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#229146
Topic
.-The Matrix Hacked-..:Completed:.
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/229146/action/topic#229146
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I just figured if he can survive being unplugged while still in the Matrix in the first two films AND the Matrix gets rebuilt, why couldn't he just pull himself back together (or get rebuilt with the Matrix like everone else)?
That's only his Avatar in the Matrix. The films make it perfectly clear to us that whatever happened there couldn't hurt him.

From what I understand, the Matrix Online, supposedly canonical and written by the Wachowskis were going to bring Neo back again.
So theoretically he wasn't dead at the end of the theatrical cut of Revolutions either, we all just didn't play the crappy MMORPG to find out otherwise.
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#228940
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The Crow Edit (* unfinished project *)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/228940/action/topic#228940
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Crow Stairway to Heaven was better than all of the Crow movie sequels put together.
And they had a Skull Cowboy that was great.

Can anyone tell me the source of the CD-Rom? How was it sold?
I'd also like detail on the "fan made" film.

Also, has anyone ever seen Wings of the Crow? I've heard it's absolutely terrible, but I've not been able to track it down.
It's a straight up remake, except the lead is now female: Rock singer Erika is murdered with her cop boyfriend on the eve of Halloween. Then exactly one year later she is resurrected by a mysterious crow to exact vengeance on her attackers.

It sounds so bad it's got to be worth watching.
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#228402
Topic
The Crow Edit (* unfinished project *)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/228402/action/topic#228402
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Hmm, so a "fixed" or originally-intended-edit sound great, but obviously not what Spence is looking to do.

Also, it seems NOBODY has their hands on the full Skull Cowboy footage of any sort of quality. For some reason it's never been released or leaked.

Audio and SFX would need to be added to those scenes.
It's a rather daunting project assuming you could even get the footage you needed to start with.
I suppose the workprint could be used as a guide for the restoration.
This is starting to sound much more up OCPMovie's alley.
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#228362
Topic
STAR WARS: The Torrents thread
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/228362/action/topic#228362
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I gotta say I'm not thrilled with the '3dguyz' loser on Demonoid trying to explain to people how to remove the first page of my SW discs.

It sounds like he's the kind of lamer who'll sell it on eBay. Don't help him out guys. Unfortunately nothing he says is offensive enough to be reported for removal.

I think maybe it's time for us to move back to MySpleen.

I'd like to see him with my Matrix edit. That page is part of the movie's title. I knew I should have done that to the SW films too.
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#228286
Topic
The Crow Edit (* unfinished project *)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/228286/action/topic#228286
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Little of the Skull Cowboy footage was finished or released.
What I've seen is low quality (quicktime), very raw, and lacking special effects.

I tried to find decent footage of it myself for an edit a year or so ago. I was looking to make an expanded cut.

bigrob: What PC CD-Rom are you referring to?

Scenes featuring Michael Berryman the "Skull Cowboy" were cut. When Eric is dead, he is visited by the skeletal character. In early scenes, he merely tells Eric to "Follow the crow", but later he explains why Draven is "alive", namely, to kill the bad guys and reunite with Shelly. A problem: "You work for the living and you bleed." After Sarah is kidnapped, the Skull Cowboy appears to Eric for the final time and tells him that it is time to return to the land of the dead and give up the concerns of the living, Eric refuses, and Skull Cowboy tells him. "Then choose and be damned!!!" This is why Eric gets hurt at the end, not because of the crow being shot. (This one was previously located under scenes cut unrelated to Lee's death, but Jim Timko informed that they were in fact cut precisely because of it. Apparently, O'Barr felt it would be in poor taste to leave them.)


The Collector's edition DVD does contain several extended scenes that could be added back.

More change details here: http://ishmaal.spitfire.com.au/html/edited.htm

I just remember how well the Skull Cowboy worked in the TV series and wished they'd put it back in the film. Maybe some anniversary edition.

Edit: YouTube clip of Skull Cowboy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciDeoMDAPMA
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#228086
Topic
***Citizen's NTSC DVD/PAL DVD/XviD Info and Feedback Thread***
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/228086/action/topic#228086
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Doh and doh. Yes, I meant AVC and you're right, it was still (and arguably IS still) immature as a codec when Citizen was starting out.
Nevermind the idiot typing at this keyboard.

Still, there's nothing wrong with a good AVC video on a PC now.
Xvid may be more mature and better for PC playback, but I think AVC will prove to have longer legs having been incorporated into HD-DVD and Blu Ray specs.
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#227511
Topic
Inverse Telecining: Best method for restoring original frame rates
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/227511/action/topic#227511
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Thanks for the input.
I'm waiting on the captures, but I'll see what works and let you all know.

Edit: Reading the thread on EDI resizing, it looks like most of the discussion is experimental/theoretical.

Edit2: Has Citizen left the forum? I've seen nothing from him in awhile, and he doesn't seem to answer emails to the address he has in his sig.
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#227510
Topic
.-The Matrix Hacked-..:Completed:.
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/227510/action/topic#227510
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Um. yeah.

If you are thinking of heading in that direction: The Architect looks like someone gave him a goose, and the shot on the back cover isn't even in my edit. Besides that....
I know I know you were just fooling around.

I like the code on the black background motif, if it could be done, it would be cool if it looked like the Matrix-breaking-down code we see in the last film.

I am going to give some thought if any particular images jump out as being definitive of this edit. Maybe a photoshop composite of Smith with the original Oracle in a scene from the Matrix 2? Man that would have been great if I could have actually pulled it off in the film. I suppose it would be misleading though.

Are you thinking a single cover art for a 2 DVD case or 2 separate covers?
Definitely wait to you see it before going seriously into the cover design. I don't know how long that air mail is going to take.
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#227219
Topic
Inverse Telecining: Best method for restoring original frame rates
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/227219/action/topic#227219
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Thanks for further proving I have no idea what I'm doing. IVTC makes me feel stupid (that's why I usually avoid it.)

a and b need to be chosen manually

Um what?
Am I correct that with doubleweave, almost every frame has to be examined and if the pattern shifted you have to add a new line for that section of film?


The source is a laserdisc capture (2 sided).

I also have a second question (yup, even though the first is still hazy to me):
I tried to contact Citizen regarding his upsizing method to hi-def Xvid. Since I'm looking to turn a letterbox source to anamorphic I'm obviously scaling upward. Normally I'd just plug in a lanczos4 filter, but he did such a nice job I was hoping someone knew what he did exactly beyond his vague "multiple resizes with different filters".
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#227101
Topic
.-The Matrix Hacked-..:Completed:.
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/227101/action/topic#227101
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Well, a bit later than anticipated but the (final?) discs went out in today's mail.
At least the 3 missing QC'ers can't complain that I didn't give them a chance to get back on board.

Anyone looking for copies on the Pay-it-forward system just ask.
2 copies went to the U.S., 1 to Canada, and 1 to the U.K. (you guys should know who you are).

I will send out another original set to anyone who has good bandwidth and wants to but up a torrent.


Cashiers: Read first post.


Next up: So Fine preservation project.
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#227056
Topic
Inverse Telecining: Best method for restoring original frame rates
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/227056/action/topic#227056
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Well, the title says it all. Sorry this is a redundant question, but the search on these forums isn't good enough to turn up where this has been asked before.

What is the best/cleanest way to restore the original 24 frames by inverse telecine?
I've heard good things about VirtualDub(Mod's) internal alorithm, but I had so-so luck with it when I tried it before.
Every guide online suggest different methods and everyone has a different opinion what's best.

I know a perfect method is impossible because some original frames only exist as fields split between different frames.

I've seen some wonderful work done on Star Wars restorations, so I know there are people doing this right.

Edit: I saw that ADM recommends:
Telecide(order=1,guide=1).Decimate()
How effective is this?
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#226968
Topic
***Citizen's NTSC DVD/PAL DVD/XviD Info and Feedback Thread***
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/226968/action/topic#226968
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Does anyone (Citizen?) have hard details on how the Xvid enlargement was accomplished?

I'm working on a laserdisc transfer I'd like to make anamorphic, but I'm trying to figure the best way to enlarge the picture safely.
Usually I just plug in a Lanczos4 filter, but I'm curious as to Citizen's method.

Was the capture performed at a higher resolution?
I know I read something here in the thread about multiple resizes with different filters, I'd love to see the script for that.