A Few Words About A few words about...™ Operation Petticoat -- in Blu-ray (1 Viewer)

[JoshZ]

For the record, when Criterion releases a disc with an inexcusably poor video transfer, like Children of Paradise or The Earrings of Madame de..., I call those crap too.

 

[skylark68]

I dabble in the classic car world too and restoration means something different to just about everyone. A frame off nut and bolt from top to bottom redo of a car for me is a restoration but for some folks spraying a Maaco resale red paint job and polishing the mag wheels counts as a restoration even if the car is leaking oil all over the place.

 

[Rodney]

I have the same encoding issues that Mark posted about and have emailed Olive Films regarding replacement discs.

OperationPetticoat

• Rodney
• Dec 8, 2017

FatherGoose

• Rodney
• Dec 8, 2017

 

[Robert Crawford]

I have the same encoding issues that Mark posted about and have emailed Olive Films regarding replacement discs.

OperationPetticoat

• Rodney
• Dec 8, 2017

FatherGoose

• Rodney
• Dec 8, 2017

Which retailer did you buy them from? I bought my non-encoding issue discs from Amazon.

 

[Rodney]

Which retailer did you buy them from? I bought my non-encoding issue discs from Amazon.

Both from Amazon.

 

[Mark Booth]

Is anyone else besides me starting to wonder if all of the copies purchased so far are actually the bad encodes? Did anyone purchase a problem-free 'Operation Petticoat' Signature edition yet?

Mark

 

[Eastmancolor]

I'm having issues with my FATHER GOOSE disc, which I got from Amazon. Every now and again the picture slows down for a second or two, then is fine. The sound is fine during these episodes, it's just the picture that slows down considerably. Same places every time. One of the sequences this occurs in is in the screen grab from FATHER GOOSE that someone posted above. The picture doesn't break up like it does in the photo, but this is the same scene. Odd.

And unfortunately Amazon is out of stock, so can't return it for replacement.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Is anyone else besides me starting to wonder if all of the copies purchased so far are actually the bad encodes? Did anyone purchase a problem-free 'Operation Petticoat' Signature edition yet?

Mark

I haven't watched my discs in their entirety, but i played them during those scenes you noted without any encode issues.

 

[Robert Harris]

Olive definitely did a re-encode, and replace. No matter what one does, once product is in the marketplace, it’s apt to show up.

Olive is a class act, and will deal with the issue.

 

[ahollis]

I purchased both titles from Amazon and they are corrected,

 

[Mark Booth]

I haven't watched my discs in their entirety, but i played them during those scenes you noted without any encode issues.

I purchased both titles from Amazon and they are corrected,

That's good news, thanks guys!

Mark

 

[Mark Booth]

Olive Films emailed me today to let me know my returned copies of 'Operation Petticoat' and 'Father Goose' arrived at their facility and the corrected replacements will ship out today. They supplied me with a USPS tracking number.

I received the prepaid return mailer from Olive on Monday (Dec 11) and mailed it back early Tuesday morning. That's a darn fast turnaround. And the email notice with tracking number is a very nice touch.

Bravo, Olive!

Mark

 

[Mark Booth]

My replacement copies of 'Operation Petticoat' & 'Father Goose' were delivered yesterday. I haven't checked them for errors yet.

Mark

 

[OliverK]

Indeed the screencaps seem to show that Olive did not exacty pull all stops for this one:

http://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?a=1&x=276&y=464&d1=11270&d2=11271&s1=110812&s2=110822&l=0&i=5&go=1

Looks like a re-encode of an existing master so improvements are not on the level of those that we see for Father Goose.

 

[Matt Hough]

I watched the Signature Blu-ray this afternoon. My disc was obviously a corrected one since I saw none of the anomalies pictured above. I never owned the previous Blu-ray, so all I had to go with on this one is the disc I own. While the picture had some problems with soft shots and color variations, I didn't notice any distracting debris. Color sometimes seemed too overbaked.

Anyway, glad to have it in the collection even with a less than stellar transfer. Thankfully, I got it for a very cheap price.

 

[JoshZ]

While the picture had some problems with soft shots and color variations, I didn't notice any distracting debris. Color sometimes seemed too overbaked.

The transfer is littered with specks and scratches, pretty much all throughout.

A typical frame:

https://cdn.highdefdigest.com/uploads/2017/11/29/Operation_Petticoat_-_Comparison_2_2017_Blu-ray.jpg