Mad Max Collection April - June 2013

[Sky_Captain]

Wait for Shout's eventual Mad Max special edition and swap out the UK disc.

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by Sky_Captain

Wait for Shout's eventual Mad Max special edition and swap out the UK disc.

But it will like the last US disc be lock-o region-o

[Sky_Captain]

Not an issue for Fluid.

[chewie86]

petrol can edition is awesome, nice to see the uk get the better edition than the us, also specs are pretty decent, i enjoyed re visiting these movies, wasnt keen on fury road till i saw the trailer and now im a little more excited

[Pizzamorg]

Does the Petrol Can version come with undubbed audio?

[Fluid]

Originally Posted by Sky_Captain

Wait for Shout's eventual Mad Max special edition and swap out the UK disc.

Any dates or details on this?

[UniSol GR77]

No telecine judder/flickering for these ??????

[Sky_Captain]

Originally Posted by Fluid

Any dates or details on this?

Not at present, unfortunately.

Originally Posted by UniSol GR77

No telecine judder/flickering for these ??????

Mad Max 2 and 3 are identical to the non-UK sets.

[wesslan]

Originally Posted by Pizzamorg

Does the Petrol Can version come with undubbed audio?

Not that I know of, need to buy US disc for that and that's why I didn't get the cheaper UK set.

[Pizzamorg]

Originally Posted by wesslan

Not that I know of, need to buy US disc for that and that's why I didn't get the cheaper UK set.

So the US set comes with the Australian track and the UK one comes with the US one? Waaaah?

[JimDiGriz]

Originally Posted by wesslan

Not that I know of, need to buy US disc for that and that's why I didn't get the cheaper UK set.

The UK one does come with the proper Australian audio but....its a lossy 2.0 track.

The US dub is funny - for a few minutes. Then I had to switch back to the Australian because it was spoiling the film!

[UniSol GR77]

Originally Posted by Sky_Captain

Not at present, unfortunately.


Mad Max 2 and 3 are identical to the non-UK sets.

Many pointed out at some flickering and telecine judder in MM2 here and there, while others claimed Thunderdome has flickering and telecine judder especially in the first part, starting with the opening titles. Maybe they are inherent to the source film materials and the way the movies were filmed and put together...

Have you spotted these problems on the DVD versions? If so, it's inherent to the source materials, not the HD transfers.

[chip75]

Originally Posted by UniSol GR77

Many pointed out at some flickering and telecine judder in MM2 here and there, while others claimed Thunderdome has flickering and telecine judder especially in the first part, starting with the opening titles. Maybe they are inherent to the source film materials and the way the movies were filmed and put together...

Have you spotted these problems on the DVD versions? If so, it's inherent to the source materials, not the HD transfers.

There are lots of films that have similar problems when transferred from film, flicker and title wobble aren't the hardest things to overcome, especially with todays technology. Flickering pops up quite frequently when older movies are restored and it's usually unnoticeable on the Blu-ray releases. If the source material has issues they should have been overcome with a decent master.

[UniSol GR77]

Originally Posted by chip75

There are lots of films that have similar problems when transferred from film, flicker and title wobble aren't the hardest things to overcome, especially with todays technology. Flickering pops up quite frequently when older movies are restored and it's usually unnoticeable on the Blu-ray releases. If the source material has issues they should have been overcome with a decent master.

http://www.michaeldvd.com.au/Reviews...hunderdome.asp

It was in the DVD transfer too... must be related to the original film materials.

[Geoff D]

Looks to me like there was a slight registration error (the film is juddering about in the gate) with one of the cameras used to shoot Thunderdome, so yeah, what you're seeing is basically an in-camera artefact compounded further by the actual telecine judder of the transfer.

That said, Warners have got form for isolated telecine errors here and there. One of the Lethal Weapon films (it's either 3 or 4) has a slight defocusing effect throughout the first reel (picture gets blurry for a split second) which isn't there for the rest of the film.

[UniSol GR77]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

Looks to me like there was a slight registration error (the film is juddering about in the gate) with one of the cameras used to shoot Thunderdome, so yeah, what you're seeing is basically an in-camera artefact compounded further by the actual telecine judder of the transfer.

It wasn't the transfer's fault. That's my point. They did the best they could.

[Geoff D]

Blimey, you've changed your tune. First it was "telecine judder this, telecine judder that" and now there's nothing wrong with the transfer, it's just the "film materials"? Trust me, that's some of the worst telecine judder I've seen for ages.

As for the DVD having the same or similar effect, that doesn't mean a great deal because the BD could be using the same underlying transfer. Even if it's not (and it probably wasn't in this case) a new transfer done on the same rickety telecine that Warners had in their employ will still produce noticeable amounts of judder. There's no way on this world or any other that that's a pin-registered scan.

[UniSol GR77]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

As for the DVD having the same or similar effect, that doesn't mean a great deal because the BD could be using the same underlying transfer. Even if it's not (and it probably wasn't in this case) a new transfer done on the same rickety telecine that Warners had in their employ will still produce noticeable amounts of judder. There's no way on this world or any other that that's a pin-registered scan.

You said: "Looks to me like there was a slight registration error (the film is juddering about in the gate) with one of the cameras used to shoot Thunderdome"

So please, I'm now officially confused.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by UniSol GR77

You said: "Looks to me like there was a slight registration error (the film is juddering about in the gate) with one of the cameras used to shoot Thunderdome"

So please, I'm now officially confused.

Yes, but then after that I said it's compounded - i.e. made FAR WORSE - by the telecine judder that's inherent to the underlying transfer.

In fact - mi dispiace - I've got my wires crossed anyway, it's Mad Max 2 which has the slight problem with misregistration, so the judder problems with Thunderdome are ALL down to the transfer.

[UniSol GR77]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

Yes, but then after that I said it's compounded - i.e. made FAR WORSE - by the telecine judder that's inherent to the underlying transfer.

In fact - mi dispiace - I've got my wires crossed anyway, it's Mad Max 2 which has the slight problem with misregistration, so the judder problems with Thunderdome are ALL down to the transfer.

Thank you so much for the great clarifications.

I'm now officially pissed off. They are treating the Mad Max trilogy like garbage.