...it's over... after 12 years of let me (and my family) have fun, laugh, think, cry, it's over...

Often I regret to pass too much time in front of TV, but I was happy to spent A LOT of time watching this series - and I did not even liked it for the first few episodes!

Farewell, Leonard, Sheldon, Howard, Raj, Penny, Bernie, Amy, Stewart, and all the other characters... thanks for the entertainment... bazinga!

WARNER BROS. TO RELEASE STANLEY KUBRICK’S THE SHINING ON 4K ULTRA HD & DIGITAL ON OCTOBER 1ST

Now widely regarded as one of the greatest horror films ever made, The Shining was directed and produced by Kubrick, who wrote the screenplay with Diane Johnson. The film was based on the novel “The Shining” by Stephen King, and stars Jack Nicholson in an iconic role as Jack Torrance, Shelley Duval as Wendy Torrance, Scatman Crothers as Dick Halloran, and Danny Lloyd as Danny Torrance.

The 4K remastering was done using a new 4K scan of the original 35mm camera negative at Warner Bros. Motion Picture Imaging. Filmmaker Steven Spielberg and Stanley Kubrick’s former personal assistant Leon Vitali worked closely with the team at Warner Bros. during the mastering process.

The 4K remastering is of Kubrick’s original 146 minute version of the film which premiered in the United States on May 23rd, 1980.

On May 17th, the restored 4K version of the film will be screened at The Cannes Film Festival.

In 2018, The Shining was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.” The film ranked 29th on AFI’s 100 Years…100 Thrills list, and Jack Torrance was named the 25th greatest villain on the AFI’s 100 Years…100 Heroes and Villains list. Additionally, the quote “Here’s Johnny” from the film was ranked 68th on AFI’s 100 Years…100 Movie Quotes list.

Ultra HD showcases 4K resolution with High Dynamic Range (HDR) and a wider color spectrum, offering consumers brighter, deeper, more lifelike colors for a home entertainment viewing experience like never before.

The Shining Ultra HD Blu-ray Combo Pack features an Ultra HD Blu-ray disc with the feature film in 4K with HDR, a Blu-ray disc with the film in high definition and the special features in high definition, and a Digital version of the movie. Fans can also own The Shining in 4K Ultra HD via purchase from select digital retailers beginning on October 1. The Ultra HD Blu-ray of The Shining will include more than three hours of previously released special features.

Synopsis:
Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) becomes the winter caretaker at the isolated Overlook Hotel in Colorado, hoping to cure his writer’s block. He settles in along with his wife, Wendy (Shelley Duvall), and his son, Danny (Danny Lloyd), who is plagued by psychic premonitions. As Jack’s writing goes nowhere and Danny’s visions become more disturbing, Jack discovers the hotel’s dark secrets and begins to unravel into a homicidal maniac hell-bent on terrorizing his family.

Digital Distribution Elements:
On October 1 The Shining 4K UHD will be available to own for streaming and download to watch anywhere in high definition and standard definition on favorite devices from select digital retailers including GooglePlay, Vudu, Xbox and others, and will be made available digitally on Video On Demand services from cable and satellite providers, and on select gaming consoles.

The Shining Ultra HD Blu-ray contains the following previously released special features:

Audio commentary by Steadicam inventor Garrett Brown and Stanley Kubrick biographer John Baxter

Video from the Overlook: Crafting The Shining
-Enter the terrifying world of the Overlook Hotel as only Stanley Kubrick could envision it

The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
-A detailed look at one of cinema’s greatest visual storytellers and his unique ability to move audiences through the magic of unforgettable images

The Making of The Shining
-This cinema verite documentary offers a rare glimpse into the directing style of Stanley Kubrick as he interacts with stars Jack Nicholson, Shelly Duvall and others

Wendy Carlos, Composer
-Composer Wendy Carlos reflects on working with complex auteur Stanley Kubrick and developing music scores for The Shining and A Clockwork Orange

BASICS

Standard Street Date: October 1, 2019

EST Street Date: October 1, 2019

Ultra HD Blu-ray Languages: English, Latin Spanish, Parisian French, German,

Ultra HD Blu-ray Subtitles: English SDH, Latin Spanish, Parisian French, Arabic, Complex Chinese, Castilian Spanish, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German SDH, Hungarian, Italian SDH, Italian Forced, Japanese, Japanese, Forced, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Thai

Blu-ray Languages: English 5.1, Dolby Digital: English 5.1, Français 5.1, Español 5.1

Blu-ray Subtitles: English, Français, & Español

Running Time: 146 minutes

Rating: Rated R

NFO:

Quote:Grundlage des FanCuts ist die Kinofassung, in die 2 Szenen eingefügt wurden. Zum Einen die Szene, in der E.T. in der Badewanne liegt und die Szene mit dem brennenden Kürbis.

Quote:Basis of the FanCuts is the Theatrical version, in which 2 scenes were inserted. First, the scene in which E.T. lying in the bathtub and the scene with the burning pumpkin.

Quote:General
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I like very much the Umatic regrade: https://fanrestore.com/thread-2648.html

Sadly, it's only 720p... there is a 2160p UHD-BD version, but its grading is not that great - at the contrary, IMHO - so I thought to regrade it (plus D-Theater) using the Umatic colors, to get a closer cinematic experience about colors and contrast, and a bigger frame size (most of the times).

So, there are basically three situations:

• D-Theater has a bigger horizontal frame size than UHD-BD - so the UHD-BD will be "slapped" onto the D-Theater - around 80%
  
  
  http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/135553
   
  
• Blu-ray has a bigger vertical frame size than D-Theater (and UHD-BD) - so the UHD-BD will be "slapped" onto the Blu-ray - around 20%
  
  
  http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparis.../picture:2
   
  
• D-Theater has a bigger horizontal frame size than UHD-BD AND more details - so the D-Theater will be "slapped" onto the UHD-BD - remaining few shots
  
  
  http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparis.../picture:1
  

Following the idea of the [/url][url=https://fanrestore.com/thread-97.html]x264 BD compliant "perfect" settings, I thought it was time to do the same for x265 and Ultra HD Blu-ray.
Studied a bit here and there, and came to the following settings:

• these settings are good for 1080p or 2160p video
  
• pay attention to the BD size: actual ones are 23.3GiB for BD-25, 46.6GiB for BD-50, 93.2GiB for BD-XL 100
  
• allow about 7% overhead for the .m2ts container - for example, total file size (video+audio+subs) excluding eventual menus would be around 21.75GiB for a BD-25, 43.55GiB for a BD-50, 87.09GiB for a BD-XL 100
  
• to retain grain, better to use as much bitrate as possible - the one the disc allow to
  
• max bitrate allowed for UHD-BD video is 100mbps, so you should be careful only if using a BD-XL 100 and if audio plus subs tracks total bitrate is over 9000mbps, you should lower video bitrate accordingly, in particular pay attention to --vbv-maxrate
  
• to improve speed, you can use for pass 1 a "simpler" version of the final file, for example without noise reduction, grain plate, color grading, but it should be otherwise identical - same frame numbers, same resolution etc.
  

This is for the first time completely restored documentary film in Color from WWII.

Memphis Belle: The 75th Anniversary of the 25th Mission

The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress (1944)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036152/

The Cold Blue (2018)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8693770/
Directed By Erik Nelson, Film Features Restored Footage And Outtakes From William Wyler’s 1944 Documentary “The Memphis Belle: A Story Of A Flying Fortress”

The Cold Blue, a new documentary directed by Erik Nelson.  The original Kodachrome was scanned by NARA staff in 4K resolution using our Spirit scanner.  While the color of the originals remains beautiful, the film has shrunken over time, requiring careful handling and slow scanning speeds to avoid damage.  In total, it took 80 hours to scan the reels and generated over 80 TB worth of data.

To create the 72 minute long documentary, Nelson used the archival footage from Wyler’s outtakes along with some original footage shot in Berlin during July of 1945.  The footage has been restored by Ernest Savage and Paul Marengo.




An added benefit to this project is that Nelson was able to use footage from the original outtakes to reconstruct Wyler’s Memphis Belle: Story of a Flying Fortress. The surviving copies of the film are not a good representation of the film that was shown in 1944, so utilizing NARA’s 4K scans, he has painstakingly reassembled Wyler’s film with vibrant color.  Over 500 individual shots were perfectly positioned over the final soundtrack heralding a new kind of restoration – where a film is recut from scratch using primary sources to preserve the exact content of the original.


The Cold Blue will be screening alongside The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress at AFI Fest in Hollywood on November 11. 2018. The film will air on HBO in June 2019.
 

Memphis Belle Before and Afters
https://vimeo.com/280795350
https://vimeo.com/266305566

16mm





https://hyperallergic.com/469411/the-col...-afi-fest/
https://unwritten-record.blogs.archives....h-mission/

Assuming the following:

• UHD-BD uses HEVC for UHD while BD uses AVC (generally) for HD
  
• UHD 10bit needs 1.25x bitrate than 8bit
  
• HEVC needs down to 0.5x bitrate to get the same AVC (subjective) quality
  
• I guess generally HEVC requires around 0.65x bitrate of AVC
  
• so, for each 1mbps 8bit AVC = from 1x0.5x1.25 = 0.625mpbs to 1x0.65x1.25 = 0.8125mpbs HEVC 10bit
  
• UHD = 4x HD = 4x0.625=2,5x up to 4x0.8125=3.25x
  

For years I've been confused. Whenever I watch RotLA I complain about a missing scene. Details of which can be found here: http://theraider.net/films/raiders/deleted_scenes.php

The last deleted scene mentioned on that page is Indy's periscope ride... except I remember seeing it. I remember finding it odd that the submarine never went below periscope depth, and I have a vivid recollection of Indy waking as they approach the island, his hand wrapped in his whip's coils and he coughs on some sea water.

Did this actually appear in a broadcast (maybe cable) or a VHS release? It has been making me crazy for years and I'd like to see the scene again (possibly restored).

Edit: To be clear. My memory is that his whip was coiled up with his arm through it, nothing like how it looks in the graphic novel. So that's not what I'm remembering.

After a while, I've found some ways to convert HDR 10bit bt.2020 video to SDR 8bit bt.709
Don't know which is better, so if anyone, after have tried them, want to chime in, it will help!

Script 1A

I was wondering if anyone here could sync the 2.0 and the 5.1 mixes from the 1997 DVD Goldeneye to the 2160p WebRip that is circulating the net. From what I read online, the mixes are different (more LFE than the later releases)

here are the links to the tracks

here is the link to the Dolby 2.0 Pro Logic Mix: http://www.mediafire.com/file/i1myne284c...tal%29.ac3

Here is the link to the 5.1 Dolby Digital mix: http://www.mediafire.com/file/8ylmng65s3...tal%29.ac3