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#125598
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Harry Potter *Spoilers* (Serious Discussions Only, No Flaming)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/125598/action/topic#125598
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I thought Keanu Reeves was the chosen one. Or maybe it was Charlton Heston ... yes, that sounds right.

Regarding the horcruxes, I think that with one book left we'll probably safely assume that the horcruxes suspected by Dumbledore, including Nagini, will be correct. Just too much distance to cover in too short a time ... They have to track down four horcruxes, destroy at least three (if the locket wasn't already destroyed. Note that Marvolo's ring still existed, even if it's "horcruxness" was destroyed) and wage an all-out battle with Malfoy, Snape and Voldemort, probably in that order. Add to that some time on Privet Drive and a wedding for the ages, and I really don't think they will have time to be at Hogwarts. Maybe they'll file for their N.E.W.T.s via Kwikspell. "Defeated the Dark Lord Six Times" will look very good on an application.
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#125031
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<strong>The &quot;ADigitalMan Special Editions&quot; DVD Info and Feedback Thread</strong> (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/125031/action/topic#125031
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It would. I even tried something similar. A DVD needs to be muxed from a complete stream of video and audio (not getting into the issue of multiples). Subtitles too. It then breaks the giant file into 1GB chunks. After re-muxing, the split points didn't even match, as they were off by a frame, causing an aggravating jump in the middle of a shot elsewhere in the film if you just replaced the one VOB file with the original error. The change in the AC3 file caused that much difference. This is because AC3 is a compressed format, unlike WAV, so the file size is actually different because of a smidgeon of different audio, even though the time has not changed in the file.

Thus, unless DE knows a way to patch (I tried doing something like this using the technology for video game patching but it wasn't compatible with VOBs), the solution is to demux to elementary streams, replace the offending audio, and remux. And muxing alread-authored subtitle streams and menus is not just point-and-click.

The best solution is to get on the pyramid. That way somebody'll just mail you the fixed disc. For the few bucks you spend paying it foward, it becomes well worth the time.

If only Lucas took the same amount of pride in his product our green lightsabers and swapped music would have been fixed by him.
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#125026
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<strong>The &quot;ADigitalMan Special Editions&quot; DVD Info and Feedback Thread</strong> (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/125026/action/topic#125026
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MBJ, I keep timing out with them. Tried them a few times over the past few weeks actually, but I'll try yet again. Thanks, at any rate.

Boba Feta, thanks for putting that image in the background. I really think that old teaser poster captures the spirit of this edit better than it did the official release. I really did try hard to sharpen up Anakin's character to be worthy of wearing that helmet one day.
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#125029
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King Kong
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/125029/action/topic#125029
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I will see it. I think it will be good. I'll probably even buy the DVD.

But I do think it's an unnecessary expenditure of millions of dollars when it's a bona-fide remake of the 1933 movie, characters, structure and all. Even if the script, acting, and FX are all PJ-worthy, it still begs the question: Why go where we've gone (twice) before?

I just wish we could get more original ideas in Hollywood, even original ideas involving familiar characters.
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#124715
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<strong>The &quot;ADigitalMan Special Editions&quot; DVD Info and Feedback Thread</strong> (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/124715/action/topic#124715
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Trouble is, you wouldn't be able to patch a section of WAV into a 5.1 AC3. If DE can figure out a way to do this programmatically (and he is damn near genius at C as his edit proves) then that may be a solution. But otherwise, it's a matter of demuxing the disc and remuxing with the corrected AC3 file, which is an entirely different file as far as computers are concerned.
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#124788
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Will...er, I mean Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/124788/action/topic#124788
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Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father
The illustrator of the original artwork is a man called Quentin Blake. This is the first I have heard of his illustrations being replaced and I am disgusted. Blake illustarted all of dahl's books.

Actually this is not quite correct. Quentin Blake and Roald Dahl did not first partner up until "The Enormous Crocodile" which was published in 1976. Now, I have the Charlie books that feature Quentin's drawings, but they were later editions. (Gasp! Going back and revising initial works to match what you discover later in life? Sounds like Lucas!) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was initially published in 1964 and I distinctly recall different artwork in my older sister's copy while we were growing up. This predates the Quentin artwork (which, I guess, dates me as well).

Quentin has illustrated some Dr. Seuss books as well. Very different visual style, with lots of water colors. I have a couple of these as well.

And just to set the record straight, I have a kid who reads a lot ... I wouldn't have remembered any of these details three years ago. But they're fresh on my brain once again because we become kids-at-heart through having kids of our own. I just hope he stays into books and eschews video games and TV. You know, so he'll know what words like eschew mean.
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#124781
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Will...er, I mean Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/124781/action/topic#124781
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So since we're talking about Charlie and the Chocolate factory and NOT King Kong (Ironically, both movies that I've seen this very week) I'll offer my commentary on the ON TOPIC one.

What a pointless remake. Now, I love Burton's stuff. And frankly I think the kids were great. But this movie suffers a host of problems that were positively evident in the trailer.

First and foremost, the film did not need to be remade. Second, if the Dahl family was going to allow this remake under the premise that it would match the original book more closely, then that's what they should have done. Instead, Tim Burton got his usual free rein and, together with Danny Elfman, they proceeded to act like a couple of kids in a candy store with $100 Million to spend.

Willy Wonka was traumatized as a kid because his father was an uptight dentist who wouldn't let him eat Candy? Where was that in the book? This was the entire motivation for his character and his weirdness.

And Willy Wonka NOT giving the factory to Charlie because he wouldn't leave his family behind? Touching, but not nearly as touching as the Everlasting Gobstopper twist at the end of the 1970 version. Guess what? Neither was in the book.

And, with sequel in hand, how can you not leave the movie setup for it's yet-to-be-filmed successor Charlie and The Great Glass Elevator?

Now for a moment about Elfman's score. DANNY, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD FIND A NEW MOTIF. The man has two songs: "The Simpson's Theme" and "Everything Else." I used to really dig his music but after hearing the same basic chords over and over, The Beatles and Elvis prove they're more inventive. Frankly I'm glad Elfman is off Spider-Man 3. Maybe they'll get a good score this time.

The best thing about Elfman's music was the lyrics to the Oompa Loompa songs and guess what ... he didn't write 'em, Roald Dahl did in the book. While I'm glad those sardonic words found the way onto the screen, could they have been any more ill-set to music? Doo-pah-de-doo indeed.

Now, can I say enough about how the "Sexiest Man Alive" has perhaps raped my childhood more than George Lucas? Johnny Depp drove the sardonic wit out of the character and concocted the only confection that he and Burton can seem to come up with: The most absolutely ill-adjusted main characters in movie history. He needed to play this one closer to Ichabod Crane, just as he should have played Ichabod closer to this one. Positive to negative, negative to positive. The look on the parents' faces as they watch Willy weird out the audience says it all. You half expect him to open his velvet coat and wave his own willy in front of the kids.

And he did this portrayal on purpose. It was mostly a middle-finger to the studio execs, not realizing how much of a middle-finger it is to kids around the globe.

What bugs me most of all is that I prophesied this movie. Not two months before this movie was announced I was sitting in my living room with my so charming wife watching Willy Wonka on HBO. I looked over and said "If they ever decide to remake this movie, Tim Burton should direct it." Slack jawed, she thought it was an inspired statement. Then my wish came true. Now is turned into a nightmare (before Christmas).

If I could place Gene Wilder's Wonka and Freddie Highmore's Charlie together, it would be the perfect Wonka movie. Instead, this one is more than a bit wonky.

P.S. Deep Roy rocked out loud in spite of Elfman's music and vocalizations.