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That article was written in 2015? I didn’t think TV was still shot on film.

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The same basic cable channels have been running marathons of Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, etc. every so often for years. I don’t think it’s “we’re losing the rights soon” so much as “eh, guess it’s time for another Star Wars marathon.” Also, I’m not sure how much Disney talks to TNT, but it wouldn’t surprise me if there was some coordination to drum up Star Wars excitement before the trailer drops tonight.

DuracellEnergizer said:

That article was written in 2015? I didn’t think TV was still shot on film.

I know Mad Men was. I’m not sure how widespread it’s been recently apart from that.

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joefavs said:

The same basic cable channels have been running marathons of Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, etc. every so often for years. I don’t think it’s “we’re losing the rights soon” so much as “eh, guess it’s time for another Star Wars marathon.” Also, I’m not sure how much Disney talks to TNT, but it wouldn’t surprise me if there was some coordination to drum up Star Wars excitement before the trailer drops tonight.

DuracellEnergizer said:

That article was written in 2015? I didn’t think TV was still shot on film.

I know Mad Men was. I’m not sure how widespread it’s been recently apart from that.

At the same time, Futurama is moving to Sci Fi, which would explain why Comedy Central has been running it a lot lately. Surprised Adult Swim didn’t try to get it back as it was once a big part of their lineup.
This might lend credence to the rumors Sci Fi is actually interested in the new MST3K.

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Where were you in '77?

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SilverWook said:

joefavs said:

The same basic cable channels have been running marathons of Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, etc. every so often for years. I don’t think it’s “we’re losing the rights soon” so much as “eh, guess it’s time for another Star Wars marathon.” Also, I’m not sure how much Disney talks to TNT, but it wouldn’t surprise me if there was some coordination to drum up Star Wars excitement before the trailer drops tonight.

DuracellEnergizer said:

That article was written in 2015? I didn’t think TV was still shot on film.

I know Mad Men was. I’m not sure how widespread it’s been recently apart from that.

SyFy

FTFY

TV’s Frink said:

I would put this in my sig if I weren’t so lazy.

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CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

SilverWook said:

joefavs said:

The same basic cable channels have been running marathons of Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, etc. every so often for years. I don’t think it’s “we’re losing the rights soon” so much as “eh, guess it’s time for another Star Wars marathon.” Also, I’m not sure how much Disney talks to TNT, but it wouldn’t surprise me if there was some coordination to drum up Star Wars excitement before the trailer drops tonight.

DuracellEnergizer said:

That article was written in 2015? I didn’t think TV was still shot on film.

I know Mad Men was. I’m not sure how widespread it’s been recently apart from that.

SyFy

FTFY

I am never calling it that. Sounds like an abbreviation for some venereal disease. That some ad agency guy probably got paid millions for dreaming up that rebranding ought to be a crime.

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Where were you in '77?

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CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

SilverWook said:

joefavs said:

The same basic cable channels have been running marathons of Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, etc. every so often for years. I don’t think it’s “we’re losing the rights soon” so much as “eh, guess it’s time for another Star Wars marathon.” Also, I’m not sure how much Disney talks to TNT, but it wouldn’t surprise me if there was some coordination to drum up Star Wars excitement before the trailer drops tonight.

DuracellEnergizer said:

That article was written in 2015? I didn’t think TV was still shot on film.

I know Mad Men was. I’m not sure how widespread it’s been recently apart from that.

SyFy

FTFY

You broke it just like they did.

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SilverWook said:

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

SilverWook said:

joefavs said:

The same basic cable channels have been running marathons of Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, etc. every so often for years. I don’t think it’s “we’re losing the rights soon” so much as “eh, guess it’s time for another Star Wars marathon.” Also, I’m not sure how much Disney talks to TNT, but it wouldn’t surprise me if there was some coordination to drum up Star Wars excitement before the trailer drops tonight.

DuracellEnergizer said:

That article was written in 2015? I didn’t think TV was still shot on film.

I know Mad Men was. I’m not sure how widespread it’s been recently apart from that.

SyFy

FTFY

I am never calling it that. Sounds like an abbreviation for some venereal disease. That some ad agency guy probably got paid millions for dreaming up that rebranding ought to be a crime.

I know. It’s stupid.

TV’s Frink said:

I would put this in my sig if I weren’t so lazy.

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joefavs said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

That article was written in 2015? I didn’t think TV was still shot on film.

I know Mad Men was. I’m not sure how widespread it’s been recently apart from that.

Mad Men switched to digital for their fourth season. Breaking Bad used film the whole way through, but ended in 2013. I don’t know of any other recent TV show that uses film.

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Does Better Call Saul use film or digital? And I know Walking Dead used to use 16mm at the beginning, did they ever switch to digital (or 35mm)?

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Saul is digital. True Detective season 1 was 35mm. Can’t think of anything on right now that is film.

Not that that is important to the article anyway, because you can shoot digital at 23.976fps and in fact most cinematic TV shows are shot that way.

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It’s a picture of the sound of one Han clapping

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I wonder if George played Oddworld games before working on the Prequels.

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Today’s Echo Base Live event proved to be a very fortunate trip for me!

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Anyone want any scans of the DC material?

Ol’ George has the GOUT, I see.

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FrankT said:

Today’s Echo Base Live event proved to be a very fortunate trip for me!

Anyone want any scans of the DC material?

Sweet, sweet finds mate 😃

I love those old ‘Widescreen Collectors Edition’ laserdisc boxsets - very classy.

A little patience goes a long way on this old-school Rebel base. If you are having issues finding what you are looking for, these will be of some help…

Welcome to the OriginalTrilogy.com | Introduce yourself in here | Useful info within : About : Help : Site Rules : Fan Project Rules : Announcements
How do I do this?’ on the OriginalTrilogy.com; some info & answers + FAQs - includes info on how to search for projects and threads on the OT•com

A Project Index for Star Wars Preservations (Harmy’s Despecialized & 4K77/80/83 etc) : A Project Index for Star Wars Fan Edits (adywan & Hal 9000 etc)

… and take your time to look around this site before posting - to get a feel for this place. Don’t just lazily make yet another thread asking for projects.

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FrankT said:

Today’s Echo Base Live event proved to be a very fortunate trip for me!

Imgur

Anyone want any scans of the DC material?
I still have my cinema programme thing and the making of thing from 1977
The choc ice was eaten though.

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Isn’t it a little weird how in the first movie, Han says that he’s never heard of the Jedi or the Force, but the Jedi only went extinct twenty years earlier?

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yhwx said:

Isn’t it a little weird how in the first movie, Han says that he’s never heard of the Jedi or the Force, but the Jedi only went extinct twenty years earlier?

in a world where there is little evidence of reading or writing, it isn’t too surprising. In fact, i am pretty sure i was struck by how many people seemed to know of the force as the movies went on, when it was first introduced as this rare unheard of thing. (i know, its just a movie)

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yhwx said:

Isn’t it a little weird how in the first movie, Han says that he’s never heard of the Jedi or the Force, but the Jedi only went extinct twenty years earlier?

He just said he didn’t believe in this stuff. This is also consistent with what he said in TFA.

LUKE
You don’t believe in the Force, do you?

HAN
Kid, I’ve flown from one side of this galaxy to the other. I’ve seen a lot of strange stuff, but I’ve never seen anything to make me believe there’s one all-powerful force controlling everything. There’s no mystical energy field that controls my destiny. It’s all a lot of simple tricks and nonsense.

In any case, I think Lucas originally wanted the Jedi to be extinct for much more years for the original movie, but this later changed with the next two.

The Original Trilogy’s Timeline Reconstruction: http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Implied-starting-date-of-the-Empire-from-OT-dialogue/post/786201/#TopicPost786201

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Right, it’s one thing to hear stories about 10,000 people who had magic powers who were wiped out 20 years ago and to actually experience it yourself.

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