Proposal: The James Cameron Project

[dvdmike]

We get the DCP any day now, but I may just do a print scan showing for the staff lol

[maksnew]

We get the DCP any day now, but I may just do a print scan showing for the staff lol

I saw screenshots from DCP sources of many films, through third parties, these are source rips for films of many online cinemas in Russia, such as ivi, okko, kinopoisk and others, but alas, the most anticipated films for me, True Lies and Abyss, they refused to show the screenshots.

[Bilbofett]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCO8i1vqPRU
"I quote a letter Cameron wrote, ..in the 1991..Terminator 2 LD boxset..He talks about the importance..to have proper transfers so that hundreds of years later, they can be seen in the best possible quality..fully reflective of the time in which they were made"

[dvdmike]

We get the DCP any day now, but I may just do a print scan showing for the staff lol

I saw screenshots from DCP sources of many films, through third parties, these are source rips for films of many online cinemas in Russia, such as ivi, okko, kinopoisk and others, but alas, the most anticipated films for me, True Lies and Abyss, they refused to show the screenshots.

If it's locked with a KDM you cannot get screenshots

[PDB]

"I quote a letter Cameron wrote, ..in the 1991..Terminator 2 LD boxset..He talks about the importance..to have proper transfers so that hundreds of years later, they can be seen in the best possible quality..fully reflective of the time in which they were made"

Good man that captainsolo.

[Stamper]

I saw True Lies recently and those blue shots of Arnold at the desk looks nothing like the film.
The old 35mm print running around is a botched job and should never be used for any reference.
Arnold has correct fleshtones in that shot in 35mm and is not full blue.
I think there's also a 35mm scan of T2 around with the same kind of "all blue" shots in the corridor shoot-out, for example, when this never looked like this at any point.
The film looks close to the HDTV master, only it has less luminosity raised, and whites are near clipping, but aren't (they are pushed to the limits before they clip).

[PDB]

I saw True Lies recently and those blue shots of Arnold at the desk looks nothing like the film.
The old 35mm print running around is a botched job and should never be used for any reference.

Not using that copy

I think there's also a 35mm scan of T2 around with the same kind of "all blue" shots in the corridor shoot-out, for example, when this never looked like this at any point.
The film looks close to the HDTV master, only it has less luminosity raised, and whites are near clipping, but aren't (they are pushed to the limits before they clip).

I would disagree with that, given what I have but I'll look at any examples you have to give.

[Stamper]

I didn't take pictures but I did record 3 videos in the opening, I'll load them to you via wetransfer.

[alleycat]

I imagine at some point someone will do a nice Abyss project, but in the meantime if I just want to watch the DC will the 4k do or am I better with one of the HDTVs? And which audio track?

[bendermac]

Use the WEB-DL with LD audio