screams in the void

1. Temple Of Doom 2 . Raiders 3. Dial 4. Last Crusade 5.Crystal Skull

JadedSkywalker said:

Gil Gerard. Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. There has to be some people here who watched that show. Far Beyond the world I’ve known Far beyond my time.

I loved this show as a kid , used to put my tape recorder up to the tv to record the audio as well as Battlestar Galactica. Back when seeing anything Star Wars on TV was scarce , it was the next best thing . I also have the complete series dvd box sets of both series . Just watched a YouTube retrospective on Buck Rogers last week and been thinking about watching the dvd again. Think I will put it up on my projector tonight . The dvd set I have has the theatrical pilot episode " Awakenings " … all the spandex clad women on the show certainly contributed to my awakenings as a pre adolescent back then

Wicketthewarrick said:

my grammer is fine

🤣🤣🤣🤣 and you spell Grammar wrong . You just proved his point . 😆 lol

I’d bet the odds are against it still being for sale are slim as the original post is over a decade old now ,but one can hope. My question is …has anyone on these forums done a high quality preservation of the Derann print ? I’d love to see that ! There are a few snippets on YouTube where owners of these prints project scenes from them and they look beautiful.

Equating those who are not in favor of George’s changes to the original trilogy to being toxic haters, on a site created and founded for advocating for the preservation of the original theatrical trilogy is not a good look , and if anything , is toxic behavior itself.

I’m pleased at all the awards it got , well deserved and the show deepens the entire saga.

From what I’ve seen on YouTube of the wizard of oz sphere show , the only part of it that looked decent was the tornado scene , the rest looked pretty janky with the ai set expansions , the green wizards head looked awful and the flying monkey drones looked very gimmicky . The whole thing is too expensive to be worth it and it looks to me like they cut a lot of corners to fill seats and maximize profits . They should have gotten ILM involved and utilized real vfx artists to do it , y’know , actual digital set painters for the expansion and animitronics wizards to really bring those flying monkeys to life etc. If they were to do Star Wars at the Sphere ,I’d only be for it if they did the same things with the involvement of ILM .

awesome updates to the thread oojason ! A much needed distraction from all the crap going on in the world right now

Thanks dude , I’ll check out those threads and inquire !

I know it may seem odd to have a full-screen edit , and I always advocate for preserving the original intended cinematography, but I sometimes like to watch full screen dvds on my projector really big . I know the sides get cropped off but the image is also zoomed closer , making actors etc appear larger , which I think makes for as close to an "imax " like presentation as one can get at home . Plus I’ve been experimenting with overlays in vlc which work in interesting ways with 4x3 content. If anyone knows of such a project out there , or in the works , please let me know

I am a complete novice when it comes to this sort of thing , but VLC media player has a deinterlace function that can be recorded from the player ,I used it while watching an early dvd release of BladeRunner ,which was sourced from a laserdisc release and could see the interlacing artifacts on it ,so I applied deinterlace in VLC and it worked well , I could no longer see the artifacts in the video . VLC is a free open source media player and a powerful tool that can play just about any video file you throw at it .Here are the steps to deinerlace and record on it…

Open the video in VLC.
Apply the deinterlacing filter. You can find this in the video settings.
Go to “View” -> “Options” (or “Tools” -> “Options” depending on your VLC version).
In the “Output” section, choose your desired recording format and location.
Click the “Record” button (usually a red square).
The video will be recorded with the deinterlacing filter applied.

I hope this helps in some way .

I wish more people would respond to the how to requests in this forum .Over the past year or so I’ve seen 0 replies to a lot of questions asked here. There used to be a lot more engagement ,and that’s a shame , I find many of the topics interesting to read . Anyway , good luck with your project !

Darth_Detritus said:

[screams in the void said:]
I have a new order to recommend: the Spoiler Order, one that preserves the famous “twists” of the franchise for longer than either the Release Order or the Machete Order.

I am curious to hear others opinions on this…

I watched a YouTube video recently that made a good case for watching chronological vs release order. Almost everyone knows of the famous “I am your father” line at this point, even non-fans, which works against the biggest reason to suggest release order.

I just want to be clear , this is misquoting me a few posts above. If you go back and look at my full post , you will see that I only said I may have to try watching this order and was curious what others think of the video that I linked there , which I did not make , and merely stated the information from the video. I went back and put quotation marks around the parts of the video description I used in my post for clarity .

Darth_Detritus said:

[screams in the void said:]
I have a new order to recommend: the Spoiler Order, one that preserves the famous “twists” of the franchise for longer than either the Release Order or the Machete Order.

I am curious to hear others opinions on this…

I watched a YouTube video recently that made a good case for watching chronological vs release order. Almost everyone knows of the famous “I am your father” line at this point, even non-fans, which works against the biggest reason to suggest release order.

sorry ,was commenting on wrong post here

Episode 8 of season 2 chilled me to my core . Damn good show !

Thank You so much ! I had a chance to view the HD lightyears . It’s fantastic !!! This movie has never looked and sounded better ! I was floored by the detail and texture in the painted backgrounds and environments as well as the clarity of the characters faces . It still looks good on the lower resolution physical media copy I have , but this is on another level ! This masterpiece really shines here . The sound quality has never been more immersive . I listened on a decent pair of Panasonic headphones and it sounded like a virtual 5.1 system over basic stereo headphones ! I wish more movies on home media had this kind of sound mixing and processing . Just proves to me that it can be done and one wouldn’t need to invest in expensive recievers , have to upgrade their tv or use any apps to enjoy it . If you or anyone else on these forums knows of otther movies ,animated or live action , that have this level of sound design /audio processing , please point me in that direction .

this sounds fantastic . The U.S. version of Light Years is one of my favorite movies and has one of the most immersive soundtracks/soundscapes I have ever heard. I sent a pm request to the OP . Really want to see this in HD

Awesome and on point review of the first 3 episodes of this season …https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQh1tu-yHa0

I had a chance to watch the ANH of this . I always wondered how AI software would look used on these . Pretty impressive overall , though a bit too smooth looking and seems to strip away a lot of texture and flatten it out . I’ve noticed even Youtube seems to be doing this with almost every video I watch lately . I think adding some “realistic” grain over the top of it post process would help with it and would like to see another pass at this . Was grateful to see this project though .

Yeah , it would be awesome if those Imax reels ever surfaced or were scanned and released publically ,if only for the implications of fan edits alone ! Imagine how cool those would be . I have the same hopes for the Imax cut of Attack Of The Clones .I saw it at the Imax theater at Navy Pier in Chicago in November of 2002 and it was an awesome experience . Best cut of the movie I have ever seen by far .

I hope this lights a fire under Lucasfilm/Disney’s ass to finally release the unaltered OT officially . One thing I have been seeing posted a lot about this by various sites online and social media that is annoying though ,is a lot of them keep using headlines like . " first time its been shown in 48 years ,or half a century etc " …which is simply not true .

I loved the 3 epidode opener of season 2 and I think this show is ,indeed , some of the best Star Wars anything . For the most part , grounded and realistic , reflective of our own world and thought provoking ,at times uncomfortable ,but I think that is by design . My first thoughts after watching were…Ho Lee Shit ! They saw our future ,especially seeing as prduction of this season began in November of 2022 !

I wondered what the Gout would look like ran through AI software . Pretty neat to see . I blew these shots up on my screen and I can see what he meant about the vertical artifacts . I noticed them the most on the jagged edges on Vader’s helmet , his shuttle in RoTj and the credits . I wonder how noticeable they are in motion ? I’ve also been wondering how the ITV London Vhs 1982 broadcast preservation would look through something like Topaz AI . I can’t afford the software and my computer isn’t powerful enough to handle it anyway , but would love to see someone on here have a go at it !

Didn’t know where to put this , but seems appropriate as this video touches upon Project 4K77 as well as other fan restorations that may have been made by users of this forum . Sure , he tried to sugar coat it for the fan restorationists , while at the same time calling them " amateuers " I for one pushed back in defense of the fan restorationists in the comments . ( I go by DarkEmpire37 on Youtube) . I am curious to hear this communities thoughts on this video , especially those of you who had a hand in creating these projects …https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQwQRFLFDd8

puzosep said:

screams in the void: I can confirm that the colors are much more lifelike in the transmission of PAL recordings than their NTSC counterparts. The same can be said for the even rarer SECAM recordings. NTSC, perhaps, does not withstand multi-generational losses as well as most PAL standard recordings. There are plenty of examples of these on YT.

Check it Hungarian Christmas day 1984 premiere colors. 😃
ps: The only drawback is the SECAM noise band, due to the 2nd generation copy.

Indeed they are , I did a deep dive reading further into PAL vs NTSC on Wikipedia and elsewhere and PAL had more resolution as well due to more scan lines etc . What impressed me the most about the recording was its film like quality. I’m in the same camp as those who have speculated that it was taken directly from a 16mm or 35mm source . It looks to me almost like a low resolution 4k77 in regards to the texture and color grading . I’m not sure , but the reel change markers /cigarette burns in the recording also look different to me than scans of other prints I have seen , but that could be due to the 4x3 blow up . I was also fascinated by how the Crawl appears in its original aspect ratio , but squeezed into a 4x3 frame as most officially released 4x3 versions zoomed in on it , as well as the choice they made on Luke’s macrobinocular shot when the Tusken raider comes into view . I have not seen that in any other 4x3 version , though I have seen the squeezed shot in the original HBO airings . Thanks for the response and I will look into that Hungaian Christmas day 1984 premiere colors video you mentioned .

Thank you for making this available. As soon as I’m able to get the settings right on my browser to let me play it , I will leave a review