I actually liked the 5.1 mixes of Vertigo and Psycho…
There’s two remixes for Vertigo
Are you talking about the DVD or BD remix?
Sorry it took 3 years to respond. The BD mixes.
This sounds really interesting and helpful. Could you DM it, please?
Here’s what I have so far, banged out relatively quickly:
Any pointers or things I should add/tweak?
I did try the THX Optimizer stuff for a viewing of ANH one time ('04 DVD, for reference), and I can definitely say I preferred the colors that gave me versus the stock settings on my TV, even despite the slightly limited settings I had to mess with. Not a massive difference, but I recall that it was a bit more natural-looking.
Minor Update: 3/27/2025
Still working on color grading, especially in matching the colors up in scenes where the process shots take on a different color palette from the surrounding footage. A good example of this is when Bond escapes from Piz Gloria at night and there’s the ensuing ski chase. The day-for-night is also redone there, though to a slightly less drastic extent than the pre-credits.
Another, more subtle example
An example
UPDATE: 3/17/2025
Hoo boy, the color grading is probably going to be the longest part of what I have on my list right now. Especially in the UE transfer, I’ve noticed how inconsistent the film in from a color standpoint, so my usual “just slap an adjustment clip over the whole thing and grade the whole movie at once” tactic isn’t going to work here.
Currently, I am working to mitigate and re-do the day-for-night effect in the pre-credits.
BIG UPDATE: 3/16/2025
I almost forgot about this entirely. After deliberating, I have decided to restart this project! I will go ahead and say that updates may be a bit sparse, as I have a bunch of other projects going on, but I am finally going to buckle down and at least get something started up in DaVinci for this project.
I’ve started my own Backstroking of ANH out of boredom. My personal favorite lines thus far are “¡comer!” (originally “Take her away!”) and “We are born with Poland; it is in our good luck” (originally “We seem to be made to suffer, it’s our lot in life.”)
Cut every single sentence down to only its most important word, to keep up with dwindling attention spans.
Examples:
Someone accidentally loads up the wrong hologram in the Home One briefing in ROTJ, and promptly scrambles to switch it out before people start judging.
It seems to me that they were just sourced from the 97SE for ANH and ROTJ, and from the original release for ESB (save for the '97 “Es war einmal…” card). My guess as to why just comes down to the translated Krieg der Sterne logo before the crawl rolls up, and these were the best sources they had available for such a thing.
When Artoo restores Threepio’s memory Poe says, “Somehow Threepio has returned.”
Yes.
In TRoS, to foreshadow 3P0’s memory wipe, have the Palpatine clone’s memory only be backed up to around the end of RotS, (just casually trim anything about it being the original Palpatine’s spirit for maximum effect) so the history of the entire Galactic Civil War has to be explained to him in a long-winded, very talky scene that involves a lot of “what?”, “huh?”, and “I can’t hear you over our cool indoor lightning!”
For sequel continuity’s sake, every mention of Palpatine in the OT (until Jedi) is cut, as well as everything featuring him after the Yoda fight in RotS. The last piece is adding a “somehow, Palpatine returned” to the Home One briefing in Jedi.
(ANH) The red R5’s motivator doesn’t go bad, but it’s still ditched in favor of R2. Through the remaining homestead scenes, we see it try and fail to get Luke’s attention, trying increasingly ludicrous things to make people notice it.
Add slide whistle sound effects to every substantial fall (i.e., a fall from a height of 6ft or more) in the saga. (Metaphorical falls included)
Revenge of the Sith, but edited in accordance to Backstroke of the West lore, but with the original RotS dialogue.
Spontaneous Barnes and Noble purchase:
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), Kino Lorber Blu-Ray
Added:
Dracula Has Risen From the Grave (1968), Warner BD
Taste the Blood of Dracula (1969), Warner BD
Been on a Hammer kick lately.
Added:
Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966), Scream Factory Collector’s Edition Blu-Ray
The Cure - P*rnography
(not entirely sure on the mods’ stance on that word, so I’ll play it safe)
Easily the darkest album I have listened to all the way through. Still good though, containing several songs that became part of my working playlist.
Impulsive ComicCon purchase:
Soylent Green (1973), Blu-Ray
Neat!