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  35mm VS 70mm Mixes (And where to find them?)
Posted by: LucasGodzilla - 2021-10-19, 09:38 AM - Forum: Requests, proposals, help - Replies (39)

(2021-10-12, 12:48 PM)spoRv Wrote: A "35mm Dolby Surround Vs 70mm 6-track" debate should worth its own thread... who will start it? Wink

I decided to be the one to take the step forward with this since I’ve been poking around and trying to track down as many different 70mm mixes available on home media and thought this thread would be a good place to help keep track of that as well as serve as a place where people can talk about the differences between these mixes.

Apologies on my behalf in advance if I make some stupid assumption.

From what I’ve been able to garner so far as a general rule of thumb, THX laserdiscs appear to be a consistent go-to for finding original 6-track 70mm mixes on home media? It appears to be the case for both the first two Alien movies as well as Top Gun for example.

I do want to take this opportunity though to ask if whether or not certain movies ever had their 70mm mixes ever got released over their 35mm counterparts (which are prevalently found for any movie with nearly any laserdisc release it seems).

Something like The Goonies for example.
https://www.in70mm.com/library/engagemen.../index.htm Wrote:[Image: goonies_02.jpg]
The audio was Six-Track Dolby Stereo (“A” encoded “baby boom” format).
From everything I’ve seen on the LDDB, all the releases appeared to be in stereo so there’s no real easy way to tell if any of them stemmed from the 6-track spread mix from what I could tell? I’m operating off of the assumption the surround tracks on latter releases are remixes atm.

I also wonder about the 70mm for Big Trouble In Little China, especially given I am currently working on the regrade project.
https://www.in70mm.com/library/engagemen.../index.htm Wrote:[Image: little_china.jpg]
The audio was Six-Track Dolby Stereo (“A” encoded).
It was determined the stereo track for the Fox master sounded the closest to the Dolby-decoded optical but has anyone properly determined whether or not the 70mm mix is the 5.1 surround track on the BDs or perhaps some older laserdisc? It was briefly mentioned on the older quick regrade project by @PDB but there was no certainty on the matter it seems.

Anyone have any thoughts on the matter of that movie or any other movie that got a 70mm blow-up for that matter?

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  Site does make it clear where to post this but this guy is working on fixing errors
Posted by: jedimasterplo - 2021-10-19, 05:44 AM - Forum: Movies, TV shows and other - Replies (4)

Typo the heading should say doesn’t make it clear. With 4k versions of classics and I don’t know how to talk to him about his ghostbusters fix. because there’s a new uhd coming out using a 100gb disc instead the original 66gb and it’s using Dolby vision instead of regular hdr and it includes the original theatrical audio. this his YouTube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqM4y8-IkNE&t=2s

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  Question about firmware...
Posted by: Bo Lero - 2021-10-19, 12:37 AM - Forum: General technical discussions - Replies (5)

I have the latest 1.21 firmware for Pioneer BDP-LX54 blu-ray player. As i pointed out before: i am not very much satisfied with the picture and sound quality. Do you think it's a good idea to install some of the previous firmwares? Do you think the quality will improve ? By the way, give me your thoughts for what is the best stuff for video and audio.

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  Cinema DTS sources to sync
Posted by: Turisu - 2021-10-18, 09:45 PM - Forum: Requests, proposals, help - Replies (9)

So I've released a few Cinema DTS to UHD syncs and the feedback to what I've put out so far has been very positive. Unfortunately I don't have any more source files for movies that I'd like to sync.

If anybody has any of the following raw Cinema DTS tracks and would like to see them synced then please let me know.

Mortal Kombat
Congo
Casino Royale
Arthur Christmas
In The Mouth Of Madness


Rest assured that anything shared will be put to good use and the resulting projects shared with contributing members.


Much appreciated. Smile

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  Hello
Posted by: CloakedDragon97 - 2021-10-17, 08:46 PM - Forum: Presentation - Replies (1)

Hello. Although I've been a member for a few months and have made a few posts, I have never made a proper introduction. I'm CloakedDragon97 and like many people, I joined OriginalTrilogy.com before joining this site. I initially joined for the reason most other people did. I wanted an HD version of the original unaltered Star Wars trilogy. I eventually branched out to other projects though. There I became familiar with Andrea's work and that inspired me to make a few projects of my own. Then a few months later I joined this site due to the amount of projects exclusive to here. I post significantly less on here but I'm still an active member. I'm glad to be a part of this site.

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  The Abyss (1989) - Theatrical Trailer D & E Restoration | UPDATE
Posted by: bendermac - 2021-10-17, 05:10 PM - Forum: Released - Replies (5)

Trailer D

I made an updated version with the following changes to Trailer D

  • MPAA Green Card replaced with a newly created one
  • MPAA Green Card scope version replaced with proper 4:3 version as shown in the scope version of 35mm print
  • Opening Documentary Video Sequence replaced with a higher quality version***
  • added two missing shots in the theatrical cut that are included in the extended cut*
  • title animation replaced with a higher quality version***
  • added a newly created end credit card
  • added 35mm fine grain layer on top of the video
  • added LD PCM of the trailer**

Source provided by
*maksnew
**williarob
*** FT Depot

I made another re-edit, which is 100% frame accurate, except for two missing shots (Bud is in pain while falling down the abyss) in the theatrical cut. I currently don't have the extended version in HD and those two shots might be in there. The titles screen is cropped due to the movie being in it's original format and the source of the trailer is open matte.
I know there is an open matte version of the movie floating around, but I couldn't get it yet. I may update the trailer if I get a proper movie file.

Anyway... I hope you'll enjoy it regardless Smile



Trailer E

While I still had all the assets on my computer, I thought why not try to restore Trailer E, aka "Review Trailer", to it's full glory and here it is  Big Grin

Enjoy Smile

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  Mediainfo (Excellent app for information)
Posted by: sertoli - 2021-10-16, 08:51 PM - Forum: Converting, encoding, authoring - Replies (6)

MediaInfo is a convenient unified display of the most relevant technical and tag data for video and audio files.

https://mediaarea.net/pt/MediaInfo

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  Police Story IV First Strike HDTV fix/reconstruction
Posted by: Serums - 2021-10-14, 07:29 AM - Forum: In progress - Replies (58)

Tagged this one as 'help', as it's in the very early stages and I'm very new to software I'll probably have to use.

First, thanks to gameboy and maksnew for making me aware of this.

This one is essentially The Film Whisperer's project, but as he's working on other projects concurrently I'd like to help with as much of it (or at least roadmap it) as I can.

The goal here is to use the Chinese HDTV capture (screens below) WEB-DL and the upscaled Towa DVD (screens coming soon) to reconstruct the HK version with as much picture information as possible. The blu-rays available of the international version are slightly cropped, so might not be as useful for the project.

The Chinese HDTV capture has its drawbacks, namely:

  • Embedded subtitles and sidetitles (including an overlay over the title card)
  • Broadcast channel logo
  • Some damaged frames
  • Censorship in one scene
  • The ending credits aren't complete, so we'd miss some of the outtakes.

The Film Whisperer did a reconstruction using the blu-ray and Towa DVD. This would hopefully improve on his initial work. 

We do have access to the HK and Japanese laserdiscs, so we're covered for the original audio track.

Screencaps:
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As you can see, there's a lot that would need to be worked on. Hopefully the upscaled Towa DVD can be used to fill in the gaps/cover as needed. I'd like to hear opinions though. Would you think it's worthwhile to attempt?

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  Unfinished film shot in 1984 released in 2021!
Posted by: spoRv - 2021-10-13, 11:31 AM - Forum: Official and unofficial releases - Replies (12)

Unbelievable! More info: https://vinegarsyndrome.com/pages/vsp

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  [Request] Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) LD original 4.0 track
Posted by: Onti - 2021-10-13, 11:16 AM - Forum: Requests, proposals, help - Replies (5)

Does anyone have Seven Brides for Seven Brothers LD?

I’m looking for the original 4.0 audio track (Cinemascope)

https://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/00280/650...n-Brothers

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