Tag Archives: Good disc

Infernal Rapist (Vinegar Syndrome)

Very nice video. No complaints.

Clipped directly from the BD.

However, it’s over-subtitled and the translation is lacking.

We don’t need the entire Lord’s Prayer subtitled. It’s a pretty standard execution scene. Just this line, ending with an ellipsis, is enough.

The Spanish word for “no” is “no.” Do not subtitle cognates.

The title character’s nickname (“El Gato”) should be “The Cat” in English. (Though, in this example, the cop simply calls him, “Gato.”) We say “Mack the Knife,” not “Mack Messer.”

Coloring the subtitles pale yellow is a nice touch. I approve.

Demonoid (Vinegar Syndrome)

No complaints. Video looks good.

I really wish Vinegar Syndrome wouldn’t attach their noisy logo to the end of every movie, though.

Clipped directly from the BD.

However, my BD player (Sony BDP-S6700) did not like the disc. About halfway through, it started occasionally dropping frames as if the video was a crude 25->24fps conversion. In slow-mo it looked ok, and when I later checked the files on my PC, they were fine. Anyone else have this problem? Seems that model overheats. Lucky it’s lasted as long as it has. I really don’t want to buy a new player…

The Iceman Cometh (1973, Kino)

Another good transfer from the American Film Theatre series. Watching the long version, it’s fascinating to see the brutal editing they did to get it to three hours. The cut portions, unsurprisingly, don’t match particularly well, but the sound is consistent throughout. Very nice.

Clipped directly from the BD.