User talk:Maskedweasel

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Thanks for asking. Before you create a page, please make sure the title is eligible and please have good screencaps. Almost all new pages will get looked over by admins anyway. If you have any concerns as to the eligibility of a particular title, you can ask one of us. As for building the page, it's important that you do it because you've actually watched the movie and there's no guarantee anyone else has. If you're unsure about coding, you can use the sample code page I have here. As for time, the actual creation of the page shouldn't take more than maybe an hour. That's not much if you've already put in two hours to watch the film and maybe another hour to go through the screencaps. Good luck! --Funkychinaman (talk) 13:16, 13 May 2014 (EDT)

BTW, if you have any doubts about whether a title is eligible or not, please ask. --Funkychinaman (talk) 21:21, 13 May 2014 (EDT)

That's great, many thanks. The titles I have are: Funeral in Berlin, Billion Dollar Brain, Brass Target and Breakthrough. The only issue I may have is with the screencaps as the first two titles are taken from normal DVD (not bluray!) but Brass Target and Breakthrough are from VHS as they have never officially been released on DVD. Should I still put them up or is the quality going to be an issue? Thanks again! --Maskedweasel (talk) 03:56, 14 May 2014 (EDT)

Let's do the two Harry Palmer films first. --Funkychinaman (talk) 11:12, 14 May 2014 (EDT)

I certainly hope your caps look better than the ones you provided for Zulu Dawn. If you need tips on getting good screencaps, please refer to the IMFDB Screencapping Guide. --Funkychinaman (talk) 12:34, 14 May 2014 (EDT)

LOl! Yeah, the Zulu Dawn caps came from a DVD that came free with a newspaper which hadn't been remastered! It's not exactly a favorite film of mine, so I won't buy it!!! In all honesty I think the Breakthrough screenaps I have are worse, but it's quite a rare film. I am away for a week so will upload the Harry Pamler films when I return next week. Cheers for the help! --Maskedweasel (talk) 03:48, 15 May 2014 (EDT)

Your screenshots looked squished

How are you grabbing screenshots? It appears that the aspect ratio is off as the people in the shots appear to be too skinny. VLC is a good program to grab screenshots. ---Ben41 (talk) 16:30, 22 May 2014 (EDT)

According to IMDB, the aspect ratio is supposed to be 2.35:1. Home video versions might be in 4:3. Your caps look like they're in 16:9, which is in between. --Funkychinaman (talk) 18:26, 22 May 2014 (EDT)

I've redone one of your screenshots of what the correct aspect ratio should be. --Ben41 (talk) 16:31, 22 May 2014 (EDT)

Hi Guys, Cheers for the info, yeah as I looked at the files I thought there was an issue, I uploaded them to check how the page looked for editing purposes. I used VLC and another piece of software, but this is from a few years back so can't remember which I used. Which one did you modify Ben41? I can try resizing them, but it may be easier and better to re-capture them! --Maskedweasel (talk) 03:58, 23 May 2014 (EDT)

Take a look at this screenshot for the proper aspect ratio.

--Ben41 (talk) 04:44, 23 May 2014 (EDT)

Ok I've tried resizing them are they ok quality wise? --Maskedweasel (talk) 09:18, 23 May 2014 (EDT)

Breakthrough and Brass Target

Are there really no other projects you want to work on? And I find it puzzling that the two films were never released on DVD, you have some pretty big stars here. --Funkychinaman (talk) 10:52, 5 June 2014 (EDT)

I've looked into purchasing them, Breakthrough is only available on VHS. Though it boasts a fine cast, it is a god-awful B-movie, made worse by the fact that it's meant to be a sequel to Cross of Iron! I think everyone involved in it tried their best to forget it! Brass target is available in the UK (where I am) but only on imported DVD, which are a bit expensive for this film. I've got some other, easier films on DVD that I can work on, maybe further down the line I can get better quality Screencaps for these two films! Cheers for the reply! --Maskedweasel (talk) 11:23, 5 June 2014 (EDT)

It's odd that they'd attempt a sequel to Cross of Iron with an entirely new cast just two years after the original. I can't think of any other sequel that did that. The closest I could think of is The Guns of Navarone and Force 10 from Navarone, but those two were seventeen years apart, so it made sense. The Dirty Dozen and its sequel were eighteen years apart, brought back the same cast, and wow, it showed. --Funkychinaman (talk) 12:31, 5 June 2014 (EDT)