This is not the best movie ever made by far but this should hopefully be the most complete edition of it. This combines five different previous editions into one, including two rare bootleg releases from Albert Pyun himself.

This custom made blu ray contains:

• HD 1080P AVC from the OOP Norwegian Blu Ray
  
• English 5.1 DTS HD and 2.0 Dolby Digital Audio Options
  
• Optional English Subtitles
  
• Audio Commentary against the theatrical version, which was censored by the Producers to remove a lot of Albert Pyun's criticism of the project
  
• Alternate Director's Cut in SD - released on a bootleg by Albert Pyun himself - rough quality with some effects incomplete but he said it was the best he could do with the materials he had access to. English 2.0 Dolby Digital Audio.
  
• Audio Commentary against the Director's Cut released by Albert Pyun, full uncensored version with the truth about what happened on production
  
• Making Of Documentary
  
• Trailer
  
• Animated Blu Ray menus and resume function
  

Fight Club Open Matte (v1.0)

plus a bonus

Fight Club German BD OAR (v1.0)

Project Info

This project attempts to create the best version of Fight Club in the open matte format by combining the parts from 3 separate HDTV broadcasts and the Web-DL (thanks X5gb).

Each video file (HDTVs and Web) have their own separate issues including compression artifacts, smeared grain, missing frames, etc. The biggest problem is the compression. Each file has the compression of it's broadcast but when I compare the files against each other I can tell the original master had a host of compression blocking, hatch marks and blurring. Although the master has grain a lot of it is destroyed in the the compression. I first took the parts from each video file that had the least compression and stitched them together to form the least compromised version. Then I cleaned up those compression artifacts and added grain that best matches the BD's level of grain, especially for the shots that were the grain was destroyed.

The color has been left largely unchanged with just a small adjustment to the red and blue in the shadows. The color scheme is the older one of the DVD and DVHS aka pre-BD remaster which mostly similar but with a few notable exceptions.

On the audio side I'm adding the original Cinema DTS soundtrack, the super rare PCM 2.0 and 5.1EX from the Japanese LD and the BD English soundtrack. There might be some other tracks added later.

Finally, I asked spoRv for a copy of his YAO subs. So similar to my Top Gun project you will be able to watch the project in 1.77 open matte or theatrical 2.35 with a tiny bit of crop varying per shot. Also much like TG the opening 20th Century logo be over cropped incorrectly but the rest is fine.

Notes: This project is synced to the US (and likely international) BDs for an alternative soundtracks and subs. Also their is one 3 min sequence in the film that is cropped in every HDTV broadcast and the Web and not open matte. The original master appears that way

Video:
A combination of 3 HDTV and 1 Web-DL merged together to create the best version with compression artifacts minimized and other clean up measures preformed.

Audio: (both projects)
1. DTS-HD MA 5.1 (from the Cinema DTS Discs)
2. PCM 2.0 Dolby Surround (from the JPN LD)
3. Dolby Digital 5.1 EX (from the JPN LD)
4. DTS-HD MA 5.1 (from the US BD)
5. Dolby Digital 5.1 (Plissken1138's no narrator fanmix)

Subs:
1. English (from the US BD)
2. spoRv's YAO subs to watch the 1.77 open matte video in 2.35 mode

Pics

OM


OAR


1.77 Orignal/2.35 YAO Subs


Collaborators and Thanks (In order of help):
Doombot
X5gb
Plissken1138
Chewtobacca
spoRv
Zoidberg
maksnew
BusterD

The movie is currently running on Amazon Prime and it looks like they used a master without DNR. The BD wasn't so lucky. Also the colors looks a bit different, compared to the BD.

Any chance someone stumbled upon a WEB-DL?

This blu ray contains all four episodes of the extended miniseries edition of Hateful Eight.

• 1080P MPEG4 AVC Video
  
• DTS HD 5.1 Audio
  
• Optional English Subtitles
  
• Sam Jackson's Guide to Glorious 70mm (from the Blu Ray)
  
• Beyond The Eight (from the Blu Ray)
  
• The Hateful Eight An Inside Look (From the exclusive Target DVD)
  
• Press Conference (From Youtube)
  
• Cast Interviews (From Youtube)
  
• Two Trailers and a TV Spot (From Youtube)
  

This thread is intended to list all the alternate audio tracks synced to the 4K UHD release, specially original audio mixes, in order to obtain what could be called Definitive Archival Versions.

Please contribute with projects and information! Thanks!

Note: in the standard 23.976fps, 1 frame = 41.71‬ms (1000ms / 23.976)

Movie name (release year)
Track Specs (status)  -  Source  -  Rip / Sync Credits
Comments

Aladdin (2019)
DTHD 7.1-Atmos 48/24 (original mix)  -  2019 Worldwide Disney UHD-BD
DTS-HD MA 7.1 48/24 (original mix; in sync)  -  2019 Worldwide Disney BD  -  BDgeek
Similar Dynamic Range and volume levels

Doctor Strange (2016)
DTHD 7.1-Atmos 48/24 - 2019 Worldwide Disney UHD-BD
DTS-HD MA 7.1 (delay -292) - 2016 US Disney BD - Turisu
Compressed Dynamic Range and lower volume levels on the UHD Atmos track

Dumbo (2019)
DTHD 7.1-Atmos 48/24 (original mix)  -  2019 Worldwide Disney UHD-BD
DTS-HD MA 7.1 48/24 (original mix; in sync)  -  2019 Worldwide Disney BD  -  BDgeek
Tracks have similar Dynamic Range and volume levels

Hulk (2003)
DTS-HD MA 7.1-X 48/24 (remix)  -  2019 Worldwide Universal UHD-BD
DTS-HD MA 5.1 48/24 (original mix; delay -167)  -  2008 Worldwide Universal BD  -  BDgeek

Iron Man (2008)
DTHD 7.1-Atmos 48/24 (remix)  -  2019 Worldwide Disney UHD-BD
DTS-HD MA 7.1 48/24 (original mix; delay -1960ms)  -  2008 Worldwide Paramount & 2013 Worldwide Disney BDs  -  Turisu
Compressed Dynamic Range and lower volume levels on the UHD Atmos track

Superman: The Movie (1978)
DTHD 7.1-Atmos 48/24 (remix)  -  2018 Worldwide Warner UHD-BD
DD 5.1 640kbps (70mm split surround original mix)  -  2018 Worldwide Warner UHD-BD
DTS-HD MA 5.1 48/24 (remix; in sync)  -  2011 Worldwide Warner 'The Motion Picture Anthology 1978-2006' BD  -  BDgeek
DTS-HD MA 2.0 48/24 (35mm original mix; in sync)  -  2011 Worldwide Warner 'The Motion Picture Anthology 1978-2006' BD  -  BDgeek
PCM 2.0 48/16 (upsampled form 44.1/16; 70mm mono surround original mix; in sync)  -  1995 Japan Warner LD [NJWL-01013]  -  Booshman

The Avengers (2012)
DTHD 7.1-Atmos 48/24 (remix)  -  2018 Worldwide Disney UHD-BD
DTS-HD MA 7.1 48/24 (original mix; delay +810)  -  2012 Worldwide Disney BD  -  BDgeek
Compressed Dynamic Range and lower volume levels on the UHD Atmos track

The Incredible Hulk (2008)
DTS-HD MA 7.1-X 48/24 (remix)  -  2018 Worldwide Universal UHD-BD
DTS-HD MA 5.1 48/24 (original mix; in sync)  -  2008 International Universal BD (non-NA)  -  BDgeek

Thor (2011)
DTHD 7.1-Atmos 48/24 (remix)  -  2019 Worldwide Disney UHD-BD
DTS-HD MA 7.1 48/24 (original mix; delay -500ms)  -  2011 Worldwide Paramount & 2013 Worldwide Disney BDs  -  Turisu
Compressed Dynamic Range and lower volume levels on the UHD Atmos track

Thor: The Dark World (2013)
DTHD 7.1-Atmos 48/24 (original mix)  -  2019 Worldwide Disney UHD-BD
DTS-HD MA 7.1 48/24 (original mix; in sync)  -  2014 Worldwide Disney BD  -  Turisu

Hello everyone!!!

I'd like to present myself as a complete movie aficionado , like most here I guess, and I could say a purist as well: very much interested in Theatrical Cuts, Original Color Timing and Original Mixes.

I've just found out about this forum a couple days ago through a user at blu-ray.com, and I'm just hooked!

I've been long time movie collector (almost 3 decades now), fan and avid reader of film, audio and home theater foruns.

Among those, I was a member and contributor (mostly financial, as I lack the skills and hardware to perform the magic some of the guys here can    ) to some projects at OT.com, but along the last 5 years life caught up with me in a way that I had to distance myself from it all for a while.

Thankfully, I'm back now, full throttle and totally into 4K UHD!!!

With 4k UHD I guess we can finally say we're close achieving archival quality for movies at home (what an age to be a collector!!!).


Doombot,

So good to see you're an admin here!

I hope you can remember me as we used to be sort of 'e-mail buddies' about some 4 or 5 years ago before I had to distance myself from this hobbie.

We were then invested in securing LDs for audio preservation and sync with Blu-ray. We got quite a few through a buddie in japan (I think he's here now, but with a different nickname).


From what I've read so far, I've also seen quite a few familiar names like spoRV, BusterD, Jonno, PDB, jerryshadoe and many others. I've very glad to know you're all still hanging around!

Well, it's great to be here and I wish to contribute!

Anyone has the LD (ML100249) of Rocky?
It seams to be the only one with digital PCM that has the original mono.

The Blu-ray only has the mono mix as lossy Dolby. Would be sweet to preserve the mix in lossless

Thanks

Version 2.1 is now available! 
Details here: https://fanrestore.com/thread-2840-post-...l#pid57882

Did you know there are five six different versions of Highlander II? Yep, five six! It's crazy.

• USA Theatrical Cut
  
• First European Theatrical Cut
  
• Second European Theatrical Cut
  
• Third European Theatrical Cut (Newly discovered)
  
• Renegade Version
  
• Special Edition
  

• Italian and German audio tracks
  
• One scene had to be reconstructed using the letterboxed Renegade DVD. I'd like to replace this with the Blu Ray cut to preserve detail, but currently I don't have a Blu Ray drive to rip my disc.
  
• I'm still looking into ways to improve the audio quality 
  

Hey Fanres, just posting to say hello. Great to be part of the community!

This was already done for quite some time, but I wanted to wait until I would have the JAP LD audio synced and also decoded with my SDU4 and, being as lazy as I am, that took me some time to do.

Started to feel a little embarrassed that someone managed to do an entire other Batman 1989 regrade project and release it in the time it took me to get over my laziness, but that's life!

Either way, this one is based on the UHD instead of the BD, so it's a little bit different. Enjoy!

Batman (1989) 35mmized

UHD 4K HDR Blu Ray regraded using photographs of an original 35mm print of the movie using a blanket 3D LUT. It was created using DrDre's ColorMatch tool and a lot of manual tweaking of the result. It has a few flaws you might notice, but overall I think it's a great improvement over the normal BD or UHD colors and has a nice high contrast "noir" look to it, for lack of a better words, similar to the photos of the 35mm.

In addition, the raw Laserdisc as well as raw Japanese Laserdisc audio is included, synced by bronan. The Japanese audio differs in being slightly quieter and not having the low frequencies filtered out. The audio is of course in English, the Laserdisc was merely published in Japan.

In addition, the Japanese Laserdisc audio was decoded to 4.0 with a Dolby SDU4, and then upconverted to 5.1 using a lowpass filter on all channels and duplicating the back center channel with a -3dB adjustment. In addition, this upconverted 5.1 was converted to a Dolby Headphone track that you can also select if you wish.

Other audio options include commentary tracks and the Dolby Atmos remix that came with the UHD. It's quite different in many ways and while not very authentic to the original, I think it's a nice modern alternative to listen to.

The encode is a 10-bit x264 encode in 4:4:4 colorspace. You will need a reasonably fast computer to play this back smoothly.

I included the encoding script including the 3D LUT in a subfolder, so if you have the UHD Remux, you can just replace the path in the .avs file and do your own encode with other settings if you prefer that. It will also work from any HDR encode of the UHD Blu Ray, but the quality of course won't be as good.

Screenshots:


Project size is 40 GB. That's 30 GB for the video and 10 GB for the audio options, which are all lossless except for the commentary, that's just the format it came in.

Up on Blutopia now.

Much thanks to PDB, bendermac and bronan for the LD audio and syncing work!

P.S. It pains me in my heart that I had to remove 40 beautiful screenshots from the post I initially prepared because the image limit is 50!