1) DanielB, your comments are rude and ungracious at best, and divisive, inflammatory and unfathomable at worst. You go on about mverta not being a part of the restoration, when you are not a part of anything - except a destructive force.
2) I have no problem with you hypothesizing weird and wonderful theories about laserdisc players, but when you bag out others who actually have *some* knowledge of how these things work, and have actually spent real time and money and initiative to research *factual* possibilities, it is going beyond what is acceptable really. From your comments you obviously have no idea how an analogue laserdisc player works, and absolutely no concept at all of the internals of an X series player. Suggestions are fine, ideas are fine, but kicking other people's when you actually don't know anything is just not cool.
3) Please get it thorugh your head here that no-one is *really* involved in film preservation here. N-O O-N-E. The AFI has preserved the original films - it is done. These forums are about people trying to convince Lucas to release the OT on DVD and about people trying to get something close to an OT available for the masses if that doesn't work. The laserdiscs are NOT the OT as it was seen in theaters, so lose that notion and do everyone a favour.
I have had a policy of trying to be level headed and reasonable and to attempt to take the time out to answer any questions/suggestions here, no matter how misguided, but I can't deal with the nature and tone of your comments anymore, or the way you hijaak threads like mverta's. Your views are your own and that is OK, but to go preaching them into threads that you *know* are about the work of people that you don't agree with is just warlike and ungracious. These people spend a lot of their own time and money on this stuff because like you they love the films, but unlike you have the balls and drive to try to do something about it - and you shit on them. Its your right in a 'free speech' society, but it is also others rights to be able to do the same to you. That doesn't mean it is a responsible or nice thing for you to do though does it?
I've spent over 5 grand, and who knows how many months/years of my time in the quest to get the OT available in the best form possible (as GL has obviously decided not to), other people have put in similar or greater effrorts, and your posts (whether intentional or not - it doesn't matter, because this is the actual result) make us want to throw our hands up and walk away. They really really do.
It only makes it seem more exasperating when you don't even try to do anything yourself or support others in any meaningful way.
On another note, mybreak from this has made me look at it all again. I was really doing this because I thought there was a massive interest in seeing the OT in great quality on DVD here. (You know, 60,000 signatures and such), but the interest shown by people here has come to the sum total of 3 people (outside of karyudo, zion, adigitalman and mebejedi) that have any interest in the X0 version. I have had a total of 2 offers for financial support.
So it looks like the obsession was mostly misplaced, and mostly mine, and does little in reality than upset people like DB, and keep me away from my family, so I've decided enough is enough, and going on the tiny amount of interest, I don't think it will matter anyway, and my family will be happy to see me at night again.
To the two people that offered support, I'll burn you a disc if and when I ever finish it, and you can have it for free. I may do it in pieces for my own amusement later on, but consider the X0 project closed - I just don't need the grief, and the interest doesn't seem to be there anyway.
To Karyudo, thanks so much for your committment and all your help. I'll be in touch when I get back re our other stuff - it will be much more fun anyway, and we will definately do that stuff.
To AdigitalMan, Mebejedi, Silverwook, Zion and others I have forgotten at the moment. I'll be in contact via e-mail - thanks also for your support, feedback and groundbreaking work. To the two or 3 people that offered help, thank you also it was much appreaciated.
I probably won't be back here, I think the battle is lost, and not many people really care much anymore, or at least not enough to do something practical about it, and to me that is the definition of caring - Taking action that may be difficult/expensive/unpleasant in the interest of something you love.
Goodbye all, and thanks for a wild ride.
-Peter (laserman)
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