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1 NO REQUESTING MOVIES OR SAMPLES

2 DO NOT DISCUSS WHERE TO DOWNLOAD MOVIES OR SAMPLES

3 NO FLAMING

4 NO "SPOILERS"

5 COMMENT ON THIS RELEASE, NOT WHAT OTHER GROUPS MAY OR MAY NOT RELEASE

6 ONLY COMMENT IF YOU HAVE SEEN THIS RELEASE OR A SAMPLE OF IT


*** PEOPLE IGNORING THE ABOVE RULES WILL BE BANNED ***

You guys are gonna be like .. "OMG THIS IS FAKE, ITS BULLSHIT" .. "BLAH BLAH BLAH"..

Well, it's not fake. Infact, it's a very nice release. Despite the white (almost clear) watermarks at the top and bottom of the video, it's near perfect. Slightly blurry, good coloring, 2:35:1 widescreen picture. I don't know if there are any scrolling messages or timers, but i'm 99% sure that there isn't anything else except the text on the bottom and top of the video that you can barely notice. The sound is very fuckin nice..and as for the movie, it looks FUNNY AS FUCK. I have been waiting so long to see this, and well, i love the academy season. Hopefully we can expect more releases like this. Nice job TheFly

8/8/8

::edit:: Just finished watching this movie (fell asleep last night ), anyways, it was pretty fucking original if you ask me. Funny..dramatic...the whole works. Very different type of movie, but definately on my '04 top 25 list. Check this flick out as soon as you can!

We all love TheFly =) Great rls, expecting good shit from em!

8/8/?

mastered poorly as fuck, i might add. obviously a rushed screener of some sort [not on the release side. i mean on how it was crappily mastered by the company] - awesome - ive been waiting for this movie for a long time, great rls, cant wait to see full!


7 [the video is poor, not the grps fault] / 9 / +10

Wow, just wow great release.

8/8

well since im looking forward to watch this movie
great realese

8.5/9/? (but im sure its gonna be 10 or above)

If this is a real dvdscr, then wheres the dvd-r?, why waste time encoding to svcd when you can just up the whole thing?......s/vcd is DEAD!!, if you havent got a fast connection or a dvd burner by now you have a problem.
7/8/?

If this is a real dvdscr, then wheres the dvd-r?, why waste time encoding to svcd when you can just up the whole thing?......s/vcd is DEAD!!, if you havent got a fast connection or a dvd burner by now you have a problem.
7/8/?.

Always agreed, atleast stick to xvid. but I can understand the ones who own a dvd player and no dvd burner. Ive burned 1 svcd in my life...

8/6/9

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Originally posted by Madmax
If this is a real dvdscr, then wheres the dvd-r?, why waste time encoding to svcd when you can just up the whole thing?......s/vcd is DEAD!!, if you havent got a fast connection or a dvd burner by now you have a problem.
7/8/?

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alright im really impressed im dyin to see this and i live in a shitty town that gets it christmas anyways

MAD PROBS to THEFLY

8/8/?

Wow what a nice pre christmas gift ... not even in cinemas and a dvdscr, very nice catch. Video and audio look pretty damn nice, black side bars are a bit odd, the watermarks are not as distracting as it would seem.

8/8/?

HOLY FUCKING SHIT MYSTIC DROPPED A NUT!

Watching tonight for sure! YAY!

8/8/?

WOW, and when i woke up today I was hoping for a crappy cam of this at least, but this is awsome. As stated, not the best quality for a DVD source, but you can't get much faster than this.
8/9/? (Have very high expectations)

Merry Christmas TheFLY, the leechers, the jackals, the ops, the mods, the rippers and to anyone else that helps make my DVD collection grow. Hell, merry christmas to Mystic even

very pleased with this one. makes me want to f this bitch

8/7/9

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Greta amazing qualtiy
8/9/(have not watched entire release yet)

Academy season indeed. I'm glad they decided to pre even though it was leaked early. There are many more coming..Lemony Snickets anyone. Guaranteed. Nice fast pre dvdscr of a very funny film. To bad about the white lines but its very watchable


7.5/8/8

This is GREAT! I've been complaining that this movie doesn't come out until 12/25 but here it is!!! Great job TheFly!

8/9/? From the sample. Will be watching this one tonight. I can't wait!

Thanx for a GREAT release guys! -Jim

exactly one year after LiT dvdscr

8/7.5/?

where r u guys downloading these movies?

[EDIT:: Fuck off jerk! Banned - NS]

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HOLY FUCKING SHIT MYSTIC DROPPED A NUT!

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Scrobble all you want, we'll make more!

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Originally posted by jdsarduy
where r u guys downloading these movies?

[EDIT:: Fuck off jerk! Banned - NS]

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Great release and very fast. Video 9, Audio 9.

video isnt that great imo, as someone said defenitley a rush transfer for the oscars. good job

7/8/9

edit: finished watching it, and yes its very original, and very good

i dont know how you can think this movie looks like shit, its fucking awesome

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I dont see a DVD-R so I grabbed this and hell yea, one hell of a rip!

8/8/ (I love Wes Anderson so I can only assume > or = 8)

EDIT: Movie deserves a fuckin 10! Fuck the critics, one of my favorites of 2004!

good release
movie looks like shit
8/8

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This is excellant and something that happens very rarely. The quality is great and so is the sound. They derserve the highest thank you and credit for this one.

V-10
A-10
M-9.5

fucking awesome.... ive been dieing to see this movie, was hoping for a cam, this is excellent. video is nice and sharp, the tags are only noticable (not intrusive at all) in some scenes, the majority of the time they are completely transparent. the sound is fine and in sync. this need to be watched on the standalone, but i have no cd's....... ill have to wait a few days. movie looks awesome tho.

9/9/x

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Kicked ass 8/9/9 kicked asssssss

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Watched this on the big screen tonight...

wow.. very nice to get a dvd screener, i love this time of the
year, oscars and all.

video is excellent as is the audio.

movie is hilarious. Murray needs to work more..

video: 9.5
audio: 9
movie: 9

Nice Work

9.5/10/9 Nice work TheFly, give Uma Thurmon a big kiss the next time she slips you another oscar voter perk ;-)

9/8/8

Great job for a DVD pre-release screener.
Had to turn up the brightness and turn down the color on the tv, but that was only a minor pain.
Funny movie and Bill Murray turns in another great performance.
Gotta love that Bowie!

From looking at cd 2, the quality for a dvd source is a bit off, looks better on TV tho, I suspect tho that the quality is due to the source dvd and not the encode itself. Still excellent early rls, hits the UK next feb I think. will be watching this tonite rather than the shite on TV. 7/9/?

9/9/7.5

sweet as can get for a dvdscr.. nice encoding job done by TheFly

props for early release

all in all.. good job

movie itself was quite nice to watch.. its not mainstream.. different.. yet funny

"svcd is dead" wtf havent you ever heard of rencoding and authoring? then put on disc? i dont mind 2cd releases you can download both parts at the same time from dfferent sources for gods sake, stop slating the s/vcd scene and get on with remarks about quality jeez btw yes i have a dvd writer well two anywho heres my marks
video=8
sound=7.5
film=8.5

Just finished watching it, good quick release V 7, A6, M, 8

Can't stand Leonardo Decapitate though.

nice

Quality was great.

Movie was...unique, i think i'll have to watch it at least one more time to be able to fully appreciate this movie.

9/10/7

There are watermarks that come up fairly often on the top and bottom of the film; although, they're pretty much transparent, they do sometimes take your eye away from the action. Other than that, great release.

Svcd isn't dead idiots. You must like xvid because it fits on your xdcc bots. Svcd is still compatible with most standalone dvd players so go die.

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Video is good, considering the source is obviously a bit dodgy for a DVD.

Audio is clean, but unspectacular, as you would expect from a movie like this.

As for the movie, I've gotta go with the critics. Awful.

8/8/2

cheers to the fly for a quality release great pic 9,great sound 9,
the movie 6

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Great release. I have been waiting to see this movie, and I don't live in N.Y. or L.A., so I got it before the release date in my city.

This may have come from a DVD Screener, but I really doubt that it was ripped off the DVD.

1) it's interlaced
2) it has black area on the sides

No studio is going to master a DVD like this, especially not for a film that is obviously an oscar contender.

My guess would be that this was recorded onto something like SVHS and then recapped, but that is just a guess. I could be totally wrong as well.

9/9/0 very boring movie dont waste ur time

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Video is good, I have seen better for DVD screeners, and the watermarks are not too bad. The audio is excellent, but I think overall a better job could have been done.

7/8/8

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9000k Maxbitrate, skips in my DVD Player, had to recode it down..

Decent quality, I almost forgot about the watermarks at the top and bottom as they are barley visible, I didn't find them a distraction.

7.5/8/7.0

Did not enjoy this film as much as Wes Anderson's other films. Need to watch it again to really appreciate it I guess.

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mastered poorly as fuck, i might add. obviously a rushed screener of some sort [not on the release side. i mean on how it was crappily mastered by the company] - awesome - ive been waiting for this movie for a long time, great rls, cant wait to see full!


7 [the video is poor, not the grps fault] / 9 / +10

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Great release. I have been waiting to see this movie, and I don't live in N.Y. or L.A., so I got it before the release date in my city.

This may have come from a DVD Screener, but I really doubt that it was ripped off the DVD.

1) it's interlaced
2) it has black area on the sides

No studio is going to master a DVD like this, especially not for a film that is obviously an oscar contender.

My guess would be that this was recorded onto something like SVHS and then recapped, but that is just a guess. I could be totally wrong as well.

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Great release but what the hell is this movie about. I suggest not to drink while watching,was told this would be good but lost interest. 9 across the board.

V-10
A-10 (normal T.V., couldn't find anything wrong with it)
M-7.5

"Property of" is there the entire movie, but translucent letters, and you can't see it in some parts.

Does anyone know how to get this dvd to work? It won't even play in my PowerDvd and WinDvd, it just doesn't play at all. My older version of PDVD didn't even recognize it and my newer version just doesn't even play it, it's just black. How would I get this to work?>

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Lovely DvdScr can only fault it on one thing..it has 9000k Max bitrate!!!!! how come this hasnt been nuked by people sticking to scene rules, personally i think it should stay unnuked as it doesnt pose any problems for me

8
9
7--a different and funny flick

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Originally posted by ainsunzahth
Does anyone know how to get this dvd to work? It won't even play in my PowerDvd and WinDvd, it just doesn't play at all. My older version of PDVD didn't even recognize it and my newer version just doesn't even play it, it's just black. How would I get this to work?>

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powerdvd 6 works for me.

great release. seems a little bit blurry, but way better than a threatre release.

8/9/8

codec?

I have tried playing this to no avail. I have installed almost every codec known to man. Windows Media Player classic and Power dvd 6 do not play this movie, video just shows up garbled. What codec do I need or is there something else im missing?

crap! burned this for my `rents over x-mas. i guess the friens they lend it to will be disapointed. at least they got to see it.

V: Looked fine on my TV, nothing to complain about = 8

A: Spanish David Bowie Nothing Spectacular in the movie, no crackle, etc = 10

M: I thought it was pretty funny, the dry wit was great. Murray`s still funny = 8

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Re: codec?

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I have tried playing this to no avail. I have installed almost every codec known to man. Windows Media Player classic and Power dvd 6 do not play this movie, video just shows up garbled. What codec do I need or is there something else im missing?

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I have tried playing this to no avail. I have installed almost every codec known to man. Windows Media Player classic and Power dvd 6 do not play this movie, video just shows up garbled. What codec do I need or is there something else im missing?

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Thanks for the release but after watching the movie, I have come to the conclusion that this is indeed the biggest piece of shit I have ever seen. I cannot believe that movie studios would fund a turd like this. Of course it wouldn't surprise me if it gets nominated for some stupid awards. Trust me, I felt like I wasted 2 hours of my life after watching this feces pile. It doesn't make sense, it doesn't make a point and it just flat out sucks ass, IMHO!!

Otherwise

Video- 9
Audio-8
Movie-0.5 (in case you didn't figure that out)

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9000k Maxbitrate, skips in my DVD Player, had to recode it down..

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Originally posted by Pebosjan
If this is a real dvdscr, then wheres the dvd-r?, why waste time encoding to svcd when you can just up the whole thing?......s/vcd is DEAD!!, if you havent got a fast connection or a dvd burner by now you have a problem.
7/8/?.

Always agreed, atleast stick to xvid. but I can understand the ones who own a dvd player and no dvd burner. Ive burned 1 svcd in my life...

8/6/9

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(edit: Scratch that, just noticed that the reason shows up if you mouseover the nuke icon.)

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I have tried playing this to no avail. I have installed almost every codec known to man. Windows Media Player classic and Power dvd 6 do not play this movie, video just shows up garbled. What codec do I need or is there something else im missing?

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I thought the audio and video were great. I adjusted down the bitrate with DVDPatcher, burned it to CDR's and watched it on my standalone with no problems. Thanks TheFly for another great job. However, IMO the movie itself left a little to be desired ( I thought it was crap ) but to each their own. Anyway the release was nice work.

9/9/6.5

hi im a noob, but could you please help me.
I just downloaded the movie and have all of the files.
The sample works, but im not sure how to get the whole thing to work.
Help me please.

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nuked? sheesh...whatever - it played just fine in my Apex 703.

fun movie - Murray is a crackup for sure!

9/8/9

BR

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Wow.... Just wow...

I ignored the nuke and downloaded and boy was I glad.

What a great movie. I'm so glad to see that Bill Murray is getting some great roles. It sounds bad but this is probably the best movie i've seen since Lost In Translation (Another Murray film).

Video - 9 - Seemed like the colors were a TOUCH off but I'm being REALLY nit picky on this. Great release. I did notice that there were about 3 times that it skipped. Again, might have been a me issue. No blurring, no pixelation, no blockiness, all in all just great quality. There is a watermark present but if you get into the movie it's really invisible.

Audio - 10 - As can be expected the audio was great. No complaints at all. Fine job on the audio guys

Movie - 10 - The movie started off a bit slow and was only about an 8 for 99% of the movie but the ending really clinched those final 2 points to make this an all out 10. Great acting by everyone and a truely great story.

Overall - 9/10/10

great rls despite the microblocking, anal perfectionists might differ. the xvid has less artifacting, especially with flat colors like the walls in the hallway in the first scene (n00b translation: the xvid is less blocky)

video - 7 - great colors, but microblock city

audio - 10 - perfect

movie - ?

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retired from the scene, but still leechin!

Have tried to extract this movie several times with winrar, but on cd2 i keep getting error: division by zero???? any help?

Video 9 would be 10 but there is a see-through studio watermark on the top and bottom

Sound 9

movie 3


Ok AWESOME release!!! I love screeners coming out before somebody can CAM it!!!

Movie sucked ass though :'( was hoping it would be alot better then it was... It was just slow and not very funny...

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a little late but...

finally a day to watch some flixs!!
i give it a 9/9/10
i loved the movie
didnt have a problem with burning or playing
i got the OST - loved that too

for the "Pebosjan Super Swede" that posted that shit about if you don't have a DVD burner or high speed connection..blahblablah" <<you can post in the fuck off and die section

Very nice flick!

9/8/?

Havn't seen the whole thing yet but it seems like a very good film.

Nice Release by TheFly but what a waste of talent and time...One of the worst films of the year.

9/9/2

The problem with this release is that there are still footprints from the original source, which bothers me a bit when I watch on my TV