Media Blasters 2006-2007 Release News

[ultrase7en]

[Baradagi]

[Zack Metoyer]

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[kpa]

[Zack Metoyer]

[Legion]

[The Shadow]

Sounds like Media Blasters has done just about everything possible to ensure that this release is as complete as it can be. Sure it'd be nice to have these 'more violent' scenes back in the AIP version as they were originally - and maybe some future release will be able to do that if better quality print[s] is ever found.

So in the mean time, making these 'more violent' scenes still available as extras [despite being in bad shape and coming from a Pan & Scan source print] seems the best way to do things.

I'll readily fess up to wanting a movie in it's proper/original aspect ratio but I'm more than willing to cut a company some slack when there's a good reason why a movie isn't/can't be in it's proper aspect ratio. And when a source is too badly damaged and/or is pan & scan only seems like a mighty good reason to me.

[Zack Metoyer]

[Legion]

[Joseph Goodman]

[Legion]

[ultrase7en]

[Legion]

[Lord Hastur]

[Zack Metoyer]

[MouthForWar]

[brianc]

This "purist" is actually pleased from what I've heard. As much as I want an accurate record of the original US release, having a seamless English version (i.e. no evidence of de facto tampering) in the proper aspect ratio works for me too. This is much like the situation with Destroy All Monters where a certain 'fan edit' synchs the Titra dub to an uncut version of the film.

Replacing the 'angry' Franky US scenes with the original Japanese ones are OK as they make the film closer to its' original version and can be reinserted seamlessly. Pulling an "Anchor Bay" and inserting deleted dialog scenes in Japanese with subtitles would violate the seamless thing.

One FCtW litmus test for purists these days is to ask what MGM would do if they retained these rights from the AIP catalog. In the cases of Journey to the Seventh Planet and Count Yorga Vampire they went back to prints that represented the film prior to AIP meddling. With Planet of the Vampires they had to create a hybrid version that reflected the American version while incorporating footage originally deleted fron the original.

Regarding Latitude Zero all will be OK as long as MB includes the English Language International Version. I'll miss the National General opening logo and could do without some of the restored scenes but ultimately we're better off.


Brian C.

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[Baradagi]

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[kpa]

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[Zack Metoyer]

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