DVD-BOY

Molly said:

I still have the original files (OT), but I don’t know where I’d upload it this time around.

Thanks Molly, I wouldn’t ask you to go out of your way to upload this especially, as it’s more of a curiosity than anything else. Thanks to SnooPac and a_o as well for the PM Support - it appears that the Usenet upload is broken somehow.

I’m currently trying to grab this from “The Organ”, and I can see there is two seeders so I’m fairly hopeful to get hold of this at some point.

Sorry to bump an old post - Did anyone download the WOWOW 2016 from Usenet - I don’t know if it’s because of the non-standard characters in the filenames, but the PARS don’t seem to work.

Any help (here or by PM) would be greatly appreciated!

oojason said:

I imagine many of us pop in a few of these quality threads from time to time - seeing the thread has been bumped - thinking there may be some new additions to the work, or a new alternative take, or that it has inspired someone to do something similar, or perhaps that the techniques and software used are now easier to compile our own versions of njvc’s great work, or just a good conversation on the topic at hand etc…

but no… it’s yet another ‘can I have a link’ post…

doh!

Same here! I would love to hear NJVC’s process, was there things he tried and failed, if he could do them again, what would he do differently. There’s nothing wrong with this set, but does he dream of a version 2?

There was several possible Blu-ray projects using Harmy’s versions of the OT, and I think this was the only one to cross the finish line.

Is this it?
“Job Done”, NJVC is the winner?

Back in the day, there was a bunch of LD Preservations, where everyone did their own take on it, with their own encoding and menus (1000 pass encode via CCE-SP2 😉)

Bravo NJVC, you did what few spoke of, and fewer delivered!

(I thought requests were going to be deleted to help clear up the threads, but perhaps I misunderstood the ‘sticky’…)

DrDre said:

I will have a look, whether I can cook up something…😉

Perhaps you supply the file pairs via a csv?

That way you don’t have to worry about the order and it would be quick a painless for the user to generate such a list.

Just a small thing, but can we make sure we get the ‘format’ correct:

According to the official website of the Blu-ray Disc Association it’s “Blu-ray” - lowercase ‘r’ and a hyphen.

SilverWook said:

I didn’t know there were any vampires in the Rebellion. 😉

See, THAT was this guy’s problem - don’t you have to invite Vampires in?

😉

Looks great!

Frame 201 appears to show some warpage along the letterbox bar at the bottom of the screen.
Frame 292 is out of sequence - appears to be from previous shot?
Frame 562 appears to show some warpage along the letterbox bar at the bottom of the screen.

HTH

Technically, I imagine as these are the 2011 masters, it should be if they look better than the itunes / vudu / google digital copies…

Fantastic projects like this can really drag people out of the woodwork.

Another lurker here who would like to keep updated with this project’s progress.

ZkinandBonez said:

Alderaan said:

I'm warning you guys, don't get your expectations up. The trailer is a window into the filmmaker's mind and what kind of story they are hoping to tell. All indications are that the story in this film will be poorly fleshed out. The characters will be kind of just there. The movie will be a sleekly produced but vapid Revenge of the Sith meets The Godfather Part 3 meets standard Hollywood blockbuster fare.

I seriously doubt that Abrams had a big say in the making of this trailer. Since when was movie trailer a "window into the filmmaker's mind"? It's almost exclusively been a reflection of current marketing trends. 

 Look at Terminator Genysis (If you dare..) The director certainly didn't intend to spoil the film by putting the reveal into the trailer, and he's on record saying he was 'disappointed' that Marketing did that.

Darth Hade said:

Somebody claiming to work for ESPN says that they've seen the trailer.

Here's the description for anyone interested.

Anonymous 10/14/15(Wed)18:42:53 No.61770388

Perfect timing, as I have actually seen Monday night's trailer. I work at ESPN. Expect leaks very soon as it's going around. I leaked the original trailer description to Making Star Wars, so expect to see this same description on his site within a few hours. I've only seen it once. Began with a voice over talking about Vader and Palpatine. Don't remember the exact dialogue but pretty sure it's Kylo talking about finishing what they started. Talks about unison, order, ending the "chaotic void" they left. Pretty straightforward. Starfield for the entire voice over, about ten seconds? Then, the basic "This December" "from the writer of ESB" (Lawrence Kasdan) title cards Finn and Poe in a small room, arguing over who is going to fly a ship. Finn is helmet-less, unlocking Poe's handcuffs. Frantic tone, but cut with scenes of Kylo and the stromtroopers at night, using flamethrowers. Leia and a group of Rebels around a hologram of a planet. Basic military jargon, she mentions "she has experience with this sort of thing." Admiral Ackbar is present. The blue droid from the toy line is in the background. Shot of C-3PO and R2-D2.

Finn and Rey getting shot at by stormtroopers, run up the ramp of the Millennium Falcon. A few shots of Captain Phasma, General Hux, Kylo Ren, and other no name Imperials looking at holograms. Captain Phasma talks, saying she'll "find and kill him." Someone responds, which narrates the next shot. I think he says something about making a big deal out of one man, or whatever. Clearly, they are talking about Finn going AWOL. Next is supposed to be some sort of surprise reveal, as the camera slowly pans back as the Millennium Falcon powers up. Single shot, from them running up the ramp to the Falcon taking off. Maybe thirty seconds total. Really cool. Lots of explosions and pot shots at the Falcon. More shots of the Falcon in the desert, Finn on the guns, Rey in the chair. "Funny" shot of BB-8 rolling up and down the hallways as the Falcon flies around. Extended shots of the Super Star Destroyer chase from the second teaser. Rey, Finn, BB-8 and Han in a hangar type area. Comedic type dialogue, back and forth between all the characters. Broken up by Chewie's roar, and some blaster fire. Everyone immediately splits off and takes cover. Supposed to be comical. Argument continues as they fire on the guys shooting at them. Don't remember anything that was said I think this is when there was another title card, or it might have been before they met Han but it said "comes the sequel to the original Star Wars trilogy"

Really nice shots of TIE fighters above a jungle, firing into the woods. Probably the same scene as the X-Wings above the lake in the teasers. It looks like the same weather. Captain Phasma and Kylo ren walking out of a first Order shuttle. Ren blocks a laser from hitting Phasma. Quick shots of Phasma pushing past Stormtroopers taking cover behind trees. Her gun is automatic, she fires it indiscriminately into a group. Does not take cover as they fire back. Shots of Rey and BB-8, similar to the instagram preview watching the battle. Run in the woods. Snow scenes, a new snow speeder, walker, TIEs, patrolling a large building in the snow. Starkiller Base? General Hux voiceover about ending the wait. Strormtroopers running down a hallway and exiting out to a snowfield. Shot of the black X-Wing flying through space. TIEs and X-Wings dog fight. This is that frantic part of the trailer when things are just thrown at the screen. Definitely remember seeing Leia again, the droids, more of Phasma, more of Ren in the woods, flametroopers, etc. Lots of shots in this part. Trailer ends with Ren and Finn in the woods, red lightsaber on. Ren does a fancy move swinging the saber back and forth, reminding me immediately of the scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark with the swordsman, but in a good way if you catch my meaning. Shot of Finn responding by simply turning his lightsaber on. Title cards, new logos, etc. The last shot is an X-Wing flying through an exploding TIE. No Luke anywhere.

So that's a NOPE then!!

Just to throw this out there - Leia and Han embrace in the trailer, perhaps Leia gets the "I have a bad feeling about this line".  Han is doing his "It'll be ok, trust me" shtick.  Cue Han not making it into Episode VIII and his announcement is a smoke screen.

I hope not, but Ford did want to die in Jedi, right? so maybe the draw back was he got his wish?

yotsuya said:

Harmy, I don't think they particularly cared about such a tiny data loss. The entire way they released it shows a complete lack of caring for quality. NTSC native resolution is 640x480, so they resized it anyway.

 Which NTSC tape format has a native resolution of 640x480? 

There's no blue screen, it's a matte painting on glass, which they would have projected the footage through (from behind?),

Harmy said:

"By Ben Kuchera on Aug 18, 2014 at 1:00p"

 Plus you can see the date in the url posted.

Great job - they look amazing.

Congratulations sir.

Oh I hope so, those tracks sound fantastic. 

Personally, I use the decomb plugin with AVISynth for IVTC - Telecide() and Decimate() - never gone wrong for me yet.

Does DGNVIndex not tell you whether the fields are repeated or not?

In terms of encoding to BD spec, using x264 I either go with the pulldown option, or if your content is high enough quality, upscale to 720p using nnedi3.

That is A-mazing!

Someone on blu-ray.com pointed out that only maze runner has a 4k di so the other three will be 2k upscales.

Thanks for the response.

Out of interest,  how does the quality of your scans compare to the work Poita is undertaking? 

As I understand it / remember it, your scan was a custom build using a 35mm projector and a modified canon digital camera (I'm not asking for specific details,  just whether I'm remembering the general concept correctly ).

Poita is using a 2nd hand professional scanner?

Assuming the quality of the prints is comparable, how do they match up?

Looks really good. Best of luck.

Are you planning  a home release (dvd/blu/vod) or are you just looking at the festival circuit for now?

SilverWook said:

Charles de Lauzirika at ILM? Time to start those rumours about a kick-ass Blu-ray Saga Boxset in the making ;-)

Or maybe he's doing the Force Awakens BD??

DoomBot said:

I highly doubt it'll show up on the spleen.