[identity profile] gini-baggins.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] indeedsir_backup
As promised to [livejournal.com profile] ironicbees, here are some screencaps from season 4.
I must say that I was stunned by the differences and luckily that yellow-brownish tint has disappeared!









Bertie is rather distracted by one handsome valet's bum, don't you think?
He's obviously staring *g*




His smile is so much more brighter <3




It never occurred to me that this scene was so bally dark. I love the detail on the wall and carved wood. :)




Same here, and 'oh' for secret smiles :3




Yes,I do!



I tried to stop the frames at exactly the same time, but I might be a few milliseconds off, lol.

Enjoy!

Date: 2011-11-24 07:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] light-frost.livejournal.com
Ah, the quality looks fantastic!

Date: 2011-11-24 09:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] light-frost.livejournal.com
Right ho! Absolutely topping.

Date: 2011-11-24 07:22 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] strange-complex.livejournal.com
Gosh, that is different - and I am impressed at your frame-accurate capping skillz, too!

I kind of like the yellowy tint in the older version, though. It adds to the period feel by giving everything a slightly sepia-toned look. But I'm sure the improvement in detail is worth the change.

Date: 2011-11-24 08:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chuffing.livejournal.com
These are excellent! Where did you get the discs?

Date: 2011-11-24 08:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chuffing.livejournal.com
Oh, ace. Those are the exact ones that I have on my wishlist. Glad to know that they look so amazing. :)

Date: 2011-11-24 08:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chuffing.livejournal.com
Ha, thanks! I love it, too. He's so adorable. I've always been surprised that he makes a decent looking woman, but Hugh looks absolutely terrible as one.

Date: 2011-11-24 08:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chuffing.livejournal.com
That video is fantastic, isn't it? So many funny sketches.

Date: 2011-11-24 09:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wotwotleigh.livejournal.com
Bwaha, so true. I love Hugh, but he makes a damned ugly woman. And Stephen Fry really looks remarkably convincing (from the mouth up, anyway -- he's got a hell of a chin on him, not to mention the permanent five o'clock shadow).

Date: 2011-11-24 11:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chuffing.livejournal.com
I was trying to be kind, but you're right. "Damned ugly woman" sums it up! Hahah! Yeah. Stephen's chin is pretty epic, and the five o'clock shadow is definitely noticeable. He still looks oddly pretty, though.

Date: 2011-11-25 05:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] trista-zevkia.livejournal.com
I think my icon is the best Fry ever looked as a woman, but the rest of his and Hugh's attempts did, technically, classify as damned ugly woman. ;)

As for the dvds, I blamed my failing eyesight on there not being any interesting backgrounds. I was wrong.

Date: 2011-11-25 06:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chuffing.livejournal.com
I'd have to agree. They so did!

I was really surprised by these caps and how much detail in the background that we were missing.

Date: 2011-11-25 04:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chocolate-frapp.livejournal.com
I know, Hugh is such a cute guy but he makes a dreadful looking woman! it's because his face is very masculine.

Date: 2011-11-25 05:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chuffing.livejournal.com
Exactly. He looks like a man in drag.

US release?

Date: 2011-11-25 03:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eleanor-ariail.livejournal.com
I got the US set in the second link a couple years ago, and I'm thinking it is not the remastered version. I can't compare mine right now, because it's on loan to my mom's house, but I believe it has the original, darker look. I assumed when I ordered it that the new release black slimline case version was just in honor of the 20th anniversary, and that there wasn't anything different in the content. Does anyone here know for sure?

Thank you for the lovely screencap comparison! I'm definitely convinced to order the remastered set now, even if I can only get it from the UK. (I love having a region-free DVD player!)

Re: US release?

Date: 2011-11-25 07:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] allylti.livejournal.com
If you look under release date they are definitely the older 2009 version which didn't really touch up anything. As I have this set, I am on the look out for this new release. Although it probably just isn't out yet to the US as even the BBCA website has this lower quality copy.

Date: 2011-11-24 09:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wotwotleigh.livejournal.com
Oh wow, those really glow! (And I like your shiny!new!Jeeves icon.) Argh, now I want this. *cries*

I agree there's something charmingly nostalgic about the sepia hue of the older version, but at the same time the rich, glowing colors in the remastered version remind me of art deco illustrations. I always pictured the Wodehouse universe being drenched in oversaturated color when I read the books.

Date: 2011-11-24 11:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ironicbees.livejournal.com
Yay! It looks so much better! The colors in the one with Jeeves at the school treat or whatever it was are especially nice.

I've never cared for the sepia tones of season 4. To me it looks not so much nostalgic as tobacco-stained and bleh. I much prefer the warm pretty tones of season 1.

Date: 2011-11-24 11:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] grey853.livejournal.com
These are great! Thanks for letting us know.

Date: 2011-11-25 06:13 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] drunken-kurage.livejournal.com
Oh wow, that is a fantastic difference. The remastereds are definitely going on my christmas list.

Date: 2011-11-25 12:33 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] jameta4all.livejournal.com
They're good at a distance but close-ups like the first one of Bertie in the bath have smoothed the skin out too much. He looks like a bad magazine cover edit.

Not going to stop me from getting them though!

Date: 2011-11-25 01:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] starzangel1.livejournal.com
Oh my gosh! The detail, the colours!
I hadn't realised I needed the digitally remastered DVDs until seeing these pics, and I so very much MUST have them! Arrhhh, to Amazon I go!!
Thanks for posting. :D

Date: 2011-11-25 04:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chocolate-frapp.livejournal.com
what you can't see is I'm just below the frame in the Bertie in the bath one.

Date: 2011-11-25 05:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chuffing.livejournal.com
AHAHHAHA! You must be doing it right, because he looks quite pleased.

Date: 2011-11-27 04:12 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hughville.livejournal.com
Thank you for sharing these. Now I must order the digitally remastered DVDs. \0/

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