[Cancelled] Ravenous (1999) (Video Fix and Color Correction)

[camskittles18]

This project is cancelled for now as I lost weeks of work on a dead hard drive. Sorry about that.

Sorry to bump this thread again! Do you think there is any chance of restarting this project in the future? I recently revisited this film, and I cannot believe how dreadful the Shout BD looks. While it's not quite as bad as some BDs I have seen, it's definitely down there and feels like it affects the viewing experience as well. There are SO many gorgeous settings and landscape shots in this film, and they are marred by the softness of the image along with the frozen grain and magenta hue.

[PDB]

Not given up on this. Hope to revisit in the near future.

[maksnew]

Tell me why Open Matte BD was not taken as a source of color correction, there is no cropping there.
I can send you a disk if needed.

[PDB]

Tell me why Open Matte BD was not taken as a source of color correction, there is no cropping there.
I can send you a disk if needed.

Is it a better transfer the the Blu-rays?

[camskittles18]

Tell me why Open Matte BD was not taken as a source of color correction, there is no cropping there.
I can send you a disk if needed.

Is it a better transfer the the Blu-rays?

I believe it is the same transfer as the other BDs. I would guess that the request is for the open matte version instead of the theatrical aspect ratio. Personally, I prefer the theatrical aspect ratio.

[moosey]

Found this thread by chance, whilst doing a routine check to see if any new official release was on the horizon. I've had a bizzare obsession with this film since i saw it in the cinema all the way back in 1999.

Don't know if anyones interested, but i did an AI upscale a few years ago when i was putting together my fanedit of the film called "the gluttony cut" that i upped to the 'organ' tracker.

i went back and did a a small regrade of it the theatrical file i had kept (i also did an upscale of the open matte version, i uprez'd them to 2560x1440 then rendered back to 1080p).

Any way, heres a couple of samples, if any one is interested ill up the full version to the organ.

Opening:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E7FBQKj...sp=sharing

Trek to the cave:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1um64jk8...sp=sharing

Tbh most of the films came out much better, but some some parts particullary the title card with boyd puking are so muddy theres barely any benefit.

[PDB]

Thanks for sharing. I’m going to download your clips and give them a look.

Sadly I agree this is just an awful transfer which barely passed for dvd and most certainly doesn’t for high def. This fan scan of a trailer:

https://youtu.be/Nk87aJ4y5Js

Looks a lot better than the official releases. That’s sad.

[camskittles18]

Thanks for sharing. I’m going to download your clips and give them a look.

Sadly I agree this is just an awful transfer which barely passed for dvd and most certainly doesn’t for high def. This fan scan of a trailer:

https://youtu.be/Nk87aJ4y5Js

Looks a lot better than the official releases. That’s sad.

I would GLADLY induce cirrhosis on my liver if it meant that I could have a 35mm scan of Ravenous. I would argue that a 35mm would actually suit the film better!