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#78640
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Important news for vegans and women!!!
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/78640/action/topic#78640
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Man, I love a good Thickburger, but after seeing "Super Size Me" last week (and all the excellent bonus features), well, it's gonna be a long time before I eat fast food burgers again. That movie is like "The Jungle" for this century. Now Hardees' food, as horrible as it is for you, still must be a zillion times better for you than McD's. And that thickburger beats the Big Mac hands down tastewise. Plus, knowing that the chain is HQ'ed in North Carolina is just the icing on the cake. The state that invented deep-fried seafood. Mmmmm mmmmm.
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#78637
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Director's Cuts?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/78637/action/topic#78637
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Originally posted by: ricarleite
So his legs and arms are not his?

OK and explain the voice, why dosen't Vader sound anything like Hayden and Shawn, why does he sound like JEJ while on suit? There was no NEED for a voice altering device on the suit...


I think Vader needed a voice processor because speaking through all of that apparatus would have muffled his voice, just like it did to the actor David Prowse on the sets. When you're the commander of the imperial starfleet, it's pretty important that your orders be heard and understood by your underlings. Sounding badass is ancillary.

Plus, Shaw's Anakin didn't have all that strong a voice. Of course, he WAS dying. But when you hear JEJ's processed voice saying to take the mask off, then follow that wish Shaw's Anakin's weak voice, it backs up the case for the need for clarity through the helmet and breathscreen.
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#78574
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***The "SPIDER" Trilogy DVD Info and Feedback Thread***
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/78574/action/topic#78574
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Originally posted by: Spider
I will do it my way on how it gets in the mail. Some people have no idea how much it cost to get into video editting and think that they should not have to pay any thing. No one has to get my set. I do not care if you download it. I'm not made of money. If I get little extra it goes back into video editting.


Now, you can ignore my mailing suggestions and keep jacking up your costs unnecessarily, but don't complain about the expense of the materials, postage or your time. I think we all know how expensive it is, and I don't think anybody here is made of money. You're not alone. I think most of us would agree that it is reasonable to expect to recover direct costs (blank discs and shipping costs).

However, to expect to recover the cost of your components or time on a project for whose intellectual property you don't own is overstepping your boundaries and expectations. LD rips and fan reedits ... these are hobbies, not careers. Reset your expectations and you'll be a lot happier in the end with the response your product gets. Keep trying to profit off of this and the long arm of the law will come and put a smackdown on you ... not to mention you'll piss of the majority of this board. Plus, breaking the forum rules by selling material vs. trading or giving away material is also a quick way to have this conduit rent from you altogether.
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#78508
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***The "SPIDER" Trilogy DVD Info and Feedback Thread***
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/78508/action/topic#78508
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Originally posted by: Spider
The reason I charge is simple I have to rip the DVDa then burn them then stand in line at the post office.


Like any trader does without charging? Try the altruisic approach and actually give your stuff away. I've done this in many cases, not even asking for the cost of postage or discs. IT'S NOT YOUR MOVIE!!!

Here's a cost-saving tip. Wrap all 3 discs in a plain 8.5 x 14 sheet of paper like a Christmas present, and put three stamps on it. Stick it in your outgoing mailbox instead of driving to the post office and waiting in line. That will cover the postage, and the odds of something happening to the discs are quite slim. If so, the amount you will have saved overall when you've shipped several of these will more than cover the cost of shipping out a replacement set for that instance where something gets damaged. Case in point: If Netflix can mail millions of discs a day in plain paper envelopes and lose virtually none of their stock, it's a testament to the resiliency of DVDs and shows there is a more cost-effective way to ship discs in the mail.
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#78332
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Director's Cuts?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/78332/action/topic#78332
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Originally posted by: Warbler
Leo is too short. Remember Vader is a tall guy


A tall guy who is mostly bionic. He could have been Jake Lloyd in that suit and been made the correct height through bionics. The height issue is too easily overcome by the very nature of Darth Vader. He's practically cyborg.
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#78255
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Info Wanted: What other LDs are you all transferring?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/78255/action/topic#78255
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Now if they'd only restore Superman II: The Richard Donner cut. He's publicly stated his desire to do this. And since the new movie is supposed to pick up where II left off (perhaps even suggesting that III and IV don't even exist), it would be even more interesting to see Donner's vision for Superman II. Brando restoring Superman's powers ... that is the greatest scene ever put to paper but left unfilmed.

But I'm pulling us off-topic. Sorry.
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#78249
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Hypocrisy of us at OT fans wanting preservations - but also editing the PT
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/78249/action/topic#78249
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Originally posted by: Bossk
Right now, it's not bootlegging because Lucas has denied the existence of these films publicly. Can't bootleg that which doesn't exist.


Not that I want anybody to end up in court, but I would LOVE to hear this defense argued. Granted, Lucas' lawyer army would probably shoot it down, but it's a great argument. Use Lucas' own words against him. He'd be forced to acknowledge the existence of the works that everybody knows is out there, because millions upon millions of copies have been sold by him officially.
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#78190
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Info Wanted: What other LDs are you all transferring?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/78190/action/topic#78190
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I received Pinnacle Instant CD+DVD suite bundled with my burner. Expression has been a very useful tool for me. I have a miniDV camcorder with firewire out, and Expression controls it nicely. Handles the transport features of the camcorder (rewind, ff, stop, pause, etc) and imports the tape into AVI nicely. From there, it will allow you basic authoring with menus. Sets chapter stops too. A handful of menu templates to choose from.

Not extremely flexible, but perfectly fine for home movie authoring.

Also, check out a freeware application called DVIO. This is a simple freeware video capture program. No features other than straight capture.
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#78139
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.: The Zion DVD Project :. (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/78139/action/topic#78139
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I always think of "bootlegs" as unofficial releases, and "pirates" as unlicensed reproductions of official releases. An analogy in the music world (where the term is more common), if I bought "Frampton Comes Alive" in Best Buy, that would be an official release. If I bought it from some street vendor in Malaysia for a buck, or downloaded it for free off of Gnutella, that would be a pirate. But if I bought "Frampton Comes Alive at the Local VFW" it would be a bootleg. At least, I don't think there are any official sources of Frampton playing at the local VFW. Of course, I could be wrong.
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#78116
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Thought on de-SE'ing the DVD
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/78116/action/topic#78116
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Originally posted by: INv8r_ZIM
What might actually be REALLY useful is if some LD equipped people were willing to make avaiable their raw capture footage of just certain problem areas. I'm thinking the one shot of Han before he fires first in the cantina; the shot of Garrindan which in the OT transitions to Ben and Luke "If the ship's as fast as he's boasting...", but which in the SE has an iris-in on Jabba at the Falcon. That kind of stuff. Just some key parts of shots where it's impossible to use the DVD footage. Nothing lengthy, so as to save on upload time for anyone generous enough to do it.

Bingo. That's exactly what I was getting at. Knowing how meticulous some of you are, I actually think you'll do a more impressive job getting video and audio to match than you're giving yourselves credit.

Heh ... I said "bingo." I should have said "gringo."
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#78111
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***The MeBeJedi feedback thread ***
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/78111/action/topic#78111
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MBJ, while we're on the topic of preservism, you need to re-insert the "cigarette burns" in the upper right hand corner that signifies reel changes. After all, they were in the theatrical prints. And the clock-wipe countdown from eight seconds. That was most certainly seen in theaters in 1977. And, gawd, get rid of that hideous "Episode IV A NEW HOPE" garbage that was put onto the crawl. What is that all about? That wasn't there in '77. I mean, what is the point of calling it the original trilogy if it has any of these pointless fixes in it?

Now that I think back to when I saw it in theaters in its initial run, the reel broke during the scene when the Stormtroopers shot Leia . I think it is IMPERATIVE that you restore the visual of a burning film frame, followed by about five minutes of total silence. After all, that's how I saw the movie in theaters, so it MUST be how it's supposed to be.

Ouch! Somebody help me get my tongue out of my cheek here.
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#78084
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Hypocrisy of us at OT fans wanting preservations - but also editing the PT
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/78084/action/topic#78084
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I hope I'm not hypocritical. I like most of the changes in the SE, including *gasp* the revamped Jabba in ANH. Some parts of it I hate, like Greedo shooting first and Hayden in ANH, simply because they totally obliterate the redemption of two major characters.

That said, I champion the release of the unmolested trilogy in addition to the special editions. Spielberg was wise when he released the original E.T. along with the special edition. He understood its historical significance. Lucas is a revisionist, and hopefully his kids will revolt against him when they inherit the empire. We may have to wait just that long, folks.

I have purchased all five films on DVD legitimately (not to mention countless VHS editions, including Ep I).

I also have seen MF's re-edits and love them. I will likely watch them before watching the official versions, but I have purchased the official versions because otherwise, it would just be wrong to only have a reedited bootleg. Plain and simple.

Soapbox:
In both the cases of the classic trilogy and MF's edits of the prequel trilogy, I am not alone in having certain issues with them. However, I have chosen to do something about those issues, and have been a vocal advocate of action. Bitching for the sake of bitching accomplishes positively nothing, other than sewing the seeds of discord among people who should be united by our love of Star Wars, not divided because of it. Free speech wasn't intended for catharsis of the soul, it was intended to incite action to a cause.

Therefore, in the case of the classic trilogy, I have written letters, and in the case of the actual defects on the disc, provided a guide for other users on this forum to do the same. In the case of MF's BOTF, I didn't like the way some of the subtitles read, just like scores of others. But rather than bitch about them even once, I gave myself a crash course in stream demuxing/remuxing and in subtitle generation. In 72 hours I addressed the same issues that scores of people fussed about, and circulated a dozen copies into existence. Not to revise MF's brilliant work, I was emphatic about preserving his original subtitles on the disc as well. After all, HE did all the work on that re-edit. What I did wasn't rocket science.

I can't stress enough for all of you to write letters to official sources to address your concerns. When the guy from Fox said I'm the only one he's received a letter from, he's either lying, or the rest of you guys aren't pulling your weight for the common cause. It's probably a little of both, but ask yourself, have you done your part?
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#77990
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Thought on de-SE'ing the DVD
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/77990/action/topic#77990
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I had an idea for the more serious and most altruistic laserphiles on the board. Being LD-player challenged myself, sometimes I can still throw an idea out hopefully inspire somebody to run with it. Hopefully this post doesn't break any of the board's rules. (If so, I'll be happy to edit it or have Jay junk it altogether). Can't be any worse than a user selling their projects for cash, which I abhorr.

There are any number of DVD editing tools on the market for the less-savvy video editors. They don't require demuxing and fudging around with the audio, as they simply cut and splice VOBs. The weakness is they cut only on keyframes, as opposed to frame-accurate editing. If somebody (or several somebodies) were to make note of where the keyframes of certain offending SE changes begin and end, and then release "fixes" in the form of matching VOB files to plug and play into those regions, then the Do-It-Yourself process for de-SE'ing the OT could be made available to the great unwashed masses, and not just the seasoned editors. Plus, by having smaller VOB files of just the individual changes available, (a) there would be less bandwith to consume and (b) archivers could actually pick-and-choose which parts they would want to restore. One could argue that this would even fit under the definition of fair use for an educational project (who posted that last week? Great stuff!) since the idea is really about how to make seamless editing around keyframes. Plus, the smaller snippets may very well fall under fair use, since individually they'd fit within the legal time constraints for sampled material.

The key would be VOBs whose beginning and end match the offical disc's keyframes precicely.

This won't solve the entire freakin' rear-channel music being reversed, but it otherwise might help nicely with restoring OT elements into the official DVD.

Thoughts from you experienced editors?