Um, no, that's dumb. This was completely awesome in comparison with the gout upscales I've seen, and I never asked for a do-over (and wouldn't dream of it after that ppt that showcases just a handful of shots). But the point of Internet forums is not to provide mindless automatonic praise, dude. Frankly, if you've got criticisms, even if they're wrong or off-kilter, at least they're proof positive that you've tried to pay the close attention that a project like this deserves. 

Congratulations on the release, Harmy!!

I can't wait to see it! Please send me links!!!! :D

bilditup1 said:

Um, no, that's dumb. This was completely awesome in comparison with the gout upscales I've seen, and I never asked for a do-over (and wouldn't dream of it after that ppt that showcases just a handful of shots). But the point of Internet forums is not to provide mindless automatonic praise, dude. Frankly, if you've got criticisms, even if they're wrong or off-kilter, at least they're proof positive that you've tried to pay the close attention that a project like this deserves. 

 Yes but at a certain point you're just being gay.

Lol, and who died and made you Official Judge of All Things 'Gay'? If he thinks I'm being ungrateful, he can say so himself. I think the fact that I said this is the best set I've seen and my seeding on the spleen speaks for itself. At a certain pt, mindless fawning praise becomes stupid, too.

bilditup1 said:

Lol, and who died and made you Official Judge of All Things 'Gay'?

 Charles Nelson Reilly.

Rob said:

bilditup1 said:

Lol, and who died and made you Official Judge of All Things 'Gay'?

 Charles Nelson Reilly.

^You have no idea how happy I was to hear the Match Game music in super8. At least I'm pretty sure it was that.

Hahahahahahahahaha touche my friend

Rob said:

There should be no further suggestions or criticism for Harmy. We finally have a fabulous presentation of Star Wars that is nothing short of amazing. We should now focus our efforts on telling Harmy how great he is. We have all been coming to this site for so many years that some of us seem to have become confused as to our original goal. Our goal was to have Star Wars on DVD, and now we have it in a quality that can only be called fucking awesome. There should be no more "Harmy you should do this" or "Harmy I don't like that". You bitches don't deserve to smell Harmy's shit. Harmy rules. Harmy rules and you don't, just get over it. Harmy delivered and you didn't, so shut up. From now on just tell Harmy how fucking amazing this thing is and how much he rules because that's the truth. Harmy rules, Harmy is the man, Harmy is Elvis, Harmy is Zeus.

If you don't stop swinging from Harmy's big hairy nutsack you might rip his balls off!

Ouch!

my criticisms are only meant to help harmy in his projects.

if he thinks they aren't useful i will stop.

make no mistake no matter what we point out we do so with the best intentions and never mean to seem ungreatful.

joshdv said:

ungreatful.

 I'm almost positive this is somehow a Freudian slip. I know for a fact it's at least a nip slip.

Stinky-Dinkins said:

joshdv said:

ungreatful.

 I'm almost positive this is somehow a Freudian slip. I know for a fact it's at least a nip slip.

 no, not really.

So I just managed to get a hold of the EditDroid V3 version, and it seems that weirdness in the credits is inherent in the theatrical version, but it just looks worse for whatever reason in Harmy's set than in that one - which is a great version if you're looking for a purely GOUT-based project, even if it's only one film. DJ's set looks...well you know what, I think I'm going to watch it again to confirm my suspicions. 

I also find this odd because the LFL logo and especially the 'A long time ago' text look a lot sharper in DE than on EditDroid (which was already very good). Why does the text act differently at the beginning than at the end...?

I watched a few GOUT Death Star scenes from this set again. When you pay close attention to them, they're going to distract you, especially when cutting to and from cockpits, DS interior, and Yavin interior. But if you're just watching uncritically - ya know, like normal people - I don't think you can expect a better job than this without using a better 720p GOUT source than the one's you've got, and I don't think that exists.

So whether you go with this or straight upscale really depends on how much you're distracted/you let yourself be distracted by the GOUT stuff in here. Personally I don't think the tradeoff with a straight GOUT upscale where quality bumps - even with EditDroid, which is sharper, not distractingly 'jerky' - don't really happen is a very good one in comparison with this magnificence: EditDroid is dark. It's difficult to see anything in the cantina scene or inside the homestead sometimes in comparison to Harmy. The starfield at the beginning goes in and out, and opening crawl and scenes are not terribly sharp overall (horrible jerkiness in initial int shot of Tantive IV with 3PO and R2 - all GOUT upscales are like this). So again, this depends on preference, but frankly for most people, this should be the go-to set (among those that I've seen but I frankly doubt that'll change) unless you're in love with the credits or can't help but be extremely distracted/annoyed by the GOUT sourced Mos Eisley and DS scenes.

We've come a long way from ocpmovie (definitely my least favorite, although you gotta give him some credit for the idea)

bilditup1 said:

I also find this odd because the LFL logo and especially the 'A long time ago' text look a lot sharper in DE than on EditDroid (which was already very good). Why does the text act differently at the beginning than at the end...?

That's quite simple. The opening logos are DJ's upscale and the end credits are Mattman Omega's (and while it's quite sharp, there's something weird going on, which manifests by those artefacts when the credits dissolve).

joshdv said:

Stinky-Dinkins said:

joshdv said:

ungreatful.

 I'm almost positive this is somehow a Freudian slip. I know for a fact it's at least a nip slip.

 no, not really.

So just a typo then?

Hmm, I see. Ah well; by no means a deal-killer

bilditup1 said:

We've come a long way from ocpmovie (definitely my least favorite, although you gotta give him some credit for the idea)

Funny you should say that, since I was thinking the same thing the other day. Ocpmovie was on the right track; it's just a shame he didn't take the time to refine his process more.

Funny you should say that, because ocpmovie contacted me through YouTube yesterday and asked for links :-)

Harmy said:

Funny you should say that, because ocpmovie contacted me through YouTube yesterday and asked for links :-)

Did you provide them?

...

Do you want him selling your work?