big update again:
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bad week for computers? first adywan... now my main
computer had a hard disk error, and i can't reboot, re-install,
or anything....luckily, all my info is backed up... so i had to
restore everything to get it working again, all software, etc...
i ended up using a new hard drive, and starting from scratch,
so i'm back up after about 5 hours.....
i'm seriously considering getting a quad-core, because they're
cheap now (and i can use this as a backup)...but oh well..it can wait..
on another note, my family was affected by hurricane IKE , so
i've been trying to help them out also....they're ok, only my brother
lost power at his house....
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1) whats up with the website?
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don't ask, rob is still busy with work, WHEN he is
ready, we will let interested people know.... i can still update it,
so its current..
2) a personal statement concerning the other films (35mm) -SE-PT
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as far as the other FILMS that i mentioned into looking into,getting,
MOST OF THE PEOPLE ON THIS BOARD CONFUSE ME,
first you act all paranoid that we'll never get the originals restored,
so we should find copies of them...ok, fine, you convinced me..
now, when i talk about getting the SE versions, and prequels to
do the same thing for them, you question it?
where has Lucas/Lucasfilm, etc, EVER SAID There were going to
be high-definition releases? i've never seen it confirmed ... there's
no guarentee, and why should we trust/wait/be burned again...
I WANT ALL OF THEM ...yes, i like the SE and the PREQUELS, it's
NOT A WASTE of money, since i'm paying for it, and THEY'RE INCREDIBLY
CHEAP and available, i don't want to wait 10 years from now, and find
out you can't get the SE versions or the prequels... or that they will
be selling for mega $$$$$$$
uh..... i know there are free versions of the HIGH definition transfers,
of course, i have several different copies of them, but where did they
come from? who did the work? don't you think it could be done better?
don't you think if we get the process down, we can have all of them?
don't you realize THERE ARE CHANGES from the theatrical versions?
sometimes i'm confused by the thoughts of some people on this
board.....why even question the idea of restoration?
BY THE WAY, i never said this was a priority, these all will come
after the OT is done, i think i've stated that several times now..
this is last i'll talk of these prints ... or priorities..
if you think i'm drifting... email me...we'll talk..
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3) the 70mm empire strikes back, yes, its still out there waiting, but
since we can't do anything with it right away, it will have to wait,
it might be a really long time, unless someone comes up with a plan..
cool to look at, but that will be about it..
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4) HUGE , GIGANTIC NEWS , well at least to me...
last week : 9/23/08 i missed the fedex notice from the day before,
or i could have had it one day earlier.....
STAR WARS (1977) SPANISH PRINT arrived ........................................
31 years after i watched it , i now have a full print of it here, just waiting
to be saved/transferred/watched...........................................................
words escape me..... yes, me..... what can you say? what else is there?
it has the original crawl, (no episode 4 here.....)......i've carefully unrolled
a part of it....... now granted, i haven't gone through it fully, or the other
reels, too many things going on.. the crawl part might be a little scratchy,
along with the subtitles for greedo, but the rest look really good..
i was in the middle of doing scans, when my computer went down,
so i'm back working on them again....
at long last, STAR WARS, you have found a home..
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5) i see someone mentioned that a reel was up for sale,
but i couldn't find it, so i guess i missed out on reel 4 of the
other set i have...... oh well......
the english print will be reels 1 (with the episode 4 crawl), should
be getting it next week, reels 5, and 6...... the seller keeps putting
them out one at time...i can't do anything about that,.. however
its working out cheaper for me... i paid a lot for reel 6, but the other
2 were cheap, so i guess the price will even out over all of them..
i'll try to hunt down another reel 4 to complete this... the scans
from reel 5 looked really really good...
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6) the most important news concerning the transfer:
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it will cost about US$2000 or more to get an upgrade on
the equipment to get the transfer done, since it's not a negative,
that's fine, we'll do a test, i don't know how with how many reels,
and i can't give you a timeframe... it will get done...
a more elaborate upgrade for equipment/sofware will cost
about US$10000 or more, and WILL NOT BE DONE unless the
tests are satisfactory....
no idea whether we will do 2 different transfers of the full spanish,
and separate ones for all the other reels or not.....
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later
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