Charles Threepio

Do you know, I think I just realized that myself. At any rate, it looks like I’ll have to do my best with what I can access, even if it means I have to cut out numerous duplicate frames. Here’s hoping the Shout! DVD masters don’t have that dreaded ghosting… it’s why I’m using French DVD masters for my planned restoration of Inspector Gadget, by the way, those look rather clean as far as episode titles are concerned, plus none of that damned ghosting that’s every Saturday morning cartoon restorer/preserver’s worst nightmare.

OK, after some quick looking around, it would appear a Blu-ray was released in Japan, albeit only with a Japanese 2.0 audio track. I’ll try to track it down, but if I can’t, I’ll have to ask for help.

Whatever my current resources allow, is what I’ll do first. It may not be Transformers, but I have every intention of doing that as soon as I can find the right sources, and as soon as my current resources allow me to.

This will be my final index thread for the time being, until what time, if any, I think of another label for my Koopa Troopa Productions outfit; the next thread I make will be a project in progress, whatever that will be. Anyway, this thread centers on, you guessed it, classic performances.

Released projects

Projects in progress

Planned projects
The Abduction from the Seraglio (1970)
Aida (1981)
American Ballet Theatre at the Met
Ballerina (1966)
Un ballo in maschera (1980)
Baryshnikov at Wolf Trap
Carmen (1984)
Carmen Jones
The Children of Theatre Street
Cinderella (1961)
Cinderella (1985)
Coppelia (1990)
The Dancing Princesses
The Dancing Years
Die Fledermaus (1983)
Don Quixote (1983)
An Evening with the Royal Ballet
Fantasia (multiple versions, all uncensored)
Fantasia 2000
La gioconda (1979)
Giselle (1979)
Hansel and Gretel (1982)
HMS Pinafore (1973)
I Am a Dancer
In Tribute to Nijinsky
Live from the Met Highlights
I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata (1984)
The Magic of Dance with Dame Margot Fonteyn
The Master Singers of Nuremberg (1984)
The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala
The Metropolitan Opera Gala 1991: 25 Years at Lincoln Center
The Nutcracker (1968)
The Nutcracker (1977)
The Nutcracker (1978)
The Nutcracker (1993)
Nutcracker: The Motion Picture
Otello (1986)
The Pirates of Penzance (1980)
Romeo and Juliet (1966)
The Sleeping Beauty (1964)
Swan Lake (1970)
Tosca (1985)
La traviata (1982)
The Yeoman of the Guard (1978)

When I start a thread on any of the above individual projects, I will add an (ACTIVE) tag next to its name. When a project is ready, I will add a (RELEASED) tag next to its name.

This is for HFR-enhanced and HFR-restored projects.

Released projects

Projects in progress

Planned projects
2001: A Space Odyssey (60p)
Batman Begins (60p)
Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk (in 2D and 3D) (30i/25i at 60FPS for videodiscs, original 120p for the individual MKVs)
Brainstorm (60p)
The Dark Knight (60p)
The Dark Knight Rises (60p)
Diamonds Are Forever (60p)
Dr. No (60p)
Dunkirk (60p)
The Fellowship of the Ring (48FPS, presented in 30i/25i for videodiscs and 48p for the individual MKVs)
Forrest Gump (60p)
From Russia with Love (60p)
Futureworld (60p)
Goldfinger (60p)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (in 2D and 3D) (original 48FPS, presented in 30i/25i for videodiscs and 48p for the individual MKVs)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (in 2D and 3D) (original 48FPS, presented in 30i/25i for videodiscs and 48p for the individual MKVs)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (in 2D and 3D) (original 48FPS, presented in 30i/25i for videodiscs and 48p for the individual MKVs)
Inception (60p)
Interstellar (60p)
Metallica: Through the Never (in 2D and 3D) (60p)
Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn (in 2D and 3D) (60p)
Never Say Never Again (60p)
Nintendo Power Promotional Videos (60p)
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (60p)
The Return of the King (48FPS, presented in 30i/25i for videodiscs and 48p for the individual MKVs)
Sunset Limousine (60p)
The Terminator (60p)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (in 2D and 3D) (60p)
Thunderball (60p)
The Two Towers (48FPS, presented in 30i/25i for videodiscs and 48p for the individual MKVs)
Watchmen (60p)
Westworld (60p)
The Wizard of Oz (in 2D and 3D) (60p)
You Only Live Twice (60p)

The planned framerate is indicated in parentheses. All framerate conversions will be conducted through FFMPEG using the minterpolate function.

When I start a thread on any of the above individual projects, I will add an (ACTIVE) tag next to its name. When a project is ready, I will add a (RELEASED) tag next to its name.

This thread is dedicated to presenting the original versions of Britcoms which were shown on PBS, but with a twist: bumpers are added to the start and end to make them look like actual PBS programs.

Released projects

Projects in progress

Planned projects
'Allo 'Allo!
Are You Being Served? (including Are You Being Served? The Movie, Are You Being Served? Again, and the one-off revival)
As Time Goes By
Blackadder
Butterflies
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
Fawlty Towers
Good Neighbors
Keeping Up Appearances
Last of the Summer Wine
Monty Python’s Flying Circus
Moone Boy
One Foot in the Grave
Only Fools and Horses
Open All Hours (including the sequel, Still Open All Hours)
So Haunt Me
Spy
To the Manor Born
Waiting for God
Yes, Minister (including the sequel, Yes, Prime Minister)

When I start a thread on any of the above individual projects, I will add an (ACTIVE) tag next to its name. When a project is ready, I will add a (RELEASED) tag next to its name.

This thread is an index for my label for the great Australian classics of the screen.

Released projects

Projects in progress

Planned projects
Bloodmoon
The Coolangatta Gold
The Delinquents
Far East
Gallipoli
Heatwave
Mad Max
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Razorback
Rebel
Stone

When I start a thread on any of the above individual projects, I will add an (ACTIVE) tag next to its name. When a project is ready, I will add a (RELEASED) tag next to its name.

This thread will serve as an index for a collection of bad movies—as in, the most infamous cinematic mistakes ever made.

Released projects

Projects in progress

Planned projects
American Dragons
The Babe Ruth Story
Battlefield Earth
The Beast of Yucca Flats
Can’t Stop the Music
Captain America (1990)
The Christmas Tree
Doogal
Dragonball: Evolution
Exorcist II: The Heretic
Fant4stic
Fist of Fear, Touch of Death
Galaxina
Gotti
Happily N’Ever After
Highlander II: The Quickening (original theatrical cut)
Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil (in 2D and 3D)
Inchon
Invasion of the Neptune Men
The Last Airbender (in 2D and 3D)
The Legend of Hercules (in 2D and 3D)
Leonard Part 6
Lost Continent
The Magic Voyage
Martians Go Home
Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins
Norm of the North
Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw
Red Zone Cuba
Ricky 1
Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny
Sextette
Skidoo
The Skydivers
They Saved Hitler’s Brain
Wired

When I start a thread on any of the above individual projects, I will add an (ACTIVE) tag next to its name. When a project is ready, I will add a (RELEASED) tag next to its name.

This is basically for my Deluxe Editions of motion pictures and television programs. Attached short subjects will be noted here as well as in the official thread for the corresponding project, when it is activated.

Released projects

Projects in progress

1. Fistful of Dollars
2. Akira
3. THX-1138

Planned projects
1941
Airport
Airport 1975
Airport '77
Aladdin: The Original Theatrical Edition
American Graffiti
Animal Crackers
Animal House
Bad Boys (1983)
Ballerina (2016) (in 2D and 3D)
Battle Angel Alita
Battlestar Galactica: Saga of a Star World
Beauty and the Beast (1991) (in 2D and 3D)
The Birds
The Black Hole
Black Sunday
Blade Runner
Blade Runner 2049: The IMAX Experience (in 2D and 3D; 2D only for the open matte)
CardCaptor Sakura
CardCaptor Sakura: Enchanted Cards
CardCaptor Sakura: The Movie
The Cassandra Crossing
Castle
Castle in the Sky
The Cat Returns (includes the short subject Ghiblies Episode 2)
Cathedral
Civilisation
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Coal Miner’s Daughter (including the concert video Loretta)
The Cocoanuts
Danger: Diabolik
The Deer Hunter
Dracula (1931 version)
Dracula (1979 version)
Dragon Ball Saga (including movies and DTV product)
Duck Soup
Duel
The Electric Horseman
The Empire Strikes Back: Ultimate Edition
Escape to Victory
First Blood
For a Few Dollars More
Frances
Frankenstein
Frenzy
From Up on Poppy Hill
Future Boy Conan
Ghost in the Shell
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Ghostbusters
Ghostbusters 2
Ghostbusters: Answer the Call (in 2D and 3D)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Grave of the Fireflies
The Hindenburg
The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit (includes the short subject Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day)
Horse Feathers
Howl’s Moving Castle
The Island at the Top of the World (includes the short subject Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too)
Jackie Brown
Jaws
Jaws 2
The Jerk
Jesus Christ Superstar
Kiki’s Delivery Service
Kill Bill
The Last Chase
The Last Shark
The Lathe of Heaven (1980)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1988)
The Lord of the Rings (1978)
Lupin III (green jacket series)
Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro
Lupin III: Farewell to Nostradamus
Lupin III: Legend of the Gold of Babylon
Lupin III: The Secret of Mamo (includes the short subject Lupin III: The Pilot)
Lupin III: Tales of the Wolf
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn (in 2D and 3D)
Midway
Monkey Business
Muppet Classic Theater
My Little Chickadee
My Neighbor Totoro
My Neighbors the Yamadas (includes the short subject Ghiblies)
Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water
Natural Born Killers
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Ocean Waves
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Only Yesterday
Panda! Go, Panda!/Panda! Go, Panda! The Rainy-Day Circus
Pete’s Dragon (1977)
Pokémon: Curse of the Crystal Tower (includes the short subject Pikachu and Pichu)
Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back (includes the short subject Pikachu’s Summer Vacation)
Pokémon: Revelation: Lugia (includes the short subject Pikachu’s Rescue Adventure)
Pom Poko
Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea
Porco Rosso
The Poseidon Adventure
The Princess Bride
Princess Mononoke
Psycho
Pulp Fiction
Pyramid
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Rambo III
Ranma ½ (including movies and DTV product)
The Rescuers (includes the short subject Mickey’s Christmas Carol)
Reservoir Dogs
The Return of the Jedi: Ultimate Edition (includes the short subject Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century)
Return of the Street Fighter
Robin Hood (1973)
Rollercoaster
Roman City
Sailor Moon
Sailor Moon R: The Promise of the Rose (includes the short subject Make Up! Sailor Soldiers)
Sailor Moon S: Hearts in Ice
Sailor Moon SuperS: The Black Dream Hole (includes the short subject Amy’s First Love)
Same Time, Next Year
Scarface: The Shame of the Nation
The Secret World of Arrietty
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
The Seduction of Mimi
Shadow of a Doubt
Sherlock Hound
Sister Street Fighter
Skyjacked
Smokey and the Bandit
Spirited Away (includes the short subject Red’s Dream)
Star Wars: Ultimate Edition (includes the short subject Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century)
The Star Wars Holiday Special
State of the Union
The Sting
The Street Fighter
Street Fighter’s Last Revenge
The Sugarland Express
Super Mario Bros.
Tales from Earthsea
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Tender Mercies
The Terminator
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (in 2D and 3D)
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Torn Curtain
The Towering Inferno
True Romance
Two-Minute Warning
The Ugly Dachshund (includes the short subject Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree)
Urusei Yatsura (including movies and DTV product)
When Marnie Was There
Which Way Is Up?
Whisper of the Heart (includes the short subject On Your Mark)
The Wind Rises
Zombie (or, Dawn of the Dead)
Zombies 2
Zombi 3

Once the colors are all restored, I intend to use an LUT derived from that to restore the 3D version of Beauty and the Beast to the proper colors (which the 3D version appears to be closest to anyway as far as post-2000 releases are concerned) and shadings as part of my planned Gold Standard Collection. And the sooner a 3D version of Tangled Ever After surfaces, or can be restored, to go with that, the better.

(The planned GSC edition of Beauty and the Beast, by the way, will restore the original Disney logo and credits, albeit with 3D credits added in for the 3D version; as such, the 2D and 3D versions will use different closing credits via seamless branching, or else as close to it as I can manage.)

Released projects

Projects in progress

Planned projects
Academy Award Review of Walt Disney Cartoons (both 1937 and 1966)
Captain N and the Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
Captain N and the New Super Mario World
Cardcaptors (Nelvana version)
The Computer Chronicles
Disney Sing-Along Songs
Doc Martin
Father Brown (2013)
Golden Soak
Inspector Gadget
The Jewel in the Crown
The Real Ghostbusters
Robotech
Sailor Moon (Optimum version)
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show + The Legend of Zelda
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987)
Television
Thirteen Revisited
The Three Stooges (both individual short subjects and VHS collections from the '80s and '90s)
The Transformers
Winnie the Pooh featurettes

KTP sublabels
Gold Standard Collection (movies the way they were meant to be seen, and then some)
The Best of the Worst (because one moviegoer’s trash is another moviegoer’s treasure)
The Marvelous Movies of Oz (cinematic gold rush down under)
Carry On PBS (Britcoms if they had dedicated PBS masters, plus any movies of said Britcoms)
Enhanced Speed (for HFR-ified and HFR-restored movies)
Classic Performances (for operas, ballets, and other forms of classical music)

Some people have said I plan way too far ahead. Maybe that’s true. But at any rate, I certainly see the potential in restoring and preserving even those movies no one has even heard of, let alone feels worth restoring (which is what The Best of the Worst is for, anyway). I have in my arsenal Davinci Resolve, GIMP, multiAVCHD, DVD Styler, Blender, Audacity, FFMPEG, and plenty of other tools that have yet to be identified to assist me in my quest to assist in the restoration and preservation of media, and I hope to have human input as well. For film-based projects, I plan to release them only in 24 frames per second, except when making HFR versions, in which case they’ll generally be 60 frames per second (with the sole exceptions of films originally made in HFR, which will be released only in their original frame rates whenever and as possible), and for video-based projects, I plan to do them only in 60 frames per second for NTSC territories, and 50 frames per second for PAL territories. My projects also generally aim to restore the original logos.

All of the above sublabels will have their own threads.

When I start a thread on any of the above individual projects, I will add an (ACTIVE) tag next to its name. When a project is ready, I will add a (RELEASED) tag next to its name.

When you get to Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, I’d be happy to send over a bog-standard Walt Disney Home Video Sorcerer Mickey logo, which is the one that appeared on the initial version of the very first VHS release.

I’d like to see full HD 3D restorations of Spacehunter and Metalstorm (both of which I have on '80s VHS cassettes, respectively using the right and left eyes). I’d especially love to see Spacehunter in 3D without those annoying Japanese subtitles (they’re not annoying per se, it’s the hardcoding that annoys me).

–Charles Threepio
Human-Logo Enthusiast Relations

Do you think you can do this treatment to the other eye of each of the 3D versions if and when you can get your hands on them? (And yes, believe it or not, all three of the prequels have indeed been converted. No word on when, let alone if, we’ll get 3D versions for the original trilogy yet, though I hope the original versions are the ones that get converted.)

–Charles Threepio
Human-Logo Enthusiast Relations

Hello. I am Charles Threepio, human-logo enthusiast relations.

I wish to bring up the topic of logo preservation. All too often, production and distribution logos are deleted from current prints of films (a phenomenon logo enthusiasts like to call “plastering”), resulting in the loss of such great logos as Carolco’s “Space Streaks” logo (found on early prints of “Rambo II” and “Angel Heart”), the Warner Bros. “Big W” logo from the '70s, and UA’s pre-1981 logos. Logos are works of art, too. I consider it a matter of great importance to the logo community that more old prints of more older films are found which preserve those old logos and others before it’s too late. Especially the sooner we find an original theatrical print of “Rambo II” or “Angel Heart” with the original Carolco logo, the better. And as mentioned earlier, that’s not the only one, either.

(Oh, and an original theatrical print of “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” as distributed by Paramount would be nice, too, as far as logo preservation is concerned.)

Thank you for listening to this summary of my defense of production and distribution logos. I know there’s more to the logo story than that, but I’d be here all night if I were to recount the whole thing.