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Post: #297532
Topic: George Lucas to host showing of Star Wars "1977" for AFI's 40th anniversary.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/297532/action/topic#297532
Time: 20-Sep-2007 3:22 AM

Originally posted by: Mike O

Originally posted by: Anchorhead
I will say - their non-action where preserving Star Wars is concerned has certainly changed my view of them as a credible organization.

What the hell could they do? Lucas wouldn't allow them to even if they wanted to anyway.

They could have chosen not to deal with him at all. They could have shown one of a myriad of other films that had a cultural impact; The Godfather, 2001 A Space Odyssey, To Kill A Mockingbird, The French Connection, The Graduate, Jaws, Apocalypse Now - just to name a few. They could have taken a stance.

Post: #297487
Topic: George Lucas to host showing of Star Wars "1977" for AFI's 40th anniversary.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/297487/action/topic#297487
Time: 19-Sep-2007 2:42 PM

Originally posted by: Puggo - Jar Jar's "Yoda"
This is why I am so disturbed that film institutes such as AFI haven't been screaming bloody murder about the lack of preservation of such a groundbreaking film.

I will say - their non-action where preserving Star Wars is concerned has certainly changed my view of them as a credible organization.

Post: #297485
Topic: George Lucas to host showing of Star Wars "1977" for AFI's 40th anniversary.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/297485/action/topic#297485
Time: 19-Sep-2007 2:34 PM

This is the letter I sent yesterday;
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Your website shows you are screening “Star Wars, Episode IV, A New Hope (1977)” on October 3rd. I’m curious as to which version of the film you’re actually presenting;

1977 – Star Wars - original theatrical release. 121 minutes

1981 – Star Wars Episode IV, A New Hope – a re-release with new opening titles. 121 minutes

1997 - Star Wars Episode IV, A New Hope – a release with added scenes and characters. 125 minutes

2004 - Star Wars Episode IV, A New Hope – a DVD release with more added scenes and characters. 125 minutes

For $25.00, I’m hoping it’s the original 1977 theatrical release.

Thank you,
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I guess the change on their website explains why I didn't get a response. At least we know they aren't ignoring the incoming emails.

Oh well.

Post: #297419
Topic: Potter eclipses Star Wars and Bond
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/297419/action/topic#297419
Time: 18-Sep-2007 7:43 AM

Originally posted by: GoodMusician
...but I've never read the book

I've never read the novels, but ...
Never.... Ever.... Compare Novel to Film.

And in your case it seems, don't even bother reading them - but make absolute statements about them anyway, in a bloated, ego-stroking post.

It's like saying you like The Great Gate of Kiev painting more than the Modest Mussorgsky suite.

Are you referencing the original or Ravel's interpretation of Mussorgsky's interpretation of Hartmann's idea for The Heroes' Gate?

Post: #297417
Topic: Potter eclipses Star Wars and Bond
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/297417/action/topic#297417
Time: 18-Sep-2007 6:40 AM

Originally posted by: C3PX

Originally posted by: GoodMusician

Sorry... I always saw Casino Royal as a separate take on Bond... I didn't see it as bad, but I've never read the book and knowing that it was written years ago... there is no way that movie was even loosely based on it...

Actually, Casino Royale is amazingly similiar to the novel on which it is based. I would almost go as far to say that it is one of the closest book to film adaptions I have seen in a long time.

C3PX is correct. Casino Royale is by far the closest 007 book-to-film adaptation. Most of the others are almost unrecognizable compared to the novels they take their names from.

For the record - I've been a 007 nerd since I was a kid. Saw my first Bond film in the theaters in 1973 - Live and Let Die. I was hooked instantly. I've seen them all more times than I can count, own the complete DVD set, have most of the soundtracks, post on a 007 forum, etc, etc.

For me, Casino Royale is far and away the best Bond film there has ever been. It's the Bond film I had always wanted to see. It's realistic, serious, and a believable story. It's a back-to-basics spy film, not gadget-laden silliness, with bad acting, caricature bad guys, and over-the-top comic relief - "he always did have an over inflated opinion of himself" - "I believe he's attempting re-entry, sir" - "now pay attention 007". No villains pressing the hidden foot pedal to open the trap door under "number 11" so that she falls into the Piranha tank. No villains operating from a secret base hidden inside a volcano.

Post: #297360
Topic: George Lucas to host showing of Star Wars "1977" for AFI's 40th anniversary.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/297360/action/topic#297360
Time: 17-Sep-2007 11:16 AM

Originally posted by: Mike O

Originally posted by: Anchorhead
They have the playing time listed at 121 minutes. Maybe they really are showing the 1977 version after all.

Yeah, we all wish.

Just pointing it out, kid. I'd like to think the AFI would at least know how long a film is when it's a one-of screening.

Post: #297356
Topic: George Lucas to host showing of Star Wars "1977" for AFI's 40th anniversary.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/297356/action/topic#297356
Time: 17-Sep-2007 8:31 AM

They have the playing time listed at 121 minutes. Maybe they really are showing the 1977 version after all.

Anyone here going? 25 dollars isn't much and there are some heavy hitters in that list of films. Would be an interesting evening for sure.

Post: #296458
Topic: Lightsaber in space...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/296458/action/topic#296458
Time: 31-Aug-2007 11:02 AM

Originally posted by: Mielr

Originally posted by: bigbaddaddyvader
Very little remains fron ANH prop-wise as most of the pieces were destroyed after filming.Just thrown in bins out the back of Elstree.

That's awful. I'm surprised GL didn't make sure everything was kept.

That is surprising. Especially since Lucas had known since 1972 that he was going to make 12, err...9, uuh...3 films, uh, uh, 6, uh.

Post: #296381
Topic: Part VII VIII and IX
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/296381/action/topic#296381
Time: 30-Aug-2007 10:24 AM

Originally posted by: C3PX
Originally posted by: Anchorhead
all it takes is going back to the original to see how simplistic the story is, boy rescues girl, saves the galaxy, and everyone has a good time enjoying a great story.

So true C3PX.

When the weather is just right, and I have the day to myself with no interruptions - I pour myself a drink, get a snack, settle in on the couch and I do just what you mention - have a good time enjoying a great story.

Post: #296290
Topic: Lightsaber in space...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/296290/action/topic#296290
Time: 29-Aug-2007 12:13 PM

Originally posted by: lordjedi
I know it's an original, but it's still just a movie prop.

That's the part that is most embarrasing about the whole deal.

It isn't real - Star Wars didn't really happen - there aren't really lightsabers. Fuck - they're taking a fake thing into space! Maybe next time they can take an ET doll.

Post: #296224
Topic: Part VII VIII and IX
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/296224/action/topic#296224
Time: 28-Aug-2007 4:53 PM

Originally posted by: lordjedi

Originally posted by: Obi_Skywalker

The whole point of SW is for Anakin to bring balance to the force...

No, the whole point of SW is for Luke to redeem his fallen father.

The whole point of Star Wars was Luke rescuing the princess and blowing up the Death Star.

Post: #295923
Topic: Starwars.com survey
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/295923/action/topic#295923
Time: 24-Aug-2007 7:02 AM

"An anamorphic version of Star Wars - unaltered from its 1977 release - will be the next thing I purchase from Lucasfilm."

I hope I made that clear enough for them.

Post: #295592
Topic: Mark Hamill - A Force to be Reckoned With
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/295592/action/topic#295592
Time: 20-Aug-2007 9:33 AM

He had a beard in Slipstream.

Post: #295349
Topic: Part VII VIII and IX
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/295349/action/topic#295349
Time: 15-Aug-2007 6:23 PM

Originally posted by: Mike O

Yeah, really, I'd rather NOT get the OOT if the condition is Lucas leaving the earth...

For the second time - I was talking about the fans!! - not Lucas!!

Post: #295335
Topic: Part VII VIII and IX
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/295335/action/topic#295335
Time: 15-Aug-2007 2:47 PM

Originally posted by: Fang Zei
Anchorhead, .... Is your sig a reference to "The Wind That Shakes the Barley"?

No, it's the first chapter in the NPR Star Wars Radio Drama. The chapter with all the characters and scenes that were filmed then dropped from the theatrical release (Camie, Fixer, Biggs, Treadwell, Luke seeing the opening space battle while he's out tending to the vaporators, etc).

Post: #295331
Topic: Part VII VIII and IX
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/295331/action/topic#295331
Time: 15-Aug-2007 1:56 PM

Originally posted by: starwars1977
I get it. Don't like to wish death on anybody though :-(

I'm not wishing death on anyone - far from it.

I was making a joke about how that's when we will all be allowed to see the OOT in it's proper form. In Soylent Green, just before they die, the people are shown movies of how the world was before mankind ruined it - so they can die peacefully.

Post: #295314
Topic: Part VII VIII and IX
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/295314/action/topic#295314
Time: 15-Aug-2007 9:49 AM

Originally posted by: Mike O

What?

If no one gets the reference in a day or so, I'll explain. It appears to be my failed attempt at humor.

Post: #295277
Topic: Part VII VIII and IX
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/295277/action/topic#295277
Time: 14-Aug-2007 8:14 PM

Here's how we'll all finally see the OOT in it's proper form....

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f20/stonetriple/SoylentOOT.jpg

Post: #295275
Topic: Part VII VIII and IX
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/295275/action/topic#295275
Time: 14-Aug-2007 7:53 PM

Originally posted by: bkev
7, 8 and 9 should just be the Thrawn trilogy

Turns out he had actually written the Thrawn arc back in 1975 - just didn't have the resources to film his original vision properly, so he decided to wait and film it 35 years in the future. You know - like he'd always intended.

Post: #294138
Topic: I say forget the OOT on DVD, lets target HD-DVD/Blue Ray Now
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/294138/action/topic#294138
Time: 31-Jul-2007 2:50 PM

Originally posted by: Mielr
I'll NEVER buy the Special Editions of the OT ever....

Post: #292478
Topic: A New Direction For The Petition
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/292478/action/topic#292478
Time: 13-Jul-2007 2:44 PM

Originally posted by: CO
I think the mission statement of this website is to continue getting exposure about the difference between the OOT & SE, almost an advertising blitz that says, "There are 2 versions of the The Original SW Trilogy, and the versions that everyone saw from 1977-83, are not the ones that are recognized."

Now I know this sounds redundant, but trust me, only the diehards like us know the difference between the OOT & SE, and there are a hell of alot of casual fans who love the movies, but haven't seen them 1,000 times like us, who have been duped by Lucas and the revisionism of the last 10 years. I can't tell you how many older fans of SW that I tell that Jabba was not in the first SW movie, and they have to actually think about it. What happened is they have seen the SE on Cable or HBO in the past 10 years, and just haven't realized that stuff has been changed.

We should be trying to get entertainment magazines, internet sites, etc. to spread the word that the OOT, or the Original Versions of SW still need to get a great release on DVD or HD-DVD, it sounds very minor, but you guys would be suprised at how much the casual SW fan really doesn't know about the SE vs OOT movies.

Post: #292437
Topic: Lucas wearing "Han shot first" shirt during Indy IV production
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/292437/action/topic#292437
Time: 12-Jul-2007 11:47 PM

I think it's just Lucas' very poor attempt at humor with Ford. Ford's never made any secret of the fact that he's not happy about the changes or the prequels. Lucas just seems like the kind of guy who's been living in his insulated Lucasworld for so long that he doesn't understand that the whole issue of castrating the character of Han Solo wasn't funny to people. In fact, it's cost him even some of his most loyal fans.

With that one change, Lucas finally went too far. However, he still doesn't realize it. Instead of admitting his mistake, he chose instead to lie about it (saying it was his original idea in 1977) and then went so far as to make up cartoon t-shirts about it. Then he somehow thinks it would actually be funny to wear one around the actor whose character he ruined. He's that out of touch.

Post: #291562
Topic: Similarities between Star Wars and Dune
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/291562/action/topic#291562
Time: 29-Jun-2007 10:23 AM

Originally posted by: skyjedi2005
you could easily make a list about a hundred pages long on how many things lucas ripped off for star wars.

The link I posted above is to the Dune portion of site that does that very thing.

Origins Of Star Wars

Post: #291524
Topic: Similarities between Star Wars and Dune
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/291524/action/topic#291524
Time: 29-Jun-2007 12:36 AM

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Post: #291239
Topic: the academy luke wants to go to
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/291239/action/topic#291239
Time: 25-Jun-2007 5:20 PM

Originally posted by: corellian77

* * *
"...so don't just dream about flying for the Academy, make it come true. You can find a career in space: exploration, starfleet, or merchant service. Choose from navigation, engineering, space medicine, contact liaison, and more. If you have the right stuff to take on the universe, and standardized examination scores that meet requirements, dispatch your application to:

Screening Office
C/O the Commandant
Imperial Space Academy, [your sector]

and join the ranks of the proud."
* * *

So it would appear the Academy is definitely affiliated with the Empire, however joining and graduating from it wouldn't necessarily mean you had to join the Empire and became a TIE pilot. The career choices, as you can see above, were numerous.

That's it exactly. Also, if you remember, the people Luke hangs out with (Camie, Fixer, Windy, Deke) make fun of him and Biggs for joining (or wanting to, in Luke's case) as well as expressing some concern over being made to join combat forces once they've enrolled in the academy.

In fact, that's a big portion of the first chapter of the radio version. It’s also one of my favorite parts because you really get to see the interaction between Luke and the others. They aren’t particularly nice to him and he’s more of an outsider. You get the feeling he hangs out with them because Tatooine is so sparsely populated – not because they are all close friends. They aren’t really.

It's no different than our own military. The recruiting commercials always put a spin on it to make it seem like you're training for a career in electronics, communications, or flight mechanics - downplaying the fact that you're going into combat. Plenty of people don't join our military because they have the same concerns Fixer has - they doubt the promises of a better career in civilian life.