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Asaki
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Idunno, I've watched quite a few crappy 600 MB AVI files in my day. I guess it shouldn't be surprising that some weirdos hold nostalgia for that kind of thing.
Heck, the first time I watched Star Wars since I was a kid, was some crappy AVIs of the widescreen VHSes of the Special Editions. It was absolutely terrifying.
To help the analysis further, take a look at these close ups of Obi-Wan's beard -- STENDEC
CatBus
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A légpárnás hajóm tele van angolnákkal.Fair enough, you can feel nostalgia for anything. For me, though, these screencaps almost bring back the nostalgia of watching VHS tapes on an old CRT, with the glaring exception of the compression. For others, they may successfully bring back the nostalgia of a different viewing experience, such as you described.
frank678
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CatBus said:
Having seen the VHS transfers more often than any other transfers of these films, I think I understand the aesthetic you're shooting for here, and I think you've mostly hit the target. However, I think the one thing that's "off" is the compression. Everything about these screencaps exudes nostalgia for those happier times when the SE's didn't even exist... except the giant blocky compression artifacts that are straight from the glory days of YouTube videos of cats falling off television sets.
Both aesthetics are extremely cruddy, I grant you, but they are from two very different cruddy video eras, and combining the two is a little anachronistic (the screenshot in the preceding post is the worst offender). NTSC VHS, for all its many faults, had zero compression artifacts. If needed, a softening effect can be created using a blur filter instead.
Yes the compression was mainly just in order to get the thing under the vimeo 500mb limit (488mb was the size file i ended up with and from which those screencaps come from) I also thought members would be much more likely to check out what is essentially a bit of an oddity if it was quick to download. One side of effect of the compression seems to be though it makes the colours less rounded and more like the uncomplicated colours of vhs, but as you say the artifacts then muddy up the picture.
frank678
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I won't lie to you so far not many have been clamouring to see Gout: Extremely Cruddy Edition, even though it contains ultra rare footage long considered to be an urban myth: Luke throws the grappling hook and the camera reveals he misses on the first throw!
You_Too
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Pff... That's nothing against what Blu V2 has to offer.
Some previously unseen shots of Luke hitting a stormtrooper with the hook and then dragging him down over the edge!
CatBus
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A légpárnás hajóm tele van angolnákkal.Video schmideo. The next version of Project Threepio will have Braille subtitles. It may not sound like much, but it actually works really well in 3D.
NeverarGreat
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Once upon a time there was a Star Wars trilogy. Now there is apocrypha.In the course of removing the blue cast of the DVD for my color correction, I've uncovered startling evidence that suggests that Luke didn't even make the throw. There was actually a second "thrower", and the cord from the final movie seems to be added digitally. You can see here the evidence for the original line:
Remember: Back, and to the left. Back, and to the left.
frank678
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In the 'lost cut' described in the star wars insider article, the way this scene originally played was a lot less exciting=
hmm... i think i just derailed my own thread here.
GOUT: Extremely Cruddy Edition