DavidMerrick said:
Look, if you're that desperate for cash I just want to let you know I'm open-minded.
Cash? He said favors. Heck that even indicates that he doesn't require it of them, just hopes either the people will be impressed enough with the product to, well, just totally be compelled to do it, or otherwise have pity enough to do it...
kevin7 said:
"No one goes around quizzing people on their official discs here."
We should start. Everyone upload a picture of your official discs next to your fan edits next to your local newspaper with today's date!
Local what-paper?
towne32 said:
Harmy's is actually a 35mm Death Star with GOUT x-wings, I believe. Which would explain the difference in quality compared to Mike's work.
GOUT X-Wings, yes, but as even the sources documentary indicates, he uses Puggo's 16mm as a source for lowering the noticeable aliasing effects on the wings. A good 35mm scan would probably lend this scene a world of good, as Mike's work no doubt indicates.
unamochilla2 said:
darklordoftech said:
unamochilla2 said:
I'm surprised they didn't use Boba Fett on the ESB cover.
That there's no Fetts on the covers is the best part. What I'm absolutely baffled by is how in the world Grevious ended up on a cover.
Interestingly, 5 of the cover characters are villains. I guess the villains make more money?
No, no, no. Quicker, easier, more seductive.
Harmy said:
sunglassesatnite said:
Harmy said:
It's gonna happen - there are just some things moving in the background that I can't really talk about (or affect for that matter) that I'm waiting for so as not to do redundant work.
Awesome! So Harmy's working on the official OOT !!
Sadly, no.
Harmy is working on the official 4K Special Edition OT!!
Agreed. I'd like to hear more details about Kennedy's comment.
CatBus said:
Pessimists get tired of being right all the time.
Dammit! I KNEW you'd say that.
edit: I'm sleepy all of a sudden... no idea why.
unamochilla2 said:
I'm surprised they didn't use Boba Fett on the ESB cover.
That's the only thing that surprises you about this mess?
Even then, no, MANOS without at least a Rifftrax commentary track included just isn't worth watching (the sad part is, there exists a riff script for the full length MANOS, it would have been simple for them to team up and make a commentary track). It is a wasted effort, much like making a steel book of only butchered versions of Star Wars films and including 83.333% villain cover art (85.7% if you count the slip case).
CatBus said:
Film was used for the Star Wars credits even though we'd already made a very good reconstruction. I'd say if he has the film elements, he'll use them, and stability/cleanup will be less of an issue for ROTJ than it was for SW. I think the only reason we have a reconstruction for ESB is because the timing just didn't work out right for getting the film elements.
Indeed, film scans of the ESB credits weren't available in time for ESB V2.0, but I believe Harmy said he has scans now for future use on ESB. I assume, if available, he'll go with real film elements on RotJ credits over a reconstruction, as well. As nice as the reconstruction credits can turn out, you can't really beat the authenticity of the original credits (I think the reconstruction for ESB was a last resort, at the time).
Still, it is sort of fun seeing how anal everyone can get when proofing reconstruction credits.
Harmy, I know you're busy with your new job, but I'm sure a lot of us have wondered if you've fit any RotJ work in recently? Have you gotten all or most of the scans from -1 you'd hoped for originally? Is there anything any of us could do to help you on the project (I doubt that credits will need to be recreated like we did for Empire, but that's an example of a type of busy work we could hammer away on for you)?
Just hoping for some update scraps for us to gnaw on.
Frank your Majesty said:
tenacious-d said:
A bit ironic, how are people meant to watch it if they can't find it :p
It's quite teh paradox, isnt it?
I see what you did there...
iRed4321 said:
Yoda-sama:
If I all understood ( I'm French, then...) I must leave all the copyright section ?
If yes, I've got a problem. I think I can't do this because a part of the copyrights is on the luke and I haven't got this picture of luke. I'm using a mask with a picture of the same space but if I haven't got luke, I'm not sure I can (I'm not sure you undersand this because it is picture editing terms)
I can try but I think the result isn't very good.
I'm saying it is more effort than it is worth to modify that section. I'd just leave it exactly as it is, unless you feel particularly ambitious. Mostly I was just explaining the joke made about that section which confused you regarding whether you had to ask someone for permission to use the cover, which you do not.
In short, I don't speak or read French, but I think the cover looks pretty good now.
He was joking about the legalese stuff at the bottom, not that you need to obtain permission from the person who made the cover template. It is the jargon borrowed from other DVDs to make the original cover design look more professional (stuff like the lines: "The copyright proprietor has licensed the program (including, without limitation, its soundtrack) contained in this Digital Versatile Disc for private home use only. Unless otherwise expressly licensed by the copyright proprietor, all other rights are reserved.", etc.). He was pointing out the irony (fallacy?) of the original wording used to indicate permission was given by the copyright holder (Lucasfilm, Fox, Disney, etc.), which obviously was not given.
I don't think anyone expects you to mess with that section (unless you really want to make the cover overtly French, LOL), though, if you did try updating it, it would quickly snowball into editing that "the proprietor has NOT licensed" (and likely adjusting more copyright jargon to loosen restrictions) and changing "Digital Versatile Disc" or "DVD" to "Blu-ray Disc" or "Blu-ray". Then you would be in a world of hurt when it comes to formatting, spacing, grammar, including additions other people would start suggesting... Though, I admit, it would be humorous to have a carat between "has licensed" with a superscript "NOT" above it. Anyway, it is probably in your best interest to just leave that section as it currently is.
(Question to other English speakers: I can't decide if "snowball" as used above is an English idiom, since the idea of a snowball should illicit the same effect regardless of the word used for it, right? Except on Tatooine, I suppose.)
My last suggestion for now would be to put the DTS-HD MA logo next to the Dolby Digital logo, rather than having the Blu-ray logo between the two kinds of audio codec logos.
edit: Wait, did you only remove the kbps from the audio listing? You might as well remove mention of Dolby Digital as well, unless you want to go and correctly label which track is Dolby Digital and which is DTS-HD MA.
In short, either list things like: 5.1 English (hairy_hen's 70mm mix) or 5.1 English DTS-HD MA (hairy_hen's 70mm mix), etc. Also, it would be good if you have an accurate list of all audio options that are available, or, if you're just picking and choosing what you list, I don't see why you'd keep Czech. Either way, they should be listed in an order resembling what is on the disc, or else, like how it is listed here, I would expect French to be the second audio track.
iRed4321 said:
Ok if I resume I change:
-AVCHD logo to Blu-ray logo
-Dolby Digital logo to DTS-HD MA logo.
- the audio audios tracks.
it's that ?
I think that would cover most of the important things to update it for use with v2.5 (mkv or Blu-ray).
iRed4321 said:
And, for the changes of the 2.5, there are no problem but I understand anything. Well, if someone say me exactly wich logos and track I must change, I can do it.
Since an AVCHD version of V2.5 does exist, it would be good to have the covers as they are for those who prefer that version, but make another set just like it but with the AVCHD logo replaced with the Blu-ray logo (even the mkv is encoded basically like a Blu-ray, so it might do for both), and either replace the Dolby Digital logo with a DTS-HD MA logo or shift over the Dolby logo and include both. Oh, and then the list of audio tracks would need to be changed, both to reflect the actual codecs and to mention, at least, the relevant French audio track(s).
Bewy said:
As for the cover themselves, both are really fine; and the second one has a nice retro feel with all those translated names :D
Oh, I hadn't noticed that at first. If on the version titled "Star Wars" you intend to use English character names, then Dark Vador should probably change back to Darth Vader.
If you're customizing this cover for use with V2.5, you may want to consider replacing the AVCHD and Dolby Digital portions, as AVCHD (and Dolby Digital, as the main audio tracks) only applies to the lower quality Double-Layer DVD (DVD9) version of the film (this cover is originally from the V1.0 release, which was only available in AVCHD). If you're intending to burn the MKV version straight to disc or convert the MKV version and burn a custom, playable Blu-ray disc, then you should probably reflect that on the cover, also, the main English audio tracks are DTS-HD MA (though, Dolby Digital is still true for French dubs, etc.).
Oh, at first I assumed that was a cover you'd found to use as an example, or wanted in higher quality, or to get covers of that quality for the other two movies. Now I understand you created this cover yourself. In that case, use whatever makes you happy for the title, LOL.
iRed4321 said:
How do you find that ?
Not to pick on the French, but for some reason, of all the characters' names mentioned on that cover, I did not expect Han Solo's to be the most butchered in translation. Yan Solo, (even Dark Vador fared better) LOL.
Also, as a person looking for a French cover, are you satisfied with the English title used on that cover and spine, or would you be more interested in one which features "la guerre des étoiles"? (I'm honestly curious.)
iRed4321 said:
ok, no problem.
So... You prefer I speak french(good) or English(bad) ?
And, for my originaly post ? Someone has a cover in French ?
If I'm not mistaken, I think English is a forum requirement...
iRed4321 said:
Alors je suis français, partout et je vis en France. Je parle anglais ici car tout le monde parle anglais.
Don't take it too personally. What you said was written clearly enough for us to understand, we just love to poke fun at little grammatical nuances that are often missed by non-native speakers; on top of which there was still bound to be a French joke or few made.
Think of it as an initiation, they won't keep making fun of you in general after this (except for TV's Frink and Stinky-Dinkins).
Brilliant image, Harmy, though I think it needs more edits, I think it was always meant to have a digital rock obscuring part of it.
I wouldn't say to take greater love of the other two films as disdain for RotJ (or even most disdain of RotJ as hate toward RotJ). Sure, I love the other movies more than RotJ, but I still love RotJ, and it shouldn't have to take a back seat. If it is in better shape than the others, I see no reason to hold back its release, in any form you can give it to us. Heck, this is the only -1 forum thread I follow, since the other two movies are sure to get more attention than RotJ, so I lurk here for moments like this, to voice support for the 3rd most beloved, but still beloved, Original Trilogy Star Wars film (without which, it wouldn't be a trilogy, obviously).