Cult Labs - The Arrow Thread

They said at the time that the elements available for Martin were unsuitable for HD masters, I don't think we'll ever see that on BD - it was filmed on 16mm if I recall correctly.

Metallicbomb

7th February 2013 02:20 PM

Thanks for the info Justin:nod:

Justin101

7th February 2013 02:22 PM

Such a good movie too.

Daemonia

7th February 2013 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Justin101 (Post 319776)

They said at the time that the elements available for Martin were unsuitable for HD masters, I don't think we'll ever see that on BD - it was filmed on 16mm if I recall correctly.

Evil Dead was also filmed on 16mm, and look how good that is on Blu-ray. It looked amazing. So the mere fact of it being shot on 16mm wouldn't account for it not being good enough for an HD make-over.

Nosferatu@Cult Labs

7th February 2013 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Justin101 (Post 319776)

They said at the time that the elements available for Martin were unsuitable for HD masters, I don't think we'll ever see that on BD - it was filmed on 16mm if I recall correctly.

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre was shot on 16mm film but that looks outstanding in HD. With Martin, it must have been the case where the digibeta supplied to Arrow wasn't good enough for an HD encoding.

Justin101

7th February 2013 03:14 PM

True true!
Not seen Evil Dead on blu, I dunno why but i need to keep the impression of an x-gen VHS copy in my head when I think of that film :lol:

Nosferatu@Cult Labs

8th February 2013 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Justin101 (Post 319797)

True true!
Not seen Evil Dead on blu, I dunno why but i need to keep the impression of an x-gen VHS copy in my head when I think of that film :lol:

It's well worth upgrading to Blu-ray, but try and buy the American one which has the film in its original aspect ratio of 1.33:1 and 1.85:1.

Refused

11th February 2013 01:39 PM

Seems like Deranged is going to be released by Arrow