tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202417.post4622575292166375426..comments2023-10-07T06:01:50.010-06:00Comments on TOMB IT MAY CONCERN - David Zuzelo Scribbles on Mangled Media!: Devil Hunter DVD from Severin-it's GRAAAAAY(t)David A. Zuzelohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07911956250850478246noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202417.post-24737390318141053122009-02-12T08:53:00.000-06:002009-02-12T08:53:00.000-06:00Hi David,I got my review copy of Devil Hunter this...Hi David,<BR/><BR/>I got my review copy of Devil Hunter this week and mine looks exactly like yours. In other words, horrible! This could have been easily fixed by Severin, because it does need fixing, I don't care what anybody else says. <BR/><BR/>To me it seems like something that could very easily be fixed. I can fix it in 2 seconds in Photoshop by adjusting brightness & contrast, and I'm sure Severin's DVD mastering software has similar capabilities as well. <BR/><BR/>The problem last for the whole duration of the film too. Minor shots that look like they should (colorfull!) are the exeption. I don't understand how so few people notice this problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202417.post-80138958503376780222008-11-08T15:50:00.000-06:002008-11-08T15:50:00.000-06:00David, the very first opening shots are very color...David, the very first opening shots are very colorful and I was surprised at them. Some of your screengrabs look much darker than anything on my playback. I have some screengrabs on my cinemadrome site on the DEVIL HUNTER review thread. Come over and see if they look like what you are seeing and leave me your feedback. I know that if you pump up contrast it does affect the color and vice versa.Robert Monellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06309327472702575547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202417.post-71153086834677375622008-11-08T09:36:00.000-06:002008-11-08T09:36:00.000-06:00Hi Robert, I agree-it is luminosity, I was just ke...Hi Robert, I agree-it is luminosity, I was just keeping things simple. On the majority of the transfer this is a problem for me. Interestingly, if you pop in to the point when good old ping pong goes on the boat and pulls the head twisting death the print looks much much better. There is one shot of the Manhunter carrying Ursula Buchfellner where she actually appears blonde, bright blonde. Once the luminosity issues pop up again she doesn't look that way at all. <BR/><BR/>I'm certainly not pointing the finger saying that Severin made any error, but that tint really makes the movie look bad in my opinion. I'll take bright blonde hair in my jungle epic-and when it is going on it makes the daytime scenes look bizarre to me. Almost like everything is being graded Day For Night-except it is constant. I noticed this most of all in the Buchfellner bathtub kidnapping. <BR/><BR/>And I certainly don't blame Franco for any transfer, I doubt he holds elements to anything-he just makes movies I really enjoy. When I read reviews that say the following I get really upset.<BR/> <BR/>"but Franco also seems to have chosen to shoot tons of footage in the shadows at twilight, so much of the film seems gray, lifeless and shadowy. It's a perfect fit!"<BR/><BR/>The movie does not look that lifeless without the tint. <BR/>We've both been Franco fans a long time, and I know that Jess having things like this fobbed on his filmography because of transfers is one of my pet peeves. Always has been.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for popping in, I always appreciate the conversation!David A. Zuzelohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07911956250850478246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202417.post-20298245945319616582008-11-08T09:20:00.000-06:002008-11-08T09:20:00.000-06:00David, I don't think it's a color problem so much ...David, I don't think it's a color problem so much with the new DVD. Look at the color in your top grabs, it's just a greenish tint, some browns and a badly graded cropped image. The Severin is superior in every way. Realistic flesh tones are the most reliable hue indicator, and the flesh tones ar right on in the Severin. I think that it's a LUMINOSITY issue in that say the opening shots of the jungle foilage are bursting with color but other scenes seem washed out in comparison, they seem to be from a different source print. All came from vault materials of the owner, not from Franco. And the film is not well resourced in terms of fill-lighting reflectors which you use to shoot the natural light into dark areas. I have all the DVD versions and video versions ever of this and the SEVERIN will be my one of choice.Robert Monellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06309327472702575547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202417.post-89246511794611495062008-11-07T07:08:00.000-06:002008-11-07T07:08:00.000-06:00Cool...it played this way on my PC and my two stan...Cool...it played this way on my PC and my two stand alone players. Grab a few frames and lets see if there is a defective run.David A. Zuzelohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07911956250850478246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202417.post-5471636029831592572008-11-07T06:03:00.000-06:002008-11-07T06:03:00.000-06:00My Severin disc doesn't look like this at all. Let...My Severin disc doesn't look like this at all. Let me double check and <BR/>i'll get back to you.Douglas A. Waltzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02312801885609153510noreply@blogger.com