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Posted by David Ollerearnshaw (Member # 3296) on December 16, 2013, 05:13 AM:

Although mainly a reel film forum, I though we needed a tread for DVD/Blu-Ray. We have 8mm & 16mm.

Saturday night we watched "Where Eagles Dare" on Blu-Ray. I have the DVD, but got the Blu-Ray disc cheap along with "Kelly's Heroes" double set.

The content is the same as the DVD. I did notice an improvement in picture detail over the DVD, the audio just played through TV was just the same.

Now this is one of my all time favourite films. I have the MGM 3x400ft Laserdisc and 16mm complete, sadly flat.

This is one of the films in my opinion where everything fits together, the cast, action, and of course Ron Goodwin's score.

The next viewing must be my 16mm version though.

Front of House

Broadsword Calling Danny Boy signing off.

Posted by Luis Caramelo (Member # 2430) on December 16, 2013, 07:01 AM:

hi!David what a great film ,it,s one of mine favorite war movies,i agree absoluty about a tread for dvd/bluray,i do myself
runned a few months ago the where eagles dare,in dvd,i got also the 3x400ft in super 8 ,but i must admit see it in dvd in my 10feet screnn it,s in scope it,s simply great.

regards:
luis caramelo

Posted by Brian Stearns (Member # 3792) on December 16, 2013, 09:11 AM:

I love this film great set,lots of action and very atmospheric. Burton and Eastwood great combo

Posted by David Ollerearnshaw (Member # 3296) on December 27, 2013, 03:40 AM:

On Christmas Evening we had 'The Creature From The Black Lagoon' followed by 'The Invisible Man' finally we had to 'Dial M For Murder'.

My son corrected me when I said "shall we watch a film" his words "There not films no screen"

With Henry only 7 he does ask quite a few questions about the films, and he does enjoy watching them.

The wife watched the two Universal ones, but went to bed after about fifteen minutes of 'Dial M' her words too much talking.

Posted by Lee Mannering (Member # 728) on December 27, 2013, 05:22 AM:

To busy watching every Super 8 Christmas cartoon in the archive over 3 days. Would havebeen nice to fit in my Blu-ray of Scrooge.

Posted by Michael O'Regan (Member # 938) on December 27, 2013, 12:39 PM:

Last night we watched The Ten Commandments (23) a film I'd been wanting to see for a long time. A great piece of work.
Yesterday afternoon was Safe in Hell (31) starring the beautiful Dorothy Mackaill.

Posted by David Ollerearnshaw (Member # 3296) on December 27, 2013, 12:52 PM:

Hope to go to mum's Saturday for film, only 2 doors away. Sadly we struggle with films at home. One for my dad 'Dorsey's' film I bought last week. The description was seems like the feature with no plot just music.

Like Lee I want to show the kids 'A Walt Disney Christmas' plus some Tom & Jerry cartoons.

Posted by Guy Taylor, Jr. (Member # 786) on December 27, 2013, 09:47 PM:

Tonight I watched "Cinerama Holiday" on Blu Ray. What a neat curio.

Posted by Michael O'Regan (Member # 938) on December 28, 2013, 12:47 PM:

Last night's film was the new restoration of The Big Parade (25). Beautiful.
The last hour of this film is still, to me, the most dramatic piece of work I've ever watched. It was Gilbert's finest hour.

Posted by David Ollerearnshaw (Member # 3296) on January 06, 2014, 10:41 AM:

On Saturday the girls went out to a friends house, so just me & Henry first up was a 1926 one 'The General' followed by another train film 'Oh Mr Porter' from 1937 and we enjoyed them both. Henry was laughing at both of them.

Now that's not bad for two old black & white films.

The General had a soundtrack, but I was 50/50 over the music.

Posted by Osi Osgood (Member # 424) on January 06, 2014, 12:59 PM:

We watched a fairly new film with Sean Bean (love the actor) called "Black Death", a gothic style horror film (though taking place in 1348).

Very old school horror film. Rated R for vicious killing on screen, but literally no cussing and nu nudity. I was quite pleased, as they could have made this very naughty if they wished.

Posted by David Ollerearnshaw (Member # 3296) on March 01, 2014, 03:06 AM:

Over the last few weeks we have watched 'Kelly's Heroes' on blu-ray. A couple of George Formby films 'Keep Fit' & 'Trouble Brewing' 'The Earth Dies Screaming' a 'B' movie. Also had o watch 'Where Eagles Dare' again.

Posted by Trevor Adams (Member # 42) on March 01, 2014, 03:15 AM:

Three Coins in the Fountain,great seeing Rome without cars or people!(almost)

Posted by Graham Ritchie (Member # 559) on March 03, 2014, 01:52 AM:

The Blu-ray of "Zulu" 1964.....it looks impressive projected on the Panasonic VP.

Graham.

Posted by Paul Adsett (Member # 25) on March 03, 2014, 11:52 AM:

Great screen shots Graham. I have to pick up the ' Zulu Blu Ray.
We watched The Mirror Cracke'd the film version of the Agatha Christie novel starring a host of Hollywood legends including Elizabeth Taylor, Kim Novak, Rock Hudson, Angela Lansbury and Tony Curtis. Not a great movie by any means, but definately a fun film for fans of these great stars.

Posted by Jonathan Trevithick (Member # 3066) on March 03, 2014, 02:18 PM:

I watched "Diamonds Are Forever" which shone on blu ray. It was supported by a super 8 trailer for "Octopussy".

Posted by Christian Bjorgen (Member # 1780) on March 04, 2014, 07:13 AM:

Over the weekend me and the wife saw three of our new BluRays.

Friday: "Frozen" (2013)
Saturday: "Blues Brothers" (1980) Extended edition
Sunday: "Animal House" (1978)

Posted by Jonathan Trevithick (Member # 3066) on March 10, 2014, 01:14 AM:

It was a bit of an Albert Finney weekend. Saturday night was "Erin Brokowitz" and Sunday night was "Before the Devil Knows you're Dead", both on blu ray. In both cases, great performances, direction and script make an excellent movie. It's a simple formula.

Posted by Graham Ritchie (Member # 559) on March 15, 2014, 02:05 PM:

Saturday night at the movies...."The Great Waldo Pepper" from 1975.....really nice movie, and music by Henry Mancini.

Graham.

Posted by Trevor Adams (Member # 42) on March 24, 2014, 10:38 PM:

"How the West was Won",with James Arness. A mere 40 hours long!

Posted by Trevor Adams (Member # 42) on March 25, 2014, 04:43 AM:

Also watched "allo,allo" and noticed Herr Flick uses a 16mm Specto projector!

Posted by David Ollerearnshaw (Member # 3296) on May 17, 2014, 02:16 AM:

Trevor, Listen very carefully, I shall say this only once.

After our super 8 films I watched 'The Body Snatchers' aka 'Thin Air' It features some well known faces George Sanders, Maurice Evans, Patrick Allen and Neil Connery.

A typical 'B' of the time its still fun to watch.

For some reason a brief scene with Maurice Evans appears to be faded verging on red, but after the cut the same bit is back to normal.

A little bit of trivia the spaceship at the end looks like the
Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. one.

Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on May 17, 2014, 12:58 PM:

David, it's the first time I see someone using "I shall" (but maybe you're using it as a joke). When I learned English at school (in the eighties), the teacher said the correct conjugation for "to be" was I shall, you will, he/she will and so on. "I will" was supposed to be used for insisting on the fact that the person who was talking was really willing to do what he or she annouces. But I realised quickly that all the Anglo-saxons always use "I will". The opposite rule, if I remember well, was to use "shall" instead of "will" for the other persons of the conjugation but, it seems that it is only used in "fixed" sentences like "Shall we dance ?"

Posted by Graham Ritchie (Member # 559) on May 17, 2014, 03:30 PM:

David has taken that straight from allo allo [Big Grin]

British humor.

Funny thing though about the English language, the other day one of the drivers who comes from Hong Kong received a text from our boss and was confused about the term "swings and roundabouts" that was in it. He came to me the other day with another text about his run that included the words "stalemate". It was fun trying to explain things to him, but am sure there have been many other time he has been [Confused]

I don't think our boss understands how hard it is for folk from other countries to figure out [Big Grin]

Posted by David Ollerearnshaw (Member # 3296) on May 19, 2014, 01:32 AM:

Some "Quotes" from Allo Allo Quotes

Posted by David Ollerearnshaw (Member # 3296) on June 22, 2014, 11:38 AM:

Q Planes & The Saint Takes Over both b/w. Q Planes featuring Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, Valerie Hobson is a nice romp from 1939 best described as a comedy thriller.

About a unmentioned foreign power using a ray on board a dredger at sea to bring down secret planes from various countries, they have now set their sights on England.

The three main characters play well together. Q Planes clip
Good fun.

Followed by The Saint Takes Over starring George Sanders in the title role.

A better than normal entry in the RKO series. With the saint 'saving' a woman from a crooked game of cards, who turns out to be involved in the reason why he's back in New York to help clear Inspector Fernack framed by crooks, and assisted by the slightly dumb Clarence 'Pearly' Gates.

The Saint Takes Over clip

Wonder why these films were never done on 8mm?

Posted by Andrew Woodcock (Member # 3260) on June 22, 2014, 02:37 PM:

Graham those screenshots from your Panasonic PJ are simply fantastic! Which Panasonic are you using as your image appears really bright. Is it a 5000 or 7000 model?

Posted by Graham Ritchie (Member # 559) on June 23, 2014, 03:44 AM:

Hi Andrew

Those screen shots were from the Panasonic PT-AX200E projector. Its a few years old now but still good. If I was to ever replace it, I would go full HD 1080p. If I remember right using HDMI its max is 750.

Also the projector can be violently shaken many times up to a 7 magnitude earthquakes.... and amazingly still work [Smile]

Graham.

Posted by Andrew Woodcock (Member # 3260) on June 23, 2014, 08:26 AM:

Wow that does look good for 720p image Graham, I was convinced it was 1080P!

Posted by Martin Jones (Member # 1163) on June 23, 2014, 10:17 AM:

Sam Kelly from 'Allo 'Allo died last week. Sadly missed.

Posted by David Ollerearnshaw (Member # 3296) on June 28, 2014, 04:22 AM:

Watched "Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo." aka "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" in the two disc dvd version.

Great cast, great film, great music and great director. Sadly as usual got cut to fit more screenings.

This is the partly restored version, but still not complete.

The picture is very good, but the sound has been messed with 5.1 when originally mono. Some of the re dubbing is at a different volume too.

One reason would be the scenes were not done in English originality because they weren't in the English edit.

A question now I have never seen the film at the cinema, and I don't remember from TV showings, are the gun shots the same in the original version? (DVD seem over emphasised).

The bit where Tuco puts the gun together is brilliant. Totally impossible I suppose, but still great.

Posted by Guy Taylor, Jr. (Member # 786) on July 23, 2014, 11:09 AM:

Last night I watched "Under the Skin" on Blu Ray. Good to see a movie that is fresh and original.

Posted by David Ollerearnshaw (Member # 3296) on July 23, 2014, 12:23 PM:

Not quite dvd, watched on youtube one of the first films I hired from Derann ' Journey To The Centre Of Time' the 8mm version was 4x400ft this was the full version.

A typical 'B' movie I quite enjoyed it, more for the memory of my early days in super 8.

Funny it was for sale on ebay a couple of days later.

Posted by Brian Fretwell (Member # 4302) on July 26, 2014, 05:41 AM:

Last night Disney's The Lady and the Tramp on a 1080p Optima projector.

Posted by Ken Finch (Member # 2768) on July 26, 2014, 08:29 AM:

Had the grandchildren over for a "sleep over". After exhausting day building sandcastles, being buried, swimming and playing "Sea Monsters" etc at Minnis Bay, watched "Pinochio" with them in my cinema on VHS from my Epson EH-TW3200. Although it is PAL composite video feed via Yamaha A5 amp, it does appear to upgrade the image quality. Ken Finch.

Posted by Andrew Woodcock (Member # 3260) on July 26, 2014, 04:24 PM:

Also a very nice watch on Super 8 is Pinocchio, lovely sharp print and superb colour from Derann..who else.

I watched "The Business" for about the 10th time a few nights ago. Stunning picture and fantastic multi channel 80's soundtrack on this cult classic Blu-Ray disc in 1080p.

If you, like me, had the best days of your life during the 80's, then this is a superb watch on the big screen. I just love it through my Panasonic & Kef combo.

Posted by David Ollerearnshaw (Member # 3296) on September 08, 2014, 11:13 AM:

Saturday's was Flash Gordon a really fun film to watch. DVD Special edition.

A really fun film to watch with quite a few well known faces too. They all look to be having fun making it. Bit of a cult classic now I think. OH and Ornella Muti what can I say.

Wish I had bought Derann's super 8 print though.

Have to make do with this and maybe the Blu-ray.

The trailer

And could this be one of the most famous lines Guess

Posted by Timothy Ramzyk (Member # 718) on September 09, 2014, 02:10 PM:

Last night I watched the Blu-ray of HENRI-GORGES CLOUZOTS INFERNO from Flicker Alley. This documentary was a surprisingly consuming tracking of the artistic downfall of a great director and what would have been his most personal work. Clouzot was the director DIABOLIQUE and WAGES OF FEAR, but somehow his most ambitious endeavor, INFERNO, capsized in a sea indecision, conflicts, that culminated in Clouzot suffering a heart-attach.

The bulk of the film is visually fleshed-out with the many reels of surviving footage and tests Clouzot shot before the projects was scrapped. Designed to be both in B/W and color some of the footage is amazing.

I viewed it on my JVC 1080p front-projector.

Posted by Osi Osgood (Member # 424) on September 10, 2014, 11:27 AM:

We watched "Horror Express" on Blu-ray just the other day. I must confess, after having watched countless really crappy copies on DVD, low budget or otherwise, and even having seen the super 8 feature, this Blu-ray was a sight to behold! The film didn't even look aged at all! Wonderful.

Posted by Timothy Ramzyk (Member # 718) on September 11, 2014, 01:17 AM:

I watched Thunderbean's fantastic collection of vintage cartoons from the 20s and 30s tonight called TECHNICOLOR DREAMS & B/W NIGHTMARES. What a fantastic labor of love this collection of seldom seen obscurities is. It's also a really great Halloween Blu-ray/DVD that features a fiendish snowman, phantoms, mummy's and all manner of bizarre sight gags. Thunderbean is the same company that just gave us the restored Gulliver's Travels Blu-ray. This disk also affords the opportunity to see expertly transferred Cinecolor and Three-strip Technicolor gems.

quote:
Thunderbean presents Technicolor Dreams and Black and White Nightmares' a Blu-ray/DVD combo set featuring a great collection of rare cartoons from the Golden Era of animated shorts.
These films have been digitally restored from rare 35mm and 16mm prints. Highlights of this collection include the rare Ted Eshbaugh shorts 'The Snowman' 'Tea Pot Town' and Wizard of Oz', all transferred and restored from beautiful 35mm materials in glorious 2-strip Cinecolor and 3-strip Technicolor. This Blu-ray/DVD combo also includes five bonus shorts on the DVD, plus still galleries and other special features.
Shorts included:
Dolly Doings-A Motoy cartoons 1917
The Wrong Track- Jerry on the Job
Alice Rattled by Rats!- Disney
Playing with Fire- Mutt and Jeff
Goldilocks and the Three Bears- produced for Kodak's Cinegraph series
Mendelssohn's Spring Song- Cy Young
The Bandmaster- Oswald
The Snowman- Ted Eshabaugh
A Swiss Trick- Tom and Jerry
The Wizard of Oz- Ted Eshbaugh
Tea Pot Town- Ted Eshbaugh
The Magic Mummy- Tom and Jerry
To Spring- MGM Harman/Ising
The Enchanted Square- Famous Studios

Posted by Lee Mannering (Member # 728) on September 11, 2014, 04:11 AM:

Nice to see these posts David and I agree these days the electronic medium does sort of cross over into cine prints as well. It might be nice to add a link in anyone's post if a disc has a direct link to cine prints in some way.

Vintage DVD/Blu-Ray releases have been plentiful in recent years and I was delighted to see one of the Ernie Lotinga early 30's films see a very good quality dvd release. 'Josser in the Army' 1932 is one of a series of 1930's Josser films which proved extremely popular way back then and worth every penny of £7.
A Josser film was also issued on 17.5 sound film as well
[Big Grin]

'Edge of the World' has also seen a Blu-Ray release and although I have it on 9.5mm sound film abridged it was nice to have a house full of 9-5 fans round to watch the HD transfer which is excellent.

Carry on viewing!

PS Yes Osi Horror Express is excellent on BR I also remember getting my 400ft S8 when it was released.

Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on September 11, 2014, 12:59 PM:

I watched Charles Chaplin's The Great Dictator (1940). This was the last picture Chaplin would be seen wearing the "Tramp" costume.

Posted by Osi Osgood (Member # 424) on September 12, 2014, 12:48 PM:

Gawd! I've always loved that film! "Limelight" being his last great film after this.

Posted by David Ollerearnshaw (Member # 3296) on October 01, 2014, 03:57 PM:

Just finished watching The Enemy Below really enjoy watching it, with a great cast too.

Why I don't know but even with the obvious model shots I enjoyed it more than modern film full of CGI. A good film where you can suspend reality and get into the story.

A little but of additional info. Footage from this film was used in the TV series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea.

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