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Post by Tim Burrows on Jul 29, 2020 15:41:40 GMT
I forgot to mention the Whicker's World on there which is a lot of fun. I don't recall ever seeing him being pursued around a cemetery by a yeti!
The 1953 Robin Hood is wonderful too, although I missed the back projection of the trees being put up sideways so I'm going to go back and have a look.
And I've had a poke around the ROM files too today - it's crammed with stuff!
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Post by Hugh Pearson on Jul 29, 2020 16:26:54 GMT
Oh, WRT to film strips, I forgot about this info & link to the strips provided by stevegerald (THANKS!) on Jul 28, 2019 in last years discussion : imgur.com/a/EwLM90ZHmm, subsequent to that quotation, in last year's thread on Aug 2, Richard Bignell added: Well, given the fact that it now appears that they aren't trims but re-photographed film inserts with different exposure settings on each frame, they very probably are sequences used in the episodes, as per the "Daleks conquer and destroy" sequence.
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Post by RhysH on Jul 30, 2020 7:59:35 GMT
Received my copy on Monday and looking forward to seeing this! Need to find a good time when our two year old hasn't knackered me out in keeping her entertained!
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Post by Richard Bignell on Jul 30, 2020 10:59:27 GMT
Before I do though can anyone who has the Special Edition confirm if those superb colour photographs from the Dodd estate are included here too? Can’t think why they wouldn’t be but you never know... They are in this case, but just because something exists, it doesn't mean that it can automatically be used on the DVD/Blu-ray range. Sometimes we don't know who the owner is, sometimes we're not given permission, sometimes the costs involved are too high and so on. So, whilst Derek Dodd's images are on the Special Edition, you won't, for example, find any of the old colour press photos from the filming of Power on the release as the photo agency's prices are too exorbitant for the budget.
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Post by Robert Lia on Jul 31, 2020 21:55:20 GMT
My copy arrived in the post 5 day ahead of schedule, naturally right as I was leaving for work but will check it out this weekend .
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Post by Robert Lia on Aug 4, 2020 0:18:44 GMT
And I found it to be much improved over the initial version, it will never be perfect but it is defiantly an upgrade over what we got in 2016
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Post by Alan Hayes on Aug 5, 2020 23:27:30 GMT
The animation, in places, is much improved, and the grade more in line with the subsequent animations (more shades of grey), but disappointingly there are still errors that have gone unfixed (Hensell's name badge and insignia swap places on his tunic with reckless abandon, as per 2016, and the parting in Ben's hair still can't seem to decide whether its on the left or the right) and the aliasing is still very noticeable. That's a shame, but at least some of the less convincing elements have been greatly improved, particularly the first half of Part 1. Sadly though, it's still the colour version that pulls me in more than either attempt in B/W.
The special features package is, however, worth the purchase price on its own. The Whicker's World is fabulous (and is complete with many interviewees who interest me; Nation, Subotsky, Lee, Harryhausen for starters) and it's an absolute privilege to have the opportunity to see what survives of Troughton's Robin Hood. What passed for a cliffhanger in 1953 has to be seen to be believed; not exactly the sort of hook to bring audiences desperate to find out what was going to happen next week! The local news footage is also fascinating to see.
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Post by brianfretwell on Aug 22, 2020 6:56:18 GMT
I think the animation on the people is good but is really overshadowed by that on the Daleks. That makes the humans look not so good by comparison.
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Post by John Green on Dec 28, 2020 19:39:58 GMT
Multi-region dvd players are amazing Can't most/all players be made multi-regio via codes on tinternet?
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Post by Jaspal Cheema on Dec 28, 2020 20:25:19 GMT
The Special Edition is exhaustive-just watching one disc and then putting it away again doesn't do the release justice. The entire set needs to be watched and digested over the period of a week!And hopefully again if the film prints ever miraculously turn up... (Hoping I do an Ian Levine as I write this...)
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Post by tom rogers on Dec 29, 2020 0:42:28 GMT
Multi-region dvd players are amazing Can't most/all players be made multi-regio via codes on tinternet? Yes. Many but not all. I have three that were modified after purchase using the codes you reference. I specifically chose the ones I bought based on their ability to be made region-free. I also have one that cannot be made so (at least I have never been able to find a way or code to do it), which oddly enough is made by the same manufacturer of one of my other machines that accepts the region-free code!
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Post by John Green on Dec 29, 2020 0:45:35 GMT
Took me years to actually decide to modify my player; took about 5 minutes to put in the code. The number of players I'd bought in that time, hoping they'd be multi-region!
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Post by Richard Marple on Dec 29, 2020 12:02:58 GMT
I have 2 DVD players that only needed a code, but I have a Sony Blu Ray player which needs a gadget to unlock the code menu, which I've not done but can be bought off eBay.
This is only for the DVD region, the Blu Ray ones need an even more complicated firmware re-write.
Luckily many Blu Rays are region free.
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Post by John Green on Dec 29, 2020 18:02:22 GMT
I forgot to mention the Whicker's World on there which is a lot of fun. I don't recall ever seeing him being pursued around a cemetery by a yeti! The 1953 Robin Hood is wonderful too, although I missed the back projection of the trees being put up sideways so I'm going to go back and have a look. And I've had a poke around the ROM files too today - it's crammed with stuff! I didn't twig when you posted this, but it really is a DW Yeti, isn't it? Loved it when Whicker went into the Horror Mag shop (which looked liked something run by Charlie Endell: Whicker pointed out "You sell pornography here too, I see"), especially for the sign in the window advertising "Cash paid for American comics", with a display of Superboy, House of Mystery-'Dial H For Hero',etc. The pieces on the BBC roadshows were fun, not least for the the municipality gent's speech about how TV "Shows us scenes from around the world...before too long, I believe, from other worlds,too." Interesting that one of the events was held in Southampton's Guildhall in 1966 (loved the lad continually covering the Dalek's eyestalk to see if the operator could still keep it from colliding into things). It reminded me that my school in the late 60s had a visit by some BBC bods which I missed. I've always remembered being told, though I could be wrong, that they showed something that included a slightly rude DW outtake.
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Post by Nigel Lamb on Dec 29, 2020 18:12:31 GMT
Pity the yeti footage on Whicker has burn't in credits. Be nice if the unedited film inserts were in existence.
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