They have just deleted me too and haven't been inactive there. Not even a PM to warn anyone.
ZeN said:
Hmm so I'm registered with tehparadox, also see the link, but can not download, it does nothing in jdownloader.
Is probably because I have no Usenext account etc..
, I find it very sad that this will only run about anywhere you have to give his data, account numbers, etc. that I do not like!
If someone wants to offer me another way via PM, I would be very grateful!
start Jdownloader then once this is done copy both the links over at tehparadox separately and they should load into load into jdownloader. You should see 2 dlc files loaded up. Now click on "continue with all" and this will download the dlc files. Once this is done you jdownloader should automatically import these 2 files and give you the full set of links. if not you will need to manually import the 2 files you have just downloaded back into jdownloader (just go to your top menu bar and select "links> add links>add container") and this will give you the full set of links for the movie and audio fix. The audio fix isn't really necessary as it only removes 1 sound effect that was left over from the Special edition. Now click "continue with all" at the bottom again and the links will start downloading.
Sedelaire said:
Hello,
I am new here, but have been reading for a long time now.
I have downloaded it and it is really great.
But I have a problem with the audio fix, I can't open it, because there is no part01.rar-file. How many files are supposed to be in the audio fix (mine has 14) and what do I do with .par2 files?
Any help would really be appreciated.
yes, just download and install quickpar then open one of the par2 files with it and it will scan all the files and there should be enough par2 files to repair the missing file
Lord__Vader said:
I really hope Adywan will share some info about the production of this.
Oh, and I suppose the answer to my question if this is gonna be available in HD is "no" ? Well, no matter, it's awsome as it is, at leats as source :-)
Thanks again, Ady.
I'm testing out the possibility of doing a 720p version but only if the lower quality footage blends in to my satisfaction
god i'm pissed. I've just come across a video on youtube that's really got me angry. This is using my trailer to try and get people to visit their website supposedly to watch EPIV:Revisited and other moveis for free (i'm pretty sure it's free anyway without the help of this site) but when you get to the site you have to complete a survey first and that means that they will be getting paid to get people to take the surveys. Spam crap. and to top it all youtube are refusing to remove it. They even have some fake ass shit before and after the video that says that youtube removed the video due to copyright.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogXCJooVoso&feature=related#
Everyone spam the shit out of their comments box and report this user
Well the good thing is that SKY1HD is airing the finale simultaneously with the US broadcast so i don't have to worry about someone on the net spoiling it for me :) Bad thing is that its at 5am :( oh well, another sleepless night won't hurt
But i think it will just leave a lot of questions unanswered
corellian77 said:
Just wondering though... the stormtrooper that gets hit just before the scene where 3PO bumps his head on the Falcon, it looks like there's a black mark on his chest before he gets hit. Had you noticed it? If so, was it not possible to eliminate? Or am I not seeing things correctly?
I haven't erased all the squib marks yet. There's another very quick close up shot a bit later in that sequence where the squib is clearly visible. But i wanted to get the majority of the shots finished so i could get this clip uploaded for the 21st, so i'll be fixing all the other tiny things later.
Darth Wagner said:
Thanx for a great clip Ady; but on the end of it the new sky moves in opposite direction!
hmmm, no it doesn't
Youtube links are now live
Tobar said:
Just watched it, awesome stuff. I take it this is still before the final film grain pass on the new elements right? =)
no, the final grain is there
Happy Anniversary ESB
Here is the new clip as promised. Youtube links will be added later
doubleofive said:
Wow, all three (ignoring the 2004)? Sounds like fun. Maybe watching them all in a row will help you see ESBR in a renewed light.
lol. i won't be watching them all in a row. Gonna watch the first in the morning then the second late afternoon and ESB:R last thing at night. Yeh, i've ignored the 2004 version. Just can't watch those crappy colours anymore
Well i have my Empire@30 day planned out. It will start off with this version, followed by the 97 SE version taken from the TB broadcast version that i ahve just finished and synced the laserdisc SE 5.1 audio to then to round it off i will be watching the latest workprint version of ESB:R.
My wife is going to hate me. lol
This was just a one off for the 30th anniversary of ESB.
OK, its fully uploaded now
The optional fix is going up now and should be done in about 90 minutes :)
I will be posting an optional audio fix in an hour or so that removes the SE hatch sound. It's a pretty easy fix with all the tools needed and instructions for those that want it.
Chewtobacca said:
adywan said:
I spotted a slight audio error on the DVD when watching it last night but nothing major. I'd just forgot to remove one sound effect of the falcons hatch closing when Lando pulls luke inside that was added for the SE.
I would never have noticed, so it doesn't bother me personally. Do you plan to "correct" this, though, in a later release? I just thought I'd ask before I send out copies to friends, whom it might bother a little.
dark_jedi said:
Thanks for the heads up Ady, I will wait then before jumping on this one.
I won't be doing another version just to remove 1 split second sound effect.
It's fully uploaded now
zombie84 said:
The Hoth sequence definitely didn't have two or three shots re-comped. Probably more like a dozen. The cockpit shots look like they were just darkened to hide the transparancy though, but most if not all of the speeder shots were re-touched and in some cases had different compositional elements--subtle, yes, but nonetheless re-comped. That's why the sequence had very little grain in 1997. The thing should be grainy as hell, and the GOUT is a testament to that.
You took me a little too literal there ;) It was just a figure of speech. If you have the TB broadcast version of the '97 SE you can see what shots were redone. They actually stick out like a sore thumb because it look too clean next to the rest of the footage as if they have gone through some sort of grain removal process. It's strange that they would do some shots yet other glaringly bad composites untouched, but you are correct when you say its about a dozen or so shots
I spotted a slight audio error on the DVD when watching it last night but nothing major. I'd just forgot to remove one sound effect of the falcons hatch closing when Lando pulls luke inside that was added for the SE.
Lord__Vader said:
What about fx shots? Like in the battle of Hoth, which was comletely recomposited for the SE and looks better but a lot less old school and I love that old school effects look, is this preserved here?
And also, is there any chance we'd be getting this in HD? I know the quality changes would be more apparent but I'd still prefer to watch it in HD that would switch to SD quality sometimes then to watch SD the whole time. That's one of the reasons I don't watch ANH:R, because it's not HD.
Don't believe everything you have heard about them completely re-compositing the Hoth battle. That is rubbish. I proved this when i was starting the Hoth battle for ESB:R. Even in the SE documentaries when they mention they recomposited the cockpits to remove the transparency was just lies. All they did was lower the black level as the cockpits are all still transparent. There are one or two very minor differences in the battle and that's it
I did mention in the first post that this would not be a 100% authentic recreation as this is not what i was aiming for.
And you won't watch ANH:R just because it's in SD? So you only watch stuff that's in HD then? Limiting yourself a bit there.
Kurgan said:
Since this will apparently be the last version from Ady with blue-ties, I second the motion for "BT, MU, and RS uploads soon, pretty please." ;)
I will only be uploading it to newsgroups as i stay well clear of torrents. With it only being a DVD-5 the free giganews or other trials should be sufficient to grab this.
Moth3r said:
Thanks for this, I look forward to grabbing it.
So the audio, is it as ripped straight from the GOUT DVD, or did you encode the LD PCM to AC3 for your version?
I've updated the first post with the new audio information
hairy_hen said:
Question: is this synched to the GOUT? It would be cool for the user to be able to add/substitute GOUT-synched audio for personal use, but I suppose that's a minor point in the scheme of things.
You should be able to sync GOUT audio by adding a delay at the beginning. I'm not sure what the delay would be though.
doubleofive said:
I can't wait to see how many "mistakes" he put back in, if any. For example, the snowspeeder that never flies through the ATAT explosion.
Like i said it isn't 100% accurate in that small things like that would have been put back to how they were originally, but i did re-flip things like the rank badges at the end
http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/The-Empire-Strikes-Back-1980-Theatrical-version-Reconstruction-Adywan/topic/11544/
Specs:
Video:- NTSC DVD 16:9 Anamorphic DVD-5
Audio:- 5.1 dolby digital surround
Subtitles:- None
Menus:- None
Created using the colour corrected ESB version used for my AVCHD '97 SE, elements of the GOUT and other higher quality elements to improve theatrical scenes eg. matte painting scans
Now this isn’t a 100% true theatrical version as i didn’t want to use the low quality GOUT to replace the newly zoomed and cropped cockpit shots that appear in the SE version but all of the SE elements have been removed. There are a few shots that i had to use the GOUT but i have used some filters and mixed in other higher quality elements where possible so the change in quality doesn’t jump out at you like it would if i had just replaced a shot with the GOUT.
The audio has been created using the laserdisc SE 5.1, an upmix from the PCM laserdisc track,surround channels from the 2004 DVD & music soundtrack.
I know that there is some projects going on at the moment that are recreating the theatrical versions, but with the 30th anniversary of ESB getting so close it doesn’t look like any of them will be appearing in time so i hope i don’t piss anyone off by jumping in with this version.
It will be a barebones DVD with no menus or subtitles
A big thanks to nohandluke who convinced me to do this version.
Here are some screenshots:
Now the mpeg rendering and DVD authoring will be completed overnight and will start appearing in the a.b.starwars newsgroup Wednesday evening and should be completed uploading the following day, so plenty of time to get it for the 30th anniversary on Friday
Thanks guys.
Just a heads up. Look for a bit of a new ESB related thread starting tomorrow evening in the Preservation section ;)
doubleofive said:
Enigmas said:
Sooo, Facebook tells me Adywan's birthday is on Monday. Anything special planned?
he's probably going to go out and party. Why?
;-P
yep, off out with the kids ,their boyfriends and the wife and we're going to party hard :)
vaderios said:
Lobot is here..and then my ears got crazy...
What the hell were they thinking when they added this? I seriously hope this is a joke and not an indication of a newer version of Empire ;)
mfastx said:
But I want to ask: why you are changing Boba Fett's voice from the SE? Because all of your changes have to do with consistancy, and this changes just cancels out the consistancy established by the PT.
Also, on a side note, I wish (I know I'm probably the only one on here that does) that you would keep Vader's shuttle going back with the Executor. I agree with you about changing his line to "bring my shuttle," but when the SE shows Vader's shuttle, it just looks cool, those are my favorite Star Wars aircraft. Plus the music from the scene fits perfectly with that shot. I just want to know why you are scrapping that, I'm sure there's a good reason.
mfastx said:
I just noticed something while watching the original ESB, and I didn't think of it until now, but the original Boba Fett voice sounds like a well to do guy trying to sound intimidating. It's kinda weird, but it's like Jason Wingreen is trying to hard, while Temura Morrison just talks naturally. If someone would just show me the two clips with different voices, I hate to say it but I'd prefer the voice of Temura from the SE. (?)
Oh well, maybe that's just me.
Burdokva said:
On the original Boba Fett voice - based on YouTube clips, as I don't have any pre-2004 renditions of the Saga, besides my uncle's 97SE VHS, which I don't have at hand - it sounds a bit... inconsistent?
I don't mean the actual actor, but the "quality" of the voice. In some scenes it seem that it's filtered, as if through a microphone, in others it sounds muffled, like a guy in a suit.
Ady, would it be possible to check the audio you have and try to fix it with a more consistent microphone filter through all dialogue lines? A more even distortion due to the helmet, I mean, not changing the original actor or his voice pitch.
Sorry, this has bugged me for a while - I don' intend to start flame war about the actual voice actor used. Don't throw stones at me... :)
well first of all, welcome. Now Boba fett should never have been changed just to fit that bloody Prequel trilogy. I'm changing it back to how it was and how it should be. I really don't care if it cancels out any consistency with the PT and this has been discussed in quite a lot of detail over the years in this thread. Morrison sounds like he just can't be bothered saying the lines. Jason's portrayal was perfect . But i will be changing Jango's voice when he is wearing the helmet so there is no problem there. But i can see that there is going to be a lot of people saying exactly the same thing when ESB:R is out. Damn the PT...Damn them all to hell!!! lol
Now onto the quality of his voice as mentioned above. There is nothing wrong with it and his voice is consistent throughout. In the GOUT version for some reason his voice in just one line isn't filtered but it is in the '97 SE, which was based more on the 70mm mix, it is and the '97 mix is what i will be using so no problem there.
And Vaders shuttle is another addition that should never have been made. I completely disagree that the music fits perfectly. That score was butchered just to fit some shots that we never needed to see. And Vaders new line...GONE. "Bring my shuttle" was perfect and is the line that will be used in my edit. That one line eliminated the whole need to see Vader leaving in the shuttle.
Bobocop said:
gurgle1624 said:
I thought it would lend more credibility to the scene if we actually saw or at least heard why it wasn't friendly. I mean if someone introduced you to someone on the phone and then said I dont think he's very nice but gave no reason for not being nice wouldnt you be curious as to why that person isnt nice?
Watch that scene again and think how cool it would be to at least hear laser blasts, yells, static, then "it isnt friendly whatever it is".
I think it's perfectly logical as is. They're hiding from the Empire, and their lives may well depend on staying hidden, therefore any signs of technology or life on Hoth must be assumed a threat and treated as such until proven otherwise.
It's more like if your ex-girlfriend is chasing you with an axe, and you run to a friend's house to hide out for a while. Suddenly your friend comes into the room saying "hey, some chick called asking for you" and he hands you the phone. Your first reaction would likely be to think she's not friendly, whoever she is. (hopefully that makes sense and I'm not just crazy)
Bobocop said it perfectly
Jokke_r said:
Looking at a couple of the youtube clips of Adywans upcoming ESB Revisited, i feel that some of the removal of the blueish hue in the Hoth scenes done in the name of color correction are in error.
Especially in the outdoor scenes, some of the shadows in the snowy enviroment should have a blue tint, seeing as shadows are lit by indirect light which for the most part consists of atmospheric scattering and to some part light reflected from the snow in the enviroment, my 2c...
EDIT: Here's some of my army photos from couple years back to show what i'm talking about
Well you have only watched Youtube footage and most of the Hoth footage posted was from the first colour pass to remove the cyan tint. Those photos you posted aren't really a fair description of what the glacier would look like in daylight as neither one are in full daylight. check out these photos that were taken recently at the actual Hoth location in Finse.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/knokkel/4583145753/in/set-72157623994401080/
Hmm, not much blue there is there and certainly nothing like the 2004SE.
Lord__Vader said:
Adywan, could you please post the english subtitles you used for your AVCHDs somewhere in a text format so they could be translated to other languages? I wanted to show STAR WARS to my friend and I would have loved to use your AVCHDs but he doesn't speak English so I was stuck with the awful 2004 DVD (GOUT didn't come out here at all) or dubbed 4:3 VHS. And an advice on how to put the subs into the AVCHD would also be apreciated, thanks a lot.
I don't think i still have the text files i used. You could try subscene. To swap the subtitle files just use MultiAVCHD. Import the AVCHD into that then just replace the originals with the new ones. It will then remake the AVCHD structure with your new subs in a few minutes
