Back to VCD!
Letz make a preservation of the six Malaysian 1997 SE VCDs inclusive "Episode II Sneak Peak Behind-The-Scenes with George Lucas"
skyjedi2005 said:...I think the colors on the japan special collection are more acurate. Too bad the image is soft and interlaced and is from a grainy old master again with washed out colors several generations away from the original
I could try to caps some shots from the Japanese LDs over my USB Video Grabber.
The sharpness isn't the best with my LD Player and the cheap usb grabber, but maybe it could tell the color correctness.
Edit:
I just checked my personal rip of the first side of Star Wars 1997SE from the japanese LD. It also has the color issue. So it would not be a help.
If he would release the OT (Star Wars in pre ANH state) in its original Way on HD-DVD (maybe together with additional Discs containing following versions) and not on BluRay it would be the reason to buy a HD-DVD Rom for me!
Even if there are too many transparency and color issues in the THX-remastered, the 1997 SE and the 2004 versions.. okay... I want them too! They are part of this releases.
I hate the THX remastered Version for seeing boxes around the ships.
I hate the SE-1997 for deleting the original Ewok Celebration Song!
I hate the SE-1997 in german for some freaky dubing problems (In one scene Lord Vader has a different dubbing voice)
But I want all of it!
If GL wants another reSFXing, okay. But I also want the old stuff! For what? Just for the good time I had with it!
I want it in englisch and german (because I raised with the german versions).
I want to choose wich way I want to spend my evening with the good old stuff.
I don't need to see supreeme digital FX to enjoy a good movie.
I try to plug my scanner this weekend.
(Or I scan on my fathers scanner, if my one refuse working with my PC... )
Laserschwert, do you need more parts scanned of this images, to puzzle it with photoshop?
I own the old 3 US CBS Laserdiscs with this covers, but they are cropped at top and the titles are on different image parts. And they are too big for my scanner (If I got it plugged). But they have somebit more informations at left and right.
I also own the 3 VHS Edition from germany.. it has only a different "Das imperium schlägt zurück" Cover..
maybe they could help you to puzzle this...
(If someonme could get it alltogether.. you are the man.. I always liked your reconstructions of the LucasArt game Posters at crazycovers..)
Wideload said:MrBrown said:Is there any open PIF Chain left? I don't believe in torrenting.
I am from Germany, maybe someone nearby still PIFing?
PM sent.
Thanks a lot for your kind help.
Is there any open PIF Chain left? I don't believe in torrenting.
I am from Germany, maybe someone nearby still PIFing?
@nookupeous:
The project of restoration isn't a bad project at all. I believe you could get some experiance with doing it. Maybe one day you get your hands on some material which is never been released, and then you have some experiences...
@C3PX:
there is a fourth adaption of the book. It came the same year as "I am Legend" and is called "I am Omega" with Mark Dacascos. But its nothing more than a B-Movie.
The hard part with the italian version is that Italy seem to have really high shipping costs. I ordered it at www.ibs.it with shipment costs of about 10 € (about 12,50 $) from Italy to Germany. The really pain in the a** was that the shop does not have an english page. It just comes in Italy, and I had a hard time ordering there, beacuse I had to translate each page on the process with google.
I think I ordered the somebit more containing 2 Disc Edition, and there seem to be a little bit cheaper 1 Disc Edition, but I can't say anything about it.
Here some Pictures of the italian 2 Disc set:
The Box would be some more cooler if it would contain a 32 page english booklet, and the interviews would habe englisch subtitles. and the pdf with the script should even be in english.
Today the 2 Disc Special Edition from Italy arrived. (about 4 working days till send.. it was send yesterday.. today it arrived in germany with fed ex...)
It contains five cards with movie stills (black and white) and thre cards with poster arts. Additionally it contains a 32 pages counting booklet in italy with much text, infos about the movie, and the cast. But, I don't speak any italy, so it is not helpful for me.
The only information I could read are the comparison between the movie ruinning times in the booklet:
Running time Italy: 89 minutes (2427 meter movie)
Running time USA: 87 minutes (2380 meter movie)
The Menus are in italy, not in englisch, but itts not as hard to read as a menu in russia or japanese...
The first Disc is a DVD9 (containing 5.05 GB data), it contains the movie (I will add two caps as soon as possible) in englisch and italy, both in mono and 5.1 surround , but I don't own a surround system, so I can't check the quality of the 5.1 mix...
It only contains italian subtitles. :(
Sometimes there are some differences in the brightness of the black fields at top and bottom of the picture. (It is anamorphic, but its also 2,35:1, so there are black barrs)
The two missing scenes (stated in the imdb quote above) are in english.
The extras are:
- An italian trailer of the movie (3:45)
- Photo Gallery
- The complete Screenplay in Italy as PDF (47 MB)
The second disc is a DVD5 (2.16 GB data).
It is in italy, completely, without englisch subtitles.
- Interview with Dardano Sacchetti
- Intview with Pier Antonio Mecacci
- Interview with Franca Silvi
- A real cool feature: a map of rome with places marked used in the movie. Selecting one point you can see shortly the regarding scene and [b]sometimes[(b] you see a shot how the places looks now (about 2008).
- Differences between the US and the italy versions. I don' know whats the source of the picture for the US version, but there are some differences in the opening scene. Some shots of the dead city are quite different in order. The Credits in the italian version are in italy of course.. If the Comparison shows all differences than there are 3 different scenes: the Intro, the flashback and the dialogue...
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Here are the promised Screencaps:
All right.. I just ordered a 2 Disc Set of this Movie in Italy. Runing Time: 85:17 min. PAL (Info from www.ofdb.de)
It should contain a comparison between italian and US Version. I HOPE this is in englishc (I don't understand italy)
According to the ofdb.de it shoul contain an anamorph version, with Italian and Englisch sound in 2.0 mono and 5.1 . It just containy italian subtitles.
An Interview should be on the disc.
I don't know wich languages the interview and other things comes along. And all containing inbfos I have are for the 1 disc Edition!
So I will be really surprised.
The Movie itself was about 19 € (thats about 25 US$) additional 11 € shipment from Italy (TO GERMANY!!!) so its about 30 € (~39 US$)
But I will tell you how good this Edition is, maybe its worth to get a Pal to NTSC transfer...
(I'm really hoping that the comparison between Italy and US Version is in englisch...)
As far as I know there is a somebit longer version of this movie avaible in Italy...
I tried to get a Disc.. but none found at eBay yet...
There is a Bootleg in Germany, wich may contain interresting footage for the project. Unfortunately there seem only exist 100 Copies of it, and it is announced to contain 12 DVDs, so IF it would be found somewhere, it would be somebit extremely expensive. The set conatins:
DVD1: Evil Dead 1 (Uncut Version) 1:25:13 NTSC
DVD2: Evil Dead 1 (Extended Version) 1:36:04 PAL
DVD3: Evil Dead 2 (Uncut Version) 1:24:07 NTSC
DVD4: Evil Dead 2 (Extended Version) 1:23:29 PAL
DVD5: Evil Dead 3 (US Theatrical Cut) 1.20:48 NTSC
DVD6: Evil Dead 3 (Director's Cut) 1:36:28 NTSC
DVD7: Evil Dead 3 (UK Television Cut) 1:28:15 PAL
DVD8: Evil Dead 3 (Restored Workprint Cut) 1:44:36 NTSC
DVD9: Evil Dead - The Musical 1:35:10 NTSC
DVD10: Special Features PAL
Within The Woods - Evil Dead Prequell
Trailer & Tv Spots
Doku - Discovering Evil Dead
Doku - 2001 Convention
Doku - The Ingredibly Strange Film Show
Doku - Greek or Got ?
Doku - Dead good Marketing
Doku - The living Love The Dead
Slideshow's
Making off Evil Dead 2 & Trailer Evil Dead 2
Making off Army of Darkness & Trailer Army of Darkness
DVD11: Bonus DVD NTSC
Doku - The Ladies of Evil Dead
Doku - The Ladies meet Bruce Campbell
Doku - Convention 30.7.2005
Doku - Life after Dead
Doku - At The Drive In
Remember
Sam Raimi's Short Films
Behind The Sences Evil Dead 2
Tales From The Cutting Room
The Other Pages & Fx Test Screening
Slideshow's
DvD-Rom Part: Soundtracks of Evil Dead Trilogy
DVD12: Evil Dead Regeneration (PC DVD-Rom Game)
I hate the fact, that this boot contains more (maybe better, who knows..) stuff than any german official releases alltogether. And more I hate the fact, that it will be even more expensive, becuase first off al not every buyer knows that this is a Boot, and it is extremely rare... :(
But it seems contain some interresting content...
Japan DVDs seem to be everywhere somebit expensive.
A friend of mine ordered the Gackt limited CD Set at Yesasia and was very pleased. First of all, they don't sell Bootlegs. Okay, they seem to be somebit expensier than Amazon.co.jp for exanmple, but at amazon the shipping fees are quite hight, and Yesasia seems to be good at sending with avoiding taxes and duty tolls.
I ordered the Grindhouse Double Feature 6 Disc Set at Yesasia. The price there was about the same as it had been at Amazon.co.jo with shipping fee. But at amazon.co.jp it would never get duty free ;)
And Hong Kong DVDs are not always expensive at yesasia.
The good thing with yesasia.com.. they ship mostly worldwide, without shipping fees...
If my PS3 would be not Region B (Europe) and if I would have some money left this year, I would give the jamanese Disc a try. I just got the german DVD this month watched Johnny Mnemonic for the first time... the movie was somekind cool.... and if the japanese Version is a bit ironically.. just the better. Okay about 36 Euro for a BluRay is much money.
Sometimes people are just insane in some kind of way..
I paid about 180 us-Dollar for the limited japanese DVD Set of Kill Bill Volume 1.
The german "Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" Gift set goes about 200 us-Dollars at ebay.
The german "Cujo" Disc goes about 68 us-Dollars at eBay... And: the German Cujo Disc looks like some shitty VHS rip, with only german audio, not saying thats a very, very bad syncro. (Okay, so its something for german with no fun watch a movie in original audio)
Why shouldnt be someone somewhere so insane to buy some LD for about 400 bucks?
Myself I bought the japanese 1997 Special Edition Set of Star Wars.. and I am not even own a LD Player. (Something I'll try to change next year)
Okay.. 400 us for one movie would be very insane... too insane for me... ;)
This are many pages, didn't read them all.. just found some LD on eBay:
http://cgi.ebay.de/Song-of-The-South-Japan-Only-Mega-Rare-NEW-LD-Disney_W0QQitemZ200263937411QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_Laserdisc?hash=item200263937411&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1229|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318
Maybe someone cann affort it...
I bought the Netherland Double DVD of Stephen Kings "Golden Years"
It seems that one of the Netherland Editions comes along in the TV Cut. With a running time of about 360 minutes in PAL.
Here is a German Overview for this Edition. I belive the main aspects are understandable even without knowing German.
But there is another release in the Netherlands with the normal Cut. It seems to has the actuall CBS/Paramount Stephen King Design.
As far as I know the TV Cut was only avaible on LaserDisc in USA, but I can be wrong.
as promised.. here is a shot from the UK (hope i match the other three shots )
and here is some random shot from the Worprint Version include in the german 3 Disc set:
..as you see.. the workprint ist really not in a talk about quality...
but the UK seems to have not as sharp quality as the german MAWA Disc, which is somebit cut.
I've heard the Lord of the Rings will come 2009 to BluRay. First as Cinema-Versions. Later when The Hobbit is coming the Extended will be released as BluRays.
There also are some comparison shots between DVD and HD Quality for FOTR.
The Problem is, that Planet Terror got "indiziert" (no according english word known). It will not be selled in normal german stores. I will buy it if I see it somewhere. It was announced for October 2008 If I remember right, but after Planet Terror got "indiziert" It was delayed. I fear that the production studio will make a cuted version, to sell it in normal stores. I hope it will be uncut.
@Moth3r: I Allready postet 2 Links, where quality comparisons between the US Extended Disc, the German Extended Disc, the Japanese Extended and the japanese Grindhous Discs are. In Post 38
This month my UK Disc with the normal Movie should arrive, then we could see the quality difference in the normal movie.
But I still think the movie, not only the Workprint, looks not really well. The Bad thing: there is a not that bad master for the normal movie, in Germany. It was used for the LaserDisc and the cut Version from the Label "MAWA"
Here are a quality example (found on cinefacts.de):
WS '84:
FS'84:
MAWA:
Thats why I say, that the '84 DVD is.. bad quality.
C3PX said:Also, He and Biden both are for some pretty severe gun control, another thing a lot of us wont stand for, these guys would throw out the second amendment if they could.
For the Gun Control, now a little "joke" I just read on a button:
"Gun Control is being able to hit your taget."
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Let's say so: I feel quite good without owning a gun.
If it would be harder to gat a gun in America (especially getting a gun illegal), it would be not so neccessar to own a gun.
It is a bad thing that people get killed in not well stored private weapons. Its ashame that people get killed in rage-runs... (not only in USA, but in Germany, Finnland and so on...) Let me give you this to think about:
If you would know you live in a save country, why you should need a gun? Or is it just the "I just want a gun, because its my right to have a gun!" ?
Okay, In Germany ts very, extremely unusual to own a gun legal, because its not easy to get one. Well as I said before, I feel save enough without a gun.
C3PX said:
You can bet if he looses today, headlines in the newspapers would announce things such as "Racist Americans Win Election". That isn't really fair, because there are many other reasons not to support him. In fact, if he was a white guy, with the exact same charisma, policies, and campaign finds, he would be nowhere near as far as he is now. I think his race as a benefit and a determent pretty much equal out.
Let's see the votings tonight, and the news tomorrow.
The "Workprint" in the German release has just a running time of about 70 minutes.
IF I would live in USA, I would vote for Obama. But that would be my decision.
In Germany, I didn't vote for the actual "Bundeskanzler" Angela Merkel, not because she's a women, but because of her political party shes in. I just don't like the Christ-Democrats and the political program...
Sure I don't say "every" or "most" not even "much" of the americans are racists, because to stete such a thing I had to talk to everyone, to get theire "opinion", but I say that there is a -> possibility <- that there are enough to decide the election. Maybe I am wrong, and I am just seeing to dark.
But its certain that there are SOME racist voices, and maybe it is just the media which make them look more than theire really are. (I would hope so.)
There are enough reasons to vote for McCain. But, to be true and honor, I would say, to chose between TWO politicans (not specified) is always a bit like vote between pest and cholera.. at last they are BOTH politicals.
EDIT:
We both (C3PX and me) should stop arguing, and hope best for everybody this election. I think in the most important points we agree. ;)
and my english is not that well to really do a political discussion, and it COULd happen that I utter something thats understood wrong, and I want to avoid that. Okay?
Mhm..on the Obama / Osama thing:
http://www.congratstothewinners.com/2008/10/waterboard-barack-obama.html
and
http://regentsparklabour.blogspot.com/2008/10/republican-chief-links-obama-and-osama.html
and
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/10/15/gop-site-california-removes-waterboard-obama-graphic/
for an example.
Think about it:
Its a point even someone in Germany knows about this vote that in republican corner (maybe not Mr McCain himself, but in the republican corner)... well... I don't feel positive.
To the racist point: maybe you are not a racist, maybe I am not a racist, but the fact is: there are to much racists in the world. And don't try to tell me, that America is free of racists, this is something I won't belief.
EDIT:
And:
I don't belief that its MAINLY a question of religion, skin color or gender, but racism is still a problem even in this vote.