SilverWook said:
The Japanese LD is the same print source, but it's hard to say for sure it's better than the U.S. release. It's a little disheartening I can see more fine detail in what erri_wan sent me.
I'm still waiting on that Betamax tape to show up.
I probably won't be able to send anything out to msycamore until next week. After Thanksgiving and the first weekend of holiday madness here has passed. Wish I could play "Buy More! Buy More Now!" over the P.A. system at the mall. ;)
I guess we will need a side by side comparison of the LD transfers to know for sure. No problem, SilverWook, take your time and buy more, buy more now. ;)
SilverWook said:
Interesting things keep popping up on ebay.
Some nice sets of stills
http://cgi.ebay.com/Thx-1138-23-Stills-George-Lucas-Star-Wars-Set-/130459132058?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e5ff8609a
http://cgi.ebay.com/Thx-1138-28-Stills-George-Lucas-Star-Wars-Set-B-/130459132244?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e5ff86154
The original pressbook. I've been intrigued by these things ever since Criterion put one on the Robinson Crusoe on Mars Laserdisc.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Original-1971-THX-1138-Pressbook-10-pages-no-cut-outs-/400176306652?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5d2c5dd9dc
And this one just made me crack up. I'll let you figure out why. ;)
http://cgi.ebay.com/George-Lucas-THX-1138-Vintage-1971-/390260122272?pt=FR_SK_dvd_Photo&hash=item5add50e2a0
Nice finds. I have that Pressbook scanned, unfortunately only three pages of it but it's the most relevant part, the small interviews with the cast. I can post them later, so you all can read them. Either I'm blind or stupid but I cannot see what is funny about the last one?