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#220339
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$36 pre-order (AR) for all 3 titles...anyone found it cheaper??
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/220339/action/topic#220339
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You can be sure that Best Buy, Circuit City and Wal-Mart are going to be stumbling over each other to have the best price (and as usual, they won't be advertising the price in their flyers- you'll have to go into the stores to find out what the prices).

Also, it's possible that Best Buy will have a special "exclusive" gift with the purchase of all 3 - so I'm going to wait and see what they come up with on 9/12. They had a really nice bonus DVD when the Indiana Jones DVD set came out, and a Beatles poster when the Yellow Submarine DVD was released.

Wal-Mart and/or Circuit City (or even Target) may have gifts as well.
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#220307
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**It has happened, Original films on DVD!!**
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/220307/action/topic#220307
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That "o rly" owl follows me everywhere......

VelvetKloud, check out these threads. They'll give you all the info you need about the upcoming DVD releases (you'll have to copy and paste them):

http://www.originaltrilogy.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=2&threadid=5453

http://www.originaltrilogy.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=2&threadid=5688

http://www.originaltrilogy.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=2&threadid=5355

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#220303
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Addresses and contacts for various media outlets go in here
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/220303/action/topic#220303
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Originally posted by: Mike O
Given that about 75,000 people signed the petition, perhaps Jay could enlist their support and we could all agree on a specific day to send e-mails. Given the influx of new members, if these addresses all receve 75,000+ e-mails on the same topic on same day, it'd be hard for them to ignore. Just a suggestion.

That's a fantastic idea- Jay has the email addresses for everyone who signed the petition, maybe he could send out an email to everyone on the list and ask them to help out.
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#220120
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Addresses and contacts for various media outlets go in here
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/220120/action/topic#220120
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Originally posted by: Darth_Evil
What did the reply say?

Oh, it had nothing to do with Star Wars. I wrote him a note a few years ago asking about the MaxiVision photography/projection system and if it was gaining any acceptance.
He replied:

"Have you been to their website? www.mv48.com

I think they're feeling hopeful...

RE"


I guess MaxiVision didn't make it- because their website isn't working anymore. He had discussed MaxiVision on his TV show, and said how far superior it was to any of the digital projection systems that the movie industry seem to be heading towards.
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#220107
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What are you going to do with your SE discs?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/220107/action/topic#220107
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Originally posted by: Scruffy
Originally posted by: Davis
I definitely think we should all mail the same letter. It'd be really fitting- when we complained about the 16x9 issue, they just gave us a form response.

So we give them a form response when we send our discs back.


I think that line of thought is too clever for its own good.

I agree- the form letter idea is sounding better and better. Maybe it should say (in big letters) "FORM LETTER" at the top...LOL

Damaging the discs is not a good idea- it will seem petty. We should just leave them in tact. GL is not going to re-sell them.

How about this:

.......................................FORM LETTER............................................

Dear Mr. Lucas,

Enclosed, please find my three Star Wars Trilogy Special Edition DVDs that I received as a bonus when I purchased the Original Versions of the Star Wars Trilogy on September 12th.

I would have preferred that the Original Version DVDs be in a 16:9 anamorphic format, but since this is all that's currently available, I guess will have to settle for non-anamorphic for the time being.

I would much rather watch the Original Version DVDs in a non-anamorphic format than watch the Special Editions in an anamorphic format- so I give my DVDs to you. You may do with them what you like.

Sincerely,
(your name here)

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#220101
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I actaully PREFER seeing the black bars, even on my widescreen TV.
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/220101/action/topic#220101
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Originally posted by: jack Spencer Jr
Originally posted by: marioxb
But I'm not talking about 4x3 movies (sorta). I'm talking about letterboxed (or animorphic) movies. I just like seeing the bars there on the top and bottom (not on the sides). Seeing the bars just makes me happy and reminds me that I'm watching in widescreen.


When you eventually get a widescreen television, which you will once they become standard and your old set dies, you'll change your tune on that.

He does have a widescreen TV. LOL

marioxb- you have me totally confused now. I thought you said you liked watching the movies in the middle of the screen? What you're saying now is that you don't like it when movies are exactly 16:9 because then there are no bars at the top and bottom?
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#220100
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Say the SE release in theaters bombed in 1997?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/220100/action/topic#220100
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Originally posted by: ricarleite
A question. Let's say I have a movie theater and I want to show Star Wars on it. So I get in touch with my local 20th century fox distributor and request a copy. What will they give me? 1997 or 2004?

Also: I am not sure if some of you remember, but there was this movie festival somewhere in the US and they were showing one film for each decade, and the 70s were to be represented by Star Wars, and they HAD an O-OT film to show, but Lucasfilm denied permission to show anything else bu the 1997 version (this was before 2004). So if the O-OT is out there in celluloid, it can be transfered properly into DVD.

If you owned a movie theater- you would get the 1997 version (I think), because the 2004 changes were for the DVD, and whatever available prints there are for movie theaters are probably the '97 versions.

How ridiculous- wanting people to show a film that used CGI from 1997 in a 1970s film festival. That perfectly encapsulates the silliness of wanting to foist a new version of a classic film on people who don't want to see it.

If I ever have children, I will show them the OOT when they are the right age. I will tell them that the films were released in 1977, 1980 and 1983, and explain to them how groundbreaking the special effects were at the time. I will tell them how a special computer had to be invented to precisely control the movements of the camera, so that they could shoot the miniature spaceships in a such a way to create the illusion of flight, and how all the backgrounds were painted by hand, on glass. They will NOT be watching the Special Editions under my roof. Imagine trying to explain how these films changed your life when you saw them as a kid, but having to explain to your child "well, not this part- this part wasn't in the 1977 version.....and that part.....and that thing flying around- that was added in 1997". It's ludicrous.

I'm sure many prints of the OT still exist, it's just that GL doesn't want anyone to see them. Even when they show clips of the films in TV shows, they use the '97 versions (like when they show the death star exploding, it's ALWAYS the version with the stupid ring around it).
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#220016
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What are you going to do with your SE discs?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/220016/action/topic#220016
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Originally posted by: Sluggo
I nuked my copy of Jedi last week. It gave Hayden the crispy treatment again. I WILL NOT watch that scene again. Doesn't that ruin your microwave? LOL Did you save the disc? You should send it to Lucasfilm.

The Jedi SE DVDs also make decent coasters.

Originally posted by: THX
I don't think you'll get everyone to agree on the wording and I think individual letters would be better in some ways. My advice would be to keep your letters as brief and to the point as possible, as long as they mention:
1) you bought the set for the OUT;
2) you'd buy it again on an HD format.

Sending the discs back is an unequivocal insult to the SE and enough of a statement of displeasure. I don't think snide comments will help in any way.

That's a good suggestion. As long as we keep the notes short and to the point....

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#220013
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I actaully PREFER seeing the black bars, even on my widescreen TV.
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/220013/action/topic#220013
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Originally posted by: Darth Richard
On my DVD's when I use the theater setting to make the bars smaller I don't loose any picture. So I haven o idea what your on about lol. Then I'm like you to try and watch Ben Hur on a 4:3 display. That would be terrible.
I think what marioxb is saying is that he doesn't like to fill the 16:9 screen with the image- he prefers to leave it in 4:3 letterbox mode, so that there are bars on all 4 sides of the image- like a frame.

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#219880
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What are you going to do with your SE discs?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/219880/action/topic#219880
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Originally posted by: THX
It costs less than a dollar to send 3 discs without covers first class.

Yeah, the postage isn't really the issue- it's going to be cheap either way.

I guess what we need to figure out is should we send them all together with a petition- and make a big statement, or send them in individually- like a.....constant.......steady........stream......like water torture.

If we decide to send them out individually, they should each be sent with a uniform letter -- one that we can all agree on.


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#219874
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Say the SE release in theaters bombed in 1997?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/219874/action/topic#219874
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Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
I was pleased with every single SE change... when I was under the impression that it was a novelty, a 20th anniversary special, not a replacement to the classic films.
This gave me a chuckle, as it reminded me of my actions immediately following my seeing the SE in '97.....

I disliked most of the SE changes, and after I saw them, I remembered the "one last time" tagline when the 1995 OT THX editions were released. I started to panic and started searching through magazines for a Columbia House Laserdisc Club ad. (yes, there used to be a LD club). They still had the 1995 THX LDs available, so I joined the club and purchased all three films (I did not own a LD player at the time- but I knew that LDs had something like 60% better video quality than VHS). At some point, the '95 LDs were going out-of-print, and CH had them on clearance for $10 a piece. So, I bought another set, just to be on the safe side. I figured- this MAY be the best quality I'll ever get for the OT. Up until then I only had them on VHS (the original individual FOX VIDEO releases, the "hologram" letterbox set, the 1995 THX Pan-and-Scan set, and the 1995 THX letterbox set).

Three years ago, I FINALLY got a LD player, and watched my LDs for the first time. I was amazed at how much better they looked than the VHS versions. I started transferring them to DVD right away. I've since sold most of my VHS copies, except for the 2 widescreen boxed sets.

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#219772
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OK, the DVDs are coming...so how bad are they going to look?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/219772/action/topic#219772
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Originally posted by: Z6PO

People that use Apple computers? Apple monitors and Apple notebooks screens are all widescreens (the aspect ratio is 16:10, on all models).

As to movies looking better on a TV than a monitor, I don't see why there should be a difference.

I read somewhere once that DVDs don't look their best on computer monitors because the pixels on a computer are a different shape than those on a TV. I don't know how much truth there is to that, though.

Some of my DVDs look gorgeous on my computer, some don't. The DVDs I record myself don't look good when played on my computer, for some reason- lots of motion artifacts, etc., but look great when played on my TV (I have an old Apple iMac and an early version of Apple DVD player, BTW).
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#219767
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What are you going to do with your SE discs?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/219767/action/topic#219767
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Originally posted by: Scruffy
I agree with THX. Many individuals sending in discs will look like a grassroots, bottom-up campaign. Sending them all in at once will look like astroturfing. And the talk of the cost of shipping is a bit much. These are just 80mm plastic discs here; even if we somehow get a hundred, they can all be put in a spindle and sent via Media Mail for three dollars, or priority for $8.10. I think it's better to organize this as a project, with a permanent or long-term website encouraging people to send the SE discs home.

That's true, it won't be expensive to send the discs- media mail is cheap.

Whether or not it's a better idea to send them in individually or in bulk will be something we'll have to think about and discuss over the next few months.
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#219763
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I actaully PREFER seeing the black bars, even on my widescreen TV.
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/219763/action/topic#219763
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Originally posted by: 20th Century Mark
How about this? When watching a non-anamorphic DVD on a widescreen tv with the black bars on all sides, does this mean you are NOT losing any picture due to the overscan of the tv?
Yeah, you're not losing any of the picture information- just 1/3 of the resolution. I think what marioxb was saying is that s/he LIKES the bars on all sides- even if the picture is anamorphic, so s/he leaves the widescreen TV in 4:3 letterbox mode.
Originally posted by: ricarleite
The movie is 2.35x1. Your widescreen TV is 16x9. It will show those lovely black bars anyway, even if it's anamorphic. End of discussion? Dead thread?
That's only if the DVD retains the original aspect ratio, and the film isn't cropped on the left and right to make it exactly 16:9.