Wouldn’t it be easier just to track down each of the edited VHS releases? I would love to contribute to this since I have a few tapes from the edited broadcast.
Your help would be much appreciated there. Thanks!
The 2000 DVD, I suppose.
The 1990 release had closing credits, unlike other releases. AFAIK the US VHS and laserdisc are the only places where said closing credits can be found.
OK, so as soon as I have all the materials gathered together, I’ll do the following with the visuals:
My release, once complete, will consist of the uncensored roadshow version with the unedited Pastoral Symphony and as much of the original Deems Taylor audio as possible, and the 1990 theatrical version, also with the unedited Pastoral Symphony. The main audio track will be as close a recreation of the original Fantasound experience as possible, with additional tracks in mono 1.0, stereo 2.0, Dolby Stereo 4.0, and Dolby Digital 5.1.
ETA: I almost forgot to mention, apart from being the main audio source where possible, the laserdisc release will also be used as a timing reference for the 1990 theatrical version.
Could you PM me the 35mm footage you’ve got, for good measure? Thanks!
If this “perfect” edition isn’t the 1990 reissue edition with the uncensored Pastoral Symphony, I’d be much interested in making that one of my (admittedly very many) projects at some point in the near future.
TiddySprinklesPimpBillion said:
TiddySprinklesPimpBillion said:
Worth noting the 2018 Criterion Blu-Ray release of Barry Lyndon has the original mono track.
That’s expensive still.
That’s beside the point.
Wait for a sale because the company is expensive. No need for a fan edit.
You shouldn’t be rude to other users—especially not SilverWook, who doesn’t have a billion projects simultaneously running through his brain.
TiddySprinklesPimpBillion said:
Could someone PM me a link containing the MGM/UA and United Artists logos, the Gunbarrel, and the first few seconds of the film proper? Because I was curious to see if it’s the regular UA Swoosh instead of the zooming abstract one, and if it is, I was hoping to use it for the uncut version of AFOD instead of the recreated Transamerica Ovoid seen on the most recent release.
Don’t you have a billion projects already?
Don’t be a jackass about it, I’m simply trying to gather materials for an ongoing project.
Could someone PM me a link containing the MGM/UA and United Artists logos, the Gunbarrel, and the first few seconds of the film proper? Because I was curious to see if it’s the regular UA Swoosh instead of the zooming abstract one, and if it is, I was hoping to use it for the uncut version of AFOD instead of the recreated Transamerica Ovoid seen on the most recent release.
Just for those wondering, I never said that was it, I’m only saying that might be it.
Stay tuned. https://www.indiewire.com/2019/03/netflix-new-movies-march-2019-1202052078/
As can I, only I don’t have the laserdisc, but a rental-only tape from the same company that uses the same print.
Thanks, I’m gonna need it.
Wow, I honestly can’t believe how far behind schedule I’d gotten while waiting for more digital storage space! Anyway, production on this restoration will resume this week, after a lengthier delay than I’d expected. I honestly expected it would take a while to render each scene due to storage and other issues, but I never thought it’d take this long for me to be able to get to the next part I was planning on rendering…
ETA: Even more embarrassingly, I haven’t been able to do any work on the screenshot comparisons. I haven’t dropped anything, though! I simply got winded by outside events, is all. At any rate, even though I’ve not been able to get my hands on a 1999 DVD of AFOD to grab quality screenshots from for comparison with the other screenshots, I hope to get in touch with someone who does have the 1999 R1 DVD, so they can help me in that regard.
But anyway, now that the project’s back on, I just wanted to say I’ll also be including the text of the novelization as a special feature, assuming the postal service doesn’t screw things up like it’s been known to from time to time.
This certainly bodes well. But will it include scenes not seen on American releases since 1987? Hint, hint: “Why let them live?” All things at the right time…
The other two prequels were released in 3D—they just got one-off screenings, if that. A shame, because it’s been said the stereo quality improved with each successive prequel.
There might be some frames from the first capture attempt as well. If they look individual enough compared to the frames from the second capture, you might want to look into the possibility of adding them in at the corresponding points.
I just run such files through Blender and render them as still images, deleting every 5th frame on average as I meticulously check for duplicate frames.
I’ll definately be following these projects. If you’re interested in foreign dubs, I have the original Norwegian dub for Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (the other two weren’t dubbed for their theatrical release). All three featurettes were also dubbed for television in the 80s. But I have not been able to find these (except for an incomplete version of “Tigger”)
Sure, thanks! BTW I just got a Spanish-dubbed cassette of Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too released here in the States in 1986, in case someone else was planning on giving me Spanish dubs for the other featurettes as well.
After careful consideration, I have decided that releasing this so soon probably isn’t the best idea, especially considering box office projections for Alita: Battle Angel. I still intend to work on it at some point, though.
Ah. So, it’s just the regular Transamerica T as seen on films from the late ‘60s and early-to-mid ‘70s. I wonder if pre-Transamerica Bond films as rereleased during that time had the regular Transamerica T logo as well…
Regarding the 35mm IB tech print you scanned… did the UA logo at the start fade to black, or did it cut to the opening gunbarrel sequence like the Bond films of the ‘70s?
While I do have laser videodisc, that’s about the only vintage videodisc system I’m capable of playing as of writing, unfortunately (plus, I don’t have a laser videodisc of the film itself at present). If I do get a CED player, and a CED disc, I’ll look at it, too.
I have a rental-only cassette myself and plan to check that sometime in the coming week.
I gotta check that out. BTW until I can get something definitive from the PolyGram Video release of The Basketball Diaries (which I don’t have yet), I can’t be truly sure whether to start my release of Battle Angel Alita with the PolyGram Filmed Entertainment “red line” logo (as seen on PolyGram releases until September 1997) or just an Island Pictures logo.