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Post: #245400
Topic: What is GOUT?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/245400/action/topic#245400
Time: 18-Sep-2006 10:05 AM

Originally posted by: Cable-X1
Is there an acronym czar on this board?

Wait a minute - you can't goof on acronym czars when you just invented the word smartassery.

Although, with your permission, I might work that into my vocabulary. Has a nice ring to it.

Post: #245218
Topic: DVD copying question
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/245218/action/topic#245218
Time: 17-Sep-2006 4:06 PM

Is it possible to make a copy of the new DVD and only copy the movie but not that jackass Lego game? I just want Star Wars on the DVD, nothing else.

Thanks in advance.

Post: #244894
Topic: POLL: So Who Bought Them & Who Didn't? (the 2006 GOUT DVD release)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/244894/action/topic#244894
Time: 16-Sep-2006 11:23 AM

Originally posted by: Hoichi, the EarlessTo me if he had released them remastered but looking like the '04 dvds with the incorrect colors/sound I would have been more upset.

Instead I now have exactly what i've always grown up with.

+1

I've never seen the SEs, but I've seen some of the screen captures and they are way too blue and dark - too saturated overall. They have that false, 1940s technicolor look.

Post: #244776
Topic: POLL: So Who Bought Them & Who Didn't? (the 2006 GOUT DVD release)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/244776/action/topic#244776
Time: 15-Sep-2006 8:03 PM

Bought Star Wars only. Very happy with it. Can't imagine I'll be buying anything else Star Wars ever again. This is all I ever wanted - an enjoyable, durable, copy of the 1977 movie I've loved since I first saw it in the theaters 29 years ago. I'll dupe this in case something happens to the store-bought copy.

Post: #244602
Topic: Stormtrooper with 4 eyes ::( or Stormtrooper showing terrible IVTC/telecine artefacts
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/244602/action/topic#244602
Time: 15-Sep-2006 9:03 AM

Originally posted by: Mielr
I didn't watch the movie in slo-mo, I didn't watch it frame-by-frame, I just watched it, and enjoyed it. ....whatever flaws that are evident are less objectionable than the flaws in the 2004 DVDs (Greedo shooting first comes to mind....)

I agree fully. If I have to watch a movie in slow motion (or even worse, frame by frame) to notice a problem - then it's not a problem I'm going to waste any energy on.

I watched it all the way through last night. It had been years since I'd seen it and it was fading from memory. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

There were probably others but I didn't see them. I only saw far away worlds, a hero, space ships, and a princess.

Truthfully - I missed the stormtrooper glitch the day before. I only noticed it the second time because someone went to the trouble of screen grabbing it, posting it, and starting an internet discussion about it - good job.

http://www.gigabikes.com/forums/html/emoticons/slap.gif

But it's just par for the course these days. We live in a society now where people go out of their way to make sure everyone else is as unhappy as they are. I guess there weren't enough people hating it and something had to be done.

Post: #244219
Topic: Lowest Priced OOT DVD Search.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/244219/action/topic#244219
Time: 14-Sep-2006 2:57 PM

Bought Star Wars for 18.37 including tax yesterday at Best Buy. Last one on the shelf.

Post: #244108
Topic: Got it today
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/244108/action/topic#244108
Time: 14-Sep-2006 12:45 PM

Originally posted by: boris

Glad to hear you enjoyed it!

Yeah, and more than I thought I would. My very favorite shot - the one that really transported me into the film as a kid - still moves me. The shot just as the escape pod blasts away from the blockade runner. The whole sequence of them escaping, really. It starts the entire chain of events that brings all the characters together. Great stuff, man.

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f20/stonetriple/pod1.jpg

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f20/stonetriple/pod3.jpg

Post: #244001
Topic: Got it today
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/244001/action/topic#244001
Time: 14-Sep-2006 8:17 AM

Originally posted by: EvanOz85
Oh you've really told THEM! LOL

Not the point I was trying to make, kid. Of course, having been trolling the board only long enough to make 6 posts, I wouldn't expect you to know that.

Post: #243881
Topic: Got it today
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/243881/action/topic#243881
Time: 13-Sep-2006 9:01 PM

Just about two hours ago, in fact. $18. 37 at Best Buy, last one on the shelf. Only the OOT and the stripped case came inside - the paper sleeve, disc one, and the plastic part that holds disc one are all on the floorboard of my truck. I'll decide what to do with them later.

I've watched the first 20 minutes or so. Quality is fine. Much nicer than I expected. I have Star Wars now in the only form I've ever seen it. None of the characters are related to each other and the universe is enormous. Can't wait to have a proper sit down with it this weekend. I have no interest in the other two films.

Thanks George, and good luck.

Post: #243592
Topic: First Impressions of the OOT ...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/243592/action/topic#243592
Time: 13-Sep-2006 10:03 AM

I gotta tell ya, man. I'm looking forward to seeing it. Some of the more outspoken critics are saying it's enjoyable - that speaks volumes. I'm stopping on the way home.

Post: #243589
Topic: New Forum Software has recreated crawl?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/243589/action/topic#243589
Time: 13-Sep-2006 9:58 AM

Originally posted by: Sluggo
I'm afraid the "Original Vision" will have ReverendBeastly shooting Erikstormtrooper first and not the other way around.

I always wanted to have Erikstormtrooper reply to ReverendBeastly first, but I didn't have the technology to open a topic that way originally.

I also removed the garbage mattes from around the quotes.

Post: #243527
Topic: New Forum Software has recreated crawl?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/243527/action/topic#243527
Time: 13-Sep-2006 12:35 AM

Originally posted by: Marvolo
Is that a new forum layout option...

I was just goofing around at work. Since I use Photoshop as part of my job I thought I'd goof on the new forum look. All these threads about the 77 crawl gave me the idea.

I will say, however, the original is 1024 x 768 and looks considerably sharper. The 800-pixel version pales in comparison. I spent quite a while just doing the star field.

Makes me wonder how much better the DVD is going to look compared to the few screen grabs we've seen.

Post: #243406
Topic: First Impressions of the OOT ...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/243406/action/topic#243406
Time: 12-Sep-2006 8:39 PM

I'll go get Star Wars tomorrow. I was going to stop on the way home but decided to come straight home and watch the evening news. Sorry fellas, I'd rather watch Katie deliver the news than stop for a DVD.

From the look of the screen grabs, and now the descriptions, it's going to be very watchable and considerably better than I had expected. Good - I can finally stop wasting energy wondering about how I'm going to be watching Star Wars in the future.

Let the Lucas insanity continue full speed. He's of no interest to me anymore - not even remotely. I wish him all the best with whatever internal demons he's trying to overcome.

Now, if only the news were an hour.

Post: #243385
Topic: New Forum Software has recreated crawl?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/243385/action/topic#243385
Time: 12-Sep-2006 8:18 PM

It wasn't sourced from the LDs, I swear.

Post: #243289
Topic: New Forum Software has recreated crawl?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/243289/action/topic#243289
Time: 12-Sep-2006 5:26 PM

Man, even my fake forum software is being picked apart.

Post: #243283
Topic: New Forum Software has recreated crawl?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/243283/action/topic#243283
Time: 12-Sep-2006 5:14 PM

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f20/stonetriple/forumcrawl1k.jpg

Post: #242244
Topic: Trying to screen-grab the image within Media Player
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/242244/action/topic#242244
Time: 8-Sep-2006 2:48 PM

Always get a blank area where the trailer is playing. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks in advance

Post: #240702
Topic: 2006 OT DVD: Poll: So What are You Going to Do?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/240702/action/topic#240702
Time: 2-Sep-2006 4:21 PM

Originally posted by: auraloffalwaffle
WARNING: Thread Hijack In Progress!!

Where do you stand on the novelisation Alan Dean Foster did for him, Anchorhead?

Never read it so I'm not familiar with it other than being aware of it. What, if anything, is in it? Thought it was written from the script.

Post: #240302
Topic: What movies do you consider canon?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/240302/action/topic#240302
Time: 1-Sep-2006 4:01 AM

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

Post: #240271
Topic: 2006 OT DVD: Poll: So What are You Going to Do?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/240271/action/topic#240271
Time: 1-Sep-2006 1:31 AM

Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
Ooh, now those are some interviews I would definitely love to read.

I have to start hunting around. Someone had a bunch of links to old articles posted a few months ago. There was also a couple with Kurtz where he mentioned the altering-it-on-the-fly and the making-it-up-as-he-went-along conversations he and Lucas used to have.

There was no grand vision back in the 70s. He wrote one screenplay for one film. Eveything after that was a cash grab. Seems like it was a few years ago that Lesley Stahl interviewed Lucas on 60 Minutes and he spoke about altering the Return story to include ewoks solely for the marketing tie-ins. Had something to do with his daughter. I heard him speak the words so I know it was some sort of TV thing. I should have recorded it but I dislike the guy so much that I could hardly watch the thing the one time. I can't stand to listen to him be interviewed. Like I've said before, he might as well be burping the alphabet when he speaks - it's that meaningless.

Post: #240182
Topic: 2006 OT DVD: Poll: So What are You Going to Do?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/240182/action/topic#240182
Time: 31-Aug-2006 8:31 PM

Originally posted by: Obi Jeewhyen

.... when I watch Star Wars, Princess Leia is not even Luke's sister, and Darth Vader is not his daddy.
.

That's because none of them are related to each other.

Some of us were there. We know the truth. We've read the magazine interviews where Lucas said he thought it up years afterwards. He can change the films and lie about it all he wants, but he can't go back and alter the printed words. Too many people remember. Too many people think for themselves.

Post: #240053
Topic: What it was like to experience Star Wars for the first time in 1977.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/240053/action/topic#240053
Time: 31-Aug-2006 3:42 PM

Hats off, rennervision

That sums it up perfectly. It was a magical time indeed.

...the SE tries to cram all sorts of creatures down our throat when Mos Eisley is introduced - now before we even get to the cantina. How could Lucas not realize this diminishes the impact of the cantina...?

Because he's not a great director or story teller. He's just a guy that made a great movie 30 years ago.

Post: #239934
Topic: 2006 OT DVD: Poll: So What are You Going to Do?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/239934/action/topic#239934
Time: 31-Aug-2006 8:20 AM

Originally posted by: Obi Jeewhyen

Not to put anyone down .... but I'm glad my love of Star Wars and consideration of it to be fun are not dependent upon the modern-day actions or inactions of George Lucas or his company.

My memories surrounding the movies and the dozens of times I've seen them in theaters.........and my genuine love of the movie Star Wars as one of the best films ever made .... all these sustain my love for Star Wars and will keep it fun for me till the end of my days.
.

Very well put, man. I feel the same way.

The movie Star Wars, the adventure, the emotion, the sense of awe, the story, the event - they all happened first - because 1977 happened first - NOTHING that Lucas has done the last two decades, or anything he ever does from now on - technology, editing, lying, etc - can interfere with that. Where Star Wars is concerned, I've not seen anything (versions, edits) that didn't take place in 1977.

Events that happen now cannot alter events that happened in 1977.

Lucas doesn't get to decide what Star Wars is for me.

Post: #239629
Topic: Sending the SEs back
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/239629/action/topic#239629
Time: 30-Aug-2006 3:49 AM

Originally posted a few days ago by: Anchorhead

Those packages aren't going to be opened. Maybe a handful for the amusement of the people working the mailroom, but the rest become landfill.

…**waits for all the responses of - "fuck Lucass then, I'm putting a big scratch on the disc before I send it back...

Originally posted by: Cable-X1

I would like to send them back as a bit of a statement.....I will scratch the disks. I don't see it as immature or stupid. I think it sends a message ....

Post: #239108
Topic: What are you going to do with your SE discs?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/239108/action/topic#239108
Time: 28-Aug-2006 10:33 AM

Originally posted by: Mike O
That number of people time 3-6 discs... I can't help but wonder, however, if Lucas would open the packages. It would be interesting if this made an impact of some sort.

Those packages, along with everything else that's ever sent to Lucasfilm, will go to an incoming mail center or some sort of special PO box. Lucas isn't going to be opening packages - for crying out loud!

Those packages aren't going to be opened. Maybe a handful for the amusement of the people working the mailroom, but the rest become landfill - or if there really is enough, they pay some temps to open every package, seperate the discs, put them in new cases, and then they donate them to charity.

Look, man - next month, go buy the non-anamorphic, LD mastered, widescreen version of Star Wars - the format it's going to be available in - take it home, watch it, enjoy the adventure.....and then go outdoors!

**waits for all the responses of - "fuck Lucass then, I'm putting a big scratch on the disc before I send it back, he has to put out a proper release - he owes that to the fans and for the good of film preservation, it's his duty."

For the record, I don't like the guy anymore than the rest of the people here - but I'm not going to loose sleep over his OCD nor am I going to spend precious energy on hating him and trying to win against him.