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#1091488
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If you could only remove one Special Edition change...?
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The rock doesn’t even bother me. Yes it was stupid and pointless, but it’s just a rock and I honestly don’t even notice it. I think the idea that they added a rock was stupid but I honestly couldn’t point it out to you if I was asked wish one was new. I mean I THINK I know which one it is but it never bothered me enough to compare. This coming from someone who knows every line and every music cue in the film.

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#1091328
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<strong>Possessed</strong> Star Wars Trilogy custom edition (* part-finished project *)
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Hello all. This is something I’ve been working on for a little while. It’s sortof my own semi-specialized version of Ep Iv and V. (Not including VI because I’m making a fan edit of it that I will use to match the rest of the set in presentation, unless people like IV and V enough I might release one of it too)

The controversial thing about these editions is that they will use the 2011 color timing. Sorry, but on my projector and huge screen, they really look fine. A tad dark at times but its not a deal breaker for me. However there will be a base adjustment based on settings suggested by JawsTDS. This will adjust the strange hue and has a mild gamma adjustment to fix the darkness.

These will also use telecine7’s versions as a base. Basically this means all lasers, blaster shots, and lightsabers are redone to match the modern films. They look fantastic and all credit goes to him for this.

Another serious point of effort in these editions is the audio. Theo primary audio track will be a 2.0 fully pro logic/dolby surround compatible ac3 track with a very high bitrate (for a 2 channel track) sourced straight from a dts track or a lossless pcm track of the 93 mixes for some sections. This was in aim to be able to provide people without dts capabilities or receivers to have the quality the dts tracks offer in a dolby (much more accessible) format. Being that they are mixed down to 2.0 that is a much higher bitrate per channel than a 5.1 track would, and sounds much closer to to the original dts track quality wise than a 5.1 conversion would. And great care was taken to ensure that they were downmixed properly and fully compatible with pro logic/dolby surround systems and they work great, you still get a very immersive surround experience. Also on the full bd25 versions will be provided a 5.1 upmix for folks without pro logic or an upmixing receiver, but the 2.0 track will be the recommended track due to the higher fidelity because of it being sourced straight from the dts files. (The 5.1 file will be converted as directly as possible as well but with more channels to spread the bitrate over its not quite as good. Don’t get me wrong it sill sounds quite good, just a little less full sounding, the bottom isn’t quite as warm and less fine detail) on a/b tests the only real (audible anyway… Obviously small minute differences) difference was the dialogue bleeding a bit into the front left and right speakers, but honestly who cares about that.

Here’s a more specific breakdown of the films.
 

EPISODE IV (finished)

Mostly just the (telecine7) 2011 bluray versions. However:
-Entire Mos Eisley sequence (until the stormtroopers blast at the han and crew boarding the falcon) is the original version. Taken from harmys despecialized version upscaled to 1080p and color matched to the 2011 version. (Again, I know I’m in the minority on this but while they may not be authentic but the 2011 colors just look better to be). This means no jabba, no cgi ronto, no greedo shooting, or anything else they butchered for that.
-all lasers and sabers redone by telecine7. Some jump cuts also smoothed my him also.
-Sorry, but the shot of the walking trash can in the sandcrawler has been removed. I promise it was done seamlessly but I always hated that.
-Bad audio cut during the sandpeoplec music cue is fixed by borrowing audio from adywans revisited.

The audio is sourced from the 1997 sound mix dts files for most of it. The horrid 2011/2004 mix is banished. No more inconsistent dialogue quality, no more harah, dry sound. 93 mix used for mos eisley sequence. As stated before the audio is presented as a 2.0 pro logic track sourced straight from the dts/wav files. The alternate 5.1 track in this case was actually assembled separately and is not just an upmix like in V and VI. Although the difference is negligible honestly to me and the 2.0 track still sounds better to me.
 

Episode V (almost finished)

-All lasers and sabers redone by telecine 7.
-Wampa cave reverted to original using the dreamaster degrained film scan with a stabilizing filter applied to stop the shaking. Also color matched to 2011.
-Various dialogue takes changed from 2011 put back (shelter is built instead of up, Luke is full of surprises and doesn’t grunt falling down steps, r2 is lucky he doesn’t taste very good etc.). However, the 2011 mix and it’s superior quality is used as a base so the missing speeder explosion is there and Luke tells 3po thanks while recovering. Also the fixed music cut is still fixed and the missing boba fett departure cue is still present from the special edition.
-original boba fett voice restored.
-added special edition shot of the slave ship chasing the falcon ridiculously close removed.
-Ian is the emperor.
-changes to the ending sequence reverted back. (Bring my shuttle restored, extra shots removed)
-one or two unique changes that shouldn’t matter much to anybody.

The 5.1 track included here is just an upmix but it sounds good.

 

ANH is done and ESB is mostly done. I have not authored the bd25 yet, as I am planning on having a few documentaries included as bonus features and also menus authored to mimic the menus of the SNES games, mostly just for fun. However I plan on uploading a 720p avchd compatible mkv to the spleen very soon. Once I’ve authored the full bd25 version which will be 1080p I’ll upload it as well.

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#1091321
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STAR WARS: EP V &quot;REVISITED EDITION&quot;<strong>ADYWAN</strong> - <strong>12GB 1080p MP4 VERSION AVAILABLE NOW</strong>
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I was curious what was going on too, that explains it.

On a brighter note, I’m glad to see people have stopped pressuring ady about the wampa the last few days. What will be will be. If it works fantastic, if it doesn’t it’s not like the original didn’t already look great.

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#1091138
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All Things Star Trek
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yhwx said:

chyron8472 said:

TV’s Frink said:

I can’t quite figure it out either. I thought he doesn’t like that people complain about Star Trek because it somehow prevents him from talking about the things he likes about Star Trek, but…

¯\(ツ)

Let me put it simply for you: I’m not fond of jerks and trolls.

Now if you would kindly shut up, that would be appreciated.

People have been really short-tempered on this forum lately.

SHUT THE FUCK UP.

Just kidding.

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#1090576
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Doctor Who
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yhwx said:

Warbler said:

yhwx said:

The idea of stopping to watch a TV show because a woman is a main character is ridiculous to me.

You missing the point. This isn’t because the main character is female. This is because a character who was male

FOR OVER 50 YEARS!!!

is now suddenly female.

I’m not sure if you noticed, but a lot of things have changed from 50 years ago.

No need to yell at me also.

Its stupid and done not for quality of the show or for the fans, but to please the feminists.

Why does this character have to be man? Isn’t it about time that we had a woman one? Wasn’t it about time that we had a woman as the main character of two (!) Star Wars movies?

I’m also not sure why you have such a problem with feminists.

Without really getting into it, this post isn’t really valid because the star wars characters were new characters, not old male characters that became female.

Although from my limited understanding of dr who him becoming a woman seems plausible in the story of the show. I think both warbler and the people disagreeing with warbler are making too big a deal of it.

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#1090450
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If you need to B*tch about something <strong>other than originaltrilogy.com</strong>... This is the place
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TV’s Frink said:

Also, I guess I have to read a thread I don’t care about now.

It’s not all this last page in this thread has it cracked up to be. Basically they are making the doctor a female, and warbler is opposed to it simply because of character reasons and because it’s a long running series and he’s used to it being a male. I don’t know if people actually think warb is a sexist pig or if they are just poking fun at him but either way he’s obviously not a sexist pig he just doesn’t want a fictional character he likes to change and is not harming or bEing prejudiced against actual trans people at all so I really think everyone needs to relax.

PS Ive never seen doctor who so I have no opinion on the actual issue.

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#1090203
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Yoda and Palpatine NEVER should have been given lightsabers.
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Amano said:

In an ideal PT Maul shouldn’t have used light sabers either and Dooku shouldn’t have used force lightning.

The way it is now is so inconsistent with the OT. Vader and Dooku are fallen Yedi. Why would Dooku be able to use force lightning when Vader obviously couldn’t in the OT (and RO)? Despite the facts that there was more time between the PT and the OT than between TPM and AOTC and Vader beeing the chosen one and Dooku not.

In the books this is explained by saying Vader can’t do lightning because it requires organic hands. I don’t care about the books much I read them all once and thought it was a valid explanation.

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#1090158
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If you need to B*tch about something <strong>other than originaltrilogy.com</strong>... This is the place
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TV’s Frink said:

Possessed said:

TV’s Frink said:

Possessed said:

TV’s Frink said:

Possessed said:

That’s not what I heard.

You hear with your ear, dummy.

I HAVE A TEXT TO SPEECH PROGRAM.

I guess that’s why you’re shouting?

I thought you might also have one and might need to be able to hear it over your cpap machine.

Well, I do have a CPAP machine.

Yes I know you’ve mentioned it, i didn’t just make this up. It’s not as funny as I was hoping, but you win some you lose some.

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#1090143
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If you need to B*tch about something <strong>other than originaltrilogy.com</strong>... This is the place
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TV’s Frink said:

Possessed said:

TV’s Frink said:

Possessed said:

That’s not what I heard.

You hear with your ear, dummy.

I HAVE A TEXT TO SPEECH PROGRAM.

I guess that’s why you’re shouting?

I thought you might also have one and might need to be able to hear it over your cpap machine.

Don’t think about it just chuckle.