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#310736
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Untitled Bruce Campbell Project (* unfinished project - a ton of info & ideas *)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/310736/action/topic#310736
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I've often wondered myself whether either Ross or one of his crew made dubs of Within The Woods or Six Months To Live while editing The Incredibly Strange Film Show, but until one of them shows up willing to do some trading (and I doubt we'd hear from Ross!), it's something of a moot point.

I've just ordered the German DVD of Intruder that features Torro Torro Torro and Attack Of The Helping Hand, and will see if there's any difference quality-wise. I think it's very likely though that the MPEG versions See No Evil posted screencaps of above would have been the sources for that.

Another member of this forum has copies of a few other shorts, such as Shemp Eats The Moon and William Shakespeare The Movie, but I don't think he wants to trade.
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#310567
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Untitled Bruce Campbell Project (* unfinished project - a ton of info & ideas *)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/310567/action/topic#310567
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I see why no reason why a preservation effort for WTW shouldn't happen. I downloaded a MPEG recently that was of roughly comparable quality to Bill Piper's, though the sound seemed a bit clearer. Yes, there are going to be scenes where there will be tape rolls no matter what, but someone could easily go through it on Womble's MPEG Editor and correct the contrast, brightness and colour a bit more. Perhaps also use the higher-quality clips used on The Incredibly Strange Film Show? See No Evil has been working on a list of music used for the score (e.g. from Death Wish and Invasion Of The Body Snatchers) that could be utilised to create a better-quality soundtrack?
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#309770
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Untitled Bruce Campbell Project (* unfinished project - a ton of info & ideas *)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/309770/action/topic#309770
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So after the wonderfulness of the AOD Primitive Screwhead Edition, any interest in bringing this project back? Perhaps make it more ED-centric, renaming it the Evil Dead DVD Companion or something similar?

Also some news: two Super-8 shorts, Oedipus Rex and The Blind Waiter, have gotten official releases on the French DVD of Alien Apocalypse, and the quality is outstanding compared to the bootlegs. Very clear and nice. I've put them on my own Sam Raimi Short Films DVD, along with a crapload of stuff I traded with See No Evil, including It's Murder and Clockwork, as well as a better quality version of the uncut Incredibly Strange Film Show.

Anyone?

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#308666
Topic
Help: looking for... The Reflecting Skin HD (anyone in Canada?)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/308666/action/topic#308666
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I think I have the trailers you're talking about - the theatrical trailer (which I posted on YouTube, having ripped it off the Japanese DVD) and the American TV Spot that's on Video Detective.

I'm sorry guys, but I'm a bit reluctant to share my preservation (not that I could anyway at the moment due to computer problems). I made it primarily as a birthday present to the writer-director Philip Ridley, who's a friend of mine, and I don't feel right sharing something like that without his permission. The other reason is that as I said earlier, a company here in the UK are working their arses off to try and get out a special edition DVD (of this as well as Ridley's other film, The Passion Of Darkly Noon) out by the end of the year, and I don't want to step on their toes.
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#308314
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Army of Darkness - The Primitive Screwhead Edition (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/308314/action/topic#308314
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klokwerk is absolutely right - yes, I intend the white lines within the artwork to be the cut-off point, to make it easier to print onto A4 paper.

The only differences between the three versions are at the beginning and end:

OVERDOSE - Regular opening and Apocalyptic ending
DOCTOR ORDERED - Regular opening and S-Mart ending
OVERDOSE (ORIGINAL) - Alternate opening (from deleted scenes) and Apocalyptic ending

Everything else in between seems to be the same.
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#308222
Topic
Army of Darkness - The Primitive Screwhead Edition (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/308222/action/topic#308222
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No-one else stepping up to review this yet?

I just got done watching this, and I'm pretty stunned. Scott has done an amazing job (pesky aspect ratio problems notwithstanding) of putting this together, and it's made a film I've seen dozens of times seem fresh and new again. I'm not saying the new scenes make it a better film - AOD is always a film that at it's heart is a bit flabby and/or disjointed - but it's re-sparked my interest in what I thought was the least interesting and most tiresome of the Evil Dead series. The film was brighter, in terms of colour timing, than I had ever seen it - though that has more to do with me only owning dank, dark AB releases before. (Fact: the numbered, gold-case Director's Cut of AOD was the first DVD I ever bought, about seven months before I even owned a DVD player. Imagine my horror when I first found out I couldn't play it due to the region coding!)

The only real issue I had with this DVD (other than deeply picky stuff which has more to do with the sources Scott had to work with) was the 5.1 sound mix being too complex for my dinky stereo TV - scenes involving low choral voices or loud background crowd noise sounded like they were being put through a shitty guitar amp - but never mind, I'm getting a new TV soon anyway. I was particularly impressed with the restoration of the alternate opening. Has anyone noticed any differences in the second audio track? The only one I've found so far is the music being put back on the scene where Ash first steps into the windmill.

Now this is done, how about we get on with that Evil Dead Companion DVD we've been talking about for yonks? And dark_jedi, you can stop planning your AOD project, this one does the job nicely
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#308123
Topic
Army of Darkness - The Primitive Screwhead Edition (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/308123/action/topic#308123
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According to ocpmovie, the intermittent seeding times are the result of housemates shutting off his computer when he goes out, Internet problems in his area, and people not online when he seeds at night. So just be patient folks - once one or two people reach 100%, this'll be all over the place in no time.

As for the single layer DVD issue: as dark_jedi says, just be grateful this is being released at all. If this version is a compressed preview copy - and I'd be lying if I said it hadn't crossed my mind - then let's leave it to RidgeShark to release the full DVD-9 version when he's ready. Until then, let's just enjoy what's out there. Hell, it's easier on my bandwidth anyways
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#308106
Topic
Blade Runner: The Version You've Never Seen Before (Update: Beta Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/308106/action/topic#308106
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Originally posted by: crazyrabbits
If I remember, I do believe there's a workprint cut of the '89 "Punisher" film on a foreign official release. Other than that, I have no idea.


The Punisher workprint is actually a bootleg that managed to gain official circulation in Germany - this is very common in that country. Phantasm II is another German release that illegally had its workprint as an extra.

And Erikstormtrooper - I haven't read those sources so can't say for sure, but I'm guessing if those scenes were filmed they would have made it onto the DVD. Certainly everything else was.


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#307547
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Help: looking for... The Reflecting Skin HD (anyone in Canada?)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/307547/action/topic#307547
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I don't know if I'd call the Japanese transfer "botched" necessarily - I was happy enough with it until I saw the Spanish version. One of the reasons I'm asking is that I'm consulting with the writer-director Philip Ridley and a company here in England who are planning a R2 UK release, and it would be great to have an HD version for reference.
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#307316
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Help: looking for... The Reflecting Skin HD (anyone in Canada?)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/307316/action/topic#307316
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http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/7/72/Reflectingskinposter.jpg

This is a very strange, cult film that has yet to be on most people’s radars despite starring a pre-fame Viggo Mortensen. A young boy living in an Idaho prairie in the 1950s believes the English widow (Lindsay Duncan) living nearby is a vampire with intentions on his older brother (Mortensen). However, the truth is much more real, and much more horrifying. It’s a surreal film that once seen is never forgotten, particularly the opening scene involving an exploding frog…

It’s my favourite film, and I’d been working on my own private restoration of this when I find out it’s airing on motherfucking HD on Canadian TV! Are there any Canadian boarders who can cap this? Pleeeeease?

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#305981
Topic
Army of Darkness - The Primitive Screwhead Edition (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/305981/action/topic#305981
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Originally posted by: Demonovation
Also for the back I was thinking the image of Ash from the original art maybe flipped


Which cover are you referring to? Please do post your version of the cover though, very curious to see anyone else's interpretation

I've been constantly revising this - here's the sixth draft uploaded for comments etc. http://download.yousendit.com/8076957E2EF74410 And yes, darkjedi, I'll make sure to do disc art too.

Anyone heard from Scott?