Their search leads them to The Fortress Of Ultimate Darkness in The Time Of Legends. Time Bandits' is a fun movie filled with terrific special effects and beautifully detailed sets and costumes. The film also features a number of notable actors in small parts. Ian Holm is Napolean, Shelly Duval has two cameos as Palin's girlfriend in two different times, Ralph Richardson is The Supreme Being and another ex-Pythoner, John Cleese, plays one of the screens most memorable Robin Hoods. That is not to say this is a bad transfer by any means.
Colors are accurate and stable with good saturation and no smearing.
Contrast and brightness are very good, as is sharpness and detail. There is, however, a mild but fairly persistant graininess throughout. Also there is quite a bit of dirt visible in a number of scenes. The framing looks very good and is undoubtedly an improvement over the older full frame transfer. Most will not find the flaws in this transfer too objectionable, but considering the current state of the transfer art, one cannot help but feel this could have been a better job.