Twelve years into the 21 st century, and they're still trying to pass off old video masters. Pathetic. I am really disappointed with this.
Originally Posted by Richard V /t/321686/twentieth-century-fox-home-entertainment-debuts-manufacture-on-demand-dvd-series/30#post_3945516
Hatful of Rain is a great, forgotten film.
I think is is completely realistic for the companies involved to at least release the films in their OAR. Clean-up may not be on the table, but giving us the complete film - content and aspect wise - is a valid expectation.Garysb said:I think it is unrealistic to expect great transfers from these releases unless some restoration had been done previously. Its not going to be done for these releases.
Both the Australian and Spanish releases of King Of The Khyber Rifles are non anamorphic CinemaScope transfers so I suspect any Region 1 would be the same.PaulaJ said:I'm pretty sure Fox has a widescreen master of King of the Kyber Rifles, because I've seen it in widescreen on the Fox Movie Channel. The question is... do they have it 16x9 anamorphic or if it were released on DVD, would it go the Violent Saturday route, i.e., non-anamorphic?
Not entirely true, especially for widescreen films. OAR is rarely a problem with these sorts of releases. WAC has never released a letterboxed or pan&scanned title, Sony released a non-anamorphic letterboxed White Line Fever but otherwise always kept OAR, Universal's MOD also only let one non-anamorphic letterboxed title slide, and MGM actually went through the trouble of updating many early non-anamorphic letterboxed releases (The Best Man, The Group, etc) to anamorphic widescreen, even though they currently have a problem with occasionally releasing open-matte transfers.Garysb said:I think that is the model for MOD. Remastering ,if any, is the exception.
If they have the elements yes of course they should. If they don't, they probably are not going to do it for a MOD release. In an ideal world all movies would be restored to the state they were in when first released and we would get great video releases whether its a MOD or a pressed disc. People on this forum believe that Fox should only release films which have good elements. Films with poor elements should stay in the vaults. I agree with that. Time will tell if the general public feels the same way. Fox apparently doesn't feel that way. Maybe going forward they will. I think if films released in pan and scan do not sell, they will not release films which they only have pan and scan elements. I don't think they will restore the films to the OAR for MOD release.David Weicker said:I think is is completely realistic for the companies involved to at least release the films in their OAR. Clean-up may not be on the table, but giving us the complete film - content and aspect wise - is a valid expectation.
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Well, count me in the minority, I guess. I completely disagree with this statement. Films should be seen. They should never be buried. Never ever. Poor element or good element, they should still be available to be seen.Garysb said:People on this forum believe that Fox should only release films which have good elements. Films with poor elements should stay in the vaults. I agree with that.
You're not alone-- I absolutely agree. While I love clear, restored prints, and wish that studios had enough time and money to restore EVERYTHING, I'm happy if audiences have access to see and appreciate our rich film heritage.David Weicker said:Well, count me in the minority, I guess. I completely disagree with this statement. Films should be seen. They should never be buried. Never ever. Poor element or good element, they should still be available to be seen.