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Post
#281278
Topic
Waterworld ABC Cut? A ton of info - see McFly's posts for details (Released)
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/281278/action/topic#281278
Time
I didn't get the disc today. So probably Monday.


Originally posted by: mcfly89
"If you don't want to delay things by doing the compositing bit, or if it turns out to be a lot of work, due to color-correction, or whatever, then you're the boss. But I hope you might give it a try."

I will. No logos would be ideal, but I'm skeptical that it would work. I just tried it with my DV cap and the scene Llorang posted from his VHS, and his version is zoomed in a way that would require me to zoom in on my DV image to composite them together.
I couldn't be positive, before... But the Bravo logo is transparent for "Bravo" and semi-transparent for the white part!!!

There are de-logo filters that can deal with those (not sure how well, but they don't use blurring, and they should, at least, de-emphasise the hell out of it.

You might also be able to follow up with the "if darker" overlay setting with the SciFi or Encore caps - if you can get them color-corrected enough. I think you can set it to let just a little bit through, perhaps with opacity. Hopefully Vegas will have a "scale" setting, so you can resize Lorang's in Vegas on the fly, without resizing his video.


There aren't any logos in the Encore cap, so you're cool there.


Originally posted by: mcfly89
Jaiman Tuckuh said:
"The color artifacting looks like it might be a sync timing problem from the broadcast chain. There are filters for those color problems, but I don't know much about them, offhand."

Here's a sequence of screenshots that leads me to believe it's an IVTC problem:
[Snip]
The two frames on either side of this cut still show field blending.

...and the same goes for anything with high motion, like the guard's head:
[Snip]
(although it's harder to see)


Sounds like you got that from tests of the IVTC filter by itself?

If it's IVTC, then that middle pair suggests that there might be from a setting that does average/interpolate, or field-blending.

Especially if it's in a regular pattern. I think the pattern would be:
frame/frame/wierd-frame/wierd-frame/frame/frame/weird-frame/wierd-frame.

Should be a way to shut that setting off, or just shut it off for chroma.


You said you used:
DoubleWeave()
Pulldown(1,4)
But you didn't say which IVTC filter.

The one in ADM's guide worked nicely for me, but your milage may vary:
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Uncomment the line: LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\AviSynthPlugins\decomb.dll")
and uncomment the line Telecide(order=1,guide=1).Decimate()
by removing the # character at the start of each of those lines.
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DV, directly to my Hard Drive.


Is your capture in DV codec, or mpeg2?

DV codec could cause some color weirdness.

DVs' chroma needs to be translated to mpeg2's chroma sampling, before any other filter.

One of the Videohelp DV-to-mpeg2 threads

That thread links to some filters that would help deal with DV-codec caps.


I'll get some more SciFi vs Encore screenies up as soon as I can.
Post
#281166
Topic
Info: Jaiman's Newsgroup posting list - edits & preservations
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/281166/action/topic#281166
Time
Edit: "Version 4 - August, 2006"

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Slow upload, please be patient


"Never Say McClory Again", by Blofeld's Cat.


"Never Say Never Again" - as an EON Bond movie. Sean Connery's last Bond adventure redeemed!

It's downright entertaining.

No way? Way.


*New Score! Masterfully replaced the awful parts (most of it) with _real_ Bond music.

*Dumb stuff trimmed.

*Conventional beginning credits removed. Now it starts like an EON Bond: gun barrel opening,
"tease" scene, EON-Bond-style opening credits.


You've heard it said that the right music makes all the difference. Here's proof.
Most of the original music dragged the movie down. Re-scoring wasn't easy.
It took about 2 years to do this project, and the change is stunning.



Running Time: 122 minutes (6 minutes trimmed).
Stats: MTSC. Dolby Digital 2.0 AC3.
Covers: Included.
Size: 4.22 GB (4,532,155,312 bytes).


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Read his primer on music removal & replacement.

Check out Chapter 24 (used for his example) and see how perfectly the long stretch of music
syncs to the action.
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[Snip]
Post
#281147
Topic
Waterworld ABC Cut? A ton of info - see McFly's posts for details (Released)
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/281147/action/topic#281147
Time
I'll be back in a "little bit".

Here's the first sample of Lorang's SciFi compared to Rev's Encore:

Encore:

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o57/JimTuckuh/Mariner-Encore.jpg

SciFi:
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o57/JimTuckuh/Mariner-VHS.jpg

The SciFi cap is zoomed in more than the Encore.

The Encore cap appears to have been run through some filters - it gives the impression of more detail, but there might not be.

In any case, there's not much detail in either.
Post
#281113
Topic
Waterworld ABC Cut? A ton of info - see McFly's posts for details (Released)
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/281113/action/topic#281113
Time
@lorang: Well damn... oh well.


@mcfly: DUH!!! Sorry, senior moment. Something at the back of my mind kept telling me I needed to post more screenies, but it wouldn't tell me what.

I'll try to get some screenies, of Rev's Encore, taken & put up tonight. I thought I was preoccupied before, but now it's really getting nuts.

I also have some comments to translate from Jaimanese to English.


@Rev: Could you find Mitch's transfer, and post a screenie? Preferably one of the same scenes posted here. Maybe it'd be worth running through a TBC and denoise... (If there was someone set up with a TBC and everything).


@All: (torrent-ers & newsgroup downloaders, at least) : I should get Rev's disc 2 tommorow or Monday. Looks like I can time it so I can throw my full bandwidth at the torrent.

I plan to put both discs on the newsgroups sometime next week, after MM's Taxi Driver.
Post
#280658
Topic
Waterworld ABC Cut? A ton of info - see McFly's posts for details (Released)
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/280658/action/topic#280658
Time
Open matte, for sure.

And zoomed in more than I'd realized. For some reason, the R2 cap came out squished, horizontally.

The Encore grabs are ever-so-slightly horizonally-squished in comparison to my grabs from the R1. Undoubtedly broadcast that way.

So far, it looks like they zoomed in (to avoid boom mikes & such), and left it that way throughout the movie (as most open-mattes seem to be).

So I don't know if the DVDs will be very useful.


Here's a couple of the Bravo grabs combined with the R1.

I stretched out the Encore grab, slightly, for this one:

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o57/JimTuckuh/DockingR1Bravo3TVwidened-c.jpg


I didn't align this one as neatly, and I cut the opacity of the dvd grab to 50%. And I didn't resize the Bravo grab.


http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o57/JimTuckuh/MarinerR1-Bravo-c.jpg
Post
#280650
Topic
How do you rip DVDs?
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/280650/action/topic#280650
Time
Originally posted by: What.Cobbler?

Hi! I have mastered using DVD Decrypter and/or Slysoft AnyDVD, but now I'm having trouble making a quality DVD file for editing on Adobe Premiere. When I use AoA DVD Ripper to rip a DVD file as a large "Pinnacle DV" file, I have to deinterlace it so it doesn't look jittery, and either way, the Pinnacle AVI is a mere shell of its original DVD quality, in terms of sharpness and color. Is there any way I can fix this with AoA, or is there a better program for making an AVI that I can edit with Premiere (my only choice for an editing platform at the moment). Any thoughts, folks?


I never heard of AoA DVD Ripper, so I can't help you there.

If your version of Pinnacle Studio handles regular mpeg2, then that'd be a lot better.

Converting to DV (and converting back for authoring the dvd) will lose a lot of quality (you'll get blocky color, because they handle color differently, and the recompressions will mess things up, a lot). You can rip with DVD Decrypter and/or AnyDVD, the way ADM's Guide says. The M2V files will be mpeg2 files, I'm sure you could just rename them to mpeg and Pinnacle would be happy with them.

Your jitteryness might be from interlacing. If the DVD is from pure film, You might need to get rid of the pulldown flags with DGPulldown.
Post
#280506
Topic
Waterworld ABC Cut? A ton of info - see McFly's posts for details (Released)
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/280506/action/topic#280506
Time
Originally posted by: ReverendBeastly
Well, mcfly's work will be a disc, yeah. It won't be 2 of 2, though. The disc I uploaded to Demonoid was the first half of the flick, so disc 2 from that set needs to be uploaded for the whole of that copy to be out there.


Er... oops. I should've watched the whole disc, huh? I was thinking Lorang's would be disc 2.

Do you think I could get a copy of disc 2 from you? Email on the way...
Post
#280505
Topic
Info: Newsgroup Alerts - Howard The Duck
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/280505/action/topic#280505
Time
Originally posted by: Insanity
The Monster Squad HD2DVD
Name: [alt.binaries.dvds #11887] [002/107] - "Monster Squad HD2DVD Dark Jedi.nfo" (1/1)

Thanks Insanity.

Originally posted by: Darth Solo
Yes, but if you post details in a (which not everyone can get) public forum, doesnt it advertse the dealings of Joe Public as a (none direct) link?


I'm no expert, and I can't speak for the mods, but legally, this information is "discussion". A direct link, or nzb, or torrent file can legally be considered "hosting". I probably put an excess of information in my post, but it was because the subject line was so goofy (a habit of that particular poster).
Post
#280499
Topic
Waterworld ABC Cut? A ton of info - see McFly's posts for details (Released)
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/280499/action/topic#280499
Time
Originally posted by: ReverendBeastly
Just got Lorang's disc today. It's NTSC and pretty spiffy quality! Comparing it with the disc I seeded, though, I don't know if there's a significant difference because I forgot I had previously gotten a cleaner copy of the Encore broadcast. Compare the sample that Lorang posted with the first disc of the Encore version, if you would.


If you don't think there's a need for me to post Lorang's copy, then I think I'll just go ahead and post the Encore version by itself. McFly's work could be disc 2 of 2, when it's finished.
Post
#280498
Topic
Waterworld ABC Cut? A ton of info - see McFly's posts for details (Released)
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/280498/action/topic#280498
Time
Originally posted by: mcfly89
I've been spending the last week or so learning Avisynth and VDub to tackle this project. Here's my plan thus far for a composit edit of the extended Waterworld footage:


Holy crap! That looks sweet!

The de-noise really did a job. And it was needed. Looks like the noise was from fine static.

The color artifacting looks like it might be a sync timing problem from the broadcast chain. There are filters for those color problems, but I don't know much about them, offhand. I'll try to remember to search them out.


I've gotta (try to) dig out my R1 copy--- but I don't see how that could be anything but open-matte there! And, in those shots, they didn't even zoom in like most open-mattes. (I'm a sucker for open-matte).

IMDB says "Panavision Cameras and Lenses" which means it's not Panavision anamorphic. "Spherical" reinforces that.


The Encore cap uses standard pulldown, so it'll be simple to IVTC. There's significant combing, though, because a Time Base Corrector wasn't used for the cap - the horizontal lines aren't aligned with each other.


The SciFi cap is NTSC resolution, and framerate, but has a weird pulldown. I'm not sure what's going on there. I don't really know much about weird pulldowns. But I suspect this one can be IVTC'd. Doesn't look like this one had a TBC, either. Anyway, there's at least one NTSC->PAL method that loses information, it can probably be IVTC'd to look good, but it wouldn't match on all frames.


Did you capture from Encore directly to DV, or was is from a tape? If it wasn't from tape, then it wouldn't have needed a TBC, and should look a lot better right off the bat. Your screencaps look much sharper & more detailed, and I don't see any combing, so it looks like like direct to DV. DV capture methods tend to be tough on highlights & shadows, but standard VHS automatically throws away tons of detail and is lousy for color.

Too bad Encore didn't show all the deleted scenes. But I don't think the difference should be too jarring.


I wonder if there's anyone with a PAL vcr, a TBC, and a good capture setup, who could recapture from Lorang's tape, if he's willing to send it to them?


I wholeheartedly agree that blurring the logos would be worse than leaving them alone. If they were partially transparent, then there's de-logo filters that could, at least, de-emphasise them, but they appear to be opaque.


I just realized that I'm causing confusion. We're using two of the definitions of "composite". You're talking about editing different sources together. While I've been referring to the stuff that Adobe After Effects does - combining pieces of two different images. Anyway, I know Vegas has compositing capabilities, and I don't suspect it'd take any advanced functions to composite between sources to lose the logos, if the color-correction is accurate enough. Should just need a feathered mask.

Of course the two sources would have to have the same color-correction (what I was talking about in my earlier post). After I posted, I realized that those automated color correction methods might do the job. And, then I realized that you'd already asked about them.

You'd align the pictures to each other, and maybe do a final color-tweak, within Vegas, to make them match, probably using "levels". Then you'd let the clean portion, of another source, replace the logo.


I don't see any logos on the torrented Encore cap. And the quality looks pretty similar to the SciFi cap. So it might be the choice for the deleted scenes that aren't in your Bravo cap.

If you don't want to delay things by doing the compositing bit, or if it turns out to be a lot of work, due to color-correction, or whatever, then you're the boss. But I hope you might give it a try. Thankfully, the Bravo logo isn't on screen full time, since it's huge.

Edit: I haven't used Vegas, and I don't know how to frameserve to Vegas, there's a plugin for reading mpegs, though.
Post
#280404
Topic
.: The XØ Project - Laserdisc on Steroids :. (SEE FIRST POST FOR UPDATES) (* unfinished project *)
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/280404/action/topic#280404
Time
Grrrumph... I certainly hope you guys are rattling our cages...

Hey, MBJ, your second post, about the terrabyte drive, actually reinforces the hoax hypothesis, because it was edited after Zion's announcement. However your previous post said that the drive news was just a personal update... so... just in case you really are quitting the X0 project, I can certainly understand, hope you get the time to keep posting here.

Edit: I didn't see your post before I hit the reply button, ADM. Good point.


Since it's now April 2nd, (or 3rd depending on one's location), it would be a pretty good time for someone to confirm or debunk this thing.

If it's true, and I feel like a complete sucker saying this, then it's a tragedy...
Post
#280392
Topic
Waterworld ABC Cut? A ton of info - see McFly's posts for details (Released)
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/280392/action/topic#280392
Time
I got it, and am at a 1.034 ratio. 3 seeds seen recently, and 17 peers. I'll probably have to quit seeding, soon.

I'll try to get this uploaded to the newsgroups soon. I've got a couple of other torrents to finish off, and I need to download my next post from Rapidshare after I finish some newsgroup downloads...

If we can still vote, I'd much rather see Disc 2 on Rapidshare than torrent, but I guess I'm outnumbered. I'd post it to the newsgroups.


I'm glad to see finally see this very old and frustrating thread making some real progress.


Theoretically, it'd be simple to fix the SciFi bug in a compostitor, since the logo doesn't change position on the screen. But, no, nothing's ever simple. NTSC means the color correction would probably have to be changed on every single shot. And then there's the issue of removing the telecine. If lorang's is NTSC resized for PAL broadcast, then the telecine may be unfixable. And you'd need to end up with the exact number of frames for each shot (could pad the frames or substitute). So something like that would turn into a freakin' career.


Theoretically (again), this could be stretched to, say, 16:1 and the theatrical cropped or squished, using the Panorama function. But It'd probably look awful whenever there's a person or object that nearly fills the frame. Or when the camera pans. But, hey, it'd be worth testing. Some shots would look fine.
Post
#280141
Topic
RapidShare Question
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/280141/action/topic#280141
Time
Winrar has split the single archive into multiple parts.

You have to get all the parts before you can extract from them.

Then you double-click the first part.


If it's in the format of "r00, r01 (...) .rar", then double-click the .rar file.

If it's, for example, "part001.rar (...) part52.rar", then double-click the part001.rar.
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#280138
Topic
Info: Newsgroup Alerts - Howard The Duck
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/280138/action/topic#280138
Time

This thread is the “Other” subforum’s counterpart to the alt.binaries.starwars thread, over in that sub-forum next door.

Post about any newsgroup goodies that the rules allow discussion of.
 

And to kick this off to a nice start…

(Thanks to chiefjoe for spotting this).

Howard The Duck HD2DVD By Dark Jedi

Alt.binaries.dvd, alt.binaries.dvds

Posted March 03, 2007. (Still available on many premium newservers - about 10 days left on Easynews-web).

DVD9, NTSC

Newsgroup Poster: no@no.com (o_O)

Subject line:
[#ALT.BiNARiES.DVDS on EFNET] [REQ# 11785] [MOTHER censored SAYS] [001-145] [“QUACK.NFO”] yEnc (*/1)

Repacked by the kids up in #alt.binaries.dvds on EFNET
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Audio Format…: Dolby Digital 2.0
Original Format…: NTSC & PAL Versions
Genre…: Action\Comedy\Romance\Sci-Fi
Size…: NTSC 6.55GB & 4.36GB
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Edit: Can’t believe I mispelled “newsgroup” in the subject line, yeesh.

Post
#279803
Topic
Info: Jaiman's Newsgroup posting list - edits & preservations
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/279803/action/topic#279803
Time
Slow upload, please be patient


The 2003 Willard (remake), was a fun, but underrated, little flick. Ratman has enhanced it
with alternate & deleted scenes, by following the workprint.
This cut was intended to get an "R" Rating. (The theatrical was PG).


Running Time: 01:50:11
Stats: NTSC anamorphic, stereo (mpeg2 192 kBps stereo).
Covers: Blaksvn's
Size: 3.02 GB (3,250,952,703 bytes)


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Ratman says:

This morning, I completed work on my edit of the 2003 remake of 'Willard' starring Crispin Glover. I don't know if anyone is really into this movie (aside from Garrett), but I went ahead and did my own little re-edit of it, based on a bootleg copy of the workprint I have on VCD. It was shot to be an R-rated film, but after it didn't test well, it was cut to PG-13. It still didn't test well, but the director (Glen Morgan) didn't fight for the original cut, so it was released in theaters as PG-13. While this is the version I fell in love with (and really, it's not bad by any means), the film definitely stronger with some of the scenes that were cut.

Luckily, almost all of these scenes were included on the DVD (only random shots here and there were excluded) in wonderful quality. Most of these were just drag-and-drop jobs and I finished the edit in only a couple hours. Below, you'll find the list of what I added and what I didn't add. I did not cut anything from the film, except scenes that I replaced with their original versions.

ADDITIONS:
*A long scene between Willard and Cathryn at the office, working after hours. Very nice character showcase.
*A scene of Willard's mother almost catching him as he's leaving to sicc the rats on Mr. Martin's car.

ALTERATIONS:
*An alternate shot featuring Mr. Martin's assistant cursing the fact she has to give him a foot massage.
*Mr. Martin is now seen attending Willard's mother's funeral.
*The original version of Willard getting fired is re-instated. This features harsher language by Mr. Martin.
*Longer scene of Cathryn in the bathroom, and Willard finding Scully the cat's mutilated corpse.
*An extended version of the ending.


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#279480
Topic
Info: Jaiman's Newsgroup posting list - edits & preservations
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/279480/action/topic#279480
Time
Slow upload, please be patient


"Pearl Harbor: ADigitalMan's "Strength And Honor" Edit.

Sometimes the love story makes the movie. Sometimes it breaks the movie. And sometimes it's
just there. The love triangle in Pearl Harbor stunk. ADM removed it from the Director's cut.
And the result--- rocks!


New Running Time: 128 minutes
Stats: NTSC, Anamorphic, Dolby Digital 5.1 (448 Kbps)
Covers: Darth Enzo's, Blaksvn's & Kracker's
Size: 4.38 GB (4,696,495,361 bytes) (Without some covers ** & before my nfo & junk).


** Note: This disc, as torrented, wouldn't fit on an SL disc. So, I reluctantly removed most
of Blaksvn's awesome covers from the Dvd-rom folder. All of Blaksvn's covers are in this rar
set, and a download link is in the Dvd-rom folder. Kracker's (newer) are also in the rar set.
It was a tough choice, but I'm a sucker for old-timey-poster covers of Darth Enzo's.


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ADigitalMan says:

I write this having completed my first viewing of the final cut. This may be the
finest re-edit I've done. Using the R-rated Director's Cut as my basis, I have
completely removed the awful romantic love triangle and thereby turned this into
a kinetic war movie that focuses entirely on the lead-up and attack on Pearl
Harbor, and the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo. Like Titanic, Pearl Harbor was really
two movies in one. A story of a historical disaster, and a love story. It made
Titanic float, but it made Pearl Harbor sink. By removing the ham-fisted love
story, the movie becomes a visually stunning actioner that hits the gas and
doesn't let up for two hours.

We see the genuine comradery between lifelong buddies Rafe and Danny without any
pointless tension thrown in. We respect Evelyn as a capable nurse who rises to
an incredible challenge. She isn't romantically linked to either character,
which keeps the focus on the looming war from all sides ... Rafe's combat post
in the RAF, Danny, the other flyboys and nurses posted at Pearl, the newsreels,
the intelligence and analysis in Washington, and the preparation of the Japanese
for the attack. When all hell breaks loose, we're squarely focused on it, and
not on false tensions written out of a marketing playbook.

Some scenes were moved around in the first act to improve flow, but rather than
pulling out little bits here and there, I mostly lopped out giant sections and
left others intact. Just remember, the Ritalin-challenged quick-cut editing
style is Michael Bay's work, not mine. The most finessed part of the edit is the
bar scene upon Rafe's return. Instead of having lifelong friends sniping at each
other and descending into fisticuffs over a woman, we have Danny somewhat
speechless and in awe of his friend who has returned from the dead. Moments like
that aren't moments for anger and hate, they're cause for celebration, and
that's how the scene now plays out.

Oh, and Bruce Willis is taken right the F--- out of this film. If there ever was
a moment that pulled me out of a movie, it's was seeing John McClane limping
around in triage behind Jennifer Garner's bewildered Nurse Sandra. That one shot
drained all the emotional investment the attack built up. All it needed was a
"Yippie-kay-yay" as a final punch. Whatever. It's gone, and Jennifer Garner's
moment of clueless despair right along with it. It only improves her character
and keeps you emotionally invested in Nurse Betty's death.

Kate's voiceover brings the film to a pitch-perfect close. No cheesy scenes of
"the family" flying about in the clouds. The end is more patriotic, more noble,
and yes, more uplifting than a crop duster.

What we're left with is a film that pays genuine tribute to the men (and women)
who fought and died at Pearl Harbor, and those who lived on to fight out World
War II. Clocking in at 2 hours 8 minutes (including credits) it feels like the
perfect length.
Post
#278452
Topic
STAR WARS: the alt.binaries.starwars thread
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/278452/action/topic#278452
Time
You'll need every rar file. It's a dvd, and it's larger than 1 gig - so you will need to pay for a newsserver.

(You've already used up a good chunk of your 1-gig getting headers. That's why you want to get an unlimited newsserver).

The rar's are like zips. Use Winrar to extract the dvd.

If you happen to get damaged/incomplete rar files, then use the pars (and QuickPar) to repair them.

Look around other pages of that Slyck guide to answer any questions you have left.


You're going to be shocked at how fast you can download things this way.
Post
#278450
Topic
Info: Jaiman's Newsgroup posting list - edits & preservations
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/278450/action/topic#278450
Time
Slow upload, please be patient


"Kill Bill - The Whole Bloody Affair - QtheGaijin Fan Edit"


Kill Bill 1 & 2 edited together as a single story. Taken from the Japanese DVD, it features
an extended "House of Blue Leaves scene in color, and other extended scenes. An important
deleted scene was added as well.


Running Time: 242 minutes. (11 minutes cut, 3 min added).
Stats: NTSC, Anamorphic. Dolby Digital 5.1 audio.
Covers: Boon's, CastorTroy's, Father Merrin's, Kracker's, and Thinpack art by iCoty.
Size: 7.47 Gigs (8,026,851,065 bytes).
English subtitles, where needed.

Read about it here

persons involved: QtheGaijin, Josh Chapman - After effects rendering, Boon23 - cover and disc art

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10% Pars. The rars have a recovery record. If you need more pars, reply to this nfo (limited time offer).
Md5 & Sha1 verification files included (see below).
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