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  Forbidden Zone and Animatrix potential projects
Posted by: Amadian - 2023-01-19, 02:42 PM - Forum: Requests, proposals, help - No Replies

Hey good people of this forum. I am bouncing 2 ideas in my head, and am generally interested how more enthusiastic of you would approach this.

- I am thinking in near future to start a project of extending the Forbidden Zone as that is one of my favorite movies, of all times. I would use the colorised version of this movie, as that is the one I saw first, and think the movie is even more crazy in colour than black and white. However, the deleted scenes are in black and white, so I would either use them in as is form, or would attempt (and probably fail) to colorise them to match. What do you think? Is there any particular tool you would use for this, or how would you approach it?

- The 2nd idea was about somehow integrating Animatrix into main Matrix trilogy, in chronological order, or any other way, that makes sense. Kind of like having a Kill Bill anime moment in the middle of the movie or some such. It's fun for me to think about it. How would you approach it, and where would you place these segments, assuming your are adventurous enough to see it as a good addition?

Thanks, for any opinion that could help with this.

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  Color Accurate Monitors
Posted by: alleycat - 2023-01-17, 03:04 PM - Forum: Audio and video editing - Replies (6)

So I'm thinking about upgrading my monitor to one of these ultrawides. I have a work machine and personal machine and like the idea of a monitor with KVM switching capabilities, picture by picture, USB dock etc. I noticed at the lower price point, like Philips, they cover 84% of P3, whereas at double the price, like BenQ, they are pre calibrated and cover 98% of P3. 

From a video editing point of view, does this matter enough to pay double the price? I obviously do color grading but not so much by eye, I'm using references from other sources, lumetri scopes etc. I wonder if the higher end models are aimed more at people/professionals shooting their own footage/photographs and then grade it? Anyone use a calibrated color accurate monitor?

Happy to pay for the top end but don't want to throw away money on something I don't really need.

Thanks

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  Ali 2001 best version?
Posted by: dvdmike - 2023-01-15, 02:44 PM - Forum: Official and unofficial releases - Replies (1)

Hi all, just tried to watch this on prime and netflix and it looks SD and terrible, know there are different cuts but is there a good looking release?

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  Checking in, Greetings!
Posted by: TheSuperHiro - 2023-01-15, 12:45 AM - Forum: Presentation - Replies (2)

New to the forums. Hello!

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  In This review of the history of the world part 1 blu ray this is the only negatives
Posted by: jedimasterplo - 2023-01-14, 04:30 AM - Forum: Movies, TV shows and other - No Replies

In This review of the history of the world part 1 blu ray this is the only negative is this issue really that bad?

Not all is well, though, as some shots have a hazy/soft appearance along the edges, slightly reminiscent of 'The Final Countdown,' while other shots have serious haloing issues, so thick and dark that they cannot be missed. Brightness can flutter in shots, while matte paintings stand out due to their dullness compared to the rest of the picture. Soft shots are occasional, though few and far between, while dirt is kept to a minimum. A solid transfer, though far from sparkling.

Are this issues easy to over look and if not is it possible take the blu ray source and clean up these rough spots?

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  Discotek's LADY OSCAR: THE ROSE OF VERSAILLES blurays quality?
Posted by: titanic - 2023-01-12, 11:58 PM - Forum: Movies, TV shows and other - Replies (1)

Hello.
Probably a long shot, but thought to ask here too, because I haven't got an answer from an anime forum I asked.
Does anyone here own these sets?

https://www.amazon.com/Lady-Oscar-Versai...B08WJZ7ZLZ
https://www.amazon.com/Lady-Oscar-Versai...B091NC3MFM

Do they retain the grain? I'm a grain lover, even in animation.
I want to buy them, but I wanted first to ask about the quality. (I can't find any reviews except one user review at bluray.com who says "The animation is clean with not pixilation to be found on my eyes")
I can't even find torrents of them.

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  Strange Days (1995) 2.39/OpenMatte Variable AR
Posted by: Plissken1138 - 2023-01-12, 09:55 AM - Forum: Released - Replies (2)

A quick and dirty project here, 2.39/OM Variable AR of Strange Days.

Lossless cut/edit with VideoReDo; the base was Grym rls (20th Anniversary 2nd Kino, 23.976), all POV playback scenes* replaced with Amazon OM (24, remuxed to 23.976).  Due to difference in frame rates, 40something frames were cut from OM shots (mostly from end cuts and whip-pan blurred frames) to keep the sync with 20th Anniversary DTS-HD MA. Subtitles ported from Amazon rls (sans web-dl all caps English).

*all POV playback scenes that characters are watching; the two brief shots of Jericho killing after Tick was found brain-fried and in Max's end exposition were narrative flashbacks and are left in 2.39.

https://imgur.com/fecGp8h


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00:00:00.000                : en: The Attack Clip
00:09:51.924                : en: Iris on the Run
00:19:29.918                : en: Lenny & Keith
00:31:13.621                : en: Mr Funitsu
00:37:34.877                : en: SQUID-addicted
00:43:46.248                : en: Faith, the Singer
00:52:02.160                : en: Murder in Sunset Regent
01:01:26.432                : en: At Home with Faith
01:05:07.695                : en: Attack in Elevator
01:15:52.172                : en: The Chase
01:22:38.495                : en: Aunt Cecile's House
01:25:56.442                : en: The Murder Clip
01:31:49.712                : en: The Tick's Body
01:45:59.478                : en: Party of the Millennium
01:54:30.572                : en: Suite 2203
02:07:24.678                : en: The Countdown
02:25:11.369                : en: End Credits


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  Is it possible to do a better naked gun hd release than the blu rays?
Posted by: jedimasterplo - 2023-01-12, 07:25 AM - Forum: Movies, TV shows and other - Replies (5)

Is it possible to do a better naked gun hd release than the blu rays? the reason I ask was because they are said to be subpar but how subpar is the question.

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  Armageddon Criterion Preservation
Posted by: alleycat - 2023-01-10, 11:41 AM - Forum: Released - No Replies

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Armageddon was released by Criterion on both DVD and Laserdisc as the longer Director's Cut. As with my previous Criterion projects this is an attempt to preserve that release.

The Director's Cut has not been released on HD, only on DVD, on both the Criterion and UK releases. For this project the US Blu Ray was used for the theatrical scenes and the UK DVD, which is anamorphic, was used for the additional footage. In order to regrade the blu ray footage to use the color grading of the DVD I overlaid the DVD in Premiere, using color blend. In order to do this the blu ray had to be cropped slightly so it matched the DVD. I then exported that cropped regraded version and used that as a target for Avisynth ColorLikeFBF. I then used Autooverlay to place my cropped premiere regrade on top of the uncropped ColorLikeFBF regrade. Finally I took that back into premiere and did a final color blend overlay, this time using the full uncropped blu ray. I then made some slight adjustments to the luma.

This is a new way of regrading for me, overall I'm pretty happy with it. It is certainly a lot quicker than Dr Dre, which is ideal with a movie that has a long running time like Armageddon. Although I did notice some instances where the ColorLikeFBF did not work well and needed correcting.

I then took the additional footage from the UK DVD, did a lot of processing in Avisynth including dehalo'ing, cleaning, upscaling and sharpening. Then I ran it through Topaz and used After Effects to give it the grain pattern of the blu ray. Finally I made some slight adjustments to the luma. I then went through the footage, joining everything together and ensured it matched the DVD frame for frame.

In terms of audio the Criterion Laserdisc is quite expensive and it only contains a 2.0 track so I used the 5.1 from the DVD. I also took the subtitles from the Criterion DVD, which needed a lot of manual OCR correction. All of the extras, commentary tracks and chapter stops have been ported over from the Criterion DVD.

  • BD25 with animated menus that look and behave like the official Criterion discs, with a background video, pop up menus and resume function
  • Recreated HD Directors' Cut with Color Correction
  • Original chapter stops used on the DVD
  • English 5.1 AC3 from the DVD
  • Two Audio Commentary tracks from the DVD
  • English SDH Subtitles from the DVD
  • Michael Bay's Gag Reel
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Special Effects Interviews/Videos
  • Production Design Interviews/Videos
  • Storyboards
  • Trailer, Teaser and TV Spots
  • I Don't Want To Miss A Thing Video
  • Color Bars

PM me for the links, contributing/long term members only please. Contributing means active members of the forum who post and/or make their own projects.

High Resolution cover and disc art available from @Pineapples101 Here.


Color Regrading (Blu Top/Regrade Bottom):

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DC Footage:

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Just to clarify this is a project that I have made for myself which I am choosing to share. If you don't like the project, if you think it should have been done differently then feel free to keep that to yourself and consider doing your own project.

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  The Lord of the Rings Trilogy: US VHS Dolby Stereo SR mix preservation [TE+EE]
Posted by: Hydra Spectre - 2023-01-08, 05:44 AM - Forum: Requests, proposals, help - Replies (8)

I am interested in having the Dolby Stereo SR mixes for the LOTR Trilogy.
The DVDs have them, but only in lossy 192kbps Dolby Digital. On the other hand, the US VHS releases would definitely have better 2.0 audio than the DVDs.
Both the Theatrical and Extended versions have been released on VHS, at least in the US. Even The Return of the King Extended has a VHS release.

The main reason I want the Dolby Stereo SR VHS mixes to be preserved is for compatibility purposes, for people who do not have a surround setup.
It would be great to have them for the Dreamastered versions.

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