Pre-Order Your Copy of "Gnomes" on DVD Today!

[Ramza Brave]

It's been awhile since we have brought you any updates on the Gnomes DVD. But fear not, we've been working steadily but greatly on the dvd. We are releasing it on October 31st. And shipping will be on November 1st.

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Why Should I Preorder the DVD? Good question, and a fair one. Well first of all, to add it to your dvd collection! If you enjoyed the film and finally want to see it presented professionally, nows your chance. We've added boat loads of extra features that a 3dmm file just wont cut.


I Didn't Say I Wasn't Going to Buy it. But Pre-ordering it? Fair enough. If you preorder the dvd, we can get an accurate sum of how much we are going to print on the first load. You can get your dvd right after it's released, and not have to wait for a second batch to be produced. And another great benefit of preordering is we wave shipping costs (Only inside the US).



Furthur Detail About the DVD Edition of Gnomes:

The Gnomes DVD is presented in 3 different modes. We have completely remastered the soundtrack into:

Dolby Digital 5.1,
DTS ES 5.1,
and a Double Commentary with Myself, and Mike Storch.

The resolution of the film itself has also been altered to fit a special HDTV format, not pixelated or too blurry for viewing.

It is now in multi-region format, and we are shipping all over the
world.

We've also packed it with bonus features, deleted scenes, viewable story boards, ect. ect.

Visuals:

http://www.lockntoad.com/ramza/webcopy.jpg


(More to come!)


Ok, You've Got a Deal:

Cool!, so just send a check or money order to:

Dark Gnome Pictures
120 Orange Dr. APT #8
Salinas, CA 93901

-Please Include one of the above forms of payment at the amount of: $10.00 USD. Also, include your name and a shipping address. If you are international, add an extra $6 USD for shipping and handling.

- OR -

https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/x-click-but5.gif (http://www.lockntoad.com/ramza/paypalurl.html)

Wait up Wanda!:

Don't worry, more info will be posted soon. Remember, first come, first serve. Thanks for reading.

[Molotov]

Isn't this supposed to be illegal?

[Bernatrick]

Hey Ramza, what the fuck happened to Gnomes becoming a real movie, and you had some big budget?

[Jaymond]

MY NAME IS ON THERE!!!!
MY NAME IS ON A FUCKEN DVD!!!
i'm going to pre-order it just for that.
do you ship to australia?
how much will shipping costs be for that? and do i have to provide my address or can you ship it to my nearest post office .. or soemthing?

[Mike Johnston]

Where abouts in Oz do you live, Jaymond?

[Jaymond]

Sydney, couple of blocks away from Pikios.

[Ramza Brave]

Originally posted by Molotov
Isn't this supposed to be illegal?

Why would it be illegal? I'm not marketting anything copyrighted by anyone else? I bought 3dmm, just like any other 3d rendering program. What you make is yours.



And Jaymond.

Originally posted by Ramza Brave


Ok, You've Got a Deal:

Cool!, so just send a check or money order to:

Dark Gnome Pictures
120 Orange Dr. APT #8
Salinas, CA 93901

-Please Include one of the above forms of payment at the amount of: $10.00 USD. Also, include your name and a shipping address. If you are international, add an extra $6 USD for shipping and handling.



Just make sure wherever it's shipped to, you'll be able to recieve it.

[Ramza Brave]

Originally posted by Bernatrick
Hey Ramza, what the fuck happened to Gnomes becoming a real movie, and you had some big budget?


They wanted me to change the entire story around. Add sex scenes, and teen drug use. And a bunch of other bullshit. So I said I'd think about it. Which in other words, means I don't want to kill my career before it starts.

[Lmac]

D...Dan Kulpa?

[Ramza Brave]

Im not selling a bunch of 3d movies on a crappy cd. We put alot of hard work into this. Dan Kulpa got busted for hacking fake AOL accounts.


EDIT: not to mention this has been planned for over 8 months.

[Evil Ash]

Mmm... 5.1 sound...

I'm actually considering getting this... albeit a bit steep. $20.40 Canadian is a bit more than I'd like to spend... but I'll think about it.

[Dezrok]

Who's Arwin Kramer?

(Bown, friends account.)

[Ramza Brave]

She played the character, Sarah.

[Dezrok]

Ok.

I think you missed out the other chick. ;)

[Lmac]

Bown, if you wanna use the board, get on your own account. Otherwise it looks like you are imping.

[Ramza Brave]

Originally posted by Dezrok
Ok.

I think you missed out the other chick. ;)

yeah, I forgot to mention that's an older cover... gets shifty

[Aaron Haynes]

Screenshots/short video clips plz. :)

[Killer Banana]

$16 dollars? sounds good to me.

[Ramza Brave]

yeah, but that's only cause of international shipping. We really arn't making a profit out of any of this. Otherwise we'd charge $30. But we'd rather everyone just HAVE the dvd. But we couldn't pay for it out of our own pockets. We're also hoping to start a trend, and have more people do this sorta thing. It's pretty cool when you think about it.

[Molotov]

$16 is about... £12-£10?

I guess I could spend that... maybe.

[Killer Banana]

i checked earlier, its just under £9. So in total it would be less than a tenner i guess (due to the cost of sending a letter to America, which i'm gonna go down and find out how much that is tommorow).

[Demented Ferret]

Edit: Stupid, stupid, stupid.

[Justin Wawrzonek]

Hmmm...Teh Epic Season 1...VGN Trilogy...I can see it now.

[Digital Taco]

Originally posted by Ramza Brave
Why would it be illegal? I'm not marketting anything copyrighted by anyone else? I bought 3dmm, just like any other 3d rendering program. What you make is yours.http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;143268

[Killer Banana]

he's only really selling the costs of making the dvd, which is perfectly legal as far as i know

[Mike Storch]

Originally posted by Dezrok
Who's Arwin Kramer?

(Bown, friends account.)
She's a friend of my sister's.......well, used to be atleast.
She wasn't quite right in the head, if you know what I mean.

[Mark Warner]

"For example, you could not take 3D Movie Maker characters and use them in a manner constituting commercial use. However, you could, use them to create a story that you would share among friends and family."


Hey, we're all friends here!

[The Chinese Jew]

Hmm, cool! I'm listed in the credits, but...I really don't remember voice acting in this movie at all!

But just like Jaymond, I might actually buy this damn DVD since my name is on it and stuff. And this is fuckin 3dmm history!! Never has anyone actually made a 3dmm dvd!

[Mike Storch]

You were a lumberjack in the beginning. You had 2 lines I believe.

[wes337]

would canada be considered international? Just because some people on ebay say "shipping to North America is $6, and international shipping is blalblalbla..."

[Digital Taco]

international means between nations. Canada and America are different nations. DO THE MATH.


btw, I SAW THAT GORO.

[Justin Wawrzonek]

PAYPAL?

[Evan]

I dont think its illegal. Arnt the rights for 3dmm not owned by anyone anymore?

[Digital Taco]

Fair use is defined as personal, non-commercial, generally private (as opposed to public) use. Copyright law gives Microsoft exclusive rights to manufacture, distribute, and create derivative works (such as stories using 3D Movie Maker characters) for public performance or display. (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;143268)

and

How long does a copyright last?
The term of copyright for a particular work depends on several factors, including whether it has been published, and, if so, the date of first publication. As a general rule, for works created after Jan. 1, 1978, copyright protection lasts for the life of the author plus an additional 70 years. For an anonymous work, a pseudonymous work, or a work made for hire, the copyright endures for a term of 95 years from the year of its first publication or a term of 120 years from the year of its creation, whichever expires first. For works first published prior to 1978, the term will vary depending on several factors. To determine the length of copyright protection for a particular work, consult chapter 3 of the Copyright Act (title 17 of the United States Code). More information on the term of copyright can be found in Circular 15a, Duration of Copyright, and Circular 1, Copyright Basics. (http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-duration.html#duration)

Microsoft are the only ones that can distribute 3dmm movies, and itll be that way for a long time(unless he's making no profit at all, i think). Not that they'd ever find out about this/care.

[Evan]

It's actually MICROSOFT KIDS that owns it, and that branch.. well doesn't exist. but I suppose it'd still last "70 years", but yeah. no one cares.

[Ramza Brave]

yeah, I appreciate the informaties. But Microsoft has enough money. I'm not really making any profit, this money just covers distribution and shipping costs.

[Phil Williamson]

If anyone ever releases a movie exclusively like this, it'll be the beginning of the end of the 3dmm community.

[Beast]

What did you use for recording the movie to mpeg or AVI or whatever you did?

[Sammy Sagitarius]

Honestly, dude, is someone made a movie EXCLUSIVELY for DVD, and didn't release the .3mm to the community, he'd only be wasting his time.

And for anyone still interested in the Community Clash season one DVD, it is still coming. But the 7th episode must be finished first... I'm STILL waiting on voices.

[Aaron Haynes]

Originally posted by Phil Williamson
If anyone ever releases a movie exclusively like this, it'll be the beginning of the end of the 3dmm community. Nah, probably just his career.

[The Chinese Jew]

So who's buying this DVD? I am seriously considering buying this!!!

[Kim Turley]

I would buy it if I knew the exact amount to buy and ship to England and also if i could Paypal the money, rather than send a cheque halfway around the world

[James Burgon]

I would buy it if I enjoyed the film.

[Justin Wawrzonek]

I'd buy it but I find it really annoying to use check's etc. Me thinks they should get a paypal account or something, that'd make it all alot easier.

[Ramza Brave]

the paypal order form goes up tonight.

[Ramza Brave]

Originally posted by James Burgon
I would buy it if I enjoyed the film.


that wasn't very nice dude :(

[Justin Wawrzonek]

Originally posted by Ramza Brave
the paypal order form goes up tonight.
w00t

[Klown]

I'd buy this film if it didn't cost me more than $10.

[James Burgon]

Originally posted by Ramza Brave



that wasn't very nice dude :(

I didn't mean it to be out of order man, i was just saying if I like, loved the film i'd buy it. Horror in 3dmm doesn't turn out too great. Gnomes was good, but not a favourite. Also, comedy would be the best one for 3dmm DVD. If Sgt Steve was on DVD i'd probably buy it, and that's the only film I would.

[Mark Warner]

Originally posted by The Chinese Jew
So who's buying this DVD? I am seriously considering buying this!!!

I'm already writing my check!

[Compcat]

Couldn't you ask for permission from microsoft to do this?

[Digital Taco]

that would be stupid. bringing lost money to microsoft's attention is not a smart idea.

[Compcat]

.... Ok, whatever

[Ramza Brave]

ORDER ONLINE HERE:

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All payments are 100% secure and safe. The DVD will not SHIP until October 31st. So keep that in mind, and be patient.

As I said before, if you live in the USA, and you pre-order. Your extra
$6 will be refunded with the DVD. Thanks.

[Kim Turley]

Payment Information

You have sent a secure payment of $16.00 USD for the items below.This credit card transaction will appear on your statement as "SHOOTINGSTA". You will receive an email receipt for this transaction shortly.

Amount:
$16.00 USD
Item Number:
83193901
Item Title:
Gnomes Special Edition DVD

Quantity:
1
Total Amount:
$16.00 USD

[Demented Ferret]

Thats awesome, I'm glad some people can show and support financially the 3dmming aspect of this community.

[Evil Ash]

My parents just gave me $100, for school stuff.

But yeah, I am so getting this now. I'll make a PayPal account when I get home.

[Ramza Brave]

Well, I'm happy to say I've gotten a couple orders already. Some really die hard 3dmmers that didn't want to miss out on these. But there are still alot of people holding out. Keep em coming guys, I need to know how many dvds are going to be made.

[Evil Ash]

I have to find out what my bank transit number is so I can use Pay Pal. I'll stop by my bank later.

I am so getting one though.

[Yossarko]

I'll do this the day someone puts like, the top 20 or 30 3DMM films of all time on one high quality DVD. I'm talking Sgt Steve, DD, Dead Heart, Jason Show, Bodily Functions, Nuts, etc, all onto a DVD. I'd pay $20 for that shit.

But for just one film? Sorry Ramza.

[Justin Wawrzonek]

Payment Sent!

[Ryan Omega]

Originally posted by Mark Veldhuizen
I'll do this the day someone puts like, the top 20 or 30 3DMM films of all time on one high quality DVD. I'm talking Sgt Steve, DD, Dead Heart, Jason Show, Bodily Functions, Nuts, etc, all onto a DVD. I'd pay $20 for that shit.


That's at least worth $25.00!

I'd do it, but I would need all of the music and voices and turn them into high quality.

[Verti]

That would actually be well good..but to be honest isnt $25 pushing it?

[Ryan Omega]

10 awesome 3dmm movies, maybe even much more...I think it's worth 25.

[Verti]

Thing is though...you can see them for free.


You should only really pay for price of disks and labour. Plus a bit more..

[Ryan Omega]

Yeah, but along with special features, high quality sounds and music, subtitles, commentary (If we could compromise with the directors), and most importantly, portable watching (If you have access to a DVD player and stuff), it'd definitely be worth all the money.

[Bown]

No it wouldn't.

[Molotov]

I'd give it ten pounds tops, with special features. As for Gnome with special features... I'd rather pay about £3.50... but that's just me, I don't know know what they should be worth.

[Ryan Omega]

Originally posted by Tom Bown
No it wouldn't.


Fine. 20 Dollars. Just trying to make a reasonable profit here. :(

[Klown]

I might try that sans the commentrys and all that tosh. Make a nice dvd image and torrent it or whatever. *Gets out dvd authoring stuff*

[Ryan Omega]

Awesome. But won't you have to convert the music and sounds to high quality?

[Klown]

I'll experiment. I'm making no promises here as I have no real experience.

[Ramza Brave]

K, if you don't see it's fit to buy the dvd... why are you posting in this thread? Please.. stay out.

[Ramza Brave]

At the moment there is only four orders. Take advantage of this offer asap, it ends on the 8th. Then you must pay shipping if you still want the dvd. I'm also going to give the people who preorder the option of having a gnomes shirt/mug/ or poster.

[Aaron Haynes]

I really want to see some screenshots to illustrate the video quality.

[Ramza Brave]

OK, I promised some visual/audio demos when I first made the thread. Here's the quality difference between the video and sound:

VIDEO

http://www.lockntoad.com/ramza/g1original.jpg

Original 3dmm Version


http://www.lockntoad.com/ramza/g1dvd.jpg

New High Quality DVD Enhanced Version


again:

http://www.lockntoad.com/ramza/g2original.jpg

Original 3dmm Version

http://www.lockntoad.com/ramza/g2dvd.jpg

New High Quality DVD Enhanced Version


AUDIO

Instead of working with the audio recorded and placed into the 3dmm file itself. We've re-sequenced most of the original soundtrack into seperate channels for surround sound. Although that cannot be heard through this, the quality can.

http://www.lockntoad.com/ramza/g1loq.mp3

Original 3dmm Audio Track


http://www.lockntoad.com/ramza/g1hiq.mp3

Remastered DVD Audio Track


So there you have it. The smallest yet, most important specs about this DVD package. But with the amount of additional special features, this DVD is a DON'T MISS.

[Klown]

So by the video being enhanced you mean blurred?

[Verti]

I prefer the old one

[Ramza Brave]

It looks better on the TV, trust me. The normal 3dmm one looks horrible blown up. We didn't juse blur it, we had to make it so the text could be read as well.

[Aaron Haynes]

Gotta agree with Klown on video, but the audio is awesome. And the video compression is still a bit better than I was expecting.

Edit: Ahh, well that works then.

[Ramza Brave]

Well, the DVDs will be pressed, not DVD-Rs. The case will be high quality, and shrink wrapped and everything. I want everyone to expect this to be as good as buying any dvd from a store.

[Atham]

"This is 3DMM history!"

Actually, its not. The first people to do this were those Pimp Lando guys. ;)

P.S. I think if you employe voice actors (and if you plan on selling a DVD) you should pay them, because they worked on the film to. :)

As for the DVD, I'm not going to buy it right now. I need to think about it. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the film! :)

[Killer Banana]

i'm gonna try and get the check sent by saturday. I can get it sent tommorow though if i'm able to send dollars. Would i be able to put $16 in a letter and send it or do you need a check.

[Ramza Brave]

Never send cash dude.. it's just not good.

[Killer Banana]

alrighty

[Ramza Brave]

ONLY SIX MORE DAYS TO ORDER


Yes, the sale ends in six days. Then you'll be reckoned with paying full price for the dvd. Come on guys! GNOMES?! DVD?! AWESSOME?!

[Evil Ash]

There's something I desire off e-bay as well, for ONE DOLLAR! It ends in 3 days though, so I'm going to try really hard to get my paypal account wired to my bank by then.

I need a job + credit card. Not to get my account wired, just... cause it's easier to set paypal to work with a credit card rather than a bank acocunt, and you need income to get a credit card...

[Jeremy Dick]

yea i wanna get in on this shit

[Ramza Brave]

Ok guys, the special sale has ended as of today. And furthur orders, all shipping and handling will have to be paid in full. Sorry.



As for everyone that has ordered the Gnomes DVD, be happy to know that in less than 2 weeks, you'll be grasping a piece of 3dmm history. Loaded with content, you'll sure feel rich, as you will have gotten more than your moneys worth. And anyone in the US, will be refunded the shipping money through a US Money Order.

[Evil Ash]

I just realized it didn't matter if I pre-ordered it or not, cause you know... isn't a US citizen

[Rabid Dinosaur]

This is pretty neat... maybe you could accept Paypal, if I decided I wanted one sometime?

[Ramza Brave]

I am, it's on the front page. I really should edit the first post. But there is a paypal.

[Gorosaurus]

BTW.. it's been like half a year

[Mike Storch]

My part in this was pretty much done with a few months back, so I
don't know. I'll have to ask Ramza whenever he gets on.

[Sammy Sagitarius]

Gnomes. The movie you thought you were gonna get on Halloween... is finally... still not coming out yet. JUST BE SURE TO SEND RAMZA BRAVE $20 AND YOU, TOO, COULD *NOT* OWN THE MOVIE.

[Mike Storch]

Okay, here...

mikeOZO: They're asking about the DVD.
BomberMan198: yeah, I know
BomberMan198: I planned on sending them out in the summer
BomberMan198: I keep running into so many problems with the menu and everything
BomberMan198: but I never forgot

I know that doesn't say much, but that's all he gave me as of now.

[JP]

http://www-cse.uta.edu/~holder/courses/cse2320/lectures/figures/clipart/burglar.gif

[Digital Taco]

hahah yes

[Aaron Haynes]

Unfortunately, I've been worrying about the same thing. Ramza in his lucid moments is a good person, intelligent, resourceful, and easy to talk to. But when he goes berserk, his judgement and objective reasoning absolutely fucking disappear and he ends up saying and doing things he regrets horribly when he comes back from la-la land. Like, and I'm sorry to say it, refusing to send the Gnomes DVDs out of spite for the community.

I really, truly hope it won't ever be the case, but I wouldn't put it beyond him to do it if he let his anger get the best of him again. Ramza, please be true to your word in the DGP thread, keep your cool, and make sure you get these out as soon as possible. Not because I think you're going to wig out again, but because they're months late and the people who ordered them deserve them.

[Chris Killmore]

Originally posted by Aaron Haynes
...refusing to send the Gnomes DVDs out of spite for the community.

After already being paid for? That would piss me off.

[Evil Ash]

Yeah, that'd kinda be the point.

[Yossarko]

Originally posted by Chris Killmore
After already being paid for? That would piss me off.

Just do a charge back.

[Ramza Brave]

Alright, I'm very sorry I couldn't address this earlier. Please understand, I am very sorry for not having these shipped out. I still appreciate every order and every piece of encouragement to get these things out. And let me stress, I never EVER at any point decided to not send these out. Business is business; I don't let it get in the way of personal issues. On the 31st of this month, I'm going to issue a return and refund form available on my website. If anyone is interested in filing a return, I will refund the full amount as requested. However, if you chose to wait just a LITTLE bit longer, you will recieve the DVD in it's full awe and beauty. I can only apologize for now, and stress that I have been working on this thing for along time. It's almost finished, and it shouldn't be long before I release it. Thanks for bringing it up though.

[Kyle Haish]

Originally posted by Ramza Brave
...We've also packed it with bonus features, deleted scenes, viewable story boards, ect. ect.


I AM A PROFESSIONAL, ECT, ECT

[Mike Storch]

As I stated in another thread:

Originally posted by Mike Storch

How about we try and NOT start arguements, shall we?

[Rabid Dinosaur]

Legendary.

[Lyntan]

burgers

[James Burgon]

for a minute there I thought this was ramza's return thread and that he does doing a sale on buying the dvd's again, and people were actually paying for them.

Thank fuck.

[Tom Breed]

Let's get Ramza in here for one last word.

[Aaron Haynes]

He's a little bit banned.

[Tom Breed]

oh. WELL THEN OFF TO THE ARCHIVES