_,,,^..^,,,_ presents Cube 2: Hypercube [spoRv]

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| PROJECTS: Released | In progress | Future | Mission & Setup |

Mission: to release Cube 2: Hypercube on BD
Video source: HDTV
Audio sources: HDTV, DVD
Subtitles sources: Various.

Project info:
Cube 2: Hypercube is not available on BD; the only HD version found is a 1080i HDTV, but it has a big logo... so I took a 720p HDTV version, used it to fix the logo problem (plus added some few lines on top of the image).
Audio is taken from several DVD.

An extra disc will follow, gathering bonus material from various DVDs and from the net.

Source Material

Video:

• Cube 2: Hypercube - HDTV 1080i 25fps
  
• Cube 2: Hypercube - HDTV 720p 23.976fps
  
  

• Cube 2: Hypercube - HDTV 720p 23.976fps
  
• Cube 2: Hypercube - Spanish DVD
  
• Il Cubo 2: Hypercube - Italian DVD
  
• other
  
  

• English, French, German, Italian, Spanish.
  
  

• jedeitor for A LOT of things!!!
  
  

So this isn't a fan restoration but it does fit in the "in progress" category...


Ok, now that I have that out of the way... I am very excited to finally, (after nearly four months of work) officially announce my project, with fanres.com being the first place where it will "see the light of day."

Project is simple... turn each season of the show into a single movie that will be part of a mini-series of films.

I LOVE "The Walking Dead" and it's a good show BUT... well, that's the whole problem that there is a "but...," actually there are a few things that bother me. There are waaaaayy to many "filler" scenes that are irrelevant and slow the show down too much. Also, I have a problem with the "flash" scenes where they are trying to show two different things happening simultaneously as it interrupts "the flow" of certain scenes (glen and rick walking with walker guts on them on the street, comes to mind first)

Anyway, I wanted to present the story in a chronological manner (which means that any "flashbacks" from later season relevant to story at the "time" it happens will have that scene "re-inserted" back where it belongs) and concentrating mainly on Rick and, as the story develops, on Glen & Daryl. These three are there from, pretty much, the start, are still alive (*spoiler* in the middle of season 5) well into the show, and in my mind are the three "strongest" characters. NOT taking away from all others, especially as the series progresses, but initially this is where I am starting. I want to make them seem more capable right off the beginning (which is reflected by the trimming of certain scenes or dialog)

Thanx to Andrea and a few others, I am attempting at making this a multilingual project. I will also be including audio in French, Italian, Polish, Russian, and Spanish. I was going to include two others but they were too censored to be usable. Also, I would like to include subtitles for all languages. The final product will be a BD-50 (for each film) in 1080p AVC @27mbps with ALL audio options (I am building custom tracks for each language) in 5.1 24bit DTS-HDMA. I also plan on including a custom built (as I have to work on channel 3 where the dialog is) 5.1 sfx&music only track and a custom commentary track. Of course, there will be a 1080p AVCHD9, a 720p AVCHD5 and some kind of SD format (most likely an mp4 and/or a DVD5)

I AM LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS!!! First, anyone that is willing to look at the SD "workprint" copy I have encoded and give me feedback would be greatly appreciated. The "workprint" is watermarked as such on-screen and it has a timecode that is also onscreen to help easily identify any "trouble" spots on my project timeline. It's still a work in progress, that I just watched and already know there are 4 audio transitions I have to fix and one scene where a shot needs to be dropped because it interrupts the "flow" of the scene (for those that watch I'm talking about the shot of Andrea being dropped at 59:07)
I will also need a French and Spanish speaker to help me verify the dialog (as sometimes the timing is different to the English version and this may cause issue here and there that need to be addressed) and to help me create proper subtitles in those languages otherwise I will have to "google translator" those and I know that there will be errors. I already have a friend helping me with the Russian and Andrea offered to help with the Italian. I can do the English (of course, LOL) and the Polish tracks myself.

So far, I ONLY have the first film "completed," well it's nearly there. I will be working on each one of the next films in the coming months and "releasing" each one as they are finished. If you want to experience the show in a new, fresh way, then this may be for you. I realize that there are two other fanedits of similar nature out there, and each one of them were decent for what the editors intended but they were not my "cup of tea," so I decided to give this a shot on my own.

I really hope that there will be some people out there willing to "experience" this "alternate ride." )

Here are two screenshots from the timecoded SD workprint of minor alterations to title cards that I made during the intro to reflect that this is my work and nothing else is altered in this respect:

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As far as the actual SD (640x360@900kbps xvid with 5.1 ac3@384kbps) workprint is concerned... ok, so this is how I look at it... If you already own a retail copy of season 1 of the walking dead (dvd or bluray) then you may view it... I am posting the link here as this is a watermarked timecoded low-res SD copy of a "SAMPLE"... really this is just an extended sample (at a runtime of ~ 139 minutes) of what the final product will be... anyway, for now it includes English audio ONLY (until it's "finalized" I don't want to waste time on other language tracks that I would just have to re-edit anyway) and comes out to 1.25GB... it should download fast:

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This movie is still not on Blu-ray; yes, it's available as web download, but the bitrate - as usual - is not so high, so overall quality is mediocre for an high def source...

The HDTV, altough it has a slightly higher bitrate than the WebDL, logo is present, with some macroblocking here and there... but, as I learned in the latest years, I found that merging two medium quality sources sometimes lead to obtain a better quality than each one used.

So, I thought to take the HDTV version, clean it a bit, use the WebDL for logo removal, then merge the two and add a grain plate, and... here you are the results:

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/112003
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/112007
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/112009

What do you think? Does it worth a restoration, or the WebDL is good enough? Feedbacks, please!!!

(also posted on OT - http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.c...pic/17439/)

I continue to use it almost always, MultiAVCHD uses it... I think it's a great software, but someone told me the multiplexed files obtained by it could have some compatibility issues... what do you think?

Could anyone post a tutorial about how to overlay 2 sources, using the detail from one and the colour info from aother?

I've heard mention of it before but I'm not sure how to go about it. Is it the chroma from one and the luma from another?

Thanks for any light folks can shed on this.

OK, I must admit I wanted to watch it just because I saw "Sharknado" trailer on TV, and realized never watched an Asylum film before... so, even though I knew in advance that it would be a complete mess, I was courageous enough to proceed...

Well, what can I say? Even with an "Highlander" (the worst of them!) this flick can't be saved... first of all, the terrible CGI SFX... a talented nerd with his home computer could do them way better than this... cast, acting, music, all are very poor; locations are all similar - but I must admit there were two or three shots of natural beauty I liked...

So, again, if you think Battlefield Earth is a very bad movie, watch this one after, and you will surely change your mind!

_,,,^..^,,,_ presents The Arrival [spoRv]

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| PROJECTS: Released | In progress | Future | Mission & Setup |

Mission: to make "The DEFINITIVE Arrival" edition.

Video source: Blu-ray, DVD, Laserdisc.
Audio sources: Blu-ray, DVD, Laserdisc.
Subtitles sources: Various.

Project info:
The Arrival on Blu-ray has some DNR, plus contrast problems and its color grading is different from previous versions on DVD and LD; it lacks also extras.
For this project, I will correct the contrast, then apply a 35mm grain plate to give the impression of a bit of more details; the DVD will be used as color reference for the color correction; all the DVD and laserdisc known extras will be added - still to be decided if it will be a BD-50, or two discs, one BD-25 with the movie in high definition, the other (BD-25 or AVCHD onto DVD-9) with extras.

Source Material

Video:

• The Arrival - Blu-ray
  
• The Arrival - German KinoWelt DVD (for extras)
  
• The Arrival - Special Edition box set Laserdisc (for extras)
  

• The Arrival - Blu-ray DTS-HD MA
  
• The Arrival - various DVD (for foreign languages)
  
• The Arrival - Laserdisc AC3 (for film audio track and commentary)
  

• English, French, German, Italian, Spanish.
  

• thegroovologist for DVD extras and much help
  
• DoomBot for soundtrack help and general advice
  
• Jetrell Fo for The Making of The Arrival VHS capture
  

Apologies if this isn't the right place or manner to request these

I'm looking for the 16GB HDTV rips that were on usenet a few years back. They are 1080i and in the original aspect ratio, unlike some HDTV broadcasts of 3 which were cropped.

I believe the colours are superior to the blu ray, with a lot of detail being lost by blown out whites and other issues.

If anyone has these I would love to hear from them.

Thanks

Netlix has the US theatrical version of Highlander for streaming. Does anyone have the ablilty to capture and preserve this. I can only find the Directors/ International Cut on DVD/ Blu ray.

I'd love to see the theatrical verison of this movie preserved. It's on DVD but not blu ray to my knowlege. I'm not sure if there is a HDTV broadcast that could be used to fill in the alternate footage that only exists in the theatrical version.