tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893206653438189717.post2857258479293472847..comments2024-03-28T03:19:12.867-04:00Comments on space1970: Remastering SPACE: 1999 (1976) for HDChristopher Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15978811373546110421noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893206653438189717.post-14305042793976409262010-08-05T14:02:07.759-04:002010-08-05T14:02:07.759-04:00Britt; The article does state that 1999 will be pi...Britt; The article does state that 1999 will be pillarboxed (i.e. with black bands on the side) rather than cropped. I hope so.Christopher Millshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15978811373546110421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893206653438189717.post-6161584326191164432010-08-05T09:27:52.246-04:002010-08-05T09:27:52.246-04:00I posted this a while back on my Blog, as I was al...I posted this a while back on my Blog, as I was always bugged by the lack of stars in some of the space shots, mainly due to the way the had shot their FX at the time !!<br /><br />http://bsmbow.blogspot.com/2006/09/space-1999.htmlAndrew Glazebrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10561008286443964427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893206653438189717.post-26855385453220192122010-08-05T08:25:22.176-04:002010-08-05T08:25:22.176-04:00The opening credits on Year One are extremely dirt...The opening credits on Year One <i>are</i> extremely dirty, especially Martin Landau's white-background credit.<br />Whenever opticals (laser blasts, etc.) were added, the image would darken a couple of frames before and after the effect. And, truthfully, the squiggly-line stun-gun "impact" effect looked like someone took a magic marker and doodled on the footage!<br /><br />"I took the opportunity to transfer these elements in both 4:3 and 16:9 widescreen ratios as there was the strong possibility that the latter would be required at some stage."<br /><br />The 16:9 will probably be a cropped version of the 4:3 footage, so top/bottom visual info will be lost!<br />What happens if text (especially in the return after the opening credits) are in the area that's cropped?<br /><br />In a weird reversal of the whole letterbox vs pan/scan controversy, I'm seeing a lot of older movies (and now, apparently, tv shows) that were filmed 4:3 being released in widescreen, resulting in cut-off foreheads and chins in closeups, and actions in the lower quarter of the screen being lost (Characters reaching discreetly for weapons or hiding something incriminating, for example.)<br />The feature film shot after the first season of the <b>Batman</b> tv series is an obvious example.<br />The dvd is letterbox, but the print currently running on HBO as well as the previous vhs release are 4:3 showing top/bottom info <i>not</i> on the letterbox version.Britt Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893206653438189717.post-90470710152083781702010-08-05T07:48:41.990-04:002010-08-05T07:48:41.990-04:00Yeah, if they are going to that much effort they s...Yeah, if they are going to that much effort they should do digital wire removal. I wish they did that with Forbidden Planet.gsanfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05533954512018638111noreply@blogger.com