A Fish Called Wanda: R1 vs. R1 CE vs. R2 SE

captainjoe · Post by **captainjoe** » 15 Feb 2008, 00:42

A Fish Called Wanda

Top: R1 Original (non-anamorphic)
Middle: R1 Collector's Edition (anamorphic)
Bottom: R2 Special edition (anamorphic)

Interactive Menus:

Image Comparisons:

Matted Widescreen vs. Unmatted Full-frame

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 15 Feb 2008, 01:15

Thanks as ever CJ.

It's amazing how long this took to get the SE treatment on R1. I think they forgot about it. The exact same UK SE was released way back in 2002.

As to the film I used to think it was excellent but saw it a few years back and it hasn't aged well. I got rid of my UK SE. The sequel (for want of a better word) was just woeful.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 15 Feb 2008, 02:08

I'll do some R2 SE caps later....

The R1 SE is much better... the original was clearly too dark.

Reasons for proper matting... see Cleese's underwear glimpsed in the unmatted edition. I guess he didn't want those little kids to see his knob.

Firece Creatures (the follow-up- not so much a sequel) wasn't as good, but wasn't too bad either. I think the re-shoots and delays caused evident production problems. An SE of that film might clear some shit up.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 15 Feb 2008, 03:05

I doubt an SE would come now. It's not like Predator 2 where it has a cult following.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 15 Feb 2008, 11:37

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 15 Feb 2008, 15:21

Fierce Creatures was unremarkable. Also lacking in a lot of funny.

Kevin Kline playing TWO characters, robot pandas... side aching stuff man.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 18 Feb 2008, 18:43

The two SEs look identical.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 18 Feb 2008, 22:02

Mark why did you use a different aspect ratio?

captainjoe · Post by **captainjoe** » 19 Feb 2008, 01:09

I'll probably re-size them some time.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 19 Feb 2008, 12:17

bradavon wrote:Mark why did you use a different aspect ratio?

The first few caps got screwed up... the others are correct @ 720x404

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 19 Feb 2008, 22:37

Thanks but none of them are correct, they should all be 768x732, to match CJ's. They need to match to be able to properly tell.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 20 Feb 2008, 14:37

I just take the caps. I don't play about with the sizes. AFAIK 720x404 is correct for a PAL 16:9 disc.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 20 Feb 2008, 16:36

They should all really be 1024x576:

https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/forums/ ... php?t=2428

As others moaned the captures weren't originally big enough Tom came up with those numbers.

But the point is they need to be the same size as the other captures to be able to see the differences. You will see Mark other comparisons that have a mixture of PAL and NTSC DVDs have the same size captures (e.g - The Killer).

Please check the size of existing captures then adjust yours, like everyone else.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 20 Feb 2008, 19:43

I don't know how to change the sizes so like it or lump it.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 20 Feb 2008, 23:50

You don't know? I'm surprised. Do you have any photo software on your PC? There are thousands out there and virtually every PC you buy comes with something:

* Adobe Photoshop.
* Adobe Photoshop Elements - Often thrown in but an old version.
* Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo (formerly Paint Shop Pro).
* Corel Photo-Paint - Part of Corel Draw Suite but virtually dead now Corel own Paint Shop Pro.
* Microsoft Paint - It's come with every single version of Windows ever released right back to Windows 3.0, maybe 2.0 and 1.0 too.
* Microsoft Windows Imaging - Part of Windows 2000 and I think Windows 95/98/ME.
* Microsoft Digital Image Suite (formerly Picture IT).
* Microsoft Photo Draw - Part of Office 2000 Premium.
* Microsoft Photo Editor - Part of Office 2000 & 2002, possibly Office 97 too.
* Microsoft Office Picture Manager - Part of Office 2003 & 2007.
* Microsoft Windows Photo Gallery - Part of Windows Vista.
* Microsoft Windows Photo Gallery Live - Free download for Windows XP or Vista (it replaces Photo Gallery).
* If you own a Digital Camera it will also likely come with the manufacturers own software and you're probably already using it.

Those are just a few and as you can see Microsoft have provided some form of photo software with virtually every version of Windows and Office ever produced. Although most only lasted one version. Today they just offer Digital Image Suite (which goes against Photoshop), Picture Manager (pretty worthless but free) and Photo Gallery (not bad and also free).

The most popular two are Adobe Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro. I use Photoshop Elements myself.

Off topic if it were me who didn't bother to resize, someone would bound to have something to say, but that's off topic. [MARK MODE ON] Please resize it next time. Thank you [/MARK MODE OFF]

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 21 Feb 2008, 12:40