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Don Hertzfeldt wrote:Been working on the English closed-captions for the hearing-impaired. Not sure if I am being too literal.

don hertzfeld wrote:hi folks,

just a quick dispatch from a deep dark cave of digital monitors.

almost all of the disc's content should be headed to the authoring house next week for an opening round of tests and tweaks. everything seems to be looking great so far.

two of the titles are delayed though and will be sent over later: something turned out to be a little screwy with the HD masters of REJECTED and THE MEANING OF LIFE and rather than send you something a little screwy, i had new 4K scans of those two done last week at the george eastman house in rochester (from the original 35mm negative and interpositive, respectively).

we only just got those 4K scans back the other day, so until we start working on them it's difficult to say whether this redo will delay anything.

in other news, if you live in the united states or canada and had signed up for a thank-you note and/or art print, you should be receiving those very soon if you haven't already.

i also hope to find the time soon to send out another round of surprises to unsuspecting backers.

and finally, if you still haven't filled out the survey to give us your address, we have thrown your items into the sea.

happy halloween!

don

Don Hertzfeldt wrote:hi folks,

i'll be seeing the first check-disc from the authoring lab this week. this means the heavy lifting is mostly done and it will be making notes and little technical adjustments from here until the whole thing is sent to the replication factory.

so, barring any further weird surprises, i'm guessing we'll be receiving the blus and start shipping them to everyone somewhere in february. i'm headed to tokyo for a prior commitment around the end of this month but i don't think that's going to affect our timing any. thanks for being patient.

it's nice to not have to stare at these films anymore and i've been slowly getting back into recording and rewriting a new thing. there will be a little taste of it on the disc.

happy new year and etc!

don

good news! WORLD OF TOMORROW has been nominated for an academy award!

bad news! due to a clerical error, the factory has not been working on blu rays for us all this time, but manta rays. these are quite different and i apologize. the shipping costs are now going to be astronomical and we will need to send all of you a detailed pamphlet of aquarium care instructions. it is my understanding that the manta rays do not play any digital content whatsoever, in fact if you shove one into your blu ray player they will merely leak water, flop around, and die.

i have just subscribed all of your e-mail addresses to a daily MANTA RAY FACTS newsletter where you will receive a seemingly endless series of learning updates about your new mucus-covered, cartilagey friends. again, sorry about this mix-up but it was an honest mistake.

Don Hertzfeld wrote:in fact if you shove one into your blu ray player they will merely leak water, flop around, and die.

Kickstarter update wrote:just wanted to let you know, i've just signed off on the final check disc + all the print proofs and our project is now officially underway down at the blu-ray factory with the little smokestacks. i think you're gonna like it.

everything will probably take 7-10 days to bake in the blu-ray ovens followed by another week or so on a truck to us in austin. i'll let you know once we have them in hand.

in the meantime, please, please, please double-check the mailing address you've given us one last time. we'll be locking them down soon and you won't be able to update them again. also remember that we cannot change your address for you. only you can do this by editing your responses in the online kickstarter survey thing that is fed to us.

kaboom!

bang!

OK cool everyone have a good weekend

Project Update #24 wrote:02-26-2016 Posted by don hertzfeldt (Creator)

hey everyone! just a quick note to let you know that the blu-rays are due to be delivered to us as soon as i get home next week from the oscars. which means we are gonna start shipping in about a week, which means NOW IS THE VERY LAST TIME TO EVER CORRECT OR CHANGE YOUR ADDRESS. only you can do this by editing your survey answers on kickstarter -- we cannot change your address for you. once we lock up the surveys next week you will never be able to change your address EVER AGAIN and we are going to start shipping the blu-rays WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT! :<> !! !

OK let's do this!

Don Hertzfeldt wrote:it's such a blutiful ray

important shipping stuff

- please do not worry or ask us about the whereabouts of your rewards... at least not until the middle of april or something... especially if you do not live in the USA. it will take time to put together 4500 packages and international orders will take an additional week or two in transit. clogging our inbox with questions about whether your stuff has shipped yet will only slow us down. we are shipping everything in random order, starting with a large batch tomorrow, and you may be one of the very first people to get your stuff or you may be one of the very last.

- a number of you will receive a free gift in your package, in the form of older, out-of-print DVDs or other interesting things that are knocking around here that we don't want anymore. the versions of the films on the old DVDs are obviously outdated now and i don't recommend watching them actually, but they do contain loads of making-of materials and galleries and things that were never made available elsewhere over the years. i'm sorry if you don't want a random free item in your package, but the thing is, i have your address and i can mail you things and there is nothing you can do about it.

- finally, if you are in one of the tiers that is receiving the 35mm film strip, please do not forget to look for it in your package. they're contained in rather small envelopes that can easily slide to the bottom of your mailer so make sure you don't accidentally throw it out. we don't have very many of these and they may not be replaceable.

OK thanks again for your patience everyone and sorry for that winter delay! (you didn't really think we would finish this on time did you?) but hey it turned out pretty great, i think you'll like it.

Max von Mayerling wrote:This is probably still worth a shot:

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swo17 wrote:Can you report as to the final contents of the disc?

swo17 wrote:Can you report as to the final contents of the disc?

swo17 wrote:Thanks! I assume that TV show is "The Simpsons"? So that would mean that his only work missing from this set are his first two student films and the Animation Show segments.