kk650 presents: Regraded Terminator 2 Judgement Day: Director's Cut 1080p


Technical Specs:

Name: Regraded Terminator 2 Judgement Day: Director's Cut 1080p

Size: 22.6 GB

Video: 1920x816 H264 23.976

Audio Track: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1

Subtitle Track 1: English Subtitles

Subtitle Track 2: Spanish Subtitles


The Spanish blu-ray of Terminator has a lot more grain and overall detail than the DNRed Skynet Edition available in other parts of the world. With this 22GB regraded release I have nearly tripled the average video bitrate compared to the 8gb release to retain has much of the grain and overall detail on the Spanish blu-ray as possible. Saturation has also been reduced slightly compared to the 8gb regraded release which I felt in hindsight was a little too punchy colourwise. Also included is the DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 from the blu-ray for the best audio possible as well. Enjoy!

I recently checked it out Terminator 2 Judgement Day: Director's Cut blu-ray and could see that there is also a blanket green tint throughout the whole film like The Terminator so I went ahead and created a regraded version removing this blanket green tint and bringing the other colours back to life. The skintones and overall colours have also been adjusted to more closely match the less reddish colours of the DVD releases of Terminator 2 that I think look far more natural and more accurately reflect the fleshtones i've seen of the photos taken during the making of Terminator 2. The colours are also now more consistant with the regraded The Terminator release.

I have also used as my blu-ray source the Spanish blu-ray that has a lot more grain and overall detail that the DNRed US Skynet Edition and therefore looks far more natural and filmic, making Terminator 2 a lot more appealing to watch.

I hope you enjoy what i´ve done here. Please post back here with feedback of what you think of this release after you check it out, it would be greatly appreciated!


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Currently available at that most paradoxical of places.

Note: This thread is old and this project has changed a lot. I would suggest reading this first post then reading the latest postings and work your way back

Formally this was one regrade project, now it has two additional MM2/RW projects to form a Mad Max 2 Collection, similar to my Blade Runner collection

Project Info:

The basis of this project is to color regrade the Blu-ray (BD) to look more like the 1997 DVD and 1994 laserdisc (LD). The DVD unfortunately has a red/magenta bias which is similar to all early Warner DVDs. The LD, which uses the same master, is less red and tends more towards orange and yellow but is over saturated and has less stable black levels. Basically, both come from the same master but their individual details vary enough to make them each unique. So in the end, I will regrade this to the DVD but provide an alternative regrade to the LD.

Furthermore, the DVD grade was further modified by balancing the shadows and removing a bit of the red/magenta bias and re-balanced the colors and black level slightly with some small amount of luma recovered from the original BD. The LD has had it's black levels adjusted and some small amount of luma recovered from the original BD

Since members here wanted each of the titles preserve, Mad Mad 2 and Road Warrior, I decided to re-create the shorter the US Theatrical cut (aka the International cut) found on all media up until the BD using the DVD grade while the longer Mad Max 2 will use the laserdisc grade.
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1. Mad Max 2 (Regrade to the 1994 LD v1.0)

Video:
2013 Blu-Ray (Extended Cut) video color regraded to the 1994 LD

Audio:
1. PCM 2.0 44.1 KHz Dolby Surround/ Stereo (from the 1994 Warner Laserdisc)
2. PCM 2.0 48KHz Dolby Surround/Stereo (from the 1994 Warner Laserdisc)
3. DTS-HD MA 5.1 (from the Warner BD)
4. Possible Isolated Score


Pics:
LD Regrade WIP (not all shots have the final grade yet)

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2. The Road Warrior US Theatrical/International Cut (Regrade to the 1997 DVD v1.0)

Video:
Project number 1 cut down to match the US Theatrical cut and regrade to the DVD video.

Audio:
1. PCM 2.0 48KHz Dolby Surround/Stereo (from the 1994 Warner Laserdisc)
2. DD 5.1 (from the DVD)

Pics
DVD Regrade WIP (not all shots have the final grade yet)

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Pics

BD/BD regraded to DVD


Thanks:
Jonno - big thanks for the PCM track, LD cap and end Warner logo
Tas007- for the recreated Saul Bass logo


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I understand that the current blu-ray release is subpar at best. I don't suppose there is any way to improve upon its quality in any way? This movie is one that only gets better as time goes by, in my opinion, yet the treatment it receives for home video releases would lead one to believe the opposite, and that's a damn shame!

Hello to everyone on the board!

I'm a big fan of Andrea's work from the OT so looking forward to keeping up on his and all the other projects on here...

The Italian DVD has the DTS 96/24 6.1 track in the same language; I'm aware the German HD-DVD and some non-US BDs have DTS-HD or PCM English track.

One of the most talented project creator could use these tracks to build a new, superior track; plus, as US video is a simple BD-25 encoded in MPEG-2, it's also possible to use some other edition for video part... last thing: I think BDs have a slightly pink blanket, not present on DVd.

List of...

U.S. BDs Missing Extras & Different Cuts
http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=218200

International BDs with Better PQ, AQ, and/or More Extras
http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=252156

Titles with Alternate Cuts
http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=245359

BDs with 6.1/7.1 Audio
http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=159814

BDs with Altered Aspect Ratios
http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=180163

RATED/UNRATED only versions on Blu-Ray
http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=229414

Best Buy Exclusives
http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=245686

Target Exclusives
http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=245689

Walmart Exclusives
http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=245690

I thought to remove the Archived subforum in the Complete projects forum, as there will (probably) be not many posts here... now, you should put an [archived] in front of the project thread title, in the Released subforum.

I added Restorations, preservations, edits etc. subforum in the General discussions forum - link: http://fanres.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=34

I added the Audio projects forum - hope you will appreciate it!

My daughter wants a new computer, my goal is to purchase something economical yet able to play back HD movies that I can put on her hard drive. She can use KODI (XBMC) for file playback and she can use my external Blu-ray drive for discs. What do you guys think?


http://us.gateway.com/gw/en/US/content/m....GEGAA.011

Maybe I watched it 10 times, maybe 20... can't remember... but it makes me laugh every time!

A masterpiece! But... it has a very little "flaw"... the shot just before the "heart" fade, near the end, is left-right inverted - or, at least it's like that in my PAL DVD, don't know if the Blu-ray is the same...

Setting the standards: cover and disc label


It will be a great thing to have all the projects posted here - assumed they are released on Blu-ray or other disc-based formats - with a proper custom cover, and if they share some similar elements, they will seems "published" by the same "studio"...

Well, here I use my latest cover as example:

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1. front cover - it should be as much different as possible in comparison to BD, DVD, HD-DVD, but could be similar to LD, VHS etc. if they are different from BD and DVD; theatrical posters are welcome
   
2. spine icon - put here the face of one of the movie protagonist, better a bad guy... edge color in according to background
   
3. spine title - put here with the title beginning from top, to let possible read it when the disc is placed horizontally, with top cover up
   
4. spine logo - I used the stilized light bulb with a disc under it, without fanres reference; I like it, it's kind and gives you the impression of an interesting idea, isn't true?
   
5. spine disc logo - Blu-ray disc logo; it will be replaced by Ultra HD Blu-ray logo or other
   
6. spine catalog number - top project maker, bottom progressive number (B stands for Blu-ray) - if you all agree, this could be shared by all the projects posted here; color in according to background
   
7. back title - should be the same (apart size) of the spine title
   
8. project maker text logo - to let the viewer know who made the project
   
9. back text - here I write first a small sinopsys of the movie, preferably taken from the studio website, then the project title and type, and at the end project description about used sources, processing, filters, final video, audio and subtitles tracks
   
10. screenshots - I usually put comparisons here, but it's always possible to post movie frames
    
11. credits - taken from movie posters or home video covers
    
12. project maker mini logo - your "trademark" logo
    
13. various logo - disc, video and audio codecs used for the project
    
14. info box - video, audio, subtitles and notes info; back color in according to background
    
15. various info - a disclaimer, plus an advice about the fact that the disc should be played using a proper player