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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
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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.
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#309409
Topic
Indiana Jones IV
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/309409/action/topic#309409
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Agent Irina Spalko: Doo youuu like me accent? I have Oscar, you know.
Indy: I hate commies. They're rough and course. And they get in everywhere.
Agent Irina Spalko: Not mee. I'mmm soffft. Ahnd smoooooth.
Indy: From my perspective all commies are evil.
Agent Irina Spalko: Vee could keep eet a seeecret.
Marion Ravenwood: Indiana Jones! I cannot think that it has come to this. That you would be making romantic interludes to the villain when I am back after all these years. Sallah was right. You have changed. You are taking me to a place that I cannot go. You are teaching me contractions that I cannot use. You are breaking my heart!
Indy: LIAR! Wait, what is this scene about again? You can type this shit but you can't say it.
George Lucas: Cut! Faster! More Intense!!!
Steven Spielberg: I'm still the director. Get the fuck off my set, George.
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#309309
Topic
Tusken Raiders on mars
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/309309/action/topic#309309
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Originally posted by: Moth3r

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/5655/treemu2.jpg

Reminded me of this old joke:

An old indian was feeling out of sorts one day so he went to the medicine man to get some help. After a short discussion it was determined that the man's problem was that he had never had sex. So he goes to the local cathouse steps up to the madam and says "Have wampum, want woman!" The madam soon finds out he's never had a woman and tells him he must get some experience first and then come back. So the old indian goes back to the medicine man for advice. and is told to go into the forest and find a tree with a knothole and practice on it. A few days later the man goes back to the cathouse and says "Got wampum want woman!" This time he tells the madam that he has experience. He goes up to the room, and a short while later an attractive girl comes into the the room and lies down. He says "Get up!" She does. He reaches under the bed and pulls out one of the wood slats from under the frame, and hits her hard across the ass with it. She screems, "What the hell are you doing you pervert!!" He replies, "Checkum for bees!!".
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#308726
Topic
Bond 22: Quantum of Solace
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/308726/action/topic#308726
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I don't know how I feel about Marc Forster. He's a CHARACTER director which speaks volumes about the direction they're taking Bond. Finding Neverland was a great film. But I turned Monster's Ball off 20 minutes into it, which is rare for me, and I finished Stranger Than Fiction but didn't feel as though I'd seen anything great. I'm putting a lot of trust in Wilson/Broccoli and in Craig not to let the film become a snoozer. I don't think that's possible with the same writing team from CR. But Forster and the editing team can make or break this film.

Of course, Stuart Baird is unparalleled as an editor (we won't comment on his abilities as a director *coughTREKcough*) so he will be missed the most of all.