The Garbage Dump: 100+ pages of well-aged compost

[Mr. Big]

It seems like there are a lot of film stocks that have trouble holding dyes properly—a lot of blockbuster films from the late ‘70s to mid-‘80s needed serious restoration work because they were using a stock mainly used for TV commercials for the special effects, because it popped and also because it developed faster. It also happens to deteriorate quickly and easily, especially when you’re striking a ton of prints for theaters and rentals. Probably got used because of the practical effects equivalent of modern FX house crunch

Oh gosh yeah, I know people involved in film restoration, and depending on the condition of the film the kind of things you have to do to get it to look presentable is astonishing. There are some really unorthodox methods used in some cases to get the best possible picture.

And yeah, I can only imagine the crunch time for practical effects back in the day.

[Madeline]

Vinegar syndrome is pretty bad too. Not to mention all those silver nitrate prints from the early days of film basically being ticking firebombs. Fires have destroyed a massive amount of the films that have been lost over the last century or so.

[Perpetual Motion]

Here, have a cursed question:

[DaikatunaRevengeance]

[Fizzbuzz]

Dry. I'm a little surprised this is even a question.

[Perpetual Motion]

Yoshi has never had the appearance of being scaly, though. The most textured renders of him have always been made of craft materials

[DaikatunaRevengeance]

soft and plushy

[Perpetual Motion]

I propose a mid-point: Yoshi is dry, but smooth, like polished rubber.

or a shark

[DaikatunaRevengeance]

agreed

[Gloomy Rube]

sharks are cute

[DaikatunaRevengeance]

sharks are cute

[Madeline]

sharks are cute and also smooth

[Skipper]

Every shark is completely smooth no matter what angle you’re touching it from.

[DaikatunaRevengeance]

Every shark is completely smooth no matter what angle you’re touching it from.

[Skipper]

Here’s a song Carlos Santana and Rob Thomas wrote after touching a shark:

[Mr. Big]

I really, really want to see this cartoon projected, if only so get the full effect of the cartoon's beginning when the scene is presented in 3:2 aspect ratio, only for the screen to widen into CinemaScope.

This is an example of "Frankenstening" prints for transfer. Most of the transfer came from a friend's 35mm print, but there were parts spliced out, mostly the ending, so missing gaps were filled in with his 16mm print. They made sure to make transition seamless as possible, although there are some "tells"

[Mr. Big]

Also, note Ralph Bakshi's name in this card (at the time he was a cel inker):



Cosmo Anzilotti was, early on, a second-in-command of sorts for Ralph Bakshi; both had similar drawing styles, which helped. Anzilotti later went to Hanna-Barbera and he was an early producer at Cartoon Network; his name shows up on early CN shows like "Johnny Bravo".

I later wrote to him, asking if I could interview him. He declined, although he drew Sidney and Hashimoto for me. I still have the letter:

[Octavia]

Every shark is completely smooth no matter what angle you’re touching it from.

[DaikatunaRevengeance]

pat pat

[Skipper]

[Adiwan]

Smooth criminals with a smoothie smooching watching Death to Smoochy.

[DaikatunaRevengeance]

smooth lions

[Orange Fluffy Sheep]

smooth lions of the big wetness

[Mr. Big]

Ironically, cats are super wrinkly without their fur.

[Orange Fluffy Sheep]

that's why sharks are the smooth lions; the default lions are Not Smooth

[DaikatunaRevengeance]

that's why sharks are the smooth lions; the default lions are Not Smooth

[Skipper]

I’m touching a shark right now. Rubbing it every which way. No direction is off limits. It’s smoother than the finest silks.

[Mechanical Ape]

I petted a ray once (rays are shark cousins) and not only did it feel smooth, the ray flapped its wings like “Yay! A human is petting me!” It was very puppylike.

[DaikatunaRevengeance]

i love rays

[Madeline]

We are about to have a thunderstorm

[RIP Syndrome]

am I a stupid or are these overly strait-laced, clean and clinical sounding ESRB content descriptions actually kind of funny?

here's an example for Crash 4:

This is a platformer game in which players help Crash Bandicoot travel through time to stop a destructive force. Players traverse platforms, jump on enemies (e.g., pirates, robots, dinosaurs), and use a spin/kick attack to knock characters out. Some characters (e.g., lizard pirates) use cartoony guns, rockets, and/or dynamite against others; characters generally disappear amid puffs of smoke and whimsical sound effects when defeated. There are a handful of depictions of alcohol: barrels, jugs near a tavern, with a frothy-mug sign; neon signs of barrels with the word "Tavern." The game contains a comical depiction of a man vomiting. The words “a*s” and “bastard” are heard in the game.

Crash Bandicoot 4: the words "a*s" and "bastard" are heard in the game

[RIP Syndrome]

no, wait

Crash Bandicoot 4: the words "h*ck", "d*ng", and "T*m Br*dy" are heard in the game

[!saak]

this is what Objective Games Journalism should strive to be like

[Mr. Big]

Did they really censor "ass", but left "bastard" intact?

[Mr. Big]

Also apparently the word "Tavern" requires content warning.

[DaikatunaRevengeance]

assbastard

[RIP Syndrome]

assbastard

basstard

[DaikatunaRevengeance]

basstard

better

[Mr. Big]

basstard

I should've called these things "Basstard"

[Gloomy Rube]

Also apparently the word "Tavern" requires content warning.

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