I think that shot had crew and equipment visable in 4:3 but not in the widescreen version. Warner probably wanted to make that shot tighter in the new transfer so that it wouldn't reveal any crew or equipment blunders in 4:3 or 1.78.
Looks like Warner zoomed in and DNR'd that shot in particular when they made the new master. Why DNR and cropping is anyone's guess, considering they're not well known for that as are Universal.
Had Fight Club a new mix for home theatrical releases? On the German BD with the DTS-ES 6.1 Audio it is explicitly mentioned that it is the original theatrical mix.
I'm also looking to find a DVD of Breathless, the remake with Richard Gere, where the open matte original 4/3 DVD version is said to feature extra nudity But those don't seem to be available in used stores.
I'm pretty sure the credits+opening title sequences on the Brosnan films were shot Super 35, so they could be shown in 4:3 without cutting off names or vertically squeezing. Die Another Day allegedly had some sequences shot in Super 35 such as the helicopter shots, and apparently the CG FX shots were rendered in 1.78.
The original release is pretty bad. I did a quick colour correction on it myself because is looked so bad but I never rendered it out as a final video.
There are 2 versions of Knock Off available in Germany There was a 'remastered' one released recently. Ive not seen it but I read it uses the same master just altered / improved upon.
Anyone familiar with the movie Knock Off with Van Damme? Apparently it has no Blu-Ray. At least no Blu-Ray released in the United States. The picure quality is awful. It definitely needs a remaster
The Team Blu version I got was in 2014 so you might be right. Always was under the impression it pre-dated the Remastered BD for some reason! Perhaps Im getting confused with release's. EDIT: Im re reading the team blu threads.
Personally I still can say, that IO like the Team Blu release, because it had the mono audio. https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Termin...s/id/17330 but it is really hard to say "it is the best" because the video souce they used got outdated by the newer official BluRay master release.
Has anyone posted this video with clips from Scorsese's The Irishman with the actors' faces "de-aged" with DeepFake? People in the comments are already begging for the whole film done this way https://youtu.be/dyRvbFhknRc
I never said it was unheard of. We're not talking about little tweaks to re-releases or home video releases, with Cats it's a day one patch to fix unfinished VFX
@zoidberg the effect is the same as re-editing, and it's not unheard of. Disney re-animated certain scenes in Aladdin and Lion King for the IMAX releases for example.
What's Cats? The move isn't "unheard of", 35mm films have been re-cut before after release, for example Exorcist II: The Heretic. In fact way back in the day it wasn't uncommon for cinemas to do their own editing to shorten lengthy films by removing the most unnecessary parts. TV does this today, one of my favourite TV shows was shortened by the local broadcaster to better fit the 1hr time slot, I was not happy.
Ideally an used Technics direct driven turntable from the early '80s with an S shaped tonearm, a VM540ML cartridge for optimal results, any big brand amp from the '80s uses a very good preamp and will output a nice flat sound. The new BS they sell you with so called lamps and what not are coloring the sound and you don't want that for capturing. A simple Focusrite intrface will get the job done. Finally, clean your record or get it ceaned ultrasonically from a local record store if possible.
@FrankT The simplest way is a USB turntable, but the quality will be nothing much. Best way: Get a good turntable, good needle, good phono preamp and a good audio interface, then record.