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#98002
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Why doesn't Lucas do this?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/98002/action/topic#98002
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Originally posted by: oojason
If we get to see Bea Arthur in The Holiday Special, then I DEMAND to see Shirley Temple inserted into the next incarnation of A New Hope


I think that if GL intends to revise his older works to match his vision of later works, then it is imperative that he drop in Bea Arthur as the bartender of the Cantina. She even get's to utter the line "We don't serve their kind ... your droids. They'll have to wait outside."

Wait a minute ... maybe that WAS Bea Arthur in ANH.
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#97735
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Thought on de-SE'ing the DVD
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/97735/action/topic#97735
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If any of you have the ability to create a crawl, I'm interested in creating a new Episode name and crawl for each of my planned re-edits of Ep I and II. They're not as drastic as the cool stuff MF did, but basically I'm restoring all of the deleted scenes, then pulling back all of the stuff I find gut-wrenchingly bad, without resorting to creating new dialog. I'm going to try, if possible, to preserve the notion that Queens aren't elected and rule for life, like they do in our understanding of the English language. Thus, a rewrite of the crawls is a little necessary too.

I've completed the extended cut of TPM, reinserting all of the deleted scenes but deleting nothing. Straightforward extended cut. I'm planning to make that available too.
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#97522
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Thought on de-SE'ing the DVD
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/97522/action/topic#97522
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If it's not one thing, its another ... so I'm preparing to start on Ep I and SubRip refuses to rip the alien-only track, claiming on each of the subtitle images that each one is skipped because it's too small / too short. I set the program to skip only those below 0 ms, so the durations shouldn't be too short.

Anybody have an idea about this? Or does anybody have a direct subtitle rip of this stream in .srt or .txt format?
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#96738
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Thought on de-SE'ing the DVD
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/96738/action/topic#96738
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I'll be using the playlist feature to accomplish this. I agree, it'll be much easier than seamless branching.

Spent the past few days re-editing AOTC, using a number of MF's edits in TCW as well. My result was a mess though. It looks like it has something to do with 2:3 pulldown, as frames are either being dropped or repeated (I'm not sure which, but I think it's the latter). Gonna take a break for a few days and maybe regroup from scratch. Ugh!
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#96247
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New ROTS Trailer
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/96247/action/topic#96247
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That's when Jack usually eats or goes to the bathroom I think. Even if he's driving along, I think he whips out a granola bar during commercial. Because we've never seen him eat or drink anything. Only this season has he ever gone to the john.

Back on topic, the trailer looks great. But then again so did the trailers for I and II. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me thrice, you must be in marketing or politics.

I like the digital heartbeat at the end. I hope that doesn't become something GL goes back and adds to the OT though to make Vader consistent throughout the trilogy. I won't put it past him.
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#95040
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MagnoliaFan Edits: Ep I "Balance Of The Force", and Ep II "The Clone War" (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/95040/action/topic#95040
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Don't know of any alternatives, but you could do a set. I found those subtitles so perfect that I didn't want to touch them. You could, of course. I recommend using SubRip to OCR the subtitle files into Text. Then you can edit the text and re-generate using the method of your choice. Jar Jar's speech before the senate is so damn good in TCW.
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#95001
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Thought on de-SE'ing the DVD
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/95001/action/topic#95001
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My frustration level with Combustion has completely disheartened me at this point. Such a good product, but the demo leaves the final product useless, and the $$$ is too much for me to bear to fix one shot on one film (the green saber shot) -- so if you are adept with Combustion and have the time to help (I know many of you don't have the time and I understand) here's what I need help with

1) The source video is here and is in M2V format with a .mpg extension. That's the format it needs to come back in.

2) As we determined earlier in the thread, the saber needs to have a travelling matte that follows it, and all that needs to be done is to have the color re-wired to this config:

R <- R
G <- Y
B <- G

The only potential problem is in the couple of frames where the training remote crosses in front of the saber. No idea if the rewiring will noticibly change the remote. Otherwise, it should be a fairly straightforward fix.

Anyway, I know many of you are knee-deep in other project, but any help from you video geniuses would be great.
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#94271
Topic
Hunter S. Thompson commits suicide
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/94271/action/topic#94271
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Sean, you must listen to Alan Handleman, as you took the words out of my mouth. Official cause of death was a self-inflicted shotgun blast, but there was a lot of curiosity about how Cobain died. I ran a two part piece on the very issue. I may even have all my old notes somewhere in storage, but that was a decade ago. Courtney Love's lawyers threatened to shut down my paper. Given that it was a student paper on a state-owned campus, that would have been pretty funny to watch them try. A lot of blustering as nothing ever came of it.

Another great musician/songwriter who gave up hope on himself was Chet Baker. 40's jazz trumpeter if memory serves correctly. Check out the song "Chet Baker's Unsung Swan Song" by David Wilcox. Awesome song trying to imagine the last moments of Chet Baker's life.
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#94038
Topic
Sequels that should never be...
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/94038/action/topic#94038
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The only thing that can save us from Toy Story 3 is if they release it straight-to-video like they do with everything else at the Mouse House. Yeah, it'll still be out there, but nobody will care. After all, we didn't need Mulan II (or I for that matter) but nobody is even wasting the breath on it since it's straight-to-video.

<prediction tongue="in-cheek">
If TS3 does get released, Generation Y will create its own set of forums called OriginalToyStory.com (That's OTS.com for short) and complain about how Disney raped their childhood. Jimb0 will likely join that board and clutter it up in defense of Eisner's creative decisions for the past decade. DanielB, who has never edited a spec of video, will come on and complain about how the second issue of "bloopers" and the digital remastering for the Toy Story 2 DVD are heresy because they destroyed the entire vibe of its theatrical release. Then he'll tell everybody how they can restore it and improve upon it. Then he'll dump all over Toy Story 3, and though they'll agree with his analysis, he'll already be hated by the entire community and be told to F' Off.
</prediction>
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#93849
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Sequels that should never be...
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/93849/action/topic#93849
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Interestingly, this is part of the direction both Brosnan and Dalton wanted to take the franchise, but the Broccoli's aways dork towards the gadgets after one attempted "return to form." They're more concerned with preserving the formula than actually going somewhere with the franchise.

If I could only get the Broccoli's to return my calls and read my treatment I could actually fix a lot of what has come unglued in the franchise. But that's just wishful thinking.

Meanwhile, I'm not holding my breath that they're going to improve the franchise in the next outing. But I'll probably still enjoy the film as decent popcorn-munching fare.

The obligatory list, fave to least fave:

Goldfinger (Is there any other choice?)
From Russia With Love
Thunderball
Tomorrow Never Dies (best-developed and best-cast female characters in the entire series)
Goldeneye (best chase ever!)
For Your Eyes Only
Licence to Kill (best reference to his dead wife)
Dr. No
You Only Live Twice
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (Best ending ever ... if only Connery had done this one, what a movie it would have been).
The Man With The Golden Gun (Best villian ever, worst henchman ever)
The Spy Who Loved Me (great movie, awful soundtrack)
The Living Daylights (ditto. Ah-Hah? WTF were they thinking???)
Never Say Never Again (I do count this one)
Diamonds Are Forever (Redheads are forever!)
Octopussy
Die Another Day
A View To A Kill
The World Is Not Enough (Denise Richards singlehandedly ruins what could have been a perfect Bond film)
Moonraker (Did they even READ the book?)
Live and Let Die (Bond is NOT Shaft!)
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#93738
Topic
Info: Restoration for DVD release of Bambi
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/93738/action/topic#93738
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To further bring this into topic, is the Bambi release integrating the restoration credits into the original credits? Or are they tacked on as a supplement at the end. JC did this with T2 and I think it is a much wiser approach than changing the credits. Special restoration credits are very vital to show the hard work that restorationists put into their work, but by their very nature they should appear as a supplement.

The SWSEs, by comparison, changed the credits substantially, just as they changed the films.