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THX 1138 "preservations" + the 'THX 1138 Italian Cut' project (Released) — Page 82

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...Wow!...can't wait for this...thanks so much for all the hard work over the years guys. I can't tell you how it feels years after rediscovering the film on the old Angrysun DVDR from the awful DVD.

I think it will remind me most of the first time I ever saw THX...late at night, sneaking up to watch on the graveyard TCM hour on a school night. Needless to say I wasn't thinking about school the next day!

VADER!? WHERE THE HELL IS MY MOCHA LATTE? -Palpy on a very bad day.
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I've downloaded it and watched a bit. What a great find and the quality is pretty good for a 16mm reduction print. Good idea for taking out the chroma. 

I think I may have found a difference from the original version: when the naked hologram is dancing and THX is erm... Enjoying it, it cuts back and forth to LUH, contemplating taking her meds. Was this always the case? I have only seen the laserdisc and that was almost 10 years ago. 

What’s the internal temperature of a TaunTaun? Luke warm.

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AntcuFaalb said:

Ouch! My spleen is killing me today!

"Take four red capsules. In 10 minutes, take two more. Help is on the way."

         

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Does anyone here know of any LDs with the classic WB Kinney logo (the one used in THX 1138)?

A picture is worth a thousand words. Post 102 is worth more.

I’m late to the party, but I think this is the best song. Enjoy!

—Teams Jetrell Fo 1, Jetrell Fo 2, and Jetrell Fo 3

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DoomBot said:

Does it have to be from LD?

Yes. I want to capture it with my capture chain so that it'll fit nicely into my THX 1138 LD preservation.

It looks like this:

WB!

A picture is worth a thousand words. Post 102 is worth more.

I’m late to the party, but I think this is the best song. Enjoy!

—Teams Jetrell Fo 1, Jetrell Fo 2, and Jetrell Fo 3

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Jonno said:

According to CLG, this film used the same version:

http://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/09293/11270/There-Was-a-Crooked-Man-%281970%29

Other than that you're probably looking at some sort of colour adjustment (e.g. on Dirty Harry's blue background logo).

Wow, thanks!

A picture is worth a thousand words. Post 102 is worth more.

I’m late to the party, but I think this is the best song. Enjoy!

—Teams Jetrell Fo 1, Jetrell Fo 2, and Jetrell Fo 3

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Jonno said:

There even seem to be a couple of copies on Ebay atm. Good luck!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/There-Was-A-Crooked-Man-Widescreen-Laserdisc-Buy-6-for-free-shipping-/131438816693?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e9a5d2db5

http://www.ebay.com/itm/There-Was-A-Crooked-Man-NEW-SEALED-Laserdisc-LD-Kirk-Douglas-/231546682690?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35e941fd42

LOL! I messaged a seller on eBay just before you posted this...

A picture is worth a thousand words. Post 102 is worth more.

I’m late to the party, but I think this is the best song. Enjoy!

—Teams Jetrell Fo 1, Jetrell Fo 2, and Jetrell Fo 3

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Mavimao said:

I think I may have found a difference from the original version: when the naked hologram is dancing and THX is erm... Enjoying it, it cuts back and forth to LUH, contemplating taking her meds. Was this always the case? I have only seen the laserdisc and that was almost 10 years ago. 

Yes, it cuts back and forth between them quite a bit during that scene, in both the 1978 and 2004 re-releases. That's not to say the sequence is exactly the same. I haven't seen this transfer myself yet, short on hdd space. 

I saw one comment over at the Spleen mention the total run time is approximately 85 minutes, is that correct?

We want you to be aware that we have no plans—now or in the future—to restore the earlier versions. 

Sincerely, Lynne Hale publicity@lucasfilm.com

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msycamore said:

Mavimao said:

I think I may have found a difference from the original version: when the naked hologram is dancing and THX is erm... Enjoying it, it cuts back and forth to LUH, contemplating taking her meds. Was this always the case? I have only seen the laserdisc and that was almost 10 years ago. 

Yes, it cuts back and forth between them quite a bit during that scene, in both the 1978 and 2004 re-releases. That's not to say the sequence is exactly the same. I haven't seen this transfer myself yet, short on hdd space. 

I saw one comment over at the Spleen mention the total run time is approximately 85 minutes, is that correct?

I don't know because I didn't remove the duplicated sequences. I'm looking into this now.

A picture is worth a thousand words. Post 102 is worth more.

I’m late to the party, but I think this is the best song. Enjoy!

—Teams Jetrell Fo 1, Jetrell Fo 2, and Jetrell Fo 3

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msycamore said:

Mavimao said:

I think I may have found a difference from the original version: when the naked hologram is dancing and THX is erm... Enjoying it, it cuts back and forth to LUH, contemplating taking her meds. Was this always the case? I have only seen the laserdisc and that was almost 10 years ago. 

Yes, it cuts back and forth between them quite a bit during that scene, in both the 1978 and 2004 re-releases. That's not to say the sequence is exactly the same. I haven't seen this transfer myself yet, short on hdd space. 

I saw one comment over at the Spleen mention the total run time is approximately 85 minutes, is that correct?

 Ah! I remembered wrong then. Thanks for clearing that up. 

What’s the internal temperature of a TaunTaun? Luke warm.

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AntcuFaalb said:

16mm: The renders are done and ready-to-go. I'll have them available either tonight or tomorrow evening.

LD: I've finally temporally aligned all three side1s. I'm working on IVTCing currently. There was a field dropped in the master (i.e., the same field is gone on all three LDs) which causes a cadence break. I'm trying to figure out whether or not I should drop the field or insert an interpolated one.

 Hi! Can I already start looking for 16mm on Usenet? But before I do that as a long time lurker I just want to express my deepest appreciation for what you guys do! :) 

People who alter or destroy works of art and our cultural heritage for profit or as an exercise of power are barbarians, and if the laws of the United States continue to condone this behavior, history will surely classify us as a barbaric society.

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jerclayv2 said:

AntcuFaalb said:

16mm: The renders are done and ready-to-go. I'll have them available either tonight or tomorrow evening.

LD: I've finally temporally aligned all three side1s. I'm working on IVTCing currently. There was a field dropped in the master (i.e., the same field is gone on all three LDs) which causes a cadence break. I'm trying to figure out whether or not I should drop the field or insert an interpolated one.

 Hi! Can I already start looking for 16mm on Usenet? But before I do that as a long time lurker I just want to express my deepest appreciation for what you guys do! :) 

After this weekend, yes.

It's also now available at this mega-cool website I've been hearing about.

A picture is worth a thousand words. Post 102 is worth more.

I’m late to the party, but I think this is the best song. Enjoy!

—Teams Jetrell Fo 1, Jetrell Fo 2, and Jetrell Fo 3

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AntcuFaalb said:

jerclayv2 said:

AntcuFaalb said:

16mm: The renders are done and ready-to-go. I'll have them available either tonight or tomorrow evening.

LD: I've finally temporally aligned all three side1s. I'm working on IVTCing currently. There was a field dropped in the master (i.e., the same field is gone on all three LDs) which causes a cadence break. I'm trying to figure out whether or not I should drop the field or insert an interpolated one.

 Hi! Can I already start looking for 16mm on Usenet? But before I do that as a long time lurker I just want to express my deepest appreciation for what you guys do! :) 

After this weekend, yes.

It's also now available at this mega-cool website I've been hearing about.

Thanks for the tip! But if this is the site everybody has been constantly mentioning around here, unfortunately I've no way to sneak in. Guess I should wait for this weekend to end - what a stupid thing to say though :)   

People who alter or destroy works of art and our cultural heritage for profit or as an exercise of power are barbarians, and if the laws of the United States continue to condone this behavior, history will surely classify us as a barbaric society.

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Listened to the Lucas/Murch commentary the other day and was reminded... If you guys want to see a scary effective digital alteration, check out the 2004 version where the bikers drive through a wall of fumes when they pursue THX at the end of the film. There's no smoke/fumes there in the original film. It's just scary how well you can alter films these days if you want to...

We want you to be aware that we have no plans—now or in the future—to restore the earlier versions. 

Sincerely, Lynne Hale publicity@lucasfilm.com

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I guess smoke is easier to animate than mutant baboons?

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Well, I despise that cut of the film, but that particular alteration always got me... is it just a different take or do I just imagine something is different... I'm just impressed by that shot (original or altered), it's just that what makes me sick about it, is the fact it's so well done that audiences unfamiliar with the original will not see the alteration. That's what scares me.

We want you to be aware that we have no plans—now or in the future—to restore the earlier versions. 

Sincerely, Lynne Hale publicity@lucasfilm.com

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The new numbers on the glass door of the store that THX visits are freakishly believable too.

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Baronlando said:

The new numbers on the glass door of the store that THX visits are freakishly believable too.

Yes, indeed. I had never known about it without seeing a side by side comparison.

We want you to be aware that we have no plans—now or in the future—to restore the earlier versions. 

Sincerely, Lynne Hale publicity@lucasfilm.com

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American Cinematographer
THE SPECIAL EDITION: An Expanded Universe (page 4)
by Ron Magid (1997)
http://www.theasc.com/magazine/starwars/

When Lucas is asked which version he hopes audiences will be watching 20 years from now, his candid reply is a bit Orwellian: "There will only be one. ... because that's what everybody is going to remember. The other versions will disappear. Even the 35 million tapes of Star Wars out there won't last more than 30 or 40 years. A hundred years from now, the only version of the movie that anyone will remember will be the DVD version [of the Special Edition] ..."

                                                                             [cue theme music]

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I think in that mission he will prove, in the end, to have failed.

"Right now the coffees are doing their final work." (Airi, Masked Rider Den-o episode 1)

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jerclayv2 said:

AntcuFaalb said:

jerclayv2 said:

AntcuFaalb said:

16mm: The renders are done and ready-to-go. I'll have them available either tonight or tomorrow evening.

LD: I've finally temporally aligned all three side1s. I'm working on IVTCing currently. There was a field dropped in the master (i.e., the same field is gone on all three LDs) which causes a cadence break. I'm trying to figure out whether or not I should drop the field or insert an interpolated one.

 Hi! Can I already start looking for 16mm on Usenet? But before I do that as a long time lurker I just want to express my deepest appreciation for what you guys do! :) 

After this weekend, yes.

It's also now available at this mega-cool website I've been hearing about.

Thanks for the tip! But if this is the site everybody has been constantly mentioning around here, unfortunately I've no way to sneak in. Guess I should wait for this weekend to end - what a stupid thing to say though :)

No, my hint has nothing to do with how much my spleen hurts. There's no invitation required to experience its pain.

A picture is worth a thousand words. Post 102 is worth more.

I’m late to the party, but I think this is the best song. Enjoy!

—Teams Jetrell Fo 1, Jetrell Fo 2, and Jetrell Fo 3