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#294819
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Idea: fan edit... for those who like Zombies
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/294819/action/topic#294819
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Sounds like a GREAT project idea! A "zombie mini-series" based on some of the great zombie movies of cinema!

It's probably a good idea to realize that, while it theoretically sounds like a "take Movie A scene and put it here, take Movie B scene and put it afterward" it'd be a lot harder to make it flow than that. There are the visual aesthetics and styles of each individual movie that would need to match better via some color correcting, image cropping/resizing, etc., and not to mention finding a way to make it all work together besides just "the T-virus."

Still, don't let me rain on your parade! It sounds like a FASCINATING idea! Lots of work to truly make it art, but really really intriguing. You'll see me in the ticket line!
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#294818
Topic
Blade: Pureblood Edition (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/294818/action/topic#294818
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Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
I rather enjoyed the original myself.


Haha, I say that to myself about so many FanEdits I see released so I certainly won't hold it against you for saying so about this one!

And Boon, good to hear you got your copy. To any of you who wish to post reviews feel free--all I ask is that they are honest be they harsh or beaming. Love it or hate all over it, since that's what I've gotten myself into, I suppose!
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#294649
Topic
Info Wanted: Has anyone done a 'Mulholland Drive' TV Pilot Preservation..? (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/294649/action/topic#294649
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Originally posted by: slashface
from what I remember the Pilot was expanded into the film, so the footage is the same



That is correct. The following is from IMDB--not always a trustworthy source, but probably on the money on this one.

From "Alternate Versions":
""The theatrical version contains 26 minutes of newly shot and restored footage; the TV version of Mullholand Drive, shot in 1999, originally ran at just over 100 minutes and ended at Betty's apartment after helping Rita cut her hair and put a blond wig on; an additional deleted scene had Betty running out of the apartment to the roof where Rita joined her and both of them looking out over Los Angeles where Betty says "I have arrived" and Rita saying the same. The final shot in the TV pilot version has the mysterious bum sitting in the alley behind Winkie's Restaurant and holding the mysterious blue box. New footage shot for the theatrical version includes:

* The theatrical ending where David Lynch goes back and tells the story of Diane; in the TV pilot, it ends where Rita (Camilla) opens the mysterious blue box.
* An additional 6 minutes of expanded 'reshoots' that Studio Canal had David Lynch shoot for the theatrical release.

From "Trivia":

Originally filmed in 1999 on a budget of $8 million as a made-for-TV pilot, new scenes were filmed one year later on a $7 million budget given by the French film studio Studio Canal to wrap up the open ending which had been left unresolved in the original version so that a TV series could follow.""

So you could try, as best you can, to restore the theatrical cut of the film to the form of the TV pilot if you wish using that and any other information you can find.
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#294450
Topic
Blade: Pureblood Edition (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/294450/action/topic#294450
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Okay the DVD is off to boon23 as of yesterday in the mail, so hopefully Blade: Pureblood Edition will be up on RapidShare soon and maybe even available via www.fanedit.org? I know a couple of you have gotten a complete copy via torrenting, so I hope you enjoy and, if you can, continue to seed for at least a little while. I'm trying to leave my system up and seeding as much as I can for those of you still waiting.

All the interest is much appreciated and, love it or hate it, I'm glad people are finally going to see it!
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#294130
Topic
Blade: Pureblood Edition (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/294130/action/topic#294130
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I'm not sure why people are getting such slow speeds. Maybe Mediacom has capped my upload--jerks. I've taken all the limits off of this Upload task so maybe (?!?!) people will get better speeds now? Boon I've sent you an e-mail just to try and help speed this along.

Thanks for the interest, all! As I said--it ain't technically perfect--but I think it's pretty watchable.
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#294067
Topic
Blade: Pureblood Edition (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/294067/action/topic#294067
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The seeding issue was my fault--forgot to adjust my upload rate. Hopefully it should be going faster now.

By different "engine" I meant an additional tracker for those who don't have a demonoid account.

Glad the edit sounds interesting! I am continuing to seed for those who are interested, and my apologies to those who have been getting the slow end until now! Seeing as how I'm currently the only active seed, I can't provide lightning fast transfer, but I majorly increased my maximum upload speed.

Enjoy!

PS: I can't claim that it's COMPLETELY seamless, but there are only a few (between 1-3ish?) rough spots as far as I was aware, and people who didn't know the movie as well as I do didn't seem to really notice or feel too jolted.
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#294029
Topic
Blade: Pureblood Edition (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/294029/action/topic#294029
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Hopefully I've created a fanedit that at least some people are interested in though I don't think anyone is trying to get it yet. Anyway, the torrent is on demonoid right now and if people would like it uploaded to a different engine just let me know.

THE LIST OF COMPLETE CHANGES:

Original Runtime: 2 hours

New Runtime: 1:47:38

Amount of time Cut/Added: 12 minutes 22 seconds

Cuts removed/added/extended:

*Opening time title cards cut. Avoids dating the film, it has more of a life of its own.

*Quinn's "That's him..." pre-battle dialogue cut. Obnoxious and silly. I liked capable henchmen Quinn versus incompetent Harle-Quinn (oh, I'm so punny!)

*Frost's "Like it matters" dialogue cut. He's more menacing if he's not a brat about the discrimination of Pureblood or Turned.

*Entire Essence of Garlic herb seller scene removed. Provides information we learn elsewhere and is not relevant to the rest of the story.

*Frost/Dragonetti's archive homoeroticism re-edited. This is now where Frost decided to extract Dragonetti's fangs later on instead of having a weird homoerotic moment.

*Karen no longer checks the phone in her apartment. She's no dummy, she's hauling ass out of town after the hallway scare.

*Karen no longer says "Is all that really necessary?" in Krieger's beating. If she's hauling ass out of town forever, she's smart enough not to care if Blade breaks the table.

*Frost examining the complete translation moved to directly after Krieger escapes in public. This was the only relevant material of the vampire party scene--the rest is cut due to irrelevant indulgence.

*Blade's "like me," line cut. He knows he's a badass but has no need or interest in publicly expressing it. The sword twirl says it all.

*Intro to vampire safehouse trimmed. Way too long in the original film.

*Blade/Karen archive sequences seamlessly joined as the Vampire Party/Krieger's ultimately irrelevant message delivery and death no longer exist.

*Pearl scene comprehensively re-edited. Neither Blade nor Karen now allow for any screwing around and don't hesitate to use the UV lamp.

*Blade's archive capture scene trimmed. Quinn is less of a funny man charicature and more to the point. "Pig sticker" sequence moved slightly earlier.

*Whisler's "Give me a goddamn wheelchair" cut. Totally out of character for Whistler and inappropriate timing.

*Dragonetti execution scene trimmed. Frost's bratty dialogue removed--he calculate and executes instead of shooting his mouth off. Quinn's stupid jokes removed. Dragonetti keeps a little more dignified composure.

*Blade/Frost park encounter trimmed. Frost chooses his words more carefully, keeps his composure, excessively curses less. Blade's anti-hero side comes out more. Entire conversation more to the point.

*Frost's "I ain't gonna bite you," cut. He's a bit more vicious if he just kicks him.

*Slow-motion shot of Whistler dropping the gun cut and music cue trimmed. Three words-- "OH, THE HUMANITY!"

*Frost's "I see such a beautiful women..." cut. He's a vampire, so his seemingly sexual attraction to a human is a bit weird. He remains quirkily courteously base.

*Frost's "Everyone you've ever known... everyone you ever f*cking loved" cut. Too much cursing, too much loss of composure.

*Frost/Quinn’s “You want him alive?” “Shut the f*ck up!” exchange cut. Amusing, but unnecessarily distracts from the moment and provides no character we don’t already have.

*Flashback of Whistler cut before "I just work for them!" Blade is pissed and we already know why. It's plays better if he has zero hesitation.

*Vampire cherry bombs removed from hallway fist fight. NO VAMPIRE CHERRY BOMBS. EVER.

*Blade no longer sees the same prophecy translation we've seen twice before. Whistler's explanation is enough.

*Blade capture sequence comprehensively re-edited. Frost's dialogue is both re-sequenced and moved. Much shorter, more to the point, less bratty behavior and cursing.

*Frost's temple speech heavily trimmed. More intelligent if more to the point.

*Frost's "Let's see this sword of yours" sequence is cut entirely. Moves straight to serum. (Sure, we see him handle a sword for the duel later--but come on, he's a Blood GOD later so handling a sword should be no sweat, right? And where does he GET that sword, anyway?!)

*Frost's "You should've listened to your blood" speech trimmed for excess.

*Quinn's laugh present but trimmed. Too clownish with the first half of it intact.

*Mother's "Sooner or later the thirst always wins" cut. Yeah... we get it... and that's not the point of their exchange anyway.

*Quinn/Frost's "Naughty vampire Gods" exchange removed. Quinn the clown again, and Frost's duplicity hinted at but which we already know about.

*Racquel's "Pureblood spirit" speech removed. Now after the two Purebloods try and reason with her she just kills the extra Pureblood accountant.

*Lightning striking the Daywalker holding box in temple cut. If Blade isn't in it anymore, shouldn't that screw everything up? Removed for continuity reasons.

*Frost's post-Godification grunts and "Not anymore," cut. Why does a God need to grunt or make a cheesy "Exorcist" homage?

*Quinn's "Two new hands to kill with" cut. He charges in and is now decapited. Why give Blade more opportunity to prepare?

*All "FROST!" shouts during Henchmen battle are cut.

*Racquel's "I'm really going to enjoy this now" is cut. Just silly--get ready to kill her already.

*Frost's "Hey Blade.... let's do this" cut. Silly way to start a duel. The sword twirl remains to communicate the sentiment more effectively.

*Frost's "You're too late, Blade!" cut. Corny line.

*Second half of duel on center pillar trimmed--all crazy Jujitsu/Kung Fu twirly crap is cut. Fixed Frost's wrong arm punching jump cut from original film.

*Frost's dialogue and bratty behavior in remainder of duel cut. There's no menace if he keeps shooting his mouth off.

*Blade on his back nearly seamlessly joined (to accomodate the previous cut), serum location shot reversed to end Close Up on serum.

*Frost's crazy high jump in the shadows cut. Just an awful shot with an awful music cue.

*Serum throws re-edited and re-foley'd. Frost no longer jumps about and the serum throws no longer ring like a cash register nor does Blade scream the whole time.

*Frost vampire cherry bomb cut. "Ice skate uphill" line moved later in the scene to accomodate. NO VAMPIRE CHERRY BOMBS!!!!

*Various instances of re-worked foley or layered sound throughout.


Fanedit details (please add here details about DVD contents as well as video and audio information):

This text file is included as a DVD-ROM feature.

NTSC widescreen video
2.0 Stereo mix soundtrack

Also, please feel free to view the bonus "tribute" to "GHOST RIDER" in the Bonus menu.

Your intention for this fanedit:
I saw a lot of potential in this movie that was ruined or lessened by some of the sillier moments, periodic bad special effects, and the sometimes poor or inconsistent characterization. I wanted to make this a more serious film that would be closer to standing next to what I believe are well done comic book adaptations such as "Batman Begins." I sought to create a version of "Blade" that lived in its own universe with its own unique set of rules and characters that an audience could take seriously and remain intrigued with.



Your way to achieve your intention:
Re-defining some characters by taking out some inconsistent or laughable moments and comprehensively re-editing some sequences to give characters a new direction.
Editing around distractingly poor CGI.
Economizing the story by removing non-narrative/character crucial scenes.
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#293741
Topic
Blade: Pureblood Edition (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/293741/action/topic#293741
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This is my completed FanEdit of Blade: Pureblood edition. The runtime is trimmed by about 12 minutes with lots of scenes re-edited, a few re-ordered, and the characters of Blade, Quinn, Frost, and Karen all at least partially re-invented in a darker and more serious tone. For a list of exact changes, see the document file contained within the torrent.

General changes:
*Quinn’s comedian is trimmed to a more competent and threatening henchmen
*Frost’s brat-like behavior and excessive cursing is trimmed for a more menacing strategist
*Karen’s already-competent behavior is now bolstered in a no-nonsense way due to some re-editing here and there
Blade’s moments of breaking from his no bullsht… EVER attitude have been removed or re-edited so he is always our anti-hero out for revenge
*Vampire exploding cherry bombs removed
*Pearl scene re-cut
*Ending duel heavily re-cut
*Lots more small changes to crap dialogue and bad shots

ENJOY!

torrent link: http://www.demonoid.com/

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#287860
Topic
separation of dialogue/sound effects in center channel of surround sound?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/287860/action/topic#287860
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The subject says most of my problem. I have already demuxed the surround sound audio of a particular DVD, but upon listening through the different channels I was a bit disheartened to hear that it appears most of the key sound effects and dialogue are contained within the same channel--that being the center channel. Is this unusual?

My goal, ultimately, is to ditch the dialogue and keep the sound effect and vice versa in a few different places.

Has anyone else run into this and found a way around it? If there is no work-around I'm left with the difficult task of re-creating some foley elements in isolation.

Thanks in advance!