Spaceballs The 2021 Kino Edition!!! - 4/13/2021

[Nailwraps]

I wanted to give this a separate thread; Kino/MGM will release Spaceballs on Blu-ray 4/13!



Pre-orders:

Blu-ray: https://www.amazon.com/Spaceballs-4K.../dp/B08TQG37GB

4K/Blu-ray combo: https://www.amazon.com/Spaceballs-4K...dp/B08TQG37GB/


Everything from all previous DVD/Blu-ray releases (except for the original 1987 Making of Featurette from the original DVD) will be ported over.


Kino has corrected the audio pitch which was a problem on the 2005 CE DVD, selected cable broadcasts, and the 4K streaming version on Amazon (he original DVD and the previous Blu-rays did not have this problem), reinstated the Wihelm scream in one scene (again, missing in the 2005 CE DVD and selected cable broadcasts), and restored/cleared the Van Halen song "Good Enough":

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...ostcount=51166


According to whether or not the Blu-ray will have the remastered 4K transfer the UltraHD will have (which unfortunately their Mad Max Blu lacked), Kino had this to say:

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...ostcount=51454

"As far as I know it's the UHD SDR master of the same scan/transfer used to create the HDR Dolby Vision master."


So it's possible the Blu-ray will have the new transfer.(?)

[SHARKTOPUS]

On the fence about upgrading, However if kino were to add "The 4K"under the title as a reference to the maketing aspect from Yogurt, I would definitely upgrade.

[Nailwraps]

First review and confirmation the new Blu-ray is the 4K restoration (with video comparison)!:

https://bluray.highdefdigest.com/922...ballsklsc.html

[TylerDurden389]

Oh my God. I've watched this movie a million times and I never noticed during the "Now" scene (when they're looking at themselves in the tv) that on one of the shelves is all the Rocky movies. All the way up to Rocky XI by the look of it lol. Well, we're *technically* up to 8 at this point.

[Nailwraps]

Someone who has the 4K has reported the 5.1 and 2.0 tracks are missing some audio:

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...&postcount=497

I suggest contacting Kino immediately and request they do a replacement program.

[crissrudd4554]

Originally Posted by Nailwraps

Someone who has the 4K has reported the 5.1 and 2.0 tracks are missing some audio:

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...&postcount=497

I suggest contacting Kino immediately and request they do a replacement program.

Yeah I just finished watching the movie all the way through and those are the only two things that stick out (to me at least) so take that as you will.

[Nailwraps]

I received a response from Kino (as I'm sure everyone else has):

"We checked the master and we can confirm that there isn't any errors with the audio as this was the film's original audio taken straight from the source master."


So what do we do now?

[Katatonia]

Originally Posted by Nailwraps

I received a response from Kino (as I'm sure everyone else has):

"We checked the master and we can confirm that there isn't any errors with the audio as this was the film's original audio taken straight from the source master."


So what do we do now?

Unfortunately this is beginning to be a problem with numerous releases lately it seems.

The Vinegar Syndrome Blu-ray of Martial Law was also missing several lines of spoken dialogue.

[cakefactory]

Originally Posted by Nailwraps

I received a response from Kino (as I'm sure everyone else has):

"We checked the master and we can confirm that there isn't any errors with the audio as this was the film's original audio taken straight from the source master."


So what do we do now?

Nothing is going to work, Kino is notorious for avoiding replacement programs compared to the likes of Shout Factory or VS, and this is a MUCH smaller problem than the ones they actually did programs for (ex Madhouse, Alfredo Garcia). If Bitter Moon having all the dialogue at the blatantly wrong pitch didn't get a replacement program, ONE SCENE with some missing unimportant dialogue sure isn't going to.

I'm confused as to these kinds of things, too. I've noticed it on streaming services a lot, too. Like, for a recent example, I've been watching Pushing Daisies on HBO Max, and there are occasionally sections where the narration is missing, but the subtitles still have the dialogue that was supposed to be there. Or scenes where it sounds like they used the on-set audio accidentally instead of looped dialogue. The sound was definitely not like that in the DVD release or the older streaming SD version.

[Brian81]

I don’t know why these companies don’t view prior editions and see if the audio dialogue matches up. Probably could look at a waveform for peaks or changes where dialogue appears

[weberrygt]

Could you please post the YouTube links that you sent?