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#268736
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PETA Kills Website
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Not that we know of ... not yet. That's my point. Remember, it wasn't that long ago that we believed humans thought with their heart, that bloodletting was the healthy way to exorcise demons from the body, and many still refuse to believe we descended from the same evolutionary branch as apes. As we learn more about life as a whole, we might be surprised at how it works in all living things. After all, SOMETHING is driving plants to reproduce.

My comment wasn't at all meant to offend. Vegetarianism is a choice, and I'm all about choice. I certainly respect vegetarians for their choices, but only ask the same respect for evolution and the food chain in return. Since most vegetarians are also liberals, this shouldn't be a stretch.
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#268716
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PETA Kills Website
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I thought the only Website PETA killed was the one for People Eating Tasty Animals. Screw PETA ... while I don't mind boycotting veal because it is grossly inhumane and while I don't wear mink or sable because, frankly, I don't live in Siberia, I find PETA grossly disrespectful to all my ancestors who helped me climb my way to the top of the food chain. Let this unabashed liberal put on his leather jacket and eat a steak in peace.

I find it amusing that PETA wishes all humans to stop the inhumane eating of other animals, yet they aren't saying anything bad about how dogs, or hawks, or sharks, or other ANIMALS (which, face it, humans are) all eat other animals to survive.

I can't wait for the day when mankind learns that vegetation also has consciousness. Then the real freaks can rally to the rights of vegetables, so they may grow in unhindered, uncultivated peace, away from the herbivorous herbality of humans. Let them unite under the slogan: "Every Salad Has A Soul."
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#268526
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ADigitalMan's Guide to MPEG2/AC3 Editing
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I'm not sure how or why, but it does. I think it has to do with how Womble sometimes thinks extra frames are supposed to go in due to the 24->30 fps conversion. It's why I always demux, note problems like that, and create a separate audio mix that accounts for such glitches when they appear.

I also do not use Womble to author DVDs. Only to splice video and a corresponding audio reference file. Womble for video, Vegas for Audio, DVDLab Pro for authoring. It's been near-perfect for me every time.
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#266766
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Superman 2 The Donner Cut
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The only thing that doesn't really work in S1 is the dam rebuilding itself. Take that out and replace with more Lois images, and he simply turned the world back a few minutes. Turning time back would have slipped the car into the chasm before it comes back out. I've considered this, and may do it in a 2.0 update.

Superman turning time back several days, zipping Kryptonians off earth and back into the Phantom Zone that's somewhere near Saturn, giving Lois her cherry back, and then beating up a bully who has no memory of him is just stupid editing though. Thau, Donner, and Mank, bless 'em all, should be flogged for that one.
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#266307
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Jokes thread : Reloaded
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Apparently a true story from a friend of mine ...
I was in Wal-Mart buying a large bag of Purina for our dog, and was in line to check out. A woman behind me asked if I had a dog........Duh!

I was feeling a bit crabby so on impulse, I told her no, I was starting The Purina Diet again, although I probably shouldn't because I'd ended up in the hospital last time, but that I'd lost 50 pounds before I awakened in an intensive care unit with tubes coming out of most of my orifices and IV's in both arms. Her eyes about bugged out of her head.

I went on and on with the bogus diet story and she was totally buying it. I told her that it was an easy, inexpensive diet and that the way it works is to load your pockets or purse with Purina nuggets and simply eat one or two every time you feel hungry. The package said the food is nutritionally complete so I was going to try it again.

I have to mention here that practically everyone in the line was by now enthralled with my story, particularly a tall guy behind her.

Horrified, she asked if something in the dog food had poisoned me and was that why I ended up in the hospital.

I said no.....I'd been sitting in the street licking my butt when a car hit me.

I thought the tall guy was going to have to be carried out the door.
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#266166
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Ep 3 death star !
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Originally posted by: 20th Century Mark
I always assumed that the 2nd Death Star was started many years before the first one was even completed. For the Empire to have one DS would be awsome, but to have many, that would be ultimate.
Exactly. Has nobody here seen Contact? "The first rule of Government spending is: Why have one, when you can have two at twice the cost?"
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#265293
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***The ADigitalMan non-Star Wars DVD Info and Feedback Thread***
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/265293/action/topic#265293
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If you can ignore Margot and Jimmy aging and her losing her tan in the final scene, I think it takes place immediately following SII and even leaves room for Superman Returns. It's a small stretch, not a large one. Stay with me here ...

Lois takes a much-deserved vacation because she's clearly been through an ordeal with Zod and is suffering some memory loss. Perry gives her three much-deserved weeks off, and with that thong bikini, she's clearly planning on getting some action in Bermuda fo' sho'. She probably bangs some pool-boy, which might be where she thinks the kid comes from. Unfortunately, her vacation is interrupted by Perry when there is a crisis in Paris. Like any correspondent, she files the Paris story from the road, then finishes her time off.

Some dialog trims I did actually accomplish this service to the plot.

An interesting tidbit about the official timeline:
Clark notes it's his 15-year reunion and his poster says class of '65. That makes it take place in 1980, not 1983. Lester's SII takes place in the same year, so it does immediately follow. However, Donner's SII takes place in 1978, immediately following STM. Clark left Smallville in '65 around harvest time, probably spent a few months slowly trekking north (not running at super-speed) and then spent 12 years or so training in the Fortress.

I prefer to ignore the year, and wish all references to specific times weren't in Superman movies. Superman is timeless, and anything that dates the story opens up a can of anachronisms. But I didnt' bother to edit them out.
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#265230
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***The ADigitalMan non-Star Wars DVD Info and Feedback Thread***
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Not per se, but these things always have a way of escaping. As always, please have the originals and don't pay/charge for the re-edit.

I just watched Superman Redeemed straight through on my TV for the first time tonight and I'm VERY pleased with the end result. It really does work -- the wheat separated from the chaff, so to speak. I'm loving Hackman's performance more than ever because it isn't so bogged down in the morass that surrounded it. Anybody notice how much Lenny was like Jar Jar? I've given him the same treatment too.

Some info: This is only Single Layer, and it didn't even fill up one of those. It's 1 hour 32 minutes with credits, and doesn't need to be a minute longer. Here's the "About" menu from the Redeemed disc:
2006 was billed by Warner Bros. as "The Year of Superman." We were given a new film that was respectful to Richard Donner and Christopher Reeve. We got the Donner Cut of Superman II. And we got one of the coolest DVD boxed sets to date. Unfortunately, Superman III and IV still suck. While they do have their good moments, they are mostly painful to watch. Superman III has been described as a bad concept produced well, and Superman IV has been described as a good concept produced horribly.

I watched them this year for the first time since I was a kid and came up with a crazy concept: Could these two be edited into one film with most of the lousy parts removed? That became my challenge. After completing the Hybrid Cut of Superman II, I vowed to do this next.

Using elements from all four movies (including some esoteric deleted stuff), I was able to cobble together a new narrative around Clark's return to Smallville, and Superman's Quest For Peace. While it's still not perfect, it's certainly enjoyable (at least to me) and the cringeworthy elements have been minimalized. I hope you enjoy this crazy little project, and hope it redeems the legacy of Christopher Reeve for you, as it has for me.
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#265112
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***The ADigitalMan non-Star Wars DVD Info and Feedback Thread***
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First post has been updated with this:

Superman II: The Hybrid Cut
Yep, like half the planet, I've done my own re-edit of Superman II using the parts I like best.

After years of petitioning, begging and pleading, fans of Superman got what they asked for. In November of 2006, the Richard Donner Cut of Superman II finally became a reality. But it turned out the Holy Grail really was just a plain ol' cup. Sadly, Donner's Cut was so focused on removing the elements of Lester's film that they failed to acknowledge the genuine contributions Lester did make to the Superman II. Most notably, a coherent ending, not recycled from what ultimately climaxed the first film, original intent or not. Imperfect though it was, the Donner Cut did give fans what they wanted most: The long lost footage of Brando, and all the original scenes with the cast we grew to know and love, in context for the most part. In some ways, it is superior, and in others, it is inferior to the Lester Cut. The ideal cut lies somewhere in between. Thus, this fan edit merely tries to make the best story out of all the elements. Specifically to my edit:

1) Alternate version of "Planet Krypton" cue by John Williams opens the film.
2) Non kills the guard, Zod Breaks the crystal and the rings come down. Cut to:
3) Brando asking the council to pronounce judgment.
4) As Phantom Zone speeds away, Krypton Explodes and Alexander Salkind credit speeds out of this. Credits are from Donner Cut.
5) Zoom into earth cuts to the tail-fire of the XK-101 Rocket with Supes chasing it.
6) Lots of bad CGI removed. Rocket Explodes, shattering Phantom Zone from Lester Cut but with "FREE!" mixed in. Fade out as Villains fly to the moon.
7) Fade in on Metropolis Street vendor, then cut to Perry reading the paper.
8) Lois Jumps. Bad eye-beam shots removed. Awning was always open.
9) Extended Prison sequence
10) Moon, with "curl" discussion back at Mission Control. Hairdryer line cut.
11) Donner's getaway.
12) Tour of the honeymoon suite.
13) Heading North
14) Falls rescue is a hybrid of the two cuts, with Lois noticing Clark's absence reinstated.
15) Donner's version of Lex in the fortress
16) Pink Bear scene, trimmed down.
17) Heading South
18) Non picks up the snake, but only ponders it.
19) Superman takes Lois to the fortress, picks up flowers and dinner.
20) Ursa arm wrestles.
21) Dinner. No sex with Lois while super-powered. No Kryptonite condoms in this story.
22) Brando depowers Superman. Nookie afterward.
23) Donner cut for a long long time, until ...
24) "Care to step outside?"
25) Donner cut Metropolis battle and Fortress
26) Arctic Police, Smallville line removed (with a fantastic musical edit behind this whole scene)
27) Fortress NOT destroyed. Cut straight to the kiss.
28) Tearful farewell on terrace
29) Memory Kiss
30) Elevator Bully
31) Diner Bully
32) Flag Flying High, end credits.
*) Plus, I've included a bonus slideshow of "Mr. Thau, Please Create In CGI Villains Rule The World Scene?" images by yours truly.

Superman Redeemed
This project of pure insanity presents a hybrid cut of Superman III and IV, with elements of all four films worked in. I had the crazy concept for this film after watching them for the first time since I was a kid. Though they're both miserably wretched to watch, they do have some fantastic elements in them. III had the great stuff with Lana in Smallville, plus the classic good vs. evil Superman battle. IV had a great concept with Superman trying to disarm the world and Lex trying to capitalize on it, but the FX were miserable, the action sequences were misguided, Lenny was annoying, and the whole Lacy plot was nothing but superfluous padding. It would have been a great movie of the week in the early 80s at best.

Was there enough salvagable material in these two, and could it be constructed into a working plot? I wasn't even sure going into it, but I thought so. When I realized that the Paris sequence from Lester's SII could be the lynchpin of the story, it all fell into place. The end result is surprisingly coherent and entertaining. Some bad FX still remain, and a couple of disjointed cuts were inescapable, but it's better than sitting through those two films in their entirety ever again. Just as the character of Superman is redeemed in the junkyard, so do these two junky films get redeemed, leaving a more fitting legacy for Christopher Reeve. Hence the name: Superman Redeemed.

I could detail the edit, but I think I'll let it speak for itself. A few notes though:
1) A healthy dose of the STM Original Soundtrack helps to patch scenes together and punch others up.
2) Lenny doesn't bust out Lex, Miss Tessmacher does while Otis looks on, dumbfounded. It was great to put these characters into this film. Thank you Donner Cut Deleted Scenes!
3) Brando is heard.
4) Darth Editous is the coolest guy on this board. One key shot still had Richard Pryor in it, which I was prepared to accept after my slipshod attempts at digital character removal. Then DE offered to fix this and presented the result in less than a day. As Clark would best say it: "Golly, what a swell guy!" Check out this page to see what awesomeness he produced.