DVD-BOY

DuracellEnergizer said:

I still haven't gotten over the fact that there's a Star Wars character with the same name as I.

I wonder how many people I knew in elementary/high school watch this cartoon and have been reminded of me as a result. For some, I hope it spoils their enjoyment of the show. >=D

 There's a Star Wars character called DuracellEnergizer?

dark_jedi said:

Avatar_Emil said:

Hey, dark_jedi. Are you aware of this: http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-White-Buffalo-Blu-ray/121152/

Yes, but it really doesn't matter ours has already been out, I just hope it is good.

 Looking at the story, and the first post of this topic, it appears that your title will have been out 16 MONTHS before this release!!

AntcuFaalb said:

DVD-BOY said:

AntcuFaalb said:

Do you plan to include the copy of the following that I sent you and You_Too?

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00444UQOI

 Is that not this:

Extras:
1 - The Making of The Terminator (720p - DD 2.0)

?

I got thrown off by the 720p.

 When don't Team Blu throw in a bit of awesome upscaling for good measure ;-)

AntcuFaalb said:

Do you plan to include the copy of the following that I sent you and You_Too?

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00444UQOI

 Is that not this:

Extras:
1 - The Making of The Terminator (720p - DD 2.0)

?

TBH A lot of this is covered in the thread.  The best place to look for information is the first and last page of each of the titles you're interested in.  Dark Jedi maintains the index of releases titles in the first post in this topic:

RayRogers said:

dark_jedi,

How would I be able to get physical copies of these? Do you need a list of the titles I'm interested in? Is it through Private Messaging, Usenet?

Physical copies are not available.  Some are available from Usenet, some through Torrent sites, some were available but are currently waiting for someone other than Dark Jedi to upload to somewhere other than Myspleen:

Conan the Barbarian (Both)

Currently unavailable

Night of the Living Dead 1990

Uploaded to CinemaTik and somewhere else (?)

Fright Night Part II

Happy85 had uploaded this to Cinemageddon but it's been taken down. Waiting to be re-uploaded.

Maximum Overdrive

This is available on Usenet - from the first post of the thread:

"Search "Maximum Overdrive BD25" @ Nzbclub."

For The NeverEnding Story. I recommend using the Dutch release since it has the best transfer currently. Unless if TeamBlu will be using the double disc technique.

From what Dark Jedi and You_Too have said before, I think they've been working on this for months - one thing about Team Blu is they take they're time and don't rush out releases just to get "Kudos".

Is T2 seamless branching?

Theatrical Cut Only I believe.

Nice find!

pittrek said:

Wow -thanks. Any idea how to download them?

 With the shorter clips like the intro you can find a url in the header of the web page, for example:

<meta property="og:video:secure_url" content="https://secure.vp.disney.go.com/xd_shortform/unknown/lf00256/08762d-hlf00256_me4_lightsaber-h264m_aac_848x480_536x64.mp4">

But this doesn't work with the longer clips and my internet-fu cannot work out how to construct the valid url.  Any help would be greatly appreciated, as we know from past experience starwars.com likes to drop content when it no longer suits them.

jimjimmyjones85 said:

titanic said:

This is coming in a new release from Scream Factory!

 Glad I have this one !

Money saved and the perfect version in my collection  !

 If you want to save money, that's piracy, not preservation.

The Griff said:

Good luck, fellas. No one was even willing to share a password with me for THE WILD LIFE (another Team Blu release). It seems its every man for himself around here, nowadays.

 http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/The-Wild-Life-1984-RELEASED/post/700111/#TopicPost700111

Jetrell Fo said:

 Signed up, thanks Eon.

 +1 as the kids say.

Something like this?

http://extension765.com/sdr/15-psychos

I've dropped them a message asking for any kind of screenshots of the beginning of the footage to help nail it down - if it's snowmobiles we're looking good right?

I'll leave it to you then Poita.

I know someone with access to PAL Umatic decks - there are a couple of types I believe.

Has anyone bid on this? Don't want to unwittingly start a bidding war...

zeropc said:

you guys may wanna check out steve johnson's youtube channel. he posted parts (full movie?) of "back into the abyss" there.

 I can't remember if I saw the YouTube channel and then read about the DVDs or the other way around.  It's some really cool stuff, which makes me wonder what else he has - according to his facebook page, the discs were available to pre-order February 2011, whereas the videos on youtube appear to be from 2009.

Jetrell Fo said:

http://www.forgottensilver.net/back-to-the-abyss-en-dvd/

http://www.eonentertainment.com/effects-archives/back-into-the-abyss/

All I could find on Steve Johnson DVD ....... don't know if this is what anyone is talking about.

 Yeah, that's the title, it just doesn't seem to be available anywhere.  Will drop them an email and see what they say - last time I checked out the Eon Website it appeared to be an old / orphan page, so it looks like they've done an update.

Jetrell Fo said:

DVD-BOY said:

Out of interest, was anyone ever able to pick up Steve Johnson's Abyss DVDs?  There's some clips on YouTube, and links to his site when he was selling it, but the site has been completely re-designed now, and there is no links to the DVDs anymore.  Nothing shows up on eBay, it's like they were never released.

Were they pulled by Fox?

There is rare occasion where something might need to be liberated that I would consider a purchase, but it doesn't come often.

If there are no links anymore I'd bet he may have been getting more notice than wanted or he was sent the "letter" by Fox.

Absolutely, and I've looked everywhere to see if there are copies for sale, but it looks like you're right and he recieved a C&D from Fox - I imagine he still works in the industry and doesn't want to burn any bridges.

With regards to the film itself, has there been a new broadcast of the directors cut?  I've only seen the Theatrical Cut being discussed, otherwise it was a dated Japanese master.

Out of interest, was anyone ever able to pick up Steve Johnson's Abyss DVDs?  There's some clips on YouTube, and links to his site when he was selling it, but the site has been completely re-designed now, and there is no links to the DVDs anymore.  Nothing shows up on eBay, it's like they were never released.

Were they pulled by Fox?

May be worth asking Reverend Beastly if he still has his working files:

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Criterion-Collection-Adventures-of-Baron-Munchausen-amp-The-Fisher-King/topic/5286/

Might save you the trouble of capturing the LD...

Did anyone archive the website before it was pulled for it's current branding?  I remember there being a number articles about the production of the films, and the weekly image releases for the prequals etc.

Harmy said:

They could have easily put this on the BD - ever hear of the Maximum Movie Mode? And even if they couldn't do that, I doubt that the iTunes download is bigger than 5GB, so it could easily be included on a bonus disc along with a lot of other bonus material in exactly the same quality as the iTunes one.

I don't think anyone is questioning the technical possibilities of this content ;-)

Maximum Movie Mode is awesome - wish they did something like that with Star Wars - like a Jambe Davdar documentary on steroids!!

It's probably worth people reading TrekCore's coverage of this release so that everyone is on the same page:

http://trekcore.com/blog/2013/09/into-darkness-exclusives-part-i-video-vam/

http://trekcore.com/blog/2013/09/into-darkness-exclusives-part-ii-itunes-extras-enhanced-commentary/

HTH

Matt_Stevens said:

DVD-BOY said:

Quite common on music DVDs and BFI titles will include PCM is space allows it, otherwise 320Kbps AC3.

Mono on DVD is 192kbps about 99% of the time. Only with music and specialty releases will you find more than that. It's a shame. 

That's why I specifically mention BFI ;-)

What's the best way to convert UK (25p) content for World Wide Play on DVD / Blu-ray?

I'm thinking you can slow the video down to 24p but what do you do about the audio?  Do you leave it slowed down, or is there a good way to correct the pitch?