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#1018416
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<strong>Despecialized Editions</strong> by Harmy : Index of 'How-To's &amp; Help' Threads | Index of 'General Despecialized Threads' | ‘Where are they? And how do I get them?’ mega-merge thread...
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You’ll have to get an invite to MySpleen, if they’re still giving out invites. Haven’t checked in a while. Make sure you own the official blu-ray versions before downloading anything.

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#1013265
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What Special Edition changes (if any) did people like?
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darthrush said:

Density said:

TV’s Frink said:

Density said:

SparkySywer said:

Yub Nub is atrocious. It’s bad for the same reasons Jedi Rocks is bad. The new song is much, much better.

Lol no

What happened to respecting everyone’s opinions? Laughing doesn’t seem very respectful.

I didn’t say you have to respect everyone’s opinions. I said you don’t have to be a sarcastic jackass about it. In the thread I said that to you, the guy you were responding to simply said that he liked ROTJ as much as the other movies and you responded in a sarcastic jackass manner, as you always do. He didn’t say anything to disparage you or your opinions. His opinion was expressed politely and it was a positive, not negative, opinion. He didn’t deserve your bullshit. This guy on the other hand went on the attack by saying something was “atrocious,” so if you ask me he opened himself up for my dismissal, which was still less dickish than yours.

Look, I know you think you’re some kind of comic genius or something, but you’re actually just another asshole on the internet. You’re maybe 1% as funny as you think you are. If you toned it down a notch and used your “wit” sparingly, instead of literally every post you make, that would be fine. Instead you feel the need to demonstrate how “clever” you are at all times, which gets extremely old extremely quickly. And I can only imagine how many people it has driven away from this site, because it confirms the impression that it’s dominated by the Comic Book Guy from The Simpsons.

Sometimes I consider Frink a jackass. Sometimes he genuinely makes me laugh.

Yep

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#1011023
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Best palpatine hologram?
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As a purist, the original. Knowing its a chimpanzee lady doesnt bother me and actually seems creative for the time. For consistency, Adywan’s. Having ROTS Emperor in the scene just looks out of place when you watch it back to back with ROTJ. At least Adywan used the ROTJ Emperor and fixed the scene to accommodate the original dialogue.

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#1006929
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4K restoration on Star Wars
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I saw the SE of ANH in the theatres though I have very little memory of it being that I was 4 at the time. Its possible I didnt even own SW on video yet at that point! My first proper introduction to the SEs, by which point I owned the Faces set, was through television airings and borrowing the SE VHS set from a friend of my then babysitter. Eventually my dad got me the same set for Christmas one year though in hindsight I didnt play it out as much as my Faces or '92 sets. What does that tell you??

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#1000838
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Info &amp; Discussion: Fullscreen Laserdisc / DVD Preservations
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skoal said:

Thank you very much for the replies.

Which T2 releases have the best audio? Thanks!

This is what I’d like to have:
The Terminator Remastered BD and mono audio from the Special Edition DVD
T2 Special Edition: Open-matte LD and ???

If it means anything, theres a copy of the remastered BD with the synced mono track from the LD on MySpleen. The LD mono track is MILES better than the flat sounding mono track MGM included on the Special Edition DVD. Hope this helps.

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#999012
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Frankenstein (1931) Audio Preservation (Released)
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No updates just yet. In the meantime, I did have a related project idea which I pitched to FanRes. Figured I’d pitch it here but since the purpose is somewhat small rather than start a new thread I figured I’d pitch it here. Anyways back in 2012 when Universal released its first batch of Universal Monsters on BD, two sequences, one from Frankenstein and the other from Bride of Frankenstein, were tweaked. The issue with Bride has been discussed sporadically among some fans since the BD’s release (http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku…_MSfSMrKCQ). I only a few months ago discovered something with the first Frankenstein.

First with the latter. The sequence of Henry and Fritz wheeling the slab with the corpse up the hill toward the gallows early in the film has been tweaked. Originally about midway through the sequence, just as they pass under a pointed rock formation in the foreground, it cut to them closer to the gallows. Either something was cut or missing here. For the BD the sequence has been repositioned so the scenery passes by seamlessly however the two men and the slab jumping forward is all more noticeable than it had been previously. Here’s two GIFs to demonstrate what I mean (syncing’s not perfect).

First shows the original edit.

Frankenstein1

Second the BD edit.

Frankenstein2

Next Bride. This IMO is a bit more distracting then the edit to Frankenstein. It’s the shot of the Monster approaching the hermit’s cabin. It previously consisted of two shots, the first being farther away than the second. For the BD the first part of the sequence has been blown up to match the second part so the sequence looks more complete. However the editing is a bit jarring and a tree branch that was missing in the second half now magically ‘disappears’. Below are GIFs to detail this change as well (syncing’s not perfect).

Original

Bride1

BD (recreation)

Bride2

Why these changes were made who knows?? Are they bad?? Not necessarily but it would be nice if they had been left alone. Perhaps this is a nitpicky topic but hey we need those from time to time right?? Anyways would anyone by any chance be interested in attempting to restore the original edits to the BD versions?? I’m no master of upscaling and such so I won’t be much help. The availability of the original edits isn’t much a challenge. Any pre-2012 DVD release will have them. It’s possible maybe the iTunes versions may have them since I remember renting an HD version of Frankenstein off iTunes a year or two before the BDs had been released that wasn’t the BD print (obviously). Also there’s an HD version of Frankenstein for free on OnDemand in the TCM section until tomorrow which has the original edit of the hill sequence if anyone would like to capture it. My capture device cannot record HD or I would do it myself. They also have an HD Bride of Frankenstein but its the BD print. Anyways let me know what you guys think.

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#994205
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10th Anniversary of the &quot;GOUT&quot; dvd release
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slumberdore said:

Fang Zei said:

There was another amusing video I remember from back then. I wouldn’t know how to track it down now a decade later, but it was some dude in his room with the GOUT discs and he mentioned the non-anamorphic transfers and then proceeded to show the dvd cases of movies from his collection that actually were anamorphic. As I remember it, these titles included Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie and Gremlins 2: The New Batch (“with Robert Picardo the doctor from Voyager” as the dude added).

This video also ended with a breaking of the GOUT discs.

Could it possibly be this video?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSZVxC1hNDY

Yep that’s it.

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#993900
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10th Anniversary of the &quot;GOUT&quot; dvd release
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Fang Zei said:

There was another amusing video I remember from back then. I wouldn’t know how to track it down now a decade later, but it was some dude in his room with the GOUT discs and he mentioned the non-anamorphic transfers and then proceeded to show the dvd cases of movies from his collection that actually were anamorphic. As I remember it, these titles included Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie and Gremlins 2: The New Batch (“with Robert Picardo the doctor from Voyager” as the dude added).

This video also ended with a breaking of the GOUT discs.

Come to think of it I remember that video too. I didnt really know what Anamorphic Widescreen was until the 2006 SW DVDs came about. I knew ‘of’ it but not exactly what it meant and that video pretty much spelled it out. Keep in mind I didnt get my first Widescreen TV 'til 2008.

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#993878
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10th Anniversary of the &quot;GOUT&quot; dvd release
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Haarspalter said:

Here’s an awkward video from the GOUT release day 10 years ago:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBDcH7ZSbYA

OMG I remember that video. Anyways I remember Suncoast carrying the GOUT. There used to be a video rental place near me called Movie City that I remember having a GOUT poster for a little bit. Can’t remember who carried it but the GOUT set I got came in a tin case.

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#990524
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NON-Star Wars Fan Edit and Alternate DVD Covers SHOWCASE
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Kinda glad I found this thread since I didn’t know if the DVD cover section of this site was for Star Wars only. Anyways I’ve made a bunch of VHS styled DVD covers based off of the Universal Monsters video collection from the early '90’s. Below are a select few then I have a question.






I have more but just wanted to share a few to get my point across. Anyways I have a question. Most of the textless artworks I used for the front covers I found on customaniacs but there’s still a number of artworks I’m still looking for. Does anyone have or can assist in locating the textless prints of the front artworks for any of the following films??

Dracula
Dracula (Spanish Version)
Frankenstein
The Mummy
Murders in the Rue Morgue
Bride of Frankenstein
Son of Frankenstein (with the reflection of Boris Karloff as the Monster)
Tower of London
The Mummy’s Hand
The Monster and the Girl
Man Made Monster
The Wolf Man
Captive Wild Woman
Phantom of the Opera (1943)
The Mad Ghoul
House of Horrors
Creature from the Black Lagoon

Just to reiterate what exactly Im looking for heres the artworks I used for the front covers of the covers I posted above.

Basically Im looking for the artworks to the movies I listed but textless like those.

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#986868
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Frankenstein (1931) Audio Preservation (Released)
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Jerryshadoe over at FanRes says he should have updates soon so keep checking back. For those who don’t know, Universal is releasing Blu-ray sets for the Frankenstein and Wolf Man sets next month. Perhaps an effort was finally made to cleanup the audio mix for the original Frankenstein. However considering the same mix has been in use since 2004 I wouldn’t hold my breath.