I must be the only person who thinks Serenity is mediocre, closer to Starship Troopers than Star Wars. I had no preconceived notions going in and came out feeling no different about the myself, the world, or sci-fi. I'm not saying it was bad, but it wasn't worthy of all the fan-boy hype heaped upon it.
My Two Dicks words by Don Geronimo Sung to the theme to BEWITCHED
They're my two Dicks, oh yes they're my two Dicks
First there was York, such a dick Then I changed to Sergeant, hey what a trick
I love two Dicks, they're great to have around I'm always smiling -- with two Dicks why frown?
I'm the witch with the most fun -- can't you see Just one more Dick--and I'd have three
They're my two Dicks, oh yes they're my two Dicks And come what may, I'm proud to tell you this I'd pass on a love-filled night with the New York Knicks 'Cause I am the witch with two dicks!
I have to vote for Blazing Saddles, but Silent Movie is positively brilliant. How he ever got that movie made is beyond me. It's the most genius work in his repertoire to be sure.
Womble will not do the soft transitions. That is it's biggest drawback. My edit does not have them. I could do them in Vegas with the knowledge I now have, but it's not worth it to redo the whole thing for a few wipes for me. You, however, could use Vegas to just create the shots with wipes, encode those to M2V format, then splice those tidbits in where they belong. You'll have to do some precise measurements with your frames when you do it though.
As for your AC3, you need to demux the individual streams from each other when ripping.
Love that screenshot! It's as though you sat directly in front of the TV screen and took a picture using a flash bulb. It reminds me of when my neighbor's dad tried to take a Polaroid of the Star Wars cast on the Donnie and Marie show. The results were about the same.
I remember thinking the flashes were new when I first saw the DVD. They just come out better on the cleaned-up print I suppose, because when I went back to my O-OT for reference, they were certainly there, but they don't assault you in the same manner.
DL are single sided, dual layer, like a commercial disc. 4.7GB worth of data vs. 8.5 GB. If the final product exceeds the length of a SL disc, it's worth it to many to have the DL version (unless the difference is less than half a gig or so, at which point the recompression looks negligible.