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Watched this last night. Fantastic work Evit, especially given the limitations of the source material. Really liked the colour & brightness (seemed just about right) and you've done a wonderful job minimising the imperfections of the transfer.
Will be interesting to see how the new 4K Disc compares - should obviously improve things detail-wise but I hope they follow your lead in terms of colour timing..
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Thanks a lot Alex. I'm also very curious to see how this 4k new scan will look! Hopefully it won't have any blu scratches like the Shout Factory release!
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It's curious that UHD to BR conversion in the new EFNY release by StudioCanal is as bright as the Shout version. They must have not found the perfect settings when converting. I imagine that the map room won't be much different from the Shout release then (only more cropped and with no blue).
UHD vs Blu-Ray (recent StudioCanal release)
https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?a=1&x=246...0&i=3&go=1
Recent StudioCanal vs Shout
https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?a=1&x=255...0&i=3&go=1
In fact, StudioCanal Blu-Ray white levels eat away more details than the Shout version did, at least judging from this frame.
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I'm really glad this project exists. I personally liked the MGM Blu-ray because of it's grain retention, but I do agree that it is quite dark in places. I didn't even know that it's aspect ratio was zoomed in either - that's a bit of a problem. Thanks for doing this!
