X-Files remastered for HD and Blu-Ray

Just saw this blip over on digitalbits.com

I have all the huge, honkin' 6-disc DVD sets that were close to $100 a piece but those first few seasons were so looked so bad I hardly watch them. It'd be nice if these come out really good.

Any inside info Vidiot? Any speculation on how that reframing will look since they are going back to the original negatives?

I love how dated the tech is, when Scully discovers all the Social Security Numbers they've been storing she says "it's enough data to fill 7 10 gig hard drives!" You can get twice that much on a thumb drive now!

 

Link please?

 

http://digitalbits.com/columns/the-rumor-mill/010814-update

 

http://thewertzone.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-x-files-gets-hd-makeover.html


This tells some cool information also.

http://forum.cinefacts.de/208508-akte-x-die-serie-bald-auf-blu-ray-10.html#post7966465

Screen shots

 

e-X-cellent news!

 

It's sad some people can't enjoy the X-files the way the original produced.
For me ,Enjoy how it filmed and the time period
as well . It seems every bitches it looks dated, virtually every
movie and tv show on dvd. Boo, hoo.
And magic" blu ray wand" will make it ooo... so perfect.
Nothing perfect is this world it's just mere
Illusion as we want it.

 

There's a 2,500 post thread on Blu-Ray.com about this; almost all of it is an aspect-ratio flame war.

 

I have to say the "dark" photography was part of the charm of The X-Files.

Are they turning the original 4:3 into 16:9 to make it more "modern", cutting parts of video information? That sucks big time.

 

Ouch, someone tell fox to shut it down! I really should dig out my VHS that I taped off the air and find a CRT to hook it up to. Is it OK if I FFWD>> through the commercials?

As I quoted in my 2nd post that it was filmed with wide screen in mind so evidently the image is there to support a wide screen resto. Did you even look at the comparison of the extra detail in the new print? And BTW, you don't have to buy it.

 

What the... ??

 

I'm okay with them changing the aspect ratio if they're only opening the frame up and not cropping it. This isn't Citizen Kane, for crying out loud.

 

No, it sounds like they're opening the frame up more to make it 16:9, not cropping it. See Friends for a previous example of this.

 

I got it. I'm a bit suspicious though

...hopefully it's only the pilot they're going to fix.
If they're really opening the frame up for the remaining 4:3 seasons, then it's acceptable.

 

No, they are making it look like how it was originally photographed . It was reformatted for 4:3 for most of the televisions of the time. Not many have those sets today. I would rather see full wide screen on my plasma.

 

That Blu-Ray.com thread has some amazing screen caps and links to screen caps. Looking forward to this. Hopefully price won't be prohibitive.

 

This sounds awesome!

 

Meaningless, mirrorblade.1 "haiku"; always negative, always condescending.

 

I think he feels he's being clever, but really just pointless and annoying.

 

I had all the episodes on LaserDisc at one time (at least the ones that were available that way). I expect the Blu-Rays will be pricy.

 

I was gonna say: the first 5-6 years of the show were most likely shot in 4-perf 35mm, composed for 4x3. If they do a 16x9 version, it'll be compromised. But... as I often point out, this can be done acceptably, or it can be done horribly. It all depends on the experience of the mastering people involved.

I suspect that will be the studio execs' opinion as well, that the show will date less if it's in 16x9. There's always the chance they'll transfer it both ways and issue the 4x3, as apparently was done with Star Trek-The Next Generation.

 

I bought the first three seasons on DVD one day for a very good price. I think I watched five episodes before I decided it looked no better than VHS. I don't think I even took the shrink wrap off season 2 0r 3. Better sell them while I can, if I can. I'll happily buy this whole series, at least the Mulder years.

 

The release of The X-Files, one of my all time favorite shows, on Blu-ray may be the point at which I finally pull the trigger on buying a Blu-ray player.

 

I had the VHS for the first two seasons and got the DVD's--it was a marked improvement especially on a big screen TV IMHO. For the record, it improved with time as well.

 

I was under the impression that the entire seasons weren't released on VHS due to the space limitations and bulkiness of the format. I remember watching VHS tapes with a few selected episodes, but I didn't know that the seasons were released in their entirety.

 

Okay, maybe I was a little dramatic. I bought a few other TV box sets around the same time - SCTV and Northern Exposure are the two that come to mind - and they looked a lot better than the X Files did.