Welcome to the new 8mm Forum!
The forum you are looking at is entirely new software. Because there was no good way to import all of the old archived data from the last 20 years on the old software, everyone will need to register for a new account to participate.
To access the original forums from 2003-2019 which are now a "read only" status, click on the "FORUM ARCHIVE" link above.
Please remember registering with your first and last REAL name is mandatory. This forum is for professionals and fake names are not permitted. To get to the registration page click here.
Once the registration has been approved, you will be able to login via the link in the upper right corner of this page.
Also, please remember while it is highly encouraged to upload an avatar image to your profile, is not a requirement. If you choose to upload an avatar image, please remember that it IS a requirement that the image must be a clear photo of your face.
Thank you!
Not tonight but last week with another screening of the feature "The Rescuers Down Under". It was the first brand new feature I bought from Derann many moons ago and still looks good, as with the stereo soundtrack. I did take a couple of screens shots of it last week. I have a few more Derann Disney features I need to watch again very soon.
Just watched the Disney Super 8 extract from 'Popeye' (1980) entitled 'Me Big Fight'. I never saw the full movie when it was released, but I heard it was pants. All the same, I figured that there must be 8 minutes worth of good stuff in there somewhere. The Super 8 extract was a sharp reminder of how bad pan and scan versions of scope films could be, with important parts of the action remaining out of frame. Shame they didn't letterbox it. Not very engaging at all. Most of the Disney extracts were fun and charming. Sadly not this one. Poor old Robin Williams and Shelley Duvall.
Around March / April time this year I reached some sort of saturation point with super 8. I had been dabbling in it so frequently, I just could not absorb any more. I am not sure if it was the result of recovery from some surgery I had had at the beginning of March or what. So, I took the decision not to watch any super 8 for a while and see how I felt. It is the first time this has ever happened to me.
I am so happy to tell you that in the last few days I have started to feel some severe withdrawal symptoms. In the interim I did actually purchase a film but not watched it. SO, this afternoon I cranked up the Sankyo 702 and had a very enjoyable time watching.........
Last night after getting back from Cleethorpes a couple I bought from Phil. The Derann trailer for "Gone with the Wind" and a boxless "Merrie Melodie" (only title on reel) that turned out to be "Trip for Tat" Tweety and Sylvester Techno on Agfa so good colour. More to check tonight.
Last night a Pink Panther cartoon (Agfa, great colour) "Pink on the Cob", a 1934 Movietone News of the year, Tweety & Sylvester in "Bad ole Putty Tat" (faded and pink) and "The Soup Song" from Snow White.
Slow progress due to checking and cleaning before projecting.
Third night was railway themed, The Great Train Robbery (a collectors club print) and "Night Mail" both B&W and showing the age of the master material.
After that a pause before trying "The Quatermass Xperiment" 4x400ft.
I bought a copy of ""Night Mail" new from Derann many moons ago and agree the master material was not that great, however I still watch it every so often. The Walton print below has held its color really well over the years, and its another film I like to screen every so often.
Hot weather and light evenings have put me back on viewing, but I did rewatch "Rabbit Seasoning" to check its colrour (faded but all stil there, blacks reddish) and check part one of "The Quatermass Experiment", that was on the title card despite the box spelling it Xperiment! It seems to be on real Agfa B&W stock.
Just for a hoot, I decided to watch an optical feature I bought years ago, and was surprised to see that it still has good color, "Romance of a Horsethief", a quirky historical comedy starring Eli Wallach and Yul Brynner.
Tweet
.
Comment