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ryecatcher74

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19-Nov-2007
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#253962
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***//BUILDING EMPIRE\\: PAL & NTSC DVD - NEW EDITION NOW ONLINE! ***
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I'm finally getting around to downloading this puppy, but I'm experiencing technical difiiculties. When I click the download link at the Spleen, I get a new page in my web browser full of coded nonsense. I experienced this before with a different torrent, but somebody provided a workaround link. I am a Bittornado user (shadow's experimental) and prefer to use that client, but can also use Shareazza if need be. Any suggestions?
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#237052
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STAR WARS: The Torrents thread
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That's odd. I swear when i searched on Demonoid last night I could no longer find the torrent, but there it is today. Maybe it was the beer goggles. Anyway, thanks again for seeding this D.M., I'll jump back on it now. I used to have port forwarding set up on my router, but let a friend have the router for his digital phone. For the most part, my connectivity is still pretty good, although sometimes my uploading really sucks.
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#214798
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Mono mix for Moth3r's ANH DVD
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Thanks Moth3r, got it and made the disc successfully with Dr. M's version. There's only one problem...I'd really prefer the original PAL mono-mix! I still like the video quality far more in Moth3r's original, and I also realized that I can't make a disc with the mono-mix as a bonus audio track when using the NTSC version. Since the PCM track on Dr. M's disc isn't recognized by dvdauthorgui (as far as I can tell), I can only make a disc with just the mono mix. With Moth3r's, the original audio is an ac3 file, and I know enough about dvd authoring that I could make the dvd a dual soundtrack disc simply by adding the mono ac3. I realize there are likely ways to get around all this, but I'm new at encoding and authoring and all that... I really have no idea and can't seem to figure it out from the information I've found on the subject.

I guess what I'm saying is, if at some point anyone on these forums can re-upload that original PAL mono-mix file anywhere, I'd be grateful.

Thanks again, Moth3r.
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#214185
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Star Wars DVD Covers
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Lucas' decision to use photographic covers instead of traditional painted art is ill-conceived, but imagine my shock when I came across this quote at Drew Struzan's official website (as in the guy who did the art for the SE and PT posters):

Drew speaking with George Lucas – director and writer of the Star Wars Epic

Drew: “Why do you use illustration to advertise and represent your projects? Computer manipulated photographs dominate the advertising of so many studios, but you continue to loyally choose illustration….”

George Lucas: “The kind of movies I make are more fanciful in nature, more mythical in nature. To market my films, I like to move one step away from photo- realism to something that’s a little grander, a little more glorious, and something a bit more romantic than what you get with just simple photographs.”

Is Lucas just the biggest bag of hypocritical nonsense ever? First he goes on about the importance of film preservation, giving his detractors plenty of juicy quotes, and now I see this. If he truly said and believes this, what the hell would compel him to have "simple" photoshop generated garbage used for the covers of the recent dvd's?! Even worse, photoshop generated garbage that bastardizes the handmade artwork that he claims to consider paramount in marketing his films??!!

Seriously, does he have a head injury? How can one man so utterly and completely contradict himself at almost every point?

While I'm happy we have many talented folks here who provide outstanding alternative covers, it never ceases to confound me how wrong LFL gets things, and how disappointed I become when one of the greatest film series ever is treated with such contempt by its own maker, one who even DEFIES HIS OWN LOGIC!
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#213217
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STAR WARS: The Torrents thread
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Citizen single or dual layer please, although I have to admit I would prefer PAL, as Moth3r's set has convinced me that the extra vertical resolution afforded by PAL transfers yields a significant improvement, even on my crappy television. It is by far my favourite set of transfers (so far).

Actually, maybe someone can clear that up...does the Citizen NTSC set look EXACTLY like the PAL set, only enabled to play on region 1 DVD players, or does it actually lose resolution by becoming NTSC compliant?