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Send me a PM when you need them, and I'll send you the screencaps you want. If I have time to do it, I can also edit out the black bars. :-)
SE DVD:
UE DVD (from @MakeshiftPython):
4K iTunes (from @MakeshiftPython):
The 4K print appears to be slightly cropped to the right.
Yeah, you're not wrong. The 4K looks like it's slightly stretched to towards the right side of the screen when you go back and forth. Here's the SE, UE, and 4K for comparison.
2000 SE DVD
2006 UE DVD
2017 iTunes 4K
EDIT: Beat me to it mattjones!
2000 SE DVD
2006 UE DVD
2017 iTunes 4K
No worries, @MakeshiftPython.
Yes, some image information is lost on the right. Shame that we still haven't reached an ideal AVTAK print in terms of the frame.
Also as mentioned way earlier in the thread, the cropping of the UE stretches all the way to the end of the PTS as seen here. It looks like the 4K restores the whole image after the first helicopter shot.
2000 SE DVD
2006 UE DVD
2017 iTunes 4K
Probably just another error they overlooked. It always seems to happen to Bond one way or another. But as mentioned, it looks like the off center framing only happens for the gun barrel and helicopter shot.
Yes, look at the seats behind Roger Moore. The 4K version appears to show more of them than the SE DVD.
Ahhh, but there's less info on the left side of the 4K than there is of the SE's.
Oh well, nitpicking at this point. What's important is that the 4K restored the tremor effect at Stacey's house that Lowry accidentally messed with in their remaster of the UE DVD and blu-ray.
Oh, yes, you're right. I didn't look at that side.
Agree about the tremor.
All these comparisons show us how difficult it is to get an ideal copy of a film, and at times, to determine just what is that ideal.
TMWTGG's gunbarrel comes to mind too, with its use of blue dots originally in the gunbarrel that became white on home video.
1990 MGM LD
1999 SE DVD
2012 FOX BD
2017 iTunes 4K
1990 MGM LD
1999 SE DVD
2012 FOX BD
2017 iTunes 4K
1990 MGM LD
1999 SE DVD
2012 FOX BD
2017 iTunes 4K
1990 MGM LD
1999 SE DVD
2012 FOX BD
2017 iTunes 4K
1990 MGM LD
1999 SE DVD
2012 FOX BD
2017 iTunes 4K
1990 MGM LD
1999 SE DVD
2012 FOX BD
2017 iTunes 4K
1990 MGM LD
1999 SE DVD
2012 FOX BD
2017 iTunes 4K
1990 MGM LD
1999 SE DVD
2012 FOX BD
2017 iTunes 4K
1990 MGM LD
1999 SE DVD
2012 FOX BD
2017 iTunes 4K
1990 MGM LD
1999 SE DVD
2012 FOX BD
2017 iTunes 4K
1990 MGM LD
1999 SE DVD
2012 FOX BD
2017 iTunes 4K
Certain colors stood out in the film. The surgical gown Bond removes int the PTS was definitely on the blue side of the spectrum. Some VHS copies made the gown look more turquoise green.
One thing I distinctly remember about the film print was the scene at Kirk Douglas' house where Plenty is drowned. The sky was a vibrant blue, extremely bright and the contrasts were deep. The Blu ray captures that, Bond the tint of the flesh tones was closer to the LD. Bond looked tanned, not magenta ish.
The gas station scene was really bright and the Mustang red popped. I think the Blu-ray captures that feel accurately.
I remember the MGM/UA Connery Classics VHS version making the mud in the PTS look a bit green. Aside from that I always felt that tape had fairly accurate colors. I think the LD may have been sourced from that print.
My hunch is that someone forgot to check it and let the algorithm do the job, and the algorithm interpreted the fade out to white was a mistake and corrected it. More or less like in the FYEO scenes when Bond kills Locque.
You're probably right about that. A bit annoying though!
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I love DAF!
I'd pay a good amount of money for that, or even a Collector's Edition of QoS.
Horrible mistake.
1993 MGM LD
1999 SE DVD
2008 FOX BD
2017 iTunes 4K
1993 MGM LD
1999 SE DVD
2008 FOX BD
2017 iTunes 4K
1993 MGM LD
1999 SE DVD
2008 FOX BD
2017 iTunes 4K
1993 MGM LD
1999 SE DVD
2008 FOX BD
2017 iTunes 4K
1993 MGM LD
1999 SE DVD
2008 FOX BD
2017 iTunes 4K
Next for TMWTGG, I may skip LD caps for that because I'm having a hard time looking for a widescreen copy.