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#301136
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Silly Pics
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/301136/action/topic#301136
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Originally posted by: sean wookie
But will she be able to live a normal happy life?


Considering that others with far more debilitating disabilities have gone on to live happy lives, I believe my answer would have to be a resounding "YES!" Her only real disadvantages are that she would draw stares (which another ten or so years of surgery and some prosthetics should be able to help) and that she probably won't be able to talk (an impairment that others have also overcome). This guy in Russia had half his face bitten off by a bear. He looked worse than that girl, but reconstructive surgery and some masking prosthetics make him look perfectly normal to a passerby. Will her life be exactly the same as Joe Schmoe? Of course not, but if that's enough reason to give up your life (or prevent yourself from living), then a whole bunch of people need to jump off a roof, pronto.

Look at Christopher Reeve. His impairments were just as much a freak accident as hers (the scans and stuff they did prior to her birth could have indicated something as comparatively minor as a cleft palate, so as far as the parents knew, an emergency abortion could have been a regrettable choice), but Reeve was able to smile and laugh and he couldn't even walk. I'm sorry, but I'll take an at least partially fixable disfiguration (have you seen pictures of her when she was born? Look at them and tell me there hasn't been a 5,000% improvement, already) and the need to learn sign language over the distant possibility of moving my pinky in my old age any day.
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#301131
Topic
Silly Pics
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/301131/action/topic#301131
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Originally posted by: sean wookie
Sorry again.
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s70/SEANWOOKIE/1193980675698-1.jpg


You should be. I can understand you acting as proponent for abortion, but telling a specific person that her parents should have aborted her? A step too far, if you ask me. And that girl has no mental disabilities, so if she came across that sometime in the future, she would understand what it meant. At least she has a family that loves her and will take care of her. Poor judgment call on your part.
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#301055
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Demonoid Dead...
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/301055/action/topic#301055
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Originally posted by: Arnie.d
Yes, this P2P is really killing the music industry:
Two University of London researchers found no direct link between use of songs downloaded off P2P networks and the sale of CDs, but found that heavy P2P users are more likely to go out and buy CDs (LINK).


*raises eyebrow*

There's got to be a catch. It's too good to be true. This would be like my high school teachers saying the best way to avoid an STD is to have more wanton sex. In other words: I'm certainly not complaining, but it just doesn't seem logical.
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#300695
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It's going to take a LONG time for Womble to re-encode WookieGroomer's HD Transfers, isn't it? [Plus a GOUT Question]
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/300695/action/topic#300695
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Sweet mother of God, that file looks absolutely horrendous (although I should have seen it coming, since it came out to barely over ONE GB). Well, off to AVISynth, then. Thanks for the heads-up, PiD!

EDIT: Err... Well, after an hour and a half of tinkering, I think I've established that I have no idea how to work AVISynth. Off to VideoHelp.com!
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#300629
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It's going to take a LONG time for Womble to re-encode WookieGroomer's HD Transfers, isn't it? [Plus a GOUT Question]
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/300629/action/topic#300629
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As important as this project is to me, all I can say at this point is "fuck it." My computer crashed (speak of the devil, etc.). I decided to check out the video and audio as far as it went. Not only was the video grossly screwed up as far as aspect ratio is concerned, it was also going in slow-mo. The audio stutters like someone took a machine gun to the file. I'm just going to run it through Womble on normal settings (except for the few settings specified in ADM's thread) and hope it doesn't blast the quality to Hell and back. If it does, at least I'll know I only wasted several hours instead of a week, and I'll try what you said, PiD. Oh, and I guess I'll stick with the '06 DVD for ANH.

Now, if only I could find those theatrical TPM and AotC transfers...
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#300599
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It's going to take a LONG time for Womble to re-encode WookieGroomer's HD Transfers, isn't it? [Plus a GOUT Question]
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/300599/action/topic#300599
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Originally posted by: Moth3r
I don't understand exactly what you're trying to do here. Use Womble to encode a high-def MPEG-2 video file? Doesn't sound like a good idea to me, you will lose quality going from VC1 to MPEG-2.
It was the only way I could think of to separate the audio and video tracks. Is there a better (or faster) way? I'm still new to the editing scene (well, experience-wise, anyway).

Originally posted by Moth3r
Impossible to answer without knowing your PC specs.
2.41 GHz processor, 2 GB RAM, and an NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE.

Originally posted by: Moth3r
DVD5? Anyway, the official Region 1 DVD has terrible edge-enhancement - if you find this unbearable then it's definitely worth using WG's video.

You just had to say it, didn't you ? I suppose I'll just have to put editing off for another week or so and let it finish. On that note, say my computer decides to be a dick and crashes before the re-encoding is finished. Would there be any way to pick up where I left off, or would I have to start all over again? On another subject, I can't believe I said DVD4 . I was thinking in terms of gibibytes.

Originally posted by: Moth3r
There's not much in it, the '06 DVD is better in some respects, but some LD transfers show a slight improvement in certain areas.

Overall, though, which transfer would you give the edge to? I know that's a deceivingly simple question, but I'm just asking your opinion. I'd like to hear from anyone else who cares to share, as well.
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#300552
Topic
It's going to take a LONG time for Womble to re-encode WookieGroomer's HD Transfers, isn't it? [Plus a GOUT Question]
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/300552/action/topic#300552
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I'm working on an extended version of TPM, and wanted to use the best possible video source, so I downloaded WookieGroomer's HD transfers from Demonoid (I plan to give him full and very noticeable credit, of course). All I can say is: "DAMN that picture is pretty!" Anyway, I figured the best I could do for the deleted scenes was the official DVD (which is certainly bearable, considering I'll have to use BTM's video for my ANH edit ). However, before I could start editing, I realized I needed to run WG's file through Womble by itself so I can separate it into an MPV and an WAV. I decided to keep the full resolution (1920x820), framerate (23.98 f/s is the same as 23.976 f/s, right?), video bitrate (7780 kb/s CBR), audio sample rate (48 kHz, if it's the same as the DVD he got the audio from), and audio bitrate (closest I could get to 440 kb/s was 448 kb/s, so I hope it comes out okay). Well, six and a half hours later, Womble has reencoded less than five and a half minutes of the film. Is this inevitable, given the size and high-end specifications of the video file, or am I doing something wrong?

And it literally just dawned on me: I'm going to have to compress this onto a DVD4, anyway. Is it even worth the effort to use the WG transfer?

Anyway, I was also curious: I'll be using some pre-SE shots for my ANH edit. Is the '06 DVD the best looking pre-SE transfer, or are there superior LD transfers out there? If so, which one is the best?

Oh, and one MORE question, while I'm on a role: can anyone point me toward a transfer of the TB broadcast of the theatrical TPM cut and/or the camcorder recording of the non-digital theatrical AotC cut? As pathetic as this sounds, I want the latter for the shot with the extra background speeders during the Zam chase and the shot of Anakin's hand.
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#300484
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Star Wars film versions and best DVD sources
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/300484/action/topic#300484
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I don't mean to be a pest, but could one of you guys be so kind as to point me to a download of the TB broadcast of the theatrical TPM? It can be a torrent, rapidshare link, eMule file, or whatever. I need it for a little editing project of mine. Or have all the downloads died by now? Thanks in advance for any information you may have!

EDIT: I know direct links are a taboo 'round these parts, so just give me a site name and I'll Google it.
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#300429
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Help: looking for... The best-quality theatrical PT transfers?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/300429/action/topic#300429
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I was just curious: what are the best transfers of the theatrical PT? I think HD broadcasts were made of the theatrical edition of TPM, but I can’t remember. If not, I know there was a Japanese LD release. As for AotC and RotS, I suppose the best source would be bootlegs and such, but I have no idea which ones. Can anybody clarify the issue? And do you have any idea where I can find them?

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#298383
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Some questions concerning Bruce Lee's movies (aficionados needed!)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/298383/action/topic#298383
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I've also picked up the movie "Fist of Unicorn." Bruce Lee makes an appearance in it, but not how you would imagine it. He was the fight choreographer for the film (which starred a close friend of his named Unicorn Chan, who also died before Game of Death was released, as it turned out). There were onset cameras around the shooting location that captured some everyday conversations and sparring practice between Bruce and Unicorn, ostensibly as part of a documentary. Well, producers being producers (and Unicorn aiding them, the backstabbing bastard), the celluloid with Bruce Lee was considered too valuable, especially since the movie itself sucked in general. So, to add some impromptu star power to the otherwise dud of a movie, they edited the onset footage of Bruce into the film, dubbing plot-related lines over his conversations with Unicorn. Lee broke off all ties to Unicorn after the incident, and never spoke to him for the rest of his life. Sadly, that turned out to be less than three months. Apparently his family didn't know of the incident, as Unicorn still appeared as a pallbearer at the master's funeral.

I just recently ordered a copy of "Fist of Fear, Touch of Death." While the movie is considered blasphemy by many avid fans and is at least considered disrespectful by everyone else, I picked it up to take a gander at a falsified "interview" with Lee. After reading a few reviews on the 'Net, I was under the impression that they took real interview footage from earlier in Lee's career and dubbed a fictional "sub-plot" (if you could say the film had a plot to begin with) over his original words. I was going to consider this "new" footage on the technicality that, while it would have been seen beforehand, it was a genuine interview when shot, and only the dubbing in this travesty made it part of a fictional construct. Convoluted, I know, but that's how my brain works. Unfortunately, all my logical acrobatics may be wasted, anyway. After reading a few more reviews, it seems the master's footage was simply taken from the already-fictional TV movie "Longstreet" (tHe MaStEr WoUlD nOt ApPrOvE ), which means I may have wasted five good dollars.
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#297969
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Some questions concerning Bruce Lee's movies (aficionados needed!)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/297969/action/topic#297969
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Whoa! Thanks a lot, dude! I don't feel like buying a multi-region DVD player (not that I could afford one to begin with), so I guess I'll stick with my choices in the first post. Even though there's nothing new (well, not anymore, at least) in GoD2, it comes with the box set, so I might as well give it a view.

Originally posted by: FanFiltration
"Game of Death II (1981)" does not include much at all! If you have the S.E. DVD of "Enter the Dragon", then you have seen the footage that was spliced into "Game of Death II (1981)". The footage that was spliced into this film are the scenes originally cut from American prints, and one scene that was not in the original international release. All that deleted footage was restored on the S.E. DVD.


Oh, I see. Were there any others that featured then-unseen footage (no matter how minor), or was GoD2 the only one (before that scene was added back to EtD)?
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#297926
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Some questions concerning Bruce Lee's movies (aficionados needed!)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/297926/action/topic#297926
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While I'm sure people have asked these questions before, a rudimentary search turned up nothing. I've just recently gotten into the old school martial arts movies (up until now, my experience had been limited to Power Rangers and the Matrix), and it seems people are always ranting and raving about how Bruce is the best martial artist ever put to film (some say the best of all time, which I doubt). Anyway, so I looked up some information about the films he's done, and was surprised to see he was only ever acted for five martial arts films before his tragic demise. I figured that if he was such a superstar after only five films, he must have been really good, so I figured I'd pick up the DVDs. The five films I've turned up are:

The Big Boss (1971)
Fist of Fury (1972)
The Way of the Dragon (1972)
Enter the Dragon (1973)
Game of Death (1978)
Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey (2000)

I threw that last one in there so I can see the rest of GoD's footage. However, there seem to have been a lot of films after these five that spliced in footage of him. I was going to pass these by (figuring I'd just see the same scenes over and over), until I read that Game of Death II (1981) actually had new footage of Bruce (filmed for Enter the Dragon, of course, but the footage itself had been cut and not shown before). My questions (yes, I'm finally going to ask them):

1.) Do any of these "Bruceploitation" films (including GoD2) have previously unseen footage spliced in (even though the footage would obviously be shot for something else)? If so, which ones?

2.) Are there any earlier martial arts films that Lee has a fighting role in? While I know the knee-jerk response is "go check IMDb," the plot of Lee's movies prior to The Big Boss (or even the size of his roles in said movies) are very poorly explained there.

3.) Which Region 1 DVDs of his movies have the fewest cuts/censorings and the most special features? The "DVD Details" pages are pretty sparse on useful information. Just judging from what I can find on Amazon, I was thinking of these two items:

Bruce Lee Ultimate Collection
Enter the Dragon: Two-Disc Special Edition

The first item has four of the five above-mentioned movies plus GoD2. The second has the remaining film plus A Warrior's Journey. If the reviews are correct, you can watch them in their original languages, as well (BONUS QUESTION: What are their original languages? Weren't the first three in Mandarin and the rest in English?). I don't know how they fared in the censorship department, though.

Well, I think that about covers all my curiosities. Thanks in advance!
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#296029
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I have a clip request (from a video game)...
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/296029/action/topic#296029
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I'm going to be making a cut of Peter Jackson's Lord of the Ring's film trilogy (even though it's been done before, I've deliberately avoided any discussions on these attempts, as I want to make my own). However, not all of the materials I need are in the films themselves. There are materials I need from the video game "The Third Age." Unfortunately, I only have the Gamecube version, which doesn't register when I put it into my disc drive. Would it be possible for someone with another version of the game (preferably Xbox, but PS2 is fine), to rip the "Epic Scenes" from the game and torrent or otherwise provide them? The Epic Scenes are basically cutscenes made of clips from the movie, but what I'm more interested in is the audio from them. Gandalf has a series of voiceovers in the scenes that I could use for my fanedit. Any help would be appreciated...
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#295306
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Help Wanted: Project To Collect All Star Wars Documentaries
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/295306/action/topic#295306
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I really wish we could pull together and release something like this. It would be awesome having all the documentaries in one massive torrent. That would make finding deleted clips for fan-edits much easier. It's not totally beyond the realm of possibility, either. A torrent featuring every episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 clocked in at 120 GB, and it flourished until the mods deemed it worthy of deletion (damn tyrants!). However, we might want to choose a site with extremely lax copyright enforcement, like the Pirate Bay. For obvious reasons, I say we steer clear of documentaries with official releases. Another candidate for inclusion are the webdoc featurettes that didn't make it onto the PT bonus disks.

EDIT: I apologize to the mods. The torrent is back up.

...

All the more reason for us to make this!