ADigitalMan

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Post: #129090
Topic: ***The ADigitalMan non-Star Wars DVD Info and Feedback Thread***
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/129090/action/topic#129090
Time: 9-Aug-2005 11:06 AM

I wanted to take a moment to publicly thank Dark_Jedi for doing some much needed QC on my edits. I did a really lousy job of QC, taking certain things on faith with a lot of these non SW edits. The result was Harry Potter 1 having a nasty glitch that had to be corrected (really, really, really bad, not just a little audio dropout). Fortunately it hadn't been "circulated" before it was discovered.

Anyway, he's watched a ton of my stuff over the weekend and given it all thumbs-up. I want to thank him for being a dedicated couch potato. As a writer and as an editor (of the written word) I know that you can never proofread your own work successfully. Having Hardcore Legend and Dark_Jedi do some valuable proofreading has allowed me to make my projects better.

Post: #129112
Topic: Sith at the Oscars.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/129112/action/topic#129112
Time: 9-Aug-2005 7:07 AM

Just as The Matrix even beat Ep 1 for Best FX, so shall be the case with either King Kong or Narnia. I'm betting on Narnia. SW may get nominated, but it won't win. The Shrieking Lizard should be enough to piss off FX voters.

Best Original Score ... this is the one thing it has true hope of winning. I expect there may be some golden raspberries for Hayden and Natalie though. GL may get a special achievement golden raspberry for the entire prequel trilogy.

Post: #129108
Topic: Jedikev?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/129108/action/topic#129108
Time: 9-Aug-2005 7:00 AM

It's the ratio of usefuleness to uselessness that concerns me. It's tolerable when a useful person has a bad day. It's more annoying when an annoying person has the occasional worthwhile contribution. Occasionally offering something constructive does not excuse being a prick the majority of the time. You earn the right to be a prick and still be considered worthwhile. That's a very important rule of corporate Darwinism.

Post: #128992
Topic: Discussion: A Copy of the "Troops" DVD.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/128992/action/topic#128992
Time: 9-Aug-2005 1:38 AM

I created a compilation of SW Spoofs that includes Troops where I took the video from the Total Movie DVD and sync'ed it to RowMan's audio for, what I consider to be the perfect Troops experience. A few folks around here have seen the compilation. It's DL, but I suppose Troops could easily be ripped.

Post: #129000
Topic: Lord of the Rings Extended versions
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/129000/action/topic#129000
Time: 8-Aug-2005 7:51 PM

Just watched the EE again last week with the missus, who's since been watching all the appendices as well. I really didn't care for Fellowship in the theatre as I felt it was chopped up to a nauseating level (literally, in my case, the editing actually made me nauseous). Not having the EE to compare it to, I couldn't put my finger on it, but I remember saying that it felt like it had been edited with a meat cleaver.

I got the EE of FOTR for Christmas the following year and THAT is when I fell in love with the LOTR films. Aside from the mumbling and whispering, it was a perfect film. The EE of TTT was even better the next year. The Theatrical ROTK was the only one I enjoyed on its own. The EE restored so much that was still needed, but it also added back a couple of things that actually hurt the movie. On the whole it's still vastly superior. My only beef with the EE of ROTK is that we shouldn't have seen the the army of the dead (I can't recall their proper Tolkien name at the moment) agree to fight and take over the mercenary ships. That really destroyed the surprise appearance of Aragorn and the army when the ships arrived at Minas Tirith. I've even considered my own EE to put this back the way it was in the theatrical version. But all the rest is awesome in my eyes. The EE is the only way to watch the trilogy for me, because it is clear it was intended to be seen this way by the filmmakers.

Post: #128472
Topic: Magnoliafag and Dickter
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/128472/action/topic#128472
Time: 7-Aug-2005 10:38 AM

3) MagnoliaFan is an inspiration for others to get their own respective points of view.

I tip my digital hat to you and to Lucas both.

Post: #128462
Topic: The top 10 places for George to insert a Jar Jar death scene in the OT
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/128462/action/topic#128462
Time: 7-Aug-2005 8:28 AM

I think the Ewoks need to make Jar Jar their god, since he saved them from being the most annoying race in the galaxy. And then have the AT-ST step on him in the forest battle. The ewok crowds over his his dead body and, instead of crying, exclaims, "louda echawawa, eyya tanga wah" which gets translated by subtitles to "serves you right, you annoying s#!t."

Post: #127860
Topic: The "ADigitalMan Special Editions" DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/127860/action/topic#127860
Time: 5-Aug-2005 12:26 PM

Originally posted by: Miasta
what made you decide to keep the "Egads! Whatta meesa saying" Jar-Jar line

Just curious, as that may be the most cringe-inducing line from the whole series.

I tried to kill that line, but it would have resulted in a harder edit to the next scene, killing yet another wipe. I tried to preserve as many of the original wipes as possible, not being able to generate them myself.

Maybe in five years, when I re-do this in Blu-Ray, the technology will be better and I'll be better skilled. Hopefully.

Post: #127383
Topic: Yellowbeard on Laserdisc?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/127383/action/topic#127383
Time: 3-Aug-2005 5:15 AM

Stagger, Stagger, Crawl, Crawl, Crawl.

Post: #127382
Topic: Happy 13th B-day to me!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/127382/action/topic#127382
Time: 3-Aug-2005 5:14 AM

Back before VHS players were a household item, you had to rent them. I was allowed to rent one for my 13th Birthday. I wanted to rent Star Wars, but as it turned out, the store's only copy was in Betamax.

I am an old fart amongst children in here. Please pass me some Geritol.

Post: #127197
Topic: The "ADigitalMan Special Editions" DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/127197/action/topic#127197
Time: 2-Aug-2005 3:36 PM

Yes indeed. Maybe one of the many pleasant souls who have them will PM you. *ahem*

Post: #126992
Topic: ***The ADigitalMan non-Star Wars DVD Info and Feedback Thread***
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/126992/action/topic#126992
Time: 1-Aug-2005 7:06 PM

For PAL, I think you merely need to remove 38 from the top and 38 from the bottom (and of course, encode in PAL). Visit videohelp.com, as threads in their forum have discussed this I'm certain.

Post: #126948
Topic: The Official Greencapt 'Batman & Robin: De-Assified' Edit thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/126948/action/topic#126948
Time: 1-Aug-2005 3:28 PM

63 minutes ... beautiful! That includes credits? I've gotta see this!

Post: #126799
Topic: ***The ADigitalMan non-Star Wars DVD Info and Feedback Thread***
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/126799/action/topic#126799
Time: 1-Aug-2005 1:19 AM

For NTSC, Open them in VirtualDubMpeg2, resize to 720x480 using Lanczos3 resize algorithm, and crop 60 pixels from the top and from the bottom (this just trims some of the black bar). Save as uncompressed RGB AVI. Then load the AVIs into TMPGEnc (or whatever your favorite MPEG-2 encoder is) and generate as a 16:9 DVD.

The audio is in 2.0 so you'll need to convert to 5.1 if you want it to mesh with the 5.1 of the main movie. Even if you just leave the other channels blank, it'll get the bitrates and file types to match.

Post: #126649
Topic: BEAUTIFUL WOMEN NEW RULES IN FIRST POST (NSFW) UPDATED RULES
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/126649/action/topic#126649
Time: 31-Jul-2005 1:53 AM

And Bruce Boxleitner is Leitn'er'box.

Post: #126659
Topic: Will...er, I mean Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/126659/action/topic#126659
Time: 30-Jul-2005 8:07 PM

Right you are Warbler. Great remakes include Ben Hur and The Mask of Zorro.

Post: #126654
Topic: Harry Potter *Spoilers* (Serious Discussions Only, No Flaming)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/126654/action/topic#126654
Time: 30-Jul-2005 8:00 PM

Dumbledore Lives!!!

Post: #126647
Topic: Harry Potter *Spoilers* (Serious Discussions Only, No Flaming)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/126647/action/topic#126647
Time: 30-Jul-2005 7:47 PM

Don't forget, in the Chamber, the memory of Riddle did not kill anybody, so another horcrux could not have been created at that time. I think he did want to make Gryffindor's sword a horcrux but was unable to get it. We shall see.

The killing of James and Lily could have allowed him to make Harry a horcrux, but I think he was waiting for Harry's death to split his soul for the final time. Thus I think his soul didn't get the final split until the beginning of GOF, at which time Nagini was probably made a horcrux. Dumbledore kinda explains all this and I buy it until otherwise noted.

I'm still on this notion Shim said of Hogwarts as a horcrux. Destroy the school in order to destroy Voldemort. That is just the coolest idea. Much more meaningful for Harry than Gryffindor's sword.

Post: #126394
Topic: The "ADigitalMan Special Editions" DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/126394/action/topic#126394
Time: 29-Jul-2005 5:12 PM

It is the only version of ROTJ available (in single layer ... dual layer is available but not in torrent form to my knowledge).

I'm still toying with making a version 2.0 of the film with a retrospective ending to coincide with completing and releasing ROTS. I think I discussed it earlier in this thread.

Post: #126229
Topic: BEAUTIFUL WOMEN NEW RULES IN FIRST POST (NSFW) UPDATED RULES
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/126229/action/topic#126229
Time: 29-Jul-2005 12:53 AM

edit: bad info

Post: #126227
Topic: Terminator 4
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/126227/action/topic#126227
Time: 28-Jul-2005 6:47 PM

Shimraa, we need to start an Orson Scott Card thread to discuss your last post.

Post: #126076
Topic: ***The ADigitalMan non-Star Wars DVD Info and Feedback Thread***
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/126076/action/topic#126076
Time: 28-Jul-2005 12:30 PM

try again

Post: #125876
Topic: Harry Potter *Spoilers* (Serious Discussions Only, No Flaming)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/125876/action/topic#125876
Time: 27-Jul-2005 4:02 PM

Hogwarts as the final horcrux ... now THAT is an amazing idea. In order to destroy Voldemort, Harry would have to destroy Hogwarts. Damn, Shimraa, you should be a writer yourself. If J.K. doesn't do that, you tuck that seed into the fertile soil of your imagination and build a captivating saga of your own around it. That kind of -- je no cest quoi -- is what separates good writing from awesome writing.

Post: #125859
Topic: Kevin Smith SUCKS
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/125859/action/topic#125859
Time: 27-Jul-2005 3:52 PM

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Originally posted by: Jedikev
He's fat and stupid. I think he's terrible
Adam and Joe are the best Star Wars fans. period!!

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Originally posted by: Jedikev
dumbass, i'm entitled to my opinion

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Originally posted by: Jedikev
and what about shimraa posting all those stupid spam threads

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Originally posted by: Jedikev
who in the heck is danielb??
don't turn my thread ugly

I believe the thread was not turned ugly by me, but by you yourself when you started it, and with each of your replies that have been quoted above, which I submit respectively as exhibits A, B, C and D. You have been trolling all over this board like a juvenile in the past few weeks; you are indeed being watched and you are indeed risking a ban.

Post: #125816
Topic: Kevin Smith SUCKS
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/125816/action/topic#125816
Time: 27-Jul-2005 3:22 PM

I think JediKev is DanielB with a new name.