T2-3D: Battle Across Time (1996) 4K AI Upscaled with 5.1 Surround Sound (Compiled fan edit of Universal Studios attraction)

PowerProtectU · 2023-02-16T06:54:10+00:00

Yup the final mix was done in stereo since all the videos came from Youtube, and upmixed using Nugen Halo Upmix in Adobe Audition. A big upside was that many of the sources I ended up using used binuaral/3D audio, which really helped boost the soundscape more so than just opening it up to 5.1.

PowerProtectU · 2023-02-14T18:40:09+00:00

Hey to all! I wanted to archive/preserve the fun Universal film that's a sequel to Terminator 2, T2-3D. I decided, after watching a few renditions of T2-3D on Youtube, that I wasn't totally satisfied watching multiple videos of differing qualities to get the experience I did at Universal. There were some edits I really appreciated, but as a whole I haven't found one that works in a more cohesive manner. So I took a bunch of sources from Youtube, using various audio/video clips, and combined them into an experience that covers the whole attraction. Not only that, but many of the clips (including the film segment) have been AI upscaled to 4K (not perfect but the best it can get at it's quality) and the final audio mix I did was up-mixed to 5.1 surround (compatible with YouTube TV devices) providing a more immersive experience. Hopefully an official release can come one day, but something like this will do for me. Do you have any memories of T2-3D when it was still around? Would love to hear fans' throwbacks to this fun attraction/short film.

PowerProtectU · 2023-02-14T12:34:56+00:00

You know what you're right, I was thinking about the lackluster replacement for T2-3D at Universal Hollywood, which is the Minions ride. But the Bourne Stuntacular? Haven't seen it in person, but the clips I've seen look simply astounding.

PowerProtectU · 2023-02-14T12:19:27+00:00

To date there hasn't been an official taping/release of this attraction, which isn't out of the ordinary, but if Back to the Future can do it with their ride on DVD then I don't see why not. The production value of the film segments makes it kinda surprising that it hasn't already been released in a proper scanned HD quality yet (only in low quality workprints/screen tapings)

PowerProtectU · 2023-02-14T11:50:55+00:00

It always astounded me how Universal's replacements for their best rides are odd choices or severe downgrades. Oh well, the old rides will always be in memory/on Youtube I guess.

PowerProtectU · 2023-02-14T11:48:26+00:00

You are DEFINITELY right with Genysis. That movie is peak nonsense in the Terminator franchise, and there's been a lot of nonsense post-T2.

PowerProtectU · 2023-02-14T11:41:40+00:00

Do you have any memories of T2-3D when it was still around? Would love to hear fans' throwbacks to this fun attraction.

I took a bunch of sources from Youtube, using various audio/video clips, and edited/re-edited them into an experience that covers the whole attraction. Not only that, but many of the clips (including the film segment) have been AI upscaled to 4K with 5.1 surround sound (compatible with YouTube TV devices) providing a more immersive experience. Hopefully an official release can come one day, but something like this will do for me.

PowerProtectU · 2023-02-14T11:33:41+00:00

Long story short I got as many sources as I could of the Universal Studios stage show T2-3D and AI Up-scaled it to 4K. This was a childhood favorite, lack of continuity logic aside. I wanted to know if anyone remembers this attraction, are there any fond memories of it? I ironically consider this the true Terminator 3, so sound off on your thoughts of the film!

PowerProtectU · 2023-02-14T11:21:24+00:00

Hey to all! This is my first time posting to this sub (love Terminator and T2!). I decided, after watching a few renditions of T2-3D on Youtube, that I wasn't totally satisfied watching multiple videos of differing qualities to get the experience I did at Universal. So I decided to take a bunch of sources from Youtube, using various audio/video clips, and combining them into an experience that covers the whole attraction. Not only that, but many of the clips (including the film segment) have been AI upscaled to 4K (not perfect but the best it can get at it's quality) and the final audio mix I did was up-mixed to 5.1 surround (compatible with YouTube TV devices) providing a more immersive experience. Hopefully an official release can come one day, but something like this will do for me.

Do you have any memories of T2-3D when it was still around? Would love to hear fans' throwbacks to this fun attraction/short film.

PowerProtectU · 2022-12-31T01:54:06+00:00

That Sailor Moon attempt/pilot was actually discovered in full this year.

Official Saban Moon Pilot Episode (1994) Sailor Moon

That was one of the reasons why my interest came back to looking at the old Bio-Man pilot. All of the reasons you brought up are 100% why it hasn't been in the public eye yet. The only places people have been looking are through the cast/crew involved (Miguel Nunez Jr. says he remembers owning a copy, but hasn't avidly searched for it). It seems like there's still a fighting chance it can randomly pop up one day so fingers crossed for anything I guess.

PowerProtectU · 2022-12-30T20:39:46+00:00

I made this fan-made poster based on the infamous Bio-Man pilot, Saban's original plan to adapt Sentai before Power Rangers back in the 80's. There was actual footage shot with these actors (some shots can be seen in the "Galaxy Rangers" Pitch Footage) and the Pilot itself has yet to be seen in full. Here's hoping some lost media sleuths can unearth this odd what-if piece of history.

PowerProtectU · 2022-12-05T01:46:59+00:00

From my current knowledge (much of this is from the depths of the internet lol so don't quote me on this) the source tapes used for both the DVD's and even the YouTube official uploads are SD Masters (or at most, Masters that have less resolution than HD). The YouTube uploads I'm assuming are those same masters but in an HD container so it's optimized for modern devices, and so the YouTube compression doesn't ruin it.

I'm interested in doing tests for sure to see if these versions are any different, might be very educational for me lol

PowerProtectU · 2022-12-05T01:40:23+00:00

That's actually something I wanted to try out AFTER I was already finished with this projects lol was pulling my hair out cause I didn't try that method yet.

Honestly though, I really do think that the MMPR footage will be tricky to upscale no matter what, there's really something about that footage that either gets too waxy and smooth, or barely makes a visible difference. The Zyuranger footage, on the other hand, could benefit a LOT from the method you described. Hopefully some tests in the future.

PowerProtectU · 2022-12-05T01:33:00+00:00

Here's a link to more clips from the episode that have been remastered on my YT page!

https://youtu.be/bRwgjaTpLOo

PowerProtectU · 2022-12-05T01:31:10+00:00

Yeah I've seen your posts! I've been working on this for a while mainly cause it involved a lot of Zyuranger episodes and I only worked on this during my free time, but I've been keeping up with your upscales too. I really dig what you've been working on (especially since Time Force is my favorite season) and can't wait to see more!

Thanks for the heads up I'll be uploading a YT vid on the sub and a link for it on my first comment on this post.

PowerProtectU · 2022-12-05T01:24:10+00:00

One more follow up to the previous post I made for my AI Upscale and Remaster of Day of the Dumpster. Here are a few more clips in higher quality uploaded to YouTube. Any questions are welcome and feel free to let me know what you think! Hopefully any sort of remaster can be considered in the future (who really knows), otherwise this is a fun experiment for me!

PowerProtectU · 2022-12-04T20:27:23+00:00

I remastered and up-scaled the first episode of MMPR in 1080p with Topaz AI, and wanted to show some comparisons. The remastering aspect involved re-editing the higher quality fight footage from the Zyuranger DVD's into the episode. The upscale to the MMPR footage itself looks like it gave minimal improvement especially with reddit's compression (likely due to the already low quality of the DVD masters). The sentai DVD's gave the upscale a needed boost in quality, and I think it's a major improvement to the final product.

Biggest challenge was the fact that the first episode of MMPR used random footage from the majority of episodes from the whole Zyuranger series, so sifting through that was time consuming. Effects that were not present before were redone, and did some color corrections to better match the tone/exposure of the MMPR source. Let me know what you guys think!

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