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Sailor Moon Community Thread: She Blinded Me With Science!
- Thread starter MikeMyers
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From the looks of it, the video quality on Viz's Sailor Moon R Movie Blu-ray is "very clean".
I can't compare well enough to tell if Viz gained any quality in their new transfer (I don't have the materials or the desire), but film grain obviously should have been there (probably visible on a DVD even), and Viz plainly whipped out their trusty computer filter programs and scrubbed and scrubbed until all of that pesky detail disappeared, and we're left with a clean, modern-looking Blu-ray.
It's not surprising at this point, and maybe the Blu-ray still has some value over other releases, but... ugh.
At least Viz is doing a good job of helping me save my money.
And Madman has a Sailor Moon R the Movie DVD coming out in June. No Blu-ray, just DVD. So I wouldn't be surprised if Viz's "new HD remaster" of the movie is SD-based upscaled fiction like the rest of their shitty HD remasters.
I can't compare well enough to tell if Viz gained any quality in their new transfer (I don't have the materials or the desire), but film grain obviously should have been there (probably visible on a DVD even), and Viz plainly whipped out their trusty computer filter programs and scrubbed and scrubbed until all of that pesky detail disappeared, and we're left with a clean, modern-looking Blu-ray.
It's not surprising at this point, and maybe the Blu-ray still has some value over other releases, but... ugh.
At least Viz is doing a good job of helping me save my money.
And Madman has a Sailor Moon R the Movie DVD coming out in June. No Blu-ray, just DVD. So I wouldn't be surprised if Viz's "new HD remaster" of the movie is SD-based upscaled fiction like the rest of their shitty HD remasters.
cj_iwakura
Member
Sticking to my VHS copy, seems like.
cj_iwakura
Member
Okay, decided I'm gonna finish S1 so I can see how good 2 is.
It didn't take me long to remember why I gave up on Crystal season 1. The Death Phantom fight is so boring. There's no animation flair, the music is rehashed, Wiseman lost all his character. Demande's death was pretty badass, I guess. I hope this is worth it.
"I won't let anyone else die! Except Prince Demande! And maybe Pluto! "
It didn't take me long to remember why I gave up on Crystal season 1. The Death Phantom fight is so boring. There's no animation flair, the music is rehashed, Wiseman lost all his character. Demande's death was pretty badass, I guess. I hope this is worth it.
"I won't let anyone else die! Except Prince Demande! And maybe Pluto! "
cj_iwakura
Member
Okay season 3, you have my attention.
I've watched one, the first one they did during the crystal revival ... it wasn't great. It wasn't bad either but kinda meh, the songs were okay but hardly memorable. I still think the original anime had an incredible soundtrack, there are so many pieces stuck in my head, I kinda expected that from the musical.
Yeah, the ones from the new Crystal era don't look too appealing, but some of the ones I've seen from the original era have had their moments. One of my favourite songs.
cj_iwakura
Member
Good taste. Don't see the relevance to Toku, but good taste. It pained me to see what they did to Wiseman and Tomoe in SMC.
RedHoodedOwl
Member
Yeah, I posted it on the wrong thread, but Sailor Moon has a tokusatsu series.
I loved the design of U-Ikasaman.
cj_iwakura
Member
Oh yeah, it kind of does, lol. Cartwheels for everyone! (If that was some sort of fan service decision, they failed miserably.)
RedHoodedOwl
Member
The Doom Tree saga felt like an overblown filler arc.
One of my favorites is definitely Scarf (the one who stole Mako's pure heart, and her star was her nipple lmao).
RedHoodedOwl
Member
Yeah, DIC edited that out. They're okay with implied incest but partial nudity is a No No.
RedHoodedOwl
Member
I also liked Snow Queen Kaguya.
cj_iwakura
Member
I've been meaning to share the SM cafe I saw on twitter, it looks cool. Also, Iron Mouse funko when?
