JimPV wrote:That'd be great. Also, could you possibly check the early scenes for shots which freeze just before cutting to the subsequent one? Due to negative damage (and/or drifting audio - I forget), it was deemed necessary to repeat frames in the earlier transfer. I'm anxious to know if this has been circumvented somehow for the new release...
Might post some frame-grab comparisons between this and the Millenium Edition when I get the chance...
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(05/20/08 11:14 PM) |
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(05/20/08 11:26 PM) |
I'd dig seeing some caps too, JimPV! Thanks in advance!
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(05/21/08 12:29 PM) |
Hey guys! Fangoria.com has posted a review of the new disc, and says that the new transfer is somewhat of a mixed bag. Michael Gingold says that although the
picture does appear sharper/crisper, it also looks a bit grainier than the Elite/Millennium disc. Worse, the print appears to be cropped on all four sides (and
he cites that it is very apparant around the one hour mark) when compared to the Elite disc. Unfortunately, it appears we still don't have a
"definitive" presentation.
Knowing me, I will still probably pick-up the new disc, but I'll be sure to hold onto the Millennium disc. Bryan |
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(05/21/08 12:35 PM) |
CAPTAINCOMPANY wrote: Grain could be a plus in my book, and a truly sharper image is going to reveal more of the films native grain. Cropping is another matter.
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I'm keeping the Elite one -- and I mean the very first Elite DVD.
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(05/21/08 4:20 PM) |
I'm gonna pick this one up for S & G. It's like VAMPYR, gotta have 3 on hand at all times
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(05/21/08 6:10 PM) |
Hey, can anyone confirm or deny whether a quote from Classic-Horror.com appears on the case? It's in the product description on Amazon.com and I was hoping
that they'd lifted the text from the box itself.
Classic-Horror.com - Reviewing the History of Terror
Horror reviews, features, interviews, and news with a nostalgic bent. |
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(05/21/08 8:55 PM) |
KarloffLives wrote: It sure does - "a bona fide classic... still scary after all these years" - from a Jason Jones. That you?
Discuss...! |
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Jeffrey Allen Rydell |
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(05/21/08 9:05 PM) |
What the frack is up with some of the cropping?!
- Jeff
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(05/21/08 9:16 PM) |
The zooming in sample 5 seems to have been done to eliminate a boom shadow. I don't find the other examples worrisome.
I'm glad that the new transfer has also been done in 1.33:1. When I got my widescreen TV, the first movie I watched zoomed up was NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD and it looked too tight. I had to use the function on the set that allowed me to lower the image and, for sufficient headroom, I had to drop it the maximum "10" allowed. At that setting, the movie played OK, but this is one case where Academy Ratio is the better choice for a post-1953 movie. Reviews from NIGHT's original release sometimes complained that the film looked amateurish and it no doubt did with so many instances at 1.85:1 where people would have been missing the top half of the their head. |
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(05/21/08 9:39 PM) |
Oh, and the space between the frames shows the width of the window-boxing on the Millenium Edition. Can't really tell, but I only put a space between them
when I changed scenes.
I bet John's right about the zooming in to get rid of the boom-mike shadow in the fifth sample. Don't know about the others. I do think the ghoul group in sample 6 looks better, composition-wise, zoomed in. But you do lose the fig. on the right altogether. Framing issues aside, this new release does look significantly better than the old, though. |
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(05/21/08 9:50 PM) |
It does look a bit better, image quality-wise. The cropping bothers me, though. Wonder if it is due to the actual print they used, or if someone zoomed on
purpose, or...?
TServo4, you're knowledgeable about this stuff, what do you think? |
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killer meteor |
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(05/21/08 11:36 PM) |
Hmm, I may as well stick with the Elite...
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(05/21/08 11:44 PM) |
Most likely zoomed in on purpose, either to hide artifacts or cover up excess headroom.
If I have the time and inclination to within the next few weeks, I'll do some comparison scans to a 35mm print.
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Jeffrey Allen Rydell |
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(05/22/08 1:34 AM) |
TServo4 wrote: I would love that. Not that that counts for much... *sniff* 
- Jeff
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JimPV, any luck (or inclination toward) sussing this bit out?
Jeffrey Allen Rydell wrote:
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(05/22/08 1:39 AM) |
Wonder if they left in John Russo's eyes moving around after he's been stabbed in the head with the crowbar...heh heh...Wouldn't that be very
George Lucas of them if they did that with NOTLD?
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dhtreptow |
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(05/22/08 1:41 AM) |
Hmm? What's got me is that I do indeed prefer the image-quality of the new rendition. The pity is I know I'll lean toward it, but have to think about
that damn framing.
I suppose it's too late for the Blu-ray to pull back? |
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bgart13.thelatarniaforums |
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(05/22/08 2:02 AM) |
I heard the blu-ray will be in 'Scope...
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dhtreptow |
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(05/22/08 2:03 AM) |
bgart13 wrote: This just gets stranger and stranger.
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