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***The Official RowMan*** Release Thread — Page 5

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Hello everybody - I apologize for my ignorance, but I am new to the forums. I have been searching for unreleased Star Wars features, and came across this site. RowMan's bonus discs to each of the original trilogy films seem to be exactly what I'm looking for. I'm having trouble locating the downloads, though. I need a registration to access myspleen, which I don't have. (I'm not even sure if these are on myspleen, I just saw some links to it in the posts). It is also available on Usenet, but I would prefer to avoid having to pay for a membership. Is there anyway I could just get a torrent? Or is there another way?

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Oh, also, I'm on a Mac, if that makes any difference. I'd be willing to send a blank disc to someone, but I'd prefer to be able to just download these directly to avoid the shipping costs.

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JonesyDaves said:

Hello everybody - I apologize for my ignorance, but I am new to the forums. I have been searching for unreleased Star Wars features, and came across this site. RowMan's bonus discs to each of the original trilogy films seem to be exactly what I'm looking for. I'm having trouble locating the downloads, though. I need a registration to access myspleen, which I don't have. (I'm not even sure if these are on myspleen, I just saw some links to it in the posts). It is also available on Usenet, but I would prefer to avoid having to pay for a membership. Is there anyway I could just get a torrent? Or is there another way?

 

you could use the giganews usenet free trial. Its just been increased from 3 to 14 days and you'd be able to get the complete rowman set

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Really? I'm actually trying that as we speak, but I was under the impression it's a 3 G limit. Am I mistaken?

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Ok I'll see how that goes..

Would anybody be willing to send me a myspleen invite? There are some more things I've come across (such as the "Deleted Magic" segment) which are only found there. I would greatly appreciate it. My email is sean_e_mak@hotmail.com

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Ok, so I was downloading the ANH bonus disc from my UseNEXT trial and made it to 92% before I reached my download limit. I only have a few files remaining. Is there any way to finish this download / get the others without paying for a Usenet subscription? I'm sorry to be such a pain about this, but you guys are my only hope at seeing this beyond buying it off ebay or paying for Usenet, and considering that some of the stuff (particularly the deleted magic, building empire, etc) were created to be seen for free, I think I should be able to find another way. Am I out of options?

 

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Well i did suggest that you went with giganews and you could have had a had 10gb limit but you went with usenext? But i have just looked at usenext's free trial and there isn't a limit at all as it explains here at the trial sign up page (which you would ahve had to ahve seen

UseNEXT free trial

You get 3gb high speed and unlimited at 1mbs so you can still download the files you need. If you want full speed then just pay for one month unlimited with giganews , which is cheaper than usenext and has a 240 day retention and you'd be able to get all the ones you are looking for and more. Its only $24 As to buying any of the edits on ebay that is seriously frowned upon by editors. We do it for free and some little asshole sells them on ebay. Don't ever buy a fan created DVD off ebay.

 

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I don't know what Rowman has been up to lately but I recenltly saw one of the clips of R2D2 on Sesame Street on youtube. It looked like it was sourced from a better quality tape than what is on the bonus Empire dvd. Just wanted to mention that.

Take back the trilogy. Execute Order '77

http://www.youtube.com/user/Knightmessenger

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Alright, so I've got one last issue here. I managed to download the ANH bonus disc (thanks for all your help). I'm figuring out the Usenet situation. However, the ESB and ROTJ are listed as not having all of the required files. Well, ESB says it does, but when I try to download several of the files are "incomplete" despite several download attempts. The ROTJ says it only has 99% of the required files. Is this normal? Is there anything I can do to fix this?

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Greetings everyone,

wanted to ask if it would be possible to seed or reupload these 4 discs in any form without using binaries?

If not, I would gladly pay for blanks and shipping.

I'd really appreciate it if someone could help out!

 

Thanks

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Hi All, been looking for the Rowman Bonus Features disc(s) for ages. Would anyone accept Paypal payment to send me a copy?  Even if it's just to cover postage and blank discs?  Please! I have these documentaries on vhs in bad quality and I would love to get to see them on DVD.

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I was wondering if it was still possible to find this collection anywhere, or if these features are on anything else, as I can't find it anywhere on the internet at all. That or the files are all completely expired, and ebay doesn't even have them.

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good link available at tehPARADOX.com  in "The Definitive Laserdiscs Extras by Rowmn" thread

Can you trust him?  No, but he has no love for the Empire, I can tell you that.

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Thanks eksif.  :)

Anyone know how these compare to the Gonzo release?

By the way, are these NTSC?  I sure hope so.  :(

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Okay, they are NTSC and definitely the best quality.

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The RowMan ROTJ bonus disc is corrupt.  Specifically, it goes bad just before the 18 minute mark on the "Soundtrack!" THX promo.

If ANYONE has this disc and the image is not corrupted, PLEASE contact me.

Thanks!

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JediTray said:

The RowMan ROTJ bonus disc is corrupt.  Specifically, it goes bad just before the 18 minute mark on the "Soundtrack!" THX promo.

If ANYONE has this disc and the image is not corrupted, PLEASE contact me.

Thanks!

What did you use to unpack the rar? also have you tried mounting the image you downloaded  to see if the problem is the same? It could just be a bad burn or it has unpacked incorrectly. Try using the latest version of Winrar because if it was packed with a later version than the software you were using this can cause problems.

These have been available there since 2009 so if there was any problems with the discs i would have thought someone would have posted about it by now

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I thought the same, but the problem is definitely with the image itself.  Something got corrupted somewhere and I have already removed the rars from my machine.  I tried different programs and even a different burner, but the error occurs in the exact same place.  So, that tells me that it is definitely not my equipment.  All I can think of to do is to download the disc again.

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I re-downloaded the disc.  The exact same error occurs.  I give up.  Please PM if you have a good copy.

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Had a quick look 'around the 18 min mark' and nothing jumped out grabbing my attention.
Can you describe more precisely what's happening on screen at the time?


segaflip said:


; Generated by QuickSFV v2.32 on 2005-08-11 at 05:11:12
; http://www.QuickSFV.org
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; 410304512 20:21.30 2005-06-25 Rowman - VI Extras\VIDEO_TS\VTS_05_1.VOB
Rowman - VI Extras\VIDEO_TS\VTS_05_1.VOB DA18E4E5
that's from usenet long ago.

How does yours compare? Same size (bytes)? Same SFV ?

However, in practice you must take into account the “fuckwit factor”. Just talk to Darth Mallwalker…
-Moth3r

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Okay, here we go.

At 17:48 of the "Soundtrack!" THX promo, everything is fine.

At 17:52 the pixelating begins and lasts a second or two.

At 17:54 it becomes part of something involving Jabba, not the THX promo.

At 17:59 it goes back to the THX promo, then the image freezes, the sound stops, but the DVD player counter keeps running until I stop it.

This behavior happens on two standalone DVD players, my Blu-ray player, and my computer's DVD drive.  I tried it 3 different times and used 2 different burning programs, as well as downloading the whole disc all over again.

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I might be having a ROTJ bonus disc coming in the mail, so I can finally put this to rest.