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Team Negative1 - Return of the Jedi 1983 - 35mm Theatrical Version (unfinished project) — Page 18

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towne32 said:

NeverarGreat said:

crampedmisfit1990 said:

mumbles_ said:

I think Jedi is pretty important to preserve considering how butchered the film was with all the special editions. It was my favourite of the three as a child but now I think I like them all just the same.

 I share this opinion, I do not like Jedi any less than New Hope or Empire. In some ways it is my favorite, in others it is not. I always feel like watching all 3 together and feel weird if I only watch one at a time.

I think it would be weirder for me to watch all 3 together. Sounds like a mess ;)

 But only half as much of a mess as this.

 Holy shit.

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pittrek said:

Looks very "soft" and "blurry" to me.

Looks like a lot of digital compression to me, and not anything wrong with the print itself.

I'd assume it's just a "quick and dirty" to see what's on the reel before they scan the whole thing, but I'm sure we'll find out pretty soon.

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team_negative1 said:

Still assembling a new preview version of Jedi. We have a new work drive, you can see we are using 2 of the versions here:

 The whole film? If so, that's very exciting.

edit: Also, is the preview going to be the best of both prints, or just the first one available? 

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And, yes, we will be collaborating with other OT members to get Jedi done.

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team_negative1 said:

As mentioned earlier, there are 2 full prints and 2 reels:

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http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Team-Negative1-Return-of-the-Jedi-1983-35mm-Theatrical-Version-Release-Details-and-Updates/post/781557/#TopicPost781557

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 Oh, right. So when you said preview, did you mean the preview discussed earlier for internal use only? Was becoming hopeful to watch a rough preview of VI sometime before VII came out. :P

As for the cooperation with other OT members, I wonder if this is what Harmy mentioned as not doing redundant work and/or things he can't yet discuss. Perhaps your two projects will converge more than previously thought?

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team_negative1 said:

About collobaration. Perhaps.

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 Sentence fragments.  Poetic.

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team_negative1 said:

Here's one of our versions of Lando in front of the falcon:

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http://i.imgur.com/1jMPnoX.jpg

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 One of the most blaringly bad in your face obvious comps of the film. Hated seeing it on blu. 

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jimjimmyjones85 said:

One of the most blaringly bad in your face obvious comps of the film. Hated seeing it on blu. 

Why on Earth were you watching it on Blu-ray?

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jimjimmyjones85 said:

team_negative1 said:

Here's one of our versions of Lando in front of the falcon:

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http://i.imgur.com/1jMPnoX.jpg

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 One of the most blaringly bad in your face obvious comps of the film. Hated seeing it on blu. 

 Yeah this scene always bothered me.


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yoda-sama said:

jimjimmyjones85 said:

One of the most blaringly bad in your face obvious comps of the film. Hated seeing it on blu. 

Why on Earth were you watching it on Blu-ray?

 I;m not sure what you mean. 

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jimjimmyjones85 said:

yoda-sama said:

jimjimmyjones85 said:

One of the most blaringly bad in your face obvious comps of the film. Hated seeing it on blu. 

Why on Earth were you watching it on Blu-ray?

 I;m not sure what you mean. 

 I'm guessing because the official blu rays suck.

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stretch009 said:

jimjimmyjones85 said:

yoda-sama said:

jimjimmyjones85 said:

One of the most blaringly bad in your face obvious comps of the film. Hated seeing it on blu. 

Why on Earth were you watching it on Blu-ray?

 I;m not sure what you mean. 

 I'm guessing because the official blu rays suck.

 But whos' watching the official blus when we have Harmy ? 

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jimjimmyjones85 said:

stretch009 said:

jimjimmyjones85 said:

yoda-sama said:

jimjimmyjones85 said:

One of the most blaringly bad in your face obvious comps of the film. Hated seeing it on blu. 

Why on Earth were you watching it on Blu-ray?

 I;m not sure what you mean. 

 I'm guessing because the official blu rays suck.

 But whos' watching the official blus when we have Harmy ? 

That's true... I'll keep watching Harmy, no matter how uncomfortable he gets.

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Laserschwert said:

That's true... I'll keep watching Harmy, no matter how uncomfortable he gets.

I watch a life-sized Harmy-doll I've made.  That way it won't make him feel uncomfortable at all.

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I like to add support for this project! (and by support obviously I mean childish impatience)  This is actually my favourite of the three, for admittedly not very good reasons.  The clips and screenshots look incredible.  If this could be the next release I don't think you'd hear many complaints, but I totally understand SW is your priority.  It seems like you don't plan a Grindhouse because the prints are better than ESB.  Sounds fair, although, just having watched the ESB grindhouse I would be very excited to see Jedi unstabilized and with scratchy reel changeovers - The imperfections in the print go a long way to recreating a theatrical feel and aren't in the least bit distracting- it's what we miss about going to a cinema right?

Anyway, please don't mistake impatience for ingratitude.  It's a phenomenal project and we all owe you a pint! - I'm very happy that I've just seen Empire in its best state since the 80's (with the exception of Harmy's excellent edit!)

If I can help by commenting on samples I will- BTW Vimeo with a password would be nicer than DailyMotion - if it's just as easy for you, and the rest of the forum agree.

Thanks for the awesome work!

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CatBus said:

Laserschwert said:

That's true... I'll keep watching Harmy, no matter how uncomfortable he gets.

I watch a life-sized Harmy-doll I've made.  That way it won't make him feel uncomfortable at all.

 I think I saw you on HBO once.

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TV's Frink said:

CatBus said:

Laserschwert said:

That's true... I'll keep watching Harmy, no matter how uncomfortable he gets.

I watch a life-sized Harmy-doll I've made.  That way it won't make him feel uncomfortable at all.

 I think I saw you on HBO once.

CatBus and the Real Harmy?  Yeah, that was me.

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That wasn’t HBO, that was my public access show! And I thought the Zorro mask would preserve my anonymity…

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Although not the most sought after of the original trilogy, still holds a lot of sentimental value… i recall viewing this film for the first time with my father and uncle… great memories… the work you are doing is fantastic and i am patiently awaiting the completion of all three films. I was initially brought up on the prequels as they were the first that i was around for (unfortunately so) but i do believe nothing will come close to the theatrical releases.

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I don’t know if Team Negative 1 has a print of the special edition theatrical already, but there is a full 7-reel print of Return of the Jedi SE (1997) on a well-known auction site, ending in less than 2 days.

We haven’t been staying away so much as not coming here. -Ron Nasty