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LucasGodzilla said:

Just wanted to inform everyone that I’ve been able to have a peek at the scan preview.

The colors look quite nicely recovered (apparently the print was originally red), though unfortunately, the 4-track mix is not capturable as the scanner sold off the necessary equipment to do so some time ago much to my dismay. Thankfully the mono optical is still a step up from the blu-rays though it could use a bit of cleaning. The print is also the director’s cut it seems, so although that alternate cut is lost to history, at least it means this’ll be a more complete Argento experience.

I would like to note though that I still require $225 to cover the rest of the scan though so any donations would be greatly appreciated to help me complete this preservation endeavor.

Looks great!
Damn shame about the 4 track mix. Out of curiosity would it be possible to send it to another scanner and have the audio captured, possibly for a lot cheaper since the video has already been scanned?

narth said:

I did a fan edit that is supposed to be a recreation of the theatrical version. Given there aren’t may changes compared to the 4K transfer. My project included a recreation of the Saul Bass WB logo that was on the original release, done by me. Also the original mono tracks from the LD and 1999 DVD and the original blue credits at the end.

https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/The-Shining-1980-Zemastered-Edition-Released/id/70072

This may be what you are looking for.

Exactly what I’m looking for!
Mind sending me a link while I have your attention?

A couple of these have aired. Have they been captured/released at all?
If so can someone PM me how to obtain them?

SpacemanDoug said:

From what I know the 1999 DVD is the best source for the mono audio

A capture of it exists

Has anyone synced it to the 4k BD yet?

MilesMetal said:

spideronfire said:

Did you ever finish the script?
I found S1-12 NTSC Full DVDs and have both Waifu2x and Topaz setup for upscaling but want to feed it the cleanest possible signal.

You’re better off training an ESRGAN model to upscale rather than an off-the-shelf solution like Topaz or Waifu-2x. Those can be good but a specifically trained model would be many times better.

Here’s some examples of my attempts to upscale the first two seasons of Metalocalypse. These are from series 3 or 4 as I was using the DVD as the low-res input and the Blu-ray as the hi-res input. Pretty amazing results if I do say so myself.

https://imgsli.com/NDE2MzE
https://imgsli.com/NDE2MjY
https://imgsli.com/NDE2NTM
https://imgsli.com/NDE2NTQ

Damn those look pretty good

Still looking for a link to this if anyone can help me out.

The Decimator said:

Thank the lord! Now if we could only get a proper restoration of the Dirty Harry movies.

From what I’ve seen the new blu-ray sold really well, so maybe there’s hope.

Mango said:

That seems a bit overkill. The game footage is turning out surprisingly clean, so I think it’ll be fine.

Here are some screenshots.

Not bad, that’s better then I expected.

YoshiKiller2S said:

So episode had that were removed in the DVD versions BUT, some episodes had scenes added in the DVD version (ex, the Rocky review) so what I think you should do is combine all of them to create the ultimate version of each episode.

I think it’d be better to have 2 versions, an original version and a DVD version.

A lot of the gameplay in the early episodes was pretty poorly recorded (using composite and a DVD recorder). If you wanted you could probably re-create it in emulation and get much better quality.

Sounds neat. I haven’t seen a lot of these since they were first uploaded, would be fun to go back and watch some in HD.

Sthunderrocker said:

I don’t think you understand the point of preservation. It’s not about your agreeing with the content.

Well said

Tantive3+1 said:
the 5.1 mixes still sound the same as their originals with no noticeable changes made to it.

Like crissrudd4554 said, not true.
Pretty sure I’ve posted this before but this is a good site for write-ups on audio mixes: https://blah-ray.blogspot.com/

Tantive3+1 said:

Are there any mono tracks that have currently never been released on DVD/Blu-ray?

Yes. A lot actually.
It seems like it’s more rare for the original mono to be included then not.

You could take the uncensored bits from the DVDs and edit it into the tv rips to create what would be as close as possible to having a complete uncut series.

The DVDs aren’t straight episodes, they’re more like best-of compilations.

Would appreciate a link to these if anyone still has them.

I’d love to check this out if someone could PM me a link.

I don’t have any episodes in HD sadly, but I’d be interested in checking them out when you’ve acquired them all.

I’d appreciate a link to this if anyone has one.

I would like a link to this if someone could send me one.

IncrediStudios said:

Well in a way, each theater chain gets a different version of the same movie, but the only thing that changes really is with different bumpers and previews

It’s not the film distributors who add those. The theaters just get send the film (either print or DCP) and the theaters themselves slice in previews, bumpers, or whatever else.

Does anyone have a link for this? I’d love to check it out.

If anyone has a link for this, I’d appreciate a PM 😄

Looking forward to this being released!

The Decimator said:

The Muppets came to Disney+ recently, and, wouldn’t you know it, they’ve been edited to hell and back! Not only is The Muppet Show edited to remove “copyright infringing” material, but there are two episodes missing entirely. Namely, the Brooke Shields one, and the one hosted by Chris Langham (for those of you that don’t live in Britain, he was a comedian who got arrested for looking up child porn on his computer).

I knew they put that dumb disclaimer in front, but I didn’t know they censored it as well. How’s the quality? Maybe someone can do a proper restoration using them as a primary source.