porco556
Jan 2003
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quote: Originally posted by Extractor
Yeah, I hate the term "UNRATED" I only speak of extended and theatrical cut. In earlier times UNRATED stood for "more violent or more sex than an R-rating would have allowed". Now they just don't have the extended version rated in order to advertise with the UNRATED term.
Think American Pie 1 was the first of that kind. At least when you compare the two versions, you notice besides a pair of tits and a different angle of that pie scene, there is no difference. As if that version wasn't suitable even for the prude american theatres.
I agree with porco that seamless branching is the way to go. It's been used on several DVDs (Alien DC, Robocop DC, American Pie 3 unrated, etc). That credit thing is a bit different though. When they use different credits language in Disney movies or whereever, they mostly use "Multiple Angle". While Seamless Branching needs to be a different PGC because it can vary in LENGTH (unrated or DC's are usually longer than the theatrical cut while credits in different language usually have the same length).
The only negative aspects of seamless branching is that some really gay cheapo players have trouble with it (fuck them if they can't make the specs) and that they need to encode the movie as CLOSED GOP (which means a quality loss, at least on lower bitrates... guess explaining this would take to long).
I believe you're right, but ironically, I've ripped (HAHA, there I go using that word again) Shanghai Noon english PGCs (OR was it the English angle?) and I also did American Wedding the exact same way (with IFO edit, kept only the PGCs that corresponded to the Unrated). I guess it's similar when "ripping" the movie, but re-encoding it would be MUCH harder (especially the chapters for both).
Ack... I think my favorite method is the Butterfly Effect method. DVD-5 flipper disc. One side "director's cut" one side "theatrical" haha Straight copy.
:: EDIT :: Ya, the un-rated I read off a site was 93 mins... But personally, when I have it in my hands, I'll then 100% believe it. But 5 mins sounds about right to "justify" the un-rated'ness of the release 
Last edited by porco556 on 12-16-2004 at 07:54 PM
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