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  Harry Potter - extended editions
Posted by: spoRv - 2017-05-22, 11:10 AM - Forum: Official and unofficial releases - Replies (75)

LAST EDIT: 2017-12-27

These are the deleted/extended scenes, all available in HD on Blu-ray:

  1. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) (8m54s)
    • Dudley’s New School Univorm (0:54)
    • Petunia Cracks Eggs with Letters Inside (0:37)
    • Tube Ride (0:38)
    • Kids Leave Girls’ Bathroom (0:20)
    • Harry Sits by Fire in Great Hall (1:00)
    • Harry Finds Nicolas Flamel Card (1:57)
    • Snape Classroom (Extended) (3:28)

  2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) (about 17m)
    • Floating Cake
    • Borgin & Burkes
    • Exiting to Knockturn Alley
    • Flying Car Over London
    • Harry Finds Kwikspell Letter
    • Harry Meets Colin Creevey
    • Dark Arts Exam
    • Rogue Bludger
    • Harry Meets Justin Finch-Fletchley
    • Arry Sits with Hedwig
    • Harry Overhears Harry Runs into Hagrid
    • Ron and Hermione Question Harry
    • Polyjuice Preparation
    • Crabbe & Goyle
    • Ron Remembers Tom Riddle
    • Harry Tells Ron about Hagrid
    • Harry and Ron Use Invisibility Cloak
    • Finding Flying Car in Forbidden Forest

  3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) (4m49s)
    • The Knight Bus Spins (0:30)
    • Hagrid Swats at a Bird (Extended) (0:41)
    • Harry Receives Sneakoscope in the Great Hall (1:05)
    • Sir Cadogan Asks for the Password (0:38)
    • McGonagall Lectures Students About the Password (1:55)

  4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) (10m08s)
    • Students Sing the Hogwrats’s Hymn
    • Durmstrang Dating Etiquette
    • Harry Misses Cho
    • The Yule Ball Band (Extended)
    • Karkaroff and Snape at the Ball
    • Mad-Eye Warns Harry (Extended)
    • Debating Crouch’s Murder and Clues
    • Investigating Snape and Karkaroff

  5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) (about 17m)
    • Professor Trelawney Eating in the Great Hall (Extended)
    • What Nevill Heard About The Daily Prophet (Extended)
    • Students in Gryffindor Common Room (Extended)
    • Professor Umbridge Evaluates Professor Trelawney (Extended)
    • Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle Bullying
    • Filch Blows Out Professor Umbridge’s Hair
    • Harry, Hermione and Professor Umbridge in the Forbidden Forest (Extended)
    • Harry Enter’s Professor Dumbledore’s Office
    • Harry Packs and Talks with Ron

  6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) (6m48s)
    • Harry and Hermione Walk Through the Walls of Hogwarts (Extended) (0:29)
    • Harry and Hermione Discuss Marauder’s Map (1:02)
    • Harry, Ron and Hermione Discuss the Vanishing Cabinet (1:06)
    • Harry and Dumbledore Arrive at Cave Entrance (Extended) (0:41)
    • Harry and Dumbledore Leave Cave (0:21)
    • Clouds Gather Over Hogwarts as Flitwick Conducts Choir (Extended) (1:42)
    • Harry Joins Ron, Hermione and Ginny in the Common Room (0:43)
    • Harry and Hermione Discuss Ron at Astronomy Tower (Extended) (0:43)

  7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010) (10m54s)
    • The Burrows Shed (0:41)
    • The Dursley's House (0:52)
    • Dudley and Harry (2:05)
    • The Granger House (0:27)
    • Ministry of Magic Lifts (1:51)
    • Tent (1:38)
    • Rabbit Chase in the Forest (1:28)
    • Montage - Ron and Hermione Skimming Stones (1:52)

  8. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011) (6m33s)
    • Shell Cottage (1:16)
    • Harry and Luna at Dobby's Grave on the Beach (1:51)
    • Hog's Head (0:53)
    • Marble Staircase - Harry & Ginny (0:31)
    • Wooden Bridge (0:30)
    • Hogwart's Battlements (0:23)
    • Slytherin Dungeons (0:42)
    • Marble Staircase - Ron & Hermione (0:23)
List of shots that are not supposed to be in the movies or deleted scenes; they are found on TV spots and trailers - in green the ones I have personally checked, in bold the ones not listed there, in red the ones that have to be confirmed that are not actually in the movie:
  1. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
    • Hermione: “He’s rather disagreeable, isn’t he?” (Some TV spots)
    • Dumbledore: “And most importantly of all” (TV Spot)
    • Dumbledore: “No magic is to be used between the classes in the corridors” (Theatrical trailer) (AUDIO ONLY!)
    Hagrid and the Xmas tree (BD trailer 00058)
    [Image: HP1_trailer00058_Hagrid_and_the_tree.jpg]
    Hagrid with Harry, Ron, Hermione (BD trailer 00058)
    [Image: HP1_trailer00058_Hagrid_and_the_trio.jpg]

  2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
    • Extended shot of Chamber of Secrets Slide (TV Spot, BD trailer 00025)
    [Image: HP2_trailer00025_slide_extended.jpg]

    Harry runs (BD trailer 00039)
    [Image: HP2_trailer00039_Harry_run.jpg]
    Harry holds the sword (BD trailer 00039)
    [Image: HP2_trailer00039_Harry_sword.jpg]

    Newspaper (background is different) (BD trailer 00039) unusable because shorter
    [Image: HP2_trailer00039_newspaper.jpg]

  3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
    Harry surprised (BD trailer 00110)
    [Image: HP3_BDtrailer110_Harry_surprised.jpg]
    • Flying marge different position (BD trailer 00109) unusable because shorter
    [Image: HP3_BDtrailer109_flying_Marge.jpg]

  4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
    • Moody entering class room (International trailer)
    Death Eaters attack (trailer 2)
    [Image: HP4_trailer00027_Death_Eaters_attack.jpg]
    Ron and Professor McGonagall (alternate take) (trailer 2)
    [Image: HP4_trailer00027_Ron_and_Mc_Gonagall.jpg]
    Statue zoom in (trailer 2)
    [Image: HP4_trailer00027_Statue_zoomin.jpg]


  5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
    • Ron supporting Harry (trailer)
    • Full Bellatrix/Sirius duel (BTS and a bit is seen in the teaser trailer)
    • Dumbledore: “Don’t fight him Harry, you can’t win, not on his terms” (TV spots)

  6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
    • Slug club toasting (trailer)
    • Mr. Weasley: “Times like these, dark times…” (AUDIO ONLY!) (trailer 4b)
    • Dumbledore: “My life, I’ve seen things that are truly horrific” (AUDIO ONLY!) (trailer 4b)

    • Dumbledore: “And I know you’ll see worse” (trailer 4b)
    [Image: HP6_trailer3a_Now_you_ll_see_worse.jpg]
    • Snape: “It’s over” (trailer 4b)
    [Image: HP6_trailer3a_It_s_over.jpg]
    Dumbledore: It's also a lie! (trailer 3a)
    [Image: HP6_Champion_it_s_also_a_lie.jpg]
    • Tom screaming (trailer 4b)
    [Image: HP6_trailer3a_Tom_screaming.jpg]
    • Wands up (different take) (trailer 4b, featurette 2)
    [Image: HP6_featurette2_wands_up.png]
    • Dumbledore sets the wardrobe on fire (different take) (trailer 1)
    [Image: HP6_trailer1_closet_on_fire.jpg]
    • Dumbledore trying on ring (trailer 1)
    [Image: HP6_trailer1_Dumbledore_ring.jpg]
    • Greyback disarming Ginny (trailer 1)
    [Image: HP6_trailer1_Ginny_disarmed.jpg]
    • Tom: "I can speak to snakes, too" (different take) (trailer 1)
    [Image: HP6_trailer1_I_can_speak_to_snakes_too.jpg]
    • Snowing on Hogwarts (trailer 1)
    [Image: HP6_trailer1_snowing.jpg]
    • Hogwarts by night (trailer 4b)
    [Image: HP6_trailer3a_Hogwarts_by_night.jpg]
    • Tom sitting (trailer 1)
    [Image: HP6_trailer1_Tom_sitting.jpg]
    • Voldemort frames (trailer 1)
    [Image: HP6_trailer1_Voldemort_frames.jpg]
    • Tom: "Who are you?" (trailer 1)
    [Image: HP6_trailer1_Who_are_you.jpg]
    • Flashback (trailer 4)

    [Image: HP6_trailer3a_flashback_1.jpg]
    [Image: HP6_trailer3a_flashback_2.jpg]

  7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010)
    • Deleted shot of Ollivander (Trailer)
       may be the same shot found onto the featurette?!?
    [Image: HP8_featurette_Ollivander.jpg]

  8. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011)
    • Death Eaters apprehending Griphook (trailer)
       may be the same shot found onto the featurette?!?
    [Image: HP8_featurette_two_Death_Eaters.jpg]
    Attack on broom (trailer 1)
    [Image: HP8_trailer_1_attack_on_broom.jpg]
    Harry's pain (trailer 1)
    [Image: HP8_trailer_1_Harry_s_pain.jpg]
    [b]• [b]Harry and Voldemort (trailer 1)
    [Image: HP8_trailer_1_Harry_and_Voldemort.jpg]
    Hogwarts hits
    [Image: HP8_trailer_1_Hogwarts_hit.jpg]

    • [b]Lily and Petunia
    [Image: HP8_trailer_1_Lily_and_Petunia.jpg]

    [/b]• [b]Nagini scene
    [Image: HP8_trailer_1_Nagini_scene.jpg]
    [/b][/b][/b]
    Trio hiding from light in Hogsmeade (trailer 1)
    [Image: HP8_trailer_1_trio_hiding.jpg]
    Snatchers running in forest (trailer 1)
    [Image: HP8_trailer_1_Snatchers_running.jpg]
    Snape walking to Godric’s Hollow (trailer 1)
    • Snape in front of Godric’s Hollow (trailer 1)• Harry and the others on the minecart (trailer 1, featurette)• Ron and then Death Eater in Hogsmeade (featurette)• Destroyed barrier (trailer 1, featurette)• Zoom out on Harry's eye (featurette)• Snape in front of Godric’s Hollow (featurette)• Dragon flies away (shorter, different version) (featurette)• Harry on the ground (featurette)• Harry and the others on the minecart 2  (featurette)• Ollivander (featurette)• Two Death Eaters  (featurette) • Voldemort: “Why do you live?” - Harry: “Because I've got something worth living for.” (trailer, featurette)

Notes:
  • total time of extended/deleted scenes includes parts included in the theatrical; hence, effective time of scenes not present in the TC could be a lot less.
  • all BD deleted/extended scenes are available
  • all BD trailers are available
  • trailers color grading is almost always different than BD (better?)
  • trailers have often different title sequences
  • all trailers are checked, and shot images are added
AFAIK the first two films are available as extended versions on Blu-ray Ultimate Editions; some of the other following four films could be as well, also broadcasted on ABC; it seems that no HP 7 and 8 were released as extended versions those were broadcasted by FreeForm, along with (all?) the others.

I'm aware of ADigitalMan extended version fan edits, but they are only SD; don't know about other HD attempts.

Further info and confirmations are needed and greatly welcome!

Thanks:
babouin for all the BD extended/deleted scenes and BD trailers
Lio for two HP6 and one HP8 trailers
TomArrow for many links
menzerin for general help

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  Evil Dead 2 Mexican TV Edit
Posted by: benduwan - 2017-05-21, 07:05 PM - Forum: Requests, proposals, help - Replies (2)

Is somebody work on the Evil Dead 2 Mexican TV Edit in a good quality?
or is there one ready for download?
not mention the cheap youtube upload on myspleen... Undecided
i have spend a lot of time for search on the web,but nothing found. Cry
if someone can help please contact me. Ok
thanks

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  Restored Trailer Collection
Posted by: Koopa Luath - 2017-05-21, 08:08 AM - Forum: Recycle bin - Replies (3)

This project shall be a side project, a feature-length compilation of theatrical trailers remastered in glorious 1080p high definition (and some in 3D) through a variety of methods.

The following trailers will appear as part of this compilation, in no particular order:

  • The Little Mermaid (teaser trailer, 1080p 3D)
  • The Little Mermaid (theatrical trailer, 1080p 3D)
  • Toy Story (theatrical trailer, 1080p 3D)
  • The Nightmare Before Christmas (truncated teaser trailer from Pinocchio VHS, 1080p 3D)
  • The Nightmare Before Christmas (truncated teaser trailer from Homeward Bound VHS, 1080p 3D)
  • The Nightmare Before Christmas (full teaser trailer, 1080p 3D)
  • The Nightmare Before Christmas (theatrical trailer, Touchstone logo, 1080p 3D)
  • The Nightmare Before Christmas (theatrical trailer, Disney logo, 1080p 3D)
  • The Nightmare Before Christmas (video trailer, Touchstone logo, coming soon, 1080p 3D)
  • The Nightmare Before Christmas (video trailer, Disney logo, coming soon, 1080p 3D)
  • The Nightmare Before Christmas (video trailer, Touchstone logo, now available, 1080p 3D)
  • The Nightmare Before Christmas (video trailer, Disney logo, now available, 1080p 3D)
  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (video trailer, coming soon voiceover, ambiguous coming soon final tag, 1080p)
  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (video trailer, coming soon voiceover, October 28 final tag, 1080p)
  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (video trailer, now available voiceover, October 28 final tag, 1080p)
  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (video trailer, now available voiceover, on sale now final tag, 1080p)
  • Muppet Classic Theater (original trailer, coming soon variant, 1080p60)
  • Muppet Classic Theater (original trailer, now available variant, 1080p60)
  • Jurassic Park (theatrical trailer, 1080p 3D)
  • Star Wars Trilogy (1990 video trailer, 1080i30)
  • Fistful of Dollars (English trailer, 1080p)
  • For a Few Dollars More (English trailer, 1080p)
  • The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (English trailer, 1080p)
  • Neo-Tokyo/Silent Möbius (double feature trailer, 1080p)
  • The Streetfighter (English trailer, 1080p)
  • Return of the Streetfighter (English trailer, 1080p)
  • Sister Streetfighter (truncated English trailer, 1080p)
  • Sister Streetfighter (English trailer, 1080p)
  • Streetfighter's Last Revenge (English trailer, 1080p)
  • The Terminator (theatrical trailer, 1080p)
  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day (theatrical trailer, 1080p 3D)
More trailers will be added as I think of them. The above list is subject to change; some trailers or trailer variants may not be included in the final product.

Anyway... I'm preparing the first trailer to be made for the collection, a recreation of the Snow White trailer. Work on the actual editing process is slated to begin sometime within the next week or so; a title-less presentation with the "coming soon" audio I expect to upload to WeTransfer by the end of June.

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  Which BDs/DVDs you have found at great price?
Posted by: spoRv - 2017-05-20, 07:22 PM - Forum: Movies, TV shows and other - Replies (2)

Today I've been on the nearby mall center, and I've paid a visit to local game store; asked for Blu-ray, as they were not displayed; "Have you any used one?" - "Wait a moment, I'm going to take them all, but I don't think so..."

Two minutes later, the guy have been back with thirty titles, more or less: "Well, they are mixed, brand new and used"; watched the price tags: "Hey, 9.99€ for an used title?!?" - "Let me check... nope, their price are greatly reduced!"

So, after checking them all, I discarded the ones I had, the unwatchable ones, the ones I can live very well without, and give a go to the ones I'm happy to get; they are:

Iron Man 3 (new)
Django Unchained (new)
Hotel Transilvania 2 (BD+3DBD)
A Bug's Life
The Incredibles
Batman Begins
The Dark Knight (2 BD)
The Dark Knight Rises (2 BD)
Man Of Steel
X-Men quadrilogy (4 BD)
The Exorcist (Steelbook BD + DVD)
Shining(Steelbook BD + DVD)

Tag price for all: >120€, discounted price: 29€! A good price, I think, as just the last two cost more than that, brand new..

Now it's your turn!

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  Color and hearing tests
Posted by: spoRv - 2017-05-20, 02:17 AM - Forum: Everything else... - No Replies

Warnings:
  • be sure your display is correctly calibrated as better as possible before test; also, take in account that not every display performs the same, so it's possible that if you haven't passed one or more test, it's due to display... in this case, try to perform test using another display
  • be sure that the audio of your display is capable of reproducing highest frequencies - how? Ask a young person to perform the audio test, if he/she can't hear up to 20KHz (or even higher) probably the problem lies in your display... in this case, try to use a better audio system - soundbar, stereo or surround loudspeakers,
  • don't perform these tests when you are tired
  • don't forget to have fun!
Colors:
http://www.xrite.com/hue-test
http://xritephoto.com/cool-tools
http://www.dyop.info/documents/ColorScreening.html
http://www.opticien-lentilles.com/dalton...tonien.php

Audio:
http://www.noiseaddicts.com/2009/03/can-...aring-test
http://www.audiocheck.net/audiotests_fre...ckhigh.php
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story...Id=5434687
http://www.mediacollege.com/media-guru/a...ainer.html

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  can someone identify this lucio fulci movie
Posted by: pcm - 2017-05-19, 12:58 AM - Forum: Everything else... - Replies (1)

Lucio fulci movie but not sure which one https://media.giphy.com/media/2FFFPMQSb9...3aec750ac7     btw pic is gory

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  dark theme available
Posted by: spoRv - 2017-05-18, 08:44 AM - Forum: Announcements - Replies (6)

Even if my brand old HDTV is not HDR, it's still capable of 400nits, and, because even with low backlight settings I've starting to be blind, I asked Feallan to upload a dark time, "a la" OT, somehow.

He was fast and since few days I'm using this theme; very nice to use with a big, bright screen and/or during the night.

If you want to try it, please don't forget to post here your opinions; maybe it can contain something that can improve it, but, as it is, I like it very much!

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  AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004) [Fundamental Collection™ #012]
Posted by: spoRv - 2017-05-18, 08:23 AM - Forum: Released - Replies (5)

AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004) Fundamental Collection [#012]

[Image: AVP_cover.png]

When a private satellite encounters an unidentified source of heat in Antarctica and it is found to be a pyramid buried deep underground, a search team comprising of top- of-the-line archaeologists and engineers is sent to Antarctica to find out more. Once there, the team comes across signs which indicate that the place is inhabited by an unknown alien species. It is not long before the aliens begin to hunt the team members. At the same time, a trio of coming-of-age Predators have arrived to collect the skulls of the aliens as trophies, and the humans are caught between a deadly battle between the two warring species.

  [Fundamental Collection™ #012] features:

•  Theatrical Edition
•  Original Aspect Ratio 2.35:1
•  Regraded with ColourMatch™ using a master from interpositive print as reference
•  Film audio tracks DTS 5.1: English, French, German, Italian
•  Film audio tracks DD  5.1: Spanish
•  Commentaries tracks DD  2.0: English
•  Film subtitles: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
•  Commentaries subtitles: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish

Screenshot comparison: top Blu-ray, bottom Fundamental Collection

[Image: AVP_003764.jpg]
[Image: AVP_022347.jpg]
[Image: AVP_085469.jpg]
[Image: AVP_088676.jpg]

Release date: 2017-05-17

Comparison:  http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/209152

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  The Hong Kong Bluray upscales
Posted by: Colek - 2017-05-18, 02:43 AM - Forum: Official and unofficial releases - Replies (33)

So, propably any fan of Hong Kong cinema knows - Bluray releases suck, mostly. They're upscales with 7.1 remixed audio and horrible subtitles.

Lately I've been interested in fixing some of these releases, syncing Laserdisc or other source of original mono tracks into these, and kinda fixing the video.

So I got LD audio from Police Story 2 synced up to the German Bluray, but I still wasn't happy with video quality. So, I decided to do quick script just to check out how would it look and came up with this - http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/210165/. Check out images 2 and 3 for best results.

It's not perfect, but I don't think it's possible to squeeze out of that video, what's your opinion?

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  video file strange resolutions
Posted by: spoRv - 2017-05-17, 12:11 AM - Forum: Everything else... - No Replies

Once upon a time, there were analog formats... VHS, Laserdisc, VHD, CED - all "stuck" to their beloved video system, PAL and NTSC; not "fixed" resolution, apart 525 (485 visible) horizontal lines for NTSC, and 625 (575 visible) horizontal lines for PAL, or vertical resolution... horizontal resolution was "supposed" by the signal in MHz - 1MHz = 80 vertical lines, or horizontal resolution.

Then digital video appeared in the market; first primitive CD-I (then evolved quickly to VCD) with its "astounding" resolution of 320x240 (NTSC) and 320x288 (PAL) pixels, for a "whopping" sub 0.1Mpixel image! Big Grin
VCD evolved into what we all know, DVD, with its max resolution set at 720x480 (NTSC) and 720x576 (PAL).

Then DivX (not "that" DIVX!) surface, and every strange resolution combination came up...

HDTV set a standard to 1280x720 and 1920x1080 as the most used resolutions; sometimes we see that horizontal resolution in video files is the same, but the vertical change, accordingly to the aspect ratio. And I can understand it, somehow. Let's say, we were in the "video Far West" with all those resolutions, and now I thought to have reached a "compromise" somehow: horizontal basic resolutions of 720 (SD), 1280 (HD), 1920 (FHD), 3840 (UHD), and eventual vertical adaptation following aspect ratio.

But no, it was too simple... I can undestand (somehow, but don't like it) that a non-studio made video file could use different resolutions, but I'm asking myself why properly released files on the net - streaming and download - adopt such strange, out of standard resolutions? I mean, I can even allow a, let's say, 960x540 resolution, as it's 1/4th of FHD (as 640x360 1/4th of HD), but, would we talk about the following ones (taken just for example)?

iTunes - The X-Files "Pilot" s01e01
1452x818 (stated as 1080p, and it is NOT) - AR 1.78:1 (more or less)

iTunes - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
1848x800 (stated as 1080p, and it's OK) - AR 2.30:1 (when OAR is 2.40:1)

iTunes - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
1918x800 (1080p, OK) - AR 2.40:1 (WHY "shave" 2 pixels horizontally?!?)

RaiPlay (Italian, streams films and other video originally broadcasted on various Rai channels)
928 x 522 (?!?) - AR 1.78:1 (more or less)

add insult to injury, resizing these odd resolutions would result in a worst quality than let's say, 1280x720 or 960x540.

Any idea?

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