Night of the Living Dead (1990) - Out of Print

[GaragePoet]

i watched this BD for a second time today, and it's still too blue... just sayin'. bump.

[Whirlygig]

Originally Posted by thephantomcat

If those early screenshots were on the up and up, why have some of them dissappeared? The darkest screencaps have somehow dissappeared leaving only the more accurate ones. And the YouTube video which isn't even remotely accurate.

Let me point you to an important word used in my previous post. "Significant". Also don't miss "not photos".

Originally Posted by thephantomcat

I went back through the thread yesterday looking for those horrible images where you couldn't even see Barbara in the background of the shot where Ben gets out fo the truck and it's nowhere to be found. Why? Because it wasn't true.

You talking about this frame?

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

Goofnut posted a comprehensive set of frames you can view by clicking the link in the quote above. Not only are these images direct from the disc, they also matched most of the ones posted before them that I ever saw.

[HyperRealist]

Originally Posted by thephantomcat

If those early screenshots were on the up and up, why have some of them dissappeared? The darkest screencaps have somehow dissappeared leaving only the more accurate ones. And the YouTube video which isn't even remotely accurate.

I went back through the thread yesterday looking for those horrible images where you couldn't even see Barbara in the background of the shot where Ben gets out fo the truck and it's nowhere to be found. Why? Because it wasn't true.

this one?



right here
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...ne#post6550153

and here
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...ne#post6541644

[psicon]

Originally Posted by GaragePoet

i watched this BD for a second time today, and it's still too blue... just sayin'. bump.

No it's not too blue or too dark. It's just your tv is not calibrated correctly or you're not using the correct mode.



Sorry, didn't want it to be too one sided. Because we totally know that nobody has yet made that argument

[DetroitSquirreL]

Originally Posted by pro-bassoonist

What exactly is your point here?

No offense, but do you actually own all of the discs you have addressed and have you watched them? Or do you go by screenshots? I know you love to address them.

Specifically in the case of Traffic I can tell you for a fact that additional work was done because I had a pretty lengthy conversation with a person who knows exactly what was done. Using the same (Uni) master for a transfer that you would use on a release does not mean that the results will be identical. And, yes, Criterion do additional work.

QUADROPHENIA -- Sorry. You clearly do not not know what you are talking about. I have the Criterion and the UK discs with me at the moment, and projected these two are thousands of years apart from each other. And yes, the Criterion release looks beautiful. So, your Meh comment is quite a bit off.

Finally, Fear and Loathing..., you are off again. Because Criterion did go in to do additional corrections. Again, I am telling you this as a fact, because unlike some other folks who tend to open their mouths to criticize, I do check details beyond what a booklet will 'confirm'.

As far as TT's release is concerned, there really should be very little drama here. Instead of people going around in circles and posting non-sense, someone should have asked how come no one bothered to run a quick comparison with the answer print the studio has. It should not be rocket science to figure out exactly how the film was shot.



Pro-B

ONCE AGAIN, your so prolific with your points

I own all discs mentioned above myself. The 'Quadrophenia' discs are like night to day. Give me the Criterion version any day

Once again, I say to you...you never should lead with 'No offense', these are always open to debate & if you have superior knowledge of the subject I say post it. There shouldn't be any offense taken if its the truth or even just ones opinion....thats just my opinion

[Cevolution]

Originally Posted by Whirlygig

Let me point you to an important word used in my previous post. "Significant". Also don't miss "not photos".


You talking about this frame?



Goofnut posted a comprehensive set of frames you can view by clicking the link in the quote above. Not only are these images direct from the disc, they also matched most of the ones posted before them that I ever saw.

Then you didn't look hard enough, I saw every single post and screenshot. HD Goofnuts images were late to show, they didn't get posted up until like 3 days or so after the 1st images were seen. The 1st images that I saw which closely represent the disc correctly were from member Psicon, which come before Goofnuts. Even some members that I trust, such as Clark Kent and a few of the Mods, including Blu Titan, said that even though it's not great, it wasn't as bad as some of the 1st really early screenshots that were posted up.

[Whirlygig]

On another note, ordered the DVD from Amazon today. Curious to compare.

[Majin Blu]

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[kidd636]

Originally Posted by thephantomcat

People stop by to express their opinion after recieving the disc and then those who disagree with them start posting pictures of screencaps to tell them their opinion is wrong. That's why this thread won't die.

Change thread title to "Night of the Living Thread"?

*drum roll*

[Whirlygig]

Originally Posted by Cevolution

Then you didn't look hard enough, I saw every single post and screenshot. HD Goofnuts images were late to show, they didn't get posted up until like 3 days or so after the 1st images were seen. The 1st images that I saw which closely represent the disc correctly were from member Psicon, which come before Goofnuts. Even some members that I trust, such as Clark Kent and a few of the Mods, including Blu Titan, said that even though it's not great, it wasn't as bad as some of the 1st really early screenshots that were posted up.

Are you talking about frame grabs, or photographs of televisions (with Blu-ray progress bar at the bottom)? Photographs can just be tossed out outright...when I say screenshots I am meaning frame grabs from the disc. The earliest pictures I saw looked like frame grabs, which had the Blu on one half and the DVD on the other. Are you saying those were in fact modified? Because that can be verified against the true frame grabs.

[popeflick]

Originally Posted by kidd636

Change thread title to "Night of the Living Thread"?

*drum roll*

It's really a shame how bluray.com continues to allow for what's basically character assassination along with SELECTIVE post deletions. TT are still called @$$holes elsewhere in this thread, and Savini gets accused of shilling for a few comp blu rays, which we all know is pure hypocrisy: those same people calling him a shill wouldn't be doing so if he agreed with them.

I've been in the business for nearly 20 years and this place has become a true disappointment, because it's clear the Mods here are biased towards the attacks on TT and Savini.

[chris_s]

For anyone not happy with the blu send me a PM and I'll buy it from you

[Cevolution]

Originally Posted by Whirlygig

Are you talking about frame grabs, or photographs of televisions (with Blu-ray progress bar at the bottom)? Photographs can just be tossed out outright...when I say screenshots I am meaning frame grabs from the disc. The earliest pictures I saw looked like frame grabs, which had the Blu on one half and the DVD on the other. Are you saying those were in fact modified? Because that can be verified against the true frame grabs.

Many of the early shots weren't from frame grabs, they were photographs. That's the point, because if the 1st images posted up were Psicon's or Goofnut's, then the panic the come before their images made an appearance wouldn't have been half as bad. A lot members were going crazy over photographs (some from poorly calibrated displays) that they were taking as truth because there were so few images available at the time. Those images shouldn't really have been allowed to be posted up in the 1st place, because they didn't represent the source accurately, and were responsible for a large part of the frenzy that took place. Also, the YouTube video that was posted up during the early stages of discovering the issue was one of the 1st references that members had to go off, some of the screenshots were even taken from it. That YouTube video isn't an accurate represent of the disc, just look at the front of the truck, all the detail is lost to black crash.

Originally Posted by Gosszilla

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6MZnqPnTxU&hd=1

This is HD Goofnut's image below, the front of the truck doesn't look nearly as bad in his screen cap now does it?

[DetroitSquirreL]

Originally Posted by chris_s

For anyone not happy with the blu send me a PM and I'll buy it from you

pm'd you

[DetroitSquirreL]

Originally Posted by reelgeek

[Show spoiler]Attachment 52912

did you do that? its ace

[Whirlygig]

Originally Posted by Cevolution

Many of the early shots weren't from frame grabs, they were photographs. That's the point, because if the 1st images posted up were Psicon's or Goofnut's, then the panic the come before their images made an appearance wouldn't have been half as bad. A lot members were going crazy over photographs (some from poorly calibrated displays) that they were taking as truth because there were so few images available at the time. Those images shouldn't really have been allowed to be posted up in the 1st place, because they didn't represent the source accurately, and were responsible for a large part of the frenzy that took place. Also, the YouTube video that was posted up during the early stages of discovering the issue was one of the 1st references that members had to go off, some of the screenshots were even taken from it. That YouTube video isn't an accurate represent of the disc, just look at the front of the truck, all the detail is lost to black crash.

I don't even know why you and I are apparently arguing about anything...
You will find absolutely no argument from me about the fact that posting photographs of TVs is a terrible idea. Here are things you will find me arguing:

- This thread has had a significant number of screenshots in it that were not altered.
- Suggesting, even alluding to, otherwise is factually incorrect.

I don't know how far back you went, but here are where I see the first pictures rolling in, and these appear to be screenshots, unaltered.

Originally Posted by EffenBlue

8-51789-00332-0

Hopefully these turn out right.
Courtesy of Makemkv, Media Player Classic, Print Screen and Photoshop:

[Show spoiler]

Gotta run.

Originally Posted by rdodolak

Found this on the TT facebook page. Guess I can see what others are talking about.

[Show spoiler]

Psicon and auz (I believe the original source of the one quoted above) post more screenshots, people post photos, more screenshots, etc. The video does not show up until some time later.

I doubt any of the photographs were altered either, they're just a piss-poor basis for any discussion.

I even doubt that video was altered, outside of unavoidable compression by YouTube or the software that rendered it (which as you can see completely eradicated the [still dark] detail in the truck's grill).

Regardless, all of them -- photos, screenshots, videos -- do convey a drastic difference between the other home video releases and this Blu-ray.

[Majin Blu]

Originally Posted by DetroitSquirreL

did you do that? its ace

Yeah, I just jotted it down because I saw the thread pop up again. I can't speak bad about anybody or anything because it's all subjective, but I was really surprised that it's still kind of going...

and thank you!

[Trekkie313]

Originally Posted by reelgeek

Yeah, I just jotted it down because I saw the thread pop up again. I can't speak bad about anybody or anything because it's all subjective, but I was really surprised that it's still kind of going...

and thank you!

Is the one dude supposed to resemble Kevin Smith?

[Kriztoffer Swank]

SOOOOOOOO

who's seen the HDX version of the film on Vudu?

I'm considering checking it out, but I haven't had the time to look into whether you're paying for a one-time streaming rental (and it's like $11), or if you get to download and own it. But it's HD with apparently the older color timing, so I'm interested in checking it out. Better than picking up the DVD for comparison at any rate.

[Majin Blu]

Originally Posted by Trekkie313

Is the one dude supposed to resemble Kevin Smith?

No, I just sketched a cartoon of my friend since he was sittin' there playing CoD haha