Recent content by Jay Pennington

I thought the only reason it had been redone in the first place was because they didn't have an isolated track to use as a source in the new English mix. Did they find a source for it since then?

No, there are missing frames, as demonstrated by others already, using clips from older releases.

Note that in the link, it says It then lists the full lists of holdings, which is over SIXTY shows. 25 is simply the number that this person wanted to focus on. There might be multiple sources of kinescopes, bu it's more likely that these are original elements and thus of better quality than...

Thanks, Andy. Sounds like a stellar job!

I think it was season 2 when they switched to HD aquisition. But yeah. :)

I read once in a print interview with Cleese that he supervised a slight trimming down of the episodes in order to improve the comedy timing, and these new versions are what we've seen since. If that is true, I would assume they used the original broadcast masters as the source and the revisions...

For a dollar? ;)

That reminds me...for some reason I used to enjoy seeing the "when in Hollywood visit Universal Studios" card at the end of Universal films, blatant advertising though it may be (and a pretty crappy painting to boot). I recall rarely seeing it included in VHS releases...has it ever made it to...

I think it was in Cinefex that I read that for Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, the "REPUBLIC OF HATAY" subtitle for a matte shot was burned right into the original element used to shoot the painting, in order to save a generation. I wouldn't be surprised if they did the same thing for the...

The additional Blazing Saddles scenes (there are several) are available as extras on the BD. Not re-incorporated into the film.

Seems likely. Those dialogue asides were not part of the album version of the song I grew up listening to on LP. The team likely found a source of the song that they thought sounded better, without realizing things had been added when it was mixed into the film.

Studios always seem to forget they ever released laserdiscs.

What's cool with Ron is cool with me, but there really should be only one place for discussion of a particular subject. Right now we have two threads about the same thing in different sections, and apparently both of them "belong" where they are. Can't we pick one? (In the meantime, by all...

Well, no, as this section is entitled "SD DVD - TV Shows and TV Movies" and a Blu-ray is in no way shape or form a SD DVD. "HD software" is hardly generic--it's very specific, and the only section here where Blu-ray discussion belongs.

I suppose, but the one that first appeared on the SE laserdisc was excellent.