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Man of Steel retailer exclusive bonus features

Fri, 08 May 2026 14:55:23 +0000

Inspired by Bobsun Dugnutt's "Making of X-Men" and "Making of Spider-Man" fanedits, I plan to make a similar one for Man of Steel. I am looking for these featurettes which were available as retailer exclusives:

The Creation and Destruction of Krypton (6:02)
Clark Discovers the Scout Ship (5:58)
Battle on the Streets of Smallville (5:31)
The Military Might of Man of Steel" (6:15)
Attack on Metropolis (6:51)
The Sonic Landscape of Man of Steel (12:49)
The Iconic Characters of Man of Steel (18:57)

Thanks

The Rescuers 35 mm

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 10:48:03 +0000

Hello, i'm looking for "the rescuers" 35mm scan if it exists, I would like to sync it with the audio LD. The image of the restored blu-ray version has received some exaggerated pencil strokes. What do you think ? The most affected Disney is "The Sword in the Stone", I still remember the 35mm original.

If the 35mm version is not available, I will settle for the image of the DVD which should be close to it, if it has not been restored. Thanks for help. 😉

True Romance (1993) French Blu-ray exclusive bonus features

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 03:40:57 +0000

2010 France Blu-ray of True Romance by Metropolitan Film has exclusive bonus features that are exclusive to this release and haven't been ported over to other markets and were also absent from the 2022 Arrow Video release.

These are:

The Origins of True Romance – 9:43
The Production – 19:52
Behind the Scenes – 7:25
Behind the Scenes Branching Featurettes – 5:34 + 18:00

Can anyone please share a makemkv rip of these featurettes? Thank you.

[Idea] Preserving VHS, LD, and DVD bonus features not on BD or UHD.

Mon, 18 Nov 2024 22:56:23 +0000

I do have several DVDs I've kept or repurchased over the years since Blu-ray disc debut in 2006 due to mainly those releases having bonus features, even trailers, which weren't carried over. A very easy example is RoboCop. The Criterion Collection LD/DVD and MGM 2-Disc DVD still have exclusive bonus features not carried over to the Blu-ray discs or UHD releases. The ARROW BD & 4K UHD releases are absoutely stellar, and of course due to licensing or whichever don't carry over every bonus feature from prior disc/optical formats.
There's an extensive listing on the blu-ray.com forum for many but is only for Blu-ray disc, even though 4K UHD have many of the bonus features carried over. Many are even audio commentaries which have last been on LD or DVD and have never been featured on the two most current disc formats.
It's quite easy to use MakeMKV for the video bonus features, even trailers, on the DVDs but I'm unsure of what program to use for audio tracks. There's a plethora of LD audio commentaries, some from DVDs, which have been preserved as AC3, some MP3 which should be redone as AC3, that I could upload or make available. Those audio commentaries are ones I've downloaded ages ago which should be readily available.
Any recommendations or other ideas? This might be easiest for DVDs which are OOP or difficult to find. Of course, the interest regarding specific films is a factor.

HD-DVD Exclusive Special Features

Mon, 09 Sep 2024 19:58:23 +0000

I hope this is the correct forum to post this.
With rampant HD-DVD disc rot, I didn't want these special features disappearing forever. Below is a list of special features exclusive to HD-DVD, if anyone can add to this list I would be very interested in knowing what I might have missed.

All info from here:
http://www.dvdcompare.net/comparisons/

Troy - Theatrical HD-DVD
High Definition Exclusive Bonus features: "In-Movie Experience" video commentary
Notes: I can confirm that '4 Previsualizations: - Greek Ship Towing a Waterskier - Greek Warriors - Two Greek Ships and 1,000 Rubber Duckies - Warriors Using Urinals' is on the Blu Ray and is called 'Greek Ship Towing'.

American Gangster HD-DVD
Theatrical Cut - High Definition Exclusive Bonus features: - "U-Control" Picture-In-Picture video commentary (with cast and crew interviews and "Behind-the-Scenes" footage)
"Uncovering the Past: The Real Frank Lucas and Richie Roberts" -featurette (4:29 min)
Notes: The featurette appears to be HD-DVD exclusive, it doesn't appear on the Blu Ray or 4K.
I can confirm that the "U-Control" PIP feature is exclusive to the HD-DVD theatrical cut. There is a PIP feature on the Blu Ray, but it's on the Extended Cut. As far as I can tell, all the PIP segments on the HD-DVD theatrical cut are also on the Blu Ray Extended Cut PIP feature, but for the sake of being complete I thought I should mention it here.

Poseidon HD-DVD
"In-Movie Experience" video commentary with actor Josh Lucas

I now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry
"I Now Pronounce You Husband and... Husband?" -featurette
"Look Who Dropped By" -featurette
"Stop, Drop and Roll" -featurette
"Dugan: The Hands-On Director" -featurette
8 deleted scenes
"Laughing is Contagious" -featurette
Notes:The HD-DVD has the featurettes and deleted scene in HD, the US Blu Ray doesn't include any of these and the DVD is all in SD. So these appear to be HD-DVD exclusive in HD.
Notes: I'm using OSB Studio to record these features as MakeMKV doesn't recognize the disc. The featurettes and deleted scenes record as 720p, so they are not full HD.

If anyone wants any of the above special features I can share, just send me a PM.

Evan Almighty HD-DVD
"U-Control":
-Picture-In-Picture video commentary
-"Ark Building for Dummies" guide
-"Get on Board" trivia track
Notes: My UK disc has rot, so I have been unable to extract or record any of the special features, if anyone has a back-up ISO they might want to share, it would be appreciated.

Superman IV - The Quest for Peace - Japanese Laserdisc

Tue, 16 Jul 2024 19:46:26 +0000

Hi!

I am currently working on a Superman IV restoration of the original workprint.

I have restored several deleted scenes that are in poor condition, removing the dust, scratches…

But I cannot restore the tornado and the missile scenes because they have missing effects.

Does anyone know where to get the laserdisc rip of Superman IV?

Thanks and best regards,

Fuinki

Blu-ray PiP (Picture-in-Picture) ripping/archival

Tue, 30 Jan 2024 16:02:55 +0000

this is an idea ive had for a good while, but haven't really gotten that far: Blu-rau PiP (Picture-in-Picture) ripping/archival.

PiP is a kind of bonus feature where a secondary video stream is presented simultaniously alongside the main feature presentation. it allows interviews/commentary, BTS footage, etc. to be shown at relevant parts of a film, and imo its pretty neat.

while the vast majoirty of Blu-ray extras are just in the form of a video file, which is pretty easy to rip (and therefore archive outside of the Blu-ray format). however, PiP tracks are not. PiP video is a seperate video track which is composited onto the main video stream at playback.

it is possible to rip the PiP video and audio themselves; while MakeMKV seems to ignore the video, MKVToolnix will see and mux it just fine from a decrypted backup. the video seems to all be 720x480 and audio is 2.0 E-AC-3 or DTS-Express. the streams themselves offer little issue.

however, its not quite that simple. for starters, i have not encountered any player that will playback some kind of PiP image outside of Blu-ray player software (which only do it when playing back the Blu-ray itself). it doesnt seem too hard to overlay the video/audio in post, but there is some missing information unfortunately.

the PiP video/audio arent a constant. the video turns on and off, and the audio fades in and out (shifting the volume of the main audio alongside it). the video and audio come in and out at different points. the PiP video doesn't have a constant position, it can be shown in different corners. and finally, ive seen some titles show additional text onscreen.

and so, i'd like to look into the archival of these titles, so they can be as true to the disc as possible, while not being bound to the Blu-ray format. which basically means burning everything into a single video file. imo there are genuine reasons to do this. personally, i like to include extras on my media server and these are extras which i have and enjoy, but cant have on my media server, because they are more than just a video stream. but also just general archival stuff as a video file is so much more versatile than a Blu-ray backup.

ideally, it may be possible to generate a file from the PiP data on the Blu-ray itself; it could theoretically be done automatically for an arbitrary number of titles with no intermediate and custom quality settings. that being said, haven't made much progress in that direction. diving into the files of decrypted backups, ive found nothing. using BDedit, ive managed to extract some "PiP metadata" supposedly, but of the ones ive tried, some look to be tiny (<100 bytes) so not sure wut kind of data is here or how useful it may be, not to mention its in a binary format i have not been able to decypher.

alternate routes:

playback capture. ive managed to capture The Matrix's PiP presentation, its a bit shoddy if we're going for perfection but not bad in terms of viewing quality. capture of course requires full length playback and large intermediate files to try and maintain quality. could potentially get better if i can figure out how to capture a 24Hz image at 24fps rather than the 60fps capture i have. however if that doesnt shake out theres always:

manual reconstruction. capture can be used to simply obtain reference to be used to manually reconstruct the presentation in an editor. main downside is it takes a lot of time and may not be perfect. could be augmented with some automation like perhaps analysing the video/audio for black frames/silence to determine rough timing.

regardless, i.. dont really know how to proceed with this idea, research has dug up absolutely nothing helpful beyond some top level technical details, but maybe im not looking in the right places, and i know just enough about the tech stuff to know roughly how it works, but not enough to actually reverse engineer anything useful. any ideas/input/help would be appreciated

Looking for two R1 US DVDs

Mon, 25 Dec 2023 09:56:49 +0000

Hi All,

I'm after some specific special features to help with future projects that were only included on US releases of Antibodies (Dark Skies) and Tae Guk Gi (Columbia Tristar).

Does anyone out there have these discs?

https://www.amazon.com/Tae-Guk-Gi-Brothe...047&sr=8-7

https://www.amazon.com/Antibodies-Two-Di...151&sr=8-6

Thanks

Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) Original Stylized Subtitles for UHD

Fri, 13 Oct 2023 07:36:42 +0000

Is is possible to recreate the Original Stylized Subtitles for the Romanian language parts of Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)? The UHD has the parts in Romanian in generic font.

From DVDCompare:

GENERAL NOTES:
The stylized optical English subtitles accompanying the Romanian dialogue on theatrical prints, laserdisc, VHS, and the earliest DVD releases have been replaced with standard font optional English subtitles on the HD remasters.

Laserdisc Capture of Films in MKV format

Wed, 16 Aug 2023 04:08:07 +0000

Hello. I'm looking for Laserdisc capture of some films in MKV format with English audio which I'll list below. I prefer NTSC but PAL will be fine as well. If anyone here does make them then please let me know.

1. Aladdin 1992 (Widescreen)
2. Alien 1979 (THX Widescreen Edition)
3. Aliens 1986 (THX Widescreen Edition)
4. Batman 1989 (Widescreen)
5. Batman Returns (Widescreen)
6. Batman Forever (Widescreen)
7. Beauty and the Beast 1991 (Widescreen)
8. Bram Stoker's Dracula 1992 (Widescreen)
9. Die Hard 1988 (THX Widescreen AC-3 Dolby Digital)
10. Ghostbusters 1984
11. Indiana Jones: Raiders Of The Lost Ark (Widescreen)
12. Indiana Jones and the Temple Of Doom (Widescreen)
13. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Widescreen)
14. Jaws (Widescreen)
15. Predator 1987 (Widescreen)
16. Pulp Fiction (THX Widescreen)
17. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (Japan Release)
18. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (Widescreen)
19. The Crow 1994 (Widescreen)
20. The Mask 1994 (Widescreen)
21. The Jungle Book 1967 (CAV)
22. The Lost World: Jurassic Park (DTS Widescreen)
23. The Terminator 1984 (Widescreen)
24. Titanic 1997 (AC-3 Dolby Digital or DTS Widescreen)
25. Top Gun 1986 (AC-3 Dolby Digital)
26. Toy Story 1995 (THX Widescreen)
27. True Lies ( DTS or AC-3 Dolby Digital Widescreen)

The Firm 1993

Mon, 12 Jun 2023 19:42:22 +0000

Looking for a Dolby stereo (2.0) LaserDisc or DVD track for the title - The Firm 1993
IMDB Info - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106918/

The audio can be out of sync etc., Will do the sync myself and share it to the community.

Regards

Amistad HD Trailer from US Blu-ray

Tue, 15 Mar 2022 16:25:52 +0000

Does anyone have the US Blu-ray of Steven Spielberg's Amistad? If yes, can you please rip the trailer from it for me? The trailer is only available on the US BD. My German BD is bare bones

Thanks in advance

Toy Soldiers (1991) - Trailer from US Blu-ray

Mon, 03 Jan 2022 20:09:47 +0000

Does anyone have the US BD (Sony release) and can please send me the trailer from this disc?
My German BD doesn't have it

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) Trailers from CAV LD

Sun, 02 Jan 2022 13:19:59 +0000

Does anyone have the CAV LD (LDDB) and can capture the trailers from it?

I'd appreciate the help

35mm trailers available!!!

Thu, 09 Dec 2021 08:53:30 +0000

https://www.enjoythefilm.org/available-35mm