Upgraded VOD's - Round 2
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Please see the original post for the first batch of upgrades. This time around, the majority of these were much harder to sync as RiffTrax does some really weird things with framerates. Below are some screenshots for a relative quality comparison between the originals and new encodes:

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Notice there are 3 screenshot comparisons. The first, Day of the Animals, doesn't highlight the detail increase as much but the colors are much less muted and also the RiffTrax release squishes the entire movie horizontally.

I'm still looking for the below BD Discs or Remuxes, if anyone can source these I'd be very grateful and promise a brand-new transfer for them:
  • Hawk The Slayer
  • The Crater Lake Monster
  • Prisoners of the Lost Universe
  • Samurai Cop
  • The Incredible Hulk: Final Round (Season 1)
  • Mothra (only JPN BD available)
  • Cool as Ice (only GER BD available)
Silent Rage, The Apple and likely Kingdom of the Spiders should all see BD Releases this year as well!

A final request, if anyone could provide links to any of Tom Servo's missing asks, I'm also missing these: [HighTV], [HDmed], [HDhigh], [MPEG-2]

*Edit* Day of the Animals is a little off, I've updated the link or if you downloaded already you can delay the audio by 100ms, apologies.



Ghost Rider (2007) 720p iTunes-Remux [3.71 GB] (RiffTrax Presents)
Not a VOD and not all of the Presents are great but I actually really like this riff. The old copy is an SD encode. I sourced and created a new sync myself. The video is remuxed from iTunes so it's larger than usual but I didn't want to encode and degrade it further (only the Extended Edition exists on Blu-Ray and even if synced - which I've considered - it would leave 15 minutes of un-riffed content).

Night of the Lepus (1972) 720p iTunes-Remux [2.71 GB] vs. RiffTrax 480p HighTV [1.67 GB]

Viva Knieval! (1977) 720p iTunes-Remux [3.29 GB] vs. RiffTrax 480p HighTV [1.98 GB]

Ghosthouse (1988) 1080p BDRip [1.84 GB] vs. RiffTrax 480p Tablet [1.00 GB]

Super Mario Bros. (1993) 1080p BDRip [2.16 GB] vs. RiffTrax 480p HighTV [1.95 GB]

Voodoo Man (1944) 1080p BDRip [1.47 GB] vs. RiffTrax 480p HighTV [1.15 GB]

Day of the Animals (1977) 1080p BDRip [2.04 GB] vs. RiffTrax 720p HDmed [1.84 GB]

Breaker! Breaker! (1977) 1080p BDRip [2.36 GB] vs. RiffTrax 480p HighTV [1.59 GB]

Tourist Trap (1979) 1080p BDRip [1.68 GB] vs. RiffTrax 360p Tablet [1.48 GB]
This is synced with and encoded from the Uncut German BD.

Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966) 1080p BDRip [2.43 GB] vs. RiffTrax 720p HDmed [1.32 GB]
Used the Restored version whereas RiffTrax uses the Grindhouse/Unrestored version, I've synced both the Studio and Live Riffs to this.

Fist of Fury (1972) 1080p BDRip [2.08 GB] vs. RiffTrax 720p HDmed [1.98 GB]
Using the Kam & Ronson Enterprises 4k Remaster as source whereas RiffTrax uses Shout Factory's 2013 release.
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#2
I really can't thank you enough all of these. Outstanding work!
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#3
This is fantastic Riffling! I especially look forward to the restored Manos and the 4k sourced Fist of Fury. Thank you thank you thank you!
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#4
If you all can indulge me, I want to say how much of a pain Super Mario Bros. and Voodoo Man were so I don't suffer from post-traumatic-video-editing-disorder (just wait, it will be in the DSM-6). I basically had to adjust each scene from these movies to get them to sync properly which was a ~6ish-8 hour endeavour for each (partially my fault as I had to redo both as I wasn't thorough the first time). Ghosthouse, Ghost Rider, Tourist Trap, Manos and FoF where all 1-2 hour jobs and thankfully the rest were simple time-shifts so the audio is untouched. I do have Warriors of the Wasteland which I started but this is going to be a nightmare given how many scenes RiffTrax removed (or their source didn't include). below is a screenshot of the in-progress fun but I'm actually going to have to take an extended break for my sanity.

http://i.imgur.com/fHMghqP.jpg
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(Mar 31, 2017, 09:05 am)Riffling Wrote: If you all can indulge me, I want to say how much of a pain Super Mario Bros. and Voodoo Man were so I don't suffer from post-traumatic-video-editing-disorder (just wait, it will be in the DSM-6). I basically had to adjust each scene from these movies to get them to sync properly which was a ~6ish-8 hour endeavour for each (partially my fault as I had to redo both as I wasn't thorough the first time). Ghosthouse, Ghost Rider, Tourist Trap, Manos and FoF where all 1-2 hour jobs and thankfully the rest were simple time-shifts so the audio is untouched. I do have Warriors of the Wasteland which I started but this is going to be a nightmare given how many scenes RiffTrax removed (or their source didn't include). below is a screenshot of the in-progress fun but I'm actually going to have to take an extended break for my sanity.

http://i.imgur.com/fHMghqP.jpg

Voodoo Man is one of my faves and having it with this image quality is amazing, so your work is very much appreciated.
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#6
Bless you for all your hard work, Riffling.
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#7
Add me the list of people thanking you for all this fine work !
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#8
Everyone, please give Riffling a Rep Point. His work on these VOD Remuxes is unbelievable. I wish Mike, Kevin and Bill would hire him to be the Senior RiffTrax Engineer... : )
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#9
God bless your amazing work. I salute you.
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#10
Fantastic stuff, it's much appreciated.
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