Return to the POTA (1975) [restored opening]

[@guillermodiego819]

Excellent work! Thanks for this!

[@duanezetrouer6048]

Thank you for posting. Looks great

[@robertjsawyer]

Wonderful work! Thank you!

[@QuizmasterLaw]

i guess you know? this series is available on youtube for free (so far) i ought to download it, i watched the first 4 or 5 episodes its only about 9 to 12 less than a dozen 30 minute eps in total. it's actually good suitable for kids of all ages, really manages to combine action cute things for small kids with some thoughtful aspects for teenagers.

[@WanJae42]

This is amazing!

[@tjnorrisofficial]

So clean! I have the DVD and yours is far better!

[@siravista]

Restored from where/what? It's not available commercially?

[@Greathall75]

The best available source is a DVD release from 2006. I start with that, then... Inverse telecine from the NTSC 30fps back to the original 24fps. Upscale from 480p to 1080p. Enhance the video w/Topaz AI. Replace/repair bad frames. Clean up dust/dirt/scratches.

[@siravista]

@@Greathall75 I should have known it was an exhaustive labor of love. Thanks!

[@ThunderZandor]

@@Greathall75 Future projects for Great HaLL: Jonny Quest, Star Trek Animated Series (1974), The Herculoids. Flash Gordon (1979) series. Please restore the unsold pilot Flash Gordon and Hitler found on youtube. All CooL animation.

[@QuizmasterLaw]

I hope i don't seem too critical, your work is amazing, i just felt it important to be accurate and maybe the pixelation is youtube doing its "magic" the earliest pixelations appear in the early 1980s. though you can see some computer generated art in 1979 battlestar galactica its using vector graphics so it isn't pixelated.

[@Greathall75]

Hey, I appreciate the feedback. As you guessed, it's the youtube compression introducing the pixelization.

[@QuizmasterLaw]

1:02 "return" was not pixelated in the original. computer graphics barely existed in 1975. source: me, watching this avidly as a child in o god i really am old