AntcuFaalb

althor1138 said:

If I go down that route I should probably just snap my own pics because mine are in much better shape.  They were still in plastic until i took them out and captured them.

That sounds like a good plan. I'd love to get my hands on some nice high resolution shots of the JSC set.

I own a copy myself, but my digital camera isn't very good.

The following is higher resolution (also, no OBI!), but needs a bunch of post-processing to look nice.

Suggestion: Alter the perspective on the crawl a little bit so that it looks like it's flying into the distance.

Don't do it too much; just enough to serve as a subtle nod to how the crawl appears on-screen.

Scroll down to the bottom of the following page: http://www.blam1.com/StarWars/SF148-1196.htm

Unfortunately, there isn't a blurb like this for the TESB or ROTJ JSC pages on his website.

Jambe Davdar: Did you get your username from a "Star Wars Name Generator" too? :-P

zahntron said:

Well it's the same distributors. These new Super 8 prints are dupes from release prints so they are a copy of a copy. I dont know if you'd want to shell out the extra $$ unless you really want to project it. 

Derann's were all struck from a pristine negative. 

PM sent. :-)

RicOlie_2 said:

^I love the contrast.

I don't. It results in too much "pop".

Obviously this thread needs moar "calibrated": http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/How-to-Calibrate-your-TV-Please-read-the-first-post/topic/14577/

zahntron said:

I know of people who own them. I don't know of anyone who'd sell. If memory serves this is also available as a German print. Don't know if it's still available and it's not up to Derann standards in color or sharpness. I'll let you know!

A German Super8 print would be better than nothing! :-)

Is it by the same company that does the TESB one?

Moth3r said:

... and be more careful about which links you click when visiting porn sites in future.

lol

zahntron said:

I'm selling my Derann print if anyone is interested. I'm talking with someone right now but nothing solid. 

Re: the ESB print. It can be had for less than a grand but it's still up there. Maybe ~$750. It has German titles but since it's got a mag stripe, it can be dubbed with english sound. 

Do you know where a Derann print of ROTJ can be found? poita and I have been looking for one for a while.

kk650 said:

Can somebody explain to me what's so great about myspleen over usenet that offers so many advantages over myspleen IMHO, apart from having a pay a little bit for usenet access?

I think it just comes down to money. Not all ISPs offer Usenet access (e.g., Verizon stopped in 2008ish) and BitTorrent is a free alternative, despite being clearly inferior for sharing tremendous files.

I don't mind paying the monthly fee for my premium usenetserver.com account. I get enough value from it that I just consider it to be a part of my ISP bill.

Man... what we need is a 16mm print of From Star Wars to Jedi!

nirbateman said:

So far I have only gotten 2 offers to help with the download.

Come on, guys, if I can get 30 more members to help, I can start seeding by Saturday...

I want to help, but I just got a new computer and I'm still setting it up. :-(

SilverWook said:

I'm sure a Young Han Solo movie is being bandied about at Disney. ;)

I hope so! Do you think they'd screw it up?

mrbenja0618 said:

Thank you.

You're very welcome!

In my defense, I started this thread back in late 2012 and was feeling somewhat insane at that time IIRC.

This is, without a doubt, the most insane thread I've started.

I'm sorry, guys.

Laserschwert said:

Asaki said:

That probably is 100% quality, if not higher.

 Like 110%?

Asaki obviously has a JPEG Compression Knob that goes to 11. Far out.

FrankT: Every time I see your avatar, I think pat man has returned. :*-(

It would be cool to have Jabba's Palace located on some kind of mining colony.

I think it would stir-up ideas in the minds of the audience about Jabba somehow exploiting the local workforce; tying-in with the whole "slave thing" he has going on already.

It could also suggest that the miners discovered the Sarlacc and just abandoned working near it after losing too many men.

His palace can be next to a huge quarry. C-3PO and R2-D2 can enter via a semi-hidden underground entrance located within the quarry.

This would require redoing all of the backgrounds, of course, but I think Ady is skilled enough to make it work. Thankfully, most of the shots for this part of the movie are indoors.

timdiggerm said:

AntcuFaalb said:

ROTJ:R Question: Has Ady considered putting Jabba's palace on a different planet?

The following post gave me this idea: http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/something-I-always-wondered-about-the-PT/post/686800/#TopicPost686800

 You took the words out of my hands.

Although there is the problem of Lando's line at the end of ESB about the rendevouz point on....Tatooine.

Now you have Meat Loaf stuck in my head. Yes, Meat Loaf himself and all of his songs... at once!

I'm sure that's something Ady could rework for ESB:R if he likes this idea enough.

NeverarGreat said:

I'm saying that if JJ fails to make a good Star Wars movie, and the next guy fails as well, people may come to see the property as "cursed" or simply think that the balance that was struck in the OT is trickier to get right than is assumed. None of us (as far as I am aware of) has ever made a Star Wars movie, so it seems kind of presumptuous to say "I could make a better movie than that!" Maybe, but then again perhaps the prequels could never have been great despite what we imagine, and people may simply accept that after every new movie is a letdown.

Of course Episode 7 will probably be a worthy contender with the OT and in that case I will happily stand corrected.

IMO, the prequels could never have been great with the choice to focus on the backstory of Darth Vader.

Honestly, who thought "Huh... I'd like to see what he was like as a little boy!" after hearing "Commander, tear this ship apart until you've found those plans, and bring me the passengers. I want them alive!"?

Even post-"I am your father!" and post-redemption, who honestly gave a shit about how Anakin Skywalker became Darth Vader?

There were many other story possibilites for the PT. The Fall of Anakin Skywalker/Rise of Darth Vader should have been left for a cheap EU paperback novel you'd find in a drug store.

bigmoviefan said:

i am reading this forum for many years now. but i just registered here.

where can i download the back to the future blu-ray disc? is there any possibility?

thanks!!

It is, unfortunately, not possible at this time to download a blu-ray disc, as sufficiently advanced computer-controlled matter compilers do not exist... yet.

It is, however, possible to download the contents of a blu-ray disc, but that's not something we're allowed to discuss here: http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Fan-edit-preservation-forum-rules-and-FAQ/forum/18/post/227588/#TopicPost227588

The following isn't possible yet either: http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091211062034AAObJCi

ROTJ:R Question: Has Ady considered putting Jabba's palace on a different planet?

The following post gave me this idea: http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/something-I-always-wondered-about-the-PT/post/686800/#TopicPost686800

CatBus: How does Puggo's 16mm monomix stack-up to the VHS monomix restoration by Belbucus?

Would it be a higher quality source to fill-in what's missing?

We can use iZotope RX 3 to fix the big issues (e.g., cracks and pops).

TServo2049 said:

Though I still think it could be a good idea to get the original Japanese release, for a non-time-compressed mono track.

I can get the original JP LD from Japan for $50 ($26 in S&H, ugh...), but I'm short on cash right now, so I can't get it unless people want to donate or something...