Evil Dead 2: R1 Book of the Dead vs. R2 Scandinavia

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 26 May 2006, 17:50

R1 USA Book of the Dead (Anchor Bay) vs. R2 Scandinavia (Sandrew Metronome/Kinowelt)

R1 Book of the Dead

R2 Scadinavia

R1 Book of the Dead

R2 Scandinavia

R1 Book of the Dead

R2 Scandinavia

R1 Book of the Dead

R2 Scandinavia

R1 Book of the Dead

R2 Scandinavia

R1 Book of the Dead

R2 Scandinavia

1. 6:32 (NTSC), 6:16 (PAL)
2. 9:58 (NTSC), 9:33 (PAL) (360 --> sun --> this shot)
3. 10:26 (NTSC), 10:03 (PAL) (”join us”)
4. 11:14 (NTSC), 10:49 (PAL)
5. 65:50 (NTSC), 63:12 (PAL)
6. 79:10 (NTSC), 75:51 (PAL)

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 26 May 2006, 17:51

R2 looks way too dark IMO.

Is the R2 UK Momentum the same as the Scandavian one?

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 26 May 2006, 17:53

No idea. Caps from other versions are welcome.

Interesting difference in framing.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 26 May 2006, 22:28

i have the book of the dead region 1.great transfer,would be hard to top.there's no contest with the scandanavian shown here,way too dark as grim said.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 26 May 2006, 22:30

Have the German disc of it. If anybody is interested, I can post the caps of it.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 26 May 2006, 22:50

thelostdragon wrote:Have the German disc of it. If anybody is interested, I can post the caps of it.

Great, thanks.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 26 May 2006, 22:55

God this film is awful. I just wanted to say that

. It's the only Evil Dead I've seen and believe me when I say "it's enough".

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 26 May 2006, 22:59

bradavon wrote:God this film is awful. I just wanted to say that . It's the only Evil Dead I've seen and believe me when I say "it's enough".

:shock:

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 27 May 2006, 00:58

Evil Dead II is the best of the trilogy.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 27 May 2006, 01:25

I love "Army of Darkness".

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 27 May 2006, 13:00

The R2UK Momentum release is exactly the same as the German release. Momentum = UK arm of Kinowelt.

Anyway, I'm happy with my Momentum release. Might get AB's remaster when it's out in HD and a clear winner of the format war is established.

captainjoe · Post by **captainjoe** » 23 Jan 2008, 22:22

I finally got around to watching the Blu-ray of this. The transfer is definately the same one from the "Book of the Dead" edition. It looks pretty good but I had trouble with the heavy DNR they used. If it wasn't for the grain reduction it would have been a great picture instead of a decent picture.

Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 01 Oct 2008, 14:19

Can anyone add caps from Anchor Bay's 2000 THX master?

Old Pang Yau · Post by **Old Pang Yau** » 03 Oct 2008, 02:48

Ivan Drago wrote:Can anyone add caps from Anchor Bay's 2000 THX master?

I think I have that version lurking about... give me some time

Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 03 Oct 2008, 10:51

thanks

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 03 Oct 2008, 16:37

those old caps are taken with powerdvd, if you want to take that into consideration

captainjoe · Post by **captainjoe** » 11 Oct 2008, 02:29

The THX mastered disc is the best, even beating the new blu-ray! There's is such terrible DNR on the Anchorbay BOTD and the BD that it completely robs the picture of detail.

captainjoe · Post by **captainjoe** » 11 Oct 2008, 02:29

The THX mastered disc is the best, even beating the new blu-ray! There's is such terrible DNR on the Anchorbay BOTD and the BD that it completely robs the picture of detail.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 11 Oct 2008, 11:52

Is there a comparison of the Region A Anchor Bay BD vs. the R-B Optimum release floating around anywhere?