ADigitalMan

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Post: #155520
Topic: Was that really the first Death Star in ROTS?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/155520/action/topic#155520
Time: 16-Nov-2005 12:49 AM

I think the Great Schism between Orthodoxy and Catholocism started off with rancor such as we've seen in this thread. Fruitless debates over interpretation. Star Wars shouldn't suck so much joy out of so many lives. Sheese.

Post: #155513
Topic: BEAUTIFUL WOMEN NEW RULES IN FIRST POST (NSFW) UPDATED RULES
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/155513/action/topic#155513
Time: 16-Nov-2005 12:31 AM

Now I have learned Victoria's Secret. It's not so secret any more.

Post: #155472
Topic: Episode 3: Fan Editing Ideas Discussion
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/155472/action/topic#155472
Time: 15-Nov-2005 8:08 PM

Welcome aboard. It sounds quite challenging, but likely worth it. It's possible just to remove Boga's sound in the mix without having to remove all the visuals. As for the other stuff, that is a huge challenge, but if it could be done ... woah!

It almost might be worth keeping Padme's funeral intact to put forth the notion that she faked her own death.

Edit: If you could grab the shot of her from Ep II on Naboo after Anakin's nightmare and superimpose that into Alderaan, you might have something huge.

Post: #155396
Topic: THE FAN EDIT CONTEST HAS A WINNER !!! REVIEWS IN OFF TOPIC FORUM
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/155396/action/topic#155396
Time: 15-Nov-2005 3:01 PM

I had fun with "le menu." My menus are grossly simple but with Hannibal (and with Austin Powers too) I had a lot of fun coming up with silly spins on terms and whatnot.

Post: #155320
Topic: BEAUTIFUL WOMEN NEW RULES IN FIRST POST (NSFW) UPDATED RULES
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/155320/action/topic#155320
Time: 15-Nov-2005 9:24 AM

Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab

Er.. Not Work Safe
Nor this one

*sigh* ... all I see is the host's logo on these two.

Post: #155312
Topic: Changes you want (or don't want) to the 2007 archival editions
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/155312/action/topic#155312
Time: 15-Nov-2005 9:09 AM

Artifact from the future: In a hidden easter egg on the 2007 DVD, there is a scene that mimics the "book burning" scene from IJ and the Last Crusade. Lucas has trimmed his facial hair down to a tiny mustache and is surrounded by kids in brown shirts. Mostly they are ILM employees and posters on TF.N, but it's easy to tell that they've been multiplied in ILM computers to make them look more plentiful than they really are. They are seen burning heaps of bootleg O-OT DVDs, Laserdisc sets, old VHS copies, and even the old film stock. "Der Lucas, Der Lucas" they all shout out with arms extended straight (though their voices have all been replaced by Temura Morrison). A close up of Lucas' irises show them turned to red and orange.

Post: #155310
Topic: The future Star Wars TV series
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/155310/action/topic#155310
Time: 15-Nov-2005 9:01 AM

I would love to see a plot where the focus on the enslavement of the Wookiees. By learning that they helped Yoda escape, there is a concrete reason why Palpatine would want that entire planet enslaved. I'm not sure what the EU stated as a reason, but that would be a plot well worth getting into.

Post: #155190
Topic: The "ADigitalMan Special Editions" DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/155190/action/topic#155190
Time: 14-Nov-2005 9:28 PM

That sounds like a sensible approach Trooperman. I look forward to what you can pull off.

Post: #154940
Topic: The "ADigitalMan Special Editions" DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/154940/action/topic#154940
Time: 14-Nov-2005 11:11 AM

Glad to see you back here oojason!

Post: #154923
Topic: The "ADigitalMan Special Editions" DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/154923/action/topic#154923
Time: 14-Nov-2005 10:35 AM

Hal 9000 hit the nail on the head. I actually used these wipes some in Austin Powers where I could get away with it, but they look worse than hard cuts for something like Star Wars. But you are right, Doc, in that it will just re-encode the regions of video where change has been applied. It's always sensible to cut just the changed frames into their own region as a result, limiting the re-encoding to the smallest amount possible.

Post: #154722
Topic: The "ADigitalMan Special Editions" DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/154722/action/topic#154722
Time: 13-Nov-2005 2:47 PM

It's mostly due to an inability to do them with the software I use. My purpose in using Womble is to not re-encode the video, though I'd definitely like to do soft wipes if I had the ability. After all, there are the rare spots where I perform a fade of one sort or another. (There's in in AVITF; look for one in ROTS as well).

I figure when I make the super-mondo version in hi-def MPEG-4 (whenever that screwed-up set eventually releases), I'll make the point of figuring out the soft wipes. By then the encoding technology should be so much better that it won't noticibly degrade the video quality on re-encoded sections.

Meanwhile, feel free to "wipe-em" if you can do it. I'd love to know how to do it myself.

Post: #154358
Topic: Moustapha Akkad killed...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/154358/action/topic#154358
Time: 11-Nov-2005 9:24 PM

I saw Halloween when I was way too young on broadcast TV. Scared the pants off me then, and it still does now. Not being a slasher fan, it's the only film in the genre I own, and yet I can rarely bring myself to watch it because I'm creeped out for days afterward. But it's more Psycho than Nightmare on Elm Street, leaving the vast majority of the fear to your imagination.

Edit: But this isn't a thread about Halloween, it's a thread about the man who brought us the entire series, and his tragic loss. I have to respect the man.

Post: #154357
Topic: Watching in order 1-6 is screwing up the original SW for newcomers!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/154357/action/topic#154357
Time: 11-Nov-2005 9:20 PM

Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
Responding to someone's post line by line? I seem to recall that being someone's pet peeve as well. Interesting.

There's an actual term for this. "Fisking." wikipedia definition is here for anybody interested.

I'm going to refrain from making judgements on it, as I'm often guilty of it myself.

It is nice to see an intellectual SW thread again.

Post: #154350
Topic: BEAUTIFUL WOMEN NEW RULES IN FIRST POST (NSFW) UPDATED RULES
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/154350/action/topic#154350
Time: 11-Nov-2005 9:05 PM

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Post: #154346
Topic: Moustapha Akkad killed...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/154346/action/topic#154346
Time: 11-Nov-2005 8:52 PM

I just read this myself. What happened in Jordan is heinous, and Moustapha Akkad is a name that more will recognize than one may think. After all, the Halloween films are part of our culture in the states, transcending the horror film subculture.

Rest In Peace.

Post: #154254
Topic: Reasons to hate the Special Editions
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/154254/action/topic#154254
Time: 11-Nov-2005 4:18 PM

Revisionist history.

Post: #154095
Topic: The "ADigitalMan Special Editions" DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/154095/action/topic#154095
Time: 11-Nov-2005 12:35 AM

Originally posted by: InfoDroid
How do we get put on the pyramid for III?

If you were, you are.

Post: #154089
Topic: The "ADigitalMan Special Editions" DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/154089/action/topic#154089
Time: 10-Nov-2005 11:38 PM

Original post updated with Episode III. It is now complete. Details are in the first post. Let the fun begin!

Post: #154012
Topic: spider-man 3
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/154012/action/topic#154012
Time: 10-Nov-2005 4:00 PM

Kill off Mary Jane. Please.

Post: #154011
Topic: BEAUTIFUL WOMEN NEW RULES IN FIRST POST (NSFW) UPDATED RULES
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/154011/action/topic#154011
Time: 10-Nov-2005 3:59 PM

Originally posted by: Han Solo VS Indiana Jones

Joanne Whalley (the former Mrs. Kilmer)

Don't forget, she was one of the groupies in Pink Floyd: The Wall.

Post: #154010
Topic: Return of the Jedi + Revenge of the Sith = one amazing movie!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/154010/action/topic#154010
Time: 10-Nov-2005 3:53 PM

Originally posted by: Invader Jenny

Yeah, I was watching ESB the other day with my aunt and she asked "So how does Luke feel that Dagobah is familar since he's never been there."

See, I never had a problem with this line. Luke got a familiar feeling right as Yoda was right behind him for the first time since he was a baby. Some of you are fishing for plot holes where they don't exist.

Post: #153939
Topic: Election Day.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/153939/action/topic#153939
Time: 10-Nov-2005 9:48 AM

Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
Who says the New Republic is left wing? They pretty much have a state religion (the Jedi) and are more a collection of local governments than a powerful central government. The entire story of Star Wars is about getting rid of a corrupt central government and moving to one that DOESN'T try and control what people think.

Wait, I'm confused. The right wing isn't building up record government spending and isn't trying to control what people think?

Post: #153935
Topic: What the Hell is Going on in France?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/153935/action/topic#153935
Time: 10-Nov-2005 9:43 AM

Have we forgotten our more recent bout of looting and rioting in the U.S. ... the aftermath of Katrina? While there is no excuse for a man without power stealing a HD television, it was equally insane for N.O. police to be opening fire on those stealing perishables and diapers. It is no solution to say "zero tolerance" and "open fire" against rioting civillians and ignore the root causes of the problem.

The situation in France is very similar to what happened in New Orleans. Classism and poverty have stretched the lower end of the spectrum to its breaking point. Whether it is a hurricane or the electrocution of two kids dumb enough to hide in a substation is irrelevant. Using New Orleans as a metaphor, when the levees of social justice are strained, just the right pressure is all that's needed to break them and flood the city with violence and unrest.

Post: #153924
Topic: Recreating the crawling text..
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/153924/action/topic#153924
Time: 10-Nov-2005 9:10 AM

Darth Editous did a really cool thing with the one he did for me. Since I wanted to go with a pan down after the crawl, he took the background frame and slowly flipped it, pixel by pixel, during the crawl. The star fields therefore matched the title card positioning at the start and the pan down positioning at the end. Funny thing is, you don't see it when it runs in real time, but if you speed up to 4 x, then you notice what's happening.

Don't know if this is applicable to what you're doing Rebel Scumb.

Post: #153735
Topic: Help: looking for... The Missing 'Raiders of The Lost Ark' Scene...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/153735/action/topic#153735
Time: 9-Nov-2005 5:20 PM

Heh ... me too. Just like Star Wars. Too funny!

Of course, that means I just skip the Indiana Jones prequel and go straight to the O-IJ.

Sadly, I just don't watch Temple. I did when I got the box, just out of obligation to the purchase. But the movie is not the dark, ESB-like middle chapter as Lucas purports. It's more of the Beverly Hills Cop 3 of the trilogy.

Years ago I used to joke that they needed to make another Indiana Jones movie so they could finally have a trilogy.