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Flash Gordon (1980)
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2017-12-15, 07:12 AM
(2017-12-15, 03:55 AM)SpaceBlackKnight Wrote: Question, do the StudioCanal BD releases use the UK print opening with EMI or is sourced from a US 35mm element with Universal?

Pretty sure it starts with the Universal logo

I have a Thorn / EMI pre cert VHS tape that I can check

Pretty sure a HBO screening I have of it from the 80’s has the logo as well
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2017-12-15, 07:18 AM
I know the UK VHS and the HBO airing (since EMI owned TV rights in the states oddly enough) have it, but I was just wondering about the BD since it uses a different transfer than the Universal BD.
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2017-12-15, 09:40 AM
And the HBO tape has the alternative/ original soundtrack?
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2017-12-15, 11:05 AM (This post was last modified: 2017-12-15, 11:17 AM by disco4000.)
The ARD cap went flawless.

It is a 720/50p transport stream with german 2.0 256kbps and 5.1 448kbps audio streams and the german subtitle stream for hearing impaired. Localization is also german.
PM if you're interested.

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2017-12-15, 08:41 PM
Came across a facebook group devoted to the film. Might be worth lurking in if any prints pop up.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1706984652939779/
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2017-12-15, 09:22 PM
(2017-12-15, 08:41 PM)SilverWook Wrote: Came across a facebook group devoted to the film. Might be worth lurking in if any prints pop up.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1706984652939779/

I’m on that already (name is Rob Beardsley, feel free to add me. Just let me know what your handle is on here)
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2017-12-18, 09:30 AM
Not a member of that group actually. I waste too much time on facebook already. Wink
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2018-03-08, 06:30 AM
Gordon's alive!!! In 35m!!!
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/323117347183
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2018-03-13, 02:06 AM
Interesting to see it was mono.
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2018-07-09, 04:49 AM (This post was last modified: 2018-07-09, 04:49 AM by dwalkerdon.)
(2017-12-13, 02:09 AM)captainsolo Wrote: FLASH!!!
NEEDS HELP!

I love this picture. It shouldn't work, but it does and has tons of heart. It represents everything missing from modern superhero-dom.

However it is a mess in HD. Universal made a remastered DVD and ported it to BD. It is a over DNR'd scrubbed mess that also ruins the color and makes everything seem garish. Also they remixed the audio and made a godawful sounding dull 5.1 mix.
In the UK they made a new master for DVD and ported to BD but it is far too bright and the color seems off too. Then the audio track is somehow pitched too high.

I run the LD and it looks stupendous and has the badass balls to the wall Dolby Stereo that obliterates the BD hdma. I'm currently after the first DVD which is supposed to be identical to the LD and hope to one day sync the LD PCM.
Review with comparisons:
http://www.dvdactive.com/reviews/dvd/flash-gordon.html

It also seems the original serials are OOP and best available on the old Image LD/DVDs.


Find the old 1999 Image Entertainment DVD, it has the Original Dolby Stereo Mix (In Ac3) but you can convert it to WAV to get rid of the dialnorm. Quite a few copies are on ebay right now
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