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#311413
Topic
Blade Runner: The Complete Music Collection (work-in-progress)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/311413/action/topic#311413
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New to this thread ... I'll be interested in the final product. I did a simple edit to the Esper edition with some of the new soundtrack elements ... got the spinner-less Main title mixed in, Dr. Tyrell's Owl, and Twinkling Space IIRC. That's about it, though. This sounds more comprehensive. I can't be the only person that was a bit disappointed in the new "25th Anniversary" edition. The new music was kinda cool for what it was, but I really wanted a "complete, chronological score" of Blade Runner. Vangelis, if I wanted FX and dialogue I'd just rip the DVD.

Anyway, this sounds great.
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#311386
Topic
How much longer will the format war last?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/311386/action/topic#311386
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Mark my words ...

Lucas will put out Star Wars in a new, even-more souped up special edition on Blu-Ray. It'll feature Jimmy Smits on Alderaan right before the Death Star blows it up. It will not contain the OOT. And people will still buy that shit sandwich and delight in its piquant after-dinner taste.

Then six months later they will have "suddenly found" a new, pristine print of the OOT and generate an all new HD master from it, and it will be released to the public one year after the latest SE. It will cost three prices compared to the SE. Only the purists like us will buy it. The Great Unwashed will say "we already bought this ... why buy it again." Lucas will say "See, they prefer the SE" while chuckling all the way to the bank.

Edit: Oh, and this will happen right before the format is about to give way to the next generation format.
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#311178
Topic
***The ADigitalMan non-Star Wars DVD Info and Feedback Thread***
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/311178/action/topic#311178
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Heh ... I am going with "Father." I debated this for a while because it's always been "Fucker" to me but it makes MUCH more sense when coupled with Roy's panicked call to "Mom!" when he's on the elevator ride back down. That made me opt for the changed line even though that particular portion is sourced from the International Cut. I just remixed in the line. I did mix the word in a bit better so it's not so obvious.

Here's a rundown of all the major changes. Skip if you don't want it spoiled.












1) Opens with "Reedited by ADigitalMan" logo, Blade Runner style
2) After the company logos, a snippet of deleted "happy ending" audio over a black screen where Rachel says, "You know what I think? That we were made for each other."
3) "Tears in the Rain" opening credits.
4) Original "Eye on the City" opening sequence. The "reactive eye" of the Final Cut was too damn distracting ... you spend your time looking at the iris and not the reflections.
5) Holden's shooting cuts to black. Fade in on the advertising blimp heading downtown.
6) Extended intro to Deckard with more voiceovers, including the bit about Holden and the bit about his ex-wife.
7) Final Cut video of the whole Spinner ride to headquarters.
8) Removed the "Skin-Job/N-word" voiceover ... Deckard refers to them as skin jobs himself later, which makes this awkward line even more misplaced.
9) Extended description of Leon's abilities.
10) Holden in the Hospital. Brief bit the next morning as Deckard flips through the files and some of the voiceover about Tyrell growing slaves.
11) Alternate version of Leon's hotel room.
12) Audio of Deckard trying to find four phony ones in a city of 160 million over his ride to the apartment. Deckard runs in the rain.
13) Deckard thinks about his wife while thumbing through photos. Note that he and his wife are on the same porch as Rachel and her mom. Hmmmmm.
14) No Friggin Unicorns (TM). I understand the shot's significance, but is inserted ham-fistedly and fits with nothing else in the film. It's the midichlorians of Blade Runner. There are enough other hints and the unicorn origami has a beautiful significance all its own without needing this to distort its meaning.
15) Alternate Esper analysis. I edited this down some. I especially like how this scene actually freezes on the same shot as Deckard's printout. Why it was changed to something that doesn't fit escapes me.
16) Deckard studies the fish scale at the sushi bar.
17) "Final Cut" video for the snake scale analysis and conversation with the snake maker.
18) Extended bit outside of Taffey Lewis' bar. More hockey-masked go go dancers.
19) Bartender tells Deckard to talk to "the artists" about the snakes.
20) Deckard wonders why a replicant would be doing snake dances while he waits to corner Zhora.
21) Final Cut video for Zhora busting through the glass through Rachel shooting Leon.
22) Voiceover about "it's not real blood" added.
23) Rachel and Deckard walk through the streets before heading back to his place.
24) Extended sequence where Rachel watches Deckard get clean.
25) Rachel watches Deckard sleep.
26) Extended love scene.
27) Return to visit Holden in the Hospital/Bryant and Gaff eavesdrop.
28) Security check as Sebastian and Roy ascend in the elevator.
29) "Father" remixed better than the Final Cut. Extended gore.
30) Roy descends in the elevator, hears the computer and calls her "Mom."
31) Deckard is a smartass to the cop/"Good luck Blade Runner."
32) Removed final voiceover at Roy's death. "Final Cut" dove sequence. Final Cut video from rooftop to the end.
33) Gaff says "Are you sure you are a man? It's hard to tell who's who around here."
34) No happy ending.
Post
#310976
Topic
ADigitalMan's Guide to MPEG2/AC3 Editing
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/310976/action/topic#310976
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If you separate the audio and video streams separately, then there should be no difference between the .mpg, .m2v, and .mpv extensions. You can change the extension with no ill effect in my experience.

Ignore the Open GOP warning. I get that all the time.

Reave, when I've analyzed these interlaced files in DGIndex, I've noticed that they're called "NTSC" and the non-interlaced ones are called "film". Perhaps it's simply a flag that, if ignored, will make the file usable. I've been re-encoding just because mixing the two types leaves those very issues you're talking about.

What directions in specific do you need? I do recommend simply playing with the program and learning all of its features. Also, check out www.videohelp.com and www.doom9.org ... they can answer far more in-depth questions on Gordian Knot.

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#310209
Topic
ADigitalMan's Guide to MPEG2/AC3 Editing
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/310209/action/topic#310209
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Sounds like the source (or at least some of it) was interlaced or telecined. Probably the latter. You'll need to IVTC the video source (dgindex->Gordian Knot AVISynth Script->TMPGEnc to a new M2V/MPV file, change the name of the original stream to .bak and then the new stream to the name of the old stream, and then re-open Womble and re-export the streams.

It sounds more involved than it is. The only command you'll need in your AVISynth script is the telecide command. Go with what Gordian Knot selects by default. Make sure any crop and resize lines are commented out.

I just had to do this with all the deleted scenes from Blade Runner. I was very surprised to see them telecined but they were. At least they were 16X9.
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#310111
Topic
How much longer will the format war last?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/310111/action/topic#310111
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Sweeney, how old are you? You're picked on (especially in the Politics thread) for your constant fallacies, so now you hurl that out now when you disagree with somebody. I'm not sure you really understand logic or fallacies, and it makes you come off either (a) a troll (b) young and inexperienced (c) woefully misinformed or (d) carrying a chip on your shoulder. Or maybe a combination of more than one of those. I see that all over this board. Unfortunately it weakens your own arguments and drags down those who would otherwise sympathize with you. Guilt by association (a fallacy in its own right). Have you had a course in philosophy, debate, or argumentative writing? Because your posts suggest "no" to all three. I heartily suggest studying all three. It is one thing to have an opinion on matters, another entirely to effectively debate those opinions.

The appropriate answer to Arnie.d's comment "Why pay more for another analog format if it's more of the same?" would be to state that Laserdisc was NOT more of the same. Laserdisc (a) delivered and analog picture that was superior to VHS. (b) It was in a relatively non-degrading format. (c) On titles that bothered to implement it, it offered AC3 encoding to consumers with AC3 playback capabilities. And (d) it regularly offered supplemental features that VHS didn't. Things like documentaries and deleted scenes.

Laserdisc was the precursor to DVD, and DVD wouldn't be what it is (or perhaps not even exist at all) without Laserdisc paving the way for it. DVD built on what was successful about LD while correcting most of its flaws. It was the first home entertainment format to offer bells and whistles.