Conan The Barbarian Theatrical Cut (Project CRT #1 v1.0)


Part of the Project CRT, for more background read here:
https://fanrestore.com/thread-3228.html?...rt+project

Originally the first release of Project CRT was suppose to be Tremors but with the remaster coming out soon, I decided to switch to doing the Conan TC.

To quickly recap, many late 90's/early 2000s HD, DVD and even LD masters have a significant red/magenta push on modern flat panels. It is assumed that this is caused by them being mastered on older CRT monitors which had a green and blue push. This project attempts to fix many of those old masters by making them look how the color technician would see them on a CRT master monitor. Not necessarily more theatrically accurate but hopefully closer to what the colorist wanted and hopefully more pleasing to the eye.

So this is the HDTV Amazon copy of the TC of Conan corrected to look how it does on my Sony BVM monitor. The original file has a DD+ 2.0 mono to which I added the LD's PCM 2.0 mono.

Video:
The Amazon rip of Conan the Barbarian color corrected on a CRT mastering monitor

Audio:
1. PCM 2.0 Mono (from the widescreen LD)
2. DD+ 2.0 Mono

Pics:
Final MKV


CRT Corrected/Original

Hi All,

I'm starting work on a project where there is an official blu ray release of a shorter export version - which is 1:78:1. 

I also have a webrip of the original longer version - which is 1:85:1.

According to the imdb technical specifications the original aspect ratio was 1:85:1.

So when inserting the alternate footage from the webrip into the blu ray I guess I have two options a) leave it as it is so the aspect ratio changes throughout the movie b) matte the blu ray footage to 1:85:1 which will lose a bit of picture from the top and bottom but it maintains the same aspect ratio throughout. I guess a third option would be to slightly stretch the 1:85:1 footage to 1:78:1.

Anyone got any thoughts or suggestions as to what they would do? 

Thanks

This one's kind of sad, because it's a notoriously bad LaserDisc for "disc rot" (a.k.a. "laser rot"). The image is a bit iffy because there are lots of dropouts from age-related deterioration, basically.

There is a DVD transfer of this version of the film, however it's more cropped than the original CAV LaserDisc, from a less than perfect source, and has what I reckon are almost certainly very badly wrong colours. The LD one also seems to reveal more detail in backgrounds because the contrast is cranked too high on the DVD which means some faint pencils are lost in clipped-off bright whites. Also, several dissolves are not proper dissolves as they are on the LD, but instead have a scratchy white mark moving from left to right and then a hard pop-in when it switches from black and white pencil drawing to coloured not-quite-final animation.

Some quick side-by-sides to give you an idea of what I mean:






Here's one example of both the rot and the radically different colours:



I'm wondering if maybe the original LaserDisc transfer was from negative whereas the DVD is from a print or something, because only the DVD has things like messy-as-hell cue marks:



This one's a good showcase of how messed up the contrast is on the DVD version:



Whilst I think the LD probably has more correct colours overall, it definitely has the ol' magenta bias that @PDB and others have noticed on older CRT-graded masters:

I checked if this thread already existed and I didn't find it. If it actually exist, I apology.

It would be great to recut the 2019 new master of The Shining (used for the last UHD by Warner) in order to match the shorter european cut. Unfortunately Warner didn't include this cut in the last UHD. Even in the UK, the blu-ray of this shorter cut disc included in the UHD didn't use the new remaster?

I'm conscious it is a bit odd to ask "do something please" but I have absolutely no knowledge to do it myself.

Hello, 
New to the forum, I'm here to see and learn !
I saw that many provide good quality work, it's nice
See you soon and have a good day,

Oliver

Hi Everyone!
I'm XanaxTheGreat (Why this silly name? I don't even know myself). I'm a french movie enthusiast, host of a radioshow dedicated to pop culture, co-writer of a fanzine and (occasionaly) short movie director. I discovered the amazing work of fan restorers during the lockdown, thanks to forums loke OriginalTrilogy.com and TheStarWarsTrilogy.com.
I'm happy to be among you :-)

Hey Everyone

I cant believe I just found this forum. I got introduced to restorations after watching the Despecialized Star Wars a couple of years ago and have been wishing for a way to chat to a community about it. I'm a huge movie fan. Looking forward to some good chats with everyone!

Hello everyone,

I'm trying to fix Sony's disastrous NTSC DVD of The Storyteller, Jim Henson's mythical 1987 series.

The first problem I have with interlacing. Supposedly the series was shot in 35 mm, but with a inverse telecine I don't get good results.

Neither with filters such as QTGMC, TDeint, TMC ... I cannot eliminate residual images, ghosting, saw effect in the contours and other artifacts.

Could anyone help me to fix and restore the video?

This is a sample of the uncompressed DVD:

https://mega.nz/file/Aa4ERK6Q#nGhKboyzo3...IFe3UwfoXg

Thanks in advance.

The original ending of NBK is a quick montage accompanied by a Nine Inch Nails song called Burn. This was how it was released in theaters, VHS and LaserDisc. DVD Era NBK had a director's cut where this part was changed to generic tribal music and every release since has continued this tradition. I thought it would be a nice easy project to restore the original ending to whatever release is considered the best image quality today, some grammar school level restoration that I can handle (although if anyone more experienced wants to take the project, I will get out of the way). Oliver Stone has never mentioned preferring the tribal music to Burn, so I've always thought it was a mistake, or an omission beyond choice. Either way, I find the NIN ending a superior exclamation on the film.

Here's a video of the two endings if you're interested to see the difference. (NSFW)

Shoah (1985) DVD R2 Holland - Video film/Express synced to MOC BD

More noise, more details.