One issue that stuck out for me in the version 2.5:
In the wide shot when Luke, Ben & the droids are arriving in Mos Eisley, the dewback near the cantina sticks out unnaturally green and bright (it is better in the following closeup shot).
Just rewatched Harmy's ROTJ version 1.0 and there were some issues that should be fixed in a later release.
- The composition off Luke and the Rancor is the 2004 version: the matte lines at the Rancor's legs are missing, and the colors are matching. The original version had prominent matte lines and mismatched colors.
- The hand-painted black blobs at the sides of Palpatine's face also are missing (they were removed in the 2004 version, IIRC).
Ah, I see.
PS: on TESB, the French end credits of the TV rip are clearly in a wrong font (not the one used in the English version).
Laserschwert said:
It's interesting that there WERE French credits though. This might be an indication, that there were in fact German credits as well, which I didn't know of.
Not necessarily. The French seem to usually translate the entire credits sequences (and continue to do so). In Germany, this is rather an exception (from 50s till the 70s it was done more often, but in the 80es, it rather went down).
Is it just me, or the starfield background is missing from the last two clips? Or is the picture just too dark to recognize them?
We thought this would be a good occasion to work on other foreign releases of the same film, since we are at work to remove all the text.
Am I right to guess that at least Germany and France had their own localized versions on Laserdisc?
As a matter of fact, no. The German version used the English master throughout (as was the case with T2 as well), whereas the intro text and the relevant HUD status messages were translated by voiceover.
ilovewaterslides said:
TheHutt said:
I have seen the German "To be continued" card. Contrary to the Part 2 card, it looked quite digital and low-res to me (rather pixelated). However, that might have been just the German home video editing process.
Interesting! Would love to see what it looks like.
It looked like this:
The second one was actually on 35mm (seen it in a theatre).
towne32 said:
SilverWook said:
The animated BTFF was released on VHS and even Laserdisc in the 90's.
And perhaps DVD in some country? I believe a myspleen member was going through the process of syncing the English audio to some DVD. They finished Season 1 and part of 2 before apparently calling it quits.
Still hoping that someday someone will budge and release a Stoltz cut. Or at least a scene or clips with audio.
The animated series will be released in Germany on DVD by Turbine, in October 2015. They are also planning some bonus material.
PS: just caught BTTF on our German cable TV channel (TNT Film HD) and I noticed that the end credits (what was left of them) were in the correct AR, as opposed to the BD.
I suppose the DCP from myspleen is not kk650's color corrected one?
towne32 said:
TheHutt said:
PS: where can I find this DCP that is floating around?
myspleen.
As far as I see they don't give out myspleen invites anymore...
TServo2049 said:
A twist: BTTF II had to have been at least partially retransferred for BD, because the end teaser for BTTF III says "COMING SUMMER 1990". Unlike the ending of BTTF I, the 2002 DVD transfer of II used the home video ending, where there wasn't a date under the BTTF III title. (Anybody have even a down convert of one of the HDTV versions, and can check if "Summer 1990" is on there?)
Also, if the first wasn't retransferred, how were the wheels/etc. correctly yellow? Or would the color correction gaffe not have been on the 2K source? In the same shot, the road stripes in the distance were also "pinked", and they're correctly yellow in the BD.
Just food for thought...
Not only that. In the bonus material the makers mention that they actually replaced the footage from BTTFI reused in BTTFII with scans from original negative of BTTFI to prevent generation quality loss.
Actually, when I have been watching BTTF 1-3 on 35mm five years ago, I noticed that BTTFI footage in BTTFII was clearly of a worse quality than the rest.
PS: where can I find this DCP that is floating around?
Could anyone share with me just the mono track of T1?
You better PM me for that. :)
An uncensored Pastoral sequence would be really great.
Am I the only one who thinks that the shape of Vader's molten helmet reminds of the... Death Star?
(by color and asymmetry, with the one eye socket looking like the DS turbolaser...)
Laserschwert said:
Did someone happen to capture the new cast promo photos shown during the panel? Or are they already available somewhere?
These ones?
https://scontent-fra.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtf1/t31.0-8/11037247_1097572456927018_601177401704161241_o.jpg?efg=eyJpIjoibCJ9
I'd strongly suggest to remove JRRT's name from the title. It's prepostrous.
eldusto84 said:
TheHutt said:
I'd say "Eldusto84's Fanedit of Peter Jackson's Adaptation of The Hobbit" is a more appropriate name.
Good grief, that's such a long and cumbersome title! It could use some editing, just like these films. Ha, get it?
At least it is true.
I'd say "Eldusto84's Fanedit of Peter Jackson's Adaptation of The Hobbit" is a more appropriate name.
Congratulations! I'd also recommend the German BluRays of FOD and FAFDM, as they have English lossless mono audio and (as far as FAFDM is concerned) are completely uncut.
I answered all the PMs that came to me. :)
Sorry for the delay.
Lil Brutto said:
There was some chatter about it being sourced from the master as the MGM DVD. Is this true?
Yes. Still, it has a beter PQ than the Italian/Spanish BluRay.
With that being said, does anyone know anything about the quality of the new American Blu Ray?
I have it. The PQ is better than the Italian one; however, the audio is still the (rather horrible) 5.1 upmix, which suffers from the following issues:
So a project to sync your English mono track to the MGM BD would be probably a good idea, given that the MGM has a better PQ.
Any chance for a despecialized German TESB, now that 2.0 is out? Or do you want to wait for 2.5? :)
(Ok, not much to localize there except for the textcrawl...)