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Kushami

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27-Jun-2021
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#204261
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The Thief and the Cobbler: Recobbled Director's Cut (Released)
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Man, I tell you what. After stupidly posting in the Roger Rabbit thread, I started reading this one and I, well, became enthralled. It was really intriguing, and it took me most of last night before bed and today at 10AM until around 6AM to read/listen to everything.

It's awesome that so many people involved in the production of this reached out and helped you.

I know I've actually seen this (or at least part of it) when I was younger, though I don't remember all of it. So much of the animation is stunning though. And its sordid history is fascinating. I can't wait to see your version when you finish.

I saw this scan of a cel earlier in the thread, and figured I could at least contribute a little something, so I cleaned it up, and also added the veil on-

http://www.wordpainter.net/stuff/thiefandthecobbler/princessyumyum01.png
http://www.wordpainter.net/stuff/thiefandthecobbler/princessyumyum02.png

It just seemed the heavy jpeg compression didn't do it justice, and someone lamented that she didn't look right sans veil. It's interesting, since when I did the veil in Photoshop, I noticed the pearls on the necklace weren't the right color.. so I'm assuming when they did the veil overlay they recolored the pearls as well. Anyway, the veil isn't 100% perfect, but it's close enough. I didn't 100% get rid of the jpeg artifacts, either, but I was trying to balance it out and not lose the true artyness of it. (Plus I only spent about 10 minutes recoloring it.)

Anyway, cheers to your work!
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#203913
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Help Wanted: 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit?' Laserdisc Footage - censored scene
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Hi guys!

I, too, am a big Roger Rabbit fan! This release will be great once it's finished. It actually made me join the boards! (Though I came to poke around looking for what original version and DC fan preservation Blade Runner DVDs I should try to get- It's so confusing!)

However, you guys talk about uncensoring the scene where Jessica is thrown from Benny.. but don't talk at all about the bigger censor- The scene where Baby Herman gooses the girl under her dress. (He goes 'Excuse me, toots!' in that scene.) They talk about it in the commentary. The first DVD was pretty censored I read, but apparently the Vista release is less censored. Though I believe they remove his finger or somesuch.

Both of these scenes are on the old VHS (boo VHS!).

Anyway, to get to the point- I have mad experience in graphic design and such. I'd be willing to redraw the Baby Herman frames if someone gets a clean copy of them from the Vista Release, as well as a decent recording from the VHS (so I have something to go by.) I actually have the VHS, but I don't think I have a working VCR.

I would also be willing to redo the Jessica frames, too, if someone has the original DVD release. But that'd actually be a lot easier considering it would just require recoloring the frames from white to skin color.

EDIT: I feel dumb offering after reading through OCPMovie's Thief and the Cobbler thread. If he's working on this, he's more than capable of fixing that scene.