team negative1 - star wars 1977 - 35mm theatrical version (Released) — Page 11

the new blog's coming along..

we're still testing some things out:

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one of the main things is the optional

donations..

the team knows there are plenty of

people that have been asking how they

can help, or what can they do with

providing their time, equipment, and expertise,

along with finances.

we felt that we could be 100% 

self funded for the majority of the work.

and we have been.

i'm not requesting any of it,

or need it personally.

but for the sake of the other team

members. we felt that making it an

option to offset some of the hardware

upgrades and the time spent will be

worth it. it WILL help speed up the

process towards completion and

also for finishing the future projects

we have planned out for the rest

of the trilogy, and more!

again, this is completely optional.

we'll still keep working on the project

regardless, and we know that anyone

that is interested will stick with this

just for moral support and encouragement.

but if you  know you want to help out,

and you can, there is a means to do that now.

the blog

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we have implemented a new 

commenting system (through disqus).

which is a lot more advanced than

just simple replies and nested ones.

you can star favorite comments,

AND just like most current blogs,

you can upvote and downvote

comments based on your opinions.

that way, even those people that

don't have anything to say. or just

feel that someone else has a good

thought, can put a +1 or -1 vote

on it.

WE HAVE NEVER had trolls, spam,

or disrespectful comments on our

boards.

that doesn't mean that we don't have

disagreements, difference of opinions,

or have posted wrong or misleading,

and maybe unclear thoughts before.

but, we want to encourage even 

more feedback on comments, and

also have a better idea about what

people think.

enrollment

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we had about 60-75 active members

on the last blog.

we're shooting for maybe the same or

if we push it maybe a 100. there shouldn't

be a limit this time around.

also, it's not just a numbers game.

we want people to particpate like they

did last time. i know more than half of

the people made efforts to participate.

we want to see more of that.

why no facebook, twitter, etc.

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sorry, none of us use those,

so unless there's a clear advantage to

them, i don't forsee it happening.

what about privacy, security, etc

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we expect the same amount of privacy

and courtesy as last time. 

by all means, please show your friends,

and tell them about this. but don't post

the material on youtube, vimeo, etc.

in any case most of those sites just

flag them for copyright violation and take

them down regardless at times. (not sure

about private links).

if you create derivative works from unfinished

screenshots,videos etc. you can share them

over there. but please don't post those publicly

elsewhere either.

as far as news regarding the fate of

the raw files, and distribution. that's

still left in undecided status as it's 

become more of a low-level priority

over finishing the project and

handling that first. in all likelihood

it will be available on a very limited

basis at our discretion.

comments and thoughts

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likewise, whatever discussions and comments

are made there.. (unless they reference public

OT.com ones).. will stay there.

there will be some crossover about milestones

and other other events. but details, pictures,

and other information, should never be mirrored

or brought up here.

i think this has been the standard for most preservation

projects of this nature. and we used a standard

set of rules also when you joined last time.

there will be a new one for this site to.

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final thoughts and questions.

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if you want to know something specifically

that isn't addressed here. please ask.

we'll get back to you promptly.

later

-1

Thanks for the update, -1. We're all looking forward to seeing what's next! :-)

FekLeyrTarg said:

I agree with AntcuFaalb. :)

 

Btw what about subtitles? Are there plans to include them, too? If you wish, I can contribute the subtitles of my german GOUT DVD to this project. The subtitles it includes are in English, Spanish and German and there are also german subtitles for hearing impaired people.

at this point there won't be any official subtitles

that i know of.

however, much like a lot of things, we know people

here will be adding their own soundtracks, subtitles,

and other features to customize their own versions.

later

-1

Given that -1 & Co. just want to do a pretty barebones release, might I suggest we form some kind of project to do a more complete release?

EDIT: Actually maybe that's just DeEd v3

EDIT2: By which I mean that DeEd v3 will probably use this source when it's superior to other sources, but not when the Blus are superior, and will already have all the sound mixes and subtitles. So... never mind?

dlvh said:

Hey fellows,

I know this may be premature, but seeings Disney now owns Lucasfilms (Star Wars), are project like this one (and others) going to be stopped by the Disney lawyers? In other words, does this site have limited days?

Is there now a need to speed-up projects such as these, without sacrificing quality? I hope not, but I'd hate to lose these projects you'all worked so hard on.

From,

A concerned citizen

I agree. It may be worthwhile to get IV-VI out the door warts-and-all (at 2K) before it's too late.

Someone else (or even the original team) can pickup from there to do the restoration work.

I don't mean for this to sound entitled, so please don't interpret it as such. I'm just worried about the future of this project and our entire community, for that matter.

i know about the news.

but really, how does this change anything?

we're still working on it.

and we'll have our private blog anyways.

even if we didn't have that. we're still

posting updates here.

i see no reason for anything to change,

or rush, or put out anything that's not done

or finished as we planned it.

later

-1

ok people listen up!

we're in the final phase of testing the blog.

it's almost ready to go.

we're going to open it up very soon(TM) now..

so what we'll do is alert people via email

first, for those that were already on the boards.

THEN, we'll open it up to the OT boards.

don't worry, we'll get to everyone.

it's just easier this way.

because, i don't have a lot of space for the PM's

and it will be easy to be flooded and people

will get frustrated. (which will probably happen

anyways).

if we do this in an orderly fashion, it will work out.

and don't worry, you're not missing out on any

super-secret things just yet (ha ha)...

we'll make sure as many people are on board,

before we start making announcements like that.

and of course, we'll be checking back here, so

that news stay's there.

i have an AGREEMENT that you have to OK before

signing in. it's no big deal. but if you break those

rules, like re-posting stuff, or making private stuff

public, you won't be around long.

we had a lot of fun last time, and learned A LOT

of information (maybe TOO MUCH!)....

so we're looking forward to a big kick-off,

there's a lot of stuff to discuss as always,

and we're looking for a lot of participation.

i'm hard on lurkers, and if you want to lurk,

why are you there? we even have voting

on comments now, so you can't use the

'well he said what i was going to say' excuse.

if you don't want to comment, and just see

the final product. we'll post updates here,

so you can just check back for a notice when

we are done.

thanks for all the support. we look forward

to seeing a lot of you over there...

may the force be with you!

later

-1

Sounds exciting, -1! I'm looking forward to my e-mail!

yeah, hopefully people's emails haven't

changed or they won't get the notice.

later

-1

negative1 said:

yeah, hopefully people's emails haven't

changed or they won't get the notice.

 

later

-1

It's still the same for me. :-)

ok, mark your calenders for Sunday Nov 4, 2012

we hope to kick things off, and get people

going with the registrations.

if you don't hear from us. DON'T PANIC.

we'll take care of everyone.

ANY PM'S ASKING ABOUT STATUS WILL BE IGNORED.

we're not ready yet for general admission yet.

this is just to let people that were on the previous

blog have a chance to get a login and password

setup first.

once that's working, we'll let the rest of you know

when you can join up

we apologize for the delay, as the storm here recently

threw off our timetable, as we should have been up

last week.

we are only starting out, so don't don't expect much

yet. however, we have a lot of stuff planned, and there

will be timely updates with REAL information, media, etc.

we'll also be trying to archive our vimeo videos, and

soundcloud audio stuff, in case you missed out on all

that. so there will be stuff for people that haven't been

keeping track.

see you there, and look forward to the new discussion

over there.

see you later OT!

it's been fun!

later

-1