Doctor M

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Post: #301901
Topic: Emmet Otter's Jugband Christmas (Complete) - (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/301901/action/topic#301901
Time: 23-Nov-2007 2:51 PM

The Muppets really are plagued by editing nightmares.
I was sitting through the original Muppet Movie last night when I realized there were bits missing.

IMDB explains that there was a 97 minute extended version... I'm not sure where I would have seen it (maybe TV), but I remember some of the parts they describe.

Anyone have those scenes and want to take a swing at a reconstructed extended edition?

Post: #301383
Topic: Dr. M's Reinventing The Wheel Edition (PAL to NTSC+) (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/301383/action/topic#301383
Time: 15-Nov-2007 11:57 PM

The torrents still work in DHT mode (trackerless), but you'd need to find someone with the .torrent file to jump on.

I think just waiting is the best answer. It doesn't look like Demonoid is down for good.

Post: #301354
Topic: RELEASED: "Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Special Longer Version)"
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/301354/action/topic#301354
Time: 15-Nov-2007 3:35 PM

I'm glad to hear that you feel brevity is better for this edit.

It really always felt like an overstuffed episode without enough plot to sustain it.

Post: #301326
Topic: Dr. M's Reinventing The Wheel Edition (PAL to NTSC+) (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/301326/action/topic#301326
Time: 14-Nov-2007 10:52 PM

When the Noid

Omg, what was that 50 years ago.

Post: #301286
Topic: RELEASED: "Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Special Longer Version)"
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/301286/action/topic#301286
Time: 13-Nov-2007 11:52 PM

More details on Disc 3 please.
How will it be different from previous official cuts?
Can you give an estimated runtime? (As in "this movie would have been better as a single TV episode" or "this is a super edit of existing cuts".)

Post: #301285
Topic: Emmet Otter's Jugband Christmas (Complete) - (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/301285/action/topic#301285
Time: 13-Nov-2007 11:47 PM

Almost Christmas. Dare we hope for a release by December?

Post: #298750
Topic: DRESDEN FILES - 2-HOUR PILOT PRESERVATION (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/298750/action/topic#298750
Time: 9-Oct-2007 4:15 PM

Psycho_Dayv: It looks like it's back on you.

The Complete Season 1 DVD set does NOT contain the unaired pilot.
The DVDs have a couple episodes with an audio commentary and a few deleted scenes... that's it.

From TVShowsOnDVD.com:

I've received a few emails from people asking why the pilot episode wasn't included on the DVD set. Apparently the pilot was constructed from a few episodes, deleted scenes, and discarded material, and it wasn't a very strong piece for the DVDs, so it was left off. The decision to remove it from the set was made after the announcement.

We're going to need someone to re-construct this for us after all since Sci-Fi isn't going to.

Post: #298629
Topic: 'So Fine' - Preservation Project (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/298629/action/topic#298629
Time: 7-Oct-2007 4:02 PM

The torrent is dead and the pay-it-forward system seems to be floundering.
Is there anyone who hasn't payed forward yet that can help SimonU out?

Post: #298625
Topic: .: The XØ Project - Laserdisc on Steroids :. (SEE FIRST POST FOR UPDATES) (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/298625/action/topic#298625
Time: 7-Oct-2007 1:01 PM

Originally posted by: ADigitalMan
Fan edits suck. Anybody who wastes their time on that crap clearly has no life. I mean FLAMES for heaven's sake. FLAMES.

I'm right there with you ADM.

Post: #298188
Topic: Dr. M's Reinventing The Wheel Edition (PAL to NTSC+) (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/298188/action/topic#298188
Time: 1-Oct-2007 3:01 PM

It might have been active on Demonoid... but who knows how long until that's back up.

Post: #297559
Topic: <strong>The "ADigitalMan Special Editions" DVD Info and Feedback Thread</strong> (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/297559/action/topic#297559
Time: 20-Sep-2007 2:06 PM

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't ImgBurn suggest the most optimal layer break points and ranks them?

Post: #297277
Topic: DRESDEN FILES - 2-HOUR PILOT PRESERVATION (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/297277/action/topic#297277
Time: 14-Sep-2007 1:40 PM

Huh, yeah. Don't know how that happened.

Post: #297174
Topic: DRESDEN FILES - 2-HOUR PILOT PRESERVATION (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/297174/action/topic#297174
Time: 13-Sep-2007 2:32 AM

Anyone pick up this DVD set and can comment on the uncut pilot?

Did they finish the effects and all? What's the quality? Is some sort of fan edit still warranted?

Post: #297173
Topic: DRESDEN FILES - 2-HOUR PILOT PRESERVATION (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/297173/action/topic#297173
Time: 13-Sep-2007 2:32 AM

Anyone pick up this DVD set and can comment on the uncut pilot?

Did they finish the effects and all? What's the quality? Is some sort of fan edit still warranted?

Post: #296754
Topic: .: The XØ Project - Laserdisc on Steroids :. (SEE FIRST POST FOR UPDATES) (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/296754/action/topic#296754
Time: 5-Sep-2007 10:04 PM

Go figure.
I thought Laserman was dead.
Silently killed in the night by George Lucas' crack squad of Ninjas.

Wow! Killed by a ninja... cool! (Splinter Cell reference)

Post: #296324
Topic: .: The XØ Project - Laserdisc on Steroids :. (SEE FIRST POST FOR UPDATES) (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/296324/action/topic#296324
Time: 29-Aug-2007 4:47 PM

True, a lot of the bonus material on the altered DVD has beautiful clips of OOT.
Which of course always had me scratching my head.

Post: #295858
Topic: .: The XØ Project - Laserdisc on Steroids :. (SEE FIRST POST FOR UPDATES) (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/295858/action/topic#295858
Time: 23-Aug-2007 12:03 PM

I think Criterion would absolutely make a restored OT release if they could get the rights away from Lucas.
(Although I've never been a fan of their video quality. They're really better at extras than anything else.)

But what IS important is not IF Criterion would make a Star Wars release... it's that these are NOT from Criterion.

You might as well call it an Anchor Bay release or Fox or even Disney for all it matters.
Criterion is a company name and nothing else. To attribute them to the work done by the X0 people is just plain pointless.

Post: #294775
Topic: Song Of The South - many projects, much info & discussion thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/294775/action/topic#294775
Time: 7-Aug-2007 2:06 PM

I assume things are moving (not that I have any information you don't Tombstone).

I'm just as guilty of the slow down, it took me forever to finish with the restoration and mail it on.

But relax, it will eventually arrive, the material does exist.

Post: #292879
Topic: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - The Enhanced ABC Cut (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/292879/action/topic#292879
Time: 18-Jul-2007 10:52 PM

Hmm, I don't see the scene you're referring to.
From the second Ron and Harry start to change back and start to flee the Slytherin common room, their hair appear to be correct, even in the deleted scene.
Can you be more specific?

For all the problems this edit has been having I'm again tempted to shelve it until the official release... just in case.

I'm just not understanding the need for a boxed edition when everyone knows there's 2 more movies coming.

I can't imagine it selling particularly well either (possible new extras or extended running time aside).
Who'd pay a premium for movies in an incomplete box set that you can already buy for half the price?
Odd decision.

Post: #292602
Topic: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - The Enhanced ABC Cut (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/292602/action/topic#292602
Time: 15-Jul-2007 12:10 PM

Neuron2 (Donald Graft) is my hero.
The creator of DGIndex/DGMPGDec, DGPulldown, and more, brings us: DGAVCDec Alpha (yup not even beta software).

It frickin' indexs AVC/H.246/x264 content just like DGIndex does mpeg.
Initial tests are looking good.

Edit: ... and it's Alpha for a reason. Keep crashing CCE during encoding.

Post: #292588
Topic: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - The Enhanced ABC Cut (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/292588/action/topic#292588
Time: 15-Jul-2007 12:47 AM

Blargh!

The other day I ran into a problem with the SiLU source. There is a run of 6 minutes with a bunch of random pixels around the picture.
I was up until 5 am that night hand fixing and repairing my scripts to bypass the problem. (Unfortunately it meant losing 2 seconds from the theatrical edition I added back. Better that than an ugly picture.).

The technical: The ABC video is a raw transport stream passed via m2v files to avisynth (as mpeg2source), the x264-mkv source is passed as directshowsource.
After more than a week of editing audio in Womble, and generating multiple avisynth scripts that call each other and a bazillion trim commands I finished.

My encoding (OPV at Q18) took 5-6 hours (lots of slow codecs and filters are involved (delogo was worth it)).
And then...

"DirectShowSource is not frame accurate."
Did anyone know this?
Blaraghghghgghgh.
My scripts are garbage, I have nothing.

I have one idea to fix this and it sucks: convert a 720p HD video of 2 hrs 40 minutes to a lossless format. That's about 60gb (estimated)....
Then go back to the lossless video and find all my edit points again to find the REAL frame numbers.

If I want to finish this, it looks like I'm going to need a bigger boat.

Post: #292485
Topic: Info Wanted: Harry Potter & Prisoner of Azkaban - extended version on ABC?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/292485/action/topic#292485
Time: 13-Jul-2007 4:34 PM

Has anyone spotted a scrap of footage additional to the ABC cut of Chamber of Secrets that's more than the deleted scenes on the DVD?

I ask because I realize building my edit that I'm using a list of DVD deleted scenes as my guide. Is there anything else I should be looking for?

Post: #292468
Topic: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - The Enhanced ABC Cut (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/292468/action/topic#292468
Time: 13-Jul-2007 11:53 AM

No SiLU tag?
Were they raw or compressed to x264 or something?

Post: #292422
Topic: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - The Enhanced ABC Cut (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/292422/action/topic#292422
Time: 12-Jul-2007 7:26 PM

They're probably the theatrical cut.
If you're interested in such a thing there are some very well compressed ones (in x264) put out by the SiLU group.
They're usually multilingual (multiple audio tracks), 720p and fit on a single layer DVD.

Post: #292349
Topic: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - The Enhanced ABC Cut (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/292349/action/topic#292349
Time: 11-Jul-2007 4:42 PM

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