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Well, we do want the letter to be coherent and cohesive. We don't want it to sound like it was written by a bunch of rambling idiots (). Is my old letter to Ebert still around? Maybe we can just adapt that.
"You fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous of which is 'Never get involved in a land war in Asia'."
--Vizzini (Wallace Shawn), The Princess Bride
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Kevin A
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of course bossk, but we could still make it coherent... lets say Jay read it over and tie it nicely together, or have one main letter, and then like a lot of small comments from us...
"The ability to speak does not make you intelligent."
Qui-Gon Jinn (R.I.P.)
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Sorry, I was using "coherent" to refer mockingly to you writing it while drunk.
"You fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous of which is 'Never get involved in a land war in Asia'."
--Vizzini (Wallace Shawn), The Princess Bride
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Kevin A
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kapgar.com
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Of course, we could just bombard Bill and the boys over @ TDB and maybe they'll get the hint.

Princess Leia: I happen to like nice men.
Han Solo: I'm a nice man.

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gee... thanks bossk.
"The ability to speak does not make you intelligent."
Qui-Gon Jinn (R.I.P.)
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When you say grab the list of links, u mean transfer every one of them to http? Or get the emails for each?


HAPPY B-DAY SHIMRAA!!!
I just hate stupid people.

GO JETS!!!!

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i think he meant the http's.
"The ability to speak does not make you intelligent."
Qui-Gon Jinn (R.I.P.)
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Just grab the list of links and post it here so we can all decide if we should pursue the sites or not.
"You fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous of which is 'Never get involved in a land war in Asia'."
--Vizzini (Wallace Shawn), The Princess Bride
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Kevin A
Webmaster/Primary Cynic
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we're still waiting.
"The ability to speak does not make you intelligent."
Qui-Gon Jinn (R.I.P.)
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Damn, I was just going to say that, too.

We're waaaaaiiiiiittttttiiiiiinnnnnngggggg...
"You fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous of which is 'Never get involved in a land war in Asia'."
--Vizzini (Wallace Shawn), The Princess Bride
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Kevin A
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Ok ok....here we go...

A&E
ADV Films (anime)
All Day Entertainment (cult films)
Central Park Media (anime)
Comedy Central (South Park)
Elite Entertainment
First Run Features
Home Vision Entertainment (Criterion/Voyager affiliate)
Lions Gate Films (Trimark)
Kino International
Magna (anime)
Mill Reef (Earthlight)
New Video
Playboy Home Video
Regency
Rhino
Strand Releasing
Synapse Films (cult films)
Tai Seng (Hong Kong)
Troma
VCI Entertainment
White Star Video


Software Links: Audio

COMING SOON


Hardware Links

APEX Digital, Inc.
Audiovox
Faroudja Laboratories, Inc.
Denon Electronics
Hitachi Electronics
Matsushita Electric Corporation of America (Panasonic)
Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America, Inc.
Philips Consumer Electronics (Magnavox)
Pioneer Electronics (USA), Inc.
Samsung Electronics America
Sharp Electronics Corporation
Sony Electronics, Inc.
Thomson Consumer Electronics (RCA, GE, Proscan)
Toshiba America Consumer Products
Yamaha Consumer Electronics
Zenith Electronics Corporation


Other Industry Links

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)
CEDIA
Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)
Daily Variety
Directors Guild of America (DGA)
Dolby Laboratories
DVD Entertainment Group
DVD Forum
The Hollywood Reporter
Imaging Science Foundation (ISF)
Macrovision
Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)
THX
Video Business Magazine
Video Software Dealers Association (VSDA)
Video Store Magazine


Useful Sites

Ain't it Cool News (movie news)
AVS Forum (discussion group)
Dark Horizons (movie news)
DVD Authority (DVD news)
DVD File (DVD news)
DVD Review (DVD news)
DVD Talk (DVD news)
DVD Verdict (DVD news)
CNet (technology news)
Genre Online.Net (reveiews and more)
Home Theater Forum (discussion group)
Home Theater Magazine
Internet Movie Database (IMDB)
Stereophile Guide to Home Theater Magazine
Technology Review (technology news)
Widescreen Review Magazine
Wired News (technology news)
Yahoo News - DVD Search (DVD news)

That is a list of all the links they have, not including the links which had addresses, like 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.
I just hate stupid people.

GO JETS!!!!

Petition signer # 34,865
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nice.
"The ability to speak does not make you intelligent."
Qui-Gon Jinn (R.I.P.)
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I say we focus on all the links listed under Useful Sites. How's that sound to everyone else?

ST3K, do you think you can get us the URLs for those? We love ya, man.
"You fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous of which is 'Never get involved in a land war in Asia'."
--Vizzini (Wallace Shawn), The Princess Bride
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Kevin A
Webmaster/Primary Cynic
kapgar.typepad.com
kapgar.com
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Aint It Cool News
AVS Forums
Dark Horizons
DVD Authority
DVD File
DVD Review
DVD Talk
DVD Verdict
Cnet (I doubt this one)
Genre Online .net
Home Theater Forum
Home Theater Magazine
Internet Movie Data Base (Again, I doubt this one)
Stereophile Guide to Home Theater Magazine
Technology Review
Widescreen Review Magazine
Wired News
Yahoo News - DVD Search (This one too)

What a pain that was
I just hate stupid people.

GO JETS!!!!

Petition signer # 34,865
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take one for the team, ST3K.
"The ability to speak does not make you intelligent."
Qui-Gon Jinn (R.I.P.)
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I did. I should be rewarded...a Badge of Jay! What an honor that would be
I just hate stupid people.

GO JETS!!!!

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Badge of Jay? That would be cool.

Nice job ST3K. I know it's a pain in the ass to copy all those URLs, but we all wind up paying our dues to the site at one point in time or another.
"You fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous of which is 'Never get involved in a land war in Asia'."
--Vizzini (Wallace Shawn), The Princess Bride
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Kevin A
Webmaster/Primary Cynic
kapgar.typepad.com
kapgar.com
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Ok then...what's next?
I just hate stupid people.

GO JETS!!!!

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what happened what did you do trooper
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You should really read back in a topic. There is a list on the previous page.
I just hate stupid people.

GO JETS!!!!

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Let's come up with an e-mail and decide who sends it to which site. Anybody want to tackle the e-mail? I've got one posted on the Roger Ebert thread that would just need a little slicing and dicing and could probably be used pretty effectively. Then we just find an e-mail for the admin of each site and send it there.
"You fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous of which is 'Never get involved in a land war in Asia'."
--Vizzini (Wallace Shawn), The Princess Bride
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Kevin A
Webmaster/Primary Cynic
kapgar.typepad.com
kapgar.com
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are you going to send a chain mail bossk.
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Hey! That is a good idea!! If any of us has a large list of email contacts (friends only though ) we can send out a chain letter that may be able to get a good # of sigs. I'll get the letter u typed & put it in here below; make it convenient...

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Dear Mr. Ebert,

As a fellow film enthusiast and supporter of seeing films the way they were originally intended, it is with regret that I write you this letter.

Several months ago, TheDigitalBits.com -- a website dedicated to informing the web savvy world about upcoming digital audio and video releases -- reported on a story that claims that George Lucas never plans to release the original cuts of the first Star Wars trilogy on DVD. As far as Mr. Lucas was concerned, the original cuts no longer exist because they do not represent the film as he envisioned them in his head. Now, thanks to the technology he has helped develop, he is finally able to revisit his classic trilogy and alter them to his original vision. We saw the first round of changes in 1997 with the theatrical release of his Special Edition Star Wars Trilogy. And, once he finishes Episode III, he plans to go back and make a second round of changes. This final "Super Special Edition", as many refer to it, will represent his ultimate vision and be the version that finally makes it to DVD. In fact, Lucas has even gone so far as to say that he no longer has prints of the original cut of the film.

As you can imagine, there has been a massive outcry against these plans. There has been much discussion about this topic on sites such as Ain't it Cool News and via e-mails sent to TheDigitalBits.com webmaster Bill Hunt as on other sites. One site even sprang up in the hopes of convincing Mr. Lucas that he needs to release the original cuts of the trilogy on DVD. This site, originaltrilogy.com, is an online petition and interactive forum where fans of the original trilogy can go and sign the petition and take part in discussions about these movies, the newer prequel movies, or any other topic that may be mulling in their head.

As of July 31, 2003, the petition has amassed nearly 35,000 signatures from around the world. Visitors to the site and regular contributors to the forum have made a concerted effort to spread word about this site so we can collect as many signatures as possible. Many Star Wars fan sites as well as DVD/Home Video sites have added banners or buttons to their homepages in support of originaltrilogy.com. Video Store Magazine writer Enrique Rivero wrote an article about the site after he interviewed site administrator Jay Sylvester. The July issue of CPU magazine has also run a promo for this site. One of our regular forum posters even wrote an article that was published by his local newspaper - the Hamilton (Ontario) Spectator.

As hard as we've tried, we feel we still haven't reached the masses. Web article readership, while very large, is still limited. Unless you know where to look, what to look for, or get lucky with a search engine, you may never find the online articles or even the site. And, if you don't live in Hamilton, Ontario, you won't have seen this article. This is why we are now appealing to you, Mr. Ebert. Many of us brainstormed in one of our threads what would be the best avenue to take in order to get word out to the largest number of people. We thought about newspapers, we weeded through potential websites, we've even considered developing flyers and asking local theater owners if they would let us post them. Very grass roots, indeed, but you have to start somewhere. That was when we came up with your name. As one of the world's foremost supporters of film preservation and one of the world's most renowned movie critics, we are hoping you can help our cause. And we are certain of your recognizability simply because, as soon as your name was mentioned, everyone in the discussion knew who we were talking about. Regular posters on our site come from the U.S. and Canada, as well as Poland, Australia, and Denmark. And they all knew who you were and have heard or read your reviews.

Mr. Ebert, would you be willing to help us out? The originaltrilogy.com webmaster Jay Sylvester has received word that Lucasfilm Ltd is aware of our site and is monitoring the petition. In our ever optimistic minds, this can only mean that prints of the original cut of the film do exist. Otherwise, why would they bother with our site. We feel they are "testing the waters", per se, or judging the demand for the original trilogy on DVD before they seriously consider spending the money and time to release it and using the "no prints exist" statement as a fallback should the demand not be there.

If we had support from you, be it in the form of an article in the Chicago Sun-Times or a mention on your show, it could mean an incredible boost to our online support and show Lucas that we really mean it when we say we want the movies.

We are movie fans, plain and simple. Many of us grew up watching the original Star Wars movies in theaters or on VHS. We bought the toys, we wore the clothing, we dressed up as Star Wars characters for Halloween. If we were parents of these kids back then, we were likely guilty of contributing to this obsession in some way, shape, or form. Now, many of us who were children of the 1970s and 80s are growing up and having our own families and we would like to be able to share these films that were such an important part of our life as we remember them. Not as Mr. Lucas would like us to remember them. Our VHS copies are getting old and suffering from magnetic fallout or, at any time, could fall victim to an overzealous VCR. If we ruin these VHS copies, we have nothing. All we want is to have a copy of our movies on a "safe" media version like a DVD so we can have them forever.

In closing, a few years ago, the American Film Institute released their Top 100 films list. At number 15, is a film called Star Wars. If you read the official list on the AFI website (http://www.afi.com/tv/movies.asp), you will notice that the name Star Wars is followed by "(1977)".

Thank you in advance,

Kevin Apgar
Film Enthusiast
Star Wars (1977) fan


There. Maybe I'll take it on a little later, but right now I am too tired.
I just hate stupid people.

GO JETS!!!!

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Understood. Take a nap. Thanks for reposting my letter so no one has to go and search it out in the thread. You da man, ST3K.
"You fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous of which is 'Never get involved in a land war in Asia'."
--Vizzini (Wallace Shawn), The Princess Bride
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Kevin A
Webmaster/Primary Cynic
kapgar.typepad.com
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Wow, I just reread my letter and I still like it even after all these months. Almost brought a tear to my eye. Okay, maybe not, but you get my point.
"You fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous of which is 'Never get involved in a land war in Asia'."
--Vizzini (Wallace Shawn), The Princess Bride
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Kevin A
Webmaster/Primary Cynic
kapgar.typepad.com
kapgar.com