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#214578
Topic
Johnny Mnemonic Japan Cut <JM> Extended (Released)
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/214578/action/topic#214578
Time
I agree about the home movie footage cut out being good (and the fact that it's better paced).

It's just after the other when you see that he doubles himself, there appears to be no reason. Also there's lots of re-run voice-overs that don't shut up the whole time.
Both versions of that scene have strengths and weaknesses, but on the whole the Japan cut of the movie is far far superior.
Post
#214506
Topic
ORIGINAL STAR WARS TRILOGY OUT 09/2006 BY LUCASFILM
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/214506/action/topic#214506
Time
Zombie84: That's exactly what I was thinking. All the parts exist and had to be restored. Just because they currently aren't spliced together on a consecutive reel doesn't make a difference with modern digital techniques.

ShiftyEyes:
I would say that everyone at Lucasfilm would've been idiots NOT to strike a new interpositive before the SEs were made.

You know we can't rule the idiot thing out either.
Post
#214400
Topic
Johnny Mnemonic Japan Cut <JM> Extended (Released)
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/214400/action/topic#214400
Time
The Japanese cut is NTSC.
I believe IMDB is wrong about the 107 minute runtime.
It refers to the 107 minute one as the Japanese Video version, which is this one. I don't think there is any other cuts.
I just deleted an old divx of the Japanese DVD and it was also 103 minutes.

Off subject: I just rewatched this film last night and was again surprised that in the 'hacking his own brain scene', it's less sensical compared to the U.S. cut.
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#214349
Topic
STAR WARS: The Torrents thread
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/214349/action/topic#214349
Time
Don't worry about it. Since the SFV file doesn't effect the actual DVD and it doesn't scan itself it won't effect any discs burned from the torrent.
If it really bothers you, after downloading open the .sfv file with notepad and delete:

;Q2-1c5989f9621f09e
;Q2-MORJf+yzxQE=
;Q2-//8=


and re-save. You now have a perfect copy (actually don't burn the "Torrent downloaded from Demonoid.com.txt" file either).
Post
#214297
Topic
Blade Runner HDTV (Released)
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/214297/action/topic#214297
Time

You exist just to correct my posts don't you?


Oops, Focuspuller found me out.


Either way, I'm sort of stoked to see the anniversary cut in theaters.

Let's hope it isn't like the Alien Director's Cut. Ridley Scott says in the DVD extras that the new version is the Director's Cut in that he did the cut, but he personally doesn't like it as much and that the original version is really what he considers the definitive one.

Are we confused? Let's hope he doesn't George Lucas this thing.

Post
#214172
Topic
STAR WARS: The Torrents thread
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/214172/action/topic#214172
Time
Complete text of my sfv file. Hmmm.
I was going to say it could be just a fluke from the bittorrent hashing but now I wonder.
I really don't no what to tell you.

; Star Wars, Ep IV - A New Hope
; Reinventing The Wheel
; v2 with fixed audio
;
; Generated by Easy SFV Creator 2.7.0 on 31 August 2005 at 2:35:15 AM.
;
; File Size (Bytes) Time/Date
; --------------------- ------------- ---------
; ReadMe.txt 719 12:28:48 23/08/2005
; VIDEO_TS\VIDEO_TS.BUP 14,336 02:28:24 31/08/2005
; VIDEO_TS\VIDEO_TS.IFO 14,336 02:28:24 31/08/2005
; VIDEO_TS\VIDEO_TS.VOB 116,736 02:08:05 31/08/2005
; VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_0.BUP 18,432 02:28:24 31/08/2005
; VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_0.IFO 18,432 02:28:24 31/08/2005
; VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_0.VOB 116,736 02:08:05 31/08/2005
; VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.VOB 3,483,648 02:08:05 31/08/2005
; VIDEO_TS\VTS_02_0.BUP 81,920 02:28:24 31/08/2005
; VIDEO_TS\VTS_02_0.IFO 81,920 02:28:24 31/08/2005
; VIDEO_TS\VTS_02_0.VOB 116,736 02:08:05 31/08/2005
; VIDEO_TS\VTS_02_1.VOB 1,073,565,696 02:08:06 31/08/2005
; VIDEO_TS\VTS_02_2.VOB 1,073,565,696 02:13:29 31/08/2005
; VIDEO_TS\VTS_02_3.VOB 1,073,565,696 02:18:09 31/08/2005
; VIDEO_TS\VTS_02_4.VOB 1,073,565,696 02:22:41 31/08/2005
; VIDEO_TS\VTS_02_5.VOB 297,947,136 02:27:11 31/08/2005
;
ReadMe.txt BD1B2951
VIDEO_TS\VIDEO_TS.BUP E09B34B8
VIDEO_TS\VIDEO_TS.IFO E09B34B8
VIDEO_TS\VIDEO_TS.VOB 7840CE50
VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_0.BUP DFBA96C1
VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_0.IFO DFBA96C1
VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_0.VOB 7840CE50
VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.VOB F7662B50
VIDEO_TS\VTS_02_0.BUP 30EAAFA7
VIDEO_TS\VTS_02_0.IFO 30EAAFA7
VIDEO_TS\VTS_02_0.VOB 7840CE50
VIDEO_TS\VTS_02_1.VOB BCC1EBAF
VIDEO_TS\VTS_02_2.VOB 2C332023
VIDEO_TS\VTS_02_3.VOB 944EB1F0
VIDEO_TS\VTS_02_4.VOB 18C1C2D2
VIDEO_TS\VTS_02_5.VOB 8FA69798
; End of SFV file.
Post
#214071
Topic
Blade Runner HDTV (Released)
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/214071/action/topic#214071
Time
Not really speculation at this point: Check out TheDigitalBits.com today.

DVD/BluRay/HDDVD "Director's Cut" ('92) (limited time release)
followed by a new Ridley Scott Anniversary Cut in theaters
then a massive box set for DVD/BluRay/HDDVD with (likely) all 4 editions of the film (put together by the guys that did the Alien Quadrilogy set)

And all anamorphic.
How can you not love it?
Post
#212512
Topic
Info: Harry Potter TV Edits?
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/212512/action/topic#212512
Time
ShiftyEyes, your post floored me, so I had to check for myself.
Below are captures from the Widescreen DVD and my (crappy) VHS copy of the ABC Edit. (I think you can tell which is which.)

http://adventureclub.postrock.net/wide.jpg
http://adventureclub.postrock.net/ps.jpg

And the verdict is yes and no. While there is obviously more picture above and below in the pan and scan edition, there is also more left and right in the letterbox transfer.

Now the ABC edit could very well be different from official P&S DVD, but I don't have that to make a comparison. Can anyone confirm or deny that it has the same cropping?
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#212150
Topic
Info: Harry Potter TV Edits?
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/212150/action/topic#212150
Time
Hmm, why did I think it was letterboxed for the HD broadcast.

I'm really liking the sound of it now. Rip the audio and video into Womble. Replace all audio and video sections with DVD clips that match, and those that don't replace with ABC clips and upmixed audio.

But then again if it's 4x3 that means either the extra bits must be cropped to look 16x9 or the pan and scan DVD needs to be used. I don't particularly like either answer there. I suppose maybe 4-side black borders on the ABC clips would be ok, but that'd be a small picture.
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#211959
Topic
Until the end of the World: Director's Cut (* unfinished project *)
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/211959/action/topic#211959
Time
When you referred to the German short version, you had me confused because it's frequently referred to as the Japanese Laserdisc cut.

As far as the different versions go, for some reason I was of the mistaken assumption that the U.S/German versions were a cut down Director's Cut that he later recreated/update as the Trilogy. Anywhere, here's the full low down (From Wikipedia):

Wenders apparently foresaw his struggles with acceptable running time and kept the original elements rather than surrendering them to distributors. After the film's theatrical release, Wenders worked with internegative copies and, with the cooperation of Sam Neill, who recorded additional narration, completed a 280-minute version of the film. The 280-minute cut, which Wenders regards as the definitive and complete version of Until the End of the World, unfolds as a trilogy and is presented in three parts (the opening titles appear three times). This version of the film has been screened publicly numerous times, including U.S. screenings at the University of Washington in 1996, at least two presentations at the Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles, by way of American Cinematheque, once at the DGA Theater in New York City, by way of the American Museum of the Moving Image, once at the USA Film Festival in Dallas, Texas, once at the Walter Reade Theater, by way of the Film Society of Lincoln Center, in New York City, and once at the Cinema Arts Centre in Huntington, NY. Wenders has been present at all of these screenings but the USA Film Festival screening and the Walter Reade Theater screening.

The 158-minute theatrical cut of Until the End of the World was released on VHS and laserdisc (widescreen) in the United States. In addition, a 179-minute "European cut" was released on laserdisc (letterboxed) in Japan, accompanied by a 58-minute featurette shot in Tokyo entitled Dream Island by Sean Naughton, who had worked with Wenders on the HD sequences in Until the End of the World. The 280-minute "trilogy" version of Until the End of the World made its first DVD appearance in 2004, with an Italian 4-disc edition featuring outtakes, bloopers, trailers, and interviews with Wenders. In 2005, a 3-disc DVD edition was released in Germany. Both editions feature new digital transfers that were personally supervised by Wenders.

Anchor Bay Entertainment had once announced that it would be releasing the director's cut of Until the End of the World in North America, but has since switched hands and abandoned interest in Wenders' catalogue. Currently, there are no known plans to release the film on DVD in North America.

Post
#211819
Topic
.-The Matrix Hacked-..:Completed:.
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/211819/action/topic#211819
Time
No additional copies will be mailed by me (or the people getting the first copies) until ALL have reported that there's no errors (that I can fix).

This way we don't run into problems with everybody remailing if a bug turns up. It'll be a little slower going but I think it's better this way (especially since I'm a real hack at this).

f1209: You are already on the top 5 list. The discs were mailed Wednesday, expect yours early next week.
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#211818
Topic
Info: Harry Potter TV Edits?
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/211818/action/topic#211818
Time
Rikter, in the first line of your post you refer to it as the CBS broadcast.

So I'm guessing this is a PDTV capture. Do we have full 5.1 sound? Did you edit in the missing parts into a DVD rip or is it 100% capture with only menus from the DVD?

Edit: Anyone notice that Rikter sort of hijacked this thread? Fine be me though.
If you don't put the Dual Layer on MySpleen, what will be the best method for getting a copy?