UKFilmNerd

UKFilmNerd, 8 hours ago

I finally cracked and went to Amazon Spain to purchase the bootleg, legally grey edition of True Lies but since the release of the 4K, only very expensive second hand copies are now available.

While searching eBay, I found a guy selling bootlegs of the bootleg, quite cheaply, so I nabbed one of those.

Yes it’s an older transfer of just under 25gb but I think it looks a lot more natural than that that new 4k edition.

The only problem is that I have now discovered PlayStation 3, 4 and 5 don’t recognise BDRs. Luckily I have a way around it.

In terms of Star Wars, I think you’ll have to be happy with the 4K(YEAR) editions.

George has always maintained that the original negative was destroyed in creating the Special Editions but it’s known that, I can’t remember which museum, holds a copy of the original negative.

UKFilmNerd, 8 hours ago

This reminds me of a podcast I listened to recently where they revealed someone tried to make a film of The Far Side cartoons. From the sounds of it, it was literally the cartoons realised in live action. There was even a test shoot and you can find a couple of photos online. Obviously the project was canned.

No idea how that film could’ve worked.

UKFilmNerd, 8 hours ago

I was amazed to find out that after throwing a steam train off a cliff for the previous film, almost the entire thing was replaced digitally. The live action footage was used for reference. Don’t get me wrong, if I’d never seen the vfx breakdown, I’d probably never know. It’s some amazing work by ILM.