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| Rating the DVD Releases of Sound Serials; Best picture and sound quality available on DVD | |
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| Sgt Saturn | Apr 8 2016, 07:18 AM Post #406 |
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Grapevine's Burn 'em Up Barnes is a substantial improvement over Alpha's, fersure. I am limiting myself to one chapter a week, and I don't want to commit to an evaluation of the print this early. 7.5 or even 8 seems like a good preliminary judgement to me. |
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| The Batman | Apr 8 2016, 08:24 AM Post #407 |
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Thanks, Sarge, I was tempted to go up to an 8, if you agree with that after finishing the serial, I will. |
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| The Batman | Apr 19 2016, 06:42 AM Post #408 |
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Grapevine Video is offering SON OF ZORRO in their latest batch of releases. I was really pleased about the quality of their BURN 'EM UP BARNES release and was considering it. Then I checked and realized I already have the AC Comics release, which I believe is a transfer from the Republic VHS release, but I have not watched it yet. Any one else watched the AC Comics version yet? If so, what do you think of the picture/sound quality? |
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| The Batman | Apr 19 2016, 07:45 AM Post #409 |
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I asked Jason at Grapevine about the quality of their new SON OF ZORRO release and he has kindly responded with: Its very good quality and I think you’ll be pleased with it. There is short period in chapter 10 where there is a buzz in the sound track but that lasts less then 30 seconds. Other then that flaw it it is very good! I've been pleased with the quality of their other serial releases, but am wondering about that "buzz in the soundtrack". Does anyone know if this "buzz" is present in the AC Comics version? |
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| Chandu | Apr 21 2016, 02:50 PM Post #410 |
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Champeen of Justice and Seeker of Knowledge, but rascal at heart!
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I hate to be picky after all of your hard work, Bats, but Smilin' Jack appears to be missing from your list. Never mind, I found it cleverly listed under it's full title.
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| The Batman | Apr 21 2016, 04:02 PM Post #411 |
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No worries! Better than me missing a serial on the list. |
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| rodney | May 10 2016, 03:46 AM Post #412 |
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Watched the first chapter of Tailspin Tommy last night, and pretty much agree on the comments regarding print quality. Nicely cleaned up, retaining some of the film look. Not overly scrubbed like some VCI releases. That said, it is clearly VHS sourced, and (at least the first chapter) has recreated closing titles. Edited to add: Chapter 8 has some really, really dark scenes. Edited by rodney, Jun 29 2016, 12:46 PM.
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| Chandu | Jul 7 2016, 08:29 PM Post #413 |
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Champeen of Justice and Seeker of Knowledge, but rascal at heart!
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After watching the first 3 chapters of Grapevine's Burn Em Up Barnes, I'm finding it not much of an improvement over VCI's VHS version. I even watched the first chapter of the VHS to make sure. It may be substantially better than Alpha's, I can't comment about that, but I'd only give it a 7, tops. I could change my mind after seeing the whole thing, but that's my preliminary judgment. What do you think, Sarge? You've probably watched the whole thing by now. |
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| The Batman | Jul 8 2016, 06:43 AM Post #414 |
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I haven't seen the VCI VHS version, so can't speak to that, but I definitely find the Grapevine release a substantial improvement over the Alpha disc. Having watched the whole shebang, I give it a solid 7.5/10. |
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| Sgt Saturn | Jul 8 2016, 07:02 AM Post #415 |
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My viewing got side-tracked by family problems. (Nothing major, and we are all fine now, thanks for asking.) I never saw the VCI VHS; I did not even know that there had been one. I should not be surprised to find it better than the Alpha, but the Alpha was all I had to compare. |
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| AndyFish | Aug 6 2016, 06:19 PM Post #416 |
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Adventures of Sir Galahad was put out by Restored Serials and it's from a Western Trails source material run through an enhancer of some type (or that's how he explained it) and it comes out a solid 7 Lone Ranger Rides Again from SS is a 7.5/8 Vigilantes are Coming from Alpha is a bit murky so I'd give it a 6. |
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| AndyFish | Aug 8 2016, 12:33 AM Post #417 |
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No rating for the Mill Creek release of THE SHADOW? |
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| AndyFish | Aug 10 2016, 10:58 AM Post #418 |
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The Millcreek Shadow arrived and it's a nice print-- big improvement over the bootleg I had before. I'm going to guess it's chained from the official VHS release from a few years ago, but it's nice-- good contrast even if it is a bit grainy. Very happy with it. |
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| The Batman | Aug 10 2016, 11:35 AM Post #419 |
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Just finished chapter 8 of THE SHADOW last night, Andy, and I must agree that it is a definite upgrade from the bootleg copy I have. No complaints. |
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| williejg | Sep 25 2016, 01:53 PM Post #420 |
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Bats, As far as Republic serials go, I think AC Comics does about the best job of transferring the RHV tapes to disc. I'd just stick with the version of SON OF ZORRO that you already have from them. Grapevine's print won't be as good as the RHV release. If they transferred it from film, it's from an old, used print. RHV made the tapes from their own vaults, and it's not going to get better than that unless Olive releases it. And while I'm plugging AC Comics, they also released Columbia's Shadow serial. It's very nice, and probably another dub from the tapes Columbia released. So, unless someone can verify that the new version of The Shadow exclusively on Amazon is not just another dub of the Columbia tapes, I'm going to stick with the AC version and save a few bucks. willie |
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