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#183695
Topic
Blade Runner HDTV (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/183695/action/topic#183695
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Originally posted by: Citizen
Originally posted by: digitalfreaknyc
Originally posted by: ShiftyEyes
How's the quality on the "On the Edge of Blade Runner" doucmentary? I already downloaded Rikter/Citizen's version. Is this one worth replacing it?


To be honest, I dont' know the source of mine. It's very possible that it's Rikters. I'm not sure. I got it from someone here a while back and it's 16x9.


Well it's not the first time someone has ripped off my capturing/cleaning hard work...


Citizen,

To say that I "ripped it off" is unfair. You've known me to be on this board for quite some time now. I honestly had no idea where it came from and if I had, I would have posted it as such. I got it years ago (I assume from you) and since there's no way of saving emails on this friggin site, I had no idea who had sent it to me. I apologize and give you FULL credit for that transfer.
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#183514
Topic
Blade Runner HDTV (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/183514/action/topic#183514
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Due to the following quirk in the program (HDTV2DVD) used in making my original release, I'm going to go ahead with releasing my movie-only edition of Blade Runner which will, hopefully, fix any problem anyone might see with the initial release. Note: this is only happening because I'm anal and I saw the problem from the beginning...but it's barely noticeable.
i'll let you all know when I'm done.

Here's a summary of it:

The problem is, it looks like something went wrong with the pulldown removal or something else. Not sure, except to say that the "cadence" of this encode is screwed up with double-frames that don't change from one frame to the next. It's like you get frame 1, frame 2, frame 3, frame 4, frame 4, frame 5. There are repeated frames all over the place. This is very noticeable to the human eye at the start of the fourth vob file, but better yet, try opening the fourth vob in an editor or player and go one frame at a time forward. You will very quickly see the repeated frames occuring at regular intervals. Worse yet, the repeated frames look ever so-slightly different probably due to some sort of changes during the inter-frame compression of MPEG. Also, this cadence is not simply the 3:2 sequence of 24 fps film inserted into a 30 fps interlaced format. It seems something more is happening, but not sure what exactly. My guess is something happened in the workflow from capturing the interlaced 29.97 fps HDTV feed to encoding the MPEG2. There has been some discussion of this on alt.fan.blade-runner and there has also been a comparison to the DC-DVD (with an example of the cadence problem shown as an animated gif) at this page (which probably will be pulled down at some point soon, so take a look ASAP):
http://www.jv-media.com/temp/br-comparison/
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#183512
Topic
<strong><strong>BLADE RUNNER: The Unauthorized OFF-WORLD Box Set</strong></strong> (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/183512/action/topic#183512
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Sorry but beyond the Gongo edition, all the others are pointless. All are just ripped from the film itself complete with sound effects. The gongo remains the only one that is direct from the source materials.

BTW...that conversation with Harrison Ford disc doesn't have anything to do with Blade Runner. It's The Fugitive and Air Force One.
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#183232
Topic
NOW RELEASED: The Godfather: 1901-1980 Epic Edit
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/183232/action/topic#183232
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Originally posted by: Johnny Free
Originally posted by: Harlock415
I'd be interested in this but isn't somebody else working on or is already done with an edit on these boards?


Although I'm new to the world of fan edits, it seems that this community is to demonstrate the love and respect a fan has in showing how a film has moved them. I'd love to see multiple fan edits of the Godfather series. There are enough dimensions in these movies that one fan's edit will be quite different from another fan's edit, as they would both be different from Copolla's vision. These differences are, for me, a great training tool to see how the same story can be told in different ways, just in the way they are edited/re-edited, and the takes or subtitles used.

--JF


This isn't a fan edit.

Isn't this just a combining of all known versions?
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#182994
Topic
NOW RELEASED: The Godfather: 1901-1980 Epic Edit
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/182994/action/topic#182994
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Originally posted by: Neil S. Bulk
Originally posted by: digitalfreaknyc
Originally posted by: Neil S. Bulk
Originally posted by: digitalfreaknyc

...it's a mono audio track.

Actually, this set was given a faux stereo track. And of course Godfather III is a stereo film.

Neil


The chronological version was? Are you sure?


Very sure.

Neil

Not doubting you...but according to the laserdisc database, the epic version was still mono. Maybe the trilogy version was put into stereo.

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#182924
Topic
NOW RELEASED: The Godfather: 1901-1980 Epic Edit
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/182924/action/topic#182924
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Originally posted by: Neil S. Bulk
Originally posted by: digitalfreaknyc

...it's a mono audio track.

Actually, this set was given a faux stereo track. And of course Godfather III is a stereo film.

Neil


The chronological version was? Are you sure? I thought the first time they were "in stereo" was the remasters set.

He's also using 4 different masters and they would all have to match at this point.

And yes, Godfather 3 is a stereo film and completely the same in all released versions on home video (which is why i'm confused about its inclusion here). I would definitely drop it as it serves no purpose.

Question: did you get a copy of the TV version beginning for 2? The version shown on TV is different from any of the home video releases.

Just some thoughts.
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#182057
Topic
Blade Runner HDTV (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/182057/action/topic#182057
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Just have to send out a bit of extra praise to the creator of this set for the very welcome inclusion of the Gongo Soundtrack

You're welcome

I've found the "Esper Edition" of the soundtrack by doing a search over at torrentspy. That set is nice for having allot of direct bits from the film's audio soundtrack, but the Gongo version is a much more enjoyable album.


I can't even listen to the Esper Edition. If I wanted to listen to the movie, I would. That's all the Esper Edition is.

A CD-R of those Gongo files has been spinning non-stop in my CD player for over a week now...


I'm glad you're enjoying it. I love the soundtrack. I've used it to relax and fall asleep since I got it almost 10 years ago at a local soundtrack store. I actually have a pressed cd of it.
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#181961
Topic
Blade Runner HDTV (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/181961/action/topic#181961
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Originally posted by: evilmouse
Just got this disk... and everyone was saying its in 5.1 and all the covers say it etc... checked and its only 2.0.... Is everyones disk like this? This is the Duel layer one aswell!


It was mastered with a 5.1 track. I have no idea why certain people are having it show up as 2.0. My receiver shows it as 5.1 and so does DVDLab when i authored it.
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#181960
Topic
<strong><strong>BLADE RUNNER: The Unauthorized OFF-WORLD Box Set</strong></strong> (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/181960/action/topic#181960
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Originally posted by: Stinky-Dinkins
Originally posted by: digitalfreaknyc
I have that. I'm your source for all things Harrison


When do you think that version you were talking about that used the entire dual layer disc for slightly better quality will be put to DVD?


I have no idea. Honestly, I'm being the guinea pig for the new version of HDTV2DVD. There have been lots of problems and more often than not, it hasn't worked. I'm still waiting to hear back from Chris, who has been great at working on it.

Beyond that, I'm trying to do my own work on it through TMPGENC which is taking a lot longer...but what can you do.

Rikter, maybe I should put together the dual-layer version of the extras since most of the extras are my masters. I actually found a CNN interview from 92 during the re-release with Ridley. I know I have other stuff as well. I'm sure I could fill up a dual-layer disc. I could do 2 discs and you could do 2.
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#180513
Topic
<strong><strong>BLADE RUNNER: The Unauthorized OFF-WORLD Box Set</strong></strong> (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/180513/action/topic#180513
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Originally posted by: ReverendBeastly
Well, as of yet, I only have one non-official BR DVD, and that's a rip of the International Cut. Everything else in that collection, I don't have yet, so it would help people like me. Plus, an isolated score would be sweetness.


Everything you don't have is on my set. There is no isolated score...but a score CD is on my 2 disc set. If you have what you have plus mine, you're set. The workprint is actually pretty unwatchable.
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#180459
Topic
<strong><strong>BLADE RUNNER: The Unauthorized OFF-WORLD Box Set</strong></strong> (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/180459/action/topic#180459
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Originally posted by: ReverendBeastly
Like he said, he's doing it for some close friends and his brothers. He's just posting about it here to see if anyone would be interested in getting it.



I guess for the people that haven't downloaded the other versions, sure. But there's nothing new here. I have a bunch of Harrison Ford interviews and news clips that didn't fit...but they didn't really add anything to the set.
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#180389
Topic
Blade Runner HDTV (Released)
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/180389/action/topic#180389
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Originally posted by: Rikter
REQUEST:

Can someone send me (either via trade or ???) the 15gig HD version spread over say 4 or 5 DVD's for a coming project??



Contact me.

And just an FYI...i'm currently making a "superbit" version of this. I figured out a way to use up ALL the space on both layers, so hopefully the quality will be even better. It'll be a higher bitrate that stays between 8500-9500 the whole time.