#search for lost media

[adarkrainbow]

Lost media quest: H&G Epic Tales (part 2)

In this second post (first one is here) I will collect and compile all the information I could find from the official outlets about "Hansel and Gretel - Epic Tales".

First, the last "official" post of the Twitter account, in 2013, long before it got overtaken by some little girl, shared a link to an article on the Erasmus Rotterdam University website. The article is now gone, but it seems it was linked to the app being used in some sort of cultural program, because here was the title of the article, as described by the URL: www.eur.nl/ ese/ english/ information_for/ students/ bachelor_students/ bhc/ cultural_programme/ jagten_by_thomas_vinterberg/

There was also a certain big deal made on the official accounts about the price of the game being lowered "by popular demand" at 3.99 euros, 4.99 dollars.

The Twitter account shared a video of the Dutch news during which their application appeared as part of an example of (what seems to be the digital market boom within Dutch startups?). The video is still available here but we don't see too much of the application, just the initial "tableau", the first chapter, during which Hansel and Gretel sit by the stream in front of thir house. What we do see is that during the entire scene their father is chopping wood in the background, and we can spot two interactions possible in the tableau: touching a bird will make it fly in circle while chirping, touching the stream will make a fish (a trout I think?) jump out.

The exact date of the application's release was the 20th of April, 2012.

The Twitter account also shared an official "Release announcement" article that was posted on PrWeb. The article is down since, but it is available through the Wayback Machine. Here is what it said:

From pesky gnomes to cunning witches; from witty and wacky humour to eloquent storytelling Award winning animation studio announces EPIC TALES™, a new interactive storybook developer that goes beyond the classic fairytales.

Award winning animation studio Anikey and Cloud Castle Interactive proudly announce: EPIC TALES™, the interactive storyteller.

EPIC TALES is a new developer and publisher of interactive storybooks for the iOS platform (IPad, IPhone) and delivers a unique interactive adaptation of the imaginative and magical stories found in fairytales, folklore and world mythology. EPIC TALES allows you to not only enjoy enchanting tales, but to experience their magical worlds more closely than ever before.

“Fairytales just never seem to lose their magic, but having said that, what we envisioned for EPIC TALES was not to merely reproduce them; we wanted to go beyond that,” says Paul Hanraets, founder of EPIC TALES. “To conjure up new worlds and the peculiar creatures that inhabit them: with characters ranging from pesky gnomes to witty dwarfs; from a brave woodsman to a cunning witch. And as much fun as it is to revamp the classics, we also want to find those unsung folktales that have not yet been exhausted, to reveal their magic, and breathe life into the world around them.”

Each of EPIC TALES storybooks are digitally hand-drawn and offer stunning 2d animations, professional voice actors, original music scores, and spellbinding interactive environments that are sure to draw readers deep into the story. The alternating witty and wacky humour, the high production value, and the high degree of interaction are amongst some of the things separates EPIC TALES from other storybooks; however, what ultimately distinguishes EPIC TALES is the implementation of a central storyteller.

“The tales are narrated by Silvertongue, a most likeable dwarf,” Says Albert ’t Hooft, co- founder and producer of EPIC TALES. “Silvertongue, who once travelled the world in search of the most intriguing tales and stories, now resides in his humble bookstore where he personally sees to your storybook collection. Silvertongue is a gifted storyteller who can take an audience from a gasp of fright to a roar of laughter in just the twist of a phrase".

For their first storybook release EPIC TALES has chosen to bring off their version of one of the Brothers Grimm’s most celebrated fairy tales. EPIC TALES; the tale of Hansel and Gretel is expected to hit the Appstore January 2012 and will be available for IPad and IPhone.

About EPIC TALES™

EPIC TALES™ is a The Hague (Netherlands) based developer and publisher of interactive storybooks for the iOS platform, and delivers a unique interactive adaptation of the imaginative and magical stories found in fairytales, folklore and world mythology. EPIC TALES™ is a joint venture between award winning animation studio Anikey and Cloud Castle interactive.

If you want to check yourself here is the url:https://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/11/prweb8981778.htm. The website on the Wayback Machine notably contains an in-article save of the EpicTales.com website... A website I will be looking at in a minute.

Here are two more articles that covered the app. Unfortunately they are only available on the Wayback Machine now. (I will put a "d" in front of the URLs so that Tumblr doesn't turn them into active links): dhttp://iheartthisapp.com/hansel-and-gretel-epic-tales-animated-storybook-classic-childrens-story/ ; and dhttp://www.theipadfan.com/review/review-hansel-gretel-epic-tales-animated-storybook

The official trailer for the animated storybook contains this exact description of the interactive projective:

From pesky gnomes to cunning witches; from witty and wacky humour to eloquent storytelling, EPIC TALES™ is a new interactive storybook developer that goes beyond the classic fairytales…

EPIC TALES™ brings off an original and humorous version of the Brothers Grimm's most celebrated fairy tale. The tale of Hansel and Gretel is an interactive storybook that offers a combination of prime storytelling, brilliantly animated scenes, and dynamic interactions!

The Tale of Hansel & Gretel Feature Set:

Classical tale, original adaption

2D animations and cut scenes from Award winning animators

Beautiful hand drawn environments

Dynamic interactive surprises on every page

Professional storytelling and voice acting

Original music score and sound effects

Intuitive navigation

The tale of Hansel & Gretel tells of a young boy and his soft spoken sister who have been abandoned in a gloomy and remote forest. After being lost for days the children are lured into a house constructed of delicious candy and sweets. Foolhardily, the children fall into a trap set up by an old and cunning witch.

The Facebook account doesn't offer any much new info, as it pretty much doubles the Twitter account... Though they did posts screenshots of the positive reviews of the app which propelled it to the #1 rank of the Dutch Appstore at one point:

Plus a list of positive reviews from the United-States (honestly with how many reviews and notes this got, which means tons of downloads, how come nobody seems to have preserved the app today? That's crazy, somebody MUST have it stored in their iPad or iPhone somewhere!)

The Facebook account also shared links to many dead articles and missing reviews - that however can be found back on the Wayback Machine (praise our lord the Internet Archive for saving us of the digital oblivion)! Mind you these reviews don't bring much but they're still evidence. One is here: dhttp://thesmartphoneappreview.com/ipad/ipad-mini-review-hansel-and-gretel-epic-tales/. Another is here, a list of Dutch releases: dhttps://www.metronieuws.nl/entertainment/zonder-deze-spullen-kun-je-niet-op-zomervakantie/SrZlgD!2tXHqyT0qzBsg/. Finally, the Daily App Show had a page for this app - which contained a video-review of the storybook. The article doesn't exist anymore, though it is on the Wayback Machine. As for the video, the Wayback Machine seems to not have preserved it? That or my computer can't download it... I'll try to fetch this one another day: dhttp://dailyappshow.com/hansel-and-gretel-epic-tales-animated-storybook.

Finally, let's conclude this post by looking at the defunct Epic Tales website thanks to the Wayback Machine.

Here is what we could read on the Home Page:

Available on the App Store for IPad and IPhone. Our first release; Hansel and Gretel - animated storybook brings off an original version of the Brothers Grimm’s most celebrated fairy tale. The tale of Hansel and Gretel tells of a young boy and his soft spoken sister who have been abandoned in a gloomy and remote forest. After being lost for days the children are lured into a house constructed of delicious candy and sweets. Foolhardily, the children fall into a trap set up by an old and cunning witch.

Hansel and Gretel - animated storybook offers a combination of prime storytelling, brilliantly animated scenes, and surprising interactions!

Hansel and Gretel Feature Set: Classical tale, original adaption Produced and animated by award winning animation studio Professional storytelling and voice acting 23 chapters filled with beautiful hand drawn environments Over a 100 interactive and dynamic surprises Cinematic cut scenes Original music score and sound effects Intuitive navigation Options : Read to me, Read by myself or Play around

There was a "Titles" page (the use of plural indicates the then hope of creating a full line of animated storybooks).

It repeats the text copy-pasted above, while adding this:

Silvertongue, the dwarf Storyteller, will welcome you into his magical bookstore hidden deep within the swampland forest. Once inside the bookstore, Silvertongue will gladly display you his collection of tales that are available for purchase or free demonstration. Once you’ve selected and purchased your book, it will be added to your private bookshelf where Silvertongue will keep them safe for future reading. Besides exploring the store, Silvertongue offers you the chance to engage in some challenging mini-games that can be unlocked as a reward for helping him catch the pesky gnomes that dwell throughout his magical storybooks.

EPIC TALES™ Storyteller App is our free App for the iPad and iPhone. Within the App you have direct access to the bookstore, your own bookshelf, and various mini games.

EPIC TALES - Storyteller Feature Set: EPIC TALES Bookstore, titles for purchase or demonstration Private bookshelf Gnome Mini games 2D animations from award winning animators Professional storytelling and voice acting Original music score and sound effects Intuitive navigation

There was also a "News" page which contained a very interesting article pointing out that the release of "Hansel and Gretel - Epic Tales" was notably made to match the 200th birthday of the brothers Grimm fairytales!

Let me copy-paste this article, called "Epic Tales celebrates 200th Anniversary of Grimm's fairy tales with Hansel and Gretel animated storybook"

Collaboration Between Award-Winning Animation Studio and Game Design Veterans Brings Classic Tale to Life On iPad and iPhone

“This version of Hansel and Gretel is a fully immersive, wonderfully engaging romp of a tale, complete with just the right amount of multimedia, professionalism and upstanding quality." – Luke Patrick, TheiPhoneAppReview.com

March 18, 2013 – Two hundred years after first being published, the magical and undeniable Brothers Grimm fairy tales continue to enchant and entertain children worldwide. Hansel and Gretel - Epic Tales animated storybook celebrates this bicenntenial with the first in a series of classic, interactive tales from award-winning animation studio, Anikey, and the game veterans at Cloud Castle Interactive. For the month of April, the app will be available on the Appstore for iPad and iPhone for a special 200th anniversary price of $1.99, and thereafter will be priced at $3.99.

This EPIC Tales adaption stays true to the original Grimm Brothers' "Household Tales” – folklore laced with trepidation, morality, great joy and fun – but propels it into the 21st century. The storybook is digitally hand-drawn by award winning animators, and offers 20 chapters filled with over 100 dynamic and interactive surprises, professional voice acting, original music scores and ambient sounds. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKvoy7QU_vc

Offering spellbinding interactive environments that will draw readers even deeper into the story, Epic Tales’ Hansel and Gretel’s world is filled with whimsical characters ranging from pesky gnomes to witty dwarfs; from brave children to wicked stepmothers and cunning witches. At its center is the narrator, Silvertongue, a truly gifted storyteller who can take an audience from a gasp of fright to a roar of laughter in just the twist of a phrase.

According to The iPhone App Review’s Luke Patrick, “This eBook is a monument to what can be accomplished within the realm of iPad design. Hansel and Gretel doesn’t just offer pages of content, but rather a fully engaging experience. There’s incredibly good voice acting for each and every chapter, as well as Disney quality animations. You’ll also get fully animated trailer sequences for key plot points, in addition to interactive elements hidden within the pages. This version of Hansel and Gretel is a fully immersive, wonderfully engaging romp of a tale, complete with just the right amount of multimedia, professionalism and upstanding quality." http://www.theiphoneappreview.com/2012/08/hansel-and-gretel-ipad-app-review/

EPIC Tales’ Hansel and Gretel features include:

Classical tale, original adaption

Produced and animated by award winning animation studio

Professional storytelling and voice acting

23 chapters filled with beautiful hand drawn environments

Over a 100 interactive and dynamic surprises

Cinematic cut scenes

Original music score and sound effects

Intuitive navigation

Three Options : Read to me, Read by myself or Play around

“It is wonderful that The Brothers Grimm anthology, a collection of 86 folktales, is still read and beloved by children today, 200 years after its first publication,” said Paul Hanraets, EPIC Tales founder and producer. “We are honored to celebrate the bicentennial of these enduring and highly entertaining fairy tales with the re-release of our animated version of one of its most popular stories, Hansel and Gretel.”

"We didn’t cut any corners with Hansel and Gretel, and it has paid off. We are pleased that initial reviews have highlighted its production value, the high quality of our animations and our alternating witty and wacky humor,” said creative director Albert ‘t Hooft. “And, the layout of the pages is clean and intuitive with hidden interactive elements offering lots of surprises.”

EPIC TALES™ is a series of high-quality, interactive fairytales that allows you to not only enjoy enchanting tales, but to experience their magical worlds more closely than ever before. Children will love the sense of wonder and discovery, while adults will certainly appreciate the clever and wacky humor.

PRICING AND AVAILABILITY Hansel and Gretel - Epic Tales animated storybook will be available on the Appstore for iPad and iPhone for a special promotional price of $1.99 in April, and thereafter will be priced at $3.99.Review copies upon request.

ABOUT EPIC TALES™ EPIC TALES™ is a The Hague (Netherlands) based developer and publisher of interactive storybooks for the iOS platform, and delivers unique, interactive adaptations of the imaginative and magical stories found in fairytales, folklore and world mythology. EPIC TALES™ is a joint venture between award winning animation studio Anikey and Cloud Castle Interactive.

There was also a "Contact" page, and an "About" page - however I will keep the "About" segment for a third post, because this one is getting slightly too big for now.

[phineasgage]

great news everyone! the lost song "Everyone Knows That (Ulterior Motives)" has been discovered in its entirety!

it is from a 1986 porno, and the 17 "found" seconds that went viral were the only parts that didn't have loud moaning!

[mintcaboodle]

we need ao3 for fanart and I am so completely serious. A universal platform not driven by any kind of professionalism or end goal, just for creating. Most important of all it needs to share the incredibly helpful and complex filing system ao3 does. this would be beneficial I think. because I want it.

[major-comet]

RvB Archival Work / Music hunting

this is a sort of call to action, I suppose, but is there anyone out there with copies (digital or physical and willing to digitize) of the Season 15, 16, and 17 soundtracks?

Now that most of the albums have been taken down off Apple Music / Spotify / Youtube, I have been unable to find a majority of the tracks off of those albums Anywhere. Not on youtube, not on the Internet Archive - nowhere. Of course it could always be out there and just eluding me.

Some tracks are up through official Trocadero and David Levy channels, but the overwhelming majority seems to be completely MIA. So if you or anyone you know may possibly have those soundtracks to upload while their official release future is in limbo, nows your chance to be my hero!

EDIT: FOUND! huge thanks to @beanshery for sharing a drive with all the albums in it! here's the link to that for everyone else https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1bjuwnq3O2S2d94eOcREQh9LRa27n2vP7?usp=drive_link

[magicalretriever]

in these images theres proof that there were official webkinz jr bebop and the beats cds, but these images are the ONLY things on the internet with any evidence of their existence. there are no listings or proof of any listings, theres no information about them, theres nothing. i read the article the first image orginated from and the author didnt say anything about them being homemade. as it stands these cds (along with a lot of webkinz jr) are lost media. does anyone have one? do you know someone who does? if someone could archive the music on the cd along with scans of the cover/back cover/any extras included this would be amazing.

[ilovemarkhamill]

Hey fellow Star Wars/Mark fans, I know that this few second clip video is from behind the scenes of “The Rise of Skywalker” but would anyone know where the full interview is? 🤔 I’ve searched and searched for “Return of the Jedi “interviews and behind the scenes etc several times on YouTube, Google etc but can’t find the full interview where it seems like the era it comes from. I know another tiny few second clip of the interview comes from the Mandalorian behind the scenes (where it shows Mark smiling) but I have never seen the full thing or know if it’s out there. I was wondering maybe if one of you knew where I could watch the full thing? If you could, that would be awesome! If not, could you share this post so that way it has a higher chance of being found? Thanks so much! 😊

[night-at-the-musian]

CURRENT MAJOR SEARCH IN PROGRESS

poster by @eddiethecowboy

Known to exist, but surprisingly elusive, the original script for Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb is the current top priority for The NatM Search. Few lines have survived, and its most recent mention of existence was in 2021.

We are on the hunt for this original version. It likely holds sources of deleted scenes, unfilmed scenes, and stuff that never made it in. Like the search for the original Night at the Museum script, this is a fundamental piece of our fandom's history and its archival is important.

If you have seen this script, or have a copy, please don't hesitate to send it to The NatM Search, either via e-mail or messaging me.

Under the cut is a list of websites that do NOT have the script.

Last updated: 1 August 2024

Hollywood Script Shop

Scriptfly

JayVee's Script Emporium

IMSDb (Internet Movie Script Database)

Simply Scripts

Waterstones

AwesomeFilm

Screenplays 4 You

Daily Script

ScriptLab

Movie Scripts and Screenplays

Scripts Onscreen

[i-hear-a-sound]

BABE WAKE UP WE FOUND DRAKENGARD LOST MEDIA

DRAKENGARD 1 AT E3 2003

[sleepanonymous]

No info for this week's post, at least not in regards to the date it was uploaded or any description. The file did have a high saturation low quality image of NGC 604, which is cool. I thought it was more artwork, like what accompanied Spectral Machine a few weeks ago.

[vimbry]

why would you ever need to form a community around true crime, when a search for an unknown song spiralled into a 3-year-long internet-wide mystery, because the person asking omitted the detail that it was from porn

[pineapple-coffee]

NATM SEARCH UPDATE!

While we currently cannot get the video (curse you, Internet Archive fees), we’ve found two grainy photos AND captions AND an exact date for the lost Attila the Hun TODAY Show interview!

We are searching for this interview, which aired on December 19, 2014 at 10:02 am on the TODAY Show.

@night-at-the-musian

[little-peri-quite-contrary]

The search for “Ulterior Motives” has got to be the funniest fucking shit ever. Lost Media being found is either lowkey underwhelming (i.e.: Someone had a recording of the thing and just dumped it online) or the most insane shit ever AND I’M SO GLAD THIS WAS THE LATTER

All of the made up scenarios people kept imagining AND IT’S FROM A PORNO!

People were pouring over old commercials and jingles, trying to match the sound to any known bands, reaching out to obscure artists and music archivists/collectors around the world in the hopes of finding it, and then someone went “Hey this might be by these two guys who made songs for pornos in the 80s” AND THEY WATCHED ALL THE FILMS AND THEY WERE RIGHT

I cannot WAIT for the update videos from all the Lost Media YT channels, as well as the legitimate version of the song (one of the artists got interviewed and said he’d try and find the original track and upload it).

This was a good search folks, pack it up!

[notmakos]

back in june/july 2021 i stumbled upon a very funny playlist titled "game chimps"

i thought the videos inside said playlist were hilarious and aweosm and so i decided to save some of the videos in game chimps to my personal funny video playlist .

its december 2023 and i remember the playlist and now want to revisit that playlist to see the new videos that have been added since i last checked it, but oh noes!! i lost the damn link to it, no problem right? jus find the original creator of it right????????

so i go on to the original channel that created the playlist, wayneradiotv, only to find that it is no longer there

FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! oh well no big deal the internet archive prolly got my back , right?

so i go on to archive.org to see if theres any archive of waynes channel during the time the playlist was public and i am met with this:

uh oh

uh oh 2

one archive, one hope at finding an archive of this holy playlist

and so i click , hoping for the best .......

damn it

the singular archive of his channel during this time is just too late somehow ????

so i think "hey i wonder if i can see when i added those videos from that playlist into mine, maybe i could find something if i narrow things down"

so i end up going onto youtube's playlist API to try and see if i could get the answers i needed

success

alright now lets see if theres anything that could point me in the right direction

nothing

not a singular result that could even allude to this playlist even existing

so i desperately go onto waynes twitter if theres maybe any mention of any sort of playlist at all

this is it, the very small amount of evidence aside from the videos that i had personally saved that hints this playlist at one point existed and i dont even know if this its mentioning the same playlist in question

there is basically nothing else for me to do at this point

theres no way for me to privately reach out to wayne regarding the playlist as his asks and pms are closed, and i dont want to go out harassing his friends that do have open asks/pms about some fucken playlist

i had considered asking in his chat about it during his next stream, but considering that people are currently anticipating hlvrai2, that would be near impossible as the chat would very likely be going too fast for anything to be readable

i am geninely distraught that this fuckign funny video playlist is now lost forever

if you have any sort of archive of this playlist, could be an html file or maybe a txt file of links to the videos that were included in the playlist , please reach out , those videos are simply too godly for me to lose forever

@wayneradiotv if you are reading this please save me , please give a desperate man a link to your funny video playlist

please

[vinkandpaint]

antwerp real

[magicalmikuri]

ON THE HUNT!!! IT'S LOST MEDIA TIME BABYYYYY

OK SO

I'm on the hunt for this Secret Squirrel bumper circa 1998. It's in the same series as this one. It was apparently up on Youtube at some point but was deleted so I don't think this search will be too long. I know there are at least 2 other people looking for it too. These are the only screencaps I can find for it, source here. I love Super Secret Secret Squirrel and I'm HUNGRY FOR CONTENT.

[dilfhuntingsquad]

theres two memes/posts/tweets that i remember but could never find

one is the tumblr post

OP

whats there to do in georgia

RB

Kill Folk?

OP

florida already got that, boring

and then a tweet that i dont remember 75% of it but it was like

“*something trivial* ([something along the lines of butterfly or maybe domino effect]) *something really big in history like 9/11 or segregation* i guess??”

i can’t remember the subject but i remember the format and its driving me insane that i cant find it