[REL] Vägen till Gyllenblå (1985) [Mini]

[goku33]

I can not imagine how I would interpret those screens if I had not already seen the show ...

Really odd, back in the 1980s in my country, it was only punks and bondage enthusiasts that wore dog collars. Now I see perfectly normal-looking Gen Z girls wearing fashionable collars without any suggestion of kink. I guess little blonde Cecilie was a trendsetter.

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I watch MMA fighting and the previous middleweight champion wore one for his press conference and actual fight it was a bit cringe..but then again he’s also known for way more weird stuff..

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[deadman]

I watch MMA fighting and the previous middleweight champion wore one for his press conference and actual fight it was a bit cringe..but then again he’s also known for way more weird stuff.

If dog collars as fashion accessories for humans started in Scandinavia, who knows - maybe Cecilie really was a trend setter!

Did you know the title Vägen till Gyllenblå is Swedish for Planet of the Green Screens? Alright so I made that up. At least they have a relaxed and casual dress code there.

[Night457]

I updated my Release post with MEGA download links.

viewtopic.php?p=96495#p96495

[David32441]

I updated my Release post with MEGA download links.

https://www.first-loves.com/forums/view ... 495#p96495

Great work on this release!
Subtitles. Fast links. eMule files. Amazing!
There's some ghosting on shiny edged - I'm sure Ghost would have a filter to get rid of this. It comes and goes though - the scenes with the bikes in the first episode. I think it's more to do with how it's filmed - but recall Ghost filtered out something similar in a film a year ago.

[Night457]

The update was prompted by my ulozto links having become publicly inaccessible. I figured I should replace at least some of the missing screenshots as well.

I am disappointed with the general softness of the image. I don't think the quality of the source really justified SVT having it as 1080p, but that was the best possible for them at the time. I suspect it was shot on video rather than on film.

[Davros6]

on the subject of dog collars, i thought members of the clergy had been wearing those since the 1800s

[deadman]

The update was prompted by my ulozto links having become publicly inaccessible. I figured I should replace at least some of the missing screenshots as well.

I am disappointed with the general softness of the image. I don't think the quality of the source really justified SVT having it as 1080p, but that was the best possible for them at the time. I suspect it was shot on video rather than on film.

It was probably shot on traditional film, since it would've been hard to composite images any other way in 1985. But there was a DVD release of this show - and I think they just upscaled it for broadcast rather than remastering from the source, to save money. I'd love to see a bluray or at least a genuine 1080p web-dl. Don't know if there's enough nostalgia value to support it though. I'm not holding my breath ... but you never know.

[Night457]

Well, I was guessing based on how it looked rather than any documented information so what you say sounds reasonable. Now that I think about the effects... maybe the live action footage was shot on film with the special effects done in Standard Def video like Star Trek The Next Generation in the 1980s? Compositing in the effects after would make the final footage a second generation. I see what you mean about the willingness to shell out the money for a proper remaster. That was just barely possible for the TV show with many rabid fans, and the BluRays still did not sell well enough for Paramount to be happy. They had to wait for the popularization of streaming to find another use for the new masters. You are surely correct that Vägen till Gyllenblå is just an upscale.

[deadman]

Well, I was guessing based on how it looked rather than any documented information so what you say sounds reasonable. Now that I think about the effects... maybe the live action footage was shot on film with the special effects done in Standard Def video like Star Trek The Next Generation in the 1980s? Compositing in the effects after would make the final footage a second generation.

Actually, in terms of the special effects techniques this show reminds me a lot of Land of the Lost. Remember that one? Extensive green screen backgrounds, similar hokey effects. Loved that when I was little though! I watched a few episodes recently on streaming for the pure nostalgia and understood why - while obviously aimed at kids, there are some fairly high concept ideas and intelligent writing. Unfortunately being a US production (instead of being filmed in Sweden like Vägen till Gyllenblå) the actress playing young Holly Marshall never went skinnydipping in the imitation primeval forest, even just to bathe. She always wore the same red and white plaid shirt and corduroy pants wherever she went. Don't ask how they stayed clean with all the mud and running away from dinosaurs. We're ignoring that.

[Night457]

Actually, in terms of the special effects techniques this show reminds me a lot of Land of the Lost.

I was thinking the same thing while composing my last post!!!! I watched the entire original show (3 seasons) twice this past year during a nostalgia kick. I too was impressed with the writing now that I see it as an adult, and by reading the credits this time I knew a number of the SciFi writers by name: David Gerrold, Larry Niven, D.C. Fontana, Norman Spinrad, Ben Bova, Walter Koenig, Donald F. Glut, Theodore Sturgeon. Some of them have Star Trek connections and others are just SciFi geeks' delight. The third season was a huge drop in quality with some members of the cast and production crew departing. The great writers were also no longer involved.

She always wore the same red and white plaid shirt and corduroy pants wherever she went.

See my post with pictures here: viewtopic.php?p=107029#p107029
(And my post following.)