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#214244
Topic
Info: Harry Potter TV Edits?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/214244/action/topic#214244
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Originally posted by: Doctor M
And the verdict is yes and no. While there is obviously more picture above and below in the pan and scan edition, there is also more left and right in the letterbox transfer.
This is usually the case with Super 35. The fullscreen has more on the top and bottom, but the sides are also cropped. Don't know too much about the format, but I guess the "full" picture would be somewhere between the 2.35:1 and 1.33:1 aspect ratios.

Interestingly, with the first Harry Potter movie, visual effects were created for the full image - not just for widescreen so there's still additional picture for the CGI heavy sequences as well. All this came to light after some HP fans made some comparisons and argued over which was better. There's one shot in particular which got some debate. It's when the first years are in the boat and the camera pans up to reveal the Hogwarts castle for the first time. In the fullscreen version, you can see the kids and the castle in the same shot, but in the widescreen, it's either one or the other as it pans up. I naturally go with the original theatrical aspect ratio, but the additional video info lessens the nausea of watching the movie in fullscreen.

On the other hand, the fullscreen version of the third film is supposedly the ugly pan & scan despite the fact the movie was apparently shot in Super 35.
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#214240
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Blade Runner HDTV (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/214240/action/topic#214240
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Maybe supermauerbros is refering to the 1992 Director's Cut for later this year? As proven by this thread, they've been sitting on a rather nice transfer.

I wouldn't really call it a crash release. This year's possible 2-disc re-release of the '92 DC probably won't include much new in terms of bonus material and they've still probably got over a year to work on the Final Cut and supplements. Not to mention some of the work that was already done before they had to close shop.
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#213890
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Lord of the Rings - TTT - The Re-Edited Re-Edit Book Cut! (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/213890/action/topic#213890
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For my cut, I just had the Entmoot scene, and the next time I cut to them was when all of the other Ents are marching out of the forest, so it was implied that they made the right decision.

Phillock, what did you do with the Gollum origin scene from ROTK? For the versions I made, I added it as a flashback during the scene where Frodo talks to Gollum the first time after the Dead Marshes scene. It's what was originally intended and I find it fits quite well if you cut directly from Andy Serkis as Smeagol slipping on the Ring for the first time to the Nazgul popping up since they have a similar sound effect.
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#213274
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Info & Offer: I have Star Wars SEs on Digi Betacam tape, you want my dvd tranfers?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/213274/action/topic#213274
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From the samples that I've seen (by using the rar process described on the last page since I'm still downloading), the video quality looks pretty good. There's some print scratches and other flaws, but it gives it a rather nostalgic feel.

A shame you guys weren't able to get ROTJ, since the SE is probably my preferred version of the movie, not to mention it got probably the most crap from the 2004 updates.

And if you can't get ESB to work, it is possible just to upload the Emperor scene or perhaps someone else could from another source. I know someone uploaded it to Darth Editous' thread, but I was too late and missed it.
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#211958
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End of SE ROTJ...
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/211958/action/topic#211958
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Originally posted by: theredbaron
Anakin Skywalker NEVER learned how to retain his identity in the Force. Therefore, according to this inadequate PT explanation, Anakin shouldn't have appeared at the end of Return of the Jedi AT ALL. Case closed.
Screw that logic. Anakin doesn't need to learn how to retain his identity in the Force. He was conceived by the Force. He IS the Force.