Hello, I’m Julio from Puerto Rico and, like most of you, I experienced the original in the theaters of their time.
I’m very fortunate to have a father who loves movies, sci-fi, and adventure…with a crunchy dose of horror too. He’s simply a fan of this kind of entertainment and transfered that to me, too efectively.
In 1977 there was only one theater capable of providing the full impact of these films, The Laguna Gardens UA 150.
Think of it as an old styled IMAX, but in a larger space; back then the screen was much wider than taller, so the seat area didn’t have that much inclination.
It was built for Cinemascope with 150 degrees of screen and 3000 watts of Sensurround; the rear combo subs were about 10’ tall and 6’ wide. They did make the seats tremble.
Legend states that when testing the system, some acoustic tiles just flew off!
Yes, that’s how I experienced it, along with every other high impact film, and of course all of Star Wars up to the special editions.
I told a friend that I was ashamed of doing away with my original VHS tapes; these could’ve been easily transferred to digital with a good service. Luckily, we have originaltrilogy.com!
Someone sent me an article on Despecialized and I started to follow up on this.
Haven’t downloaded, because I didn’t want to transfer to disc or use the computer. But recently, I tested some 4K HDR files with a hard disk connected directly to my blu-ray player, and works very smoothly.
For extra motivation, my girlfriend haven’t seen the original trilogy, but after a Star Wars concert this past weekend (it was awesome!), she would like to see them.
So, yes, this is the moment to get them and see how they do with my setup.
