Funcha said:
I looked in "teh" spot where all your other edits are, kk650, but this doesn't appear to be there. Anywhere else this may be?
Ehr... even if we and kk650 are friends, this is not his project, it's mine! (^^,)
And it's not in "teh" spot, not now, but on "myinternalorgan"...
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I will be getting this up when i get a broadband connection again, i just moved house... in the meantime could someone be kind enough to give a quick review or comment on what they think of this project after testing it, i am interested to know how much this dark movie has been improved.
Andrea you really did a fantastic job on this one. Haven't sat and watched it all yet but i jumped around to watch parts. I'll still never understand what the director's were thinking when darkening the movie for the blu-ray release.
Thanks again _,,,^..^,,,_
What Andrea has done with this release is simply amazing!
I burned the files yesterday and watched the entire movie on my projection system, and it was superior to the Fox release in every way.
The disc loads much faster than the Fox release, with a simple and effective setup menu which loads immediately. (And since it doesn't use any flashy authoring, the playback resumes at the point you stopped it... Bliss!)
The brightness issues with the original disc are gone! Andrea's version has a lot more visible detail in the shadows, while maintaining excellent black levels. (The original release's blacks actually look washed out in comparison.) The brightening does make the original digital colour grading look weird in the daylight scenes, but that is not Andrea's fault.
Much to my surprise, Andrea's disc was much sharper than the original. (Again, the original looked blurry in comparison.) Andrea, did you boost the sharpness or add a grain plate, or both? The results are outstanding either way, and when I put on the original release to compare it was almost unwatchable.
The restoration of the Unrated scenes was perfect, and only when I paused the film could I see the difference between the HD and SD footage. If I didn't know where to look I would have never found it.
The DTS-HD MA track remained identical to the retail release, and stayed in perfect synch the whole time, so no issues with the audio either.
While the film itself may not be the greatest, Andrea has rescued it from its blurry, murky Fox release. Truly an excellent job, my friend. I'll never put in the official release again!
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Video Collector, things like the ones you wrote keep me continue... thank you very much!
By the way, no sharpening, no grain plate (apart the replaced shots)... they are only "collateral damages"! (^^,)
What about the spot at the end? Did you like it?
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Sorry but I couldn't find where to download this great release, could someone please tell? thx in advance.
Finally getting around to watching this new custom Blu-ray and must say I am impressed. I own the official release from Fox and have found it painful to watch because of the strange contrast issues. What you have done here Andrea is nothing short of miraculous. The contrast and black level look nearly perfect now as does the color. Great job. Thank you so much for the hard work in putting this release together.
Thanks for your appreciation! There are things like this that keep me going on with my work... thank you again!
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To whom it may concern: now AVP:R [spoRv] is available also on tehparadox!
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_,,,^..^,,,_ said:
To whom it may concern: now AVP:R [spoRv] is available also on tehparadox!
awesome... will grab it later :)
i read your message while listening to avp-r soundtrack :D
just perfect *hehe*
Now you are *obliged* to post your feedback after you have grabbed it... (-^,)
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I watched AVP:R over the weekend and I thought it was great, you did a fantastic job on this release Andrea.
Nice grain structure, excellent detail and the black level just right, you've done a great job correcting the overly dark blu-ray. Its not a classic film by any stretch but its much better than its rating on imdb would have you believe, I really enjoyed it, in all honesty a lot more than the majority of films coming out of Hollywood these days. Solid acting, great cinematography, very cool action sequences, all in all a very entertaining film.
Thanks for the great release! :)
Agreed. This one looks great and it's a pretty good installment in the franchise... all things considered. It's a guilty pleasure.
Need to finally see this !
Watched this last night it was a joy to watch.
Thank you for allowing me to love these creations again. being able to see them was great.
The sound was great and the professionalism of presentation was top notch.
I am very grateful to you for your hard work.
Looking forward to Escape !
Thank you.
Indeed, many thanks to you! These kind of comments keep me continue my hobby!
EFNY re-encode is ready; but this time I'd like to watch it VERY CAREFULLY to be absolutely sure it is perfect; I think I'll begin to seed it this night, tomorrow at least.
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_,,,^..^,,,_ said:
Indeed, many thanks to you! These kind of comments keep me continue my hobby!
EFNY re-encode is ready; but this time I'd like to watch it VERY CAREFULLY to be absolutely sure it is perfect; I think I'll begin to seed it this night, tomorrow at least.
What is wrong with the current one? I thought it was pretty much perfect as it is.
You can read the whole "affaire" from this post and the following ones.
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_,,,^..^,,,_ said:
Indeed, many thanks to you! These kind of comments keep me continue my hobby!
EFNY re-encode is ready; but this time I'd like to watch it VERY CAREFULLY to be absolutely sure it is perfect; I think I'll begin to seed it this night, tomorrow at least.
Well just know that I went and got Matrix, Thing, and the much needed Supernova !
I cannot wait for the EFNY ! That is a gem I have wanted to see for some time and resisted the crappy transfers we have gotten.
_,,,^..^,,,_ said:
You can read the whole "affaire" from this post and the following ones.
Thanks. So the error is in your Escape From New York release. I thought you were talking about Alien Vs Predator: Requiem.
My fault... I thought anyone knows that EFNY = Escape from New York...
AVP:R (Aliens Vs Predator: Requiem) is perfect AFAIK (as far as I know) (^^,)
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_,,,^..^,,,_ said:
My fault... I thought anyone knows that EFNY = Escape from New York...
AVP:R (Aliens Vs Predator: Requiem) is perfect AFAIK (as far as I know) (^^,)
It's all good Andrea. I just assumed because it was in the AVP:R thread. Carry on.:)
I need to see this, but how?. sorry I'm new here. :)
You can find it in teh paradoxical forum... after watched it, please leave your feedback here or in my blog; thanks!
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