AntcuFaalb

Do you plan to include the copy of the following that I sent you and You_Too?

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00444UQOI

timdiggerm said:

They'll still have some recomposited elements, re-done wipes.

They'll use the wrong (you can choose what 'wrong' means) version of the Yavin takeoff shot, credits, etc.

+1

This is what I think is most likely too and it's also what I fear the most.

Mr Ghostface said:

I'll check back in about three years, see if this is finished yet. Angel sends his regards.

We'll see you in hell.

timdiggerm said:

AntcuFaalb said:

generalfrevious said:

SilverWook said:

Well, it's not like there aren't other adaptations out there. ;)

http://filmschoolrejects.com/features/9-wonderfully-bizarre-hobbit-adaptations-including-one-from-soviet-russia.php

 All of them are probably a hundred times more faithful than Jackson's cash-grab sodomy, designed to piss off all Tolkein fans. No one can like the book and the movies at the same time.

I haven't seen the this film (The Battle of Five Armies) yet, but I'm a big fan of the The Hobbit as well as the two Peter Jackson films of it that I've seen so far.

And I like The Hobbit much more than any of the three LotR books.

And I like the two Peter Jackson The Hobbit movies I've seen so far much more than any of the three LotR films.

So what now? Am I not a "true fan" of Tolk(ei|ie)n? Good.

 Well, given that you prefer Jackson's versions to Tolkien's....

Ah, I didn't word that clearly enough. Here's a better expression of my preferences:

([The Hobbit book] ≈ [The Hobbit movies]) > [LotR movies] >> [LotR books]

generalfrevious said:

SilverWook said:

Well, it's not like there aren't other adaptations out there. ;)

http://filmschoolrejects.com/features/9-wonderfully-bizarre-hobbit-adaptations-including-one-from-soviet-russia.php

 All of them are probably a hundred times more faithful than Jackson's cash-grab sodomy, designed to piss off all Tolkein fans. No one can like the book and the movies at the same time.

I haven't seen the this film (The Battle of Five Armies) yet, but I'm a big fan of the The Hobbit as well as the two Peter Jackson films of it that I've seen so far.

And I like The Hobbit much more than any of the three LotR books.

And I like the two Peter Jackson The Hobbit movies I've seen so far much more than any of the three LotR films.

So what now? Am I not a "true fan" of Tolk(ei|ie)n? Good.

aporzeca said:

Where can i get a link to the torrent files?

I want the ~20G files.

Is this possible?

Die hard fan!!!

There is no 20GB version of RotJ out yet. Only 1.0 has been released.

TV's Frink said:

I'm who now?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Parry

This has you written all over it: http://www.kibo.com/menu.shtml

... and his sig: http://archive.birdhouse.org/etc/kibosig.txt

OMFG

Mike O said:

Seriously, we're stuck in the Usenet era :p.

You could search Usenet by running grep over the articles you chose to download with your client. Downloading all of the articles in a newsgroup and then running grep on them gave you full newsgroup search. This is how Kibo performed his magic.

I sometimes like to think that Frink is Kibo.

Mike O said:

So, no official line on this? I have to admit that the rumor sounded too good to be true, but I guess we'll see. I'd comb the thread, but the forum software is still such that I can't go through my old posts and then align to where they are in threads like I can on most other forums, follow a user, search for specific things, etc, and have come to the conclusion that this is just the software we're going to be stuck with :p. I'm just popping back in, I guess. It's late, hopefully this post is semi-coherent.

Nothing definitive yet, unfortunately. :o/

RicOlie_2 said:

Well, the teaser trailer is already linked to in the OP, so number one is taken care of (or will be, once it's downloaded). Naturally, however, it's the one we need to worry about the least, since it's almost certain to be kept up and put on Blu-Rays for years to come.

Can you think of anything for 6.+?

RicOlie_2 said:

Ah, of course. Webpages aren't very permanent, I guess. Well, assembling them all into one spot would be a start. It would then be easy just to follow the links systematically and download the files. I would be willing to make a copy if people worked on assembling the links to them.

Let's try to come up with a list first before we do that.

1. HD teaser trailer

2. leaked concept art

3. leaked set photos?

4. UNICEF Videos

5. JJ's appearance on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

6. ???

RicOlie_2 said:

AntcuFaalb said:

.Mac. said:

Looks like the latest video for the UNICEF is online and it reveals a noticeably older Chewie! Unlike that image a while back we thought he'd look like (in there I didn't think he was "aged" enough), here his eyes look aged with more white around on his face, just like how an older dog would show age - I think he looks perfect now.

http://www.slashfilm.com/j-j-abrams-thanks-star-wars-force-awakens-set/

Please, please, please tell me there's someone here collecting all of this stuff: the teaser trailer (in HD); the UNICEF videos; the appearance on John Oliver; the leaked concept art.

If not, then can we get something going?

 If other people do most of the collecting, I'll stick it all in the first post so it's easy to find. It might be a bit much for one person to do, so I propose that everyone takes a certain range of pages (and lets us know which ones) and compiles all the links/pictures into one post, which I will then add to the OP.

I'll take pages 1-5 for now.

I meant the actual files rather than just hyperlinks to them.

It'd be cool to have them all in one shared folder.

.Mac. said:

Looks like the latest video for the UNICEF is online and it reveals a noticeably older Chewie! Unlike that image a while back we thought he'd look like (in there I didn't think he was "aged" enough), here his eyes look aged with more white around on his face, just like how an older dog would show age - I think he looks perfect now.

http://www.slashfilm.com/j-j-abrams-thanks-star-wars-force-awakens-set/

Please, please, please tell me there's someone here collecting all of this stuff: the teaser trailer (in HD); the UNICEF videos; the appearance on John Oliver; the leaked concept art.

If not, then can we get something going?

generalfrevious said:

RicOlie_2 said:

Just like you have to reject the OT in order to properly dismiss the PT, right? Oh, wait, you don't.

 Jackson has not made a good film since Return of the King. He is the George Lucas of the Southern Hemisphere.

This isn't really a suitable response to what RicOlie_2 wrote.

litemakr said:

If anyone has suggestions for scanning super 8 frames let me know.

poita

RicOlie_2 said:

Let's not start down that path again....

I can't help it, as I'm the official OT.com cultural anthropologist.

Warbler said:

Hotrod, that was way too much information.

Considering the shitstorm that followed HotRod's post, this early negative reaction to it seems... calm?

I need to work with nirbateman to clean it up. It's my fault, really. I told him to make separate threads.

I think we need to come up with some posting guidelines so that the experience is a bit more smooth.

dvdmike said:

Molly said:

Has to do with me seeing the site itself as a cesspit, similar to the chans.

 I was thinking the same, its soo seedy 

Agreed.

FanFiltration said:

AntcuFaalb said:

FanFiltration said:

I don't get out as much with my disabilities

I've seen you mention this elsewhere. If you don't mind sharing, can you tell us what you suffer from?

 Bacterial Meningitis with neurological complications.

That sucks, man. I'm sorry to hear that. :-(

KilroyMcFadden said:

AntcuFaalb said:

OMG. WTF is this?! http://www.ebay.com/itm/Star-Wars-Holiday-Special-/201238741296?pt=VHS&hash=item2edac38130

 OMG I want to bid on that for the Wookiee pelt cover alone.

Man, IDK... a hairy cover sounds more appropriate for a porn movie.

dvdmike said:

So our old log ins wont work?

Correct, but the old forum will be kept around for a little bit to ease the transition.

OMG. WTF is this?! http://www.ebay.com/itm/Star-Wars-Holiday-Special-/201238741296?pt=VHS&hash=item2edac38130

Molly said:

Looks like I'll be out of the loop, then... I make it a habit to NOT visit Reddit.

Do you not like the UI/UX or does it have to do with their hands-off-until-the-shit-hits-the-fan policy like with e.g., /r/underage and /r/TheFappening?

Can you please consider visiting for just one subreddit? You're a valued member and it would be a shame to lose you.

Handman said:

So I'm assuming that the discussions on these projects, like the Alice in Wonderland 35mm, are much more active over there than here? That's one I've been interested in.

I don't think that one's active anywhere at the moment, but I expect it will be more active at AMPS in the near future.