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I hear Steve Carell in "Anchorman" when I read Dayv's posts.
"LOUD NOISES!"
I believe it also screws up the music cue - in the 1977 version, there is an orchestral sting ("BAWM!") the instant Tatooine comes into view. In the 2004 version (honestly, I think this has been the case since the 1981 re-release, but I have no proof), we see Tatooine, and then a second or so later comes the BAWM! sting.
Kind of like how adding in "Episode IV A NEW HOPE" changed the timing, making the crawl itself appear too late for the music cue (sadly, this is present in the other 5 movies as well - the only times the crawls appear on the right music cue are in the 1977 theatrical crawl, and in Adywan's Revisited cuts).
You do recall that Gaff is a dude, right, Sluggo?
Just makin' sure.
Heh, yeah, you're a bit late on the reply there, Chewie. ;-)
Yeah, most mono tracks are technically "dual mono," meaning that it's encoded as 2.0, but each channel carries identical information. It's still mono, it just provides better compatibility, if I understand it correctly.
Wow, that's terrible. :-(
I can only echo the sentiments of everyone else here - I hope it's not too serious, and your dad pulls through alright, Ady. My thoughts will be with you.
I owned the "Faces" VHS set in pan-and-scan, so yes, it exists. I don't know if it ever existed on laserdisc, and to be honest, I don't know if the VHS is the same transfer as the widescreen DC/"Faces" LD's.
Yeah, the opening starfield is an interesting change.
The starfield was changed along with the crawl in 1981. There's also a change in the moon (either a moon went missing in 1981, or one was added, I don't remember which).
Then, in 1997, the starfield (and moon) was changed back to its 1977 version, but the crawl remained in its 1981 form.
I don't know what the deal is in the 2004 version, but the STAR WARS logo certainly recedes far too quickly in that one. I think it retains the 1977/1997 starfield, but I could be wrong.
I also know that the starfield in the second shot is different in the 2004 version, but I don't know if that change is present in the 1997 version or not.
C3PX said:
It is pretty blatant that you guys just do shit like that now to annoy me. So thanks, I appreciate it.
Of course they do! The more you try to get them to stop, and tell them how immature they are, and how they're derailing the thread, the more gifs they'll post, simply because they know you'll get angrier and make more angry posts telling them to stop.
The official 2006 DVDs (bonus discs) are the same as the widescreen "Faces" set.
I don't think any of DJ's fullscreen transfers are widely available anymore. I'm sure he can pop by and answer this question more fully, though.
For DVD covers, check out the DVD covers section of the forum.
Yeah, the original is 100% correct.
"A group ... has established" vs. "A group ... have esablished." The first is correct.
The group is establishing the base, not the freedom fighters. That's just a description of the group.
I tried playing Fallout on my Mac a while back. I didn't have any issues with 256-color support, but it would crash after about a half hour of play, without fail. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling several times, but it always did the same thing. So I've never finished it. Still haven't tried playing Fallout 2.
But I'm ridiculously excited for New Vegas! I popped in Fallout 3 earlier today to test out my roommate's new projector and 7.1 surround system, and it was glorious.
Thank you for reminding me of that show, Frink! Off to Netflix I go...
(For those who don't know, it's from "Garth Marenghi's Darkplace.")
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... and fucking Netflix doesn't have it. Lame. Maybe it was never released on R1 DVD ...
Also, there are several projects now working to preserve the 1997 SEs.
Dark_Jedi is making a DVD set from the digital broadcasts and the laserdisc 5.1 mixes, which will probably be the highest-quality version available.
Another member is also working to capture the PAL laserdiscs of the 1997 SEs, and I believe another is working on the NTSC laserdiscs.
So in the near future, the 1997 SEs will be more widely available than they have been since ... well, before 2004.
He's saying, "Thank you, Pete," if I recall. It's from the movie Dodgeball.
xhonzi:
The differences between the theatrical and director's cuts are very subtle, but make for a better film overall in my opinion. The stuff with his fingerprints is brand new, and the stuff with the hooker's son (daughter?) is also brand new, but beyond that, it's just little lines of dialogue here and there, or short extensions of scenes.
It's kind of like the differences between the different cuts of Blade Runner, though in this case, the removed narration is only relevant to the first minute or two of the film.
CMG:
Anamorphic-but-pillarboxed movies, like, as you said, "older James Bond movies," are done that way because they were shot in the 1.66:1 aspect ratio, which is (obviously) in-between 1.33:1 and 1.78:1. The two options to display this are to letterbox it within a non-anamorphic 4:3 frame, or pillarbox it in an anamorphic 16:9 frame. The latter is typically the case, as most people watching it on a 4:3 TV won't notice the pillarboxing anyway.
I challenge you to find a 4:3 video pillarboxed in a 16:9 frame - the only example of this I'm aware of is the recent "Woodstock" bonus features (in that case I'm pretty sure it was a matter of downscaling the 1080p Blu-Ray video and not bothering to remove the pillarboxing).
They're saying that the show fails to appeal to them. I don't see how that use is incorrect.
That too, but even if there were no other changes, it would be worth it just for the removal of the narration.
The only flaw in the DC is the choppy music editing, but I can live with that.
I certainly don't see how anyone can think Phantom Menace is a better film than Crystal Skull, but I don't really want to get into an argument about it. I can understand thinking that Temple and Crusade are better. I just don't think they are.
But as I said, I don't want to get into an argument about it.
For the DVDs? Yeah, they did, thankfully. "Raiders" was placed before "Temple" in the 4-disc box set, while "Temple" had been placed before "Raiders" on the above pictured VHS set.
Ah, Dark City is fantastic. I'd recommend watching the Director's Cut, solely because the theatrical cut's narration at the beginning takes any and all mystery out of the movie.
C3PX said:
I really liked the first four seasons.
Maybe I gave up too soon by quitting after the first two DVD movies (which would be the first half of season five, I guess?)
The first two DVD movies are the first half of season five, yes.
The DVD movies were aired on Comedy Central in blocks of 4 split-up episodes to a movie (so "Bender's Big Score" becomes "Bender's Big Score, Part 1," "Part 2," "Part 3," and "Part 4"), though instead of waiting for all 4 movies to be done and airing them as a 16-episode season, they aired each movie separately as 4 episodes in a row (so, 2-hour blocks).
Regardless, the movies are production code 5ACV01-5ACV16, and the current season is 6ACV01-6ACV12 (with 6ACV13 being the Christmas special, and 6ACV14-6ACV26 airing next year, further confusing the question of how many seasons Futurama has).
Exactly, the opening credits have been left alone. And my custom DVD cover says "Raiders" too! (I just don't look at the disc art or menus when I put it in my player ... )