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I'd rather torrent the original files - it would be so much quicker cuz the files are smaller and you could do what you please with them. Once I render them as DVD files then you're limited with what you can do with them.

The YouTube exclusive was pulled for some reason.

Now that I've got dvd architect tho I may try and do this again - PM me and we'll work something out

Yep that's the way he did the title cards THO I'm sure he chose more than just those few at random. I'm sure there were many more that didn't make the cut. But honestly, sometimes luck works that way, coincidences are awesome!

Trainwrecks... Well I've got them all minus one that was a youtube exclusive amd it will take up 2 DL dvds or 4 single layer

flip thru the dictionary and close your eyes and point to random words - then choose the best ones. That's what Kev did for Clerks I

rarities project? I remember something like that a while ago. I was doing a Trainwreck preservation that is just taking up space on my HDD now

Damn :( Well, thanks for looking :) It was a pretty good movie, like a said, if you like I Love Lucy, check out the movie on YouTube - it's pretty damn good

edit: the For Your Consideration DVD was put out by Sony Pictures

There are some deleted / extended scenes, but nothing that I think would alter it too much.

If you're trying to emulate the original Clerks, then definitely take into consideration cutting it how Kevin would have in 1994 and budget constraints, like the opening scene with the fire, definitely not in the original film's 27,000 dollar budget. Maybe you can have it start with them working at mooby's and use the drive by of the quick stop to on the drive to mooby's to explain that, or rather let the dialogue do the work for you. Back then Kevin relied HEAVILY on dialogue to move the story and it's the same here but he does provide the visuals most times in this one... so cutting out that kinda stuff would help.

Unfortunately, if doing it in that line of thinking, you might even have to cut out alot of wide exterior shots, the donkey show and such...

Also, if wanting to add something in to make it like Clerks, why not add in the Flying Car short film somewhere in there? maybe on the way to work? idk. maybe it's not even possible (diff model car, clothes, etc)

Just some ideas.

I believe ABC, they also did a Three Stooges biopic around the same time.

You can see the Lucy one on YouTube, but it's YouTube quality, just search for "Lucy 2003"

I’ve been looking for this for years and it doesn’t seem like it’s going to get a commercial release, instead being relegated to the Sony vault 😦

There is, however, a “For Your Consideration” EMMY DVD screener sent to reviewers/judges that is hard to come by. If anyone has a copy of it, would it be possible to do a full DVD ISO rip of that and upload it? It deserves to be preserved!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361856/

Easily you could do that - when I had it for a while, I made some improvements just by using a simple B/W filter in Sony Vegas (my preferred video/audio editor) and adjusting the contrast to make it look more like the first movie. His suffered from what I call the soft greyscale effect where everything just looks grey and unappealing. Add to that it had a green tint and that cheap old movie filter (which I was going to mention but forgot to write - thanks ThrowgnCpr!) and it was just unappealing to watch.

If you want to start by just editing an AVI or MPEG file (just to get your chopping skills down) I'd suggest that, especially since ripping the files as a workable DVD file and editing those is a bit slower work and rendering a new AVI or MPEG file is much quicker / easier. Plus, it would be easier to download so we can tell you what you need to work on. But that's just me, I don't know if ADM and others would appreciate a lower res version, but I'd have no real prob with that from a first time editer, especially if doing it that way would allow you practice and flexibility. Plus, this is hard work sometimes, who wants to learn all those skills if you find out that this isn't something you like doing?!

I do this for fun occasionally - I still have a Star Wars Holiday Special Edit that needs to be rendered, and it's been done (mostly) for over a year, so you can see the level of commitment I have to this kind of work lol!

If you do decide to do this, I'll help out anyway I can in form of suggestion of what I'd cut and how I'd do it (cuz I do have some ideas too)

@ ThrowgnCpr - I thought he only released an AVI or MPEG of that, not a full DVD, or am I mistaken?

I will admit it was a pretty good idea, but it suffered because of those problems. I'd love to see another fan edit done of it but better done

It was pretty bad IIRC - in fact I believe the original editer retracted it for multiple reasons including it not being DVD quality video and the black and white having more of a green tinge to it...

I believe I had it for a while when it first was released but it wasn't anything too special - we all made comments on how to improve on it and I don't know if the editer ever did anything beyond that point\

Sorry I can't be of any more help man :(

heya, update on this!

In my ever long quest to free hard drive space, I'm going to be doing this some time soon

Alright, I've been able to locate a FULL version of the very first Celebrity Jeopardy (all other copies are missing 2 minutes from the beginning) - however it is in Real Media format and tho it is completely watchable and fairly comparable to the other versions of it, I'm sure it is highly compressed

I was also able to rip 3 episodes from HULU to replace not quite so good versions I had of the same ones PLUS an episode called "Jeopardy 1999" from the 70's SNL - maybe to have as a bonus feature?

I was hoping to have this done by fathers day, but not sure yet. I was holding out for a better copy of the Nicolas Cage episode because it's really badly pixilated. It's actually the only one that I don't think is remotely watchable after converting to dvd

NINJA EDIT! I just found a Real Media file for the Nicolas Cage episode and, again, it's MUCH better than the other one, but it is a Real Media file... so... IDK

I'm down for doing a DVD cover for this, as I'm still looking for a copy of the recent release of this on DVD (I know I can buy it online, btu I'd rather find it in a store so I can take it home immediately and watch it :P)

If you want to see my dvd creation skills, check out what I have made @ customaniacs dvd cover forum, username LinkTGF

Finally finished downloading your rip today and it has much better audio than the mysterious 500 mb version I downloaded HOWEVER yours runs 3 mins longer, and I thought maybe yours had some extra scenes. I haven't finished watching it but at the moment it just looks like PAL speedup on the other 2 instead...

Plus yours has less zoom than the 500 mb version (I keep saying 500 mb version... how should we refer to it as from now on?)

SO....

Would anyone be up for collaborating with me to build the most complete version of the movie with ZERO audio and video dropouts? I have 3 sources, I think it's doable... I just do not know how to do video compositing, or what programs I would have to use to do so

i'm checking out the CG german print and the mysterious 500 mb version i have simultaneously (playing one in media player and one in vlc) and it seems the 500 mb version has better detail and black and white contrast - the TCM version is quite a bit bigger but dark and with less detail... I wish i had the ability to adjust the contrast and change the black and white segments to pure black and white, not just greyscale, cuz it's got a bit of a green tint to it

also, i don't think they used your audio as a source to replace the german audio, unless your vhs rip has a UK PG rating at the front of the film... in any case i'm downloading yours as we speak, but it's taking forever, probably won't be done til tomorrow morning...

sorry for the double post but i think your rip of this is not the same one i downloaded.... mine was only 500 mb flat... and only about 400 x 300 resolution... so it looks like there are 3 copies circulating at the moment...

really? that's pretty cool!

Anyways, I've heard the same thing, digitalbits posted a chat some time back and a warner rep said that the project is on the "middle burner"

Anyways, is the german tcm video any better than the uk version I have? if so I'd love to see it as I can't find it anywhere... nvm... I'm checking cinemageddon atm...

by the way RB, I just recently checked out a Johnny Mnemonic extended cut thing you did - good stuff

Someone needs to do a rip of this movie whenever they show it overseas… I’ve heard that they show it fairly often in Australian and such but it has never been shown here in the US and it doesn’t look like it’s ever going to get a DVD release due to legal difficulties due to the high number of copyrighted clips used in the movie to give it it’s 1930’s look and feel…

There is a version floating around in the usual channels online, ripped from a 20 year old tape (which isn’t all that bad, mind you, this is a 20 year old tape) but it is plagued with dropouts and tape interference from time to time

UPDATE: There is some hope for us looking for this, full image...

For one, easily obtainable, is a german VHS transfer. If you're a pirate who loves michael bay, you'll know where to find it... It has the fullest available image of any commercially available copy, HOWEVER it has some German subtitles, but only occasionally (for some reason)

The other option is something that recently hit the trading scene called "Let It Be: The Big Picture" - WogBlog (a Beatles blog) talked about it a few months back >> http://wogew.blogspot.com/2009/03/let-it-be-full-picture.html

Personally, I think we'll go insane trying to track down every scrap of footage, but I would like to see this Big Picture deal.

What was the source for the video? It's gorgeous! I mean you told us all about the mastering but you didn't go into where you got the video from because if that's from a VHS you're a GOD among us.

Knightmessenger said:

I have the dvd set but after seeing them air on Encore, I got the idea. Why not edit the scene from part II where Loraine gets her dress and Biff talks all big about how he's going to marry her and gets his car fixed. Then cut it before Old Biff is seen in his car.

That way you have a scene from 1955 inserted in the first movie which was not affected by any of the actions in the sequels. So it happened anyways.

So many movie trilogies have a great first one, a decent second one and a forgettable third one. (Matrix, Spider Man, X-men [Ive heard], Indiana Jones 4) The Back to the Future series is solid all the way through. There's probably a bigger drop off from Empire to Jedi than II to III. And the entire storyline had already been written for the Star Wars trilogy, Lucas had to take the first third and make that the original movie. They had to make the sequels for Back to the Future from scratch because it wasn't known the first movie was going to be a success.

 

I'm liking that idea, as well as a few others by some in the thread. I'm ALMOST considering making an edit for fun once I get my new RAM next week. Personally I'd edit all 3 movies down to an hour and a half total, but I'm not sure I'd have the patience to actually do so by sitting, watching the movies in order, trying to figure out where I'd want it to go and sit there with pen and paper making notes along the way. Too much work for me, personally...

One of my favorite movies of all time and gave away my old japanese imported VHS-ripped DVD in anticipation for the new edition that came out a few months ago... HOWEVER! I cannot find it in any of my local stores... So now I'm Johnny-less...

I do agree that the movie was not particularly well acted in a few ways but is still a very faithful interpretation of the book (which is why the original author should always have a say in the screenplay!)

I have time, I'd love to help, once I get my hands on a copy of the official dvd

Hey how are you all doing out there? Alright alright alright.

I’ve been wanting to do this for years but have not yet had the time or inspiration to do it so here goes what I propose:

An SNL compilation DVD of all the Celebrity Jeopardy skits - after this last season’s finale episode, it is now at 14 skits and could easily fit on a single layer disc.

The problem I’m having is getting good copies of many of the earlier skits. NBC has been kind enough to post online about 5 of the later ones in 480p on HULU but I cannot for the life of me rip them from the site, no matter what I try… I have been able to rip the latest one from NBC’s site, but I’m sure that I can get a NON-FLV sourced copy from a 1080i HD rip from TV. But as back up I have the FLV one

Just curious if anyone would want to collaborate on this or help me out with the HULU situation.

Any movement on this?