ChainsawAsh

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Post: #319754
Topic: The Atheism thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/319754/action/topic#319754
Time: 3-Jun-2008 1:27 AM

I just don't understand why you WOULDN'T want your children to get immunized for it, really ... it's an extra step to preventing said preventable disease, and just because your daughter might not have sex until she's 20 doesn't mean she magically can't get it. It's just a lowered risk. Why wouldn't you want to take an extra step to prevent it if that step is available?

Post: #319733
Topic: Info Wanted: Blade Runner Soundtrack
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/319733/action/topic#319733
Time: 2-Jun-2008 9:12 PM — Edited 11-Jul-2020 4:17 PM

I just got the new 3-disc “Blade Runner Trilogy” CD set. I’ve been listening to it today, and I have to say …

… I’m furious. I expected a sountrack of music from the film, not rerecorded selections of music that often has dialogue DURING it, interspersed with new material and other dialogue.

So I ask - is there a proper, real soundtrack of BLADE RUNNER somewhere? All I want is the music - no dialogue, no sound effects, no rerecorded stuff, no new material. I don’t even care if it’s a 100% complete score. Does such a thing exist?

Post: #319721
Topic: The Atheism thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/319721/action/topic#319721
Time: 2-Jun-2008 4:46 PM

lordjedi said:

California recently tried to require parents to give their kids immunization for cervical cancer. Cervical cancer usually comes about the younger you start having sex. The older you get, like over 20 or 22, the lower (much lower) your chances. The State has no business pushing its bullshit agenda on those of us that don't want it or need it.

Why the hell is it a bad thing to get an immunization for a deadly disease?

Post: #319664
Topic: STAR WARS: EP V "REVISITED EDITION"ADYWAN - 12GB 1080p MP4 VERSION AVAILABLE NOW
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/319664/action/topic#319664
Time: 2-Jun-2008 1:48 AM

My problem is that he doesn't DO anything in ROTJ, at all. He stands around and looks at people. He doesn't even really participate in the sail barge battle - he ties Luke up for 2 seconds and then gets killed by accident. He serves no purpose to the story.

Post: #319616
Topic: The Atheism thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/319616/action/topic#319616
Time: 1-Jun-2008 5:01 PM

Rob said:

...You just aren't capable of keeping your mouth shut...
...Nobody cares what you think...
...start your own thread and fill it with your worthless opions and reactions...

Sure you're talking about us, there? 'Cause it looks to me like you're just describing yourself.

Post: #319612
Topic: LOST
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/319612/action/topic#319612
Time: 1-Jun-2008 4:17 PM

Who didn't call the man in the coffin? Honestly?

Other than that, damn good finale. Though I'm still upset we only got 13 episodes this season. Damn you ABC - why couldn't it have been two 24-episode seasons to finish it off, instead of three 16-episode seasons? Not only that, but now it's one 13-episode and two 17-episode seasons (though this season was *technically* 14 what with the 2-hour finale and all). I don't understand why 48 episodes needs to be split into 3 parts instead of 2.

Post: #319607
Topic: The Atheism thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/319607/action/topic#319607
Time: 1-Jun-2008 3:54 PM

Yeah, seriously - I'm an atheist and *I* find this thread offensive. This is the kind of thing that gives atheism a bad name. We don't want people giving *us* shit about our beliefs, so why do *you* have to do exactly that to everyone else? Not cool at all.

Post: #319606
Topic: The Mono Mix Restoration Project (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/319606/action/topic#319606
Time: 1-Jun-2008 3:49 PM

That's correct, but there were only 3 albums after the "White Album" - 'Yellow Submarine,' 'Abbey Road,' and 'Let it Be.'

However, 2 of the 6 Beatles songs on "Yellow Submarine" had previously-released official mono mixes ('Yellow Submarine' on "Revolver," and 'All You Need Is Love' on "Magical Mystery Tour" and a single), and the other 4 DID have mono mixes made that simply weren't released on said album. Dr. Ebbetts managed to get a hold of the remaining mono mixes for his "Yellow Submarine Mono Songtrack" release, so I took those and made my own custom "Yellow Submarine" mono edition (with the second half, the instrumental George Martin music, in stereo).

So I guess my statement was only half-right (I was thinking that "Let it Be" was recorded before "Abbey Road" when I wrote that, not that "Abbey Road" was released first). And if you don't already have them I *highly* recommend picking up Dr. Ebbetts' Beatles CD collection - even if you prefer the stereo mixes (his Blue Box collection is amazing), but *especially* if you enjoy the mono mixes as well.

Post: #319438
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/319438/action/topic#319438
Time: 29-May-2008 9:06 PM — Edited 29-May-2008 9:38 PM

I have that version of Pgcedit, it just won't load on my Mac, even after following all the instructions.

I'll just do it without creating an image - I burned my previous copy with the folders without creating an image and it worked fine minus the obvious problem we're all trying to fix now.

--edit--

Works great now. The extended Alderaan is cool, but I'm glad you left it out - it would have felt a bit out-of-place and gratuitous. But it's nice to finally know how Jar Jar ended up. :-)

And I'm quite impressed at what you were able to do with the Luke/Biggs scene - looks quite nice. If only we could get that and the other two (Luke seeing the battle and Luke going to Anchorhead) restored nicely enough to reintegrate into the movie.

Post: #319431
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/319431/action/topic#319431
Time: 29-May-2008 8:12 PM

I can't get PgcEdit to work on Mac, it just closes every time I try to open it ... any way I can do this without it?

Post: #319398
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/319398/action/topic#319398
Time: 29-May-2008 5:40 PM — Edited 29-May-2008 5:45 PM

I got these incorrect/damaged files using MacPar Deluxe (I did apply the NTSC fix):

VTS_01_0.VOB - Invalid checksum and cannot be restored

And at the bottom of the window:

Total: 175 / Good: 172 / Need: 7 blocks = 19,784,464 bytes
Cannot restore.

It didn't check VIDEO_TS.IFO or VIDEO_TS.BUP at all, though - but I don't doubt that doubleofive's analysis is correct. I'll run it again to make sure I get the same thing.

---edit---

Yep, same thing second time through.

Post: #319378
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/319378/action/topic#319378
Time: 29-May-2008 2:06 PM — Edited 29-May-2008 2:15 PM

The torrent is unpacked VIDEO_TS, DVD_ROM and JACKET_P folders. And I had this same problem running the VIDEO_TS folder through Apple's DVD Player on the computer and on the DVD I burned on my standalone home player with the deleted scenes menu - I can't access it at all.

--EDIT--

Just tried applying the fix, and the issue still exists - the transition between the "Special Features" and "Deleted & Extended Scenes" menu freezes so the latter can't be accessed.

Post: #319317
Topic: STAR WARS: EP V "REVISITED EDITION"ADYWAN - 12GB 1080p MP4 VERSION AVAILABLE NOW
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/319317/action/topic#319317
Time: 28-May-2008 9:36 PM

Leia doesn't see the Force ghosts at the end of ROTJ - I don't think it's that big of a problem if Han doesn't see Obi-Wan and rides through him.

Post: #319276
Topic: Indiana Jones IV
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/319276/action/topic#319276
Time: 28-May-2008 3:23 PM

Yoda Is Your Father said:

I'm totally with canofhumdingers on this.

Apparently one of the main reasons it took so long to make this film was that Ford and Spielberg were not interested in the unsubtle depiction of alien invaders. "No way am I being in a Steve Spielberg movie like that," Ford told Lucas. Lucas wanted to call the new film 'Indiana Jones and the Saucer Men From Mars' but had his idea firmly rejected by Ford and Spielberg as the three men struggled to reach an agreement for around 10 years.

So what the hell changed?! because the film we got is pretty much exactly the same as the original Saucer Men draft written in the nineties.

Harrison Ford said if it wasn't made by 2008, he would never do a fourth one. Spielberg caved to Lucas because Lucas wouldn't budge on the storyline, and Ford wouldn't budge on his 2008 ultimatum. (Honestly, I can't remember where I read that, but I did somewhere)

Post: #319275
Topic: Info Wanted: Prequels Original Version?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/319275/action/topic#319275
Time: 28-May-2008 3:17 PM

Well, the TPM DVD looks awful (edge enhancement and grain-removal artifacts all over the place), so I'd very much like to see a transfer of the LD (wasn't there a VCD of TPM around that time? Was it legit, and if so, was it widescreen/theatrical cut?), even if I'm not a huge fan of the movie (the purist in me hates the fact that the DVD is extended without an option to see the original).

Post: #319207
Topic: Info Wanted: Prequels Original Version?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/319207/action/topic#319207
Time: 28-May-2008 12:41 AM

Yep, that's the one I've got.

Post: #319141
Topic: The Mono Mix Restoration Project (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/319141/action/topic#319141
Time: 27-May-2008 3:09 PM

I stand corrected - thanks for clearing that up.

Post: #319128
Topic: The Mono Mix Restoration Project (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/319128/action/topic#319128
Time: 27-May-2008 1:46 PM

Adywan's 5.1 mix of his Revisited project is quite nice - it has the Tantive IV alarms and Beru voice of the mono mix, but I think Luke still says "Biggs" in the dogfight, among other non-mono mix qualities. But those things he did stick in are quite nice to hear.

Post: #319124
Topic: Young Indiana Jones... a preservation (* unfinished project *) - a mass of info & ideas
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/319124/action/topic#319124
Time: 27-May-2008 11:45 AM

I've since found the first season (6 or 7 episodes, can't remember), and about 3 episodes from season 2 in their original aired form, in the form of 320x240 DivX files. They're quite watchable - I just need to find the rest of season 2 and the 4 TV-movies (and, perhaps, the 4 unaired episodes) and I'll be set.

The Season 1 episodes can be found on Demonoid - don't remember where I found the Season 2 eps.

Post: #319123
Topic: The Mono Mix Restoration Project (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/319123/action/topic#319123
Time: 27-May-2008 11:43 AM — Edited 1-Jun-2008 3:50 PM

No problem - the mono mix is by far the best sound mix for SW, in my opinion. It'd be nice if we could have the exact same mixing choices, but in stereo, but I have no problem with mono sound (I have all the Beatles albums up to (not including) 'Abbey Road' in mono 'cause they sound better that way, too).

Have fun with it, and thanks to Belbucus for this wonderful restoration and Moth3r for getting it out there in the first place!

--edit-- - fixed my Beatles album reference mistake

Post: #319089
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/319089/action/topic#319089
Time: 26-May-2008 9:51 PM

Yeah, torrents take quite a bit of time. Especially a 7.6-gigabyte torrent. I've been at it since the 22nd, which makes it 4 days, and I'm at 73.5% at the moment. And no, I don't download 100% continuously, and you don't have to leave your computer on for weeks at a time.

Rapidshare would require you to pay for a subscription, or you have to wait an hour or so between downloading every chunk, and there are 80 chunks for this release if I'm not mistaken. If you'd rather do it that way, I can provide you with a location with links to all 80 parts if you like.

Post: #319054
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/319054/action/topic#319054
Time: 26-May-2008 3:51 PM — Edited 26-May-2008 3:53 PM

Something I noticed today watching Revisited with my brother:

(WARNING: Heavy film-related jargon ahead):

The couple times you added lens flares, you added flares for a standard (spherical) lens - for example (though a badly post-composited one):

http://www.stefan-thamm.com/downloads/software/images/lensflare.jpg

STAR WARS was, however, shot with an anamorphic lens rather than spherical (that's why it's in the 2.39:1 aspect ratio instead of 1.85:1), so lens flares *should* look like this:

http://www.davidmullenasc.com/logansrun1.jpg

Some 2.39:1 movies today are shot with spherical lenses as "Super 35mm" and cropped for 2.39:1 (Terminator 2, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings), and that *would* give you a round flare rather than an oval, and on movies like Blade Runner or Close Encounters effects were done with 70mm film on spherical lenses, therefore lens flares for effects shots (especially CE) are round rather than ovular. But if I remember correct, STAR WARS was shot entirely anamorphic, so all lens flares *should* be ovular.

A nitpick, to be sure, and to be honest it doesn't bother me, I just thought you might find that interesting, and you might be able to use that information when you do ESB and ROTJ. I didn't even notice it the first few times I watched it.

Also, and this isn't really related to anything in ANHR, it's just another anamorphic lens trait that might help for ESBR and ROTJR - circles of confusion (out-of-focus points of light) show up as ovals as well with an anamorphic lens instead of actual cirles:

http://www.davidmullenasc.com/bringoutdead1.jpg

As opposed to with a non-anamorphic (spherical) lens:

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/6/68/FocusFeaturesLogo.jpg

Still working on the DVD-9 torrent, can't wait for it to be done!

Post: #319005
Topic: Indiana Jones IV
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/319005/action/topic#319005
Time: 26-May-2008 4:18 AM

Yoda Is Your Father -

I didn't really make this clear in that post - in all honesty, I didn't like *any* of the Indy sequels. I LOVED Raiders, but the others were all just bad popcorn movies that had Harrison Ford in a hat with a whip and the name "Indiana Jones" on them. If I were completely objective, this would be my scale:

RAIDERS - A+
CRUSADE - D
KOTCS - D-
DOOM - F

But eventually (this is pre-KOTCS) I learned to judge the sequels by infinitely lowering my expectations. I'd watch 'Raiders' remembering how great it was, then I'd watch 'Doom' or 'Crusade' thinking before I put in the VHS tape, "Alright, this one sucked, but what the hell, it has a guy's heart getting ripped out," or "This one was awful, but Sean Connery was fun." I learned to like them in spite of themselves. That's the mindset I've had on all "Indy" sequels for the past ten years or so, and that was my mindset when I went into KOTCS. "This is gonna suck, but the bar's been pretty low since 1984 anyway." And I wasn't disappointed, because it lived up to those expectations.

So, even though I really consider 'Raiders' to really be THAT much better than any of the others, I give them the benefit of the doubt enough to like them, and give them grades of C+ or B-.

Was KOTCS good? No. But neither were TOD or TLC.

Post: #319003
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/319003/action/topic#319003
Time: 26-May-2008 4:09 AM

carbonunit said:

rpvee said:

I don't know why I can't do torrents. It downloaded in like a second, I tried to open it, but my computer had to go online to look for software to use to open it. It found none. :-/

Your first clue is "My computer had to go online to look for software to use to open it". You need torrent software to download files using torrents. :)
DOWNLOAD UTORRENT

This is extremely easy to use software and it's free. This does not have to be installed. Just run it from your desktop or where ever you would like.

Agreed - use uTorrent if you have Windows, it's the best one I've used.

Post: #318950
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/318950/action/topic#318950
Time: 25-May-2008 6:24 PM

rpvee said:

negative1 said:

alright,

if this is any easier...(mabye, maybe not)..
for those that prefer torrents....

i have put up the torrent for:
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star wars ep IV - 2008 revisited adywan mp4/ipod

go to demonoid or mininova, and do a search there..

by, the way, it looks/sounds great even in this format!

later
-1

'may the force be with you'

Ugh... my computer can't even do torrents. Advice, anyone?

Why can't your computer do torrents? What ISP do you use?

Other advice would be to try to use the newsgroup instructions Carbonunit so graciously provided. Either use BitTorrent, which isn't that hard to figure out, or use the newsgroups, or hope some kind soul will upload it to Rapidshare. Other than those three options, you'd have to get the DVD yourself via a PIF chain, torrent, Rapidshare, or newsgroups to rip it to iPod format.