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I remember that dreaded day when popping in my star Wars DVD ande finding Han shooting last and Hayden Christenson as the ghost Anakin in ROTJ.

So this is what i think the Original Trilogy DVD should have. I think it should obviously have the original thaetrical releses of Star Wars but say, fix the orange blob under the landspeeder for example. all that should be changed is only quality of the picture and sound (remastered) and fix errors (orange blob and any smudges or scratches) THATS ALL THAT SHOULD BE CHANGED.
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Welcome to the forums! Hopefully you'll enjoy your stay here.

It would be a bit difficult for a fan to fix these difficulties (although I'm sure there are plenty who are trying to), there are tons of fan-edits available that should satisfy your appetite for OT DVD goodness. My personal favorite is ocpmovie's : "Star Wars: Classic Edition".


Until the XO project comes out, that is.

http://i.imgur.com/7N84TM8.jpg

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I'll add another vote to OCP's verson simply because it shows what the DVD's could have been. It could have been a contender, instead of a bum which is what it is.

But as far as LD fan preservations are concerned, I have the Dr Gonzo set which is darn good.

I would love to get either Citizen's or Moth3rs. But I also hear that EditDroid's is good also. Stick around, you'll find a lot to talk about and learn from some very hard working individuals. Right now, I'm following the XOproject by Zion.
There's good in the Original Trilogy, and it's worth fighting for.
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Originally posted by: AMH57
I remember that dreaded day when popping in my star Wars DVD ande finding Han shooting last and Hayden Christenson as the ghost Anakin in ROTJ.

So this is what i think the Original Trilogy DVD should have. I think it should obviously have the original thaetrical releses of Star Wars but say, fix the orange blob under the landspeeder for example. all that should be changed is only quality of the picture and sound (remastered) and fix errors (orange blob and any smudges or scratches) THATS ALL THAT SHOULD BE CHANGED.


I think thats what the X0 project is doing so your in luck
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I would love to see again when watching the original film is to have the "A New Hope" not on the crawl and to see it with the mattes in place etc sound etc as it was theatrically shown in 77.
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Originally posted by: Mr Bungle
I would love to see again when watching the original film is to have the "A New Hope" not on the crawl and to see it with the mattes in place etc sound etc as it was theatrically shown in 77.


Well, then get the editdroid mysterious mysteries version of A New Hope, with it's selectable crawls and no upgrades.

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Thank you for that, I will try and search out a copy, it will be nice to see the original film like that with the effects etc and old crawl in place.
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Originally posted by: Mr Bungle
Thank you for that, I will try and search out a copy, it will be nice to see the original film like that with the effects etc and old crawl in place.


I sent you a PM in regards to getting this. Turn on PMs if you have to. I didn't know mine were off my default. You can send, but not recieve if they are off.
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"I think it should obviously have the original thaetrical releses of Star Wars but say, fix the orange blob under the landspeeder for example."

I actually played around with that scene and believe me, it would take a lot of work to get it to look good. Removing the orange isn't too tough, but removing the same amount of orange from frame to frame is hard. It would look like the ground keeps changing shades of brown underneath the car, which, to me, would be more distracting than the orange blob.

It's not impossible, but such an investment in time will have to wait until the future.

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Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
"I think it should obviously have the original thaetrical releses of Star Wars but say, fix the orange blob under the landspeeder for example."

I actually played around with that scene and believe me, it would take a lot of work to get it to look good. Removing the orange isn't too tough, but removing the same amount of orange from frame to frame is hard. It would look like the ground keeps changing shades of brown underneath the car, which, to me, would be more distracting than the orange blob.

It's not impossible, but such an investment in time will have to wait until the future.


Its even to hard for the amazing X0 team
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I like the blob! ^_^ Not from a technologically appealing standpoint, but just as an example of filmmaking. It's like being so knowledeable about a movie that you can be the annoying guy who tells all your friends how the special effects were done. So it's one of those cool things you can just point out.

There is no lingerie in space…

C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.

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Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
"I think it should obviously have the original thaetrical releses of Star Wars but say, fix the orange blob under the landspeeder for example."

I actually played around with that scene and believe me, it would take a lot of work to get it to look good. Removing the orange isn't too tough, but removing the same amount of orange from frame to frame is hard. It would look like the ground keeps changing shades of brown underneath the car, which, to me, would be more distracting than the orange blob.

It's not impossible, but such an investment in time will have to wait until the future.


Hmm, I'm no expert but logically I would say the way to do it would be to create a landspeeder-less background by taking any one frame and painstakingly painting out theb landspeeder and the offending blob, and then use this as the basis for each frame, rotoscoping/masking the landspeeder.

Or I could just be babbling.

Anyway, how to do it is a discussion for another thread, but I agree that a special edition should fix poor effects like the landspeer blob (which I believe was originally created by rubbing vaseline onto the film to mak the wheels beneath the landspeeder?) while keeping the story intact (i.e Han shot first, etc).

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I would want a Original Theatrical Edition as each film was released in '77,'80 and '83(with no episode 4 in front of SW for example) as a piece of history. They should be warts and all. All that should be done is a restoration of the original work with no changes.

Then you can have all the funky special editions, enhanced editions, ultimate editions, archival editions and definitive editions.

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I think the original versions should be considered the real versions, while special editions are just that, special. Like how cereals do it. They always have this new Froot Loops Special Edition with Glow in the Dark Marshmallows or whatever, but it's a special edition, not the real Froot Loops, and they're usually temporary, "look what we can do," flashes.

There is no lingerie in space…

C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.

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RTeal froot loops are putting them in the bowl and eating them with Malibu instead of milk.

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What's Malibu?

There is no lingerie in space…

C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.

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It's a rum and coconut drink.
http://www.minibottleclub.com/images/sale%20bottles/malibu.jpg
Pretty rough - even without froot loops in it.
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I'll stick with soy milk. ^_^

There is no lingerie in space…

C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.

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Yeah, I'll stick with regular milk. Never got into that whole "alchohol" or drugs or cigarettes thing. Even though I'm 30. Never really saw the point. Besides the fact that my mom died about 3 years ago and I'm 99% sure that alchohol and cigarettes were at least partly involved. Plus my dad is in AA. So nope, nothing goes in my system that isn't allowed for a 5 year old child.
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Wow. We agree on two things!

There is no lingerie in space…

C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.