Re: THE LEECHES!!!!!
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Originally Posted by JeffT.
It was erroneously reported that there was some some print wear on the video source elements for THE INVADERS episode "The Leeches" but having seen it for myself this just isn't the case.
What might be considered a "flaw" is some obvious reflective glare from the sun on the camera lens during an outdoor shot in the opening pre-main title teaser...which gives it a more natural elemental look!
But the print itself was (thankfully) in fine shape all things considered.
Jeff T.
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It's not really print damage,
per se, but rather a substitution of a lesser quality print for a scene transition. If you watch the no-intro version of "The Leeches", it occurs just before the 10 minute mark, as Thinnes, Richman, and Hill are standing in the parking lot after arriving at Hill's corporation. Right after Hill instructs Richman to take David Vincent to the commissary, the print changes to a lesser quality version. The scene then transitions to Hill and his wife and ultimately returns to the better quality print.
This is the scene at the 9:27 mark in the no-intro version:
...and at the 9:55 mark, this similar frame from the lesser-quality print used for this sequence:
You can see in the above examples that the color pallette changes, the image is fuzzier in terms of sharpness and clarity, and the extreme left and right edges of the lesser quality image are just black.
The good image at the top has a natural blueness associated with the bright blue sky. The bottom image has the color neutralized to reduce the blueness and boost the skin tone colors.
By the way, I just *love* the way that Hank Simms, the narrator says the title of this episode, "The Llllleeeches", with a proper note of disgust at the idea!
Harry
