Posts by Chuck Pennington

Quote:Originally Posted by Nebiroth Almost unbelievable that Universal chose to release Colossus: the Forbin Project in pan and scan - considering it was made in 2.35:1 Panavision. To rub salt into the wound, it opens with "this...

Quote:Originally Posted by WaveCrest One of Network's film titles I've been considering getting for a long time is the first Prom Night (1980), but I read on or off the web that the image is zoomed in (Network DVD's listing page...

"Original 2.0 stereo soundtrack?" Wasn't this in 4.0 originally as the title suggests? And it is "The Who," not just "Who" as noted in this press release with the lowercase "the." C'mon, people!

Quote:Originally Posted by TonyD Go back to post 708 and read that first. Yeah, there is still a weird faded during the end of the overture, and, yes, I have the reissued disc where it goes a dark green rather than completely fade...

Quote:Originally Posted by haineshisway I will not get excited until I've seen them. There is nothing about "mastered from an archival 35mm print" that gives me any hope whatsoever that these will be new transfers or, should they...

1998/2003 DVD 2011 Blu-Ray Split-Screen (I'm pretty sure these are scaled down from the original HD dimensions when I upload them here, but you get the idea.)

Quote:Originally Posted by elDomenechHTF The first thing that struck me was how "soft" the transfer looked compared to other films from the 50's. If you were to show the film to someone and ask them what they thought they were...

Fullscreen? Why? They were shot to be matted to 1.85:1 for theatrical distribution.

Quote:Originally Posted by JoHud Sounds great! The only qualm I have had from a 2012 Universal release were the "cleaned up" opticals in To Kill A Mockingbird. Those were more of a distraction than an improvement. I hope the...

Quote:Originally Posted by KPmusmag But tell us how you really feel... This is disappointing, and I knew that the sound was not right on this blu-ray. In another thread, you mentioned that the first pan & scan laserdisc was the...