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#250919
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"If you leave now, help them you could..."
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/250919/action/topic#250919
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I think Yoda was making a reference to the midichlorians and the Gungans, not Han and Leia.

Similarly, in ANH when Luke says "I'm never coming back to this planet again." It's not because his aunt and uncle are dead, it's because he hates sand.

See, nobody thinks these weren't plot points in the OT, but you have to look at the dialogue from a different point of view.
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#250710
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SUPERMAN RETURNS REVIEW
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/250710/action/topic#250710
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I need to create better titles than what I've come up with so far. I wish I had the actual software they used to make the titles for SR. Put some proper footage in the background and make them right. I've come up with something that kinda works, but it's extremely chintzy.

I'm more interested in how my cut of SR will turn out. The peeping Tom scene is gonna be gone, gone, gone. I'm just pissed that the Return to Krypton scene won't be included. Perhaps it'll be an easter egg. I keep hoping.
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#250484
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ADigitalMan's Guide to MPEG2/AC3 Editing
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/250484/action/topic#250484
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Templar, if you are synching multiple tracks with the intent of having them as multiple streams, I recommend muting track1, exporting everything, then unmuting track 1, mute track 2, export everything again to new file names, then throw away the duplicate video file. You should have two tracks synched to the same video.

I hope that helps. It sounds like it might address your issue.
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#249503
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Info Wanted: Anyone Planning on making Anamorphic versions using 2006 OUT DVDs?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/249503/action/topic#249503
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1) Launch DVD Decrypter and point it to your disc.
2) Under the "Mode" menu select "IFO"
3) Under the "Input" tab, be sure your main movie (and the appropriate angle, if applicable) is selected.
4) Click the "Stream Processing" tab.
5) Check the "Enable Stream Processing" checkbox
6) Uncheck all the streams you do NOT want.
7) For each stream you DO want, click it so it is highlighted, then check the "Demux" radio button.
8) Click the decrypt button to start coyping your streams.
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#249488
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hot like fire thread
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/249488/action/topic#249488
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Originally posted by: Hot.like.fire

Boys... is it creepy or cute when a girl stalks you cuz she has a crush on you? (and i don't mean the super creepy hiding in bushes, staking out in cars type stalking. I mean the 'running into him in the cafeteria' and "oh hey there didn't see you at the bus stop" type stalking.

Well, it's only stalking if you're following him around campus and bumping into him at the cafeteria every meal. That not withstanding, even Superman isn't above hiding in the bushes.
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#249485
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2004 DVD crap-o-la
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/249485/action/topic#249485
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Originally posted by: Go-Mer-Tonic

5) The new Emperor scene in Empire is entirely better than the old one, dialogue, performance, everything about it is better now.

The opening crawl states Vader is obsessed with Skywalker. He launches thousands of probes across the galaxy to find him and follows his instinct that "Skywalker is with them," launching a full ground assault on Hoth -- based on a picture of a shield generator. He sends the bulk of the Imperial Fleet into an asteroid field after the Millenium Falcon all to find Skywalker. You think it's good dialoge when, after all this, he he is surprised to learn about "The offspring of Anakin Skywalker?" You think, after all this time, expense, and yes, mentioning Skywalker by name, he says "How can this be?" is better than the old dialogue?

What grade are you in again?
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#249294
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Info: Auto-correction from SE colours to GOUT colours (lots of information)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/249294/action/topic#249294
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I'd love to see the results of this ... it would be nice to have both a color-corrected SE and a crystal-clear OUT. I wish I had $5k for the software. These days I don't even have $5 for software.

More than any color correction, I'd love to see Yoda the proper color in ESB. Crappy as the GOUT image is, it is really nice to see Yoda the proper hue again. Funny they could get his CG color more accurate than the original puppet when it came to DVD transfers.
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#249293
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Letterboxed to anamorphic video conversion
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/249293/action/topic#249293
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You'll need to crop off more of the top and bottom, then add the borders back in that separate portion of the script. Forgive me for not knowing the dimensions off hand but I'm sure you can figure it out with a bit of trial and error. Preview the results in VirtualDubMod (came with Gordian Knot) before re-encoding with TMPGEnc. It'll save you tons of time.
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#249289
Topic
Tarkin, The Rebel Base & The Mystery Of The Trash Compactor.
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/249289/action/topic#249289
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Time to let my geek flag fly.

Originally posted by: boba feta
Now there's some things I'm a little unsure of in the Star Wars Universe, and who better to answer my questions than you learned folk. Here's my queries:

1. Is Tarkin actually Vader's superior? It seems to be the case from the initial Death Star scenes.
I think Vader simply respects Tarkin. Like Boba Fett. Vader seems to show respect with those who have the balls to stand up to him.

2. What type of propulsion system powers the Death Star? It seems to get around pretty quick but there doesn't seem to be anything powering it.
According to my trusty copy of Star Wars Technical Journal #2, on the eqatorial trench, opposite the side with the weapon bowl, sits the Hyperspace Motivator Units (123). The Death Star can move in Hyperspace.

3. There's no telling just how long it takes the Empire too find the hidden Rebel Base on Dantooine, but it sure seems to me it takes them a very short time indeed. After all the base is deserted. Wouldn't a deserted base would be a lot harder to find than one that's inhabited.
If this were Trek, I guess there would be tachyon residue or [insert other technobabble here]. Since this is Star Wars, chalk it up to the magical hand of plot device. That or Dantooine is likely both small and desolate, making it fairly easy to locate any technology (like Tatooine, which has, like, five cities).

4. What's the purpose of the Trash Compactor? Surely it's more economic to just dump your trash out into the endless vacuum of space, instead of wasting precious energy on crushing trash.
They probably need to crush so they can dump from a smaller waste port. Otherwise, the waste dump would need to be enormous. Even for a 120km battle station, they need it to be efficient. That, or The Empire recycles. For a kinder, gentler galaxy.

5. Does Biggs actually tell Porkins to eject just before he bites the big one? What good's that gonna do him?

I thought he was saying "Jett" which is his first name, since "eject" never did make sense to me either.

6. What exactly is a parsec, and why use that terminology in SW, after all they do also use minutes, days and seconds.

It's a unit of distance, not measure. It's referred to in Ep II by Padme "Geonosis is less than a parsec away." The Kessel run either involves something that has to be completed in the shortest distance possible, or Han was blowing smoke up Obi-Wan's ass. Debate has raged for years on this issue.

7. Obi Wan offers Han two thousand up front, and fifteen when they reach Alderan. What exactly is the currency on Tatooine, or the Star Wars Universe in general?

In the days of the Old Republic, clearly "Republic credits are no good." But that's to a businessman who stays on Tatooine. Imperial credits are probably just fine to Jabba and/or Han, who deal a LOT in offworld trade.

8. If 3PO was created by Anakin, why does it look like he's mass produced with several other similar bots sprinkled throughout the Universe? Was he a kitset? or did Anakin build the prototype that was subsequently cloned en masse? (I have to admit, I haven't watched much of the prequels so that one's probably slipped by me.)

TC14 is the first protocol droid we see in Episode I, so clearly they're in service already. Threepio, like Anakin's pod, was created by Anakin from scavenged spare parts. Incidentally, Technical Journal #1 had Threepio built DECADES before Anakin came along. It was unfortunate Lucas added this little pointless plot twist. It's more unfortunate that geeks like us pay more attention to detail than the filmmaker.