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SilverWook said:

I can't really fathom Disney's game plan at this point. Why not just finish the episodes as intended and make them available online?

Speculation: They might be trying to distance themselves from the established franchise as much as possible prior to the release of Episode VII.

Star Wars comes with a lot more in 2013 than it did in 1977. Distancing themselves from everything Star Wars has become might allow them to get back to basics.

Then again, this is probably just wishful thinking.

Alternative guess: Money.

Back to on-topic in off-topic.

Why is there no DVD set of At the Movies? How the hell can I watch the show, from start to finish?

Doctor M said:

ww12345 - Sorry if it has been asked and answered, but at what resolution are you scanning it at?  Are you going for Blu-ray?

poita is scanning it at 2K.

IDK if ww12345 plans to go with 1080p. I personally think 720p is best.

dvdmike said:

Huh did not occur to me, good plan batman will report back.

 

edit only 5gb, the file is 15!

 

Use HJSplit and make three accounts. :-)

dvdmike said:

Anyone have the mono audio still? my links are dead and the files were lost in my recent HDD crash. Thanks in advance 

PM sent.

adywan said:

Kurgan said:

 

**BATTLE OF HOTH CLIP NOW AVAILABLE**

 

 

Link is broken.

Vimeo have deleted it. I got an email from them claiming that i had broken their terms and conditions. I contacted a member of their team to explain that it isn't just a direct clip from a movie, but contained a lot of work done by myself, but got a snarky reply back from them saying "maybe you should start making your own movies instead of playing with other peoples and then the videos wouldn't get deleted". Funny how they haven't touched the three comparison videos i have posted there though.

What was the e-mail address of the Vimeo person who replied to you?

It sounds to me like it's time for OT to transform into a distributed hate-mail botnet.

OTers, assemble! OTers, unite!

blowfish: You lose.

djchaseb said:

I got my rental copy on eBay for around 60. 

$50 here.

Mine has the bottom of the string: "MAGVID 3" at the top left of the video, but I've only ever seen mention of "FOXVID".

What does yours say?

dvdmike said:

I am still here and still trying my PC died and I got made redundant same week!

I have rar'd the file but quick par fails to make the pars.

Any Advice on how I can make Par files?

Use MultiPar.

PM Darth Mallwalker for help.

Guys, guys!

Adywan's productivity might go through the roof. Think about it...

Scenario #1: ROTJ:R is pissing him off, so he grabs a beer, sits on the couch, declares that he's done for the night, and watches a movie.

Scenario #2: ROTJ:R is pissing him off, so he works a bit on TPM:R, stays on the computer, gets tired of TPM:R, and eventually returns to work on what pissed him off in ROTJ:R.

The point I'm trying to make is that, for some people, the quickest way to get X done is to have Y to work on while X is pissing you off.

Capiche?

Bingowings said:

I've never actually had a taco... ever.

Have you ever had Earl Grey tea? I haven't, but I've had lots of tacos.

Let's trade!

JEDIT: http://www.jedit.org/

DuracellEnergizer said:

Why does Mickey have two plumes of steam erupting from his neck?

IDK. The whole damn thing is so absurd, so why not?

Sojourn said:

I suppose that could be seen as an advantage of digital downloads -- you can always redownload the content onto another device if one gets damaged (iPhone thrown in the lake by your baby? Download it again on your iPad and keep watching!). 

Good point!

I might just be weird, but I'd like to see a physically-robust format get popular for home video.

VHS tapes held up well against baby hands, baby slobber, baby teeth, etc.

Maybe something with a caddy, like CED...

DominicCobb said:

Okay that thermal detonator hot potato game looks sweet... but who even likes Salacious Crumb?

I like him!

OMFG. The horror!

Yes, that's Jake Lloyd!

TV's Frink said:

Eh.

I didn't even have to read the thread to know what was going on, given that you posted it in off-topic.  Also, what _ender said.

:-( :-( :-(

I'll try to do better next year.

Happy April Fools' Day, everyone!

Unfortunately, I didn't fool anyone! :-(

bkev said:

Huh. Adam? AWK, maybe? His last hurrah?

Who's AWK?

HOLY SHIT.

He's in trouble. BIG trouble.

I don't know all of the details yet, as he couldn't speak for very long on the telephone, but he's 100% certain that some kind of law enforcement is monitoring him. It might be the FBI. Who knows?

How does that weird scammer e-mail fit into this?

Does anyone here have any legal experience? I might need a lawyer sometime soon.

Wait a second... Something looks fishy.

I think that e-mail was spoofed.

Is it likely that Adam is using his e-mail unencrypted and some kind of scammer is listening on the wire? I know it's possible, but is it likely?!

I'm going to call him on the telephone now. I'll keep ya'll posted.

WTF

OK, this is getting weird. He sounds like a Nigerian Scammer, but he neither looks nor sounds like this in person. And now he wants money? WTF?!

Here's his most recent e-mail to me.

On 2013-04-01 14:15, Ahmad Restam wrote:
> Dearest Friend Anthony,
>
> HELLO WISE FRIEND AND STAR WARS FAN!
>
> This is Ahmad Loof-Lirpa Restam, or Adam, as I asked you to call me
> when we met !!!
>
> If you want the telecineplex of my 70 millimeters print, then I must
> ask for the financial assistance. I implore you to please wire
> $4,120.13 USD to my account. This sum is reasonable for
> telecinemaplexing to the digital files and your interweb friends
> should be able to help.
>
> Take a donation.
>
> Your friend, in Christ,
> Ahmad

I've been striving to preserve the OOT in the best possible quality, as many of you know.

Well, I've recently come into contact with a film collector who thinks he can help. He wants to stay safely anonymous, of course.

This collector has managed to assemble a complete 70mm/Dolby set of reels from the original 25-May-1977 run. He claims that most of the reels were used at the Triplex Paramus Theater in Paramus, NJ.

I took a trip up to NJ to meet him and he's definitely interested in telecining his copy of Star Wars.

He let me take a cellphone-camera picture of his collection, but made me promise to post it at a very low resolution. Note: Many of the canisters do not contain Star Wars. This is his entire collection and Star Wars is sitting somewhere in the middle.

We watched the film using his Cinemeccanica Victoria 8 projector (dual 35/70mm) in his home theater and each reel seems to be in tip-top shape. There's so little damage that I think just a bit of FilmGuard solution should do the trick. Honestly, it looks like his copy of the film has never ever been projected!

We have a lead on an 8K 70mm film scanner.

Stay tuned. Word to the spookies.

Funny stuff!