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great ASTEROiDS quality as always

v:9
a:9
m:8

only viewed the sample but its enuf to know that this is prolly the best version out, its either this or a DVDSCR and this is more than enuf, also looks great once its on a dvdr and family enjoyed this movie, great work ASTEROiDS and keep the top releases coming

looks good from sample, i'll grab this one i think

8/8/?

Overall apretty good release. Video is a little grainy to me, but the audio is okay and in synch. I've only skimmed through parts of this release though, so there could be things I've missed. BTW, here's a screenshot showing a "cigarette burn" that TCs usually have. So I believe this one is a TC.

http://img467.imageshack.us/img467/1833/hole26td.jpg

V - 7
A - 8
M - 7

Quality

Great Freaking Quality

10/10/9

TC or TS, i couldnt give a steamy shite!

id just say its a great release whatever it is, and because its from a russian source it doesnt matter if its a ts coz russian releases dont have twats and ushers walking past the cam and up the isles every half an hour lol!

from sample:

v 9 (mint quality, im so pissed off coz its the day after i got the silver of fuck's release too)

a 8 (sounds fine, but judging by a couple of other releases by nbp/asteriods there might be a couple of hissy moments)

m ? (dunno, will get this before i watch)

thanks asteriods, just get us revolver an i'll be pretty chuffed

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Originally posted by pHo
the difference between compression and encoding is:

compression software works the same way as trying to get The 404, who is 350lbs, through a normal door. its method is to basically keep kicking The 404 until he gets thru the door. This works quickly, but leaves a nasty mess.

encoding software is the equivalent of The 404 going on a diet and walking thru the door. takes longer and sometimes more skill, but ultimately worth it.

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fuckin nice
9.1/9.2/7.0

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Very nice indeed.

9/8/?

Graham

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8/7/2

how come I could not find a sample clip of this movie

Its a very average TC Release, but hey it is the best one out

7.5 - Abit grainy in some places, but overall good
7 - Sounds abit Echocy, but ok
? - No idea, just sample

quote:

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Originally posted by mattmatt03
TC or TS, i couldnt give a steamy shite!

id just say its a great release whatever it is, and because its from a russian source it doesnt matter if its a ts coz russian releases dont have twats and ushers walking past the cam and up the isles every half an hour lol!

from sample:

v 9 (mint quality, im so pissed off coz its the day after i got the silver of fuck's release too)

a 8 (sounds fine, but judging by a couple of other releases by nbp/asteriods there might be a couple of hissy moments)

m ? (dunno, will get this before i watch)

thanks asteriods, just get us revolver an i'll be pretty chuffed

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by sample:

kinda reminds me of the Fantastic Four TC, nice pic, bit hollow sound.

V-9 - nice
A-7.5 - i can definetly live with it
M-8.5 - really good sci-fi comedy. i like

Is it just me or is this the same as nbp?

Looks clear to me that nbp & ASTEROiDS are from the exact same source.

Between 37:30 and 38:00 there are two large film spots that crop up in exactly the same places, plus there's a crucial word that gets chopped off in both. The sound is similar... to my eye the picture is sharper in the ASTEROiDS version, but that may just be XVID vs. MPEG2.

Top Notch Work ! as always ASTEROiDS....


9/8/8

quote:

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Originally posted by bcool2k
Audio: 6- Uggh that is just NOT Captain Malcolm voice dunno what was recoreded with but uggh..

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good release

v-8
a-7
m-havent finished all yet

quote:

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Originally posted by tonci
Indeed. It's not much fun to listen to the strange voices. If you pitch the audio by one semitone the voices are ok again. I've done this with cd1 but because of the abr header I ended up with several minutes missing, the rest was in sync though.
At the moment I'm trying again, demuxed audio with virtualdubmod > converted the mp3 to mp3 with BeSweet but now to cbr 256kbs > edit the audio with CoolEdit, transform stretch (preserve tempo, transpose#1)

My comp takes ages but this should do the trick. Maybe there is an easier way but I'm just too noob with editing.

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I must have gotten a different file under the asteroids name.

video: 5. Way too bright. blacks are a dark shade of grey.

audio: 5

and the movie is over rated: 7

But like I said I suspect i got a different file as everyone seems to think the quality of this release is good.

i couldnt tell if the voices were off or not because i havent watched the film yet and i dont know any of the actors that well.

i could tell from the universal logo at the start that it was off though, did anyone here used to own a cassette walkman years ago? did you ever remember how the music slowed down to nothing when the battery was running out coz it sounds like that lol!

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Originally posted by pHo
the difference between compression and encoding is:

compression software works the same way as trying to get The 404, who is 350lbs, through a normal door. its method is to basically keep kicking The 404 until he gets thru the door. This works quickly, but leaves a nasty mess.

encoding software is the equivalent of The 404 going on a diet and walking thru the door. takes longer and sometimes more skill, but ultimately worth it.

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Video - 8
I've seen better TCs, but this is still awesome. Video could be a bit sharper, but it's definately clear and somewhat crisp. Been wanting to see this, so I'm glad SOMEBODY got a 8 quality in my book.

Audio - 8
Not quite excellent, but sounds great enough on my speakers and the bass kicks in at the right moments and the right levels.
*Edit* - I've noticed there's some static throughout the movie. No sync issues for me, however.

Movie - 8
Ok, awesome movie. I give it an 8, but that's still at least 4 points better than most of the movies to come out this year. Definately one I'll be watching again.

*Authoring note* I don't know if anyone else was viewing this on a standalone. It was a bitch for me to re-encode, though. If anyone was having trouble with converting the last 8 or so minutes into an mpeg stream, the solution I used was splitting the remaining footage from the second half, then merging it with the resulting output of the first half and second half minus the remaining footage.

Sorry, I know this isn't an authoring discussion forum, but I know that many people like to review a release once it's been watched on an actual TV/entertainment system, rather than their computer, so I figured the info might help some people. If I'm out of order for that, please let me know.

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V - 7 I'm having a hard time rating fairly since upgrading to 1088i HDTV. On my TV I'd rate the pic as a 5, but I am sure it is better than that. It certainly was better than many others that I have watched.

A - 5 [i]Just not very good. What can one expect, though? Slightly out of sync. Lacking in presence. A good job was done on quieting the slap-back effect, but it was still present in scenes where there was several levels of overlaying audio from the source.

M - 6 [i]I agree with the previous reviewer. A lot of hype surrounding this thing. It was good, but nothing special. I never watched the tv show, so maybe a lot of fans hold the movie more dear than I do.

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nice release.

video: 7 (is very pixelated on my DVD player.....but fine on my computer )

audio: 7 (not the best, but not too bad)

movie: ? (only watched the first 15mins on my dvd player before I gave up because of all the pixelation )

xTFCx

v - 9
a - 9
m - 7 (not a big fan of movies with funny yet kinda bad line acting)