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#215804
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Multiple Subtitle Streams
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/215804/action/topic#215804
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I don't think so. I use DVDLab Pro also. Just make multiple versions if you need to, This is what I am doing for my SFII project, four subtitle files:

1. "Location" subtitles- to emulate the US version's "London" or "Patterson Air Force Base" etc in a black box covering up the Japanese lettering.

2. English "dubtitles" which will also include the above.

3. Japanese audio translation subs v1, locations (this time not covering the Japanese text, but below it) and songs mixed in with the voices.

4. same as above except slight differences: Lord Vega becomes Master Bison, Balrog becomes Vega, and Bison becomes Balrog, plus a few other slight differences.

I also did this to A New Hope. Subtitle track one was the Greedo subtitles, which couldn't be turned off. Unfortuntaly they could be turned off if you selected a different subtitle track. I spent forever trying to figure out how to make these be displayed at the same time as the "full" subtitles, even looking at some anime discs for inspiration. Eventually I just ended up putting the Greedo subs in the main file, as well as on their own.
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#215803
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Street Fighter II - The Animated Movie Super Special Champion Edition Turbo (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/215803/action/topic#215803
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Yeah, but didn't manga originally do the dub to start with? Surely they still have the source materials laying around? Or maybe George Lucas went over there and destroyed all the boxes marked "St.." (for street fighter) thinking it said "Star Wars"? Anyway..

About the dub... I like it better than the Japanese audio actually, but I like them both. In fact, my friend that lived in Japan for a few years and usually thinks EVERYTHING American is inferior to everything Japanese (even though HE is American that knows Japanese) prefers the English music. I might make his dream cut too: Japanese voices with American rock songs. I think the Japanese music is just.. boring!
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#215313
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Street Fighter II - The Animated Movie Super Special Champion Edition Turbo (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/215313/action/topic#215313
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From my post on DVDtalk:

Here is the email I wrote to Anchor Bay/ Manga:

About your upcoming Street Fighter II- The Animated Movie uncut release: Am I reading correctly that there will be two separate cuts of the movie, English and Japanese? I would much rather prefer the Japanese cut of the movie only where you can choose the language in English or Japanese. So if I want to watch the movie fully uncut, I have to do it with the Japanese audio? Am I understanding that correctly? It really wouldn't be that difficult to sync the US/UK audio with the full Japanese video. I know there are many more cuts besides the shower scene in which the Japanese soundtrack can be substituted in those instances, as all of the cut scenes have no dialouge.

And the reply from "Keith Burgess" :

Actually that is incorrect we can't just sync the audio as there are sound effects tracks and music tracks as well. And a bad attempt at this will create an old style kung fu movie which is out of sync and a waste of a DVD, to do it properly would mean a complete re-dub and M/E track replacement.

Ha! I did it. I extended the English audio and synced it up with the complete, full uncut video. And THEY said it couldn't be done. I used a little bit of audio from the Japanese track, but mostly just extended the English audio with what was already there. I also spliced the English credit sequence onto the end, but the Japanese credits will be there as an extra. As far as the opening credits, you can choose to watch them in English or Japanese. When that is finished, the rest of the movie will play.
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#210391
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Should there be an ULTIMATE EDITION!
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/210391/action/topic#210391
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Originally posted by: RATLSNAKE
I usually accept people's opinions and move on, but as an overall motion picture fan I say this.

Sequels and/or prequels if made, should be made to fit into the original story that has been established. NOT re-release an original with changes to have it fit in with the new stuff, that's just plain lazy and the easy way out which then shows up on screen it was the easy way out. If the original SW trilogy failed miserably, I could maybe understand George going back and re-making it, because it wasn't how he wanted it and felt it could have really been something. This still isn't an excuse to destroy your former work though.

Anyways, George could have done great things with the PT, but unfortunately I believe years away from cinema, as well as deciding to direct the movie himself, were just some of the lead points as to why the PT failed, not to mention awful dialogue in the script, as well as bad performances by the actors.

Ewan was great as Obi-wan for the most part and really convincing, but Hayden needed coaching and was instructed to come across as a moany child, as did Natalie for some scenes that didn't warrant it, guaranteeing their cold, cardboard-cut-out like performances, however I feel she was great in V for Vendetta and other movies she has done. The worst decision besides a character like Jar-jar, had to be the extreme Americanisation of Anakin, not to mention making him much too young in EP I. Yelling out "Mommmm" makes me feel like I'm watching a children's Christmas movie, which correct me if i'm wrong, but wasn't Jake Lloyd in one with big Governor Arnie??? I'd be interested to hear what my American friends think of that, because being from Australia, I react to the saying of "Mom" as very 80s and 90s sitcom like.

RATLSNAKE



So what do you call your mom? I have never refered to my mother as anything other than "mom", and I probably have yelled it like that too. In fact I still would if she didn't pass away in 2003, and I am 30 years old.
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#209245
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Yet another Matrix edit: Matrix Rebooted (* unfinished project *)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/209245/action/topic#209245
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Yeah, I'll give it a try and see what happens. Anyone know a way to watch all of the games CG scenes without actually playing the game? I love, yet suck at, video games. I wish we were still in the NES or SNES days, and never left. I was good at NES games... (some..) Is there a code or something that can be entered without finishing the game? I have the GameCube version as well as Action Replay for GameCube.
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#209233
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Proposed project: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV show)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/209233/action/topic#209233
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Here you can see the front and back covers and flip thru a few pages. Kinda like the movie and kinda not. Still looking for where I saw the scene where she meets Merrick, but you can see it says "Destiny free" on the inside cover, which is never mentioned in the movie.

EDIT: Here is the page with Merrick from the Origin comic. This scene is based on the TV episode Becomming, Part 1, and not the movie, meaning it ties in with the series better.

From wikipedia:

Continuity

Canonical issues

Main article: Buffyverse canon

Buffy comics such as this one are not usually considered by fans as canonical. However, Christopher Golden used Joss Whedon's original script for the Buffy movie, and tied this comic series closely to continuity established by the television show. For example, the burning down of the gym takes place, which is mentioned several times on the show. For this reason, some fans argue that this comic deserves a place in canon.

* The story is framed not as actual events but how Buffy remembers them (she is telling Willow and Xander the story of how she found out she was a Slayer). This fact may help explain inconsistencies (for example, the bat-like appearance of the vampires). It is also possible she exaggerated the neglective behaviour of her parents.

* In the story there is the implication that the vampires required an inviation to enter the gym. Canon is divided over whether vampires need an invite to enter a public building, for example, in the episode School Hard, Spike invades the school with no invite needed, whereas in the same season in Passion, Angel tells Jenny he was invited by the inscription 'Enter all who seek Knowledge', so whether some vampires are simply mistaken over the technicalities of their vampiredom is unclear.

Timing

* Supposed to be set in Spring of 1996, several months before Buffy moves to Sunnydale in "Welcome to the Hellmouth". This comic stands in place of the Buffy movie, which is not considered to be canonical.

The writers, Scott Lobdell, Fabian Nicieza, and Paul Lee made a strong effort to offer a non-contradictory continuity filling the gap between the events of this comic, and "Welcome to the Hellmouth"
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#209185
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Idea: Buffy the Vampire Slayer 1992 movie sequel(s)?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/209185/action/topic#209185
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Hey thanks a lot for all of your help! I just realized that in the movie Buffy is a senior. Now I have to figure out a way to keep in that way in the sequels. I just have to remove every reference to her grade until she is a senior again. She could have transfered in the middle of her senior year (in fact, yeah, in my edit that's what she did).
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#209183
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Proposed project: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV show)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/209183/action/topic#209183
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It would be difficult (impossible?) to do, but what about creating a movie of the graphic novel The Origin? It's basically the movie with Sarah Michelle Gellar replacing Kristy Swanson and supposedly ties in with the series the way it was originally intended. I've seen parts of it (I need to find a copy for myself) online and it seems to fix the inconsistancies. For instance, the introduction of Merrick and Buffy is the same as the episode Becomming, Part 1 ("I'm destiny free, really.") and the school burns down at the end. I assume other things match up too, such as Buffy being a freshman instead of a senior.
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#208741
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Idea: Buffy the Vampire Slayer 1992 movie sequel(s)?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/208741/action/topic#208741
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How is this for a project? Inspired by wmgan’s project, this is a different take on making Buffy movies from the TV series.

I actually like the 1992 movie with Kristy Swanson better than the TV series. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed what I have seen of the TV series as well. What I might do is make a sort of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer 2” movie, maybe more.

Here’s how Buffy the Vampire Slayer II would start:

Probably a scene from the series set in the 1800’s, so it’s like the movie, then:

(from Season 2, Becomming, Part 1, Chapter 12): (everything is the same as the original, unless noted)
Manhattan 1992 (changed from 1996)

Whistler talks to Angel and he takes him to:

Los Angeles, 1992 (again, was 1996)

Angel pulls up in the car, rolls down the window and spies on Buffy and her friends walking and talking. (Need to change the reference to her boyfriend as Tyler into Jeffery as it was in the movie). The friends leave and Buffy sits down. (The scene ends before “Merrick” appears).

using scenes from the movie, cut with scenes of Sarah Michelle Gellar in place of Kristy Swanson. (Should be simple, since most of the time they are shown separatly anyway. Donald Sutherland as Merrick says these lines, “I was looking for you. My name is Merrick, and you have been chosen, Buffy. Everything depends on you. Now you must come with me now to the graveyard while there’s still time. Time to stop the killing, to stop the vampires.” Buffy (Kristy, offscreen) says this, “You want me to go to the graveyard with you because I’m the chosen one and there are vampires?” and he replies, “Yes.” If there’s a way to somehow make it look as though Angel is somehow spying on them in the gym, that would be cool.

Back to the “Becomming” scene, in the graveyard:

same as before, only when Merrick says his line from the show, “You see? You see your power?” he is not shown and the camera stays on Buffy. Then it cuts to her coming home.

Dubbed over is her mother’s voice from the movie, “Do you know what time it is?”, Then cut to Buffy in her bedroom, again using audio from the movie so her parents can’t be heard arguing in the background, since in the movie they went out to a party or something.

Angel is watching all of this and says to Whister, “I wanna help her.” and the scene continues on until the end.

Cut to scene from the first episode where Buffy is laying in bed sleeping. The subtitle reads, “Sunnydale, California, … months later” (not sure how much time was supposed to have passed.)

this continues on until she is talking with the principal and he rips up her LA records. After Buffy says, “It wasn’t that bad.” the whole thing about burning the school down is cut. His next line is, “OK, don’t worry. Any other school, they might say watch your step…”

Not sure where I would go from there, as I am not really familiar with the TV series that much. I’ve seen a few episodes here and there and I own seasons 1-4 and Angel season 1 on DVD so far. What episodes would be good to use for the rest of this project? If there could somehow be the scene with the death of Merrick (from the movie) and something showing how Buffy and Pike broke up, (possibly using scenes of Luke Perry from 90210 or something) that would be cool. I’m not sure what would be necessary or not to make a sequel or two to the Kristy Swanson movie using the series and possibly the Angel series. Or maybe this is just a stupid idea. Whatever. Any thoughts?

Is there a good scene where Buffy is in a gym or in any movie or show with Sarah Michelle Gellar standing by herself in a background similar to the one Kristy Swanson is standing in front of in the “chosen one” scene from the movie? Preferably a scene where she doesn’t speak?

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#208614
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Proposed project: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV show)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/208614/action/topic#208614
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Yeah, I'm weird in that I like just about everything. Most movies and TV shows. As long as it includes at least one of the following: explosions, action, hot girl(s), martial arts, guns, comedy, horror, suspence, mystery. If it's boring then I probably won't like it. (About Schmidt comes to mind, or as I like to call it, About Sh** or About Boring.) I never knew people didn't like Blade Trinity until I saw the thread about the fan edit. I started to watch it last night for the first time (fell asleep as it was 2am) and I thought it was awesome so far. I only saw up until Dracula or whoever he is kills the people in the vampire shop. I can't wait to see the rest!
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#208604
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Original Trilogy DVD my ideas
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/208604/action/topic#208604
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Yeah, I'll stick with regular milk. Never got into that whole "alchohol" or drugs or cigarettes thing. Even though I'm 30. Never really saw the point. Besides the fact that my mom died about 3 years ago and I'm 99% sure that alchohol and cigarettes were at least partly involved. Plus my dad is in AA. So nope, nothing goes in my system that isn't allowed for a 5 year old child.
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#208595
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'Backstroke of the West' with retail DVD quality : FINISHED & RELEASED
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/208595/action/topic#208595
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Yeah, and I don't have a way to upload something reallly big, like a full DVD. Brother Bear has animated overlay people things? Hmm, I have to check that out. The original release of Ghostbusters has it too.

The reason for not using 5.1 audio was that I thought it would make the DVD too big. There shouldn't be a problem, however, if you guys decide to use 5.1 instead of 2.0.

It took a bit of work and finishing touches getting everything to work properly, but I think I did a pretty decent job. The one thing I wish I could fix is the resume movie button. I didn't really think it thru that well. It only works if you have previously played the movie before pushing the button.

Oh yeah, what do you guys think of my alternate menu? I did my best to find pictures of backstrokes and western stuff. I found a picture of Natalie Portman swimming (backstroke), Hayden Christensen in a cowboy type outfit (west), to which I added a cowboy hat, which was actually originally on a picture of some girl, ha, ha. A random cactus and some guy riding a horse. Plus a picture of Yoda in a snow globe, or it could be in a bubble from the water. The lightsaber Hayden is holding is actually from a fan made picture of some guy holding a lightsaber.
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#208583
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Proposed project: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV show)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/208583/action/topic#208583
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I think that's so stupid that they call the Japanese movies Ringu over here. They are called Ring, just like here. It's just the Japanese way of pronouncing it. It really pisses off my friends that know Japanese.

Anyway, back on topic.. I think it would be cool to make these "movies" into sequels to the 1992 Kristy Swanson movie. I know I am probably alone in actually liking it better than the series, maybe because I enjoyed it so much after seeing it in the theater and seeing it so many years before the series started.

This wouldn't be that hard really, as the series sorta follows the movie anyway, other than the fact that in the series they say she burned the school down in LA. If you could remove the references to burning the school down and play up the comedy elements, you could make sequels to the movie. Buffy the Vampire Slayer 2. Somehow Kristy Swanson turned into Sara Michelle Gellar. Oh well, you could just pretend not to notice.

Oh well, this is probably a dumb idea.. Actually if you don't want to do this, maybe I will. I really, really, really like the Buffy movie for some reason. Maybe it's because I thought Kristy was hot in it. Well yeah, that. Cheerleaders are hot and stuff. I also really like the scene where she spit the thumbtack out and pinned the fly to the wall. I thought it was a really funny movie too. I know those weren't Joss Whedon's intentions, but I don't care. I think the studio or whoever made better decisions.