This project will primarily focus on two things. First of all, upscaling the transfer found on the Scanbox and Worldwide Cinema DVDs, which is arguably the best transfer available for this film. There is an official Blu-ray release, but the transfer on that is itself an upscale from an SD transfer. Here's a comparison between the official blu-ray and my upscale: http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparis.../picture:0

If nothing else, at least the colours are much better.

Secondly, reconstructing the extended version. As you may know, there was a version of this film, about five minutes longer, that played in film festivals before the general release. It includes the infamous "piss drinking scene". To the best of my knowledge, this version has never had an official home video release. I have a VHS rip which is reportedly from a bootleg tape. I will be reconstructing this version, using the available material.

I'm also hoping to be able to present the alternate ending via seamless branching.

Video
Scanbox DVD and Worldwide Cinema DVD as primary source. Hong Kong Blu-ray for the Chinese opening titles and credits.

Audio
The main source for the Cantonese and Mandarin tracks will be the Hong Kong Laserdisc. Although, the movie is actually edited on that release to fit on a singe LD, so missing segments will be sourced from DVD. The English dub will sourced from the Scanbox DVD, which has it in good quality. I'll also include the Bey Logan audio commentary from the HKL DVD.

Subtitles
Most likely the English subtitles from the HKL release.

Extras
TBD

LIST OF WORKPRINTS AND SPECIAL EDITIONS DIFFERENT/ NOT AVAILABLE ON RELEASED MEDIA

Updated 2017-02-04 - 1250 entries on the complete WORKPRINTS Master List

LIST OF OPEN MATTE AND VARIABLE ASPECT RATIO MOVIES

Updated 2018-01-24 - 3092 entries!

At the moment, there are almost more than 3000 entries, and, even leaving only titles and few data, the list will still be cut in a quarter, maybe, if posted here, due to space constrain; so, I've decided to not post titles here anymore, but leave them all in the master list:

http://blog.sporv.com/open-matte-master-list

Hope you would appreciate all the hard work behind compiling and maintaining the list updated; as usual, additions and corrections are welcome.

Have fun!

Because there is an increasing interest in open matte and full screen versions of movies, I think it's time to start a main thread about this, a bit like the one found on our preferred Russian tracker.

Its main goal is to find out eventual differences between full screen, open matte and letterbox version of the same move, and *eventually* help project maker to release an AAP-AR version using two or three sources. Also, to have confirmation (or denial) of a DVD/BD/WEB release, or if it's available only on HDTV/DTV/ATV etc. - images and comparisons are extremely welcome!
Note that quite often 1.85:1 are released in home video with a 1.78:1 where there are top and bottom "slices".

Note: I copied and edited some posts that I feel relevant from the open matte master list thread; if you want to just add/correct titles which are not in the list, with no thoughts or pics, please post there, thanks!

Few and simple rules:
Title of the movie should be in bold, to facilitate grasping it in the post
OAR = original aspect ratio : the one found in theaters and in most home video versions
OM = open matte : here, it would be referred to 1.78:1 aspect ratio
FS = full screen : here, it would be referred to 1.33:1 aspect ratio
P&S = pan & scan : avoid to post a pan&scan title only, unless it contains more image than letterbox version
(when I write 2.40:1, it could be indeed 2.39:1 or 2.35:1, generally referred to anamorphic filmed movies)

Reference:
LIST OF OPEN MATTE AND VARIABLE ASPECT RATIO MOVIES
http://blog.sporv.com/open-matte-master-list

Anybody have this Laserdisc?

http://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/02992/12009/Sorcerer

The Blu-ray 5.1 remix is quite revisionist, even more so than most 5.1 remixes, most notably *SPOILER ALERT* by adding a gunshot sound effect to the final shot.

If someone happens to have the LD and can rip the audio, then I hereby express interest in seeing it ripped and synced to the Blu-ray.

EDIT: I'm seeing now that the French BD has an English Stereo option. Don't know if it's the original mix or a downmix. If it's the former, then the LD might not be necessary.

Does anyone have a capture of the audio for Last Man Standing on Laserdisc in either version of the disc?

Was released with a Dolby D track and also DTS.

Thanks

I'm at my first rendering of/exporting a 98mins on Adobe Premiere with many effect layers and I'm wondering how normal is to have 55-60 hours expected rendering time with my computer set-up (i7 4790 CPU, 16GB RAM, GeForce GT 730 graphic card)
(I usually edit 30 minutes videos from FUll-HD files with a great deal of additional layers and it takes them 1 or 1 1/2 hours. Working with 720p source renders almost in real-time)

hey guys, anyone knows what would be The Crow original sound mix ? There's apparently a very cheap UK DVD in full screen with the stereo track (probably is Dolby Surround?), the current mixes on Blu-ray are crappy and not the original sound. Thanks if anyone can help. If you have an old LD, you're welcome to rip it

Hello, from 2011 til about a year and half ago my preferred video editing and DVD burning software was Nero 10. However, a year and a half ago I noticed that when ever Nero exports videos now it tends to have 'glitches', square boxes that pop up from time to time. I had used this software countless times without this issue. For months I was going back and forth on the Nero forum trying 
to find a solution to no prevail. I tried dozens of suggestions. Checking for software updates, changing quality settings, converting files to a different format, no help. I even upgraded to the 2016 Nero hoping maybe this would solve the problem. It did not not. In the past year I've tried Nero on three different computers. An Acer laptop, an HP laptop (the one I'm currently typing on), and a desktop put together by my upstairs neighbor. The glitches appeared in all three instances. Below is a few screen grabs to illustrate my point. Is the problem Nero?? The Computer(s)?? Both?? I don't think it has to do with the format of the videos since this has been occurring with basically every video I've tried converting regardless of format. I'm possibly considering switching to Cyberlink PowerDirector should I not find away around this.

Has the original 1995 anime (non enhanced CGI) ever had a decent HD release?