ChainsawAsh

bromeo said:

If I may ask, was there ever a thought to do something about Han speaking Shyriiwook (or is that even possible)? Personally I could definitely live without ever hearing that part again, haha.

Personally, I think getting rid of the subtitles in that scene is helpful. You get everything through context just fine, and it removes the weird feeling of it being literally the only time in ten movies that Shyriiwook is subtitled.

Plus that means you could cut out one or two instances of Han’s growling if you really want to.

Ed1973 said:

if anyone asks someone on here for a link or access or a disc to be burned I think the reply back should be “donate to the site and I will”.

We already have a reputation for being hostile to newcomers (which isn’t entirely without cause). This is a rabbit hole we don’t want to go down. That’s not even getting into the ethical/legal issues we’d be inviting by requiring site donations for access to projects when we’ve spent years developing the culture of “Never ever ever charge people for fan projects or you’re done, no second chances.”

Not trying to jump down your throat or anything - your heart’s in the right place and it’s not a bad idea for other types of communities. But I don’t think it’s an idea that should be entertained for us. Even if you’re not paying the creator of a project for his work, being forced to cough up cash to anyone in any capacity in order to gain access isn’t okay.

At least, those are my thoughts on the idea.

I think the natural state of the Force means anyone can tap into it, but needs practice and training to use it effectively, and some are more naturally talented than others and use it instinctually.

But the Force has its own will, and can “raise up” someone (like Rey) in a crisis situation (“Darkness rises, and light to meet it”).

The Blu-Ray subs are “soft subs,” that is, they’re a separate subtitle file instead of baked into the video. So just use the video stream without the subtitle stream.

bromeo said:

I wish editing was as simple as copy/paste so I could just blend the scene in myself. But I totally understand if you want to keep it the way it is. But yeah please, no need to touch Space Leia. Your version is fantastic at moment (in my opinion).

This might not be impossible using MKVToolNix - you’d have to remux each one and split it at an equivalent point just after the Hux convo, then use the "join* feature to cut in the first part of Hal’s with the rest of poppa’s.

I actually kind of agree with you, so I might experiment with trying this out when I have time and see if it works. If it does, I’ll provide detailed instructions.

Probably couldn’t play it on everything depending on the encoding settings of the two edits (which might preclude this from being doable at all without reencoding first at equivalent settings), but it should work on PC software players like MPC-HC.

Was there any when you bumped this thread two weeks ago?

I’d already adjusted to match words per line, but there was a bit of hang-over on the right on a few of em that I had to adjust further.

Actually, oddly enough, it seems to be the second line that’s going over just a hair…weird…

JEDIT: Yep, just had to adjust the kerning on a few lines individually. False alarm!

Seems to be a possible issue with the justified paragraphs leaving a space where there shouldn’t be one if a line ends with a period? Like this (end of the first line):

Set your H264 encode to as slow as you can bear it, do a CRF value of about 22, 1280x720 (well, crop the letterboxing, so like 1280x544 or so), with AAC audio, and you can definitely get a decent ~2GB file. High profile 3.1 is fairly universally compatible.

Chapters can be kept, but can cause issues in an MP4 container, which is more widely compatible than MKV. And soft subs don’t work well in MP4.

That’s all from my own experience, YMMV.

Oh, there’s a lot that’s different, to the tune of about 20-25 extra minutes. Sadly, movie-censorship’s comparison is old and crappily translated from German, and missing a lot of screen caps. And it’s been so long since I’ve seen the theatrical cut that I can’t remember the differences that clearly beyond the ox thing and Golic’s obsession with the alien.

Sent a small donation. Who knows, maybe we can get a whole year funded before March! 😉

bromeo said:

(BYE BYE RATHTARS, not gonna miss ya!)

In case you haven’t seen V3 yet, you should probably know that the rathtars are still there, just significantly reduced.

What surprised me is that I never had a problem with the sequence myself, but I have to admit that this version works significantly better!

Interesting. I was very much under the impression that HDR for film-based sources was as you said - capturing a wider spectrum of color than older standards were able, thus replicating a film experience more closely.

I mean, yeah, the dog makes more sense. But to me that’s literally the only thing about the theatrical cut that’s better.

Come to think of it, I might tweak it myself to replace the ox with the dog and leave the rest of the assembly cut alone…

ray_afraid said:

Speaking of being in the minority…

Alien3

😃

(theatrical cut)

😟

Day of the Dead

😃

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

Burning question I’ve had about 4K BD, in particular, film transfers to the format:

Does HDR better represent the colors in the source material? Or does the HDR process add information that is not in the original film? I.e., is the innovation that the full range of color projected in theaters years ago can finally be captured and presented digitally? Or are we adding information to older films that wasn’t there?

If the latter, I’m inclined to think there is something unsavory, revisionist about the format.

Very good question that I’ve heard conflicting answers for. I’d be very interested in hearing a knowledgeable individual chime in on this.

TiddySprinklesPimpBillion said:

ChainsawAsh said:

Lossless is mathematically identical to uncompressed. That’s why it’s called lossless. There’s zero difference except in file size.

Okay.

So…why keep an old disc around solely for an audio track that’s also included on the new disc in exactly the same level of quality?

Counterpoint: the reason I chose this edit over Hal’s as my go-to is because that scene isn’t in it. I don’t think it works and don’t think it can be made to, and I have no problem believing that, since Leia was farther from the blast than anyone else, that she could have been recovered quickly before she suffocated in the vacuum of space.

Lossless is mathematically identical to uncompressed. That’s why it’s called lossless. There’s zero difference except in file size.

TiddySprinklesPimpBillion said:

John_ said:

After months of waiting and several delays, I finally received the 4K Blu-ray of 2001: A Space Odyssey. The set and transfer are absolutely beautiful. Highly recommend for fans of the film and movie lovers in general.

I’m still keeping the original Blu-ray disc because it has PCM audio.

But the UHD has that same mix (and the 1968 six-track mix) in lossless DTS-HD, so there’s no difference…? 🤔

Richard Stamper said:

Hi guys, I’m currently syncing all available mono mixes for another project.
I tried to sync the mono mixes rips from the 1995 THX LD that previously had been released all over the web, and sadly, I must report those mixes were cut down to match the 5.1 track, meaning some parts of the sound are missing.
I’m currently awaiting for a new rip of this THX LD, that I will resync without any cuts being made to the original audio. The only improvement will be filling in the blanks at the end of the reels changes.
you can follow the progress on fanres.

That’s great news! I’d love a proper PCM mono to pair with Dek’s awesome regrade.

Not really. The first Wolverine was a prequel to the first X-Men movie. The second was a sequel to the third X-Men movie. The third was more or less a standalone that likely takes place either in a future after DOFP reset the timeline, or another timeline altogether, but it makes passing references to the second Wolverine IIRC.

Basically, each Wolverine movie is its own thing, but all are spinoffs of the X-Men movies. There’s little if anything tying the Wolverine movies together as its own independent series.

But I guess you could consider the second to be a soft reboot, maybe.

ray_afraid said:

Just seeing the button, just seeing this thread.
I’ll happily donate after making a much over-due deposit tomorrow.

Pretty much where I’m at too. Except, well, Thursday, not tomorrow.

They didn’t remake Wolverine, though. They made a sequel that ignored the first one as much as possible.