Marc Martin

Boeing? UW? Hazen? Seattle? Sea Launch? UFO? Whole Life Yoga? That's me.

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@la_riviere Well there were a bunch of people sharing the link on Facebook. Mine on "UFO Series Home Page" got 28K views!

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@horrormatthew50 @VHSDVDBLURAY4K The Lovely Bones (2009)

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@la_riviere Meanwhile, in the USA, we had all 26 episodes shown at 7 pm Sunday on my local (Seattle) station. Although that was a couple years later than the UK showings.

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@TSUBOreflex @khnh80044 Bob Fosse movie, "Sweet Charity"

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@TheOnlyKateOD @_evon3929 I don't see that either.

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@inatemyself @WongUpdates @JamesGunn Just look at the number of replies and the number of likes.... 12345678. :-)

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@BillHuntBits You must be older than I thought. 😀 I didn't see this in a theater until the mid 1980's.

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@la_riviere @BigRatMedia Supposedly, low contrast prints were used for home video releases (presumably in the early days of home video), so that you didn't end with crushed blacks and clipped whites (which I imagine were common on television broadcasts).

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@la_riviere Heh, scanned yesterday and posted today, you don't waste any time do you? 😀I guess this must be from a 16mm source? Not as many film sprockets as I'm used to seeing.

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@kargandemonclaw @johnkoenigcmdr Maya didn't appear until Season 2, so she wouldn't be in an in-between series.

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@TenguPhilosophr @TheFlatEartherr @grok The alternate explanation was that AI was used to de-wrinkle (filter) his face and neck, and that above that "mask line" it's AI, and below it is reality.

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The STAR WARS original camera negatives were recently reverted to their original form for the upcoming restoration. Here is something I found on YouTube: "Scanned in 6K at Cinelab from a reconfirmed OCN (meaning they edited the Negative back to its 1977 state as much as possible, at UCLA Film Archive.)"

Anything still missing will be taken from the lowest-generation source, as is usually done with film restorations.

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@GymMoreSon1 @VHSDVDBLURAY4K that description is for the in-progress restoration for next year's STAR WARS theatrical release (original 1977 version).

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As for the negatives not existing in original form, I found this on YouTube: "Restoration done by "Aurora Light Imageworks", which may be a codename for WDC Film Archive or Lucasfilm Franchise Archives. Scanned in 6K at Cinelab from a reconfirmed OCN (meaning they edited the Negative back to its 1977 state as much as possible, at UCLA Film Archive.) Shots not available in the Negative are substituted using the lowest generation available (In order: Negative, Color Separation Master OR Color Reversal Internegative OR Interpositive, Internegative OR Technicolor print, Non-Technicolor Release Print.) Restoration was done using a proprietary software called M-Clean. This software is able to merge information from multiple sources, solve for alignment and registration issues, remove film grain, highlight dust or dirt particles for manual cleanup, and put the original film grain structure back onto the restored footage."

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The actual original negative of many films have been lost/destroyed, but there are other elements that can be used instead (e.g. interpositives, internegatives, release prints). In the case of STAR WARS, fans have scanned original theatrical Technicolor prints in 4K and cleaned them up, so it's a lot better off than some films.

https://t.co/Z0WZT03geh

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@bacchusplateau @travelingflying Yes, but it was just called "STAR WARS" back then. :-)

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@avis_durand @hollywoodscifi Because it looked good. :-) Although the novelization made up something about protecting from electromagnetic fields from the equipment.

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@MMBeckerman @hollywoodscifi It aired in 1970 in the UK, and in 1972 in the US (syndicated). You can stream it on Roku Channel, FreeVee, and Tubi. Also released on Blu-ray in Japan/Germany/UK/Australia.

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@fasc1nate Reportedly there was another scene in THE SHINING that took 148 takes.

https://t.co/bEtRSTqdb1

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@TheGadFlyRising @IntrepidUSA2018 @DawnsMission @jjauthor There are LED bulbs that have no flicker at all, even when filmed at 240 fps on an iPhone, even when dimmed. Sunsy Shine is one brand. WaveForm Lighting also sells these.