I definitely think the making of's are scrutinized and edited by higher ups. Glad Lucas doesn't care about the books and non-film EU. Although that's when we get into the confusing stuff-like the Corporate Sector Authority. I had forgotten about the Indy books. Some are actually quite good.
xhonzi said:
The "Mosht Boringesht One"?
Conneryspeak!
The Man Who Fell to Earth-great movie that takes a while to digest. You can't really ask yourself what exactly is going on while it plays, but afterwords it stays in your head and grows exponentially. David Bowie as an alien= priceless.
Bingowings said:
And not House Of Wax, It Came From Outerspace, Creature From The Black Lagoon, Blood For Dracula and/or Flesh For Frankenstein?
Some of these films haven't had a 3D release for many decades and they were designed to be seen in 3D.
Making them 3D again is to some degree restoration.
I think that they should be in 3D if intended. What I meant was we should see the only 3D film to actually use depth in an artistic sense and not just paddle balls at the audience. (although I do love House of Wax don't get me wrong.)
I think some of these films were released in 3D in Japan in the late 80's. There are some clips of House, Dial M, and even Jaws 3D on youtube in the standard red/blue image.
Always wondered about that. "Oh no, it's locked. We can't go in! Code #235667.5561138 says you cannot go in a locked house, but you can blow up a planet."
ChainsawAsh said:
TheBoost said:
A nice new VHS tape had a much better image than the current GOUT DVD.
Now that's just not true.
Very untrue. I picked up a mint copy of the 95 WS Tapes that still had the factory seal on most of it. Had never been played. Looked like an even crappier GOUT. No matter the condition 248p will never match 420p and above.
Just give us the 3D version of the only good film to be truly made and composed for 3D: Dial M for Murder.
xhonzi said:
Jedi Academy Remake of the Original Dark Forces: http://darkforces.jediknight.net/index2.shtml A posting from a month or two ago makes it sound like this might actually start seeing light of day soon. It's a nice uprezzed trip down memory lane.
Definitely agree. Would be great for JK too.
While on this subject I add: New Jedi Knight sequel.
So I thought it would be interesting to see some of John Woo's American films.
Bad idea. Very bad idea that I have now given up on.
Tried to get through Face/Off and Mission Impossible II.
His American work has none of the Hong Kong/Chow Yun-Fat magic. Thank goodness he finally went back to China.
I have a couple soundtracks-From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, Thunderball, The Living Daylights, 2001, and a slightly beat up copy of the 77 SW double LP. The Bonds are great on both LP and the expanded remastered CDs. 2001 and SW are a dream.
Just won a VG copy of R.E.M.'s Reveal off ebay. A steal for $5 total with shipping.
For those interested, I found a really fantastic blog for digitized vinyl. PM for info.
How Soon Is Now-The Smiths
1st half of Dead Letter Office-R.E.M.
FanFiltration said:
ChainsawAsh said:
Would there be any benefit to color-correcting the Ultimate Editions based on the colors in the Criteron LDs, etc., then syncing the original audio and banned commentaries to those?
I'm not sure I could replicate the grain look that was lost on the U.E. set. I would have to play with them a bit to find out.
FF
I don't think it can be done. Lowry completely erased everything from their negative scans. Much of the grain came from the original prints and their age. Found a few more SE discs in the local library and there is no way to get that high amount of grain back into Dr. No if going from the Lowry transfer. This isn't even figuring in the color difference. It's massive.
From what I know about the THX discs, Goldeneye was a port of the original DVD and the others were either the ports of their last LDs or the result of the canceled one. It was intended to be a last LD line of 007, but only a few were actually released. The original listings are up on lddb.com. The THX edition of TSWLM is supposed to hold up better than either the SE or the UE. It only has that same 5.1 remix though.
4,5,6 in original editions-GOUT if necessary. Then theatrical cut of 1, and 2 and 3.
I know that Terrence Young approved of the Criterion transfers-not sure about Guy Hamilton. The color does look amazing on those. (If only they had done Thunderball!)
The framing on the first three were always at the American standard of 1.85:1. In Europe they would be played in their original 1.66:1. So while the cropping is regrettable it isn't the absolute worst in the world. I had no idea that some of the LDs were actually in 1.66:1. This is good!
The Lowry produced UEs came from the original negatives. They went through a whole big hoopla about doing that, but now the opticals stand out like a sore thumb and the films are too cleaned up. Some colors (especially in Goldfinger) look "fresher" to my eyes but they don't seem to be what was originally shot. Comparing the UE to your original Criterion conversion makes this evident. Lowry (and most every modern studio) doesn't give a damn about original color timing. They go back to negatives and do whatever they feel like.
Thanks for comparing these, and those photos are a great help. I will now have to start collecting these to satisfy my inner Bond completist.
Screencaps would be greatly appreciated.
I noticed that the SE of OHMSS had some dialogue missing and that was supposedly one of the flaws on the first pressings of the SE discs. (And it definitely has print damage on the DVD.) If that 89 LD looks like the best to you then I'm definitely looking forward to it. Watching that old disc was an inspiration. It was like watching the film back in my childhood-because that pure technicolor was intact.
That last bit sounds like the ultimate early Connery preservation.
It's about the Aston's style, and the fact that he drove a DBIII in the novel Goldfinger.
Sluggo said:
captiansolo, are you sure you aren't me? I listened to both of those in the last hour.
That's really freaky. I thought I was being very random. ;)
TV's Frink said:
I always thought Automatic for the People was criminally underrated. Except for "Everybody Hurts." Hate that damn song.
All their albums are underrated-especially Monster, New Adventures, and Up. EH was way too overplayed, but it is a great song especially in the context of the album. Found the DVD-A of Automatic recently so I've been going through it for the billionth time.
Try Not to Breathe by R.E.M.
The End by The Doors.
Yep. LTK was one of their WS LDs. I got it in a bargain bin and it looks and sounds excellent. Unfortunately it is the cut version.
I remember that Thunderball cover on the original VHS tape I rented all those years ago. I still miss that and the later mid 90's MGM tape covers.
Just watched OHMSS and DAF last night. OHMSS was fantastic on my old SE disc-it felt just right. DAF on the UE was a marked difference. It was too pristine because Lowry had scrubbed out the life of the film. Lowry is the ultimate enemy of Technicolor.
I bought the UEs mainly for the correct ratios and original audio. However, I compared the SE OHMSS audio to the mono track on the UE and they sounded slightly different.
What were the sources for the SE discs? Some like OHMSS look like they were directly from prints and others from LD masters.
I still can't believe that Hasbro is doing all this vintage packaging. Have been tempted to grab a few, but at $8 a pop and the thought that part of that will go back to the machine has made me hold off. Not to mention that the figures themselves are so detailed that you can't really play with them. God, I miss the POTF2 days!!
I vote scratchy original. The new one is just too pristine for me, and wouldn't really match the original.
Return of the real Bond after this reboot nonsense.
A great OT game.
Live at Leeds 40th anniversary set.
ChainsawAsh said:
My pressing of Who Are You has the uncensored title track ("fucks" and all). I guess we have different pressings?
Silly me. For some reason I was thinking that the edited song was on the album. Why I do not know.
I switched to lossless and CDs. It still isn't enough. It's cheaper to buy original vinyls than it is for CDs. Just don't go into a good mom and pop record store or hit ebay right now. There is so much for so little...that your wallet will die.
A B C said:
I LOVE VINYL !
Completely agree.
Meow.
Wow. Great news on the updated equipment. Who says we need Lowry Digital to make our favorite films "better"?
