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| Monty Python's Meaning of Life |
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Posted by: Doctor M - 2024-07-31, 10:52 PM - Forum: Requests, proposals, help
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I recently found out about Meaning of Life having a 4k UHD release. I researched to see what bonus features are there versus my old DVD and found there was only one new extra.
What really got me down (Mrs. Brown) is discovering that there is no Director's Cut of the movie included. 4k or 1080p even.
Has anyone been considering reconstructing this?
I haven't done any edits like this in a long time and 4k/HDR source material is, at the moment, outside of my skill set. (Things seem hard or tough.)
I just haven't had this kind of free time in years (And people are stupid, obnoxious or daft.)
In the end, I just don't have interest in getting a 4k disc that's going backwards to the theatrical cut. I'm sick of studios doing this: upgrade the quality and downgrade the cut. (And you feel that you've had quite enough....)
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| Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (蛇形刁手), 1978–Film Whisperer ultimate edition! |
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Posted by: The Film Whisperer - 2024-07-24, 06:44 PM - Forum: Released
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Do you believe in what I do? I appreciate donations (links/info in my signature)
About the film
- If you're a Jackie Chan fan, I'm sure you already know this film and you own it in some capacity. Jackie Chan is a weak pushover. Yada yada, het gets bullied. Yada yada, Jackie befriends "Beggar So", who is a strange old man but it turns out that he's a martial arts master,. Yada yada, he teaches Jackie an unusual method of kung fu. Yada yada, evil martial arts master is out there murdering people who don't practice the same martial arts style that he does. Yada yada, Beggar So is his last target. Yada Yada, Jackie uses Beggar So's style of martial arts plus something that he learned from watching a cat and snake fight each other to save Beggar So. Yada yada...the end.
- It is the first collaboration between Jackie Chan and Yuen Woo-Ping. It is also Yuen Woo Ping's directorial debut.
- It stars Yuen Woo Ping's actual father, Yuen Siu-Ten, as "Beggar So", who becomes Jackie's "sifu" (master) in this film (and also in the follow-up film Drunken Master).
- The infamous "snake vs. cat" fight scene was heavily censored in the UK for "animal cruelty", and unfortunately the 88 Films blu-ray kept this censorship. However, other blu-rays, such as from Twighlight Time and the German blu-ray by Koch Media (can't find a link to it). I believe 88 Films more or less used the same master. Visually, the only real difference is that 88 Films used a purple filter for certain flashback scenes, which I guess was in the original theatrical release.
So what's special about my reconstruction?
- It is uncut. I use 88 Films' master for everything except for the "cat vs. snake" fight.
- Original Chinese credits! 88 Films reconstructed the Chinese opening credits in HD as a special feature on their release. Translations of those credits are provided in the subtitles.
Specs for my reconstruction
File Format
Audio- 2.0 LPCM (mono), Cantonese [original]*
- 2.0 LPCM (mono), Mandarin*
- 2.0 LPCM (mono), English*
- 2.0 LPCM (mono), English with different and funkier music score! Taken from German Blu-ray.
- 2.0 LPCM (mono), isolated score and sound effects*
- Audio Commentary by film historians Ric Myers and Jeff Yang
*For these tacks, I was forced to use the inferior tracks from the US blu-ray during the "cat vs snake" scene, which are a bit muffled and lack the strength and vigor of the 88 Films tracks
Subtitles- English for Cantonese track, based on 88 Films' translation
- English for English dubs (translates signs and text only)
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Posted by: withbirds - 2024-07-24, 07:33 AM - Forum: Presentation
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Hi, I'm interested in restorations and keeping up with some projects!
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| Gone with the Wind? |
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Posted by: borisanddoris - 2024-07-22, 10:36 PM - Forum: Requests, proposals, help
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Anyone have any versions of this audio outside of the BD? My guess is there are a few baseline mixes:
-Original Mono
-Stereo (for the 70mm blowups eons ago)
-5.1 (from the 1998 release)
I find that the mono on the BD is dandy but curious as to what else is out there and how they may differ.
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