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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 travis on Aug 3, 2006 10:26:19 GMT -5
The movie is NOT pan-and-scan. It was shot open-matte, with the intention to be matted in theaters. At the risk of sounding like a moron... what does that mean? After the introduction of 2.35:1 widescreen-filmed movies, a cheaper method was created afterwards that used the 1.33:1 process (which was a lot cheaper), this image was then "matted" (masking, or basically cutting off some of the top and some of the bottom) so then it could be projected in theaters as widescreen. 1.85:1, 1.66:1 or 1.75:1. "Widescreen" TVs are just 1.77:1. Most of the movies shot in this process could also be projected 1.33:1, that is, "open-matte". This was also good for TV and video presentations, since (most of time) they wouldn't need to panNscan/crop the image. You can notice this sometimes if there appears to be extra "head room" in the image. Finally, some movies are "hard-matted" at 1.85:1, which means they were not intended to be shown 1.33:1/open-matte.
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Post by travis on Jul 12, 2006 7:07:22 GMT -5
Criterion wouldn't put MST3k:TM out on DVD. It's a nice thought, but it ain't gonna happen.
I suggest everyone email/mail Universal about it (fans seem to get more accomplished in the CC days, eh?). If they do decide to reissue it, I highly doubt we'll get any extras. ::sigh::
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Post by travis on Jul 1, 2006 19:40:45 GMT -5
The movie was shot open-matte with the intention of being matted at 2.00:1. Really? I get matting a film to 1.66:1, or 1.85:1, but it seems like 2.00:1 is a little too wide to matte a film. You'd have to have the camera far back enough so that the top and bottom of the screen would have enough space for your shots to appear correctly when projected at 2:1. Yeah, I thought it was very strange too. I've read a bunch of info on it, and that was Universal's intended matted ratio apparently. I'm sure most theaters just kept it at the usual 1.85:1 or 1.33:1. This worked very well for MST, which was filmed in 1.85:1!
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Post by travis on Jun 27, 2006 16:35:56 GMT -5
The movie is NOT pan-and-scan. It was shot open-matte, with the intention to be matted in theaters. The original aspect ratio was 2.00:1. The correct screen format can be seen in the widescreen version of Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie. The movie was shot open-matte with the intention of being matted at 2.00:1.
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Post by travis on Jun 26, 2006 5:05:57 GMT -5
Okay, I'm being picky here, but why is the menu in widescreen, but the film itself in pan-and-scan The movie is NOT pan-and-scan. It was shot open-matte, with the intention to be matted in theaters. The menu is widescreen for 16:9 sets, many DVDs are like this. I hate to be the party pooper. But am I the only one who doesn’t like this movie? I think the Monster was pretty cool but as a film I always though it was pretty mediocre. The movie is mediocre, hence why it's on MST3k. Honestly though, the movie was hacked to shreds (like the rest of MST3k:TM), Grammercy/whoever edited it made the movie look a lot worse than it was. Personally I think Warner should have made the movie with BBI, then they could have used the MGM movie THE GREEN SLIME (which would have been a better choice overall).
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Post by travis on May 23, 2006 19:25:10 GMT -5
Hi everyone,
Universal has announced that they're going to release THIS ISLAND EARTH on DVD on 8/29.
What makes this good news is that there may be a chance of getting MST3k: The Movie reissued on DVD too. Since both titles were apart of the stupid Image/Universal/whatever squabble that put them out of print years back.
I'd suggest that we try to write/email/call Universal's DVD people and let them know we want it back! (WITH the deleted scenes too!)
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Post by travis on Jul 15, 2006 15:20:20 GMT -5
Now I really need to get a job! :lol: I second that.
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Post by travis on Jul 1, 2006 20:00:10 GMT -5
I wouldn't count on "Lost Continent" - Lippert films are hell to get the rights to. You're probably safe for a while longer. Wade Williams owns LOST CONTINENT, and Image released the DVD of it. Don't know who owns the other Lippert productions though.
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Post by travis on Jul 2, 2006 7:55:16 GMT -5
" " " That, and Warner plans to release it to DVD themselves.
Warner is great about releasing "cult" titles, they even put out NIGHT OF THE LEPUS! Which is more than can be said for Sony, Universal and Fox generally.
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Post by travis on Jun 26, 2006 5:23:30 GMT -5
ATTACK OF THE 50FT WOMAN isn't public domain, it's owned by Warner.
Doing THE LAST MAN ON EARTH would be totally pointless, since MGM has already released a nice widescreen DVD of it using the original materials (Hell, even Madacy has a nice widescreen DVD of it!).
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Post by travis on Mar 24, 2006 13:45:08 GMT -5
Doesn't matter. It's up to the Arkoff Estate on whether or not they'd let Rhino lisence those movies. The deal with Lionsgate would probably prevent them having the UnMSTed versions as extras.
We already know Susan Hart's portion of the Nicolson/Arkoff AIP titles aren't going anywhere, so the Arkoff Estate titles are probably more likely (which isn't saying much).
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Post by travis on Dec 18, 2006 15:22:43 GMT -5
I saw one at FYE the other day. I imagine stores are just selling off what stock they have.
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Post by travis on Mar 18, 2006 10:10:49 GMT -5
Great interview! Quite a few tidbits that were new to me.
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Post by travis on Mar 15, 2006 18:27:51 GMT -5
I don't care for it myself, and it doesn't give off a MST3k vibe (well, most of the covers don't.. I love Vol. 3 however). Just my opinion though.
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