The Keep - Satellite Rip (Released)

Hello everyone. First, I’m sorry for not posting in the original Keep thread but I felt this should be separate anyway.

Now, I recently put together a DVD for a friend of mine (for xmas) which contained a number of “The Keep” related stuff:

• The Comic
• Some archived webpages
• Several different versions/boots of the score
• Youtube-sourced FLVs of the alternate ending and the trailer
• Crappy DIVX version

The centrepiece, however, was the widescreen LD rip by MrBridger (that was the focus of the other thread). I made the stupid mistake of deleting it once burning and checking it myself. Turns out the thing stutters (sound-wise) on his player. It was probably my tinkering with cropping off the Barbarella trailer and adding menus that caused problems. I wish I’d left the MrBridger DVD on my hard drive and could burn that simply as it was. Ah well. (though if anyone has it and doesn’t mind sending me a copy here in Australia…)

Anyway, my point is that while I was searching I never did find decent quality versions of the alternate ending/s or the theatrical trailer. I’m after these as such. More than that though, I’m after the satellite rip that was posted on the eDonkey network. I have never been able to get that to work for me and when I tried the different links I was unable to get it to connect and download. The reason I wanted the satellite rip is because it appears to have much richer color than the LD print while being synched to the LD audio. I could burn my friend the MrBridger DVD with the SatRip + the alternate ending/s and trailer on another disc.

I’ve since seen the film and I too would enjoy the more pleasing image of this version. So, I ask, is there anyone who has or can obtain the satellite rip? There is some info on it here. <span class=“Bold”>NOTE:</span> Mods, I can understand if you’d like me to remove this link. I did try to find a page that wasn’t like a direct link to a torrent or what have you.

P.S. Thinking about it… depending on the quality and other factors, perhaps we could use that color histogram filter Paul’s using for his vintage Star Wars edits and make the more detailed LD rip have the same color as the satellite rip? I don’t know… we need the satellite rip to be uploaded to Rapidshare or the like first.

Does any still have the satellite rip? I'd love to put this film in a better version on my home theater media player.

Sorry for sounding stupid (my friends are used to it), but what does CG stand for?

I take it CG=Cinemageddon?

They is the full DVD there too.

Out of curiosity, does anyone here have a CG account?

I just finished downloading it myself.  :)

Yes read past comments.

"Ifo edit" will correct that...it does have alot of colour problems apart from that i think its the best so far, shame DigitalFreakNYC dont do a laserdisc transfer...his transfers are great.

I have to say - I've NEVER seen this film look so good.

So the DVD-r has the alternate ending then? (i.e. Scott Glenn survives)

[EDIT]

Just watched it. Apparently not. I'll keep watching the sat version on my media player. It's sweet!

[EDIT]

Apparently there's a "sh*tbuster" version with these stats. I could only find edonkey links, all of which appear to be dead:

The.Keep.(1983).SatRip.LDaudio.XviD-ShitBusters.avi  [741.83 Mb]

File Size.......: 1/6 DVD          FPS.............: 23.976
?      Duration........: 01:35:33         Bits / Pixel....: 0.189   
       Video Format....: Xvid             Language........: English
       Video Bitrate...: 967 kb/s         Custom Matrix...: Jaword1CD
       Resolution......: 704x304 (2.32:1) Packed Bitstream: No               
                                                                               
                                                                               
       AUDIO:                                                                   
       Audio Codec.....: MP3              Interleave......: -     
       Audio Bitrate...: 128 kb/s         Preload.........: -   
       Channels........: 2                Audio Alignment.: -
                                                                               
       Subtitles.......: None

Which is based on this 1.6 Gb version:

The.Keep.(1983).-.Michael.Mann.-.(Dual.English.Spanish.Sat+vhs).by.Ed73.avi

 

Videocodec: Divx 5.0
Videoresolution: 704x304 (2.32:1) [=44:19]
Videobitrate: 1005 kb/s at 25fps
Length: 01:31:43 (137,587 fr)
Audiotrack1: PCM Audio!
Audiotrack1 bitrate: 1411 kb/s (705/ch, stereo) 44khz
Audiotrack2: 0x0055(MP3) ID'd as MPEG-1 Layer 3
Audiotrack2: 128 kb/s (64/ch, stereo) CBR 48000 Hz
Size: 1675MB
Language: English/Spanish

It's been awhile since I've prowled on Usenet, but I found this old reference:

  said:

 

The Keep 1983 Satrip LDaudio xvid-ShitBusters [02/50] - "The Keep nfo" yEnc (1/1)Sat, 10 Nov 2007 02:39:14 GMT

The.Keep.1983.Satrip.LDaudio.xvid-ShitBusters [02/50] - "The.Keep.nfo" yEnc (1/1)
collection size: 849.25 MB, parts available: 3483 / 3483- 39 rar files- 9 par2 files- 1 nfo file

So maybe some enterprising Usenetter could find it?

I take it there are no enterprising Usenetters here anymore?  :(

Netflix has it in their streaming system.  There was talk elsewhere around here about capturing from NF.  Is that a possibility?

I'm sure it's possible.

I could capture it myself (Wii-->capture card), but my card only does composite SD. Not sure if that'd be worth it or not.