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With Patlabor I imagine AL will just use the Sentai masters rather than go to the expense of re-authoring the discs to include the Manga UK dub. Discotek have managed to obtain the rights to use many Manga UK dubs so it's likely possible on that side of things, but it'll be an added expense. I live in hope though because those dubs are the best Manga UK ever did, and an example of what they could do if they had a modicum of respect for the source material.

Those dubs might be all that can get me to buy the films again (VHS, DVD x2, Blu-ray at this point) because whatever physical extras AL muster up they won't be able to top the amazing books in the shiny DVD breezeblocks.
 
ID5 said:
Oh, is it available already, just bought the collectors edition early bird redux of Junk head.
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not yet but hmv and amazon have a pre order date of 18th Dec

Doubt that's real but both say it


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fabio de lunatico said:
With Patlabor I imagine AL will just use the Sentai masters rather than go to the expense of re-authoring the discs to include the Manga UK dub. Discotek have managed to obtain the rights to use many Manga UK dubs so it's likely possible on that side of things, but it'll be an added expense. I live in hope though because those dubs are the best Manga UK ever did, and an example of what they could do if they had a modicum of respect for the source material.

Those dubs might be all that can get me to buy the films again (VHS, DVD x2, Blu-ray at this point) because whatever physical extras AL muster up they won't be able to top the amazing books in the shiny DVD breezeblocks.
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Sentai BD of 2 has corrupted frames, so I hope they don't.

I'm not going to buy the AL release when a few months ago I picked up the reasonably priced Japanese 1+2 standard edition set with English subtitles, original Japanese theatrical track and Bandai dub.

 
Just porting over the Sentai discs would be a pointless endeavour. We need the original audio tracks; anything additional would be gravy, but the Making Ofs have never made it onto a Blu-Ray AFAIK so it would be nice to see them rescued. Ideally, we'd get a 4K UHD release as lord knows they deserve them but that's probably unlikely considering they haven't been upgraded in Japan (but neither had Future Boy Conan...).

Also wouldn't say no to a 4 film set that includes The Next Generation Patlabor: Tokyo War
 
HellCat said:
Saw Godzilla Minus One.

Not a bad film but if you're wanting kaiju you'll be disappointed. It's very much a human led drama in the style of 90s Hollywood disaster movies. Goji himself isn't really a character.
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Well, I'm quite optimistic to see how Godzilla Minus One is going to be, as I've seen the reception amongst tokusatsu fans (on Twitter) to be much more positive.
 
HellCat said:
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To be fair, I'm a tokusatsu fan myself, so that's why I'm a bit more optimistic. But then again, I've only seen ones from fans that I actually follow, who are generally left-leaning and, in many cases, media literate (I often block toxic tokusatsu fans, especially right wingers).
 
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I was genuinely hoping we might get a re-authored disk of the two Patlabor films with the Manga Dub, but seeing as the reveal trickled out at the same time as the 12 Days offers being filled with old Sentai releases, I'm not going to hold my breath. I bought Sentai's box set (along with both current pre-orders) for pennies years ago, as I did the Honnemise premium dvd sets, & I still only revisit the films in torrented form. There's no way I'll be triple-dipping for yet another incomplete version.
 
Scavenger said:
Frame corruption affects everyone, not just "videophiles". I dug this old screenshot up:
https://imgur.com/laXu2Oi

I forgot if the corruption occurs multiple times or only once.
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It's really hard to tell how serious this stuff is sometimes. Very often I'll see videophiles complaining about video issues and the average viewer would have literally no idea.

Now onto the image itself. I can accept that this is a problem. Certainly something I can recognise as a casual viewer. Then again I would also say the frequency should also be a factor in how big of an issue this is. If it's just the one or two frames then it's not really worth worrying about but if it's persistent then it's a major issue.
 
How noticable is a corrupted frame in a casual watch?

Artifacts like with what happened with Your Name I can see why this is a problem as it happens over multiple frames up to even seconds

But video is usually like 24/50/60fps so something going on for 1/12 or even 1/24th of a second doesnt sound that bad. A casual Switch player drops more frames than that without trying 😹
 
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