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Thriller 40th Anniversary

SeriousFX said:
Not to mention the boatload of outtakes that I'm shocked no one paid any real attention to. Nona....Power....Bad Company...all of those could've easily been remastered and released years ago.
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Michael probably is not involved in most victory outtakes so less interest. I’m hugely interested though 😂
 
Robbsaber01 said:
Wouldn't be surprised if they just shoved visions into topaz ai lol

They should make a deluxe boxset that includes the Thriller era short films remastered.
If they can find a way to get the victory tour released then that would be even better.
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Topaz AI can give you great results.. but only if you use already good source material.
It wont work on VHS stuff. Thats why most of the MJ A.I remasters looks so bad..
Topaz actually can make good thinks if you know how to use it.
 
I consider mkgenie to be one of the most reliable sources we have - so I am very exited about his tweet.
Many 4K videos - that must mean all Thriller era videos. Great. - But still a bummer to release after Halloween??

It's like releasing a christmas song i January...
 
well.. another playlist on spotify.. who needs that?

And i really hope they release the short films also as physical.
 
analogue said:
Hot take. I think the Thriller short film looks better not being in 4K. All the 4K shots I've seen looks too bright IMO and takes away the horror atmosphere of the video.
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Well, if they actually took the time to restore the raw scan correctly, maybe it looks better.
 
kai said:
Topaz AI can give you great results.. but only if you use already good source material.
It wont work on VHS stuff. Thats why most of the MJ A.I remasters looks so bad..
Topaz actually can make good thinks if you know how to use it.
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Agreed. This tech is still in the early stages though. It's meant for SD digital footage mostly. VHS is much harder for it to improve.

If they really are releasing all Thriller films in 4k next month then that is great but it should drop on halloween...
Bluray & Streaming
 
analogue said:
Hot take. I think the Thriller short film looks better not being in 4K. All the 4K shots I've seen looks too bright IMO and it takes away the horror atmosphere of the video.
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I'm not clued up enough to know much about video quality, but do you mean because it looks more grainy now that it's more immersive than it would in 4K?

I don't think I've seen any of the 4K shots, are they not very good mate?
 
analogue said:
Hot take. I think the Thriller short film looks better not being in 4K. All the 4K shots I've seen looks too bright IMO and it takes away the horror atmosphere of the video.
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That's to do with the editing and not the video being at 4k
 
Alright some fun news. I was watching my daily tv quiz during dinner which gets about 700 000 viewers every evening. There was a video question and we saw MJ performing BJ during the HIStory tour. The question was which artist did we see perform on the video ….it is not a difficult quiz... 🤣
BUT after the question finished the quizmaster actually said that in a few weeks time a special edition for the 40th anniversary of thriller was being released. So despite no apparent promotion apparently it was still picked up by the makers of this program…and this on prime time tv!

The quizmaster said about the song. “It is still good isn’t it?” He then asked the 2 participants if they liked Michael Jackson and both answered: the women said “yes yes” lol and the guy said “he is the king of pop”.

I was dreading negativity because the quizmaster isn’t a big MJ fan but this was cool.

Nice right, my food tasted a bit better afterwards 🤭 😅
 
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A gentle reminder and word of caution on Thriller 4K. How it looks is not a problem. It's how it sounds that will draw the most complaints.

When I saw it in 2018 I noted that all of the audio appeared to have been recreated with the exception of spoken lines of dialogue. The song itself, the score and sound fx are all different from the original. The 2018 version (which I assume will be released next month) unfortunately makes several missteps that us diehards will know is wrong.

I get that the Estate and/or Landis' team were forced into recreating the audio. But there's simply no excuse for not matching it accurately, other than a lack of care.

They may have fixed it (pigs might fly) but my hope is that someone in the community will seek to restore the original audio track and sync it to the 4k version anyway.

The differences wouldn't take anything away from the stunning experience of seeing this in IMAX, but on streaming with repeat viewing, it might get ugly.
 
ChrisC said:
A gentle reminder and word of caution on Thriller 4K. How it looks is not a problem. It's how it sounds that will draw the most complaints.

When I saw it in 2018 I noted that all of the audio appeared to have been recreated with the exception of spoken lines of dialogue. The song itself, the score and sound fx are all different from the original. The 2018 version (which I assume will be released next month) unfortunately makes several missteps that us diehards will know is wrong.

I get that the Estate and/or Landis' team were forced into recreating the audio. But there's simply no excuse for not matching it accurately, other than a lack of care.

They may have fixed it (pigs might fly) but my hope is that someone in the community will seek to restore the original audio track and sync it to the 4k version anyway.

The differences wouldn't take anything away from the stunning experience of seeing this in IMAX, but on streaming with repeat viewing, it might get ugly.
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Yeah, I remember hearing some of it through captured audio and it was unfortunately not accurate. I agree it's understandable that they had to recreate it but like you said there's really no reason for it not to be the same.
 
SmoothGangsta said:
Yeah, I remember hearing some of it through captured audio and it was unfortunately not accurate. I agree it's understandable that they had to recreate it but like you said there's really no reason for it not to be the same.
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1:18 "You know it's Thrille- ends up being cut short"
lmfao i really hope they have re-done the audio
 
filmandmusic said:
Alright some fun news. I was watching my daily tv quiz during dinner which gets about 700 000 viewers every evening. There was a video question and we saw MJ performing BJ during the HIStory tour. The question was which artist did we see perform on the video ….it is not a difficult quiz... 🤣
BUT after the question finished the quizmaster actually said that in a few weeks time a special edition for the 40th anniversary of thriller was being released. So despite no apparent promotion apparently it was still picked up by the makers of this program…and this on prime time tv!

The quizmaster said about the song. “It is still good isn’t it?” He then asked the 2 participants if they liked Michael Jackson and both answered: the women said “yes yes” lol and the guy said “he is the king of pop”.

I was dreading negativity because the quizmaster isn’t a big MJ fan but this was cool.

Nice right, my food tasted a bit better afterwards 🤭 😅
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a ‘top of the pops’ halloween special repeat was just shown on bbc four here in the uk. the ‘thriller’ video was number one on the chart🏆. again, not tied to ‘thriller 40’ directly, but it’s still recognition for the season 👍🏽
 
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