Star Trek 2 The Wrath of Khan Theatrical Cut (Sky HDTV 1080p v1.0)

I know the UHD is coming out very, very soon but my favorite rendition of the ST2 has always been the Sky version (also previously on iTunes). I love its warm, saturated look and very film like appearance. And my favorite cut of the movie is the theatrical cut (TC) even though the DC isn't bad (unlike ST6). So I went about cutting the Sky broadcast into the TC and added the 2 or 3 shots missing from one of the BDs. Although I like the HDTV it has a host of problems common to broadcasts. First the black levels are off and second there is a ton of macroblocking, some minor others major. I set the correct levels for the movie and then upscaled the movie to 4K and ran marcoblocking filter to fix 95% of the problems. For the remaining 5% of issues, half I went frame-by-frame painting out the macroblocking. For the parts left that couldn't be fixed with any methods, like so:



I plugged in parts from other TC BDs and color corrected them to match. Shots from the final battle with static on the viewscreen I left alone as the replacement's color didn't work. The end results were downscaled back to a 1080p MKV.

For audio I included the older 1st gen BD's tracks, the wonderful PCM from the laserdisc and finally the tracks from the first gen TC DVD. The DD 2.0 on the DVD sounds surprisingly really good.

Video:
The Sky HDTV broadcast with the correct levels, macroblocking cleaned up and frames replaced if need be, cut down to the TC.

Audio:
1. PCM 2.0 Dolby Surround (from the WS laserdisc)
2. Dolby Digital 2.0 (from the 1st Gen TC DVD)
3. Dolby Digital 5.1 (from the 1st Gen TC DVD)
4. Dolby Digital TrueHD 7.1 (from the 1st Gen TC BD)

Sync:
Original TC BD with ENG subs

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On Tubi this month, they are streaming a remastered transfer of Commando (1985) https://tubitv.com/movies/610956/commando
I was wondering if anyone has the ability to capture or rip this new master (i would do it myself, but it is protected by DRM and i don't have the ability to capture it)

Princess Mononoke (1997) Laserdisc [TKLA-50300] synced to Blu-ray

Title: Princess Mononoke (1997)
Format/Catalog#: [TKLA-50300]
Synced to: US Blu-ray
Input Soundtrack: 16-bit, 44.1khz, Stereo (bit perfect)
Output Soundtrack: 16-bit, 44.1khz, Stereo
Sourced by: BDgeek / alinskey
Ripped by: alinskey
Synced by: sertoli

Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) GBR BD 2.0 synced to Criterion BD

Excellent sound.

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Ghostbusters 2 (1989)  Laserdisc [PILF-7013] synced UHD



Title: Ghostbusters 2 (1989)
Format/Catalog#: [PILF-7013]
Synced to: UHD
Input Soundtrack: 16-bit, 44.1khz, Stereo (bit perfect)
Output Soundtrack: 16-bit, 44.1khz, Stereo
Sourced by: BDgeek / alinskey
Ripped by: alinskey
Synced by: sertoli

Batman & Robin (1997) Laserdisc  [16500] synced to UHD

Title: Batman & Robin (1997)
Format/Catalog#: [16500]
Synced to: UHD
Input Soundtrack: 16-bit, 44.1khz, Stereo (bit perfect)
Output Soundtrack: 16-bit, 44.1khz, Stereo
Sourced by: BDgeek / alinskey
Ripped by: alinskey
Synced by: sertoli

Playtime (1967) Studiocanal BD synced to Criterion BD

Best sound!

"The Criterion 3.0 has been hit by some moderate noise reduction (and for no real reason – there was hardly any hiss anyway), while the StudioCanal has more high frequency detail and therefore possesses greater clarity."

See: https://blah-ray.blogspot.com/search/lab...%281967%29

Come and See (1985) Lumière BD synced to Criterion

PCM 2.0 16 bits

Excellent sound. More bass... More details...

Ok, posting a few of my projects here, starting with this one, which was my very first. 

I did this a few years ago (2015, 2017, can't remember exactly), and I've shared it with quite a few people, so it's been online for some time. 
As a major Twin Peaks fan, I was over the moon when the deleted scenes of FWWM finally came to light. It's been a dream of mine to watch a full extended cut of the film since I read the shooting script for the first time.
I remember reading Lynch had no desire to change the film and include the scenes, so it was time to learn a few things about video editing and create my own extended cut. 

In the meantime, a Twin Peaks fan that uses the name 'Q2' and has many Lynch related fan projects released his extended cut and was very much praised by the TP community. I remember thinking "Great, someone else did this, someone who knows how to do these things" so I went after it, watched it, and...I didn't like it. I mean, it was basically the same stuff I was planning to do, but I don't think all the deleted material should be incorporated back into the film. Some scenes (at least to me) only work as a bonus, they deviate too much from the main story, some scenes needed to be shortened, anyway, it needed some polishing and it could be better. 
So I said what the hell, I'm gonna do this and if it turns out bad, I'll just delete it and learn to enjoy Q2's edit. 
Well, it was a lot of work but I finished it and was very satisfied with it. 

List of scenes that made the cut: 

• Chet and Sam talking to Jack about Teresa Banks (extended scene)
  
• Sunrise with power lines (deleted)
  
• Fight between Chet and Cable (deleted)
  
• Cooper chatting with Diane (deleted)
  
• Phillip Jeffries arriving at the Palm Deluxe in Buenos Aires (deleted)
  
• Full Jeffries appearance at the FBI (extended)
  
• Full ‘above convenience store’ reunion (extended)
  
• Full Jeffries disappearance from the FBI (extended)
  
• Jeffries reappearing at the Palm Deluxe (deleted)
  
• Cooper questioning Sam about Chet (deleted)
  
• Bobby and Mike chatting in car, messing with Donna and Laura (extended)
  
• Laura running into her mom at the door, asking for keys (deleted)
  
• Laura gets home, Sarah questions where she was (deleted)
  
• Palmer dinner scene, Leland teaches Sarah and Laura to speak norwegian (deleted)
  
• Laura meets trucker by the road (deleted)
  
• Ed and Nadine enter the RR, Nadine storms off, Ed runs after her (deleted)
  
• Donna calms Laura down, Doc Hayward plays magic tricks, they eat muffins, Leland calls Laura (deleted)
  
• LMFAP shows Cooper the ring, asks if it’s future or past (extended)
  
• Leo shows Shelly how to clean the floor (extended)
  
• Ed and Norma talk in Ed’s truck (deleted)
  
• Tommy and Buck drive Laura and Donna across the border to “The Power and the Glory” (deleted)
  
• Phillip Gerard/Mike chants by a circle of candles (deleted)
  
• Leland calls Teresa (extended)
  
• Teresa tells Laura and Ronette “the guy split”, Laura notices her ring, Teresa calls Jacques then Leland (deleted)
  
• Laura opens her diary and snorts some coke (extended)
  
• Bobby gives Laura the money, discovers the coke is actually laxative (deleted)
  
• Jacoby phones Laura (deleted)
  
• Laura and Sarah have dinner, Laura says she’s going to Bobby’s (deleted)
  
• Garland reads from the bible, Betty opens the door to Laura (deleted)
  
• Laura meets Bobby in the basement (extended)
  
• Bobby walks Laura to the door, Garland keeps reading (deleted)
  
• Leland arrives home and sees Laura hiding behind bush (deleted)
  
• The nurses rush Annie in a stretcher (deleted)
  
• Cooper questions LMFAP about the ring, realizes he’s trapped (deleted)
  
• Annie repeats her words to Laura. The nurse takes her ring (deleted)
  
• Doc Hayward and Truman break in and find Cooper on the floor (deleted)
  

Hey everyone, I've recently started going through my DVDs to look for original audio mixes I can use to make hybrid remuxes with UHD rips. I normally just have figure out the delay or from time to time, change the frame rates in EAC3to so they match.

No matter what I do, I cannot seem to get the video for the Peanuts Holiday Collection UHDs to sync up with audio in the Peanuts 1960's Collection. Has anyone attempted to do this or ran into a similar problem on another project? Any tips will be appreciated and I’m happy to make all my results public.