I learnt that a mild color regrading project - I mean, that the only thing done is not a huge color regrade - is useless.

Why? Well, our brain is amazing, and operate also as a good white balance device; sure, it's not instantaneous, it takes some time (I guess few minutes), but at the end ANY movie, even the ones with a strong color blanket would end as perfectly color balanced (for our brain).

Proof? Just take any movie that you know has altered colors - possibly with clear blue sky, white clouds, and snow in daylight - and watch it from the beginning to the end. Then, after it is finished, think about those shots with white clouds or snow, and get back to watch them again... you will be amazed to discover that the white is everything but white! (hint: Titanic) - note: even the most expert project maker with a perfect color vision and calibrated display works in the same way as the average Joe!

So, what's the point to mildly correct an almost right movie, whenever even the worse grading is "automatically corrected"? Sure, for the peace of mind and/or to make the things right, but if it's the only thing you are going to do, better to spare your time and do something else - I know that often is just a matter of tweaking some settings and let the PC do the rest, but it could takes hours, then you have to encode, upload etc... to me, it's just futile. Exception is when you do something else to video - like AR, cleaning, adding scenes etc. - or you tweak not lightly the contrast.

Just my looong two cents!

Project Info:

This project attempts to create the complete version of The Shining (including the original blue end credits) in the open matte format by combining a 1080p International Cut and the extended US 1999 DVD.

I don't like too much the way the UHD looks and for this movie I prefer the 1.37:1 AR. The color scheme will be the same as the older DVD. The additional scenes from the 1999 open matte DVD will be upscaled, processed with filters and then re-grained to match the 1080p version. In my humble opinion, the 1999 DVD looks more cinematic than the 1080p.
On the audio side I'll keep the 5.1 mix and I'll add the original mono soundtrack from the 1999 DVD approved by Stanley Kubrick (dolby digital). But what I really want is to add the audio from the Laserdisc (lpcm).

What I have:

The Shining 1990 International Cut (DVD, 2001) PAL with 5.1 mix
The Shining 1980 International Cut Open Matte 1080p 5.1
The Shining 1980 Blu-ray
Original mono audio (ac-3).

Anyone who could help with the 1999 DVD R1 for color correction, additional scenes and original WB logo will be welcome. I'm specially interested in the Laserdisc for the LPCM mono audio (if you have it and you can capture the video as well, this would help syncing).

In the early 80s there were some excellent synth-based scores that replaced the original scores.
Shogun Assassin comes to mind.

The US version of The Beyond, 7 Doors of Death also featured an alternate score with more synths than the original score.

Would be great to hear of other synth-based scores that replaced more traditional original scores with regards to grindhouse type releases in the 80s.

Why this movie hasn't been released on Blu-ray is beyond me. It's pretty good and has a great cast.
So did this movie appear in HD in it's OAR of 2.35:1 anywhere or are we stuck with cropped version, like the one from Amazon?

Happy Halloween Everybody

Im Simon, im new to the site. Looks like some lovely interesting stuff around.

The Circus (1928) DVD [Image Entertainment] synced to Criterion Bluray

Better sound. 
More noise. More details, bass...

Hi there!

I'm looking for the original DVD R1 or D-Theater DHVS DTS tracks to compare them all with eh BD audio. I've read on foruns that the BD track is filtered, so I'd appreciate these to have these alternatives in order to performe some comparisons and maybe work a sync.

I'd really appreciate any help I can get.

Thanks a lot!


edit: I've just found out the Australian BD uses the infiltered track, so if anyone has it, I'd really apprecaite it as well

Modern Times (1936) DVD [Image Entertainment] synced to Criterion Bluray

Better sound. 
More noise. More details, bass...







More info:
https://blah-ray.blogspot.com/search/lab...%281931%29

3D Film Archive goes into detail the shortcomings of the BD of Creature From the Black Lagoon (link). The most serious error is that Universal newly altered the original convergence, which means that the 3D no longer displays the correct depth.

Universal BD:


3D Film Archive Correction:


Which got me thinking: an old anaglyph transfer has been circulating among collectors for decades. Creature had an anaglyph reissue in the '70s. Fixing the original errors back then would take a ton of work, to say nothing of altering the convergence to the extent as on the BD. In other words, the old anaglyph transfer would be correct, maintaining the original errors and convergence.

Anaglyph reissue:


It's close. Using this old anaglyph as a reference, I adjusted every shot to approximate the original convergence. My fix:


Additionally, I corrected alignment, sync, and reversed eyes. Source is the Universal BD.

Available as a frame-packed 3D BD. Must provide blanks, postage, and proof of purchase.

I'm curious to know what kind of audio (if any) setup our members use at home.

The only rule is that if you have more than one audio setup (!) post only the one with more speakers.

So, answer to the poll and, if you like to, add a comment talking about your setup - pictures are welcome!

P.S. if you have a different configuration, you MUST post a comment with more info...