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Post
#547485
Topic
Dark Horse Kills Boba Fett.
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/547485/action/topic#547485
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Don't blame the Marvel guys too much. Lucasfilm had a long list of no-no's they labored under for the whole run. Bringing Fett back permanently was probably one of them. Also recall that Boba was still mysterious and cool at the time. Many fans were steamed over his lame death.

And when it was published, the EU could still be counted on the fingers of one hand, even though the term didn't exist yet. ;)

Post
#547347
Topic
THX 1138 "preservations" + the 'THX 1138 Italian Cut' project (Released)
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/547347/action/topic#547347
Time

msycamore said:

thxita said:

At 14.04

Cinque uomini sono fuggiti dal centro riabilitazione DD2...

riacciuffati sono stati sottoposti a trattamento duro


Change the subtitles of those two lines with these:

Five men escaped from rehabilitation center DD2

all five have been caught and given hard treatment

 

If you watch the scene again you'll see that the dialogue subtitled in English is kinda "repetitive" on the fact that they have been caught. Must be due to too many revisions. Sorry about that.

(I think the "all five" was your modification from my original translation but I like it. The news reporter literally says "once caught they have been given hard treatment")

Will do, thanks! I can also upload the revised subs so that people can remux the DVD if they want.

About the current project, a second disc accompanying the main feature disc with extras is the plan and it would be really nice if someone could help me out with creating that disc to speed up this project so that I can focus on the movie only part. I would like it to at least include:

  • Lucas' original student short
  • Featurette "Bald"
  • Original and re-release trailer
  • Radio spots
  • Deleted footage (SEN's conversation with the children)
  • Photos etc.

 

I would love it if someone could help me out with this to speed things up as I have no experience of doing DVD-menus, let me know and I'll send you the material for it. Thanks.

To be honest, I'm not too sure about including the short and featurette, as these are on the official DVD. Which we are all supposed to own a copy of in the first place. ;)

The rest could fit comfortably with the main feature.

Post
#547275
Topic
Star Wars coming to Blu Ray (UPDATE: August 30 2011, No! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!)
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/547275/action/topic#547275
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It's interesting they didn't do the "digital copy" stuff with this release.

I have to maniacally laugh every time I read one of these articles predicting the death of physical media as we know it.

http://shopping.yahoo.com/articles/yshoppingarticles/717/7-gadgets-that-wont-be-around-in-2020

And if there's any annoying, meaningless, technological buzzword I've grown to despise in the past year, it's "the cloud"! ;)

Post
#547136
Topic
THX 1138 "preservations" + the 'THX 1138 Italian Cut' project (Released)
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/547136/action/topic#547136
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msycamore said:

Just point it out to me and I can make corrections for possible future use, you never know what the Italian tape I ordered will bring us. SilverWook haven't seen it yet either as he wait for me to sending him the disc, sorry for taking so long Silver.

No rush! I still need to send you those USB drives as well.

Post
#547135
Topic
THX 1138 "preservations" + the 'THX 1138 Italian Cut' project (Released)
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/547135/action/topic#547135
Time

thxita said:

I think THX is gridhouse enough lol

Is the Warner/Kinney logo from the 16mm print a static image? Because in that case I can ask my friend to "restore" it in photoshop (the same guy who worked on the Ciriello's artwork cover)

Aside from the fade in and fade out, the logo is static.

The ITA version certainly gets into grindhouse territory.

Post
#547132
Topic
HBO Star Wars preservations (a Work In Progress)
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/547132/action/topic#547132
Time

Is anyone keeping up with this? ;)

I can say with confidence that the HBO recording and the 1983 Laserdisc are from the same time compressed master. Even the film scratches are the same.

The whole custom 16mm transfer made for HBO story is full of holes now. ;)

Where the heck the second betamax copy I have was recorded from and when, I have no clue. Unfortunately, it has hopeless tracking issues that don't clear up until several minutes into the movie. I think the '83 Laserdisc would be a much better option than using this to patch or replace the HBO. You also won't have to speed the video up.

My second pass off the "new" Beta got me as good a capture of the HBO as we're probably going to get. Spots where I knew there were dropouts previously didn't have them this time around.

I will try to post screenshots later this week.

Post
#547036
Topic
THX 1138 "preservations" + the 'THX 1138 Italian Cut' project (Released)
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/547036/action/topic#547036
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msycamore said:

Ok, I have finally decided to let the white static dirt in frame stay, sorry but my computer is simply not up to the task, it would've been nice but those 15 minutes will at least be more pleasing to the eyes than the NTSC transfer was, the bad cropping actually bothered me more than the dirt.

I mentioned it earlier in the thread, why does the opening titles on the LD-transfers seem to be a little bit stretched compared to the DVD transfer, well it seems the aspect ratio on the LD's was a little bit off, take a look at the circles on the LD in this example:

Laserdisc

DVD

Haven't checked if this is consistent throughout the film yet but it will be corrected. I don't know how usual this was in the early days of letterbox transfers. I recently discovered that my Empire SWE LD seem to have slightly incorrect aspect ratio in places as well, but we all know the issues with the first film in that set.

I can live with Coily if you can. ;)

Techniscope is such an unusual film format, that they may have simply used a 35mm release print for the old video masters that had the slight distortions in it. How does the ITA compare?

P.S. I've asked Puggo if he can capture the Warner/Kinney logo off the 16mm print. Keep your fingers crossed.

Post
#547029
Topic
THX 1138 "preservations" + the 'THX 1138 Italian Cut' project (Released)
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/547029/action/topic#547029
Time

msycamore said:

Another thing not related to THX, but I choose to ask it here anyway, any idea why the opening and end titles on American Graffiti is window boxed on LD and DVD, thick black bars at the side of the frame. Does it have something to do with the Techniscope format or was it just a way to avoid overscan on old TV's? is the Blu-ray also window boxed on the end titles and the opening Universal logo?

IIRC, it's to avoid overscan. I've seen an old movie or two that were windowboxed all the way through as well. It really shouldn't be needed on Blu Ray, but we all know studios sometimes use an HD master that more than a few years old.

Post
#546636
Topic
"The Ewoks Project - Animated TV Series" DVD set (now on myspleen) (Released)
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/546636/action/topic#546636
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skyjedi2005 said:

Looks like a professional cover and far better than the most recent Lucasfilm cover art like the BD Release of the 6 movies.

 

I always wondred what happened to these shows original negatives after they closed down and were unsuccessful.

Did Lucasfilm recover them or were they thrown in the dumpster/destroyed?

I can't imagine Nelvana actually tossing them out. Although they've lost a couple things like the alternate version of Rock and Rule over the years.

Ewoks got a revamped second season Droids never got, so it wasn't unsuccessful in that regard.