Kakyoin

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Join date: 26-Apr-2006
Last activity: 3-Oct-2006
Posts: 19

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Post: #234826
Topic: Info: If... (1968)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/234826/action/topic#234826
Time: 13-Aug-2006 5:55 PM

Don't know if this might interest you, but an Italian satellite channel just aired If... using an extremely nice master, possibly a new digital transfer. I can record it the next time it will air (I don't know when, since even this showing strangely doesn't appear on any tv-guide), obviously in English without any subtitle, but there are two problems: the channel's bitrate is a bit low, and it's panned & scanned. I know this is a big issue as I'm an aspect ratio freak too, but until a DVD release comes out I guess this is the best quality we can get.

Post: #224889
Topic: Sergio Leone Preservations - Dollars Trilogy, Fistful of Dynamite, Once Upon a Time in the West (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/224889/action/topic#224889
Time: 7-Jul-2006 12:05 PM

The RHV dvd is anamorphic and has both Italian and English mono soundtracks, the only thing that's missing is the USA cable prologue. Anywau if you can ship to Europe I'd be really interested in For a Few Dollars More and GBU with the Italian mono track

Post: #224606
Topic: John Woo's Bullet in The Head - my edit (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/224606/action/topic#224606
Time: 6-Jul-2006 7:30 AM

The edit is flawless, but should probably improve the encoding (or was it the dvd itself so full of digital artifacts?).
A dvd would be REALLY nice, being the project so important.

Post: #224111
Topic: John Woo's Bullet in The Head - my edit (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/224111/action/topic#224111
Time: 3-Jul-2006 7:21 PM

I'm REALLY interested. Any chance of a torrent or newsgroup post?

Post: #221894
Topic: Sergio Leone Preservations - Dollars Trilogy, Fistful of Dynamite, Once Upon a Time in the West (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/221894/action/topic#221894
Time: 26-Jun-2006 10:12 AM

Is it the one that has English opening credits?

Post: #221888
Topic: Sergio Leone Preservations - Dollars Trilogy, Fistful of Dynamite, Once Upon a Time in the West (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/221888/action/topic#221888
Time: 26-Jun-2006 10:00 AM

The original Italian dvd of "For a Few Dollars More" is kinda rare nowdays (and, if I recall correctly, the aspect ratio is cropped to 1.85:1), it has been replaced by a new one with the original aspect ratio but it's missing the bit of dialogue in the beating scene (also leaving a big plot hole). Apparently a new company now owns the rights for the Leone films, and a few months ago they published a new edition of A Fistful of Dollars which included an English audio track and restored the original opening/ending credits; if another dvd of "For a Few Dollars More" comes out it will probably include that cut scene in the original aspect ratio.

Post: #221887
Topic: Until the end of the World: Director's Cut (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/221887/action/topic#221887
Time: 26-Jun-2006 9:49 AM

I finally found the Italian boxset. If you watch movies on your PC (or projector or whatever), you could simply use a WinDVD 7 feature called "PAL TruSpeed".

Post: #219681
Topic: Info Wanted: Has anyone done any Unaltered Disney Classics preservations?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/219681/action/topic#219681
Time: 18-Jun-2006 6:14 AM

Originally posted by: Darth Balls

Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast and Fantasia are also changed, although making a theatrical cut of Fantasia would be very difficult.

At least some footage with the deleted character in the "Pastoral" exist somewhere: there's a PAL VHS recording around from an Italian tv-station that telecined an old Italian copy of the movie, and that scene is unaltered. I've seen it somewhere on the web, but the quality was awful (it was a low bitrate .rm I think).

Post: #217785
Topic: The Thief and the Cobbler: Recobbled Director's Cut (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/217785/action/topic#217785
Time: 11-Jun-2006 9:06 AM

If that means better quality for the pull out in the One Eye camp and for march of the One Eyes sequence, I'm REALLY excited. When you have time, could you post a screenshot or something?

Post: #217114
Topic: Info: Any Godzilla fans out there?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/217114/action/topic#217114
Time: 8-Jun-2006 2:29 AM

There are English subtitles around for every sci-fi Toho DVD, but they are so darn expensive...

Post: #216698
Topic: Midnight Cowboy HD (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/216698/action/topic#216698
Time: 6-Jun-2006 7:33 PM

Originally posted by: bdev
Kakyoin,

Your private messages are off.

--bdev

Just turned them on, sorry. Weird feature in a forum, to have PMs disabled by default

Post: #216138
Topic: The Thief and the Cobbler: Recobbled Director's Cut (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/216138/action/topic#216138
Time: 4-Jun-2006 8:38 PM

Just finished watching it, awesome work. Just as a curiosity, is the 4:3 footage such as the Mighty One Eye death Calvert animation? Apart from the pink servants, those shots felt like they had some kind of different colors.
What I can't understand anyway is why they cut the War Machine sequence. Putting myself in the mind of a producer wanting to make money without risking with an "artsy" film (they didn't anyway) I can see how some scenes could be cut to fasten the pace or make everything less redundant; but I don't really see any reason to delete some of the best animation since the 40s Disney features which only last, what, two minutes?

Post: #215920
Topic: <strong><strong>BLADE RUNNER: The Unauthorized OFF-WORLD Box Set</strong></strong> (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/215920/action/topic#215920
Time: 3-Jun-2006 8:57 PM

I believe the R2 subtitles say "fucker", I last saw the DVD last week but I might be wrong.

Post: #215912
Topic: Midnight Cowboy HD (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/215912/action/topic#215912
Time: 3-Jun-2006 8:03 PM

Ok I won't bother

Anyway here's the cover I did:

http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/66/midnight3dcover8mi.jpg

it doesn't look exactly as I intended since I messed up the template a bit, but in the final version the spine will be more centered and there should be more space between the title on the front cover and the bottom border. I'll distribuite it in a 3072 x 2136 TIFF file for maximum quality (since I used actual high resolution sources).

Post: #215841
Topic: Midnight Cowboy HD (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/215841/action/topic#215841
Time: 3-Jun-2006 12:45 PM

That'd be great, thanks!
Anyway, since the source is 1080i, would a deinterlace make the final DVD look better?

Post: #215836
Topic: Midnight Cowboy HD (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/215836/action/topic#215836
Time: 3-Jun-2006 11:26 AM — Edited 12-Aug-2020 12:01 PM

After buying two different releases of this movie (R2 and R1 special edition) I became really fed up with the awful source they used for both. An amazingly good HD master was aired on HDNet (BEFORE the R1 SE came out), so I’m making a DL DVD (or possibly two SL DVDs as it’s a cheaper and slightly better quality-wise alternative) out of it. I’m also adding as a little special feature two alternate opening titles, using I Guess The Lord Must Be In New York City by Nilsson and Lay Lady Lay by Bob Dylan, as they were written specifically for this movie. It would be great to include the Criterion LD commentary too if somebody could rip it.
Let me know if you’re interested and I’ll upload it somewhere.

Post: #211514
Topic: Until the end of the World: Director's Cut (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/211514/action/topic#211514
Time: 19-May-2006 3:49 PM

I'm Italian and I see it quite often in stores, too bad it's kinda expensive

Post: #211498
Topic: Until the end of the World: Director's Cut (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/211498/action/topic#211498
Time: 19-May-2006 2:58 PM

There are various R2 dvds of the long version (a German one and an Italian one) with some extras too, but I don't think they include the short version.

Post: #209397
Topic: The Thief and the Cobbler: Recobbled Director's Cut (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/209397/action/topic#209397
Time: 14-May-2006 5:57 AM

First of all, thanks for this awesome restoration. I've been lurking here for a long time, I've decided to register because I'm working on a fan edit too, but anyway... Any chance to see the Recobbled Cut on Myspleen? I live in Europe so the shipping rates would be too high to order it from you or to trade it with somebody else, and I'm sure other people have this problem too.