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#106039
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Yeah, its us OLD people George- thanks!
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Originally posted by: joe_H
You guys are pretty frickin' pathetic. Please spare us the psychoanalyzing of George Lucas. None of you know a damn thing about the man, and have never met the man. George Lucas is probably more sane than any twat on this board. After all, I don't see him sitting around on a message board whining like a frickin' baby because he didn't get his way. Get out and perhaps find a girl and stop whining because some filmmaker you don't even know didn't give you what you want. That's truly sad. Insulting Lucas doesn't change a damn thing, and it's not going to help you get what you want.


Y'know what else is pretty pathetic? Your coming onto a messageboard where people do nothing but whine and bitch that they don't get their way just to whine and bitch about their whining and bitching. That's a bit hypocritical, don't ya think?
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#106003
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Yeah, its us OLD people George- thanks!
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Originally posted by: greencapt
Any under-25 year olds want to comment? Is Lucas correct to your minds?


16-year-old chiming in: the bastard's wrong.

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Originally posted by: IMDb, who obviously don't know what the hell they're talking about
Lucas compared the debate to older rock fans talking up the Rolling Stones and the Beatles, while younger fans worship hip-hop.


Okay, how 'bout this: I'm 16, NOT a stoner (never touched weed but once in my life), and The Beatles are my absolute favorite band. AC/DC and The Who run close second (tied). I hate hip-hop, but Green Day is my number three.
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#105498
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Star Wars - The Phantom Menace - DLP Presentation Question
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The point here is that a lot of times information that *is* on a disc isn't shown on the screen - a little bit always gets cut off the edges on TV screens. TPM was probably framed wrong as that was a 35mm transfer. Example from BEN-HUR:

Actual 70mm scan from the film:



Fixed aspect ratio:



Fixed aspect ratio with the DVD image over the top:




See how much of the image is lost there? That's probably what happened with TPM.

(images taken from the "American WideScreen Museum")
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#105111
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Your pre/post Episode III plans
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For the hell of it, I'm not going to be watching anything associated with SW until the day before, when I'll watch the Lucas DVD versions of TPM and AOTC. Maybe CLONE WARS, too. Then ROTS at midnight on the 18th/19th, then the next day, Lucas' DVDs of ANH, ESB, and ROTJ.

After seeing how well they really "gel" together, I'll watch the O-OT to remind me how good it is. =P
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#104239
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Soooo.... which Laserdisc version has the best non-SE version?
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Audio for the 92 is the 85 mix, which is the closest approximate of the original Dolby Stereo mix that has also been remastered (the original stereo mix was also released on LD if I'm not mistaken.) The audio for the 93 and 95 discs are remixes that added a lot of sound effects and such, but the video is much better. The EditDroid discs combined the 93 video and 85 audio, and are probably the best representations of the film, so far, outside of straight LD transfers.
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#104137
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It's official: ROTS is really rated PG-13
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Originally posted by: The Bizzle
Dude, look where you're at. And then ask that question again.

Also, If Empire was made today, it would have gotten a PG-13. There's no question.


Nope. It was re-rated back in 1997 and 2004. In 97, Jedi almost got PG-13 for the shot of the Rancor eating the Gamorrean guard. From what I've heard (*just* rumor here, mind you) is that Star Wars got PG-13, and that's why Lucas censored the fighting, to bring it down to PG - and that Empire was the only one that never had a rating problem. That part is just rumor though, and as far as I know the rancor thing is true.
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#103800
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DVD Cover Project
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Well, I'm already listing Remastered Dolby Surround as a mind-blowingly special added feature, so I'm nearly there.

My point is that nearly all the customs I've seen are just that - customs. Most don't even have legal copyright text at the bottom, and I can't recall any that had UPC codes or the like (though I can't really blame them). Besides, not all studio covers are bad . . . hold on, I'm thinking . . . ah! Aside from the "promo title" used, X2 was a decent cover, and that is actually sort of what this is modeled after. I'm just trying to make this look more "professional," as the cover I was using was seen by a friend of mine and said, even before she opened it up and saw the DVD-R (note: this person has never seen Star Wars, and indeed had no idea that it was released in a "Special Edition" or that it was out on DVD), she looked at the back cover and said, "Oh, this is a bootleg. . . ."
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#103765
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DVD Cover Project
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The Revenge poster I used is high-res, I don't have a problem there; what I may need is a higher-res-than-I-have Empire poster.

So, are you thinking I should drop the filmstrip entirely and not use any images whatsoever? I hadn't thought of that because, to be honest, the filmstrip idea was what sparked this project. The banner on the back is only there because I was trying to create a studio-faithful look, and that's what the newer Fox DVDs are like; plus, I hate banners on the front of covers.

Bit of useless trivia: the UPC on the back is from the Faces version of the Star Wars LD. I haven't gotten round to making the UPC for the Jedi one, so I used the Star Wars UPC. Once again, the UPC is only present because I was going for a studio look.

I'm going with the blue saber Jedi poster because the EditDroid menu's is blue.

I haven't yet started on Empire, so wish me luck on that one. I may also consider doing a cover like this for Deleted Magic after I've seen the "official" one.
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#103672
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Help me, Tim Lehrbach, you're my only hope!
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v58/chainsawash/TPMlogo.jpg

I apologize, but for now that's all I have. I need to re-do AOTC, I can't find ANH, Empire or Jedi at the moment, and my ROTS one needs a quick fix. When I get a little time, hopefully tonight, I'll get the rest to you.

--EDIT--

All the PT-style logos are done. If these are too big, I'll make them links, but otherwise they're right here. They were done by going to the "Movies" section of the official site and taking those tiny-ass JPG's and blowing them up to this size, then using the fonts used by the original graphic artists to make a new logo. This way, they are as faithful to the original logos as possible. The only one that isn't is TPM, where the "Star Wars" on top was *much* smaller. I made that match the others. Other than that, these are the most faithful re-creations outside of matching colors I could do.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v58/chainsawash/Episode1Logo.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v58/chainsawash/Episode2Logo.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v58/chainsawash/Episode3Logo.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v58/chainsawash/Episode4Logo.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v58/chainsawash/Episode5Logo.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v58/chainsawash/Episode6Logo.jpg
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#103662
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DVD Cover Project
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I know, I discovered that in this project - because my poster was half-high-res, half-low-res, I had to combine here.

Let me back up: I got the poster (the version I had) from Scaramanga at Dagon's Den a while ago. On it, he'd superimposed a green saber onto it. I wanted the original blue. So what I did before was take the highest-res one I knew of and stuck that on top. It looked like crap.

Now, I have the EditDroid covers after downloading Jedi. So I took the Jedi poster which, although the color balance was of, is much higher-res than the one I used for the blue saber. Since in color-timing it I did a better job than with my old one, I decided that, since about a quarter inch was missing on the sides, I'd stick it on top of my old one. When I did, Lando didn't match up. I liked the one where he was farther away, so I used that from my old one. So this is technically a hybrid of two different versions of the ROTJ poster.
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#103505
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DVD Cover Project
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Glad you guys liked it! I've made one or two slight revisions, ones that don't warrant a new preview IMO, just a spine-title size change and one or two other small modifications to match Jedi better. I'm 90% done with Jedi, and I haven't started Empire yet because I can't find a high-res poster for the back and the front poster I want to use, I don't have in incrediby high resolution either. After sleeping on it, I decided the things I didn't like about the SW cover no longer bother me, but God do I need help writing the synopsis for Jedi. As you can see, the screencaps are still from SW; I haven't popped the EditDroid Jedi in yet to do some screenshots.

So I need a good, high-res alternate art for Empire (as in, not the "Gone with the Wind" one), it would be nice if I had a higher-res GWTW-style poster but that's not a priority, and I need help with the ROTJ synopsis. Suggestions are appreciated .
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#103476
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Help me, Tim Lehrbach, you're my only hope!
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I have some that look nearly identical. Later on, I'll find them and send them to you, I don't have time at the moment. My AOTC logo, however, is based on the official one that is slanted, and my ANH one is stretched a bit to match better with the others; other than that, the TPM one looks so similar to mine that if it weren't for the "N" I'd say it was! And do you really want the Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back PT-style logo, too?
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#103375
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DVD Cover Project
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Alright. While there are already several threads out there about DVD covers, most are basically dead now, and I've been working on a somewhat different one lately that I'd like to share and get opinioins on. Note the following:

A) This is not complete
B) I gladly welcome any suggestions
C) I will make these available when I'm done, as I now have a way to
D) The image here is *not* full resolution, but it's large enough to make out details - and unfortunately horridly compressed...

Here is my cover for Star Wars, the EditDroid version. I've decided for this project to go with the most official studio look possible, hence the barcode, widescreen banner, legal text, et cetera. Another thing I've wanted to try for a long time but never got the chance - I now have Photoshop CS, so I can do this: look at the spine logo. I opted to use the older logo and perspective-shift it similar to the way the Dawn of the Dead logo is for the DVDs (I mean the old DotD, not the remake).

So, there are things I like, and things I'm not sure of. There was one thing I was kicking aroudn with the 35mm strip at the top, but decided against - if you've ever seen an actual 35mm movie strip, it's anamorphically squished, and I mean a lot. So I tried making mine anamorphically squished the same way, and it looked quite bad. All the caps on that strip, also, are directly from the EditDroid disc.

I'd really like opinions and suggestions on this; I'm liking the concept, but I think the execution may be lacking. Also, I need high-res alternative artwork for Empire for the back (for Jedi I'll be using the Revenge poster) if it can be provided.