This movie is still not on Blu-ray; yes, it's available as web download, but the bitrate - as usual - is not so high, so overall quality is mediocre for an high def source...

The HDTV, altough it has a slightly higher bitrate than the WebDL, logo is present, with some macroblocking here and there... but, as I learned in the latest years, I found that merging two medium quality sources sometimes lead to obtain a better quality than each one used.

So, I thought to take the HDTV version, clean it a bit, use the WebDL for logo removal, then merge the two and add a grain plate, and... here you are the results:

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/112003
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/112007
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/112009

What do you think? Does it worth a restoration, or the WebDL is good enough? Feedbacks, please!!!

(also posted on OT - http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.c...pic/17439/)

I continue to use it almost always, MultiAVCHD uses it... I think it's a great software, but someone told me the multiplexed files obtained by it could have some compatibility issues... what do you think?

Could anyone post a tutorial about how to overlay 2 sources, using the detail from one and the colour info from aother?

I've heard mention of it before but I'm not sure how to go about it. Is it the chroma from one and the luma from another?

Thanks for any light folks can shed on this.

OK, I must admit I wanted to watch it just because I saw "Sharknado" trailer on TV, and realized never watched an Asylum film before... so, even though I knew in advance that it would be a complete mess, I was courageous enough to proceed...

Well, what can I say? Even with an "Highlander" (the worst of them!) this flick can't be saved... first of all, the terrible CGI SFX... a talented nerd with his home computer could do them way better than this... cast, acting, music, all are very poor; locations are all similar - but I must admit there were two or three shots of natural beauty I liked...

So, again, if you think Battlefield Earth is a very bad movie, watch this one after, and you will surely change your mind!

_,,,^..^,,,_ presents The Arrival [spoRv]

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

Mission: to make "The DEFINITIVE Arrival" edition.

Video source: Blu-ray, DVD, Laserdisc.
Audio sources: Blu-ray, DVD, Laserdisc.
Subtitles sources: Various.

Project info:
The Arrival on Blu-ray has some DNR, plus contrast problems and its color grading is different from previous versions on DVD and LD; it lacks also extras.
For this project, I will correct the contrast, then apply a 35mm grain plate to give the impression of a bit of more details; the DVD will be used as color reference for the color correction; all the DVD and laserdisc known extras will be added - still to be decided if it will be a BD-50, or two discs, one BD-25 with the movie in high definition, the other (BD-25 or AVCHD onto DVD-9) with extras.

Source Material

Video:

• The Arrival - Blu-ray
  
• The Arrival - German KinoWelt DVD (for extras)
  
• The Arrival - Special Edition box set Laserdisc (for extras)
  

• The Arrival - Blu-ray DTS-HD MA
  
• The Arrival - various DVD (for foreign languages)
  
• The Arrival - Laserdisc AC3 (for film audio track and commentary)
  

• English, French, German, Italian, Spanish.
  

• thegroovologist for DVD extras and much help
  
• DoomBot for soundtrack help and general advice
  
• Jetrell Fo for The Making of The Arrival VHS capture
  

Apologies if this isn't the right place or manner to request these

I'm looking for the 16GB HDTV rips that were on usenet a few years back. They are 1080i and in the original aspect ratio, unlike some HDTV broadcasts of 3 which were cropped.

I believe the colours are superior to the blu ray, with a lot of detail being lost by blown out whites and other issues.

If anyone has these I would love to hear from them.

Thanks

Netlix has the US theatrical version of Highlander for streaming. Does anyone have the ablilty to capture and preserve this. I can only find the Directors/ International Cut on DVD/ Blu ray.

I'd love to see the theatrical verison of this movie preserved. It's on DVD but not blu ray to my knowlege. I'm not sure if there is a HDTV broadcast that could be used to fill in the alternate footage that only exists in the theatrical version.

Frequent visitor to OT stopping by for the first time!