut episodes preservation
Time

DawnShadow said:

Jim’s Marios is still edited on Amazon via Paramount+ - I assume the regular Paramount+ version is edited too unless you can confirm otherwise?

Edit occurs at 18:05 - all of Alex playing the piano, singing etc. is gone

I guess that’s the unfortunate acception because P+ is edited too

Do you have a TV capture of that scene by any chance?

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#1531036
Topic
The A-Team Broadcast Restoration (Released)
Time

TheHutt said:

From Turbine’s Facebook:

"EXPERTS WANTED!

Maybe some of you have already heard: We are now working on a Blu-ray edition of THE A-TEAM. As KNIGHT RIDER has shown, this takes time, so please don’t misunderstand this post as a release announcement. But to make this thing perfect, we’d appreciate the support of fans and experts, hence we wanted to reach out as early as possible. If you know THE A-TEAM inside/out, if you know details about cuts, edits and other changes and whatnot, then please contact our label manager Wolf Jahnke via email at jahnke @ turbine.de.We want to put together a small team with which we can create the ultimate edition. If you know someone who might know someone, you are of course welcome to link in the comments.We would be very happy about your support, because we love it when a plan comes together 😉"

Where would I possibly contact them?

I wanna inform them about the issues with Quantum Leap, particularly with the missing footage for Trilogy: Part 2 and Evil Leaper II

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#1529573
Topic
The Outsiders (1983) Servanov Theatrical HD Reconstruction (Released)
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Funny how just two years ago the theatrical cut finally got its first HD physical release with the 4K remaster, even has the original Saul Bass logo for both cuts

I guess the only thing that would still be worthy of this version is it does have the original stereo mix, since the 4K only has a 5.1 track (not that it’s really revisionist to begin with, it appears to just be a remixed version of the stereo track)

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#1524011
Topic
Just out of curiosity is it possible to get the film prints for Buffy and angel?
Time

Fullmetaled said:

Just thought I ask didn’t think this question through because even if they were out there the effects would have to be updated and that would be taxing work. so Buffy is doomed to be stuck with that awful hd remaster because Disney hates buffy fans and fans of the fox catalog as a whole. It also doesn’t help that joss whedon isn’t in the greatest light now. 😦

Hulu and other services use the masters for the international DVDs, meaning seasons 1-3 are in 4x3 and seasons 4-7 are in widescreen but just simply expand on the sides, they also don’t have DNR issues and all of the color filters are intact