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#227886
Topic
Star Wars prequel Box set
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/227886/action/topic#227886
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^ ^
And there's the rub: Nobody really gives much of a damn about the prequels to complain about the lack of an O-PT. Hell, many of us who support the preservation of the O-OT have gone all out re-editing the PT to our own satisfaction. (Granted, I've done that to the SE as well, but that's only academic. The O-OT is my first love and desperately needs a proper release.)
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#227885
Topic
Superman Returns Discussion - SPOILERS
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/227885/action/topic#227885
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Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father
This thread is for people who have seen the movie and want to discuss it. There will be spoilers, so if you haven't seen it yet, stay away.

So.....

Superman has a kid?!
I said it before: "Surgeon General's Warning: Sex Causes Children"

And why does his kid look about 7 when he's supposedly been gone for only 5 years?

He's either been raised on the same kind of milk that John Conner was raised on in T2, or it might be that his dad was 6'4". Take your pick. My kid looks at least a year older than his peers and he doesn't come from tall stock.

And why does Superman get beaten senseless by Lex and his cronies on the Kryptonite island, but about 20 minutes later he is able to through the island, pick it up and fly into space with it? Sure, it landed him in hospital, but he shouldn't have even been able to lift that thing, let alone fly.

I think this was total dramatic license that worked for me. Simple mind over matter. Most of the Kryptonite was yanked out of his back by Lois (only a small shard remained ... the difference between a human being stabbed with a poison blade or poked with a poison-tipped needle I suppose). He realized the great importance of what he needed to do, flew up to the sunlight to "recharge his batteries" and then did what he needed to do to save the world. After that he collapsed in a heap. And what saved him in the very end? Lois telling him that, yes, the kid was his. There's no science in that, but it makes for great drama.

These weren't the problems I took issue with. These were decent plot points. The suit, the super-stalker, and the casting of Lois were all that really bothered me.
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#227602
Topic
ADM's 'Dune : The Reconstructed Workprint' (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/227602/action/topic#227602
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Sorry, I only gave half of the info before. The capture to BMP is actually done in VirtualDubMod. Instead of saving the images as AVI, you can save as a sequence of images. Then you can reassemble a series of images in TMPGEnc when you load. Photoshop is done in-between those steps. There are probably much better tools that do this without modifying individual images by hand, but I don't have them.
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#227416
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SUPERMAN RETURNS REVIEW
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/227416/action/topic#227416
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That's what they get for marketing a PG-13 movie to kids. They WISELY scaled back on Batman merchandising last year, and kept toy licensing far from their minds when making the film (something Schumaker couldn't resist). Even Harry Potter is reworking their licensing deals to tie in with more mature stuff as he gets older (and as the stories get darker).
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#227296
Topic
SUPERMAN RETURNS REVIEW
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/227296/action/topic#227296
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Having just watched Superman III, I'm amazed at just how much the new suit looks like Bad Superman's suit in that film. That's the worst part of the magenta. It just looks like Bad Superman.

I love how virtually every poster and promo shot had his suit color corrected to the more traditional red. The marketing guys knew this color was a bad idea.

I don't get how Singer continually says "If you're making a Superman movie, don't be afraid to make a Superman movie." He specifically talked about not overly modernizing the character or the classic elements. Then he screws up the suit. I, for one, found the suit to be the #1 biggest detractor of the film. The Super-Stalker scene was probably #2. Parker-Posey-Should-Have-Been-Lois was #3. After that, I thought the film was good enough.

Edit: Though I have to say, the superboots would merit not even needing normal shoes. They'd just look like cordovan loafers under a business suit. I wanna know how Supes hid the good ol' red boots all these years.
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#226763
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The R.I.P. Thread
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/226763/action/topic#226763
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RIP Robert Howell Brooks.

For the record, this man was not some sleazy guy. Yes he gave the world Hooters (the restaurant chain), but he also ran the Eastern Foods conglomerate, which includes the Naturally Fresh food line. He was a philanthropist, donating millions to the improvement of sports and fine arts programs across South Carolina. Sure, he built football stadiums and bought jumbotrons for football programs, but he also built one of the great fine arts centers. He even developed a collegiate major for motorsports engineering (yep, NASCAR is a college major now). He was considered one of the south's finest entrepreneurs.

Mr. Brooks, your mark on business will be remembered as a positive one. You will be sorely missed.
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#226280
Topic
SUPERMAN RETURNS REVIEW
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/226280/action/topic#226280
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I still think you'll be happy with the Donner Cut of Superman II when it comes out. There's a difference between camp and comic relief. Superman I mostly had comic relief (Otis and Lex pushed the envelope towards camp). The rest of the Reeve movies were chock full of camp, but that was due to Richard Lester's influence. I think the Donner Cut of II will get back towards less camp and more comic relief. At least, I hope.

I just finished watching III and IV for the first time in ages (IV was the first time since the '80s when it debuted on video) and I didn't remember just how wretched they are. The FX in IV are so positively miserable. I was toying with the idea of editing the two into one good movie, but I don't know if it's possible. I'd like a story that interweaves Lex & Nuclear Man with Clark's return to Smallville, the Lana angle, and the whole split personality thing (which I'd have caused by Nuclear Man's scratch). But between the bad FX and Nuclear Man's scene chewing, I just don't know if it's worth the effort. The goal would be to cut out the whole Gus Gorman plot and the whole Mariel Hemingway plot, if possible.

Funny how she can breathe in space.