Arnie.d

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Post: #314468
Topic: The difference between fanatic Muslims and Christians...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/314468/action/topic#314468
Time: 24-Mar-2008 8:53 PM — Edited 24-Mar-2008 9:42 PM

I admit the thread title is too black&white. I know the situation is much more nuanced. But there isn't very much "title space". Maybe I shouldn't have used "Muslims and Christians" but maybe "Western world" and "Islamic countries".

I'm not trying to put Christianity on a pedestal. I'm very aware of history. But right now I'm only concerned with the present and the future.

Fact is generally speaking Islamic countries are very intolerant of other/western cultures. I hate those left suckers (I think on this forum they are known as lefties) bitching we aren't as tolerant as we used to be. Hell, Muslims live in peace in the west and they can freely practice their religion here, wear their religious clothes, build their houses of religion in our society.
You aren't even allowed to own a Bible in Saudi arabia (let alone build a church). The law requires citizens to be Muslim.

Yes, there are some Christian fanatics that aren't to fond of gays but I don't see them hanging them from the bridge publicly like they do in Iran.

In the largest Muslim country, Indonesia ( yes, the former Dutch colony), violence against Christians steadily increases.

In Egypt Christian are regarded second class people and are actively persecuted by Islamic militants.

I'm an atheist (well, some days I'm agnostic) so what do I care about all this? It goes against everything I believe to be right. And to most Muslims I'm just as much an infidel as any Christian.

"Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil." - Thomas Mann

Post: #314377
Topic: Star Wars DVD Covers
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/314377/action/topic#314377
Time: 23-Mar-2008 11:43 AM — Edited 23-Mar-2008 2:15 PM

reave said:

Does anyone know what the "official" covers for both the Farsight and Rowman Definitive Collections Supplementals discs look like? I have several Blaksvn covers from an old DVD of star wars covers, but I can't figure out what goes with what.

I can post small pics of what I have if it helps.

Blaksvn/Rikter made a matching set for the 4 Rowman discs (The Ultimate Supplemental Collection). Disc 1 is for the DC LD extras. Is this the one you have?

http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/3975/98629764mv4.jpg

From this set:

http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/7425/rsetdf7.jpg

Post: #314371
Topic: Info Wanted: The Definitive Collection (laserdics) still photographs...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/314371/action/topic#314371
Time: 23-Mar-2008 7:29 AM — Edited 23-Mar-2008 7:30 AM

Sound like agood idea, but how will people know what stills are missing?

I was just thinking, maybe those stills can be found at Darth Neo's site: http://www.starwarsarchives.com

Post: #314349
Topic: Info Wanted: The Definitive Collection (laserdics) still photographs...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/314349/action/topic#314349
Time: 22-Mar-2008 9:16 PM — Edited 22-Mar-2008 9:30 PM

I also have a bunch but not all.

I can capture the stills from ld ofcourse (and they are already available on dvd) but it would be so much cooler to have all the stills as .jpg (and the quality will be sooo much better).

Post: #314332
Topic: Info Wanted: The Definitive Collection (laserdics) still photographs...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/314332/action/topic#314332
Time: 22-Mar-2008 3:20 PM — Edited 30-Jun-2020 12:01 PM

Does anyone know if ALL the still photographs (sketches, behind the scenes, special effect, etc.) that are on the Definitive Collection laserdics are available somewhere as .jpg (or any other format)?

Post: #314292
Topic: The difference between fanatic Muslims and Christians...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/314292/action/topic#314292
Time: 21-Mar-2008 7:43 PM — Edited 24-Mar-2008 8:56 PM

There's this politician (Wilders) here in the Netherlands and he's making an anti/critical Quran movie. No one has seen this movie, no one has any idea of the content of this movie. No one even knows for sure it exists. Still, there's an uproar in the Muslim world, protest, Dutch flag burnings. I have to admit, it's kind of weird seeing your flag being burned by people who apparently are against you for some reason. Ofcourse Americans are used to this phenomenon but it's very new for me. Anyway I think the reactions from the Muslim world are bizarre (just like the Muhammed cartoon riots).
The Netherlands have soldiers in Afghanistan fighting the Taliban and when one dutchman is critical towards Islam the Afghan population suddenly is against everything that's Dutch. I really begin to understand how Americans must feel.

Greetings from Kabul:

http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/3018/anp7243680cs9.jpg

Now, there are also a lot of dutch people who made critical movies, funny movies, etc, about the Bible/Christianity. Here's an example of a movie:
http://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/56151/b2e3883d/zalig_pasen_.html
Now, the funny thing is, I don't see any flag burnings or an uproar anywhere, not even a flag burning in Vatican city. Strange...

This is all known ofcourse but I just thought I should mention it here, this stuff is all new to me.

Also, a nice picture that shows the difference between Hamas and the Israeli defense force:

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/2852/7dc523f5hamasvsidfyu5.jpg

Post: #314280
Topic: Why didn't Darth Vader hit Luke's ship?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/314280/action/topic#314280
Time: 21-Mar-2008 2:02 PM — Edited 21-Mar-2008 2:03 PM

Lan Hikari said:

I noticed in the film that whenever Vader fired at someone, it took a couple to a few seconds before one of his bolts actually hit his target. When he fired at Luke Han got him before he could fire a shot that could hit him.

totsugeki said:

When Vader shot down Tiree (Y-Wing) and Red 12 (X-Wing in Red Leader's trio), he missed the first six shots. Vader manages only five shots at Luke before his wingman explodes.

It seems to take a while for a TIE's lasers to home in on the locked target.

Yes, you are right. I forgot about that.

Post: #314215
Topic: GOUT image stabilization - Released
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/314215/action/topic#314215
Time: 20-Mar-2008 8:01 PM

Are you sure the vertical anti-aliasing is necessary? I think the vertical aliasing is barely noticable and if you remove it you blur the image more.

Post: #314190
Topic: Info Wanted: ROTJ Jabba subtitles
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/314190/action/topic#314190
Time: 20-Mar-2008 2:13 PM

Thanks for reposting the pic Mielr. :)

Post: #314118
Topic: GOUT image stabilization - Released
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/314118/action/topic#314118
Time: 19-Mar-2008 8:11 PM — Edited 19-Mar-2008 8:15 PM

g-force said:

Arnie.d said:

I have found some more scenes in the film were eedi2 causes serious artifacts

That's it. The final nail in the coffin for EEDI2. I also found a blur bubble on a stormtrooper helmet. I sure liked how it looked over NNEDI on the R2 scene, but I can't justify screwing up everything else as a result. Plus NNEDI blurs way less.

Updating script now to switch to NNEDI.

I tried NNEDI too. Works good enough for me. And no damn artifacts at the known EEDI2 places. Good find!

Post: #314096
Topic: Info Wanted: ROTJ Jabba subtitles
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/314096/action/topic#314096
Time: 19-Mar-2008 3:34 PM — Edited 19-Mar-2008 3:42 PM

That's it, thank you. It's strange though, I searched for "original subtitles" but that thread didn't pop up...

Post: #314062
Topic: We've lost Arthur C. Clarke
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/314062/action/topic#314062
Time: 19-Mar-2008 8:26 AM

RIP

When I was a kid I always liked to watch "Arthur C. Clarke's mysterious world" and "Arthur C. Clarke's mysterious universe".

Post: #314059
Topic: Info Wanted: ROTJ Jabba subtitles
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/314059/action/topic#314059
Time: 19-Mar-2008 5:30 AM — Edited 19-Mar-2008 5:39 AM

Unfortunately I can't see the image mielr posted. Is the font the same as the Greedo subs in the widescreen bootleg? Or is it more like the font used for the Greedo and Jabba subs for the DC LDs?

What is the font called used for the DC?
What is the thread called that has the widescreen bootleg subtitle pics?
I've tried to search for all this but with the new search function I can't find it anymore.

Post: #314011
Topic: Info Wanted: ROTJ Jabba subtitles
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/314011/action/topic#314011
Time: 18-Mar-2008 7:27 PM — Edited 30-Jun-2020 11:57 AM

There’s a thread (which I can’t find anymore) with screenshots of the original Greedo subtitles from the bootleg tape. I was wondering if there’s something similar for the Jabba subtitles of ROTJ.

Post: #313980
Topic: GOUT image stabilization - Released
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/313980/action/topic#313980
Time: 18-Mar-2008 2:56 PM

I have found some more scenes in the film were eedi2 causes serious artifacts (like in the interrogation scene). It also happens at the floor in the scene were Leia is shot and captured by the stormtroopers and also on the tiny bridge Obiwan crosses to disable the tractor beam. Just thought I'd let you know to maybe adjust the script for these scenes if you want.

Post: #313953
Topic: Political compass: interesting test
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/313953/action/topic#313953
Time: 18-Mar-2008 6:29 AM — Edited 18-Mar-2008 6:44 AM

Knightmessenger said:

Okay, why didn't my imageshack link actually show up properly?
[IMG]http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/3996/drawcc9.th.png[/IMG]

EDIT: I don't think imageshack likes this but the other ways haven't worked.
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/3996/drawcc9.png

To show an image you have to type it like this, but without the spaces:
[ img = http..... ]

http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/3996/drawcc9.png

Post: #313952
Topic: Political compass: interesting test
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/313952/action/topic#313952
Time: 18-Mar-2008 6:29 AM — Edited 18-Mar-2008 6:30 AM

Sorry, double post.

Post: #313930
Topic: Search options
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/313930/action/topic#313930
Time: 17-Mar-2008 8:02 PM — Edited 18-Mar-2008 3:28 PM

I was wondering if it is possible to have the option to only search thread titles (as used to be the only option to search).

Sometimes I'm looking for a thread and I'm not sure what it's called anymore, I just know 1 or 2 keywords. When I search for those words I get a shitload of posts and I'm unable to find what I'm looking for.

EDIT: sorry, just noticed mielr already asked the same.

Post: #313923
Topic: GOUT image stabilization - Released
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/313923/action/topic#313923
Time: 17-Mar-2008 5:50 PM — Edited 17-Mar-2008 5:53 PM

Yes, it's after eedi2 but I don't use "turnright" and "turnleft".

For sharpening I resize with limitedsharpenfaster (so I don't have to use an extra step of lanczos4resize). But since I use eedi2 without "turnright" and "turnleft" I don't need to sharpen as much. But as you showed using "turnright" and "turnleft" removes some vertical jaggies.

Well, I'm not saying your version is to soft, I was just wondering what you thought about it. I think your version of Leia standing in front of the stormtroopers looks better than mine. The image is cleaner than mine and I think the sharpness is about the same.

It's all just a matter of personal taste. Some people (probably most) prefer a clean image that may be a bit softer. I prefer a bit more grainy image that's a bit sharper (or at least the grain gives the impression it's sharper).

Btw, for my version I used some things from Moth3r's script like the color correction and contrast settings.

Post: #313917
Topic: What are all the given figures for hyperdrive speed?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/313917/action/topic#313917
Time: 17-Mar-2008 4:49 PM — Edited 17-Mar-2008 4:52 PM

Well, it would take Voyager about 70 years at maximum warp to travel from the delta quadrant back home. Apparently Han can fly to the other side of the galaxy far far away almost instantly. I don't know how fast the light travels in the Star Wars universe or how big the galaxies are but I would say the Millenium Falcon is way faster than any Star Trek vessel. But ofcourse a Borg transwarp hub is a faster way to travel but it's not nearly is practical as the Millenium Flacon.

Post: #313907
Topic: GOUT image stabilization - Released
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/313907/action/topic#313907
Time: 17-Mar-2008 2:33 PM — Edited 17-Mar-2008 2:39 PM

Original

G-Force

http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/8031/003arniedlz7.jpg

Arnie.d

I have tried out so many filters and as a result what was in my memory didn't match with the actual original. I included my own for comparison. Yours is much cleaner no doubt. I think mine is a tiny bit sharper (but also darker and more grainy).

Post: #313888
Topic: Why didn't Darth Vader hit Luke's ship?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/313888/action/topic#313888
Time: 17-Mar-2008 10:12 AM

I was just wondering why Darth Vader didn't hit Luke during the final stages of the Death Star trench run. He clearly had him in sight and had a good tone. And he fired just before Han takes out the Tie Fighter. Or did he miss because of the explosion?

Post: #313886
Topic: GOUT image stabilization - Released
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/313886/action/topic#313886
Time: 17-Mar-2008 9:55 AM

g-force said:

I just noticed some ringing near the letterbox area that I know can be fixed. stay tuned.

Happened to me one time because I added the black bars before filtering... whoops!

I was wondering, although the image looks pretty clean don't you think it's a bit to soft?

Also, do you use fft3d for noise filtering or sharpening (assuming you still use it).

Post: #313699
Topic: Moscow Soon to Be Lone Carrier to Space Station
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/313699/action/topic#313699
Time: 14-Mar-2008 8:10 PM — Edited 14-Mar-2008 8:12 PM

RRS-1980 said:

Aviation technology is fairly close to space technology, right?

No, it is imcomparable.

RRS-1980 said:

"You is wrong, be sure* All engines good, everything chorosho. We don't see any problems." We insisted. They denied - and never admitted that the poorly designed & made engines caused the crashes - even after our second Il-62M went down 7 years later... due to the same problem (yes, even the modified variant suffered from the same errors!)... that's 270 dead people in total in those 2 cases, plus 8 more fatal crashes worldwide.

Well, if you know the engines are flawed it's majorly stupid to keep flying them.

Post: #313670
Topic: Mother arrested for leaving children "unattended"
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/313670/action/topic#313670
Time: 14-Mar-2008 2:51 PM

C3PX said:

What? Our beloved moderator, Moth3r has been arrested for neglecting his kid? No.

I swear that's what I thought at first :D My brain read Moth3r instead of Mother.