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I assumed that Vader used the Force to somehow absord the bolts as he knew what a fast draw Han was. He had the drop on the galaxy's biggest badass-thus was prepared to take away the blaster. Han gets off quite a few shots though. I don't really think Vader was expecting quite that speed.

I do love the fact that Vader just toys with Han-he could easily have taken away the blaster earlier.

"Does anyone have a straw so I could eat? I'm kinda hungry..."

"What if he chokes on the brussel sprouts? He's worth a lot to me." "The Empire will not compensate you if he dies of natural causes."

If the scene existed, I envision a sligtly awkward meal that is reminiscent of Dr. No. "Tell me Vader, does the crushing of all freedoms really compensate for having a computerized James Earl Jones in your vocoder?"

The atrocious 2004 Box set-watched once since September 21st 04. I was given a copy of Episode II in Widescreen. (Oh joy.) Refused to buy the GOUTs b/c I felt cheated. A friend gave me the bonus discs because he didn't want them. (His loss.)

That's it for DVDs. VHS is a whole other story:

95 Box Set, 95 THX Widescreen Box Set, 97SE Fullscreen set, 97SE Widescreen set, Ewoks: The Haunted Village (where the heck did that come from?), TPM with the holographic plastic box, AOTC, and about 12 other tapes of the trilogy from various VHS releases from the late 80's and early 90's not to mention the numerous recorded tapes from TV broadcasts.

Just signed the new petiton. Very glad to have done so.

Is it just me, or does this remind anyone of Uncle Owen thinking of Ben as a damn fool idealistic crusader?

It would have been interesting for sure. The whole nature of the battle would have been different. For me, it just seems that Vader suddenly becomes weak and never really puts up much of a fight to compare with the earlier performances and menace in Empire and SW. I've always thought that there was a good chunk cut out of the final release version (all I know is the part of Luke losing his saber to Vader was cut).

Palpatine is so much more menacing by not using a physical weapon. As a kid I tried to learn Palpatine like pronounciation because it just sounded so evil.

So when it comes down to it Luke vs. Palpy can only be determined by the screenwriter. Is it a happy movie aimed more at kids, or the sequel to Empire Strikes Back?

Awesome.

This is great news. I've never heard the 97 LD 5.1 track, but wanted to for years. Thanks for all the hard work!

Wow. Didn't think things like this popped up anymore. My question is: what happened to all of the prints made for the various rereleases and 97 rerelease?

As a kid, I never realized there was a difference. The new scene doesn't fit at all pacing-wise. The line "bring my shuttle" is delivered in such a way that it firmly establishes how pissed off Vader is. (Although if he was just going to get Luke in a few minutes, why should he be so pissed?) "Alert my star Destroyer to prepare for my arrival" simply doesn't work in that scene (heard it was leftover dialogue from SW) and the fact that the snippet from ROTJ with Jejerrod is on the end just goes to show how pitiful the thought process was. They put all that time into making a CGI shot of Vader walking up to the shuttle, and then cut to leftovers?

I have never been able to make my mind up on the beak change. The tentacles seem more realistic and menacing, but the beak does seem to be a bit much.

Well, I wasn't comparing them. I was simply trying to point out that modern audiences can appreciate art and aren't the complete morons Hollywood assumes them to be. If only we could make this more evident!

BTW, I couldn't get through 5 minutes of this crapfest.

I concur.

That's what I was wondering.  The 97's were colorful, but not that colorful. Thank you for doing this DJ!

Probably because of the massive screen and six track magnetic audio for 70mm. Would love to see it that way.

I just don't have the money to put into Usenet, and I don't think that one should have to pay for better access. I like using RS or MU with jdownloader, but my school blocks almost every downloading site whatsoever. Thus no torrents, RS, or anything! It's not like I download commercially available titles! All I've ever grabbed are fan edits, OOP titles, or things never released.

I'd go for Usenet in a heartbeat just for the fantastic projects on this site, but I just can't afford it now. I'll definitely do the Giganews free trial when a good 97SE set is finished.

Thanks, AvP for the posts to tehparadox, will have to wait though since RS is blocked for me :(

Finally saw Brides of Dracula. It's a bit too simple, (and has the painfully obvious fake bat effect.) but has Cushing as Van Helsing and Fisher behind the camera-so what's not to like? Probably third or fourth best in the Hammer Dracula series behind Horror and Prince of Darkness.

And I still couldn't get through Ghost of Frankenstein and the later ones in the Universal Frankenstein series.

The Hammer version of The Mummy is extremely underrated like their later Hound of the Baskervilles.

Vincent Price has reserved a seat for you in the Theatre of Blood!

Things are so bad that I've really stopped going to theaters. If I can find a good art-house theater then you can't get me to leave.

What I really would like to do is lock a huge audience in a multiplex and swap whatever crapfest they paid for to a pristine 35mm print of Tarkovsky's Solaris. Then we can see their heads roll.

I thought for the longest time that modern audiences could no longer appreciate great works of the cinema. Roger Ebert once asked: "Do modern audiences have the patience to wait for Harry Lime in The Third Man?" The answer is: yes. I started a Film Appreciation club at school, and people actually get engrossed by classic film again. So, there really is hope in the world when college students sit in rapt attention for THX 1138, Barry Lyndon, Once Upon a Time in the West, and The Third Man. I want to break out  Lawrence of Arabia and Once Upon a Time in America now just to see the reaction.

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Nashville, TN

Really? That's where I'm from, but right now I'm in Tampa, FL in a stupid Media Writing class (why is this a required class for a film major?) listening to my Professor drone on about writing for the web...when asked for website examples I had to say ot.com!

Impressive....most impressive-but I am still the administrator of this facility.

Seeing classic film in a theater is unbelievable-and silents take on a whole new life.

I saw The Mummy (1932) and Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman in a theater this Halloween.

Exactly-they were like the guys who came up with the sequels to Planet of the Apes.

The problem with this film is simply the fact that it claims to be Bram Stoker's vision, much like Mary Shelley's Frankenstein did two years later.

Just a query-is there a way to combine a movie that is split onto 2 discs (ex-Apocalypse Now) or an old flipper DVD (movie split onto both sides-ex: Man Who Would Be King) so that the movie is one file on one DVD?

Yay! I've never seen the LD-really excited.

I sure hope that's the end of that.

This makes Vader seem more like a demonic presence, and also serves to prove Obi-Wan a far wiser man. Vader plays right into Ben's hands and thus the Falcon escapes. What is confusing is exactly when someone had the idea to plant a tracking device on the ship. They never found anyone on it, and it was only later that Han, Leia, Luke, and Chewie were fighting on other levels. Only Vader suspected Ben of being on board. He and Tarkin argue over it and suddenly after the Falcon leaves theres suddenly a magical tracking device!!

Just see them as a tribute to your observational genius.