No, lexsanor’s not a native English speaker, so sometimes you have to decipher a little. I think he just wants links to Puggo Strikes Back and Return of the Pug, not the scans per se.
Return of the Pug isn’t available yet.
I understand. I just wanted to give you all the frames so you could look through them and assess severity/difficulty for yourself. Some of them are pretty bad and (to someone who knows nothing about video) also look pretty easy.
Hey, the bright side is that someone might finally tell us how to use Markdown.
Okay, I think I’m a pretty easy reviewer, I don’t have doubleofive’s gallery memorized or anything. On the other hand, I don’t watch this particular film as much as the others, so there may be things I spotted that have always been there 😉
2:06 death star moves as screen pans down (was it always like this?)
5:29 matte paining extension still there?
Alien subtitles have not been updated to match theatrical timing and appearance
14:16 missing subtitle “I have come for the bounty…”
Some Rancor shots seem a little too dark (they always had crap black levels, I think you may have overcompensated here)
27:38 missing subtitle “Bring me Solo and the Wookiee.”
27:41 missing subtitle “The will all suffer for this outrage.”
30:34-30:36 vertical line on sarlacc shot
1:42:25 sparky the circus droid
2:04:45 35mm footage is awfully shaky
2:06:19 35mm footage a little shaky
visible damage to credits on the following frames:
182773,183073,183117,183796,184045,184572,184740,184926,185158,186008,186251,187002
187239,187372,187522,187561,187645,187665,187677,187702,187713,187779,187787,187818
187905,187930,188205,188449,188800,188855,188919,188944-188947,189099,189135,189202
189266,189282,189374,189379,189380,189392
post-credits: “bought” is spelled wrong 😉
credits damage is a “blink and you miss it” or a “watch the wrong part of the screen and you miss it” scenario, so I’m sure I didn’t even get half of them
[In before obligatory “I don’t know who you’re referring to”]
Welcome back.
I aim to please, Towne32.
I have lossless DTS-HD English tracks (1983 5.1, 1983 stereo, 1993 stereo), with caveats. New files from h_h would be better. I think I may even have a lossy isolated score track around that would do in a pinch. I’ll just send what I’ve got, and let you know what the problems are. I’ll have to upload some of these, so there may be a delay.
I will send you a big-ass PM with the dubs.
The 1.0 version used PAL GOUT frames, and it looks like you’ve just confirmed the 2.0 workprint uses NTSC frames as planned. This was by design, and should fix more sync issues than it causes. The audio for 1.0 was largely NTSC-synced.
I’ve sent Harmy a subtitle file that will patch over the missing alien subtitles in the workprint. If anyone wants it before he makes it generally available, PM me. You will not be able to use this subtitle file and also watch using other subtitles. There’s a SUP file which should blend pretty seamlessly with the film, and an SRT file for people who can’t use the SUP file.
PM sent.
PM sent.
So far, a few mistakes were caught - some missing subtitles (CatBus, do you think you could make a subtitle track that only has those subs that are missing? Just for this workprint - I will be replacing all the subs for the final version)
At least for now, people could use the subtitle file ROTJ-en-titles.srt included with the workprint, which does all of the subtitles, plus crawl and opening titles. I don’t have good Internet access today, so a better option would need to wait a bit at least. Or I suppose someone could just delete the extra subtitles out of that file and upload the result – that’d be fine with me.
PM sent.
Regarding sync, these subtitles are designed to sync to the English stereo audio, not dubs or the mono mixes. If you’re trying to watch a dub or a mono mix with subtitles, the sync may drift in and out. Also, Project Threepio subs tend to run on the “slow” side–i.e. they start at the right time, but they sometimes display after the speaker is done talking. This is intentional, to give younger viewers and other people who need a little extra time enough time to read the complete subtitle.
EDIT: There are utilities included with the project to make the subs sync better with the mono mix, but they will still be missing the lines unique to the mono mix.
That’s a new definition of “genius” I’m not familiar with.
This is great stuff.
Why has the line “Close the blast doors!” been cut from the scene where the storm troopers are chasing Han and Chewie? I believe the line was in the theatrical version and was only cut from the original VHS release.
Plus, it’s one of my favorite lines in the movie. 😛
Wrong thread, really. Star Wars premiered with three distinct audio mixes, depending on where you saw it. Two audio mixes did not have “Close the blast doors!” and one did. Harmy chose the 1977 six-channel theatrical mix as the default track because (more or less) it sounds great and is authentic too. The 1977 mono mix, the one with the line you like, is another favorite around here, and it’s available as an alternate track. VHS never had the 1977 mono mix, but in 1985, they created yet another stereo mix which tried to merge the elements of the theatrical mono and multichannel mixes, and used that for home video (prior to 1985, the home video mix was the 1977 stereo mix). And then they had another go at it and made a fifth distinct audio mix in 1993, this time incorporating entirely non-theatrical elements. Star Wars was a mess of versions long before 1997, and that’s not even including the fact that they changed the name of the film itself in 1981…
PM sent. It’s hard to tell which versions you have from the torrent names, but if they’re really the Despecialized Editions, they will sync up.
PM’s sent. That’s fine about the posting mistakes – it takes some time to get used to our extremely large forum layout. I’ve heard this is going to be fixed, but don’t know when.
PM sent.
Works for me. There are updated subtitles on the way, but I’d rather go with the current ones for the workprint.
Yeah MKV. Sure it’ll be a huge improvement over 1.0, but it’s still a workprint. No need to build a big ecosystem around it.
PM’s sent.
PM sent.
There’s a README file in the project which should explain this and other naming convention things.
Also, generally speaking, don’t use the SRT files unless the SUP files won’t work for your purposes.
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