Anyone watch?

Hi. I'm looking for a way to build my own film scanner, but I really don't know where to begin and what to get do build it. I do know that some people here, somehow, managed to do it or have at least the necessary knowledge to do so. Can those people (like Poita, among others) please help me with this ? It'll be very, very appreciated.

Thanks in advance

Does anyone know about this release or have it? I believe it is Japan only and probably on LD. I would LOVE to find it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TamoeNLUk_E

Thanks,

Shawn

It seems others have been able to create this project before the completion of this one. So I'm officially canceling it.



Project Info:
I, like many, assumed that there would eventually be a IMAX version Of Ghost Protocol on Blu-ray. With movie number 5 being released on home video soon, one might think it would on been released by now. Compound that with the fact that the director has expressed he prefers the 2.35 version only for Blu-ray, it appears that an IMAX version is not going to happen anytime soon. So I thought this would make a good project.

When MI4 aired on pay cable TV in the US it was in 16:9 and while the 2.35 scenes were cropped, the IMAX scenes were expanded to the full 1.77 frame. Unfortunately, I was unable to get the initial logo/bug free broadcast but later acquire the FXX broadcast which has a logo. Further I acquired the Telemundo broadcast which is also bugged but in a different place. I was hoping to combined these two to remove the logo from the FXX broadcast but the Telelmundo broadcast has some of the worst compression (among many other problems) making the matching difficult (see the logo removal thread).

I gave up on this project for a while but came back to it now. By blurring the Telemundo braodcast and duplication of certain frames to remove bad compression, I think I have gotten better results then my first attempt. Further re-graining (both HDTV versions were de-graining a bit) helped to further cover up the merge. I think I can now get about 85% to 95% there in hiding the logo, so I am going to release a version 1.0 of this project till a better HDTV (ie logo free) shows up. Its far from perfect but should make for a good watch.

Video:
Video from the US Blu-ray with IMAX scenes from the FXX HDTV broadcast and Telemundo HDTV braodcast

Audio:
DTS-HD MA 5.1 From the Blu-ray

Subtitles:
TDB

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

Pics:
BD/IMAX Version


Thanks:
jedeitor: Big thanks for removing the logo and fixing the frames I couldn't
jerryshadoe: For testing, advice and insight

Ok, so I wanted to address this in time for the anniversary, but I just got usenet access a couple days ago and wasn't able to verify anything until now.

Here, I'm not really addressing the first film, as we all know about the DCP copy and there is a WOWOW cap (not sure if it's not just the same source, as in the WOWOW is a DCP) but either way, here the DCP is superior to the BD release and enough said on that topic...

So I am in the process of pulling 1080i HDTV captures of BTT2 and BTTF3 and should have them both in about 22-24 hours. They are both incomplete, but I managed to find nearly 3GB of PAR2 files for each one in a separate nzb's that is apparently all there and complete so I should be able to re-construct the missing blocks (fortunately there ain't many of them) However, I was already able to download the sample files for both (roughly 1st minute of film) and immediately wanted to compare it to the BD...

In the process of trying to find some screenshots, I found an awesome "screencap" site with numerous films already there. For those interested, the site is: http://screencapped.net
Anyway, I found 3 screenshots there for BTTF2 and then capped them myself from the 1080i HDTV transfer. The results are... well, I'll show you in a minute

I plan on trying to get some from BTTF3 as well, (just excited about this "discovery" and wanted to share) however if BTTF2 is any indicator, then the comparison should be similar. Let's see, these caps are from HDnet, are MPEG2 encoded video, both at 17.2mbps @29.970fps, interlaced, with 5.1 AC3 sound @384kbps...

IMHO these look better than the BD releases and will be best alternative until a 35mm film print surfaces. Once I have both of these HDTV copies pulled, I plan on making them easily available to others on MS

Now, on to the three screenshots (top-BD/bottom-HDTV)

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Thoughts??

Ok,

At one time I captured each side of the LD's to their own DVD5 as I had considered maybe doing something with them for a private set. Would there be any interest or use for these discs for something?

I also did the same with my Phantom Menace LD.

Just curious I guess.

Thanks

As I mentioned in the Martian thread I also saw Crimson Peak (CP) when I had a few hours to kill between jobs.

I'm not a big fan del Toro and I can't figure out why. His films should be right up my alley. I love his imagination and the sheer amount of details that he puts into his films. The stories he tells are interesting and are strong enough to intrigue me but he rarely clicks with me. But I keep trying and figured CP should be enough of a spectacle to see on the big scene.

Going into CP, I read some reviews that said the movie was sold wrong. It is sold as horror film with costume drama elements but it is really a costume drama with horror elements. The movie out and out tells you that the ghosts in it are just a representation of the past. They are an element of the film not what the film is about.

So with that in mind I went to see the film. It is definitely a costume drama, especially in the beginning, but the horror elements slowly creep in as it goes and extend beyond the ghosts into murder, insanity and incest. Its that last point that got a bit icky for me. With all those elements, the film reminded me a bit in story structure and values like an Italian giallo.

What didn't remind me a giallo is the production values. The house in the film is amazing. That is not an exaggeration to say it is one of the best production pieces I have seen in awhile. I just love the hole in the middle of the house which shows the seasons. Leaves falling through for the fall, then snow for the winter. As the cliche says the house is a character in of itself.

The actors were overall really good with Hiddleston and Chastain being excellent. Chastain really got to chew the scenery the longer the film went on. While I seen many male actors do this, its rare to see a female actor go gloriously crazy. So that was fun. Wasikowska was also good in the main character role but her role mostly reactionary to the others. Hunnam is basically playing the Scatman Crothers role from the Shinning.

Overall I liked the film but it never totally or tonally gelled for me. The parts were good but the whole was lacking. If someone came to me and said they hated the film I wouldn't defend it because I would probably agree with them on many of their points.

I won't recommend it for an outing to the theater but for a rental I've seen far, far worse. Just come with expectations low.

Sadly, I'm forced to sell my MUSE/NTSC laserdisc player, the Pioneer HLD-X9; about one hundred hours of operation time - used just to transfer few important titles; original remote control and box; I'd prefer to send it in Europe.

Right now, if you go to the OT forum, you find this:

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Hi,

I just came across from OT.com, where I am exactly the same person, because I got curious.

Mainly because Stamper got a little LD rip from me, and passed it along, until it became an audio file that is passed along here (and OT.com) and I thought "well a great time to check the fanres.comn community". So I am here.

As the thread marks, I am from Germany, so don't be insulted, if I take things as correctly as possible.. seems to be a genetic thing. uperman:

..well additionally English is not my native languaged, and I alwas s*cked in leraning languages, so, I might try my best, but my english will never be what I would call "very good".