mcfly89

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Join date: 28-Mar-2006
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Post: #278355
Topic: Waterworld ABC Cut? A ton of info - see McFly's posts for details (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/278355/action/topic#278355
Time: 20-Mar-2007 3:09 PM

"Mark Isham's score was reportedly rejected for being 'too ethnic' by Costner"
(from http://www.post-apocalypse.co.uk/waterworld.html)

Does anyone know if Mark Isham's score still exists in some form? This is a long shot since I think he hadn't scored all of the film before being replaced, but: since we have a workprint without the James Newton Howard score, perhaps we could drop Isham's score in?

Post: #277773
Topic: Waterworld ABC Cut? A ton of info - see McFly's posts for details (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/277773/action/topic#277773
Time: 16-Mar-2007 11:10 PM

So, let me see if I'm on the same page: this extended cut, which lorang got from Sci-fi, and ReverendBeastly got from Encore,

1) Has no cursing/violence edits
2) Is a high quality digital sattelite capture

...and thus doesn't need to be cut together with the commercial DVD? If that's so, deal me in. I'll seed like crazy.

Post: #277681
Topic: Waterworld ABC Cut? A ton of info - see McFly's posts for details (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/277681/action/topic#277681
Time: 16-Mar-2007 12:07 PM

Is this a composite edit or a straight dub of the TV edit? It would be great to see the rare VHS footage cut together with the superior DVD (especially with the TV edits taking out cursing, etc.)

Post: #267306
Topic: Good capture card?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/267306/action/topic#267306
Time: 22-Jan-2007 4:59 PM

I'd be most appreciative, if you get a chance.

Post: #267102
Topic: Army of Darkness - The Primitive Screwhead Edition (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/267102/action/topic#267102
Time: 21-Jan-2007 5:22 PM

Sorry--double post.

Post: #267101
Topic: Army of Darkness - The Primitive Screwhead Edition (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/267101/action/topic#267101
Time: 21-Jan-2007 5:21 PM

I just captured Army of Darkness off WGN last night at 1:30, and was happy to find many of the Sci-Fi deleted scenes. I'm sorry to say my capture is not as clean as yours:

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i82/thegreathunger/54984a85-WGN.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i82/thegreathunger/7a987d46-WGN.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i82/thegreathunger/AboveShotWGN.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i82/thegreathunger/AshReflectionWGN.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i82/thegreathunger/AOD-DV-WGN.jpg

Could be any number of factors, from the TV station to my pc. Most likely it's that my family has split our cable line too many times and that has introduced some nasty noise. Does anyone know how to boost the cable signal to keep it clean? Any tips on getting the most out of TV broadcasts would be very helpful. I also lost a lot capturing to DV, and I'm thinking about installing my old MJPEG card.

Besides cleaning up my capture pipeline, I’d like to know how RidgeShark made his footage look so damn pretty. Any tips? Perhaps a full-blown guide? You said: “I have spent months researching different techniques to filter the SciFi footage and I have recently reached a point where I feel happy with how the footage looks.” I’m dying for the details! And also, how are you editing VOBs in Vegas w/o recompression?

I know OCP is gone now, but the alternate opening he put up on youtube intrigues me. I love the "Time-Warp" shot of ash after the titles and before he falls. Is that on the Sci-Fi cut? I didn’t get that on WGN, I just got the “Ash vs. Arthur” from the beginning and the “Windmill” sequence.

If anyone is interested, it’s playing again on WGN Monday morning at 4:00am.

Post: #266756
Topic: Good capture card?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/266756/action/topic#266756
Time: 19-Jan-2007 9:28 PM

Is there any one out there with access to the appropriate equipment to post screenshots of Uncompressed capture versus M-JPEG, DV, MPEG-2, and any other common capture formats? That way we can all see the compression artifacts and differences and better make the decision of which to use. I suppose the screens would need to be in an uncompressed format (Tiff?) in order to be applicable.

Post: #261555
Topic: DVD Printing Etiquette
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/261555/action/topic#261555
Time: 14-Dec-2006 5:05 PM

I'm planning to start making some fan edits/preservations of my own, and would be happy to distribute them, but I don't want to buy a DVD printer for the discs, nor do I want to apply sticker labels. Is it really too "bootleg-ish" to just write directly on the disk with a DVD-safe marker? Is this what the majority of people here do? Which markers are best?

Post: #260640
Topic: Project Im Working on - Bruce Lee's Game of Death - 35th Anniversary Edition (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/260640/action/topic#260640
Time: 7-Dec-2006 1:18 PM

Will this be ready for the holidays?

Post: #260637
Topic: Army of Darkness - The Primitive Screwhead Edition (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/260637/action/topic#260637
Time: 7-Dec-2006 1:13 PM

Originally posted by: DrakeRetro
I don't know if anyone else has ever had this idea, but since I don't plan on doing an extended AOD cut anytime soon I'll throw it out there.

There is away to use both endings to AOD.

Here is how, You start with the Original ( unused ) ending, Ash drops one tomany drops, falls asleep, Then fade into the smart ending. As the smart ending fades out it crossfades into ash awaking as he dreamed it all up. Then ofcourse he gets out of the cave realizing he is in a post apopcolyptic future.

Seriously, that's a great idea.

Post: #258214
Topic: The old Star Wars comics - general discussion thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/258214/action/topic#258214
Time: 23-Nov-2006 10:13 AM

Does anybody know which of the Star Wars comics series are the better ones? I'd love to read about the old (pre-prequel trilogy) days of jedi vs. sith, if those tales are any good.

Post: #253593
Topic: External HD
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/253593/action/topic#253593
Time: 26-Oct-2006 6:47 PM

I've had this happen before by putting the master/slave peg in the wrong place on the HD. Most of my external enclosures want the peg to be absent, but others need it there. Sometimes master, sometimes slave. I end up trying them all until it recognizes the drive.

Post: #242568
Topic: Info: Anyone Got A Spare 1300 Bucks? Star Wars 16mm on ebay...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/242568/action/topic#242568
Time: 9-Sep-2006 11:36 PM

If we only scanned the parts that were changed, how would we go about that? Any old scanner is higher resolution than 1920 x 1080, but does film require some kind of special scanner? How do we re-align the frames when we put them together?

Post: #242564
Topic: TV Tuner vs. Firewire
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/242564/action/topic#242564
Time: 9-Sep-2006 10:58 PM

Maybe I should narrow my question down to this: What do you guys use to capture? Uncompressed to a RAID? DV through a camera? MPEG2 TV tuner?

Post: #241825
Topic: The Salute of the Jugger: Extended Version (a.k.a The Blood of Heroes) starring Rutger Hauer (1989) (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/241825/action/topic#241825
Time: 6-Sep-2006 7:13 PM

I am very interested in this project! I'm also happy with open-matte, especially if it means no recompression.

Post: #240398
Topic: Making our own 35mm preservation--my crazy proposal
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/240398/action/topic#240398
Time: 1-Sep-2006 1:44 PM

Originally posted by: Karyudo

Originally posted by: mcfly89
The FCC is forcing television stations to conform to HD standards, and over the next several years, all stations will comply to these standards [...].

I don't think that's right. What the FCC is mandating is that all over the air TV stations conform to a (the ATSC?) digital standard. ATSC covers both SD and HD digital resolutions. So SD could be with us for quite some time to come, and TV stations will not be forced to upsample SD to HD.

You're probably right about that--it just occured to me that my only source for that one bit of info was a friend of mine. He was the general manager of a public access station, but he also has a penchant for, shall we say, "creative storytelling."

Post: #240249
Topic: Army of Darkness - The Primitive Screwhead Edition (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/240249/action/topic#240249
Time: 1-Sep-2006 12:01 AM

I too send my best wishes to you and your cousin. I hope everyone is recovering from the trauma. I also just wanted to say I'm utterly flabberghasted by the work you've done on this project thus far. The quality you've squeezed out of your source material is more than I would have thought possible. You've inspired me.

Post: #240242
Topic: Making our own 35mm preservation--my crazy proposal
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/240242/action/topic#240242
Time: 31-Aug-2006 11:31 PM

I'm the most sarcastic individual I know, and yet I never get it when someone else does it! Sorry. DV is love/hate for me. I've seen those artifacts, I hate those reds, and yet... I can't afford uncompressed. Compression can be our friend. I like that it puts filmmaking in the hands of comsumers.

Remember like eight years ago when DV looked SO GOOD? R.I.P.

Post: #240202
Topic: Making our own 35mm preservation--my crazy proposal
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/240202/action/topic#240202
Time: 31-Aug-2006 9:31 PM

Originally posted by: THX
DV isn't "True SD" because it's compressed, and because it's shot with a chip with less lines of resolution than the broadcast standard.

That's incorrect. Think about it--DV and DVDs are both compressed, and both the same resolution, and both are Standard Definition. If they weren't, then HD-DVD and Blu-Ray wouldn't be "True HD," because they're compressed. Neither would anything broadcast on any HDTV channel. Compression is used by broadcasters in both HD and SD, and nothing in the technical standards of HD or SD has any limitations on compression. Further, DV meets the required resolution for SD (regardless of the chip in the camera), and HDV meets the required resolution for HD.

More on broadcast standards:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_definition

I understand your frustration at the idea that any crappy image can be upsampled to HD and, technically, be HD. The FCC is forcing television stations to conform to HD standards, and over the next several years, all stations will comply to these standards, but some of the smaller ones will just be upsampling their SD broadcasts to HD. This irks me too. But that's the way it is, it's true.

Post: #240133
Topic: Making our own 35mm preservation--my crazy proposal
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/240133/action/topic#240133
Time: 31-Aug-2006 5:41 PM

Originally posted by: Laserschwert

Originally posted by: mcfly89
HDV is true HD

No, that's not correct... I think. True HD would be 1920 x 1080, while HDV is working at the anamorphic 1440 x 1080, which has to be stretched to the correct 16:9 aspect ratio.

There are a number of standards for HD, in terms of resolution, frame rate, and interlaced or progressive. If you want to look only at resolution, Lucas shot AOTC using Panasonic Varicam HD cameras, at a resolution of 1280 × 720 (less considering he CROPPED the 16:9 image to 2.35:1). Most interlaced HD (like the Sony camera) doesn't go higher than 1440 lines, but I've upsampled to 1920 and deinterlaced and the image is still stellar.

Obviously, $5,000 HD is not the same as $90,000 HD, but the compromises don't make it any less "True." That would be like saying DV isn't "True SD" because it's compressed, or because it's shot with a chip with less lines of resolution than the broadcast standard.

Post: #239890
Topic: Making our own 35mm preservation--my crazy proposal
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/239890/action/topic#239890
Time: 31-Aug-2006 2:13 AM

I did a very rough test with an old 8mm projector, just to see the frame-blurring, and it is prominent. There may be a work-around, but I don't have access to a 35mm projector and won't be able to do a serious test unless I find someone who does.

When looking into the cost of buying a 35mm projector (several thousand $), it occured to me that it would be cheaper to pay for a true telecine. I found a quote through google for about $1,000 for 120 minutes, and that includes cleaning. Not bad, assuming we can find a print and the teleciners are willing to transfer copyrighted material.

Post: #239734
Topic: Waterworld ABC Cut? A ton of info - see McFly's posts for details (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/239734/action/topic#239734
Time: 30-Aug-2006 4:45 PM

Bravo is playing Waterworld tomorrow, August 31, at 2:00pm and 10:00pm (at least, where I am located). Unfortunately, I don't recieve that channel. It runs three hours, and I'm wondering if that's the cut we're talking about. Is the ABC Cut 3 hours with commercials, or without? Does Bravo have commercials? Might be worth a look, if anyone has the channel.

Post: #239602
Topic: TV Tuner vs. Firewire
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/239602/action/topic#239602
Time: 30-Aug-2006 12:33 AM

I normally capture analog video as DV over firewire (VCR into my DV camera into my PC). I have a laptop and external hard drive, so capturing uncompressed video is out of the question. While pondering the quality lost in converting to DV and then MPEG2 (for DVD), I wondered if it would be best to just capture analog video directly to MPEG2. Do external (usb) TV tuners have better or even comparable MPEG2 encoding compared to my current workflow? Or do they suffer from real-time encodes whereas my DV to MPEG2 conversion is multi-pass?

Also, I've never used software to cut MPEG2s along the GOP so as not to recompress them. Obviously, my goal would be to splice my original captured MPEG2s together onto a DVD without ever recompressing them, so there is no generational loss from capture to output. Has anyone worked like this? It seems limiting compared to DV in Vegas, which is much more malleable than cutting along a GOP.

Post: #239564
Topic: Making our own 35mm preservation--my crazy proposal
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/239564/action/topic#239564
Time: 29-Aug-2006 9:07 PM

HDV is true HD, but it is compressed. The reason I picked the Sony Z1 is that it's cheap, and it can output uncompressed HD through component RGB. I have an FX1 (the cheaper model to the Z1) and the image clarity is outstanding, and that's in HDV mode, with compression. The frame synch sounds like a tough one to get around, but it may be worth seeing about, since it may be our only hope of seeing Star Wars in HD. I'll see if I can get access to a projector and use my Sony FX1 for a test on some random film.

Post: #239433
Topic: Making our own 35mm preservation--my crazy proposal
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/239433/action/topic#239433
Time: 29-Aug-2006 11:41 AM

Good ol' fashioned telecine:
Get a Sony Z1 HDV camera ($5,000), a good computer with an HD card, RAID, and a couple terabytes (several thousand $). Set up the camera on a tripod, project the print on a small, clear screen, run component HD out of the camera (uncompressed) into the computer, and then do cleanup in post.

Cheaper version:
If you can't do uncompressed, you can record in HDV mode (25 Mb/s MPEG2 in HD) and it'll only take up less than 30 GB and still look great. This doesn't need to cost a lot--I'm sure we could find someone with a 35mm print and coerce him or her into letting us shoot it.

I must have overlooked something, so feel free to put your two cents in. I don't think we'll get the OOT in HD, and the longer we wait, the longer the prints will deteriorate. I think a solid bootleg with a 3-chip HD camera and some fixes in post would look fantastic. Especially compared to laserdisc.