skyjedi2005 said:
Do you Think this was a Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope Print, and they just Spliced on the plain star wars crawl?
Is the countdown Leader missing? i have no idea where there would be missing film except at a reel change. Do you think some of it was ate up in your friends projector?
I mean the fox fanfare and cinemascope extension by alfred newman before the star wars theme is intact right? As well as the Lucasfilm and Fox Logos.
Well also the formatting on the crawls between the a new hope and regular star wars versions are different, many that created s sync problem?
I don't THINK an original crawl was spliced onto the front, but now that you mention it, I'll go back and see if there are splices, and if so specifically where. To me, things look pretty consistent throughout. I think films from such vastly different eras (ANH vs original) would look obviously different in terms of their color, contrast, etc. after so much time has passed.
There is a countdown leader which I didn't include on the video I posted.
Everything you mention appears intact - but to be sure I will include the entire front end of the film on my next capture.
Someone asked about the splotchiness in the desert scenes. I noticed that too, and don't know what it is. I hope it's dirt, but I fear it's uneven fading.
It was Columbus Day today and the post office was closed. The gates are packaged, and going out tomorrow morning. It should make a huge difference, even should reduce the grain a little bit.
I should add that "Jaxxon" is actually not a friend - I've never met "him" (or "her") before other than through etherspace. And the films are owned by Jaxxon's friend. So I haven't the foggiest idea what these films have been through in their life and travels. Eventually, Jaxxon may materialize and share more details. For now, Jaxxon is simply, a legendary figure, from a long time ago and far, far away... sort of like Puggo...