Laserschwert

benduwan said:

hallo laserschwert

kannst du bei adywans SW:R auch den deutschen bluray ton einfügen?

wäre toll das maL auf deutsch zu schauen.

No, I won't add German audio to Adywan's version. That's a completely new edit and I think you underestimate the amount of work required. Besonders, um ihn nur "mal" auf Deutsch zu schauen ;-) 

Viel schwieriger wird's, den ganzen Kram irgendwann mal hochzuladen ;)

Another update:

I've edited the Blu-ray track a bit further, now smoothing out all the edits. Next step: Inserting the EditDroid 5.1 mix to replace the SE parts of the audio track.

Also thanks to _,,,^..^,,,_ and his [OUT ruLes] project I now have an optical PCM rip of the German THX laserdisc. I've already denoised it with Audition and will sync it to Harmy's video track.

lpd said:

Mmmm anamorphic lens, I want one.

Why exactly?

A little update:

I've started editing the German Blu-ray soundtrack to be GOUT-synced. Trimming it down to length is finished, now I have to make all those edits seamless in all 6 channels, and add in the stuff from EditDroid's 5.1 GOUT-track that was too "SE-ish" to just edit out.

As you can imagine this track isn't technically a theatrical representation, but I feel the restored German dub on the Blu-ray sounds just too great to pass on it. Also this track will be included in DTS-HD Master Audio, so it'll be the highest quality track of the bunch.

Is there a quick way to put these new chapter marks into an MKV, or do I have to add each one manually?

The comparison looks great, except for two bits:

1-40-30/1-40-32 - that one looks more detailed in the 2.0 version (look at Luke's hair, for example).

1-25-26/1-25-42 - is there a reason why the second shot doesn't use the cleaner and more detailed matte painting of the first shot?

Harmy said:

 I'm not sure if Laserswert is planning on doing ESB and ROTJ as well.

Sure I am! But let's talk about that, once YOU are done with them ;)

spielt mit said:

I just want to let you know that I'm another poor human being who is searching for the 'true' version and therefore I watch the thread carefully and get more and more worried as there are no updates for a long time now....

MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU to get this epic work done!

No need to worry... as I said, I'm still waiting for Harmy's (pretty much final) 2.1 version and add the German stuff to that. And if anybody wants to help: I could still use some more German GOUT-synced audio tracks. Right now I only got the German GOUT audio with all the corrections and fixes I made.

It'd be nice to have a version of the (superb) German Blu-ray audio track synced to the GOUT as well - but having it be non-SE might be very difficult, especially regarding the (prettymuch non-stop) music.

Also the German THX Laserdisc track would be cool.

msycamore said:

Han: "Even I get boarded sometimes. Do you think I had a choice?" (lifted directly from discarded Jabba scene)

Wow, I never noticed this line used the audio clip from the Jabba scene... and it just works edited to have Han say it off screen.

I still would like to know how fantastic X-Wing and TIE Fighter might look for modern hardware. Hell, I'd be happy to get a SW-themed space sim on consoles, even if the many options you had in those games (energy distribution anyone?) would have to be stripped to work with a gamepad.

Hey TopDollar, I've already seen this one over at ffshrine, and I really have to congratulate you on your efforts. I think I can date your rips back to when I was still running http://soundtracks.mixnmojo.com, but I'm not entirely sure.

However I DID use you (older) rip of TIE Fighter as a guide for assembling my own version of the TIE Fighter soundtrack (which I'm still not finished with... especially the in-flight music). Did you edit your in-flight suites after recording them from MIDI, or while still being MIDI data? Although I did manage to capture the MIDI commands from the game (which I think you described in your rip's readme file), it did have some tempo problems and occasional hiccups. There are compiled MIDIs out there from the several in-flight sets (CONF/CHAL/FAIL etc.), which I've used, but I'd still wish there was an iMUSE player out there to put together a playlist to export these as a single MIDI file

SS4DarthPayne said:

I am struggling to remember about the dialogue.... I certainly remember that there were dialogue boxes with yellow (I think) letters, so I am wondering if that means that nothing was spoken.... Sorry, it's been so long for me. 14 years in fact, which just makes me feel ancient. Man where did the time go

The dialogue was fully voiced (I remember so clearly, because it had the actual (in my case German) voice actors of the movie - mostly).

You either remember the (yellow) subtitles, or the dialogue choices.

And then Han's blaster gets blown off the coat stand by a gust of wind, and just as Mu.. uhm... Han Jr. is trying to pick it up, Han swoops in a grabs it with a smirk, puts it on his head, leaving the church with Leia while the Imperial March is playing into the credits.

tortugash said:

tortugash said:

Hey, Harmy. I see that you're using the GOUT to reinsert the shots that were replaced, but I also read that you have an IB technicolor print of the movie that you're using for a color reference.

Why not do a good 2K (or 4K) scan of the print? Do you think it's a release print struck from the IN, or is it a special print struck from the original camera negative? If it's just a regular generation print, than 2K with the highest color depth should suffice, otherwise I would opt for 4K. I'm sure it would cost a fortune, but I'm certain that many of the fans would be willing to make contributions, including myself. Do you have a PayPal account?

Let's do this.

http://www.videofilmsolutions.com/Video_%26_Film_Solutions/Video_%26_Film_Solutions_Film.html

This link says we can have it scanned at 2K and recorded in HD for less than $1000. (I did the math. The movie is 11,000 feet long.) Or we can get it scanned at 2K and recorded in 2K for less than $2000. Both options have DPX files, so you would have way more color information than the Blu-ray's.

It would be easier for them to just close their business right away, without going through the troubles of getting sued.

Well, "editing" is also the pure labor of actually assembling the footage. So it can also be completely independent from any creativity ;)

I prefer 5.1

chyron8472 said:

AntcuFaalb said:

Harmy and box are right, chyron8472.

My point was more about the tone of Laserschwert's post effectively told her to get lost, when she was only asking what media she should probably own the official movie on.

The tone of his post sounded, to me, less like "just pick one (and btw, welcome to the forums)" and more like "don't bother with fanedits if you remotely care."

Nah, there was actually no tone to my post at all. And it was just a quick reminder, that it all comes down to your own ethics if you want to download copyright-protected material from the web, as it will always be illegal, no matter what. Her question was short, my answer was short. I think if you download stuff from the web, you should know this stuff first. But maybe I should've taken more time with the answer, to not come off as a "fuck off" ;)

Alice Jameson said:

I'm sure this has probably been asked before but which Star Wars dvd's would I need to own to download the 1.0 despecialized editions? I already have the 2004 dvds.

It doesn't matter, as owning any DVDs doesn't make it legal in any way.

AuggieBenDoggie said:

 

Laserschwert said:

Yeah, Abrams is probably stupid, because he directed something you didn't like. But hey, I'm probably just as stupid, because I liked that movie a lot. The only one here who's not stupid is you :)

 

Hey, what ever makes you happy man.

An Abrams-directed Star Wars movie does.

AuggieBenDoggie said:

 

I am fully aware that  Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman wrote Startrek 09. How Abrams could go with what they wrote is beyond me.  But on the other hand maybe Abrams is just as stupid as the writers are. I hope you can see where I'm going with this.

Yeah, Abrams is probably stupid, because he directed something you didn't like. But hey, I'm probably just as stupid, because I liked that movie a lot. The only one here who's not stupid is you :)

Now, regarding Ep7, can we possibly hear a Star Wars score by Michael Giacchino? I'm kinda torn on this... on the one hand, I'd love to hear another one by Williams, as that's just "how it's supposed to be". John Williams' Star Wars scores were what got me into film music in the first place, and until now Williams is the most consistence factor in the saga. On the other hand, regardless of Abrams directing (but with George taken out of the writer/director position), the new movies feel like the passing of a torch. So maybe this should be considered for the soundtrack as well?

Funnily enough discussions over at JWfan.com have already named Giacchino as a suitable composer for the new films a while back, and I agree that he is one of the few newer generation composers who might do the franchise justice. The coincidence of Abrams at the wheel now makes this even more probable to happen.

And regarding consistency: I'll never expect a new Star Wars movie to feel like the classic trilogy did in any way. It's just not possible anymore today. The prequels weren't consistent with the OT in any way, so taking the franchise in yet another direction is basically a given. And I'm fine with that, as it can only get better from the PT.

AuggieBenDoggie said:

I never like Abrams star trek reboot. It was too fast paced and virtually no story to tell and mostly all revolved visual FX.

You do realize that the director isn't responsible for the story, right? ;)

And since nothing has been officially confirmed by Lucasfilm/Disney, this should still be regarded a rumour.

That being said, I'd be extremely happy with this choice. I enjoyed his "Star Trek" immensely (the best SciFi movie I've seen in the last few years) and more than that I really loved "Super 8". Funnily enough with S8 being set in the 70s, the costume/hair/makeup did have that classic trilogy look to them... maybe he can sneak some of that look into Ep7 :D

Bingowings said:

georgec said:

TONIGHT WE DINE IN MUSTAFAR!

Imagine all those Wookiees charging around wearing next to no clothes.

You mean just like they usually do?

Harmy said:

That, plus there isn't that much more resolution on the 1080p BD to begin with

Right, because the Lowry restoration wasn't actually supposed to be used for an HD release (but lazy Lucasfilm did it anyway).