Batesy1970

Donated. Thanks so much Harmy.

I have downloaded and am now seeding Myspleen. Many thanks Harmy. It looks and sounds fantastic.

You have made myself and my large circle of SW friends here where I live ecstatic.

I finally watched Harmy's making of doc and it was truly impressive. I was most impressed with the group that made their own scan of a low fade lpp print. I would love to have their whole transfer. Is that on a torrent somewhere? Anyone know how to get a copy of it?

I am so glad V2.1 is now available.

Many thanks to all involved and for everyone who has participated (and will undoubtedly continue participating) in this thread with ideas and helpful comments. 

So great!

I am 100% for releasing the mkv and avchd first.

The question is did Lucas put a big, fat clause in there that prohibits Disney to release the OT in their original form? Perhaps his pride has always prohibited him from doing what we want but passing everything over to Disney will be a backdoor way for him to acquiesce.

Here is a blog piece I wrote on Raiders in Imax. Enjoy!

Indy in Imax

Rapidshare links for version 2.0 are now available at tehparadox

DragoonClawNZ said:

 

Wow that's quite a difference. I'm a bit behind but does anyone still plan to upload it to Rapidshare? Would prefer that since I can't download torrents where I live.

 

I am the one uploading to Rapidshare. I am still at it. It is taking longer than I expected. I am a little less than halfway done. It will be uploading all night tonight. At any rate, when it's done I will post the links at tehparadox.

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<p><strong>hairy_hen</strong> said:</p>
<p>That's an odd-looking error to be sure, but I suppose it's just as well, since I had to go out of town for a bit. &nbsp;Tomorrow I'll be back at it.</p>
<p>To tell the truth, it may be better to use Belbucus' analogue capture of the stereo track. &nbsp;Sure, the quality of the digital version is a bit better, but it also has many of the source flaws that Belbucus fixed for his version, including noticeable audio dropouts and pitch-shifting. &nbsp;In addition, it is also much too loud compared to the 1993 mix (and by consequence the 5.1), while the analogue capture has already been level-matched quite precisely. &nbsp;When I spliced in part of the digital stereo track for one of my edits, it had to be lowered considerably just to have the dialogue come out at the same level. &nbsp;When switching between multiple audio tracks, this is going to produce a jarring mismatch.</p>
<p>Of course, the mono mix is also much too loud compared to the 1993 version, and would have to be similarly lowered. &nbsp;Dialogue Normalization can be used for this purpose with AC3, but for PCM this has to be done manually.</p>
<p>Once I'm done with my stuff, I'll consult on what to do about all the audio tracks, if that would be helpful. &nbsp;I'm not sure how many people really care about this kind of thing, but differences in playback level are a huge source of confusion regarding how powerful or dynamic different mixes sound in relationship to each other, and a lot of erroneous ideas have been formed as a result.</p>
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<p>I think most of us care quite a bit.</p>

Here is a small tribute I wrote on my blog about the summer of 77 and the impact of SW on me at that time.  Enjoy

http://acbatesy.com/2012/05/25/may-25th-1977/

I hope this isn't too much of a digression but I just wanted to point out something that has been running through my mind whilst following/supporting this most excellent effort.

I have owned and/or had access to multiple Star Wars (the original) 35mm prints and screened numerous others as well (been in the theater exhibition biz for a long time). I remember seeing SW in the theater probably a dozen times during its 77-82 runs. The one fairly unifying factor in all of those prints (including mine) was the muted colors and almost greenish hue. There were a much smaller percentage that had excellent color that was more robust (but never popping mind you).  But by and large, especially at the smaller theaters, the prints always looked more muted.  The one fairly decent print I owned (which has since succumbed to vinegar syndrome) had a very faint, overall greenish hue.  Very strange. I have talked/emailed with a few other people over the years that had similar copies. It's been a kind of urban legend that Star Wars was mostly printed on Eastman stock so that George could count on them to eventually fade badly and keep collectors from having good copies. Indeed, back in the day SW prints were always around the collectors market but almost always a slightly faded Eastman.  Every once in a great while a fuji color print would show up for big bucks.

I say all this because the colors of Star Wars, to me, have always been a kind of rabbit hole. As I have read through this and other threads, the one thing I always think is "as long as it is close I am happy".  I am so pleased with the effort and, more importantly, the intentions of everyone involved. At the end of the day, I know it will look really, really good.  I remember sitting in a theater after hours and watching a well-worn Eastman print of SW with the color almost gone and hoping it could be better.  It's already there for me. Thanks Harmy.

35mm reels  (as shipped by lab) are typically 20min (give or take).

Hey there

I would love to have access to the mono mix as well. 

Many thanks

Aaron