CatBus

Well, if you'd like, you could download the latest Project Threepio and take a look through the Dutch subtitles for typos, errors, etc.  I'm not so much interested in preserving any particular translation (these may have changed over time), just maintaining a good quality translation overall.

The quality should already be pretty good since they're from the GOUT.  Still, errors can creep in via OCR and other things, and occasionally even the official subtitles make some odd translation choices, and I don't mind changing them in those cases.

A simple "Yes, these are fine" is still useful information to me.  Click the Project Threepio image in my signature to go to the Project Threepio discussion thread.

...and which languages you're fluent in ;)

Still (unsurprisingly) having trouble finding a printer willing to make a T-shirt out of this image.  PM me if you've worked with anyone who is a little more friendly to "fan art" than your average commercial printing outfit.  All those T-shirts you see at conventions have to come from somewhere...

PM sent.

crampedmisfit1990 said:

CatBus said:

I feel like a bad person for never noticing this before.

 Hahaha a bad person? Whatever for?

Not loving Pee-Wee enough, of course!

I feel like a bad person for never noticing this before.

Honestly wishing I was just rickrolled.

Tobar said:

Star Wars premieres in China four decades late

Poor China, deprived for so long and you know what version was likely shown. =(

If nothing else, it increases the chances of official Mandarin dubs for the OT, which would be cool (you know, once despecialized and synced to the good versions).  If anyone sees a lead on this front, let me know.

Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

The walker is a nice touch :)

I figure that's how the Cybermen get around.

Just a one-off, not preservation-related.  Wouldn't be surprised if somebody else already tried this one:

"And we will never be in charge again/'Cause it doesn't happen every day
Kinda counted on the shield staying up/Kinda given up on Life Day"

SilverWook said:

I couldn't find an OOT screencap of that shot. And I knew someone was going to harp on that. ;)

Not trying to go for a cheap shot, just saying all nations have a way to go in terms of preserving their history for future generations.  The US may save their space history, but they allow their film history to be burned.

PM sent.  Yes, this project has complete trilogy subtitles for all supported languages--but they may not have existed when a particular preservation was made, so may not have been included at the time.

SilverWook said:

And it's sad Russia leaves it's space shuttles to rot, while our surviving shuttles get museum love.

Oddly mixed message with a Special Edition screencap...

Oh, but you are right in that there was nothing at all Star Wars-related in my original Puggo image, and that hardly fits the theme.  So I've edited the original image and now there's a small Star Wars element in there that oddly doesn't seem too out of place at Battersea.  I think it has to be pretty subtle to avoid detracting from the whole.

I was actually considering having a very subtle blast door closing on one of the buildings, but ultimately laziness won out and I just did the pug and the text.

Finally, one for Puggo.

“Occasionally glancing up through the rain/Wondering which of the buggers to blame/And watching for pugs on the wing”

EDIT: Found and fixed what was causing issues with scaled-down images.

To address what I feel has been a longstanding lack of official preservation-themed T-shirt availability in this forum, I'll be including some high-res images for just that purpose in the next version of Project Threepio.

Obviously the "official" designs will be specific to this project, but I've also made two unofficial designs for other projects that have been given the thumbs-up by their respective owners for me to distribute.  Low-resolution previews available here:

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Star-Wars-Posters-In-the-style-of-other-movies-And-LP-mashups-too/post/776228/#TopicPost776228

Please keep in mind that lots of commercial printing outfits will balk at anything that looks too much like an infringing image, so I can't guarantee every design will be easy to actually get printed--my new punk rock Project Threepio logo seems to be the hardest one to do so far.

Ryan McAvoy said:

^^ Yeah cool. The more obscure the better.

I may have to dig pretty deep.  I haven't found a suitable cover for Puggo yet.  Obscure helps in the commercial printing department--some of these words and images are well-known enough that they could be rejected on infringement grounds.

Hope I’m not derailing the thread, because I’ve been working on a slightly different kind of mashup–creating LP/Star Wars mashup images for some of our favorite preservation projects.

“Too much alteration running through each frame/Too much alteration driving me insane”

“I have found, I have cleaned, I have scanned these dirty reels/Yeah, that’s really great, I can’t believe I did it, but nevertheless, I have done that for you.” -or- “These guys are from Dantooine and who gives a shit!”

“Star Wars showing in a faraway land/Semoga Force bersama dengan kalian”

Unless the respective project maintainers object, I’ll include much higher-res versions of these (suitable for T-shirts and whatnot) in my next Project Threepio release.

If you’re not familiar with any of these, click the image to go to the Wikipedia article about the original.  The middle one’s kinda obscure–I didn’t use the collective team_negative1 identity because it didn’t blend as well.

PM sent.

Puggo: Are you responsible for this? And if so, how come I didn't find out about it until the year was halfway over?

https://www.menards.com/main/home-decor/office-supplies/file-folders-calendars-planners/puggo-12-x-12-12-month-2015-wall-calendar/p-2415020.htm

PM sent.  Heh, I get to do that in another thread.

Ah, too bad.  I'll find it and send you a link to what I have.

So, I'm not clear, do you have a better source for the Han-Greedo bit?  Because, if so, this is fantastic!

team_negative1 said:

We are actually looking into 70mm transfers currently. Running some test clips of Empire to see what happens. Nothing about full prints though.

We would want those primarily for their soundtrack.

Team Negative1

Umm, 70mm Empire? Yum, alternate video & audio!