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20th Century Mark

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#275476
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What You're Reading Now: Revisited
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/275476/action/topic#275476
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Originally posted by: Nanner Split
Has anyone here read "Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd"? I'm a huge fan of the band and am wondering if it's worth picking up (though I'm sure at some point I'll pick it up anyway )

Currently reading "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe" by Douglas Adams and "Code of the Woosters" by P.G. Wodehouse.


"Inside Out" is fantastic! Get it. I got it when it first came out, and had trouble putting it down. It is the best Floyd book I have read. And I've read a lot.

BTW, Roger Waters is touring DSotM in North America again, so if you missed it last year, try to go. Amazing show. Got my tickets today.

PS Powerage is one of my favorites.
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#273577
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The WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED Thread...
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/273577/action/topic#273577
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Top Ten Messages Left On Britney Spears' Answering Machine

10. "It's Bill Clinton. I hear you're confused and vulnerable. Call me"

9. "Hi Britney. Good news -- we now have a revolving door at the rehab center"

8. "Al Gore here. You're contributing to global warming, because your new look is hot!"

7. "It's K-Fed. Who would've thought I'd look like the responsible one?"

6. "It's Melania Trump. Think you and the clippers can fix the mess on Donald's head?"

5. "I'm calling from 'American Idol.' Would you like to replace Paula Abdul as our crazy judge?"

4. "NASA calling -- we think you might be astronaut material"

3. "Carol Channing here. I want my wig back, bitch"

2. "Hey, it's Paris. Are we still sluttin' it up this weekend?"

1. "This is the hair salon -- you left your underpants here"
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#273121
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Info: The Making of The Empire Strikes Back (Michel Parbot)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/273121/action/topic#273121
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Originally posted by: Jambe Davdar
I have just been experimenting with a program called 'File Juicer' which extracts text, video, audio, and picture files from larger packed files such as those found in 'Behind the Magic'.

Whilst searching through the text I came across this:

,"How did George Lucas derive R2-D2's name?","The name originated from the film term ""Reel 2, Dialogue 2.""","He simply repeated common phonetic sounds until he discovered one that he enjoyed.","He found the initials ""R2-D2"" on the back of a stereo system.","The license plate on his first car ended in ""R2D2.""","B. He simply repeated common phonetic sounds until he discovered one that he enjoyed.","In [The Making of the Empire Strikes Back], it is suggested that R2-D2's name was, in fact, derived from the film term ""Reel 2, Dialogue 2."" However, in [The Annotated Screenplays], Lucas corrected the tale and revealed that all of the characters' names were created phonetically to be pleasing to hear and easy to say.

Is this official word that 'The Making of the Empire strikes Back' was indeed released?


I thought of that as well. But maybe they are refering to the book, Once Upon a Galaxy: A Journal of the Making of The Empire Strikes Back (Del Rey, 1980)
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#272685
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Info: The Making of The Empire Strikes Back (Michel Parbot)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/272685/action/topic#272685
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Originally posted by: Creamstick
I'm from the UK, and I'm sure I've seen it - from the description of the bts footage of the fall of the first AT-AT, I'm sure I've seen it. Years ago while in college, I gave a copy of the SPFX doc (which I hadn't watched in ages) to a mate who was studying animatiion - specifically so he could see that piece of footage, and he reported back that the tape I gave him didn't have it. I watched it again to make sure, as I knew for certain that I had seen it in a 'making of' for Empire, and he was right - it wasn't there.

I've been asking people for years if they remember it, and some of them remember it, but none of them can find it in their collections.


Sounds all too familliar...

I know it aired, cause I saw it. However, not many of us did.

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#272117
Topic
Info: The Making of The Empire Strikes Back (Michel Parbot)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/272117/action/topic#272117
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I made this promise in the understanding that it was a special that was never released in any form. If that proves to be untrue or when a lower quality version of this program is already out there I see no reason to hold out on this one.

This has aired before. I have seen it. I had it on tape when I was a kid. I started a thread a looooong time ago asking if anyone else knew of it, but it is long gone. I had convinced myself that I was thinking SPFX, however, I remembered footage that is NOT in SPFX and now after seeing those screen shots, I know I have seen it. I'm not crazy after all! This must be shared!
OK Darth Mallwalker has helped me out... the thread can be see here


Hi 20th Century Mark, it appears you are right

I remember a specific scene showing how they filmed the first AT-AT being taken down using a four foot model. I don't remember seeing that in SPFX.


I have checked the program and there is a section about the fall of the first AT-AT.


Is this proof enough?

I still have heard nothing from thewizard_7 about it.