- Post
- #1205768
- Topic
- Kenner Hand-cranked viewer and cartridges (Released)
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/1205768/action/topic#1205768
- Time
Gate weave added! đ MTFBWY!
Gate weave added! đ MTFBWY!
âMay the Force Be With Youâ, âBattle in Hyperspaceâ, and âDestroy Death Starâ were all horizontally flipped in the toy cartridges compared to the theatrical versions. âAssault on Death Starâ and âDanger at the Cantinaâ had the proper orientation. Preserving the horizontal flip in the first three is critical if the desire is to preserve the sequences as they were in the toy.
Yes! A gate weave on the title cards would be perfect! Will do! (Iâm out of town for a couple of weeks but now I have something to do when I get back!) The vintage filter in the app takes care of the film noise but is missing the gate weave. Thanks for the tip!
Uploaded to my channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/joetunon
Please note: the resolution on YouTube is not meant for these clips. They are loaded just to show the awesome sequences that were assembled for the toy film cartridges. Note that 3 of the 5 clips are mirrored horizontally! This is not an accident on my part. I kept the orientation true to the original toy films. This might be the âalternate footageâ that some remember! Every frame in every clip is accurate down to the last bit! This took me 2 years to put together, and about 20 years to finally find the right software to play them back: itâs an iOS app called GyroFilm. Download these MP4âs to your iPhone photo album to be able to open them in the app. If you care to go through the trouble, I promise you you will be absolutely floored at how incredibly accurate the emulation of a toy vintage projector is, with the circular wheel and its 8mm click sound and vintage filter. I donât know if anyone else on the planet can appreciate this digital recreation as much as me, but they are there in case anyone does remember and wishes to re-experience this magnificent toy and original Star Wars clips (before there were VCRs!) in all of their glory!
MTFBWY!
Well, then, Iâll begin uploading today! đ
Well, so five years later Iâm done! The missing piece was an incredible iOS app called âGyroFilmâ that emulates, of all things, a vintage toy projector⌠not unlike the Kenner Movie Viewer! I just discovered it 3 days ago, and it inspired me to revisit and finish the 5 clips. They are now done. And I canât help thinking no one will ever see this. I donât know if anyone is interested in this thread, but if they are, and if they are one of the handful of people who cares about or better, remembers these unique sequences, please reach out to me. The restorations - or more properly - the digital recreations - are done.
Only a year late! Sorry - just joined.
Youâre definitely describing Star Wars Chronicles (though youâre remembering it to be even bigger than it was, which is normal. Memories do that! Nevertheless, itâs a whopper of a coffee table book, has the Boba Fett pieces all laid out.)
Best OT book ever made.
https://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Chronicles-Deborah-Fine/dp/081181498X
Oldie here. I was the perfect age of 13 when I witnessed the Tantive IV flying over our heads in a theater in 1977. To this day I am a pre-CGI diehard. Love the new movies, dislike (but donât hate) the prequels, and dislike (but donât hate) the Special Editions, not so much for adding scenes, but for changing them (Han/Greedo and the Anakin ghost being the primary offenders⌠okay these two changes I flat out hate).