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bgart13	THE REPTILE - UK or US dvd?	Lead	[-]
Posts: 1658 (07/04/08 13:46:24) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Tags : None I don't have the AB dvd of THE REPTILE, but am thinking of getting the UK dvd as it seems more readily available. But, before I do, how does the UK dvd stack up against the AB US dvd? And for that matter, how do many of the UK dvds stack up against the US ones? I know all about the DRACULA-PoD dvds, and know that the Euro dvds of FRANK. & THE MONSTER FROM HELL, but what about the rest? Ben
Jeffrey Allen Rydell		#1	[-]
Posts: 606 (07/04/08 14:41:41) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I happened to rent the AB a few weeks ago from the Flix of Net. The transfer exhibits some of the very worst compression artifacting I've seen. The U.K. almost can't help but improve on it - especially if it's a newer rendering, even of the same exact master.
bgart13		#2	[-]
Posts: 1659 (07/04/08 14:57:53) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Really? I didn't notice the artifacting. Not that it's the best transfer ever done, but I didn't think it was bad. I just wanna make sure before I jump in over my head. Ben
Jeffrey Allen Rydell		#3	[-]
Posts: 607 (07/04/08 15:03:12) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	When did you last take a look at it?
bgart13		#4	[-]
Posts: 1660 (07/04/08 15:07:39) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	A few months ago. Rented it from the local videostore. I'll check it out tonight just to take a look again, though. Ben
Jeffrey Allen Rydell		#5	[-]
Posts: 608 (07/04/08 15:13:26) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	bgart13 wrote: A few months ago. Rented it from the local videostore. I'll check it out tonight just to take a look again, though. Ben Hey - if it don't bug ya, it don't bug ya. I've been on a Hammer kick lately, and while I didn't expect an early-gen authoring to compete with something like Universal's THE BRIDES OF DRACULA, THE REPTILE was noticeably poorer-looking than the companion ABs I rented like FRANKENSTEIN CREATED WOMAN and PLAGUE OF THE ZOMBIES. FRANKENSTEIN looked the most solid of those three.
timrtc		#6	[-]
Posts: 5 (07/07/08 11:04:17) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	The Optimum UK disc is pretty dire too: The Reptile review. Not sure if the German disc is much better.
Eurotika1955		#7	[-]
Posts: 165 (07/09/08 06:15:06) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I have so many DVDS that I have actually never watched my disc of The Reptile. I tried to watch 3 different discs of Frankenstein Created Woman from AB, but none of them worked - period. I finally tossed the last one in the trash and purchased the German release. Amazing...beautiful print. I have discovered that the German releases tend to be beautiful - Blood and Black Lace, Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell, Castle of the Walking Dead. I have yet get one I was not impressed with. I am in the process of replacing my Hammer´s with the corresponding German release. "Drama is life with the dull bits cut out." Alfred Hitchcock
Jojo Lapin X		#8	[-]
Posts: 2203 (08/02/08 13:14:54) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I just noticed this weird thing, and have to ask: What is the curious white liquid that is served before dinner at the Franklyn household and which is referred to as "wine"?
andras		#9	[-]
Posts: 112 (08/12/08 08:49:12) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Eurotika1955 wrote: I have so many DVDS that I have actually never watched my disc of The Reptile. I tried to watch 3 different discs of Frankenstein Created Woman from AB, but none of them worked - period. Don't even bother with the AB REPTILE as it doesn't work either. Hangs up after layer-change. A PC-based dvdplayer might work with it though.
Edward Karlinski		#10	[-]
Posts: 19 (08/13/08 11:11:20) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	andras wrote: Eurotika1955 wrote: I have so many DVDS that I have actually never watched my disc of The Reptile. I tried to watch 3 different discs of Frankenstein Created Woman from AB, but none of them worked - period. Don't even bother with the AB REPTILE as it doesn't work either. Hangs up after layer-change. A PC-based dvdplayer might work with it though. You mean that your copy does not work. Mine works just fine. You have no way of knowing whether or not someone else's DVD works or not. My DVD Profiler Collection
bgart13		#11	[-]
Posts: 1815 (08/13/08 12:25:46) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Ed, are you sure you're not our dear departed Elsa in disguise...?
Latarnia		#12	[-]
Posts: 12084 (08/13/08 16:26:39) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Ed is not Elsa because Ed knows how to use a message board. Do not invoke the departed--they may show up! Mirek
Koukol 5		#13	[-]
Posts: 2053 (08/13/08 16:30:48) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	And Edward has alot of good movies in his collection!
bgart13		#14	[-]
Posts: 1820 (08/13/08 16:32:26) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Eh, they're probably all dubbed...
bgart13		#15	[-]
Posts: 1896 (08/31/08 12:42:31) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Comparisons between the AB dvd (top) and the Anolis dvd (bottom). Frames are not exact, unfortunately I'm not that quick on the draw with VLC. Also of note, something weird I did not expect to happen between the NTSC and PAL dvds -- at least one screen cap I needed came minutes later in the PAL dvd! Therefore, I'm going to be watching both versions this upcoming week to find what's different between them.
Latarnia		#16	[-]
Posts: 12262 (09/03/08 05:38:20) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Many thanks for the screen caps, Ben. Unfortunately they look very dark on my monitor, but I'll check them on another one. Mirek
Koukol 5		#17	[-]
Posts: 2129 (09/03/08 12:03:20) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	They're VERY dark on my monitor as well.
Jojo Lapin X		#18	[-]
Posts: 2238 (09/03/08 12:05:43) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Now back to the central issue: What is that stuff they drink before dinner?
bgart13		#19	[-]
Posts: 1903 (09/03/08 13:02:15) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Wow! They look very dark on my monitor at my office too! Didn't look like that at home... What is that stuff they drink before dinner? Carrot juice? Ben
Jeffrey Allen Rydell		#20	[-]
Posts: 678 (09/03/08 13:07:42) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	The board's white background is the main culprit, I think... - Jeff

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