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Can't wait to see your hard work, Andrea. Downloading now! :)

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C'mon, *ONLY* few days left... (^^,)

In the meanwhile, go to the first post, watch the custom cover and let me know what do you think - I need feedbacks, as I'd like to do similar covers for "The Matrix" and "The Thing"... now, I need only to learn how to make BD menus with a free software...

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Looked at the cover, here are my thoughts.

There are some small grammar error here and there in the description on the left side, and some areas, like the Video/Audio specs seem a little "overfilled" to me. The lines could be shorter, if it's worded differently. As an example - instead of having "AVC encoded 30mbps" it could have "AVC 30mbps". This is more a preference thing I guess, as some may like it more detailed. 

Other than that, I really like the comparison shots, and the informative description. The front cover is as classic as they come, I would be surprised if any other artwork was used there. I think you did good. :)

I wish I could also find free BD authoring w/ menus that actually work on my pc. I tried AVCHD, but it always crashes, or never finishes the job. TSMuxer and EasyBD work a treat (most often I use EasyBD, depending on the files I have).

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Prim brings up some good points. Just a tad on the busy side, but still very nice. You do really good work!

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This is on the queue right now. I am looking forward to watching this movie with the autumnal colors and the original mono track.

The music and effects track will also be a nifty feature.

Many years ago I was having a conversation with a friend of mine about DVDs that touched on how I never thought DVDs sounded very good because I was used to the richer, fuller sound of a laserdisc. I commented on a few 5.1 mixes that I felt were completely dire (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly was brought up in particular). I mentioned that I often hated those remixes and he looked at me like I was strange because when he bought a movie, he would only ever listen to the 5.1 remix.

“That’s impossible, even for a computer!”

“You don't do ‘Star Wars’ in Dobly.”

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I've yet to see a movie that made me say "Man, I don't know how I could ever listen to this in stereo."

The Grudge used surround well, I suppose, but I don't think I'll be watching that ever again.

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Prim said:

Looked at the cover, here are my thoughts.

There are some small grammar error here and there in the description on the left side,

Can you please point me to the exact errors? English is not my native language... I fixed it a bit by myself, you could find it as linked biggest cover.

and some areas, like the Video/Audio specs seem a little "overfilled" to me. The lines could be shorter, if it's worded differently. As an example - instead of having "AVC encoded 30mbps" it could have "AVC 30mbps". This is more a preference thing I guess, as some may like it more detailed. 

I like "stuffed" descriptions... (^^,) infact, many times the description found on DVD or BD are not "descriptive" enough, so...

Other than that, I really like the comparison shots, and the informative description. The front cover is as classic as they come, I would be surprised if any other artwork was used there. I think you did good. :)

Thanks! I retained the front cover artwork, as I think THIS is the cover to use; but it's a slightly different version in comparison to previous DVD and BD covers.

I wish I could also find free BD authoring w/ menus that actually work on my pc. I tried AVCHD, but it always crashes, or never finishes the job. TSMuxer and EasyBD work a treat (most often I use EasyBD, depending on the files I have).

 AVCHD=MultiAVCHD, right? So, I'm not the only one who has problems to use this...

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This is on the queue right now. I am looking forward to watching this movie with the autumnal colors and the original mono track.

I hope you will be happy with it!

The music and effects track will also be a nifty feature.

Don't forget the laserdisc commentary, that is different from the BD one - although I'm not sure if it was present previously into another DVD/BD release, it's nice to have two different commentary tracks.

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I wouldn't expect a non-native English speaker to have perfect grammar, mine isn't either since I'm also not a native English speaker, so that is perfectly understandable. For all I know, someone may see errors in my writing (feel free to correct me if so), but I'll try the best I can.

This line, as an example -

"Infact, the best colors of the movie could be found only into the acclaimed 1999 THX DVD, while the theatrical mono soundtrack best version could be found into laserdisc". I would have written it like this - "In fact, the best colour grading for the movie can be found only on the acclaimed THX DVD from 1999, while the best version of the theatrical mono soundtrack can only be found on Laserdisc".

This line - "In this [spoRv] edition, the 1999 THX DVD video is used to color regrading the 35th anniversary Blu-Ray", I would have written like this - "In this [spoRv] edition, the 35th Anniversary Blu-ray was colour regraded using the 1999 THX DVD as reference". Other than that, I see that the [spoRv] description lacks a "the" here and there, as well as an "a" here and there, like "Criterion collection laserdisc is used as the main soundtrack".

Please let me know if you need help with this,  I would be happy to help, if no native English speakers (or anyone better in English than myself) can. And I'm sorry if I seem like the grammar police, as it's not my intention. This is meant purely as a constructive thing (and to make the words "roll off the tongue" better), to help make this great project better. 

If you prefer more detailed a/v specs, then that's fine by me. This is your project, after all. :)

And yes, MultiAVCHD. CAN NOT get it to work at all. :(

Regarding commentary tracks - is the Criterion track the same as the 2007 BD? The 2007 BD and the 35th have different commentaries, Carpenter kind of sounds younger in the 2007 one.

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Prim, thanks for the help!

Despite the fact that my phrases was grammatically correct (right?), I must admit yours are better; so, I decided to make the corrections you suggested; you could find the newest version of the cover into the first post.

I like more detailed a/v specs - just wait for "The Matrix" custom cover... (^^,)

Commentary tracks: don't know, but for sure the 35th BD and laserdisc ones definitely NOT the same.

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As there is some interest in the laserdisc main soundtrack, and isolated score & effects track, I added them to the first post - hope this will be appreciated; if someone is interested in the LD commentary too, just ask.

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The thing is, this (for me) is like playing music. I've played for 20 years, but still can't read a music sheet to save my life. I don't know the correct terms/names for the errors I see, I just see what I register as errors, and rewrite it. So I can't actually generally tell if your grammar is wrong or if it's just the phrasing. Some things I believe are grammar errors, like a missing "the" and so on (I'll get to that).

"the commentary and isolated score that are present onto (should be on) the analog laserdisc tracks are  a  very appreciated addition" and "the five subtitles tracks" near the bottom (remove the last "s" from subtitles).

I think that's it, really.

Really getting excited for this now, knowing that I've actually contributed to it! :) Was thinking about getting your version of The Thing as well. 

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Hope this time it will be OK... (^^,) - latest version updated in the first post.

About "The Thing": you MUST get it! OR, if you have patience, you could always wait for V.2 - don't know when I will do it, but it will be done for sure... sooner or later...

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The Thing is definitely worth getting… the colors are better than anything else out there right now and the audio options can't be beat (I am a sucker for the original laserdisc PCM, it sounds fantastic in surround). I had some trouble writing it to disc (it always glitches during the helicopter scene — it may have been an error that occurred when I downloaded it because I've tried it on both my Mac and my PC), so I am very eager for V.2.

I believe the commentary from the 2007 version is the one that was recorded for the Criterion laserdisc, with John Carpenter, Debra Hill and Jamie Lee Curtis commenting separately.

“That’s impossible, even for a computer!”

“You don't do ‘Star Wars’ in Dobly.”

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Hope this time it will be OK... (^^,) - latest version updated in the first post.

About "The Thing": you MUST get it! OR, if you have patience, you could always wait for V.2 - don't know when I will do it, but it will be done for sure... sooner or later...

That looks great to me, Andrea. Good work :)

If you have an improved version of The Thing coming, then count me in for that! 

I have the HD-DVD (both original and my own HD->Blu-Ray conversion) to tide me over until you get V.2 out.

To be honest, I looked at the screenshot comparisons, and thought it was a little under-saturated, but that's probably because I'm used to the HD-DVD and DVD. I have no idea how this looked theatrically, so I have no frame of reference. But really looking forward to it especially since it has the original audio in glorious PCM.

Come to think of it, a under-saturated look really should fit the film, since the film is so bleak and nihilistic. And of course, things tend to look different on a calibrated TV rather than my PC monitor, which has limited calibration settings.

StarThoughts said:

The Thing is definitely worth getting… the colors are better than anything else out there right now and the audio options can't be beat (I am a sucker for the original laserdisc PCM, it sounds fantastic in surround). I had some trouble writing it to disc (it always glitches during the helicopter scene — it may have been an error that occurred when I downloaded it because I've tried it on both my Mac and my PC), so I am very eager for V.2.

I believe the commentary from the 2007 version is the one that was recorded for the Criterion laserdisc, with John Carpenter, Debra Hill and Jamie Lee Curtis commenting separately.

 It seems that a lot of people love Andrea's version of The Thing. I'm getting excited just thinking about the audio options on it. I can confirm if the 2007 BD commentary and Criterion are the same once I get the Halloween project downloaded, as I have the 2007 track here.

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I recently watched Terror in the Aisles which has a bunch of footage from The Thing with its original color-timing.  Andrea's version looks exactly like the clips from that documentary.  Very bleak indeed.  There's a lot of footage from Halloween in Terror in the Aisles as well.  Pretty much looks like the 35th BD.  Despite that, I can't wait to see this THX in high def.  Thanks, Andrea!

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"The Thing" was my first attemp at color regrading a full movie; I must admit that the final result, albeit a LOT better than the blue-snow and brown-husky BD and HD-DVD, was not so saturated as the original laserdisc; plus, in the meanwhile, I refined a lot ColourMatch, so now I'm pretty sure a V.2 will lead to even a better result...

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Trying do download this on Myspleen. stalled at 94%... anyone on here seeding?

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Echo3 said:

Trying do download this on Myspleen. stalled at 94%... anyone on here seeding?

You do realize it hasn't finished 100% right? Just about everyone is at 94%, it will finish when it's done.

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Echo3 said:

Trying do download this on Myspleen. stalled at 94%... anyone on here seeding?

You do realize it hasn't finished uploading 100% right? Just about everyone is at that 94%, it will finish when it's done.

 no, i didnt know that. thank you.

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Echo3 said:

DoomBot said:

Echo3 said:

Trying do download this on Myspleen. stalled at 94%... anyone on here seeding?

You do realize it hasn't finished uploading 100% right? Just about everyone is at that 94%, it will finish when it's done.

 no, i didnt know that. thank you.

On the Halloween spoRv Myspleen page do the following to check.   Click the link next to "peers".  Go over to where it says "complete".

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It's very close to done... tomorrow at the latest.

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I'm really looking forward to this. I've uploaded just under 38GB so far, so hopefully I've helped some others along the way.

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Got it complete... looks amazing.  The "blue night" is back the way it's supposed to be for the THX version.  Thank you once again for a job well done, Andrea.  Excellent work and it's been a long awaited experience to see the THX in HD.  Great presentation of a legendary film... just awesome to behold.

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Just finished! Checking it out right now!

“That’s impossible, even for a computer!”

“You don't do ‘Star Wars’ in Dobly.”

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Wow awesome, finally the autumn colors are back in HD. 

Is the french mono finally a mix of the Criterion M&E track + french center channel, or just the french center channel?