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Post by John Wall on Jan 22, 2024 22:29:59 GMT
This is probably the final classic DW release and, imho, they’ll be looking to get it absolutely right 👍 I doubt it, I actually think season 11 will be in the next 3-5 releases of the collection. I am fairly certain that season 3 will be the last classic who blu ray release excluding animations (barring a miraculous missing episode recovery). What I meant was that we’ve had VHS, DVD and now BluRay. The way things are going it seems unlikely there’ll be another physical format release - unless it’s on vinyl!
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Post by John Wall on Jan 22, 2024 12:58:24 GMT
Where and when was the cutting copy of Episode 1 found. I nearly tripped over when I initially thought there were 2 copies of the episode until I realised it only contains the film sequences only which is quite lengthy seens nearly the whole episode is filmed. (1000 vs 700 ft). When will the whole cutting copy/raw film sequences be released in full publicly? It’s a b&w print - presumably from a colour negative - of the film sequences, including some that didn’t make it into the broadcast version. I doubt they’ll put it on the BluRay as it’s only geeks like us who’d be interested!
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Post by John Wall on Jan 20, 2024 22:24:06 GMT
I'm sure they'll get to Invasion of the Dinosaurs 1 eventually, and when they do, the interpolation algorithms will probably be a lot more accurate, requiring less manual intervention. Wouldn't that be history repeating itself as it was the last VHS released![/quote] Have we been here before…….or are we yet to be!
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Post by John Wall on Jan 20, 2024 21:46:46 GMT
I wonder if it was broadcast live? I’m not sure when Auntie got their first Ampex machine and am uncertain as to how successful VERA was.
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Post by John Wall on Jan 20, 2024 11:51:43 GMT
Mind of Evil 1 only survived as a B/W telerecording without *any* chroma dots to work with. It was restored just over 10 years ago by manually recolorizing thousands of keyframes and algorithmically interpolating the frames between them (with some manual intervention). I'm sure they'll get to Invasion of the Dinosaurs 1 eventually, and when they do, the interpolation algorithms will probably be a lot more accurate, requiring less manual intervention. I was thinking eventually it will we colourised, especially as some partial chroma dots exist, so hopefully an algorithm could be developed to map in the blue shades. Probably when the Season 11 box set is in planning. I agree. It’s worth comparing how differently colour recovery worked on the film and VT sequences. Heaven knows what AI might deliver👍
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Post by John Wall on Jan 19, 2024 21:00:20 GMT
It came out on VHS and on DVD... but nah they'll just exclude it from the season 11 box set... In all seriousness they will certainly properly colorize it when it comes time. They have a whole team of people that have colorized or are colorizing at least 2 black and white stories now, with at least the first having been broadcast on BBC4. I'm sure IOTD1 is a given at thus point. This is probably the final classic DW release and, imho, they’ll be looking to get it absolutely right 👍
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Post by John Wall on Jan 19, 2024 20:34:38 GMT
What’s needed is another colour source that can be mixed/blended with that from Colour Recovery - there’s nothing fundamentally difficult if the resources are available and we have regular discussions here about the onwards march of technology. We don't have a off-air video recording of the original UK broadcast (because the CV-2000, VO-1600, and the Shibaden were still expensive and in B/W) and it wasn't sold overseas in its original PAL format until the 1980s, when the 16mm print of Ep 1 was returned. Also, the print lacked the blue Chroma dots, which is why the 2011 Color recovery was not up to broadcast standards. I think the only option for this episode is to do a manual colorization, like what they had to do with Episode 1 of the Mind of Evil. That’s right, like the original restoration of PotD3. It’s not fundamentally difficult - but someone has to pay. Hopefully technology will reduce that cost.
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Post by John Wall on Jan 19, 2024 11:59:22 GMT
What’s needed is another colour source that can be mixed/blended with that from Colour Recovery - there’s nothing fundamentally difficult if the resources are available and we have regular discussions here about the onwards march of technology.
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Post by John Wall on Jan 13, 2024 12:50:20 GMT
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Post by John Wall on Jan 12, 2024 8:20:26 GMT
Season 15 has got some good stories - I’m looking forward to it 👍
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Post by John Wall on Jan 11, 2024 19:33:15 GMT
BBC CA listed it early about 8am UK time. The release date given was 04/06/2024. This could have been a placeholder, I'm not sure. Are they normally advertised 6 months in advance?
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Post by John Wall on Jan 11, 2024 18:22:56 GMT
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Post by John Wall on Jan 11, 2024 16:06:54 GMT
….I had almost convinced myself that Season 20 was just a one off of which had only leapt up in price because of the wealth of newly commissioned extras it was packing. Clearly I was being naive... On a more positive note, if the impending Season 16 can fix ‘Fang Rock’s unfortunate ‘giant bogey on a stick’ Rutan with some brand new CGI then it ain’t all bad I guess.
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Post by John Wall on Jan 11, 2024 16:06:12 GMT
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Post by John Wall on Jan 9, 2024 9:53:27 GMT
Can confirm there is a frame around the tele snaps and 8mm clips that resemble some of the scanners. They change color a few times and occasionally are animated. The snaps/clips probably take up about 2/3rds of the screen with the frame being larger on bottom than on top. I'd send a picture but this forum doesn't appear to allow that You can attach things to posts.
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