SKot said:
Okay, I've been unable to post lately or I would have replied to this much sooner...
negative1, you have jumped to a conclusion here that's WAY off the mark. What I'm saying here is that it seems like almost every time we find an item like this, someone who isn't one of *US* (and who usually isn't even sympathetic to our cause) always wins the auction for a ridiculous amount of money. And then whenever they are contacted by one of *US* from this forum about collaborating, invariably they either ignore it or reply that they are not interested in sharing their loot.
You, negative1, are one of *US* (or so I can assume even though you're relatively new, considering that you post here and seem to be sympathetic to our cause). If you're got a lot of money to spend and you manage to win one of these high-ticket items on eBay that we keep hoping someone here will get their hands on, MORE POWER TO YOU!! Because we assume that you will put every effort into sharing or collaborating for preservation's sake. That's what we're all about here.
It's the people who throw away large amounts of money (more than I or many of us on this forum can afford) on rare items like these film prints and then sit on them with absolutely no interest in trying to share or preserve them that I curse. They have the money and the means, but they'd rather hoard it all to themselves. For some reason these kinds of people never seem to join forums like this, maybe because it's not in their nature.
For my own part, I spend a HUGE amount of my own personal time and money trying to make rare things or information available for other people. It's what I am driven to do. Have you ever seen the complete Return Of The Ewok on YouTube or elsewhere online? That was my project. Before the work that OCP and I put into that, nobody was able to see the entire film unless they got lucky enough to have Warwick Davis personally show it to them. I do a number of different websites devoted to sharing rare information and material, a couple of which are Star Wars-related (starwarsholidayspecial.com and my Star Wars cut scenes site). I've been on these forums for a good while now, and have contributed to a number of projects either directly or indirectly. I would appreciate it if you did not question my integrity and dedication to the cause here without researching it first.
You have a lot of enthusiasm and willingness to put your money where your mouth is. That is definitely something we need. And if you want help from the community here to help offset the cost of a film reel or other item relevant to our cause, count me in! Great things have been achieved this way, and this is the kind of thing I live for. Let's work together and put all our efforts into doing what the official sources can't do or won't do.
--SKot
SKot,
i'm glad you answered, and can see we're on the same page,
yeah, you jumped to conclusions (i've been on this board for several years from way back , never posted though)....just like i jumped
to conclusions about you..
let's put it all behind now...and work together for a common cause..
i would like a truce, so we can just continue working on what we care for.
(and no i've never seen any of your projects, sorry, i'm still new at actually getting any of these releases,
as i just now have gotten my own high speed internet connection, and can finally download some of these releases
i keep hearing about)..
ok, hopefully we can move onto the fun part of actually getting the material, and having
something to play with..
later
-1
'may the force be with you always'