Luke_Krebbs_Ewing
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Hi Gary, couldn't they re-grade the colour once they'd scanned the footage into a computer?
Colour grading isn't an expensive process as far as I'm aware.
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Hi Gary, couldn't they re-grade the colour once they'd scanned the footage into a computer?
Colour grading isn't an expensive process as far as I'm aware.
Garry
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Interesting that the S10 HD closing credits framing is now consistent with the S2 thru S6+ framing (which I prefer) than the one used midway thru S7 thru S14 (which is further away).
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Garry
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There seems to be a difference between remastering and restoring. Improved picture quality I get, but am I the only one uneasy about making actual changes to the images?
Rove
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I have noticed that. I personally think the black shadowing is a little too deep but I'm nit-picking. I want my Dallas Blu-Ray boxset
I'm thinking Warner Bros will release it as a box set to quickly recoup their costs. Releasing it per season is what happened back in the day but here in Australia they stopped at Swan Song (Bobby's death). This infuriated me - and others - no end. Yes, I understand Dallas has been available for some time per season or as a box set from online retailers but this requires me to purchase a multi-region DVD player. I'm thankful I didn't invest in new hardware or seek out those missing season discs or boxset. Since this announcement I have been putting aside loose change and I can safely say I believe I have more than covered the cost...well, fingers crossed.
Interesting that the S10 HD closing credits framing is now consistent with the S2 thru S6+ framing (which I prefer) than the one used midway thru S7 thru S14 (which is further away).
This is a very embarrassing mistake.
I do appreciate WB's efforts in remastering the whole series very much. This is the best news in years.
However, changing the background picture on those end credit cards is completely unnecessary. I think they probably did that accidentally, but it should be corrected because the biggest part of the target group of these newly digitized episodes and the blu-ray release are quality purists — and the top priority is getting the existing show (and not a changed series) in the best possible quality.
For that reason, I also feel uneasy about changes. I haven't seen it myself yet, but I read somewhere that WB eliminated the reflection of an assistant director in a scene. Of course, that reflection was an error in the original production, but it's something that shouldn't be changed.
I think I can be more tolerant when it comes to misspelled credits (it's probably okay to correct obvious typos) or frames that have been accidentally flip-flopped in the original editing, but changing the picture or details of a picture somehow gives me the creeps.
I have a few other nitpicks aside from Jenna. I thought Pam was needlessly softened, as was JR (his getting pushed around by Calhoun was a template the producers continued to use through the end of the series). I haven’t watched the second half of the season for a while, but I remember it feeling depopulated after the departures of Jack, Jamie, Mandy, and Wes. I always enjoyed seeing the new supporting characters added each season, but the only newcomer they introduced in this season was April and she was…not my favorite.
But it is the last season the show truly felt like classic Dallas. And now it actually looks like classic Dallas, too.
But it is the last season the show truly felt like classic Dallas. And now it actually looks like classic Dallas, too.
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Mustard
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Had it been real life, Calhoun would have likely killed J.R. ruthlessly after that betrayal, instead of taunting him first.
Rove
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Pam's laugh...always gives me giggles.
A day has passed and no comments on Jack's budgie smuggler still shot? You lot disappoint me :floor:
captainarcher
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Am I the only one who is not very at ease with the HD pictures of clips? I'm a huge fan old dallas, but the new pictures or clips have something fake or photoshopped like style, I almost miss the blurry pictures of my VHS tapes.
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Well, I guess it was appropriate that Wes Parmalee was blurry --- the Ghost of Jock and whatever.
Grangehill1
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Season 10 looks astonishingly good. What I find weird is that my memories are making me still see the old picture quality sometimes as it’s ingrained on my brain!
What I have noticed is everything is much less pink which is good. BUT…. The awful fashions on the women and hair styles are shown up even more as they stand out like a sore thumb!
What I have noticed is everything is much less pink which is good. BUT…. The awful fashions on the women and hair styles are shown up even more as they stand out like a sore thumb!
Luke_Krebbs_Ewing
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I love those fashions and hairstyles. They're very 80's. It was a great decade to live through.
Grangehill1
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I think they’re awful. Bar a few dodgy ones up to that point, season 10s fashions are hideous. Nobody looks styled. How has Jamie gone from smart to an absolute mess?I love those fashions and hairstyles. They're very 80's. It was a great decade to live through.