mcfly89

twiz said:

Hey McFly.. if you dont mind my asking, mind sharing what program(s) you used to make the DVDs?
I've been wanting to convert a few of my harder-to-find VHS movies to DVD and would like to add decent menus, but I havent found any programs that allow me to customize menus all that well. I noticed you have "load screens" on yours, I've never seen that in the programs I've used before, and I think that'd be cool.

The menu's look really good (not a fan of image/clip-less scene selection.. but beggers cant be choosers).

I used DVD Architect, but it doesn't create the transitions automatically. I basically made the menus in DVD Architect, then saved stills of them and threw the stills into Vegas, where I made them fade into each other, etc. and then made the button actions in DVD Architect link to the transitions, which link to the menus they're supposed to lead into. If that makes sense. It sounds like you finished downloading, so don't forget to seed!

I'm sorry about the seeding situation, I've been meaning to mail some disks out to Jaiman, but I figure I should get some feedback and make sure there are no mistakes before he posts it everywhere.

My hard drive situation is critical right now, so I'm going to need all of you to chime in on whether I got it right or made any errors, since I need to delete all the source files in about a week. I've checked it of course, but if I overlooked something serious, I may be able to fix it now. Enjoy the movie!

Rejoice! TPB is back, and I'm seeding now.

Oh NO!

I actually FINISH ON TIME (with minutes to spare!)...

...and the pirate bay is down! If it's not up by tomorrow, I'll register with another site and post it there.

crocky said:

mcfly89 said:
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Waterworld originally premiered on July 28, and I guarantee we'll beat that date!

 

He still has 6 days... don't be so pushy:p

Thanks, crocky :)

edskizzorhands said:

mcfly89 said:

BigFood said:

Any update on this?

 

I'm waiting on edskizzorhands for his completed cover. If I don't get it within the week, I'll just post the torrent as-is and viewers can download his cover separately. I know you guys have waited a long time!

 

I sent you the cover over a week ago ;o)

Well, I never recieved them, so I'll PM you my email address again.

BigFood said:

Any update on this?

I'm waiting on edskizzorhands for his completed cover. If I don't get it within the week, I'll just post the torrent as-is and viewers can download his cover separately. I know you guys have waited a long time!

Sorry--double post

Glad you liked it!

skyjedi2005 said:

I have never seen the longer cut of this film.  Does it improve it in any way like the longer cut of the postman?

Firstly, where can I see this LONGER cut of The Postman? I'd love to see it!

To answer your question, it was tempting to do a fan edit and hack away the crap, but I opted to put everything in and leave the editing to others. I disagree with Jaiman in that I think it is uneven to watch the three hour version, which is probably why it was created as a "Two Night Event." It's flow is impaired by the fact that they wanted to make it as long as possible. By the time they see dryland, you just want the movie to end (even in the theatrical) but it just goes on and on...

You'd do fine to watch Disc 1 today and then Disc 2 tomorrow, so you're still interested by the time you get to the end. The padding in the action scenes is silly, and I'd rather watch the theatrical for those. Where the extended version really shines is in character development and in placing us in the environment and letting us see the people who live there and how they live. It's a post-apocalypse movie, so this is KEY! Probably more than 50% of the scenes that make me laugh were cut from the theatrical! We get much more of Dennis Hopper being outrageously over-the-top, and a number of minor characters who prove to be amusing. One such character moment opens my final trailer, where Kevin Costner has just run over one of the Deacon's men on a jet-ski. This is the response:

Darrell's looks very promising. It has more image and is of higher quality. And if he could get a full HD transfer, that would be amazing. Also, it says TNT so perhaps the vulgar content needs to be edited back in? In any case, I look forward to it, and until then, my torrent is good to go.

If you're a PIRATE who loves michael BAY, you know where to find it, yes?

Enjoy!

Those look beautiful! Suggestions:

1) I'm having a hard time with the guy with the telescope on the back, a complaint made worse by the fact that it was MY IDEA! I think it was better without him.

2) I just added another Special Feature (sorry!) For both discs: "Subtitle Track that informs which scenes were deleted"

3) Also, I used the font Copperplate Gothic Bold on all my menus, so if we're going for unity, you could toss that in (though really I think it looks fine the way it is). It's really a nice cover.

Also, if anybody wanted to include (in whole or in part) my "About" writeup from the DVD menus, here it is:

Waterworld: The Ulysses Cut is a fan-made preservation of the extended cut of Waterworld which has been aired on television but never released on home video. Waterworld is a film notoriously re-cut by the studio after locking the director out of the editing room, and this preservation is an attempt to show some 40 minutes worth of material that was exised. 

To do this, a number of television broadcasts were compared and compiled with the goal of presenting the most complete version so far, including the extended television scenes as well as the original theatrical obscenities.

This two-disc set has been made possible by the Original Trilogy forums (www.originaltrilogy.com), with particular contributions from ReverendBeastly, shepp74, and Jaiman Tuckuh.

Before owning this, you should have already purchased the Theatrical Cut from Universal. This extended version should be freely distributed and shared until such time as Universal decides to fund and release a proper Director's Cut. If such a thing ever comes to be, this disc should be recycled in the pit.

...you're kidding. I JUST got my computer fixed today, been re-installing everything so I can torrent my edit. You may have made my project obsolete at a very inopportune time! ;)

What is the runtime? Which extended scenes does it have? Love to see it!

Templar said:

Hey McFly89 !

 

Congrats on being done and about to release this baby.

Forgive the -obvious- question : do you plan on making a DL version as well, with the 2 parts seamed as one  ?

 

Can't wait for your release in any form it materialises !

Nope, It's a two-disc. In fact, ABC was wise to make it a two-night event; it's a LONG movie.

I have a hi-res version of the image below if anyone wants to do a "standard style" Waterworld poster with Dennis Hopper replacing Kevin Costner. PM me with your email address.

Here are the DVD scpecs if you want to put these on:

Disc 1

"Waterworld: The Ulysses Cut" Part 1 (84 minutes)

Bonus Features:

"Waterworld: How it Went Down" Featurette on making a Fan Preservation

Three Trailers for the Fan Preservation

Disc 2

"Waterworld: The Ulysses Cut" Part 2 (87 minutes)

Bonus Features:

"Waterworld: Wider is Worser" Featurette on the film's multiple Aspect Ratios

Original Theatrical Trailer

Stunt Show Teaser

Telemundo TV Teaser

Total Running Time: 171 minutes

I've also written an "About" menu for the DVD describing what the Preservation is all about. I'll try to post that in case you want any of it.