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SilverWook said:

... This post in particular caught my eye.

http://forum.dvdtalk.com/11368548-post37.html

"I can tell you this, the University of North Carolina School of the Arts has an unfaded Technicolor-process print of Star Wars, and good condition 70mm prints of Empire and Jedi. And that place is full of film students who all undoubtedly loathe what Lucas has done to the films. Get those prints to this mysterious scanner and we'd have HD editions of the original cuts of all three films by the end of the year."


I hope Harmy's paying attention ... looks like it's Fanboys road-trip time. (Be sure to bump into William Shatner ... he can score anything.)

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I just discovered this site. I downloaded the Despecialized last weekend and it was amazing. You guys are doing the Lord's work.

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I thought the whole Clones Revealed thing was some pencil neck reading the title and assuming it was an AOTC bootleg?

Correct me if I'm wrong.

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"aliazing" should be aliasing

"Jap" is not a very good choice for an abbreviation for "Japanese" (the term has a racist history).  I'd spell out Japanese Special Collection once with (JSC) in parentheses, then use JSC from that point on.

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Harmy said:

Here is a preliminary comparison gallery:

http://uloz.to/xCAaaEE/compar-gallery-rar

It's taken from a compressed render of the video comparison. I'd like you to report any mistakes, typos or mislabels you may find, so that I can perfect it for the BD release. Thanks.

impressive..

 

most impressive!

 

 

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[no GOUT in CED?-> GOUT CED]

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Harmy said:


Here is a preliminary comparison gallery:

http://uloz.to/xCAaaEE/compar-gallery-rar

It's taken from a compressed render of the video comparison. I'd like you to report any mistakes, typos or mislabels you may find, so that I can perfect it for the BD release. Thanks.


20.51.41: Should really say "recedes at the correct speed", and there appears to be a stray "a" at the end of the line.

20.59.42: Looks like a space is missing between "the" and "2004".

21.06.38: There is a typo for under "uder".

I haven't finished going through it yet but that's what I've found so far.

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Much of this is nitpicky and about consistency, nothing is super crucial.

On the comparison gallery, why did you give the 2011 the prime upper left spot?  If you want to showcase your contribution a little more could on future iterations switch to a layout where the new version is v2.1 full size, and the other (three) references are smaller and underneath in a row.  But understand the idea of giving each release the same resolution/real estate.

In the bottom line, at first 'Remastered' didn't mean anything to me until I saw it as well next to the V2.1 pic.  If it's easy, whenever you use 'Remastered' add v2.1 next to it.

The descriptions of the four pics gets lost at times.  Maybe a harder drop shadow?  or a transparent background box. (can continue the blue theme)  Also (2004 master) vs (1993 Master)  capitalize or uncapitalize.

00.15 : "and now recedes at the correct speed.a"  [add 'the', remove 'a']

 

In the whole shot, the HD background starfield is a combination of an enhanced BluRay starfield and a 35mm frame scan, because in the SE the starfield was shifted up.  Slight gate weave was also added to all elements.   [seems wordy how about]

The background starfield is a combination of a BluRay starfield and a 35mm frame scan.  The starfield was returned to it's 1977 location.  Gate weave was added to unify all elements.

Under Sources you mention the 35mm frame scan, and in the description is mentioned the 2011.  Is the 'Sources' category suppose to list everything or only the additional material past the 2011.  If that's the case maybe call it 'Additional Sources'.   The 2006 is just as official as the 2011, i'd cut the 'official' word.

00.44 : D_J's version is mentioned in the description but not in the Sources.

The description is tight to the lower left, can expand the text window to fill the box on the right side.

00.52 : Dark_Jedi's 720p upscale

01.44 : DJ's GOUT DVD. 

Work out a consistent naming system or have the first one be as descriptive as possible and in (shorted name) there after.  But you'll never know who will use what images so the full name might be good to use at all times.  I noticed you don't call the 2006, GOUT in the Sources, will GOUT only be used when talking about DJ's release?

There are Source variations to the names:

02.27 : HDTV 2004 SE

02.45 : HDTV 04 SE

I'd lean towards a standardization of Movie:Release Type:Year:Format:Release Group

so SW SE 2011 BluRay, SW SE 2004 HDTV, SW 2006 DVD, SW SE 1997 Reivax, SW 35mm Frame (or Film) scan, SW 1993 LD Japanese, SW 16mm Puggo Grande

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Great gallery. If you guys want to see just how terrible the new rock CGI in the blurays is, go to snapshot_05.47 and snapshot_05.49 and toggle quickly between them...

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negative1 said:

SilverWook said:

http://forum.dvdtalk.com/11397139-post65.html

Is this a reference to ot.com?

discussed here already:

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http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Harmys-STAR-WARS-Despecialized-Edition-HD-REMASTERED-is-now-released/post/596795/#TopicPost596795

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That specific post was discussed four days before it existed? Someone on here owns a time machine and has been holding out on us! ;)

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I've stayed away for a while because I didn't want to be sad over the fact that I don't have a blu-ray burner and would have freaked to know the blu-ray version is available.  Hahaha, how pathetic is that?

But, I've found a friend with such a burner, and now I hear there's a 2.1. in the works - so my delay is obviously retroactive genius. Mwahahaha.

 

I'll still have to figure out how to download the thing - I've such a tech-challenged fool.  Hey, I'm OLD.  Well, not really - but I was old enough to be driving (just barely) when Star Wars first came out, so you do the math - heheh.  (I had actually been driving about a week when I first saw Star Wars, and the gang driving home with me afterwards was not pleased when I inadvertently stated pretending I was an X-Wing pilot on a tight highway cloverleaf interchange.  Um, nearly wiped out - but it was the first clue I had that the movie had REALLY gotten under my skin.)

 

Anyway, just dropping in to say my usual THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU to Harmy.  I know most everyone here has seen v2 already, but I will wait patiently a bit longer for uber-rad super-cool version 2.1.  Yay!

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In the canyon pandown it would be more accurate to state, "... created using the HD terrain...".

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Harmy said:

Here is a preliminary comparison gallery:

http://uloz.to/xCAaaEE/compar-gallery-rar

It's taken from a compressed render of the video comparison. I'd like you to report any mistakes, typos or mislabels you may find, so that I can perfect it for the BD release. Thanks.

I'm only 1/4 of the way through and holy shit balls is this amazing.

You were right when you said v2.0 blows away v1.0 let alone the blu-ray.

The film cell scans were truly invaluable to this project. And of course the hard work you put into it.

I'm now eagerly anticipating the v2.1 AVCHD.

 

 

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Wow, that comparison is fucking fantastic.

Anyway, apart from certain phrasing inconsistencies and missing function-words (e.g., using “the GOUT”  or “the DeEd-R” in certain instances but omitting "The" at other times by simply using “GOUT”), alternating between UK English and American English (color vs. colour and lightsabre vs. lightsaber), and certain cases of unneeded commas and missing “The’s” (I would say “All of the” instead of “All the”) and the like (I won't bother you with most of those, I don't think they really matter), here are the only glaring things that jumped out at me as I flipped through (ignoring the stuff that was already mentioned):

_02.38_[2012.09.23_20.59.42 need space between “the” and “2004”.


_02.57_[2012.09.23_21.00.22 (and the following three pictures)  “Effectively” is misspelled.

2012.09.23_21.01.39 I would change the phrasing of “All the new footage featuring now seriously dated CGI, which was added in 1997 has been removed” to “All of the new footage featuring severely dated CGI, which was added in 1997, has been removed.” “Now seriously dated CGI” sounds awkward. Also the case for t_07.10_[2012.09.23_21.11.31 and the subsequent shot. Also, in _07.10_[2012.09.23_21.11.31 it seems as though there’s some error in the picture – the starfield appears to be superimposed as a translucent layer over this particular shot. Also in _08.05_[2012.09.25_12.18.08…_10.52_[2012.09.25_12.27.09


_03.38_[2012.09.23_21.02.06 I would change the phrasing of “For DeEd-R, this shot was reconstructed using a custom matte of the stormtrooper sitting on the Dewback made from a 35mm scan and SE background and the slight movement of the pole the trooper is holding was restored. The camera motion had to be tracked” to “For DeEd-R this shot was reconstructed using a custom matte of the stormtrooper sitting on the Dewback made from a 35mm scan and the SE background. The slight movement of the pole the trooper is holding was restored and the camera motion had to be tracked.”


_03.47_[2012.09.23_21.02.26 “E” is SE needs to be capitalized.


04.06_[2012.09.23_21.03.03 “Due to lack of resolution” should be in parenthesis. Also in _06.24_[2012.09.23_21.09.24] and the subsequent five shots


_05.06_[2012.09.23_21.05.54 Comma needed following “were added in the SE”


_05.13_[2012.09.23_21.06.05] “GOUT” is not in quotation marks in any slide up to this point but this one… so it seems incongruent. Also the case in _06.58_[2012.09.23_21.10.44, _07.37_[2012.09.23_21.12.29]


t_05.19_[2012.09.23_21.06.18 denoise should be de-noise (I actually read it as den-wa at first, like a fancy French word, hahaha. Then I got a really idiotic blank look on my face and stared at the wall for a few seconds.)


_05.24_[2012.09.23_21.06.38 hand animated should be hand-animated as it is being used as an adjective.


05.39_[2012.09.23_21.07.05 (and following 9 pictures) Comma following “For the Blu-Ray release” shouldn’t be there.


_06.01_[2012.09.23_21.08.39 Lightsaber the first time the word is used and lightsabre the second time the word is used. Not sure if they’re both correct but to use two different spellings in a single picture seems odd.


_06.04_[2012.09.23_21.08.58 Comma following “In this shot” shouldn’t be there


06.52_[2012.09.23_21.10.33 “Under” is misspelled.  Also, “hand animated” should be “hand-animated.”


_07.02_[2012.09.23_21.10.53 Comma needed following “cleaned up”.


_08.01_[2012.09.25_12.17.59 Instead of “, because” in the second sentence it would be better to say “due to the” with no comma. In the third sentence “so then I had to track” should be simply “then track”.


_08.09_[2012.09.25_12.18.19 Don’t need comma after  ”shot” in the 3rd sentence and over-all should be overall. “However” is used as an aside in the same sentence so it needs a comma before and after itself (i.e., “, however, “). Frame by frame should be frame-by-frame. An “a” needs to be added after “In the end” in the last sentence and no comma is needed before “because”.


_08.43_[2012.09.25_12.19.41 Denoised should be de-noised. “Artefact” (I’m assuming you’re going for UK English here) is misspelled as “arefacts.” Also, the commas after “filter” and “artefacts” shouldn’t be there.


_09.07_[2012.09.25_12.21.31 and subsequent 10 shots: Comma in first sentence shouldn’t be there, a pause seems clunky to me.


_10.56_[2012.09.25_12.27.56 “Traffic” is misspelled.


_11.15_[2012.09.25_12.33.09 and following shot “starfield” is misspelled as “strafield”


_12.27_[2012.09.25_12.43.45 Wrong pic for the BD square?


12.38_[2012.09.25_12.44.33 “Separately” is misspelled (you have an extra l in there).

_14.40_[2012.09.25_12.55.53 “look” is misspelled “lokk”


_16.45_[2012.09.25_13.09.36 Commas needed so the sentence “In the 2011 Blu-Ray this shot which had bad framing in all previous versions was fixed” becomes “In the 2011 Blu-Ray this shot, which had bad framing in all previous versions, was fixed”


_18.01_[2012.09.25_13.13.51 “Their” in the second-to-last sentence is misspelled as “ther”


18.31_[2012.09.25_13.17.24 and subsequent 8 pictures “GOUT” is once again in quotation marks. This is fine of course but it’s inconsistent with the rest of the presentation. Also in 19.01_[2012.09.25_13.21.32 and its subsequent pic, and _19.06_[2012.09.25_13.22.12 and its next pic, also _19.12_[2012.09.25_13.22.32 and _19.15_[2012.09.25_13.22.59 and _19.23_[2012.09.25_13.23.58. Not sure if you want to change this type of thing but I thought I’d mention it for the Hell of it.


19.13_[2012.09.25_13.22.51 Over exposure needs to be over-exposure


19.42_[2012.09.25_13.26.47 I find the phrasing confusing in this opening sentence. It says “This shot was reconstructed using the Falcon a single 35mm frame scan and...” but perhaps would be better to say “This shot featuring the Falcon was reconstructed using a single 35mm frame scan and…”


19.45_[2012.09.25_13.27.05 “ships” is misspelled as “shis”. “GOUT” is also in quotation marks again – like I said not sure if you want to fix it just throwing it out there.

Anyway, great job man!

 

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Thanks guys. And especially Stinky for the thorough analysis. This is what happens when I don't have spell-check ;-) I've been working on this bitch for like a month now and am really tired of it but I'll try and fix most of the mistakes.

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Harmy, I know you are sick of the comparisons, but you did an awesome job on them. That is exactly what I wanted to see. Now I can show all my friends and family why this release is so awesome.  :)

Oh, and good job on all the spelling/grammar fixes, Stinky.

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I have to say I spent quite a few minutes looking at 13.13.51 saying to myself, "What did he...?  How did he even...?  Holy crap that looks good!"

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Harmy said:

Here is a preliminary comparison gallery:

http://uloz.to/xCAaaEE/compar-gallery-rar

It's taken from a compressed render of the video comparison. I'd like you to report any mistakes, typos or mislabels you may find, so that I can perfect it for the BD release. Thanks.

I've tried to download this a few times now, but I keep getting an error  during the download. I've managed to extract the pics up to where R2 is hiding in the rocks, but it breaks there. Anybody have any ideas what might be wrong?

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Try with JDownloader. I had the same problems - uloz is always buggy for me...