A Few Words About A few words about...™ The Texas Chainsaw Massacre -- in Blu-ray (1 Viewer)

[TravisR]

I don't believe that explanation at all.

Vincent

Me neither. Maybe I could believe it if all the fades were gone but why just that one? Same goes for the minor audio change. People can get fixated on small things but it's hard to think that Hooper has been bothered by those two things enough that he's finally decided to change them after 40 years.

 

[EddieLarkin]

They're getting the transfer from Dark Sky so they can't really say there is anything wrong with it, especially since it would add fuel to the replacement program requests. This way, Dark Sky have the new "Tobe Hooper approved" version and Second Sight have the original version. Everyone wins. What's almost certainly the case though is that the fade wasn't recreated and simply missed, and no one including Hooper, noticed it.

 

[FoxyMulder]

They're getting the transfer from Dark Sky so they can't really say there is anything wrong with it,

Could it also be the case that both Dark Sky and Second Sight paid something towards the scan.

 

[Vincent_P]

The producers of the German BD says it too.

Of course they do, because that's what Dark Sky told them.

Vincent

 

[hanshotfirst1138]

Forgive me for not combing the thread, I've been out of the loop for a while now because of personal issues, what's a quick summary? So the US release did have a downmix? Apparently it was allegedly going to be fixed on the UK release, was it? I was so looking forward to this release ...

 

[Sgt Pepper]

Looks stunning:

http://www.caps-a-holic.com/hd_vergleiche/multi_comparison.php?disc1=5083&disc2=4769&hd_multiID=319#auswahl

 

[Jari K]

New thread?

 

[haineshisway]

New thread?

Exactly. Why?

 

[Sgt Pepper]

Didn't realise there was an old one.

 

[haineshisway]

A very long thread, yes.

 

[Robert Crawford]

I just merged this new thread into the older one.

 

[Sgt Pepper]

I watched this last night (Second Sight) and it looked absolutely jaw dropping. The level of detail was fantastic and the grain structure fully intact, colour and black levels were sublime. What a fantastic release.

 

[hanshotfirst1138]

So was the mono track on this a downmix or the real deal? I don't remember ever hearing either way.

 

[EddieLarkin]

On the US version the mono is a downmix and has an error near the end of the film (some of Sally's screams are missing and looped over with previous ones). The UK disc has the original mono and thus no error. The US disc also has some missing fades (replaced with cuts) to the opening, which are also fixed on the UK disc.


And if you're really nitpicky, the UK disc has slightly better grain retention due to superior compression:


http://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?a=1&x=492&y=186&d1=4769&d2=5083&s1=44408&s2=47378&l=0&i=2&go=1

 

[hanshotfirst1138]

On the US version the mono is a downmix and has an error near the end of the film (some of Sally's screams are missing and looped over with previous ones). The UK disc has the original mono and thus no error. The US disc also has some missing fades (replaced with cuts) to the opening, which are also fixed on the UK disc.


And if you're really nitpicky, the UK disc has slightly better grain retention due to superior compression:


http://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?a=1&x=492&y=186&d1=4769&d2=5083&s1=44408&s2=47378&l=0&i=2&go=1

A straight answer. Thank you. Thank you.

I KNEW being region-free would pay off someday !

 

[Mike Boone]

Apparently, as indicated by RAH and others, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre has been turned into an impressive looking Blu-ray. But considering that the film was shot in 16mm, which RAH noted is a limiting factor for shadow detail, I'd imagine that if the rights owners of the film decide to look for more revenue by issuing an UHD BD edition, fans would basically be wasting their money by buying it.


Also, I'd hope that RAH might like to comment about whether the 16mm photography of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, with its compromised shadow detail, could only gain a small advantage, or even, none at all, by being processed in HDR.

 

[Brent Reid]

On the US version the mono is a downmix and has an error near the end of the film (some of Sally's screams are missing and looped over with previous ones). The UK disc has the original mono and thus no error. The US disc also has some missing fades (replaced with cuts) to the opening, which are also fixed on the UK disc.

And if you're really nitpicky, the UK disc has slightly better grain retention due to superior compression.

Re the various 40th Anniversary discs: it appears the Oz (Umbrella) also uses the flawed master, while the German (Turbine) sets have the corrected version.
Does anyone know which master these sets, or any others, use?

• France (TF1 Vidéo)
• Spanish (A Contracorriente Films)
• Denmark (Another World Entertainment)

Also, what's the exact status of Dark Sky's 2008 US Ultimate Edition and Second Sight's 2009 UK Seriously Ultimate Edition BDs? As they contain the 2006 2K transfer, presumably the opening fades are intact. I also understand they have the original, error-free mono, but do the surround remixes have any flaws?