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Originally Posted by al_the_strange

some of the worst transfers i've seen are:

• atilla (german edition, i suspect it's an upscale)
• carrie (original mgm release)
• dog soldiers (original release)
• escape from new york (uk release, a dvd upscale)
• the fog (uk release, dvd upscale)
• ichi the killer (original release)
• machine girl
• rabid granies
• riki-oh: The story of ricky (us edition)
• silent night, deadly night (original release)
• spartacus (original release)
• weird science

lost track of the dnr'ed releases, there's been way too many. predator (ultimate hunter edition), the longest day, zulu (the uk release), patton (the original release), downfall, the last starfighter, a bunch of the star trek films, goldeneye, near dark, gladiator (the first printing), gangs of ny (first printing), ronin (original release), the man with no name trilogy (all the first releases), dagon, and i forget what else--they've all been pretty unsightly. Been grateful for the rereleases that fix the transfers, but we need more.

goldeneye is a real disappointment but even then it's an improvement of sorts. When mgm commissioned the ultimate edition, the team in charge of goldeneye and a view to a kill took the decision of zooming in on the image and desaturating the colours. For all its dnr, at least the blu-ray of goldeneye goes back to the original vivid colour timing it had when i saw it at the cinema.



you mean 28 days later?

Can't do much to fix that one unfortunately. All but the last scenes were shot and finished in sd.

dancer in the dark is probably in the same boat. I have the german blu-ray for it, but haven't viewed it yet. Won't look much better than a dvd given the source material. For films like these, the only upgrade in quality would be in sound (and maybe extras).

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