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I ALSO HAVE THE OTV IN WIDESCREEN ON VHS. IT WAS A SPECIAL RELEASE IN THE U.S. THAT CAME WITH A "NICE" DISPLAY BOX, A BOOKLET, AND A FILM CELL FROM THE MOVIE. I REMEMBER PAYING AT LEAST $30.00 FOR IT BRAND NEW WHEN IT WAS RELEASED. ALSO, IT WAS PRODUCED IN LIMITED QUANTITIES.

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I also have the widescreen vhs and it is indeed the theatrical cut of the phantom menace, i have the japan laserdisc. I have a hongkong boot dvd mastered from the laserdisc and another mastered form the widescreen vhs.

I also have the 3 disc super vcd theatrical telecine of attack of the clones missing the end titles, and of course i have the Zion edition theatrical boot of revenge of the sith.

from what i read the phantom menace had to be remastered for its official dvd release.

The image on the vhs and even the japan laserdisc is very grainy.

I have heard there was a dvb of phantom menace, have even heard there may be an HD version of the theatrical out there someplace.

the sound mix on the laserdisc is simply phenomenal even when played back simply in stereo, i am sure someone with the equipment to decode dolby digital ex would agree. I'm going on memory here but as far as listening to the laserdisc goes as far as i can tell this is the theatrical mix, much more dynamic than the remix 5.1 on the dvd.

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Well, the TPM DVD looks awful (edge enhancement and grain-removal artifacts all over the place), so I'd very much like to see a transfer of the LD (wasn't there a VCD of TPM around that time? Was it legit, and if so, was it widescreen/theatrical cut?), even if I'm not a huge fan of the movie (the purist in me hates the fact that the DVD is extended without an option to see the original).
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I also have the widescreen vhs and it is indeed the theatrical cut of the phantom menace, i have the japan laserdisc. I have a hongkong boot dvd mastered from the laserdisc and another mastered form the widescreen vhs.

I also have the 3 disc super vcd theatrical telecine of attack of the clones missing the end titles, and of course i have the Zion edition theatrical boot of revenge of the sith.


Any way I could get a link to wherever you got those bootlegs from?

the sound mix on the laserdisc is simply phenomenal even when played back simply in stereo, i am sure someone with the equipment to decode dolby digital ex would agree. I'm going on memory here but as far as listening to the laserdisc goes as far as i can tell this is the theatrical mix, much more dynamic than the remix 5.1 on the dvd.


Do you have some way to record the 6.1 track on the laserdisc?

Also, anyone know where to get the TB release? I asked the people who made the screenshots for that comparison adywan posted, they said it was the TB release and that it's probably on OT forums...
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Daffy Duck Print?

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Like in cartoons (or anime, for that matter), you know? Something will happen, it seems like nothing occurred for a few seconds, and then the results will become apparent. For an extreme example of this on film, see Victor's death in Underworld. I don't know if they were going for a laugh or not, but the whole theater burst out after his head fell off.
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So which is the "original", the theater version or the one on DVD?

I swear I remember him splitting sooner than he does on DVD... unless it's the other way around.
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negative1 said:

i have this laserdisc also, but have not ripped it either..

 

Do you have a DVD recorder by chance? I'd really love to get my hands on a rip of the Japanese laserdisc, and finding someone with it is hard enough :P
If you have one, would you be willing to record it for me? (If you use 1-hour mode you could do one side per disc and it would be excellent quality)



yes,
i have a capture card, and dvd-burner,
i'm still messing around with capturing video from all the OT laserdiscs
right now..

i'll keep you posted on when i can get to this....
later
-1

 

ok, finally got it transferred.

 

its a set of huge mpegs,

and you will have to de-interlace them also.

 

later

-1

[no GOUT in CED?-> GOUT CED]

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negative1 said:

negative1 said:

i have this laserdisc also, but have not ripped it either..

 

Do you have a DVD recorder by chance? I'd really love to get my hands on a rip of the Japanese laserdisc, and finding someone with it is hard enough :P
If you have one, would you be willing to record it for me? (If you use 1-hour mode you could do one side per disc and it would be excellent quality)



yes,
i have a capture card, and dvd-burner,
i'm still messing around with capturing video from all the OT laserdiscs
right now..

i'll keep you posted on when i can get to this....
later
-1

 

ok, finally got it transferred.

 

its a set of huge mpegs,

and you will have to de-interlace them also.

 

later

-1

wow.

 

That took a long time. Two years!!

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greenpenguino said:


wow.

 

That took a long time. Two years!!

yeah, i'm pretty lazy.

got sidetracked... got the CED 

and the fullscreen laserdiscs also

just recently.

later

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[no GOUT in CED?-> GOUT CED]

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greenpenguino said:

negative1 said:

ok, finally got it transferred.

....................

later

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wow.

 

That took a long time. Two years!!

Ummm...3 & 1/2 years.

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You forgot who you were talking about.  Math always falls short by 1 when talking about that guy.

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I was told there would be no math in this thread.