Originally posted by: borisOriginally posted by: LasermanAs someone who spent 5 years risking my own life pulling people out of the water that decided to swim outside the flags and got swept out in a rip, all I can say is people that do that drive us crazy. I've been caught in many rips, Laserman, not once did I need any help out of them.
People, as I'm sure you would know, only need help when they don't know what they're getting themselves into. Kind of like people who get sunburnt (you should know that). Like I said, lifesavers do a great job, but I don't need to use (ie freeload off) their services.
Oh I see now, Your not just throwing bullshit. Your throwing cocky bullshit.
What I find disturbing is the fact that so many people here intend to freeload off the X0 project as an alternative to LD's/DVD's. And the fact I can't even post in fun anymore without being told I'm a troll.
You are a troll.
And yes, I do notice the trails and smearing, especially in ESB - but it still doesn't bother me. I once watched a movie in a cinema, got almost a minute of the picture cut out (the sound still worked)... and had no refund.
What does your theatre experience have anything to do with the GOUT release?
I also think sometimes, you guys are misleading people about the X0 project's quality. I mean, wasn't it you who said the OUT '77 crawl was recreated using CG? AND mverta? I know you guys didn't start the controversy, but still...
For someone who has only seen pictures and short documentary clips you seem to know a lot about the final quality of the film. Please tell me where you get you appearent bullshit.
And what about the issues of sound and video? It's already apparent there's more visible grain on the OUT - this can only mean it's a better presentation then the LD's. I know you're saying that you're cleaning up the video frame-by-frame, however Lucasfilm did this in 1993, and *most* of what you're cleaning up is LD defects, rather than film defects.
Your going to have to explain that first part because it didn't make any sense. About your second sentence, the 1993 restoration was 13 years ago technology has advanced a lot since then so I don't see how anyone can still consider that quality acceptable by todays average video standard.
Yes I'm a critic of this project, I don't think it's a bad project or anything - but I just think that a lot of forum members here are:
1. seeing it as an alternative to the OUT rather than a preservation...
and/or
2. seeing it as being much better then the OUT.
Zion says it's like a hobby for him, so fair enough. But if you, Laserman, are investing thousands of hours and blood sweat and tears to produce something that may at the very very best - be marginally better then the OUT - then I think you really have lost grip on reality. To spend so much time, and so much effort, for so little to me seems futile.
I'm posting here as a critic. The project does have some fantastic points about it, don't get me wrong... I just don't think it would be worth it to me to spend as much time as you 4 have preparing a preservation which is only going to be slightly better then the retail release, at best.
I have a lot of respect for you Laserman, and for Zion, and for mverta. You are all fantastic people, so please don't act as if I'm here throwing insults.. it is not my intention.
