dvdmike

You_Too said:

stretch009 said:

This version is up on usenet:

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/regrading-editing-original-trilogy-using-blu-rays-and-german-hdtv-streams-to-remove-bad-but-not-all-specialised-blu-ray-changes/post/553622/#TopicPost553622

No offense against OMEN but his version doesn't correct the teal shift and other color timing changes done to that release.

We'll see in the future if I'll revisit my fix since I now have selectivecolour for avisynth which is better than the method I used back then.

By the way, thanks guys for the info on the aspect ratio of T2. That WMV-HD version is too compressed for my taste though.

It really is, if the UK disc was the theatrical cut then it would be the one to go for.

Yep locked to B

Also forgot to add Bram Stoker's Dracula to this thread, that Blu stinks 

BD > HDTV > Criterion Laserdisc 

http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/8001/unled4qc.png

Chewtobacca said:

msycamore said:  You asked in the Terminator thread about the changes I mentioned, I can unfortunately not provide any comparisons until the end of the week when I get home,

I'd be interested in seeing those.  Apart from the jeep shot, I don't think I've seen before-and-after comparisons of the changes.

Me either, I thought the Jeep and the reflection were the only changes 

Mavimao said:

Dvdmike, you keep ranting on the fact that the grading in the film does not look like their equivalents in real life. Filmmakers always tweak their colors to evoke a certain mood. Yes, even before the days of DI color grading, this was being done. Look at Michael manns manhunter or Cameron films. 

 

Perhaps Raiders is warmer and the foliage is brown and not green but that could have been a creative choice!

Ranting? how nice.

How about the 35mm cell of the official still of the flags?

At the end of the day I have the wowow version and that is what I prefer to watch, I sold the blu's.

I have no personal vested interest, certainly not enough to call someone's opinion a rant! You obviously do.

The 20gb  ish one on rutracker? they are from Hdnet and have the DNR and are badly interpolated 

drngr said:

You_Too said:

From what I've seen in screenshot comparisons here and there, the Japanese BD is the same as the HD DVD, but also has cleaner upper and lower edges of the picture. The HD DVD is bright and blurry at those edges.

(referring to Terminator 2)

If clean edges are what you want then grab the WMV-HD somewhere. It's 1440x916 anamorphic and contains a few lines that were cropped from every other release.

The loss caused by the vertical stretch on the JP is obvious. Take a look at the shingles in the first comparison.

http://www.avsforum.com/t/1073273/terminator-2-judgment-day-all-high-definition-releases-comparison-pix

It is a cool curio but has a few issues, and it is not fantastic with motion.

It was super cool when it came out tho, there were a few WMV discs mostly in Germany.

That thread also highlights the issues with the JP disc:

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/18297

Look at Robert's hair there, there is a detail loss

I will still go to bat for the UK disc all day long, mind you with AVC the first US disc would have been well up there!

Talking of JP my importer has the new 3D version in stock but looking at the DNR and colour timing of it I am not up for spending £30.99 on it.

Funny I was wondering if my print damage shots were uploaded anywhere:

http://www.avsforum.com/t/1073273/terminator-2-judgment-day-all-high-definition-releases-comparison-pix/60#post_15765534

Shows T2 is the same master worldwide 

Chewtobacca said:

captainsolo said:  I had heard about the Superman BDs having color shift but never knew any details.

Have a look here.

I remember that thread, the teal jeans show the oddness of the push!

Also no where int he world is that orange http://www.imagebam.com/image/c6ac24136882046

Unless it was filmed thru a glass of Fanta 

The scene with the agents in the school is a mess on the bluray, if you look at photos of the Location in the UK (I went there also) the stained glass colour is all over the place on the Blu-ray

You_Too said:

By the way, has anybody mentioned Blade Runner?

Check this comparison of the DVD releases: http://caps-a-holic.com/vergleich.php?vergleichID=171

This one made me think about The Matrix:

Final cut? do not forget some DNR, the Workprint is one of the most honest BD transfers out there

More green, less blue, less orange if that makes any sense

Monroville said:

dvdmike said:

dark_jedi said:

I am not sure if there are many fans of this crazy movie but I like it, even though it is cheesy as hell lol, but in case you guys did not know, Scream\Shout Factory is releasing this in a few months and they already confirmed that it will be the censored 91 minute version, well we have already began working on the 2 scenes that are missing and have upscaled them nicely to 1080p, we just want to have these ready for when it releases, now I know that these will probably not be as good as the BD, but until it releases and we actually see how it will look, who knows, it could fit in very nicely, because I seriously doubt this is going to be a "knock you socks off" transfer, but I am sure it will be good.

Then I will need to fix the audio, I am assuming it will be DTS-HD MA 2.0, but again, who knows, it could end up being 5.1

Stay tuned, also is there any interest in this?

Do any of the HDTV version have the nude scenes?

The MGM-HD UK showings are indeed the uncut version, with the Barbeaubies and the party scene.  I should know; RIG from TehParadox ripped it for me and I checked it out last night.   In 1080p too.

I thought I remembered seeing it somewhere uncut recently must have been on MGM then

The grass and vegetation in Hawaii must have had a problem with being that brown without much green

Wowow stuff always has subs but with this being 1.75:1 the subs are in picture 

God I wish we got SDDS at home or at least more SDDS8 derived soundtracks

ilovewaterslides said:

dvdmike said:

The wowow would also be missing the dog 

Sorry but i don't get that part. What do you mean by dog?

The logo on screen sorry

Wowow would broadcast in a higher bitrate, but that may not translate into an encode.

The wowow would also be missing the dog 

3 was rutracker 2 is a nzb but loos to be the same size as the ru version give or take.

But thought it was worth a go

Looks like 3 was the HDNet movies version, so just as grainless and badly interpolated.

2 is on the way 

TServo2049 said:

When I suggested the Digital Experience trailer, I meant a preservation of the more familiar "stand-alone" version, from a cinema disc. Boris said he had some trailer discs, and I'd love to hear a perfect theatrically-accurate version (as opposed to one from LD or DVD).

Someone is offering a 35mm trailer lot that includes a DTS trailer. It would indeed be cool to have a 35mm scan to sync up with the audio, so we can finally have a high-def version of the trailer.

So this is not it? 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaXSa1ZXOVw

rockin said:

There's even a little bit of a teal shift in the new superman blu-rays. The worst offender to me is Superman 3.

Warner do this on everything now, see Lethal Weapon 1234 and more 

Somewhere in between may be the perfect mix.

I do not have photoshop on this machine, anyone want to make a hybrid shot?

Ah, did not see that edit, my bad did not recheck the posts

You_Too said:

skyjedi2005 said:

"When George went back and put new creatures into the original Star Wars, I find that disturbing. It’s a revision of history. That bothers me."

--James Cameron, Entertainment Weekly, April 2010

And that comes from the man who did this, just two years later: http://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=935850

Chewtobacca said:

Harmy's right that the (theatrical) HD DVD looks the best, but there's not much in it really.  Basically, all of the old BDs and HD DVDs look very similar.  Anything's better than the Skynet release.

From what I've seen in screenshot comparisons here and there, the Japanese BD is the same as the HD DVD, but also has cleaner upper and lower edges of the picture. The HD DVD is bright and blurry at those edges.

The JP disc is indeed the best of a bad bunch.

Cameron also "fixed" Aliens 

jero32 said:

The edit was made before I uploaded the pics, but it doesn't really matter.

I don't see you saying that the wowow sunset was closer to the 35mm, I may be blind and it is nearly 1am here tho

Yours was not here b4 I posted I stated the post and had to wait for them to upload lol