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Army of Darkness - The Primitive Screwhead Edition (Released) — Page 5

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It looks familiar to me. Let me look around.

Glad you're still pressing on with this project, by the way

EDIT: Looks like some of these titles should have roughly the same logo, though it's worth noting that AoD seems like the only film that had the company named as Dino De Laurentiis Communications and not Company.

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This looks like it could be a good edit.

Would you be bale to use a hi-res image of this?
I say this because maybe you can print it and then scan it at a high DPI like 600 so you can clean it up and then use something like Adobe Premier or something to create an avi of an image set?
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i just ordered the Region 3 version. it reportedly has footage of a shirt ripping by evil ash not in other cuts and is reportedly clearer than others. This is what was said on IMDB. So, when I get it, I'll let you know.
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I have the R3 MGM and I can confirm that the shirt-ripping's there.

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Thank you for the information, Reverend. Looks like we're limited to the available Army of Darkness dvds.

I got my Dino De Laurentiis Communications image from the trailer on the R3 disc - unfortunately, the movie itself on the R3 disc doesn't begin with the logo. While the image quality of the logo from the R3 trailer is higher than what's shown on the Anchor Bay director's cut/bootleg edition, it still has it's own problems. If this is the best source for it though - I'm sure I could make it look better.

Insanity, thank you for the suggestion - and JHammondC, I'm sure you'll love that R3 disc. I remember when I first got it in the mail - oh what a day that was!
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I'm sure you could get a buddy compitent in Adobe Illustrator to re-create it as a vector image.

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Just curious if this project is still active & if there are any new updates? This is one of my all time favorite movies, so I'm highly stoked to see what becomes of it. I also have the r3 DVD & it's the best transfer I've seen yet. I havn't seen the HD DVD combo disc yet, but has that transfer been looked at yet for any needed/useable elements?
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Thank you, RidgeShark, for your advice. I've started working on a composite edit of Waterworld, incorporating extended footage from TV cuts, and I've been spending the past several weeks familiarizing myself with AviSynth (and the FFTD3D filter), and VFAPI for frameserving to Vegas. I've had a few bumps in the road, but everything seems to be smoothing out fine.
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There's not much in the way of updates since finals are coming up. However, about a week ago I managed to create a high quality version of the original Army of Darkness opening by incorporating high quality footage from Evil Dead 2 and AOD itself. It looks pretty spiffy, but at times the ugly VHS quality rears its ugly head since there is no high quality footage available for some shots (mainly Ash's eyes as he tells his story). I'll be incorporating this alternate opening somehow. I still haven't messed around with the dvd authoring software, so I still don't really know how to make a branching DVD - I swear I'll figure it out though!

Sushicide - I am using some video from the standard definition side on the HD-DVD/DVD combo edition. I wish I had a way to use the high-def footage since the standard def side on the combo disc has a few problems - such as some artificial sharpening *gag* - but it will have to do since it's the best video available to me for things like the theatrical-only line - "Good...Bad...I'm the guy with the gun."

mcfly89 - Awesome work on the Waterworld composite edit. Earlier tonight I had some friends asking me if I knew anything about the extended television version of Waterworld and I started telling them about your project. Needless to say, we're all excited and can't wait to see it.

Before I disappear again - I just wanted to say that my entire AoD edit is basically done - including the color correction. Now I'm left with doing a lot of testing on the 5.1 audio mix to make sure it sounds alright. I'm mixing together so many different sources for the audio mix, so there's bound to be some problems. I'm definitely no pro at 5.1 audio, and it would be way easier to just do this in 2.0 stereo - but then I wouldn't be happy with it. Anyways, the audio testing will begin after my finals are over. Should be fun.

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So what would be a good anti-bootlegging message that I could put up before the movie actually starts playing? Is there a thread or a page somewhere with examples?


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My usual message has been "By fans for fans, not for sale or rental"

...but it ain't stopped some mofo from putting my fansubs on eBay :@@@@@ and if I ever see that lamer's face I'll kick him so hard in the face I'll polish my shoes with his blood >:@!

"Right now the coffees are doing their final work." (Airi, Masked Rider Den-o episode 1)

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"Hey you primitive screwheads.... copy this and you will get a taste of my boom stick... shop smart.... shop S-mart."
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LMAO, that would be perfect for AoD lol

EDIT: btw, what about adding "YOU GOT THAT?!!" lol

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Thank you both for the ideas. They've already inspired the warning message.
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How close are you on this RidgeShark? I'm really looking forward to seeing it. Hope your finals went alright. Any luck with the seamless branching?

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RidgeShark,

Thanks for your words of encouragement. I'm now working with DGMPGDec frameserving VOBs to Avisynth to VFAPI to Vegas. I tried re-rendering to MPEG2 in Vegas, but noticed quality loss due to recompression. Is there some way to re-render without recompressing, or is that only possible by cutting the MPEGs together in software like Womble? Thanks again for getting me started on the right foot.
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Yeah, I hope this is coming along well Scott. This is probably the fan-edit I'm most excited about on the whole forum
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The project is still alive and well. I've undergone a huge move recently, and I've been very busy working - so this project has taken something of a backseat to everything else going on in my life.

The good news is that I did get a preliminary/test version up and running with branching for the alternate beginnings and endings - and it works very well on most dvd players. It seems to only have a real problem with dvd players that have slower drives. The project is very close to being finished - I just need to fix a few problems with the video and 5.1 audio and it should all be set. I've decided to drop any "extra" content due to it being a bit more extra work than I'm willing to do right now.

Anyways, I don't have an internet connection right now, so updates will be few and far in between. I'm hoping to have this truly, and finally finished by October. Wish me luck.
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Fantastic news. May I ask what you're referring to by "extra content"? Any good rarities that aren't on the DVDs? Someone certainly needs to put together an Evil Dead Companion DVD - I'm sure someone was putting one together (or maybe that was just the in-limbo Bruce Campbell project), but there's enough stuff to go round. Someone's recently put a rip of the uncut Sam Raimi episode of The Incredibly Strange Film Show on Demonoid that's miles ahead quality-wise of any previous rips.
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Good to here all is well, break a leg man, can't wait!
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hey RidgeShark, best of luck with this one! can't wait to see how it turns out because I've been waiting for someone to rip the unreleased footage from SciFi Channel for a long time now.

I'm working on an Evil Dead 2/Army of Darkness DVD and I just need the video for "Good... bad... I'm the guy with the gun" from the HD DVD or your release as the Anchor Bay DVD does not fit the aspect ratio of the R3 MGM DVD (it leaves me with black bars on both sides). Do you think I could get that scene from you? I don't think I would need the 5.1 audio unless you've changed the framerate. Excellent to see that you've taken the liberty of editing almost every nuance of the film from the TV cut including the option for branching (something I wanted to do but due to space limitations on a dual layer I can't). Either way, I'm anticipating your release!

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[quote]I don't have an internet connection right now, so updates will be few and far in between.[/quote]
Ah ha -- that explains why you're not answering your e-mail!

Drop me a line when you can, Scott -- I actually managed to buy the laserdisc of the *original* Director's Cut. It'll still have burned-in Chinese subtitles, but the quality should be miles better than the bootleg-of-a-bootleg VHS I've been working with for eight years.

Does anyone here know how to get data off a Laserdisc and into an editable format with minimum, or no, quality loss?

-Jeph!