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Post: #228009
Topic: Editing movies ruled illegal
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/228009/action/topic#228009
Time: 21-Jul-2006 5:50 PM

Originally posted by: zombie84
Movies are often censored for television and in foreign countries by the studios in order to conform to the respective codes and regulations.

Actually, I'm pretty sure a lot of the censored TV shows and movies shown in Malaysia are censored not by the studios that produced the titles, but rather the censorship board or some other local entity. It's just too badly done and really detracts from the viewing experience.

Post: #228008
Topic: '13-30 Extraflirty' fan edit (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/228008/action/topic#228008
Time: 21-Jul-2006 5:46 PM

Actually, I tried downloading WOTW a couple days ago and found no seeds, so I stopped it. Maybe it was just a bad day? I'll try it again.

Post: #227917
Topic: Editing movies ruled illegal
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/227917/action/topic#227917
Time: 21-Jul-2006 12:49 PM

What kind of editing does Wal-Mart do to music CDs?

Post: #227720
Topic: Editing movies ruled illegal
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/227720/action/topic#227720
Time: 20-Jul-2006 6:05 PM

Originally posted by: Bossk
I guess this means that Wal-Mart is screwed.

How so?

Post: #227493
Topic: Editing movies ruled illegal
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/227493/action/topic#227493
Time: 19-Jul-2006 11:19 PM

It's interesting that, in countries with insane censorship laws (like Malaysia, where I grew up), editing movies and TV shows for "inappropriate" content (often with REALLY bad editing that sticks out worse than any graphic scene could), is a really common practice for TV stations and movie theaters. For example, when "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers" was aired in Malaysia, every occurance of the word "morphin' " was cut out, even in the theme song (and the corresponding words in the title were blanked out), for fear that innocent kids would mistake it for the drug "morphine" (!!!). When I saw "Resident Evil: Apocalypse" in a Malaysian theater, there were very obvious (and very distracting) cuts all over the place. (The movie was so bad anyway that I never bothered to find out what I missed.) In Singapore, particularly graphic movies are often released twice in theaters -- a sanitized version first, followed by the uncut version rated R-21 (21 and above).

I wonder what movie producers would say about that.

Post: #227471
Topic: Editing movies ruled illegal
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/227471/action/topic#227471
Time: 19-Jul-2006 10:22 PM

I just read this on http://www.hackingnetflix.com/2006/07/editing_movies_.html:

Associated Press: Court Rules against Sanitizing Films. Companies like CleanFlicks, Play It Clean Video, and CleanFilms.com have been editing purchased copies of movies and renting them to customers, but a U.S. district court ruled that this practice violated copyright laws.

Editing movies to delete objectionable language, sex and violence is an "illegitimate business" that hurts Hollywood studios and directors who own the movie rights, said U.S. District Judge Richard P. Matsch in a decision released Thursday in Denver.

"Their (studios and directors) objective ... is to stop the infringement because of its irreparable injury to the creative artistic expression in the copyrighted movies," the judge wrote. "There is a public interest in providing such protection."

Hmmm . . . any guesses on what the verdict would be on fan edits? =(

Post: #227205
Topic: '13-30 Extraflirty' fan edit (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/227205/action/topic#227205
Time: 18-Jul-2006 11:00 PM

Thanks, I'll check the torrents.

Post: #227145
Topic: '13-30 Extraflirty' fan edit (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/227145/action/topic#227145
Time: 18-Jul-2006 6:36 PM

Boon, does CBB have a website where I can download DVD covers for your edits?

Post: #226976
Topic: The "ADigitalMan Special Editions" DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/226976/action/topic#226976
Time: 18-Jul-2006 12:24 AM

Originally posted by: heroesfate
I am looking for the ADM edits of ep 4-6, the most current versions released (with ROTJ Anakin montage). If i could trade edits or film scores for those three titles, please PM me. Thanks so much!!!

They're on the way. =) Sorry for the delay.

Post: #226334
Topic: The "ADigitalMan Special Editions" DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/226334/action/topic#226334
Time: 14-Jul-2006 6:03 PM

Originally posted by: ADigitalMan
I think Feta put the ADM Mastered logo on the front where the THX mastered would go. It's a subtle identifier.

Actually, it's on the back. =)

Just my two cents about the new ROTJ ending -- personally I don't think the "montage" sequence fits in quite so well at the end of the sexlogy (?), but taken on its own it's quite a masterpiece. Seeing Anakin's transformation from innocent kid to Jedi to Sith Lord to sacrificial father, summed up concisely with such masterful editing to such rousing music, is just overwhelming.

Post: #226285
Topic: The "ADigitalMan Special Editions" DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/226285/action/topic#226285
Time: 14-Jul-2006 2:15 PM

I don't know if there are other covers for this set, but I found the lovely ones by Boba Feta at http://bobafeta.kol.co.nz/ .

My only gripe with them is they're not clearly labelled "ADM Special Edition" or something to that effect on either the front or spine -- you wouldn't know that they were fan edits until you flip them to the back.

Post: #225923
Topic: ORIGINAL STAR WARS TRILOGY OUT 09/2006 BY LUCASFILM
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/225923/action/topic#225923
Time: 12-Jul-2006 3:43 PM

Well, I wasn't trying to start a discussion about LD per se, I was just going to bring up the fact that, if LD video is analog, then an anamorphic transfer of LD video to DVD would look better than converting letterboxed digital video into anamorphic digital video, right? I may be completely off the mark here, but I'm thinking that resizing analog video would not introduce ugly artefacts like resizing digital video would, since the resolution of analog video should be practically infinite (I'm thinking of a photograph taken with an analog camera, which can be blown up to any dimensions without artefacting -- versus a picture taken with a digital camera, which has a fixed resolution).

Post: #225903
Topic: ORIGINAL STAR WARS TRILOGY OUT 09/2006 BY LUCASFILM
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/225903/action/topic#225903
Time: 12-Jul-2006 1:54 PM

Sure, you could make a "fanamorphic" (hah, I love that word!) version of the letterboxed video simply by cropping and resizing it in AviSynth, but that's exactly what it's going to look like -- a cropped and resized version of the letterboxed video. I'm guessing that using AviSynth's Lanczos4 filter to resize the video will yield better quality than using the "Zoom" function of a DVD player on a widescreen TV, though.

I must admit I know nothing about laser discs. Is it a digital format?

Post: #225791
Topic: ORIGINAL STAR WARS TRILOGY OUT 09/2006 BY LUCASFILM
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/225791/action/topic#225791
Time: 11-Jul-2006 9:14 PM

It's no more illegal than any fan edit that uses material from commercially available DVDs. As long as it's traded among owners of the official DVDs in question, I believe most people on this forum would consider it ethical. Whether it's LEGAL is up to the beaurocrats and lawyers to decide.

Post: #225758
Topic: The Matrix: De-Zionized Re-Edit
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/225758/action/topic#225758
Time: 11-Jul-2006 6:52 PM

Would someone be willing to send me a copy of this? Do PM me, perhaps we could set up a trade. Or I could PIF. Thanks.

Post: #223229
Topic: The "ADigitalMan Special Editions" DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/223229/action/topic#223229
Time: 29-Jun-2006 6:47 PM

Patience is a virtue, vbangle.

I've been burning the discs for the people who only requested one or two discs (I'm still waiting for some addresses -- you know who you are -- please PM me your address if you want the discs!).

The 25-message limit makes replying to PMs really difficult, because I constantly have to decide which messages to delete before I'm able to send new ones. If you want to get in touch with me in a hurry, e-mail me at ganwuiming@gmail.com (I won't guarantee instant replies, but at least it makes replying much easier).

I changed my mind about asking for payment. I know DL discs are really expensive, but it just feels really dishonest to charge for someone else's hard work, especially on something none of us even owns the copyright for. So - I'm not going to ASK for anything in return. If, out of the goodness of your heart, you'd like to offer me some reimbursement anyway, I'll accept it with gratitude. Better still, if you have any fan edits/OT preservations you'd like to offer me in return, PM (or preferably e-mail) me a list. Or if in the future you make or obtain anything you'd like to share with me, do drop me a note. And share whatever you receive with others. This community is all about sharing, anyway.

Post: #222766
Topic: Fanfilm contest at atomfilms.com
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/222766/action/topic#222766
Time: 28-Jun-2006 3:51 PM

http://www.atomfilms.com/af/spotlight/collections/starwars/

Post: #222756
Topic: Fanfilm contest at atomfilms.com
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/222756/action/topic#222756
Time: 28-Jun-2006 3:18 PM

Most of you probably know this already, but in case you didn't, the Star Wars Fanfilm Contest 2006 is now up for voting at atomfilms.com!

Post: #222153
Topic: The Producers (2005) - Extended Edition (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/222153/action/topic#222153
Time: 27-Jun-2006 1:15 AM

Originally posted by: DrFaustus
Finally got it. Great edit. Much better than the theatrical release. Shame you didn't do it in 5.1, but I know that would've been a bitch. Still, though. I love the edit. You're 2 for 2, what's next?

What you asked for -- The Producers: Extended Edition in 5.1! More news to be posted soon.

Post: #221744
Topic: The "ADigitalMan Special Editions" DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/221744/action/topic#221744
Time: 25-Jun-2006 9:35 PM

I use Nero too. I haven't done that in the past, but it's an excellent habit and I'll start doing that. I've had experiences with burns that seemed perfect but later on gave CRC errors, so data verification is probably a really really good idea.

Post: #221737
Topic: The "ADigitalMan Special Editions" DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/221737/action/topic#221737
Time: 25-Jun-2006 9:04 PM

Hey vbangle, I'm okay, LOL . . . didn't mean to go "poof" . . . just been busy, that's all . . . I was going to reply each PM individually (and wow, what an overwhelming response!) when I had more time. I didn't think there was a hurry to get them . . .

But since you asked, I'll just post a general reply here for the time being.

As a rule, I don't charge for my own edits, much less anyone else's edits, but I can't afford to send out so many DL discs to so many people at my own expense, so I hope you all won't mind reimbursing me for the cost of the discs after I've sent them out. (Unless you prefer to send me blanks, but that would just be a needless waste of postage.)

I'm also going to have to get new blanks, and then burn them, all of which will take time, so please be patient.

I'm currently using Fujifilm DVD+R DL discs (I've got about 20 more of them), and a spindle of 25 Matrix DVD+R DL discs are on the way. I'll test the Matrix discs and if they work fine I'll get more. Let me know if you have any problem with those brands.

~Ming.

Post: #221519
Topic: "Troy" Re-Cut (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/221519/action/topic#221519
Time: 24-Jun-2006 8:20 PM

I wonder if they'll ever make a sequel to Troy -- though I guess The Odyssey relies so much on the supernatural that there wouldn't be much of a story without that element.

Post: #221508
Topic: "Troy" Re-Cut (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/221508/action/topic#221508
Time: 24-Jun-2006 7:41 PM

Originally posted by: BrikHaus81
When was the last time Hollywood actually made a historically accurate movie anyway?

Star Wars.

Post: #221480
Topic: "Troy" Re-Cut (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/221480/action/topic#221480
Time: 24-Jun-2006 3:44 PM

Originally posted by: ShiftyEyes
I think the filmmakers made the right decision to not include the Gods. . . . When I saw the movie, I went into it thinking of what the filmmakers were going for, which I think was to show a possible backstory to the myth that would've later become the Illiad. In many ways, it demystifies the legend and brings it down to a more human level, and at the same time the filmmakers were making a throwback to the classic sword and sandal epics.

I quite agree. It's a tale that could ostensibly be presented as history. Still, a fan edit that includes the god's interventions would be an awesome alternative.

Post: #221464
Topic: The "ADigitalMan Special Editions" DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/221464/action/topic#221464
Time: 24-Jun-2006 1:41 PM

Thanks to bwlag, I now have the DL versions of all 7 ADM Star Wars edits (ROTJ is version 2.0). In the spirit of PIF, let me know if anyone wants a copy of any of these edits.