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Post by travis on Sept 1, 2006 21:35:04 GMT -5
I didn't see the point of Legend doing a "restoration" on NOtLD, since Elite's DVDs actually use original crisp source materials.
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Post by Isaac on Sept 3, 2006 18:51:20 GMT -5
With Reefer Madness they've somehow pulled in tighter on the image so that the whole frame is no longer visible No. They didn't. Plan 9 From Outer Space has vertical lines occasionally. That ONLY YOU notice. I barely noticed anything wrong with the print. It looked EXCELLENT. And the colorization in all of them is rudimentary at best. The colorization looks GREAT. And for some reason they can't leave anything untinted. Yes, they do. You just don't pay attention. even the smoke in Reefer Madness is tinted lavender! That's called CREATIVITY. They didn't want Reefer Madness or Plan 9 to look realistic - they wanted to have some fun with these crappy films and give them a comic-book look. And it works PERFECTLY. Having said all of that, I own every one of them. But only because Mike Nelson's commentary made them worth it for the price. Reefer Madness, House on Haunted Hill, Plan 9 from Outer Space, and The Little Shop of Horrors have NEVER looked better than they do on Legend Films' discs. The company did an excellent job at restoring these films, and I wish you would stop harping on little flaws like verticle lines a normal person would barely notice. If I had to complain about every minor flaw on every restoration on every film in the world, I would have heart attacks every five minutes. But I don't do that. You know why? Because THERE IS NO REASON TO COMPLAIN. Legend Films is a great company, and they release excellent DVDs. Stop complaining.
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Post by Wild Rebel on Sept 5, 2006 10:31:43 GMT -5
With Reefer Madness they've somehow pulled in tighter on the image so that the whole frame is no longer visible No. They didn't. Oh, well...that settles it doesn't it. Bite me. And for the record, I'm not the only one who feels this way about Legend's work (this example from DVD Savant) "Legend's modus operandi is the colorization of public domain films, and this title gets treated almost identically to their House on Haunted Hill from last year. As paint-by-numbers video goes, it's not bad, although Savant will never get used to the 'one orange fits all' hue assignment for human faces. The purist in me can overlook the colorized version when there's a decent B&W alternative to be enjoyed. The transfer isn't 16:9 enhanced, but as Gravis Mushnik might say, "Is it perfect you should be wanting?" The extras are pretty much a wash. Mike Nelson's commentary is a slack set of jokes (The Filmgroup logo is likened unto a set of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups) that ignore the fact that the original is a comedy classic. It's difficult to make witless observations about something that's genuinely brilliant, and come off as anything but an idiot. Actually, the old MST3000 could occasionally get away with just that by being extremely clever, but nothing of the kind happens here. Nelson decides that Gravis Mushnik is a 'growly old bear' and proceeds to make lame bear jokes. It's that bad."
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Post by Isaac on Sept 5, 2006 17:10:09 GMT -5
I hate DVD Talk/DVD Savant. It's a poor website, and I'm surprised that anyone would take it seriously.
I like how the reviewer makes a big deal over the fact that they had Mike Nelson do a comedic commentary over a comedy film. Jeez, you can't please anybody, can you? All right, so Mike's commentary on this particular film isn't nearly as funny as the film itself, but it's still funny, as anyone with a sense of humor can attest to.
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Post by Captain Wrong on Sept 6, 2006 13:31:06 GMT -5
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Post by Wild Rebel on Sept 6, 2006 13:57:21 GMT -5
All I'm saying is that there are lots of companies that go out of their way to get the best copy of the film they're releasing that they can without going to the point of labeling them "restorations".
A restoration is what was done with Fritz Lang's Metropolis - when footage that hasn't been seen in years is put back where it belongs and the film is gone over frame by frame and repaired.
Legend is very good about finding good prints and maybe they do some work on the picture while they're working on the colorization. But none of these are full restorations. If they were they couldn't afford to be selling them this cheap.
And I guess I'm still imagining seeing more picture in my DVD of Reefer Madness than in the Legend version...but since the comparison above doesn't have actual frames of the film from either DVD....
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Post by Isaac on Sept 6, 2006 16:16:02 GMT -5
But none of these are full restorations. If they were they couldn't afford to be selling them this cheap. Now, that's simply just not true. Now, the reason that you can often buy discs put out by the company for so cheap is because their primary attention is focused on films that are in the public domain, meaning that they don't need to get the rights to these films from anyone, and so they don't spend as much money to work on these films as another company would spend on a film that is fully copyrighted.
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