Knightmessenger

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Post: #224218
Topic: .: The XØ Project - Laserdisc on Steroids :. (SEE FIRST POST FOR UPDATES) (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/224218/action/topic#224218
Time: 4-Jul-2006 1:29 AM

What causes those faded top or bottom parts at the beginning of a cut? Are they present in a lot of films?

Post: #224217
Topic: Problem with slow motion in Vegas
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/224217/action/topic#224217
Time: 4-Jul-2006 1:20 AM

So just about any capture card is pretty safe. How much hard drive space do you have MBJ? I'm not sure if I can record to my miniDV camcorder (canon zr70) from my Hi8.

Post: #224031
Topic: Problem with slow motion in Vegas
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/224031/action/topic#224031
Time: 3-Jul-2006 1:33 PM

It appears that my firewire card died. The computer can't find the "microsoft dv camera and vcr" external capture device anymore. The capture device is a pyro a/v converter from ADS technologies. The firewire card is also from ADS.

What is the best firewire card to get and/or is there a really good one under $50? Especially one that doesn't drop a lot of frames with analog captures. I was reccomended the Belkin PCI to 1394a card model FSU502. It's $38 on newegg, is that a good product/price?

Post: #223840
Topic: Song Of The South - many projects, much info & discussion thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/223840/action/topic#223840
Time: 2-Jul-2006 3:04 AM

Okay, the old Sing-a-long videos have started this year coming out to dvd. I think it would be a good idea to include the songs from SotS as a bonus feature if that hasn't been done already. If the words aren't burned in subtitles, do you think it would be a good idea to use the dvd footage.

Post: #223838
Topic: .: The XØ Project - Laserdisc on Steroids :. (SEE FIRST POST FOR UPDATES) (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/223838/action/topic#223838
Time: 2-Jul-2006 2:52 AM

It's been mentioned a few times that you guys have some film elements from Star Wars. I was just wondering if you could elaborate on that. It wouldn't get you in trouble, right?

Post: #223382
Topic: Info Wanted: Has anyone done any Unaltered Disney Classics preservations?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/223382/action/topic#223382
Time: 30-Jun-2006 2:22 AM

That doesn't make any sense, the "special edition" of Lion King had the new song as well as new, never before seen animation. So why would they need to redo the "original" version as well.

And I don't know what you mean by getting the fixed version of Aladdin. I already have the revised part on the dvd. I'm glad I have the original line on the soundtrack.

Post: #222901
Topic: Song Of The South - many projects, much info & discussion thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/222901/action/topic#222901
Time: 29-Jun-2006 1:40 AM

Were you able to find out which dvd version looked best. By the way, three songs from the film were released on different sing along videos. Zip a Dee Doo Dah, I love to laugh and friend like me. I believe I saw one of the sing a long videos on dvd at Best Buy. That might be worth investigating.

Post: #222891
Topic: Info Wanted: Has anyone done any Unaltered Disney Classics preservations?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/222891/action/topic#222891
Time: 29-Jun-2006 1:26 AM

I thought the platinum releases of Beauty and the Beast and Lion King had the original versions available along with the new version on the same disc. At least that's what the dvds claim.
As for Aladdin, I know the original line in the opening song: "Where they cut off your ear if they don't like your face" is on the soundtrack. It may have been changed in a later reissue but I have the original one.

Post: #222883
Topic: Howard The Duck - special edition (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/222883/action/topic#222883
Time: 29-Jun-2006 1:13 AM

DVCam (note NOT MiniDV. DVCam is the pro-version of that and uses the same size tape but at a faster, non-drop out pitch. DVCam will not automatically play back on home camcorders, but some may surprise).

So this explains why my P.o.S. canon miniDV zr70 won't play back the tapes I recorded at a local cable station properly. It's even more worthless than I realized before.

Post: #222878
Topic: .: The XØ Project - Laserdisc on Steroids :. (SEE FIRST POST FOR UPDATES) (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/222878/action/topic#222878
Time: 29-Jun-2006 1:00 AM

I don't think those screen caps look that bad at all. The color is accurate unlike the official dvds and the last two with Greedo and Luke in the Falcon look really clear, without murkiness or color bleeding. That is the best images I think I've seen of those parts, especially Greedo. Considering that is not corrected and knowing what you guys can do, I think your final version "will be a day long remembered."

Post: #222870
Topic: Info Wanted: What is the preservation project closest to the original 1977 release?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/222870/action/topic#222870
Time: 29-Jun-2006 12:39 AM

Does that beta tape from an airline copy have A New Hope in the crawl. If it was from '79 it shouldn't because the crawl was changed for 1981.

Post: #222325
Topic: .: The XØ Project - Laserdisc on Steroids :. (SEE FIRST POST FOR UPDATES) (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/222325/action/topic#222325
Time: 27-Jun-2006 4:08 AM

I figured you guys wouldn't be using the SE laserdiscs but I'm curious if anyone knows how they (at least the unaltered shots) match up. Specifically I'd love to find a comparison of in the desert with the droids and Luke and Owen puchasing the droids. Those shots looked the most deteriorated before '97. The other thing that would be interesting to compare is the shot of 3PO following the binary sunset where he begs not to be deactivated. It looks like a very poor contrast ratio. Isn't there a good ld>dvd transfer? It would be nice to have in the screenshots comparison.
Were any THX processes like dirt concealment used for the '97 laserdiscs?

Post: #221168
Topic: .: The XØ Project - Laserdisc on Steroids :. (SEE FIRST POST FOR UPDATES) (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/221168/action/topic#221168
Time: 23-Jun-2006 6:35 AM

Which laserdisk was used for that shot. The uncorrected color looked worse than the THX versions.

Post: #221167
Topic: Info Wanted: What is the preservation project closest to the original 1977 release?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/221167/action/topic#221167
Time: 23-Jun-2006 6:16 AM

Didn't someone watching the '77 bootleg mention Obi Wan's Krayt dragon call from the mono mix is the same from the 2004 dvd?

Post: #220780
Topic: Info: DC & Faces - Original audio sources (lots of information)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/220780/action/topic#220780
Time: 22-Jun-2006 4:51 AM

... which was then clone copied to the D1 video master. Interesting. Do you think that is the same video master being sourced for the upcoming dvd release?

Post: #217537
Topic: ORIGINAL STAR WARS TRILOGY OUT 09/2006 BY LUCASFILM
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/217537/action/topic#217537
Time: 9-Jun-2006 7:30 PM

Many people have suggested different ways of rendering the special edition discs unusable, throwing them away or sending them back to Lucas. For those of us in Region 1 who really want the official dvd of the originals but don't feel eager to "give in", I have an idea. Why not buy the release that already has the se disc made even worse. In other words, get the pan & scan version.

Think about it. The original version will be widescreen either way. I think it's more appropriate and fitting to get the special edition chopped in half because that's basically what Lucas did to the film in '97 & '04. Most if not all of the people who want the original films in their unaltered form never would buy full screen of any widescreen movie. I think it will leave much less doubt than what little there was that anyone who buys the new set wants the originals. See the butchered film the way it was meant to be seen, in its butchered form. Hayden won't be appear on the screen as long. Plus, it will look even worse on a widescreen tv, even more ridiculous than the non anamorphic dvds.

Post: #217519
Topic: Star Wars DVD Covers
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/217519/action/topic#217519
Time: 9-Jun-2006 6:45 PM

Those pictures look so much better. Why'd they have to make the inserts look like 10th generation vhs from a scratched film print?

Post: #217384
Topic: The Most Boring Commentator Ever
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/217384/action/topic#217384
Time: 9-Jun-2006 1:40 AM

How do you get the Conan O'Brien commentary? I never knew that. The monorail episode is one of the best, it has a tight storyline and consistantly great jokes.

Post: #217259
Topic: The Most Boring Commentator Ever
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/217259/action/topic#217259
Time: 8-Jun-2006 6:31 PM

I thought the Simpson commentaries were worthless. They rambled, talked about about things amongst themselves without explaining it to us, laughed at their own jokes and never really revealed anything interesting. I listened to the commentary for the season 4 monorail episode, I hoped they would explain where they got the idea and why they wanted to parody public transportation. Matt Stone and Trey Parker said so much more in half the time (South Park commentaries don't run full episode length) and revealed a lot of great information.

Post: #215024
Topic: ORIGINAL STAR WARS TRILOGY OUT 09/2006 BY LUCASFILM
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/215024/action/topic#215024
Time: 31-May-2006 2:13 AM

I was just reading the digital bits review of the Spaceballs original dvd release and it said the non anamorphic widescreen release looked ok but not great because it was taken from the laserdisc master. There was a new addition released last year in anamorphic widescreen from a better transfer, I assume. Can post comparisons? I have the 2000 Spaceballs dvd and while I think it looks clean and clear, it doesn't look pristine. Before reading that article, I had thought that a high quality transfer was made from the film but it just wasn't restored or cleaned for the transfer.

Post: #214749
Topic: ORIGINAL STAR WARS TRILOGY OUT 09/2006 BY LUCASFILM
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/214749/action/topic#214749
Time: 29-May-2006 9:02 PM

You'd have to be crazy to physically cut the revised footage back into the original negatives or master print. It was very damaged by '97 but even the parts that were still in ok shape had to be in fragile condition. Lucasfilm surely couldn't be that stupid to use a patched master print to make all the copies for theatres and then home video. Anyone with 1/4 a brain would use the negatives only when absolutely necessary because the more times they were scanned and run through a projector, there would be a bigger risk that they would crack, or get misaligned and jam. The original negatives and other surviving elements were used used to create a new master print that was the basis for all subsequent copies. Whether they bothered to scan and restore the original negatives of the parts that were completely replaced is unknown. So they for sure had to restore a scene where the only thing changed was a cg ship was added in the background. But wouldn't they have had to restore everything. Lucasfilm couldn't have known to the exact frame which parts were going to be altered.

Post: #214746
Topic: Episode II: Shroud of the Dark Side (the TM edit) (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/214746/action/topic#214746
Time: 29-May-2006 8:35 PM

Your first trailer idea sounds a lot like the special edition trailers. I think that would be a good idea to do that.

Post: #214371
Topic: Custom Artwork for Aeon Flux DVD set
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/214371/action/topic#214371
Time: 28-May-2006 6:20 AM

You know, I actually think the cover art for both the movie and the box set is very cool.

Post: #214370
Topic: Idea: 'Robin Hood - Men in Tights' a preservation with Mel Brooks commentary?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/214370/action/topic#214370
Time: 28-May-2006 6:15 AM

I hear the R2 and R4 releases contained the trailer and a featurette. Were those in the Mel Brooks collection.

Post: #214367
Topic: Lord of the Rings - FOTR - The Book-Cut (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/214367/action/topic#214367
Time: 28-May-2006 5:58 AM

As I said in your Two Towers book cut thread, I really like how you are restoring the original color to the films. The digital degrading of the films made them dull and boring for me. I did think some of the color in the pics, especially Lothlorien, did not look totally natural. Because of the low color contrast, Frodo's face is more obviously the same color as the background foilage on the left. Did you use behind the scenes footage or still photographs for reference. Disc four on the Fellowship extended edition has a feature called Digital Grading that shows a lot of before/after examples. Lothlorien is drastically recolored. The battle inside the mines was given a blue tint.