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#116640
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Help Wanted: re the Leia welding footage from ESB
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Yeah there are many other transfers, but none I'm a fan of. To my eye Farsight still beats out the other versions.

I'm sure when XO versions finally come out that'll be great and I'll get them, but I'll be old and grey by then. (Not to knock the wonderful XO people, but progress seems slow).

Arnie: yeah I'd love get that footage from you. How big is the file? PM me.
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#116637
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Info & Help: looking for... other ld-rips to dvd movies ex. blade runner int cut, songs of the south, frighteners dir cut - and much much more...
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I've seen copies of fan Harry Potter Extended Edition with DVD deleted footage added back in.
The problem is that the ABC showings have even more content than the deleted footage available, and transitional elements (and music cues) are missing making some of the edits a little hard compared to the ABC counterpart.

Yes I put a lot of effort into this, I sat and compared my vid tape of HP1 with an extended cut from the net. I also know for a fact that there was deleted scenes in HP2 on ABC that I've never seen anywhere else (including DVD deleted content).

What we really need is someone with digital cable/satellite and a TIVO willing to do a PDTV copy for everyone. Heck they broadcasted in HDTV with 5.1 sound!
I'm actually surprised that FoV, BT@Efnet, etc. never did these.
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#116595
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<strong>The &quot;Farsight&quot; Trilogy DVD Info and Feedback Thread</strong> (Released)
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Arnie: Laserdiscs are an interlaced source. You do NOT de-interlace when encoding to DVD afterwards. Therefore the answer is "nothing", Farsight would no doubt have not de-interlaced the movies (unless he didn't know what he was doing). When you watch on a computer, an automatic bob/weave filter make DVD's appear to not be progressive since your PC display requires progressive input.

You only de-interlace if your finished product will be a PC format such as Xvid/DivX, etc.

And before you ask about progressive scan DVD players, they internally convert to progess from interlaced information.

For all your video information, conversion and transfer needs, check out videohelp.com and doom9.net.
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#116566
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<strong>The Cowclops Transfers (a.k.a. the PCM audio DVD's, Row47 set) Info and Feedback Thread</strong> (Released)
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Rob, the screenshot and menu snaps are all in this thread.

The rest: From the lack of comments (and i know it's much easier for me to do 1 frame after the fact than a whole film, but) no one else thinks some simple tweaks could take the CC sets to a much higher level.

Are my display devices that wrong?
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#116458
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<strong>The Cowclops Transfers (a.k.a. the PCM audio DVD's, Row47 set) Info and Feedback Thread</strong> (Released)
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I just ran back through and saw the Leia shot. I even commented on it back then and I forgot already.
Is that what the finish dvd will look like?

Ok, not to be an ass because I appreciate all that you guys have done (which is frankly some amazing work)...

<ass>
My biggest problems with the original TR47 set was overdriven audio, too much contrast with too little brightness (dark areas have little detail with grey-er whites), and the pure red artifacting from the DV capture.

Compared to the new screenshot looks, the new ones look, well, dirty. Even though the blacks have more detail, the whites are even duller. I'm comparing to Project Zion's capture (which should be the more accurate) as well as the 'official' smurf wars. I also see as a result that her face is fairly red.
For brightness/contrast I still lean towards the Farsight set (which could have used a slightly higher color level).

Just my $.02, but a little boost in the gamma would probably have fixed all of what I just mentioned. </ass>

Of course my monitor and tv could be way off, am I alone on this?


http://home.earthlink.net/~originaldrm/leiacowvsyoda.jpg
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#114292
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Info: A new edit <em>(The Lost Cut - it was a prank; but some good info in here)</em>
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Davis: Since you seem to be as much a geek as the rest of us, if you haven't checked out Deleted Magic you should. It's probably more satisfying as a viewing experience than the Lost Cut could ever be.

Regarding the Dune film discovery: There are some important points to ponder when considering if dylanfree saw the Smithee version versus some long lost Lynch cut. First and foremost is that the Smithee version was intended for network broadcast as a TV miniseries. It might not have ever been edited together as film to only be transfered to tape for broadcast. It wouldn't be unreasonable to suspect that it was edited in some other format.

And more importantly there has never been (to my knowledge) a theatrical aspect ratio of the Smithee, it was strictly pan and scan. This is why all video/DVD releases and broadcasts of it have ALWAY been pan and scan. If dylanfree saw Smithee in widescreen, that would have been a major find as well.

There's been more cuts of the Bladerunner than I care to think about, but I'm suspecting the whisking away of that Dune film is a sad loss...

My gut says his boss didn't turn it in to anyone. It's either in his private collection or being readied for eBay.
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#109722
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Star Wars: Deleted Magic (Released)
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No V4 all the way.

I recall someone going to do a 'professional' cover. Wonder what happened to that.

Btw, take a look at Reubin Ortiz's cover (posted earlier). 3 things I like about his back cover is the bullet points and paragraph breaks make it easier to scan with your eyes. I also like his credits at the bottom.

Maybe I'll cut and paste all the covers out there to make my own uber cover. Or Deleted Magic Cover: Classic Edition