Jenn Dolari @dolari@driveinsaturday.org

@cubeyterra - It really is. Apparently the Amazon remaster was based on a 35mm "master" that needed to be delivered to WB at the time of filming.

The CGI had some upscaling done to it, since on that film it was still rendered at 480p, but is totally watchable compared to the DVDs. Only very rarely do you ever see any "scan lines."

@cubeyterra - Here's a screenshot of the Amazon remaster, the same shot as in the YouTube thumbnail I just shared.

@cubeyterra - The one thing I did notice in the Amazon remasters was the grain was SUPER obvious. In fact, I thought it was a defect!

@cubeyterra - The new Blu-rays look promising if they're based on the remasters that showed up on Amazon. They're 4:3 instead of 16:9, but at the same time, that's how it was broadcast, so I'm okay with the 4:3.

@webcomictalk - I used to, however it takes so long for me to do a comic due to health issues that it's not fair to take comissions any longer.

#webcomictalk

That worry when you see this go on for longer than it should, on one of the few working VCRs you have left. Thankfully, I just let the encoding go. Turns out it's just that one episode, and likely a problem with the VCR that recorded the show, not the one playing it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy-wQE_JY2g

One strike resolved, many to go....

https://variety.com/2023/biz/news/writers-strike-ends-wga-amptp-deal-2-1235733452/

@Aminorjourney - sounds like you're going with Hemmer then!

This is a major achievement. The first laundry I've managed to fold since the whole pinched nerve thing started.

@Mondobizarrro - I'm mostly watching Space Precinct cause it's unintentionally hilarious.

@Mondobizarrro - Space 1999 is about as Gerry Anderson as I get. Mainly because they actually had a budget to match the idea.

I just realized, between nine months of dealing with Unemployment and Employer Paid COBRA insurance (both ending in the next few weeks), I've had a taste of "simulated" Universal Basic Income and "simulated" Socialized Medicine, and I gotta say...

I've eaten well.

I've made incredible progress in my medical issues.

I've kept my apartment.

And the only reason I haven't had time to be more productive in what I WANT to do is because I've had a pinched nerve keeping my computer screen time down.

Gotta say, it's working fairly well.

@Mondobizarrro - You're talking to the wrong person. I see Gerry Anderson as the TV version of Roger Corman.

Big Ideas, Zero Budget.