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A Garfield Christmas - Extended Edit |
Posted by: stwd4nder2 - 2023-11-03, 03:38 PM - Forum: Released
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There are two versions of the Garfield Christmas special. The original 1989 broadcast version, and a different edit broadcast in 1991. From imdb:
Quote:In addition to different animation when Grandma talks to Garfield about Grandpa, the original 1987 version features some slightly extended scenes that were removed in 1991 to make room for the "O Christmas Tree" scene. These scenes include: · An extended sequence of Jon, Odie, and Garfield leaving their home for the farm (showing the car start, pull out of the driveway, and travel down a street before leaving the city limits). · Grandma feeds Garfield and Odie potatoes from the table before feeding them ham. · Dad's reaction to Grandma's comment about eating for two is slightly longer. · Dad looks dazed as the family leaves for bed after he finishes reading "Binky: the Clown Who Saved Christmas", whereas in the 1991 version, he looks mildly annoyed. · The music and sequence of the family going to bed for the night is slightly longer, showing the lights in the house going off. · The musical intro to "You Can Never Find an Elf When You Need One" is longer.
The 1991 version is what's on the DVD and VHS release, while the 1989 version is what got restored in HD. The biggest problem with the '89 version is the missing scene of Grandma playing piano. Not only is it an iconic scene for anyone who grew up with '91 version, but the way the '89 version is presented it's a very hard edit that clearly gives the impression that something is missing. I'd assume the scene was cut last minute for some unknown reason (probably time or unfinished animation).
Anyways, what I've done is take the HD master of the '89 version, and insert the "O Christmas Tree" scene from the DVD. I didn't make any other edits or changes, so this is more of a fanedit then a restoration of the '91 version. The DVD isn't the best quality, it's clearly sourced from a tape, but I haven't seen anything better. The color grading is very different in the HD master, so I color corrected the DVD footage to match.
The audio on the DVD is much better then the HD stream. The '91 version uses a new mix from stems, it's not just an edit of the '89 mix. I took the (very long and painful) process of creating a custom mix using the DVD as much as possible. The patching from the HD stream is very noticeable, but there's only so much I can do. The only other source that would exist of the '89 edit would be an off-air recording, which would come with it's own issues.
Now available via PM
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Tears Of The Sun Director's Cut |
Posted by: alleycat - 2023-11-03, 02:48 PM - Forum: Released
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![[Image: tZANogvl.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/tZANogvl.jpg)
Tears Of The Sun had a longer Director's Cut released on DVD but this has been absent from the Blu Ray. I used the US DVD, took the extra footage and went through a process of de-haloing, cleaning, upscaling and sharpening. I used both avisynth and topaz for this. Then I regrained the footage in After Effects using a section of the blu ray grain. Thankfully the color grading was the same so no additional colour grading was necessary.
The blu ray is not the best looking, this also had edge enhancement so I applied de-haloing to this as well. I then rebuilt the movie using both sources and matched it frame for frame to the DVD. The audio is the 5.1 AC3 from the DVD untouched. In terms of the extras everything is ported from the DVD.
The final result is not perfect and I found that some of the extra footage, even in the DVD, looked lower quality then the rest of the footage. However I did the best I could.
- BD25 with a menu, background video, pop up menu and resume function
- 1080P taken from the Blu Ray
- English 5.1 AC3
- English SDH Subtitles
- Journey to Safety: The Making of Tears of the Sun
- Voices of Africa featurettes
- Trailer
PM me for the links, contributing/long term members only please. Contributing means active members of the forum who post and/or make their own projects.
High Resolution cover and disc art available from @Pineapples101 Here.
Here is an example using the same shot from the DVD and Blu Ray.
DVD post processing:
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DVD post grain/additional processing:
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Blu Ray:
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Menu:
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Just to clarify this is a project that I have made for myself which I am choosing to share. If you don't like the project, if you think it should have been done differently then feel free to keep that to yourself and consider doing your own project.
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Cinema nutter |
Posted by: dr_treves - 2023-10-29, 11:48 AM - Forum: Presentation
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I have been into movies and cinema sound since my first visit to what was the Empire Cinema in Leicester Square. The THX sound system there blew me away! I now install high end home cinema for a living.
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Prey (2022) with FIXED English subtitles? |
Posted by: oh_riginal - 2023-10-27, 09:50 PM - Forum: Requests, proposals, help
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I loved Prey. I felt it was a great addition to the Predator franchise.
Being Native American, I was completely blown away that they made a Comanche dub, and it works quite well for the film!
Of course, cause nothing can just be perfect, the English subtitles for both the streaming version AND the physical 4K disc/Blu-ray can't just be plain ol' English subtitles, they also include details such as sound effects spelled out between dialogue! This infuriates me when I try to watch the Comanche dub, which is my preferred version.
Would anyone be able to take up the task to create a new English subtitle track that only retains the dialogue?? I just wanted to throw the idea out there in case anyone would know how to do that. Thanks.
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Hello Everybody! |
Posted by: Bianjumu - 2023-10-25, 10:28 PM - Forum: Presentation
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Hello! I'm a longtime lurker in film school right for editing right now. I love everything about what goes on here and hope to be a part of it.
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Hello! |
Posted by: TehHill - 2023-10-25, 12:14 PM - Forum: Presentation
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Hey everybody!
Longtime lurker & lover of all things film preservation and restoration. I've learnt so much over the years from this great community.
I thought it was about time that I finally started contributing here.
Thanks for having me!
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Police Story IV: First Strike, Film Whisperer special package 03/27/2025 UPDATE |
Posted by: The Film Whisperer - 2023-10-20, 03:20 PM - Forum: Released
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Please check out my other projects, via the link in my signature! And PM me for link requests!
Do you believe in what I do? I appreciate donations (links/info in my signature)
Okay, I'm finally ready to release this project publicly!
As I'm typing this, Police Story IV: First Strike, aka Jackie Chan's First Strike (henceforth I will just call "First Strike" or "PS4") has not yet been HD remastered on any PHYSICAL release. However, I can confirm that an HD-remastered version has been released in broadcast and is available via VOD in Southeast Asia, and Australia!
The only physically available HD version of this movie (that I know of) is, of course, the heavily cut US/international version by New Line Cinema. And in the "western world", it's the only version you'll find on VOD.
The New Line Cinema/Warner Bros. blu-ray was a bit disappointing, and it's not just because it didn't include the original Hong Kong version of the movie. Visually, it kinda sucked. The US version blu-ray was given a dark blue tint, and the picture was zoomed in, cropping the picture significantly (although still in the OAR of 2.35:1).
The new HD-VOD version, however, has a much better color palette, and it's brighter! A lot less ugly. And a lot less "zoomed in" (more information in the picture).
Some saints online managed to get me screen capped/recorded videos of the HD-VOD version! I had to do some mixing-matching because depending on the source, either some nudity was blurred, there were extra burnt-in subtitles, or frame rates weren't right.
Film Whisperer Modifications
Overlays
- As you'll see here in these screenshots I made from a powerpoint presentation*, it would appear that original theatrical version of this movie** had bi-lingual Chinese/English overlays at various parts of the movie, explaining to the audience (in great detail!) the various settings
- I made one slight change: the very last time we see "International waters near Australia". I felt like the timing was off here in the theatrical version, and random, for that very last overlay. So I changed it to a more appropriate time/place.
*(These slides are slightly outdated since they come from a much earlier version of the project I made, in which I combined the New Line Cinema blu-ray with the Japanese R2 Towa DVD).
**(As far as I'm aware, only the Hong Kong laserdisc and Taiwanese DVD had these overlays. The Japanese DVD had these place settings but only within their removable subtitle options).
Jackie vs. Big Mustache Guy- Jackie throws the first punch in this fight
- The uncut version of this movie, however, has a "hit" sound effect, and the big mustache guy reacts as though he's been hit, even though Jackie CLEARLY doesn't hit him!

- Also, the very next camera shot is inconsistent with this "hit" punch.
- The US version did the right thing in cutting out those last few frames, so I did the same thing.
HILARIOUS GUNSHOT ERROR- In all audio tracks for the uncut version of this film (including the Japanese and Mandarin dubs), right around the 1:47:17 mark in my reconstruction, when one of the Russian mobsters points his gun into the ground, there is a loud gunshot, even though he's not firing his gun!

- In all audio tracks I made for my restoration, I managed to loop the tracks credibly enough to cover up that gunshot!
- Hopefully, this link to my video demonstration works.
The "Epilogue"
You'll have to look at my "presentation slides" to know what I'm talking about here.
- Both the Hong Kong laserdisc and the Taiwanese DVD contain a bi-lingual Chinese/English "Epilogue" at the end of the movie, which is shown on screen during the ending scene, as both Gregor and Tsui are being handed over to Russian police.
- In my opinion, the epilogue is kinda unnecessary lol
It literally just tells you exactly what you're seeing on screen.
- The Hong Kong version has the epilogue being read line-by-line at the bottom-center of the screen. The Taiwanese version displays the whole Epilogue at once.
- I recreated the Hong Kong version epilogue, which uses a "calligraphy style" print for the Chinese characters.
SPECS
File info
VIDEO- Codec: h.264
- Frame rate: 23.976 fps
AUDIO OPTIONS
- 2.0 LPCM, sync-sound HK laserdisc (Mei Ah), stereo***
- 1.0 LPCM, sync-sound HK laserdisc (Mei Ah)****
- 2.0 LPCM, sync-sound Japanese DVD (Towa), stereo***** (actual track on DVD is 2.0 Dolby Digital)
"sync-sound"=original mix of Cantonese, Mandarin, English, and Russian
***(The Mei Ah LD track is probably the best quality with the least distortion. However, the LD track that was given to me leaned to heavily on one side, so I used a setting in Adobe Premiere Pro to make both sides equal volume, and then raised the volume a little bit)
****(This one is more of an experiment but it came out well! It was one of my solutions to the issues of the track leaning too heavily one side).
*****(The Towa DVD track is probably the most robust, but it does have slight distortion here & there).
SUBTITLE OPTIONS
All subtitles options are made only for the sync-sound track, mainly relying on the Mei Ah translations.
- English FPO (foreign parts only)
- English all-dialog, no SDH
The end credits feature a remix of the "Police Story theme". Translation of the lyrics are included. The translation is based on what Hong Kong Rescue's (HKR) released.
It is often debated among Jackie Chan fans if this movie should even be considered part of the original Police Story franchise. It is tonally much different than the previous three films. There is no mention of any past events from the previous films either, and his girlfriend May is COMPLETELY out of the picture! Perhaps it's safe to assume she died after being THROWN OUT OF A HELICOPTER in the 3rd film? Or did she just realize that Ka-Kui never really gave a phuck about her?
Jackie's character is also a bit more of a goofball in this movie than the others. Although that trend started in Police Story III: Supercop.
However, one line of dialog, and one line from the film's (unnecessary) "epilogue" confirms that yes, "Jackie" actually is the same character from the original Police Story trilogy. After "Jackie" gives his slideshow presentation to the CIA, Uncle Bill and Jackie have a conversation a car. In that conversation, Uncle Bill calls Jackie's character "Ka-Kui"! And I can confirm that the Chinese subtitles use the characters associated with that name!
The Chinese subtitles in the film's epilogue also use the Chinese name for "Chan Kai-Kui" (Cantonese), "Chan Jai-Ju" (Mandarin).
In my own "head-cannon", Chan Kai-Kui has moved up the ranks since PS-3, learned English, adopted the name "Jackie" has his western name, and has become an international spy. And Uncle Bill is still his...boss? Handler? An agent who tries to get Jackie the best spy jobs?
Lol, anyways, enjoy! Tell me what you all think of my restoration!
UPDATE 12/18/2024
- Added the 2.0 Dolby Digital Plus track (shoutout and thanks to MaskNew for this!)
- Used the new official German blu-ray release. Great visual quality! And I synced their 2.0 DTS-HD MA audio track. So now my reconstruction has 5 sync-sound audio tracks

UPDATE 02/15/2025
I re-created the "International version" of this movie, titled "Jackie Chan's First Strike", using the HD Hong Kong remastered version from the German blu-ray. It includes a bunch of subtitles but only has the 5.1 DTS-HD English dub track.
So, you know, if you're interested in the US cut, and GOOD-LOOKING US Cut, I have it.
UPDATE 02/15/2025
Did you all know that the TV Broadcast version of this movie is about 12 minutes longer than the theatrical "international" version?! A good samaritan on the internet found a recording of the broadcast version for me! Using the German blu-ray, I added those scenes which were cut out of the theatrical "international version". Apparently New Line Cinema did make a dub for some of those extra scenes but then chose to cut them out before the theatrical release.
And don't worry, my restoration of the broadcast version keeps those parts that were censored out of the TV version!
My restoration will use the lossless 5.1 track from the Warner blu-ray most of the time, but reverts to 2.0 for the scenes cut out of the theatrical version. I had to do a lot of work to blend these audio tracks.
Future endeavors for this project
- Sync the Mandarin dub from the German blu-ray. I figured that it's special enough since it features Jackie Chan's actual voice. I'd also like to make subtitles for the Mandarin script but I do not have the lyrics for the Mandarin version of the original "Police Story" theme. And no, the Mandarin "Police Story" theme that Jackie sung for Bleeding Steel has different lyrics! Also, this is one of those dubs where the sound effect naturally sync, but not the timing of the dialog!
So it's a bit tedious.
- Sync the Thai dub that I got from some other HD release on the "high seas" of the internet
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