Just watched this on Blu-ray, having previously seen it on Imax 15/70 and 35mm. I love the movie but I hear that it polarizes a lot of people. Some people hate it and it seems to have started an anti-Nolan backlash. So just curious what the good people of Fanres think.

This project has been retired and will be superseded by this one:

https://fanrestore.com/thread-1442.html



Blade Runner International Cut  (regraded to the Criterion Collection Laserdisc - v1.0)

Project Info:

Just wanted to get this project that I'm working on up on Fanres. The genesis is here:

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.c...pic/17070/

This was originally an experimental regrade to an old pan and scan LD until Jonno provided me with a capture of the vastly superior Criterion Collection laserdisc of the International Cut. So now it is a regrade to that laserdisc.

Video:
2013 Blu-Ray of the International Cut (IC) regraded to the 1989 Criterion Collection (CC) Laserdisc (LD)

Audio:
1. PCM 2.0 (from the Criterion Collection International Cut LD-Narration)
2. Dolby Digital 5.1 (from the Warner Bros International Cut BD-Narration)
3. PCM 2.0 (from the Warner Bros Director's Cut LD-No Narration mixed with the IC's Laserdisc PCM 2.0 and parts of musical score to fill the gaps)

Subtitles:
English (From the BD converted to SRT and SDH parts removed)
French (From the BD converted to SRT)
Spanish (From the BD converted to SRT )

Output:
MKV compatible within the spec for a 25GB BD

Pics:

MKV Pics (Final)


BR/BR regraded to the CC LD




Thanks:
Jonno: for capturing the Criterion Collection LD
Doombot: for advice, help and testing
Buster D: for the various LD soundtracks
StarThoughts: for the music score to fix the ending
captainsolo: for information about the film and a 35mm showing

From OT to here!!!

It's good to be here

I was wondering if anyone possibly has and could share the laserdisc PCM stereo track for Disney's The Little Mermaid. I have also heard rumors of a cinema track and would be interested too, if it's available.

I absolutely hate the new DEHT mix on the newer DVDs and the 7.1 track on the new blu-ray sounds very different too. The "best" older audio was found on the 1999 NTSC DVD that had a decent sounding 5.1 mix but the odd thing about it is that all of the sfx are in the front center channel.

Thanx

As I did on originaltrilogy.com, I thought I'd propose a preservation project for some classic Hitchcock movies, which are considered among the best of all time. The BDs released by Universal in their Masterpiece set and subsequently stand-alone were nice but occasionally imperfect.

1. Vertigo (1958), while good looking, pales in comparison to a vintage IB print. I would propose timing the BD master, which has a healthy amount of detail from a 4K scan, to the look of an IB print. Scenes that are in particularly need of retiming are the final bell tower scenes and some of the night scenes. In general, the Blu lacks color and contrast. To this end, I can provide references from a 1958 dye-transfer print for a BD-based project.
   
   
2. Rear Window (1954) is also flawed. For their BD release, Universal chose to forego the wonderful 2000 Harris/Katz restoration. As a result, the BD's colors are somewhat weaker. A preservation project of this would be based on the 1080i HDTV-TS file that was floating around a few years ago. Based off a scan of the 2000 restoration, it should be quite presentable without much tweaking.
   
   
3. Frenzy (1972) was DNR'ed to death. Like Rear Window, a preservation of this would be based on the 1080i HDTV-TS file that was floating around a few years ago. Despite being a dated master and 25 fps, it doesn't have the grain reduction of the BD. I've been trying to get it off of RuTracker but am stuck at 37.59%.
   
   
4. The Man who Knew Too Much (1956) has garnered a decent amount of controversy, particularly from Robert Harris, who, due to budget issues, never got an appropriate crack at this title. The BD stems from a badly faded film element; as a result, the color flickers, clearly unstable. Interestingly enough, though, the first DVD release uses a different master, presumably a film print struck when the "Lost Hitchcocks" were reissued in the 1980s. It's quite an old/rough transfer, but the color seems consistent, no doubt because the (badly stored?) elements further deteriorated over the last thirty years.
   
   In lieu of the official restoration, which Harris demands must happen, an ideal fan preservation could use the chroma (color) of the old DVD and the luma of the BD master, which has sufficient detail. Please excuse me my technical ignorance, but I believe this is the technology made famous with projects, such as Andrea's The Thing and Halloween. Officially, it's also been used to restore some Doctor Who episodes. Were it to work, such a project would preserve the film in high quality if all else fails.
   

(WHICH WOULD BE WONDERFUL )

Anyone who has seen my composite sets* on KG, MySpleen, CG, Cinematik, etc., may sense where this is going, but I'm still not sure what it is I'm after. I've collected all of the commentaries and extras that would be remotely relevant to the film and/or Sid Vicious. That includes the Criterion DVD (commentary and lots of other extras), the US Blu-ray (some topical featurettes), the Momentum R2 DVD (commentary, interview w/Alex Cox), and clips from Who Killed Nancy?, The Filth and the Fury, DOA: A Right of Passage, The Great Rock n' Roll Swindle, and Who Killed Bill?, and a chapter from a book about director Alex Cox. I've also collected the soundtracks for all of the movies above, as well as Sid Vicious' solo album, and a live version of his solo stuff.

It all adds up to just over 2 DVD9s and lots of false starts in organizing it. None of this is helped by using DVDStyler, the promising, but wildly buggy software that is simply less intimidating than DVDLab Pro. Since I have more than 2 audio tracks on the main movie, TMPGENC DVD Author 4 is out, but no other software that I've tried has as much flexibility as Styler has. Maybe I should just bite the bullet and start over with DVDLab Pro? At least that way, the notion of audio titles would work far better than adding the music as audio streams, or trying something tricky with Styler that makes me add 20 menu pages. Not to mention the blurry slideshows Styler puts out.

So, I'm listening. I've put too much work into this set to just throw it out, but there's only a slight thematic connection to all of the material, with it mostly being about Vicious in real life, Vicious in the movie, and the music by The Sex Pistols. Maybe this was all meant to be an incomplete mess, seeing as Sid Vicious is famous not for his talent, but his attitude and his inevitable early death, and the fact that such a popular band burned out after just one album and 70% of a tour.






*This is Spinal Tap: Supertorrent
The Magnificent Ambersons: Criterion Laserdisc and everything else
Wyatt Earp: Expanded Edition
Hawaii: Roadshow Version
The Lawnmower Man: Director's Cut w/Laserdisc extras
She's Gotta Have It: Criterion Laserdisc
City of Hope (with a slew of original extras)
What Happened Was...
Texasville: Director's Cut
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?: Special Edition
The Run of the Country: Laserdisc Preservation
The New Age: Special Edition
Boxing Helena: Laserdisc Box Set
Slaughter of the Innocents: LD extras
Dead Poets Society: Extended Cut
And a bunch of others I can't remember...

_,,,^..^,,,_ presents The Ice Pirates [spoRv]



| PROJECTS: Released | In progress | Future | Mission & Setup |

Mission: to release The Ice Pirates on BD
Video source: HDTV, WEB download
Audio sources: HDTV, WEB download, DVD
Subtitles sources: Various.

Project info:
The Ice Pirates iis not available on BD; the only HD version found is a 1080i HDTV, but it has a quite big logo, plus some broken/missing frames... so I took a 720p WEB download, used it to wipe out the logo, and replace the broken/missing frames;audio is taken from the WEB download, and various HDTV andl DVD.

Source Material

Video:

• The Ice Pirates - HDTV 1080i 25fps
  
• The Ice Pirates - WEB download 720p 23.976fps
  

• The Ice Pirates - HDTV
  
• The Ice Pirates - WEB download
  
• The Ice Pirates - DVD
  

• English, French, German, Italian, Spanish.
  

To everyone!

List of Blu-ray different from other media (last update: 2015/04/04)

Title                               Media      Difference from BD        HD Fan Projects

2001: A Space Odyssey               DVD,LD     color grading
A Clockwork Orange                  DVD,LD     color grading
A Nightmare on Elm Street           DVD,LD     color grading
A.I. Artificial Intelligence        DVD        color grading
Abyss, The                          LD         1.90:1 AR – open matte?
Abyss, The                          HDTV       not on BD                 Docsap
Ace Ventura                         DVD        color grading
Ace Ventura 2                       DVD        color grading
Alien                               DVD        color grading
Alien Resurrection                  DVD        color grading
Aliens                              D-VHS,LD   color grading
Aliens Vs. Predator: Requiem (UR)   DVD        missing two shots         [spoRv]
Apocalypse Now                      DVD,LD,VHS 1.90:1 AR – DoP approved
Apollo 13                           HDTV       open matte
Arrival, The                        DVD        color grading             [spoRv]
Back To The Future                  DCP        no DNR, no EE             remux
Batman                              DVD        color grading
Batman Returns                      DVD        color grading
Beauty and the Beast                LD         color grading             [spoRv]
Big Trouble In Little China         DVD,LD     color grading
Bravehearth                         DVD,LD     color grading
Charley Varrick                     BD         color grading
Cheers (TV series)                  HDTV       open matte?
Collateral                          HDTV       open matte
Contact                             DVD        color grading
Curse of Frankenstein               DVD        color grading
Deep, The                           DVD        color grading
Do the Right Thing                  DVD,LD     color grading
Duck You Sucker                     DVD        color grading
Edward Scissorhands                 LD         open matte
Escape From New York                HDTV       color grading, framing    [spoRv]
Evil Dead                           DVD,LD     color grading
Exorcist, The                       DVD,LD     color grading             Docsap
Eyes Wide Shut                      DVD        color grading
Fellowship of the Rings (EE)        DVD        color grading             kk650
Fog, The                            DVD        color grading
Gladiator                           HDTV       open matte
Great Escape, The                   DVD        color grading             Dvdmike
Halloween                           DVD THX    color grading             [spoRv]
Horror of Dracula                   DVD        color grading
Independence Day (EE)               DVD        not on BD
Jurassic Park                       DVD,LD     color grading             [ruLes]
Labyrinth                           DVD,LD     color grading
Léon - The Professional             DVD,LD     color grading
Mad Max 2                           DVD,LD     color grading
Mask, The                           DVD,LD     color grading
Matrix, The                         HDTV       open matte, color grading
Matrix, The                         DVD        color grading             kk650, [spoRv]
Minority Report                     DVD        color grading             [spoRv] WIP
Mission: Impossible                 DVD,LD     color grading
Night of the Living Dead (1990)     DVD,LD     color grading
Raiders of the Lost Ark (WOWOW)     HDTV       color grading
Ransom (EE)                         LD         not on BD
Ring, The                           D-VHS      color grading
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves       HDTV       theatrical cut            [spoRv] WIP
Robocop                             DVD,LD     color grading
Searchers, The                      DVD,LD     color grading
Se7en                               DVD,LD     color grading, framing
Shining, The                        DVD,LD     color grading
Silence of the Lambs, The           DVD,LD     color grading
Soylent Green                       DVD,LD     color grading
Superman I                          DVD,LD     color grading
Superman II                         DVD,LD     color grading
Superman III                        DVD,LD     color grading
Superman IV                         DVD,LD     color grading
Superman V                          DVD,LD     color grading
Suspiria                            DVD,LD     color grading             Docsap
Ten Commandments, The               DVD,LD     color grading
Terminator 2: Judgement Day         DVD,LD     color grading
Terminator 2: Judgement Day         DVD        pan&scan – DoP approved
Terminator 3: Rise of The Machines  HDTV       open matte
Terminator 3: Rise of The Machines  DVD        color grading
Thing, The                          HD-DVD     no DNR                    [spoRv]
Titanic                             DVD        color grading             kk650
Top Gun                             LD,VHS     2.10:1 AR
Total Recall                        DVD,LD     color grading             [spoRv] WIP
True Lies                           D-VHS      not on BD                 Team Blu WIP
True Lies (HDNET)                   HDTV       not on BD
Waterworld                          HD-DVD     no DNR                    [spoRv] WIP
Waterworld (EE)                     DVD        not on BD
Wyatt Earp (EE)                     DVD        not on BD

Notes:

Latest additions in bold. All titles are US broadcasting unless noted otherwise; may be also worldwide valid.

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