Hi, sorry to ask but, the Special Edition of ALIENS (there is no director's cut as every cut of ALIENS is a director's cut), was never released in theaters. You must be confusing with The Abyss?
There's no conundrum. You should keep all your collection, as often, old versions have an edge over re-release, like untouched audio mixes, or bonuses etc.
If I may interject, it's not their films. Once a film goes in wide distribution, it becomes the audience film. Even JC pointed it many times. We, the audience, are the persons that made these people billionaires. So they should care about how the films are preserved, and about us, and preserving...
Yes I liked the Space 1999 release, also The Persuaders film set is awesome, and the episodes are perfect in wide.
BG sadly got a bit compromised in 16/9. I also have old recordings of Space 1999 from the 00's in wide, but they look less good, framing wise, than the Network set.
I like the idea...
Cool, I also ordered and received the Lost In Space DVD set, which is all widescreen. I'll only watch one episode at a time every month or so, but I'm enjoying the new exclusive to DVD format which I find less boxy.
The complete rushes to Game Of Death (that previously only existed on low quality ripped from the beta tapes) including about 20mn never seen before alone is worth the set price. Add on top Big Boss extended + way improved audio tracks as reported, that makes this one almost definitive.
Indeed, I can't watch the iTunes stream, the sound is completely botched and the arrow impacts, or fisticuffs, are now almost inaudible. In the theater, they sounded LOUD. They toned down the Home-Video mix and the movie as lost most of it's magnificence.
There's no possible way TNA will ever be remastered. There are too many cooks in the kitchen, all asking for an impossible share price. It won't, ever be in High-Def, unless some kind of low level price is reached between all producing parties, that make doing new scans possible.
Addition, on another note, I gave a shot to the Season 5 extra disc, and the Honor Blackman episodes, though they are in SD, are AVC encoded coming up at 5gb each episode. The video seems free of DNR, and the audio also is full. It looks to me these are the masters ported on Blu without...
It sounds to me the audio on the Imprint discs is superior sounding to the SC other releases (UK, DE, FR). I think they may have used the masters without making adjustment and adding noise reduction or other destroyer items. The deep end and voice tones really are nice to hear here.
Shane was shot for 1.37:1 but released in 1.66:1.
There's a great Blu-ray from Eureka I think, in the UK, which has both versions, the 1.66:1 replicating the theatrical aspect ration with some vertical adjustments. It's good to own both for historical purposes (and enjoyement of this classic in...
Shows have been shooting with widescreen protection since the early 60's. That's why all The Persuaders! films now exist in widescreen with minimal top and bottom cropping, and extended sides. Check out the TV shows gone W I D E thread for more on this. Hopefully they ditch the 4/3 format and go...
Yes, the Cybernauts trilogy gave us all hope TNA would finally get the Network HD treatment.
But according to Network (I asked them on Twitter), it will not happen as of right now, and all clues points to SC.
The Persuaders! new package is just every facet of awesome.
The New Avengers for now will not appear on Blu-ray. I think it's down to SC not wanting to play ball contractually.
Danger Man was James Bond initially, Fleming was initially involved, they just changed the name, and the Bond series stole a lot of stuff from it including Lois Maxwell as...
Killer's Kiss is 1.37.
The other two are where the confusion is on, The Killing and Paths of Glory are not square. Despite being released squared on DVD.
Just a first impression but apart from the smoothing, I find that some of the shots aren't properly framed in 1.85:1, for example in part II, some top composition is missing slight bits in the early scenes. Not a problem with the original Blu-ray discs.
Hi Bob,
Yes, this was explained early in the thread!
Shows remastered in 4/3 often reveal too much on top on bottom and crop the sides.
The same shows remastered widescreen keep the original common top most people may have seen and open the sides.
I prefer the latter because it's closer to the...
Yes Robert, some films I saw many times I know where the reels end, but Godfather films I only saw a few times in the cinemas, and I have completely forgotten how the reels were structured. Cue marks on past transfers (if one exist) can help point out how each reel ends.
It could be fascinating...
The Alien 3 side break was indeed really great, but that's different from the reel aspect of storytelling.
Reels dictated how stories were told for decades, including The Godfather saga.
A producer could say "ditch reel 4" and they would get the final theatrical version. There's a whole aspect...
I suggested to the editor in chief of Premiere magazine a feature dissecting film language then & now and the subject of reels, how their disappearance with digital editing have affected storytelling.
Indeed, smarter filmmakers used to edit their films as reels, choosing change points, and even...