ADigitalMan

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Post: #119104
Topic: ***The ADigitalMan non-Star Wars DVD Info and Feedback Thread***
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119104/action/topic#119104
Time: 28-Jun-2005 2:44 AM

I've backed up a couple of my VHS tapes with the Canopus now and have had great success. A number of trial runs getting familiar, but on the whole, this is dirt simple and the output looks really great with the right tools. Capture the DV signal with WinDV and then convert using the higest bitrate possible with TMPGEnc.

Post: #119054
Topic: Batman Begins
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119054/action/topic#119054
Time: 27-Jun-2005 6:02 PM

In 1985 ... now that was before Lex escaped from jail with his nephew Lenny and invented Nuclear Man, right?

Singer has such a deep-seated love for Superman (that he admittedly didn't have for X-Men) that I'm certain he'd make Kevin Spacey shave for the role.

Now, back to Batman Begins. I saw this movie over 24 hours ago and Hans Zimmer's score is STILL wedged in my brain. I'm sending my wife to see this movie (hopefully tomorrow) and watching the kid (instead of my business) just so we can talk about the movie when she gets back. She said she'd rather go see the Brangelina film. I told her I'd watch the kid for both films just so long as she goes to see this movie.

Kids. They change everything. My wife and I used to take in 1-2 movies every week at the multiplex. Now we're lucky to get to the theater together three times a year. Maybe the box office slump is all our fault.

Post: #118912
Topic: The "ADigitalMan Special Editions" DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/118912/action/topic#118912
Time: 27-Jun-2005 5:51 PM

Is this before they turn to watto's shop, or is this where they are entering town? This is right where the "poop slip" joke was. A pretty long shot was removed right around here, but I'm wondering if you're seeing something mid-shot or something where there is a difference from one shot to the next.

Post: #118981
Topic: Batman Begins
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/118981/action/topic#118981
Time: 27-Jun-2005 3:10 PM

Indeed, that's the idea being thrown about. However, I don't think WB had the balls to actually get that plan in stone before shooting a frame of either franchise. That's going to make it damn hard to nail down when the time comes, and will take a genuine commitment and love for the franchises created by the work environment making each. But just consider the likely cast of BvS:

Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman
Matthew "because Singer pulled this out of his ass I'm now a megastar" Bomer as Superman/Clark Kent
Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor
Michael Caine as Alfred
Gary Oldman as Commissioner Gordon
Kate Bosworth as Lois Lane
Katie Holmes as Rachel Dawes
Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox
Frank "I can't believe 'House' wouldn't let Hugh Laurie do this, but oh well, it's my fortune" Langella as Perry White

This is the cast that would be in the picture, plus whatever member(s) of the Rogues gallery gets plucked out for Gotham's criminal element in the film. Lex Luthor mixing it up in the Rogues Gallery. Batman mixing it up with Superman. The "Worlds Finest" fan-film-trailer could actually become a reality.

Just please, no Aliens or Predators.

Post: #118810
Topic: The "ADigitalMan Special Editions" DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/118810/action/topic#118810
Time: 27-Jun-2005 12:36 PM

Crap! That dropout at 19:37 is totally bad quality control on my part. I'm not even sure how I missed it, as the sync points are present on both sides.

Ugh. My apologies to all. I really checked these sync points ... no idea how that foul-up happened in the end.

As for 29:34, I'm not getting that problem.

Post: #118925
Topic: Order 66
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/118925/action/topic#118925
Time: 27-Jun-2005 12:26 PM

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Originally posted by: greencapt
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Originally posted by: Anakin's Mannequin
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Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
Why would they? Do you leave the hair on a cow-burger? ^_~

I think that one went just over your head Gaffer.

YUB-YUB... lol!

Gaffer Tape, step in to my office and shut the door. I've got some things to explain.

Greencapt, I think that's "Yub Nubbins" in this case.

Post: #118924
Topic: Most Powerful Quote in all the Star Wars films.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/118924/action/topic#118924
Time: 27-Jun-2005 12:23 PM

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Originally posted by: greencapt
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Originally posted by: starkiller

Dear god, I'll be 37 in 2017.

DEAR GOD I'll be 46 in 2017!!!!!!

Dear GAWD I'll have a teenager in 2017. 8O

Post: #118923
Topic: Most Powerful Quote in all the Star Wars films.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/118923/action/topic#118923
Time: 27-Jun-2005 12:21 PM

"Gonk. Gonk."

Post: #118921
Topic: Batman Begins
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/118921/action/topic#118921
Time: 27-Jun-2005 12:14 PM

In the summer of 2002, Batman vs. Superman was greenlighted by Lorenzo di Bonaventura (sp?) at Warner Bros. with Wolfgang Peterson attached to direct. There was an official announcement and everything. Then Pluto Nash released within, like, 2 weeks of this announcement. Pluto Nash cost some $90M to make and had a $2M opening weekend. WB had egg all over its face. Bonaventura was promptly ousted as the studio chair and Alan Horn took over. Horn nixed BvS immediately, and made some incredibly questionable decisions in the wake. Catwoman got greenlighted. Superman got the jump-start, but with McG, then Michael Bay, then Brett Ratner, then McG again attached to direct.

In spite of all this mess, Batman Begins was greenlighted with Christopher Nolan attached and the suits stayed the F out of the way. How this happened totally escapes me, but thank GAWD it did. Then, last year, Singer was immediately attached to Superman when the McG deal fell through a second time. That giant "woosh" you heard was the fanboys sighing in relief.

Side note: I should point out that di Bonaventura was responsible for getting the Matrix sequels, T3, Oceans Eleven and the Harry Potter franchise under WB's umbrella, so the man should have been cut a little slack for Pluto Nash. The director of that pile of s#!t is the one and only soul who should have been held accountable. Just like Schumaker has been persona non grata in Hollywood ever since B&R. Then again, "Ron Underwood" ain't a household name, now is it?

Anyway, Horn has said that he does want to do BvS, but only after both franchises have been rebooted. You continue to hear little bits here and there from the current participants in both projects. I can only say this: Don't let Wolfgang Peterson touch this project. If Superman doesn't suck, and if BvS does get the green light after a new trilogy in each franchise, then the ultimate fanboy wet dream will be a co-director gig from Singer AND Nolan. I haven't even heard that mentioned.

To answer the question about why it's called "versus" ... yes, you heard that right, and you are reading the word right. The premise as I understand it is that Bruce Wayne's fiance is killed, pushing him totally over to the "dark side" of his vigilantic nature. Superman steps in to try and redeem his erstwhile crime-fighting friend. I didn't read the leaked script ('cause I don't like those types of spoilers) but that's the gist. Batman and Superman do indeed go at it for the sake of Batman's soul. And it does make sense that if you can rebuild both franchises, then get all of the players on board for a joint operation, you'll have the greatest star-studded action film since The Dirty Dozen AND you'll be invested enough in the characters (because you've invested in the actors portraying them) that you'll give a crap. Again, if they can build a real character out of Rachel Dawes, as they seem to be doing, then she can become the catalyst for this incredible turn of events. Have the balls to kill her off at the end of "Batman Begins a Third Time" and she'd be the Gwen Stacy we were denied in Spider-Man. It'd be the cliffhanger that "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" was meant to be, setting up a monumental fourth picture.

If I ran WB, these scripts would already be hammered out, all the stars would have been signed to a four-picture deal (for each franchise, the fourth being the joint picture), and the directors would have personal stake in making damn sure they didn't screw up the franchise along the way. You'd get seven back-to-back blockbusters guaranteed.

Post: #118662
Topic: The "ADigitalMan Special Editions" DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/118662/action/topic#118662
Time: 27-Jun-2005 12:23 AM

Nah, the film works for me now, and hopefully paves the way for other inspired editors to work it further or create their own edit.

Post: #118674
Topic: Batman Begins
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/118674/action/topic#118674
Time: 26-Jun-2005 7:05 PM

I finally saw BB today. This is, hands down, the finest movie I have seen in years. It's got the visual depth of Harry Potter 3, twice the emotional resonance of Spidey 2 (and that is saying something), and was powerful enough to have me seriously, literally, CONSIDER burning my Batman DVD collection in effigy.

I remember all of the hype leading up to Batman in '89, only to leave feeling disappointed in a movie that had little to do with Batman and that should have been named "The Joker." When it came out on video, the AV place where I worked kept it in the VCR 24/7, and I quickly realized how annoying the movie became in the second hour with Vicky Vale's incessant screaming (this from a woman who supposedly photographed smouldering bodies on the front lines of war). I remember hating Batman Returns upon its release, only to gain respect for it over the years as I've grown to appreciate Tim Burton's work. And with the revolving door around the man in the suit, I watched B&R become the biggest pile of crap in recent movie history.

I think it's awesome that they rebooted the whole damn franchise. I had a good vibe on this film from the day it was announced, and now that I've seen it, it ranks with Superman: The Movie as the greatest comic adaptation of all time.

Hans Zimmer's score only reminds me how lame Danny Elfman's Spider-Man score is, and it even eclipses Elfman's old Batman score. While the old theme had a more striking melody, this one is simple, riviting, emotional. The music has been stuck in my head all day, something that Elfman's scores have never done, even when I played them in marching band 13 years ago. A score can make or break a film, and Zimmer does not disappoint in this film.

Nolan is an artist, and this will be the pivotal moment in his career, as Jaws was for Spielberg. The press I read leading up to this talked about how Nolan effortlessly pulled the whole thing together, turning in the film on time and on budget, as though already he had years of experience directing big budget epics. Clearly his confidence and lack of pretentiousness in what he was doing allowed the actors to deliver pitch-perfect performances. If the cast isn't strained, that comes through in a film.

Regarding Katie Holmes, her only debit at the moment is Tom Cruise. It's not her ability to act or to get rid of that teeny bopper stigma. As one who never watched an episode of Dawson's Creek or any of her films, I was able to judge her performance quite objectively. I didn't know why she'd been cast when the announcement was made, but whatever the case, she rose to the challenge of her more seasoned costars. Excellent performance, and hopefully a female in the Batman universe who'll actually return. I sincerely hope they plan to use her as the catalyst for the Batman vs. Superman premise, which hopefully will come to fruition. But more on that later ...

I stayed away from this thread until I saw the movie, but I've gone back and read through. What I find curious is all of the bellyaching about continuity with the previous four films. As if those films were ever concerned with continuity towards the 60's show (and movie from 1970) which were firmly implanted in our psyches from childhood in 1989. I had no trouble making the mental shift from Caesar Romero to Over-The-Top Jack, so I'm not terribly worried if he gets recast again. I would only find it unfortunate for the franchise to rehash old villains when there are still untapped ones to go on. Best thing they did was not off Scarecrow. There is so much additional room for his character to expand.

I do NOT have the kind of vibe for Superman that I had for this flick. Singer knows what he's doing in the director's chair, but I have zero confidence in the Clark and Lois that have been picked for that franchise. Singer now has his reputation on the line not only to deliver a Superman movie that rises to the level of Batman Begins, but he must deliver a franchise that can and will be worthy of melding with this new Batman franchise. If Warner Bros. has their s#!t together they will have already planned how to get the cast together for this eventual merger. But before today, I haven't been terribly confident in WB for thinking past their own wallets on a given day.

Whatever the case, I reiterate, this is the finest movie, end to end, that I've seen in ages. I've come to accept mediocrity in small and large doses lately, seeing imperfections everywhere I look. I didn't experience a single cringeworthy moment in the entire film. Not one. I have not been so throroughly entertained at the movies in years. The Matrix sequels, The Harry Potter movies, Lord of the Rings, the X-men movies, the Spider-Man movies. These are all films that I've loved in this decade and watched again and again. But Batman Begins blew them all away for me. If those movies were home runs in their own rite, Batman Begins is a grand slam.

And what is the unkindest cut of all? Oscar will ignore this film in all but sound and visual effects.

Post: #118219
Topic: The "ADigitalMan Special Editions" DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/118219/action/topic#118219
Time: 24-Jun-2005 10:36 PM

Originally posted by: Hardcore Legend
Yeah, it's basically the very start of the race and the last lap are very well done with the score. Was there no score in the original? What track did you use for most of the other, because it seems to repeat itself alot. I mean, not horribly, but after 5 viewings of that scene you notice.

"Hyperspace" from TESB is the cue that is primarily used. It is edited down to remove Leia's theme and some irrelevant parts. The idea was to be repetitive and mechanical, much like the visuals you're seeing.

Eliasboy, thanks for posting the first disc art!!!

Post: #118145
Topic: ***The ADigitalMan non-Star Wars DVD Info and Feedback Thread***
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/118145/action/topic#118145
Time: 24-Jun-2005 4:11 PM

Only one way to find out. ;-)

The one issue you may run into is the need to diable M@cr0v1$!0n. Depends on if M@cr0v1$!0n was used to protect the VHS or not.

Post: #118058
Topic: The "ADigitalMan Special Editions" DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/118058/action/topic#118058
Time: 24-Jun-2005 10:50 AM

HL, I understand how you feel about wanting even more of the score to come through on the pod race. It was a tough balance to work, as the source volume was so slammed to the max without the score, that pushing the score too much would have overdriven the signal or buried the lines. As a result, the music is a little too subtle at times.

Still, I'm glad to hear it had the desired effect ... if it makes you enjoy the Pod Race sequence, then it succeeded. I find that the race doesn't feel so long-in-the-tooth with the added score -- and this is the extended version of the race to boot. Hyperspace was such a tense piece of music, and it makes the race seem that much more dangerous. Anakin comes across cooler and more in control just by the addition of this piece of music. Makes you believe a 9-year-old kid could do all this.

Of course, MF used the Battle of Yavin to great success near the end, which inspired me in the first place. I gotta give credit where credit is due.

I'm sure the original music-less version was another example of Ben Burtt overriding John Williams. It worked in the asteroid sequence of Ep II but not in the pod race sequence. You can tell that the original version was Lucas and Burtt geeking out on sound editing, thinking nothing of emotion and flow.

Post: #118052
Topic: ***The ADigitalMan non-Star Wars DVD Info and Feedback Thread***
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/118052/action/topic#118052
Time: 24-Jun-2005 10:37 AM

Eliasboy, invest in a Canopus ADVC-55 or ADVC-110 (and a firewire card if you don't have one). You can find out more about them at videohelp.com. They'll allow you to digitally capture any composite video signal and lock it to a simultaneous stereo audio signal. Perfect for archiving your VHS tapes before age and oxidation ruin them. I also invested in a DL burner and the latest copy of Nero OEM, the latter of which was only $15. There are freeware tools that may even be better, but for ease of use, this works great for backing up my old video.

Post: #117754
Topic: ***The ADigitalMan non-Star Wars DVD Info and Feedback Thread***
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/117754/action/topic#117754
Time: 23-Jun-2005 10:34 AM

After many trials of trying to upconvert all of the deleted scenes from Pulp Fiction to anamorphic, I was very disappointed in the results. So I managed to procure an old copy of the non-anamorphic DVD (the original release before the Collector's Edition) and have re-inserted the deleted scenes. The quality on the deleted scenes are noticably lower or more washed out or something, but I didn't want to go the route of messing with these files any more. Anybody out there can touch up this work and probably make it better, but this will be fun to watch whatever the case. I actually had to upconvert the audio on all tracks which made this project a few hours longer than it should be, but for a quick-and-dirty project, it went pretty well.

Now, I keep telling myself that I'm supposed to be doing real work...

Post: #117748
Topic: The "ADigitalMan Special Editions" DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/117748/action/topic#117748
Time: 23-Jun-2005 10:11 AM

The closing credits had several minutes worth of embellishment on the Force March. Lucas cut this from the actual movie.

Post: #117534
Topic: The "ADigitalMan Special Editions" DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/117534/action/topic#117534
Time: 22-Jun-2005 5:08 PM

I had an idea for an updated ROTJ that I'd do after ROTS releases and after I've completed re-editing it. Instead of Yub Nub OR the new music, use the unused Force March from the Ep III soundtrack. Since this is a long cue to play with, I considered doing a montage of the entire saga over this music, then cutting back to the celebrations.

Thoughts?

Post: #116990
Topic: The "ADigitalMan Special Editions" DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/116990/action/topic#116990
Time: 21-Jun-2005 12:12 AM

Nah. For this edit, I really sought to just edit a better film out of the raw materials. Re-recording the dialogue is something I considered, but ultimately I didn't want to change the movie so much as ignore the parts that I felt needed to be ignored and restore the parts I think shouldn't have been deleted in the first place.

Post: #116871
Topic: The "ADigitalMan Special Editions" DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/116871/action/topic#116871
Time: 20-Jun-2005 5:04 PM

I didn't make any dialogue changes whatsoever. Not that it's not a good idea, just not my thing.

Post: #116869
Topic: Info: Who Would Buy this ... THING for $129!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/116869/action/topic#116869
Time: 20-Jun-2005 11:03 AM

Just add a broom handle and it's a great Wookiee toilet brush.

Post: #116775
Topic: Why such hate on the OT DVD set?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/116775/action/topic#116775
Time: 20-Jun-2005 6:02 AM

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Originally posted by: Tony
As for the Anakin ghost thing, the whole point of being redeemed is that when you die as a Sith reborn Jedi, you go back to the physical form representing the JEDI you were before you took the Sith transformation.

The Anakin shown in ROTJ is Hayden from Ep III. But he doesn't have that metal arm he had by the end of Ep II. So the above notion doesn't hold water. Lucas also needs for HC to have that metal hand in the closing shot.

Or, like everybody who understands good writing, HC just doesn't belong in the shot at all. Anakin was redeemed before he died. Sebastian Shaw portrayed Anakin Skywalker in ROTJ, both as a physically scarred human and as the spirit of how he would have looked without his physical scars.

Post: #116590
Topic: The "ADigitalMan Special Editions" DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/116590/action/topic#116590
Time: 19-Jun-2005 3:52 PM

The last few posts just made my day.

Post: #116452
Topic: Ideas for the Revenge of the Sith Fan Edit
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/116452/action/topic#116452
Time: 19-Jun-2005 12:42 AM

The Aaaaargggghh from when he fights Luke in ESB. It may be too short, I dunno, but that's where I'm going to start.

Post: #116446
Topic: ***The ADigitalMan non-Star Wars DVD Info and Feedback Thread***
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/116446/action/topic#116446
Time: 19-Jun-2005 12:00 AM

I need to see the chronological Memento. I have the original DVD before they released the 2-disc edition.

In my boredom today (as if I have any time for that) I updated Tomorrow Never Dies to 5.1. It was such a grossly easy fix to do that I wanted to knock it off my list. It's muxing now.