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Cushing		#161	[-]
Registered User Posts: 1326 Jan 14 13 10:15 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Coming to blu in Germany: Lost Continent, Frankenstein Created Woman and Quatermass Xperiment...all from Anolis. Cushing
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Koukol 5		#162	[-]
Registered User Posts: 9979 Feb 3 13 3:12 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Last night I tried to watch the new UK BD of CURSE... I couldn't get past ten minutes. This has to be the worst BD I've ever seen. Expectations plays a large part in my disapointment as I was OK with the budget BD of THE TERROR. I'm no longer blind-buying DRACULA or any other Hammer film from whatever company released this turd. Too bad as CURSE is my favorite Hammy.
bgart13		#163	[-]
Registered User Posts: 7448 Feb 3 13 3:21 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Check out the extras, they may be worth the price paid. It really is a disappointment, though. I really think WB is holding off on something better -- I mean, how could they not? Kundun Rat Terrier: 8/16/02 - 3/26/11. RIP, Ku.
bgart13		#164	[-]
Registered User Posts: 7448 Feb 10 13 7:24 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Anyone want to see images from the HORROR OF DRACULA bd? Anyone...? Oh, ok... http://m172.photobucket.com/albumview/albums/Frank6962/Dracula%201958/00014mpls_snapshot_002129_20130210_144354.jpg.html?o=0 Courtesy of Cathode Ray Frank, btw. He discusses his initial impressions here too: http://www.zetaminor.com/roobarb/showthread.php?41070-Dracula-(1958)-on-DVD-and-BD&p=1517887#post1517887 Kundun Rat Terrier: 8/16/02 - 3/26/11. RIP, Ku. Last Edited By: bgart13 Feb 10 13 7:28 PM. Edited 3 times.
Koukol 5		#165	[-]
Registered User Posts: 9979 Feb 10 13 7:40 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I don't know how it's suppose to look but it does look kinda dark.
bgart13		#166	[-]
Registered User Posts: 7448 Feb 10 13 7:58 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	It certainly looks miles better than CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN! Kundun Rat Terrier: 8/16/02 - 3/26/11. RIP, Ku.
Latarnia		#167	[-]
Registered User Posts: 24684 Feb 10 13 8:17 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Oh-oh.... "The major thing that struck me was how dark the picture was in many scenes. Contrast layers are good as far as I can tell but I just don't recall it being so dark in some of the interiors." Mirek
Latarnia		#168	[-]
Registered User Posts: 24684 Feb 10 13 8:20 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Those captures are tiny. But if what I'm seeing is an accurate representation of the colors/darkness of the restoration, the result is horrible! Mirek
bgart13		#169	[-]
Registered User Posts: 7448 Feb 10 13 8:49 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I disagree about it being horrible. It's based off of the BFI restoration, and I've read for years that colors were something people had issues with on the WB dvd. The BFI typically does a very good job, so I'm not too worried at this point. If this is what it's supposed to have looked like during the digital years, I'll adjust just fine. Later on, I'll dig out the Amazon streaming copy to see how it looks compared to these images. Kundun Rat Terrier: 8/16/02 - 3/26/11. RIP, Ku.
Latarnia		#170	[-]
Registered User Posts: 24684 Feb 10 13 8:54 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Well, I eagerly await large size captures from the forthcoming Blu-Ray! Mirek
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Koukol 5		#171	[-]
Registered User Posts: 9979 Feb 10 13 9:08 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I'm a little concerned as CoF looked alright with the small screen- caps.
Squire Hamilton.monsterkidclass...		#172	[-]
Registered User Posts: 43 Feb 11 13 5:46 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	As per Frank Collins' screen grabs of the new Hammer/BFI DRACULA disc (Dvd version...), here are a few frame grab comparisons with the old Warner Dvd, showing the different framing and grading :- (Top = Warner, Below = Hammer / BFI)
Latarnia		#173	[-]
Registered User Posts: 24684 Feb 11 13 8:49 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Absolutely, positively AWFUL. This will be THE controversy of 2013. And, thank you, Squire, for posting the captures here. Mirek
Latarnia		#174	[-]
Registered User Posts: 24684 Feb 11 13 9:00 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Whoever handled this has sucked out all the "storybook color" of Hammer and decided to go for a natural look which is SO wrong for this film and the early Hammers. In these struggling economic times (around the world and in England) I would not wish anyone to lose their job, but, seriously, these errors on the Hammer Blu-Rays are so frequent, so annoying, that someone else should be handling the restorations. One reservation, however: May there still be a possibility that these captures are not reflecting the Blu-Ray release accurately??? Mirek
Latarnia		#175	[-]
Registered User Posts: 24684 Feb 11 13 9:08 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I will grant that the aspect ratio is better realized on the restoration. But that's the only positive I see. Mirek
Squire Hamilton.monsterkidclass...		#176	[-]
Registered User Posts: 43 Feb 11 13 9:13 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	In fairness, the grading was already in place, having been done by the BFI - it looked exactly like this when I saw it in the cinema in 2007... I think that the colour scheme works well for the castle interiors and also the graveyard scenes, giving them much more atmosphere than the Warners disc - but some of the other interiors (such as inside the Holmwood house) looked unnaturally dark. I can see this release dividing opinion... which is nothing new where the Hammer BRs are concerned!
Latarnia		#177	[-]
Registered User Posts: 24684 Feb 11 13 9:18 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Well, if you darken things up, it will tend to be "spookier," but that's not the way this film looked when originally shown or shown in revivals...until, it seems, the BFI got its hands on the film. This grading is flat-out wrong. I can hear the old Hammer guard turning in their graves. In particular Jack Asher and Terence Fisher. Mirek
Latarnia		#178	[-]
Registered User Posts: 24684 Feb 11 13 9:22 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Basically, whoever did the BFI restoration decided that they were smarter and more artistic than the Hammer people responsible for this film, and transformed the film into their own vision. Mirek
paura nella		#179	[-]
Registered User Posts: 3252 Feb 11 13 9:52 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Latarnia wrote: Basically, whoever did the BFI restoration decided that they were smarter and more artistic than the Hammer people responsible for this film, and transformed the film into their own vision. Mirek Or just didn't have a clue how these films are suppose to look and did a standard clean up/restoration on how they thought it was suppose to look.
Domenick Fraumeni		#180	[-]
Registered User Posts: 4456 Feb 11 13 10:57 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Regarding aspect ratio, I think CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN looked fine open matte. The colours though...."sigh" From what I'm seeing of the screencaps, it seems as if the BFI did a good job initially, but then someone went in and futzed with the saturation and, again, gamma levels. You know, Hammer REALLY needs to hire someone who knows 35mm and especially the various Technicolor processes. At least a proper colour consultant. I'd like to think that Warners would get these right, but since DRACULA is a proper restoration this time. I don't know. Last Edited By: Domenick Fraumeni Feb 11 13 11:01 AM. Edited 1 times.
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