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Post by tjmohr on Jan 28, 2022 2:05:59 GMT
Anyone know if the collector season Blu-ray sets are actually region coded? I’ve ordered some of the missing animations from Rarewaves which say they are region B but play fine on a US player. The collector ones look cool but wouldn’t want to spend the $ if I can’t watch them.
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Post by RhysH on Jan 28, 2022 18:57:24 GMT
Anyone know if the collector season Blu-ray sets are actually region coded? I’ve ordered some of the missing animations from Rarewaves which say they are region B but play fine on a US player. The collector ones look cool but wouldn’t want to spend the $ if I can’t watch them. As I understand it, all BluRays are region free. Not just these sets, but all BluRays. It’s only DVD’s that are subject to the region coding. Worth double checking, but that is what I have read on the subject.
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Post by Nicholas Fitzpatrick on Jan 28, 2022 21:14:34 GMT
As I understand it, all BluRays are region free. Not just these sets, but all BluRays. It’s only DVD’s that are subject to the region coding.Worth double checking, but that is what I have read on the subject. The Collection sets I've ordered from the UK have been. Only thing that caught me by surprise was the Network Space 1999 season 2 bluray being locked, despite the season 1 not being.
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Post by mattg on Apr 14, 2022 21:41:44 GMT
Not quite the right thread for this but tangentially related and to save creating another: the two 1960’s Dalek movies are getting the 4K treatment!: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09WVP1HXM/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_4G9VXWHX0XE7XXSEHCYM?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09WVQ823Q/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_Z983E9PYXQBAM5D4V377?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1This is quite a surprising move by Studio Canal considering the films’ previous Blu Ray releases were so visually lacklustre. If memory serves these underwhelming efforts were attributed to limitations imposed by the original film stock Amicus used (of which wasn’t conducive to HD restoration). Nevertheless, if the new trailers for each film are anything to go by such technical impediments have now been largely, and quite impressively, overcome! Still, a penury-inducing £50 apiece for the collector’s editions and a still steep £30 for the ‘standard’ steelbook versions will likely deter many from buying. Doctor Who and the Daleks is scheduled for a June 20th release whilst it’s sequel follows nearly a month later, on 18th July. Anyone interested in these?
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Post by John Wall on Apr 14, 2022 22:17:46 GMT
Not at that price I’m afraid.
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Post by Paul Vanezis on Apr 15, 2022 15:04:39 GMT
Not quite the right thread for this but tangentially related and to save creating another: the two 1960’s Dalek movies are getting the 4K treatment!: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09WVP1HXM/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_4G9VXWHX0XE7XXSEHCYM?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09WVQ823Q/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_Z983E9PYXQBAM5D4V377?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1This is quite a surprising move by Studio Canal considering the films’ previous Blu Ray releases were so visually lacklustre. If memory serves these underwhelming efforts were attributed to limitations imposed by the original film stock Amicus used (of which wasn’t conducive to HD restoration). Nevertheless, if the new trailers for each film are anything to go by such technical impediments have now been largely, and quite impressively, overcome! Still, a penury-inducing £50 apiece for the collector’s editions and a still steep £30 for the ‘standard’ steelbook versions will likely deter many from buying. Doctor Who and the Daleks is scheduled for a June 20th release whilst it’s sequel follows nearly a month later, on 18th July. Anyone interested in these? It was filmed in Techniscope which sounds sexy, but actually was a method whereby less film was used than even academy ratio films. So rather than film anamorphic widescreen, the film image was flat widescreen. Frame height was therefore reduced. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Once Upon a Time in the West were shot in Techniscope also, probably using the same cameras as there were so few of them about. Paul
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Post by John Green on Apr 15, 2022 16:55:43 GMT
'Techniscope' sounds very Terry Nation. Wasn't the method devised on the planet Spyron?
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Post by mattg on Apr 16, 2022 13:32:15 GMT
Not quite the right thread for this but tangentially related and to save creating another: the two 1960’s Dalek movies are getting the 4K treatment!: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09WVP1HXM/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_4G9VXWHX0XE7XXSEHCYM?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09WVQ823Q/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_Z983E9PYXQBAM5D4V377?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1This is quite a surprising move by Studio Canal considering the films’ previous Blu Ray releases were so visually lacklustre. If memory serves these underwhelming efforts were attributed to limitations imposed by the original film stock Amicus used (of which wasn’t conducive to HD restoration). Nevertheless, if the new trailers for each film are anything to go by such technical impediments have now been largely, and quite impressively, overcome! Still, a penury-inducing £50 apiece for the collector’s editions and a still steep £30 for the ‘standard’ steelbook versions will likely deter many from buying. Doctor Who and the Daleks is scheduled for a June 20th release whilst it’s sequel follows nearly a month later, on 18th July. Anyone interested in these? It was filmed in Techniscope which sounds sexy, but actually was a method whereby less film was used than even academy ratio films. So rather than film anamorphic widescreen, the film image was flat widescreen. Frame height was therefore reduced. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Once Upon a Time in the West were shot in Techniscope also, probably using the same cameras as there were so few of them about. Paul Oh thanks Paul, having long mislaid my blu rays of the Dalek movies I didn’t have access to the vaguely remembered bonus featurette which explained the difficulties in upgrading them to HD, thanks to Techniscope. Still, going by the aforementioned 4K trailers either technology has since overcome those technical challenges or else Studio Canal has invested more money this time as both films now look glorious!
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Post by tom rogers on Apr 16, 2022 17:42:41 GMT
'Techniscope' sounds very Terry Nation. Wasn't the method devised on the planet Spyron? On Spirodon? Dunno, John … couldn’t see anyone there 😄
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Post by Jaspal Cheema on Apr 16, 2022 17:56:03 GMT
'Techniscope' sounds very Terry Nation. Wasn't the method devised on the planet Spyron? No,probably on the planet Filmic in the constellation of Bluridius.
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Post by Jaspal Cheema on Apr 16, 2022 17:58:57 GMT
And probably inhabited by Fourcasions...(see what I did there?)
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Post by brianfretwell on Apr 16, 2022 20:05:00 GMT
Yes Techiscope is just the normal 35mm frame cut in half by having a camera with 2 perforation pull down. There was an amateur version on 16mm which worked well with Kodachrome film the camera modifications for diong two pull downs with one perforation were complex, some people tried it using standard 8 film which was 16mm wide in the camera with twice the number of perforations but most of the time Kodak managed to split it in half despite instructions not to. One advantage of Techniscope (other than cost of film stock) was that it did not suffer from the distortion of early anamorphic lenses and out of focus points of light are circular not oval - a sure way to spot Techniscope or 65mm filming.
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Post by RhysH on Apr 17, 2022 9:25:45 GMT
I love this board - really find out some good info on how things were made back in the day. Thanks for sharing guys.
I’ve ordered both the steelbooks - artwork on these looks great in my opinion and have the same thoughts for the previous steelbooks for the animations! Talking of which, so hope we get some positive news in the future about further animations. Fingers crossed.
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Post by mattg on Apr 18, 2022 11:04:59 GMT
I love this board - really find out some good info on how things were made back in the day. Thanks for sharing guys. I’ve ordered both the steelbooks - artwork on these looks great in my opinion and have the same thoughts for the previous steelbooks for the animations! Talking of which, so hope we get some positive news in the future about further animations. Fingers crossed. Seconded on the new artwork, it compliments the films perfectly exuding a wonderfully evocative 60’s retro style. I’ll probably go for the steelbook versions too as, though I love both films to bits, I just can’t reconcile myself to spending three figures to own them (again)! On a more technical note no official word yet on whether the films will utilise Dolby Vision. Presumably they will as most 4K releases incorporate it these days, particularly via streaming platforms. For some reason though Studio Canal tends not to mention DV on the packaging for their physical 4K releases (at least not on the Studio Canal discs I own, such as Flash Gordon). A strange omission really considering it’s surely a key feature for many…
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Post by John Green on Apr 18, 2022 18:14:51 GMT
"Premieres of brand new 4K restorations of two Doctor Who films – Dr. Who and the Daleks (Gordon Flemying, 1965) and Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (Gordon Flemyng, 1966) – will screen back-to-back at BFI Southbank on 19 June. Both starring Peter Crushing, these films allowed viewers to crawl out from behind their sofas and into their local cinemas to see the Doctor’s deadliest enemies. The event will be followed by a Q&A with cast members Roberta Tovey and Jill Curzon, as well as assistant director of both movies Anthony Waye and director Gordon Flemyng’s son Jason Flemyng." www.bfi.org.uk/news/june-2022-bfi-southbank-judy-garland-menelik-shabazz-robert-bressonso they must reckon they've been smartened up quite a bit?
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