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Post: #248507
Topic: The X-Files - Worth Watching?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/248507/action/topic#248507
Time: 28-Sep-2006 10:00 AM

I think I may have posted this in the past, but it definitely merits re-posting in this thread. A set of lyrics by Don Henley on the subject of Alien Visitation. Great tune from Inside Job...

They're Not Here, They're Not Coming

(Don Henley/Stan Lynch)

From the Arizona desert
To the Salisbury Plain
Lights on the horizon
Patterns on the grain
Anxious eyes turned upward
Clutching souvenirs
Carrying our highest hopes and our darkest fears

They swear there was an accident back in '47
Little man with a great big head
Splattered down from heaven
Government conspiracy; cover-ups and lies
Hidden in the desert under endless skies

Well, it's a cold, cold, cold, cold, cold, cold, cold, cold
Post, postmodern world
No time for heroes, no place for good guys
No room for Rocky The Flying Squirrel

They're not here, they're not coming
Not in a million years
Turn your weary eyes back homeward
Stop your trembling, dry your tears
You may see the heavens flashing
You may hear the cosmos humming
But I promise you, my brother
They're not here, they're not coming

Would they pile into the saucer
Find Orlando's rat and hug it?
Go screaming through the universe
Just to get McNuggets?
Well, I don't think so, I don't think so
It's much too dangerous, it's much too strange
Here in a world that won't give Oprah no home on the range

Well, it's a cold, cold, cold, cold, cold, cold, cold, cold
Post, postmodern world
No authenticity, no sign of soul
The radio won't play George and Merle

They're not here, they're not coming
Not in a million years
'Til we put away our hatred
'Til we lay aside our fears
You may see the heavens flashing
You may hear the cosmos humming
But I promise you, my sister
They're not here, they're not coming

To this garden we were given
And always took for granted
It's like my daddy told me, “You just bloom where you're planted.”
Now you long to be delivered
From this world of pain and strife
That's a sorry substitution for a spiritual life

Well, it's a cold, cold, cold, cold, cold, cold, cold, cold
Post, postmodern world
No place for sentiment, no room for romance
Bring back the Duke of Earl

They're not here, they're not coming
Not in a million years
Turn your hopes back homeward
Hold your children, dry their tears
You may see the heavens flashing
You may hear the cosmos humming
But I promise you, my brother
They're not here, they're not coming

They're not here, they're not coming
Not in a million years
'Til we put away our hatred
And lay aside our fears
You may see the heavens flashing
You may hear the cosmos humming
But I promise you, my brother
They're not here, they're not coming

Post: #248367
Topic: SW Limited Edditions on ebay
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/248367/action/topic#248367
Time: 27-Sep-2006 4:24 PM

But on eBay you can say the SE's are the bonus discs in your listing.

Post: #248295
Topic: Send the extra discs back!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/248295/action/topic#248295
Time: 27-Sep-2006 10:36 AM

Along with Lucas' own words about colorization, Jay should put that Huxley quote on the home page.

Post: #248294
Topic: Info Wanted: Anyone Planning on making Anamorphic versions using 2006 OUT DVDs?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/248294/action/topic#248294
Time: 27-Sep-2006 10:34 AM

The delay number was zero on the GOUT (at least, it is on SW -- haven't done the others yet). Plus, the first subtitle was in sync, but the rest weren't. I haven't really investigated why yet (or compared to the original to see if the problem is there) as I'm focused on just getting it done. I'll try to do a little more research to figure out what's going on.

Post: #248293
Topic: Info: 2006 GOUT DVD using 'Faces' PCM Sound?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/248293/action/topic#248293
Time: 27-Sep-2006 10:29 AM

Can sombody re-post the link to the site where all the minute differences between the different mixes are?

Post: #248229
Topic: Jokes thread : Reloaded
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/248229/action/topic#248229
Time: 27-Sep-2006 12:29 AM

Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
"I want to be white, tight, and outtasight!"
So the genie turned him into a tampon.

Yet another version:
The guy says "I want to be completely surrounded by pussy."
So the genie turned him into a tampon.

Speaking of pussy, what do you call the extra skin around one?

A woman.

Post: #248215
Topic: Info Wanted: Anyone Planning on making Anamorphic versions using 2006 OUT DVDs?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/248215/action/topic#248215
Time: 26-Sep-2006 11:36 PM

I ripped the subtitles, but they all were off about 0.4 seconds after the first one. For all who are making their own 16:9 subtitles via anamorphic upconvert, this may help save you some time. With the mods' indulgence I may cross-post this in a couple of relevant threads. You can use either of these. I'm using Haettenschweiler 20 pt to approximate the original subtitles fairly closely. Save either of these to a .txt file and import into DVD-Lab Pro.

Original timing
1
00:49:06,747 --> 00:49:09,272
Going somewhere, Solo?

2
00:49:14,788 --> 00:49:16,722
It's too late.

3
00:49:16,790 --> 00:49:19,224
You should have paid him when you had the chance.

4
00:49:19,293 --> 00:49:22,751
Jabba's put a price on your head so large...

5
00:49:22,829 --> 00:49:25,798
every bounty hunter in the galaxy will be looking for you.

6
00:49:25,866 --> 00:49:27,891
I'm lucky I found you first.

7
00:49:30,237 --> 00:49:33,832
If you give it to me, I might forget I found you.

8
00:49:37,344 --> 00:49:39,835
Jabba's through with you.

9
00:49:39,913 --> 00:49:42,473
He has no time for smugglers...

10
00:49:42,549 --> 00:49:45,245
who drop their shipments at the first sign of an imperial cruiser.

11
00:49:49,156 --> 00:49:53,286
You can tell that to Jabba. He may only take your ship.

12
00:49:55,662 --> 00:49:56,822
That's the idea.

13
00:49:56,897 --> 00:50:00,924
I've been looking forward to this for a long time.

re-worked timing
1
00:49:06,747 --> 00:49:09,272
Going somewhere, Solo?

2
00:49:14,388 --> 00:49:16,322
It's too late.

3
00:49:16,390 --> 00:49:18,824
You should have paid him when you had the chance.

4
00:49:18,893 --> 00:49:22,351
Jabba's put a price on your head so large...

5
00:49:22,429 --> 00:49:25,398
every bounty hunter in the galaxy will be looking for you.

6
00:49:25,466 --> 00:49:27,491
I'm lucky I found you first.

7
00:49:29,837 --> 00:49:33,432
If you give it to me, I might forget I found you.

8
00:49:36,944 --> 00:49:39,435
Jabba's through with you.

9
00:49:39,513 --> 00:49:42,073
He has no time for smugglers...

10
00:49:42,149 --> 00:49:44,845
who drop their shipments at the first sign of an imperial cruiser.

11
00:49:48,756 --> 00:49:52,886
You can tell that to Jabba. He may only take your ship.

12
00:49:55,262 --> 00:49:56,422
That's the idea.

13
00:49:56,497 --> 00:50:00,524
I've been looking forward to this for a long time.

Post: #248214
Topic: This person added Qui-Gon into the end of Return of the Jedi as a force ghost.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/248214/action/topic#248214
Time: 26-Sep-2006 11:35 PM

What about Mace? Gotta have that BMF in the shot too, right?

Post: #248213
Topic: Greedo subtitles outside the 16:9 frame
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/248213/action/topic#248213
Time: 26-Sep-2006 11:33 PM

Post: #248211
Topic: Info: 2006 GOUT DVD using 'Faces' PCM Sound?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/248211/action/topic#248211
Time: 26-Sep-2006 11:27 PM

Gives me something to work on next then.

At least I don't have to worry about removing Jangoisms.

Post: #248160
Topic: Info: 2006 GOUT DVD using 'Faces' PCM Sound?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/248160/action/topic#248160
Time: 26-Sep-2006 7:59 PM

Are they in the SE? If so, they're easy to lift.

Post: #248099
Topic: Info: 2006 GOUT DVD using 'Faces' PCM Sound?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/248099/action/topic#248099
Time: 26-Sep-2006 4:34 PM

PAL, eh. Time wasted, lesson learned.

I was hoping to help out Belbucus by providing him the '85 mix ready to go.

Oh well. Back to the drawing board. I've created a custom mix from the GOUT AC3 file (again, I was surprised at it's quality given its bitrate) and have mixed in the four dialogue lines that were restored in the 2004 edition ("We've stopped," "There's no one here," "Tractor Beam" and "Close The Blast Doors." I don't know if the first two were present in any mix, but the first certainly was from the same take as it's surrounding lines. Above all else, I like them.

I've also extrapolated the mix to 5.0 using the Doom9 guide (I wish I new how to steer the LFE frequencies to that channel). I'm going to mix this down to 5.1 at 448 bitrate and see which I like better ... this pseudo surround mix based on the original dolby, or just a PCM mix.

I've got the video upsized to anamorphic, but I don't have widescreen equipment so for now, that's only anecdotal.

Belbucus, will your mix be from PAL or NTSC?

Post: #248083
Topic: Info: 2006 GOUT DVD using 'Faces' PCM Sound?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/248083/action/topic#248083
Time: 26-Sep-2006 3:26 PM

Here's what I mean by Headroom. ... I think that I'm using it correctly. Quite simply, by looking at the waveform of the converted file, it looks far less compressed (i.e. dynamic range, not file compression) and is normalized to the proper peak levels. Typically in ac3 file compression, the first thing to go is the volume. I think I'm still hearing compression artifacts in some of the louder spots, but it's not what I'd expect for 192.

Meanwhile, I'm still puzzled over the PCM file lengths.

Post: #248025
Topic: Info: 2006 GOUT DVD using 'Faces' PCM Sound?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/248025/action/topic#248025
Time: 26-Sep-2006 11:26 AM

Originally posted by: Moth3r
When you ripped the AC-3 off the DVD, you will probably have noticed it had a delay value specified.

For ANH, the delay value is zero. At least, according to my NTSC rip. I haven't yet tried ESB or ROTJ but I expect the same.

Other news: I converted the 2CH AC3 to WAV with PX3 converter and saw there was substantially more headroom in this file than the '85 PCM. This surprised the hell out of me, but there it is.

Post: #248014
Topic: Info: 2006 GOUT DVD using 'Faces' PCM Sound?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/248014/action/topic#248014
Time: 26-Sep-2006 10:12 AM

Are the seventiesfilmnut files PAL or NTSC? I have them courtesy of Darth Mallwalker and was trying to get them synchronized to the NTSC GOUT, but it doesn't work. When I synchronize threepio's first line, then by the end of side one ("We will then crush the rebellion ...") it is out considerably. I time-stretched the file so that the first and last lines are both in synch, but the middle of Side One is somhow still way off. With the beginning and end in sync, I'm at a loss to understand why the middle would go out of whack like that.

Any ideas?

Post: #247838
Topic: Worst movies ever.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/247838/action/topic#247838
Time: 25-Sep-2006 3:12 PM

Battlefield Earth.

What a narcissistic love letter from John Travolta to L. Ron.

Post: #247771
Topic: MOVED THREAD
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/247771/action/topic#247771
Time: 25-Sep-2006 9:53 AM

Originally posted by: ricarleite
never to cheat on my girlfriend or wife

Which one aren't you cheating on?

Post: #247658
Topic: Raul2106
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/247658/action/topic#247658
Time: 24-Sep-2006 3:12 PM

I know tender meat is supposed to be easier to chew, but could we stop beating this dead horse? There is better meat to beat I'm sure.

Post: #247656
Topic: BEAUTIFUL WOMEN NEW RULES IN FIRST POST (NSFW) UPDATED RULES
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/247656/action/topic#247656
Time: 24-Sep-2006 3:11 PM

^^
Who couldn't even get it together with Remo Williams.

Post: #247655
Topic: Official Indiana Jones DVD Release
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/247655/action/topic#247655
Time: 24-Sep-2006 3:09 PM

Originally posted by: TheCassidy
I'd take a bullet for Indiana Jones, but not Han Solo.

But what about a laser bolt?

Post: #247410
Topic: Your first reaction to Hayden is ROTJ
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/247410/action/topic#247410
Time: 23-Sep-2006 2:33 AM

I was creeped out, frankly. Absolutely creeped out.

Post: #247387
Topic: Info: 2006 GOUT DVD using 'Faces' PCM Sound?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/247387/action/topic#247387
Time: 23-Sep-2006 12:38 AM

Originally posted by: Belbucus
I would suggest that if there is any way to audition the AC3 audio and the new audio side by side, that it could easily be arrived at by ear.

Womble MPEG Video Wizard is great for this. It's my tool of choice. If you rip the GOUT AC3 file, and place it in audio track one, then place the PCM preservation in audio track two, you can shift the PCM track left/right (you may need to trim a few frames from the start) until it matches the AC3 perfectly. When it does, delete or mute the AC3 file and re-export the WAV. It will be unmodified except for the trimmed/added space at the beginning.

A trick if you have several wav files (e.g. one from each side of the laser disc) ... synchronize each PCM file to the AC3, knowing you may be trimming frames from the start of each file. Then, when they're all in sync, delete the AC3 file and move every other one of the PCM files into track one. Expand each clip to their maximum size and this should essentially handle all your crossfades for you.

Once again, export the new PCM file you've modified and voila, you've got a perfectly synchronized single PCM file for the whole film.

Post: #247237
Topic: Raul2106
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/247237/action/topic#247237
Time: 22-Sep-2006 1:38 PM

Ah ... I get it ... he's the man behind the man ... behind the man.

Post: #247232
Topic: Info Wanted: Chamber of Secrets deleted scene - for an edit
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/247232/action/topic#247232
Time: 22-Sep-2006 12:56 PM

Can somebody describe the scene?

Post: #246738
Topic: 2007 Banner Year for DVDs! GO TIGER!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/246738/action/topic#246738
Time: 21-Sep-2006 1:22 PM

It's all speculation, but over at Superman Cinema, they have the most inside information, and it's currently not all that hot.

"New ending" meaning "new when compared to the original version of SII."

Plus, Lex and Miss Tessmacher's extra scenes are not being restored. Nor the Arctic Patrol scene not being restored, which could leave the SR sequels open to Zod, powerless but certainly still alive on Earth, waiting to be restored.

I'm gonna be in the editing room on this, I can tell already. Sheesh.