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#69223
Topic
Bowling for Coruscant
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/69223/action/topic#69223
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Rattlehead, I think I'm going to have to disagree with you. The direct problem is that Lucas isn't releasing the original trilogy, yes. But at the root of that problem is the fact that George Lucas is the number one man at Lucasfilm. He's the number one man at Lucasfilm because he took too much credit for Star Wars.

I do see where you're coming from. You think that if we focus on all that stuff, it'll end up being a jumbled mess. Trust me, it won't. All that stuff comes together to answer the "why" questions. If we don't have a "why," all this will be is a few star wars fans whining and complaining.

There are plenty of film preservationists out there who aren't star wars fans. Those are the ones we need to get a hold of. If we don't give them solid reasons to disagree with Lucas, they aren't going to care one way or the other.

It may sound like it will be taking on too much, but it really isn't.

If we do what you suggested, we'd only really have what you pointed out. That one quote concerning the colorization of The Three Stooges, and clips to show the differences between the OT and the '04 dvds. That's enough to tell people "we're star wars fans and we want the original trilogy." With all due respect, I think we need to convey a stronger message than that, such as "George Lucas has taken more credit than he deserves, and is a disgrace to filmmakers everywhere."

Perfect 5th, that sounds great, thanks! If we could have it translated to French, that would be awesome. And what are your music composing & recording capabilities?

One last thing, Rattlehead, I don't recommend buying a generic brand computer for doing anything creative or professional. It will work, but you're limiting your options. Personally, I'd get an Alienware if I wanted to use a PC http://www.alienware.com/main_creative_pro.aspx. Think about it this way: Generic brand companies are targetting their products at home users who are interested in getting started, while the expensive companies offer what professionals actually need because they know professionals won't be scared away by the price. If you're comfortable with using a Mac (most people aren't for some reason) I highly recommend a PowerMac G5.
Post
#68909
Topic
Beautiful Women
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/68909/action/topic#68909
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She actually responded to the public's reaction to that costume on her official site:

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I know that this outfit caused a stir and quite honestly I wasn't expecting so many negative and positive reactions. It never occurred to me that this outfit would shock people and it was not designed for this purpose. I loved it as soon as I saw it and it seemed obvious that it was just a stage costume. Ok it was a bit sexy but nothing more than that. Unfortunately it was not always interpreted as such and I regret that.

But there are other animated gifs of her out there that are much more revealing than that one...for one of her songs, she wears a miniskirt outfit, and let's just say that she wasn't exactly aware of where all the cameras were located.
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#68623
Topic
Beautiful Women
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/68623/action/topic#68623
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Yeah, that's why I didn't post any of those and posted the portrait instead...I should have seen this coming anyway though lol. And a saucy animated gifs thread probably wouldn't be a good idea here, I'm guessing there are kids that come to this forum.

Personally, I think she looks much better in the portrait. She looks good in the black outfit, but the portrait shows that she doesn't really need saucy clothes to be beautiful. That's what I like about her.

And on a sidenote, I've never understood why people quote someone directly after their post like that...especially an animated gif. Had Regicidal_Maniac said "we should have an animated gif thread" *without* quoting him, I think we'd be smart enough to know what he was referring to lol. nothing personal, I've just never understood why people do that, and I see it all the time, especially in this forum.
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#68618
Topic
Bowling for Coruscant
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/68618/action/topic#68618
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Yeah, I got the 6800. I'm going to upgrade my ram to 1gig as soon as I get it, then probably to at least 4gigs eventually. I doubt I'll need more than 4. I'm mostly going to be using Lightwave on it...but I might try to learn Maya. Maya's UI is so weird though. But anyway, if we start talking about 3d animation I'll get distracted and wander off the subject lol.

This weekend I'm going to get my hands on as many Star Wars interviews/documentaries/articles as I can, to get all of this stuff fresh in my mind. I'll do some brainstorming too, then by Monday we should be ready to get the creative process rolling.

Some of the stuff I might not be able to get a hold of, since I'm in Japan. There are a number of things Lucas said in the interviews that were on the THX"original - one last time" versions, which I don't have with me over here. Mainly I remember him saying that he planned to direct only Episode I, and then hand it over to someone else to do Episode II, and someone else to do Episode III (which he didn't do, obviously). He also said in those interviews "movies are an art, not a business," which doesn't explain all the excessive merchandising.

Can someone watch those interviews and take notes? If someone has the time to type out what he said in those interviews, that would be awesome too. Anything he says that contradicts what he's been doing we can really use.
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#68410
Topic
Beautiful Women
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/68410/action/topic#68410
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Alizée is a french pop star. She was "discovered" by Mylene Farmer, who I guess is comparable to Madonna...I don't know how else to describe her.

Anyway, she isn't like american pop stars...I can't really explain it. She has that innocent schoolgirl look to her, especially from when she first started out.

Search on any file sharing program for the live at amsterdamn video of "moi lolita." That's probably my favorite video clip of her.
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#68409
Topic
Bowling for Coruscant
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/68409/action/topic#68409
Time
I just ordered a dual 2.5 Ghz powermac G5, but apple is having problems shipping them or something, so I'm not sure when it's getting here. I got it to do video editing and 3d animation on. I'm not sure about other video editing apps, but I know Avid takes advantage of dual processors. It's extremely helpful when you're rendering, but to be honest, if you aren't getting paid for doing this sort of thing, a single processor with lots of ram will work fine.

As for the film itself...

plan, plan, plan, plan. Who's our target audience? What are we trying to tell them? Why do they need to know? How can we tell them?

ricarleite, you have the right idea going...but you're limiting the audience to star wars fans. I think our audience should be wider than that. I think (as silly as this sounds) we need to assume that the people watching this have never seen star wars, or if they have, they don't know anything about original vs. special editions. Watch a couple of news magazines like Dateline, 48 Hours, 60 Minutes, etc. I know you've all probably watched the before, but this time watch them and think about their approach. They always pull you in, and they keep pulling until the payoff at the end. A good news story or documentary will make you sit there glued to it until it's over even though you don't really care about it. Granted, most people that watch this *will* care about it, but there's also a big chunk of the audience that will either be watching just because they're curious, or just because their friend sent it to them, or just because they want to see what the fuss is about, etc. Our goal shouldn't be to tell the original trilogy fans what they already know. Our goal should be to persuade the other star wars fans who don't mind the new versions to want the originals; as well as to at least get the attention of people who don't really care one way or the other. That last one is the toughest one...and if we aim for that goal, the other goals will easily be accomplished.

So, to get started with planning, let's tackle the most obvious and seemingly simple question first:

What do we need to say?

I was thinking of focussing it on George Lucas taking full credit for the Star Wars movies when he doesn't really deserve it. That would be the cause, and the affect would be that he's ruined those movies by abusing his power.

That's just what I think it should be though...I'm sure everyone has an idea of what they want it to be. So share your ideas, but try to keep focused on that question, we'll worry about the other aspects as we come to them. Step by step.

I hope I'm not coming across as a know-it-all...I'm trying not to. But I do this stuff for a living.
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#68095
Topic
Using the '04 SE DVD version to restore the Original (with lots of info)
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/68095/action/topic#68095
Time
Hey, I have access to an Avid, as welll as dvd burning equipment.

I could probalby restore the '04 versions to the '97 versions without too much difficulty. The point of doing this would be to have the 5.1 sound and the dvd quality with the originals, but without the stupid changes in the 04 versions.

So basically I'm talking about removing the '04 changes...nothing more than that. After I do that, then I could try to tackle restoring them to the original versions.

But like mverta was saying, it's a lot of work...so I won't try it unless a lot of people ask me to.
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#68140
Topic
Movie Editing
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/68140/action/topic#68140
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What exactly are you trying to do?

Are there differences on the Japanese version? I'm in the navy stationed in Japan, and I saw both of them in a Japanese theater...they weren't any different from the US dvd releases.

If there's any difference between the Japanese and US dvd's, I wouldn't be downloading the Japanese version. Just order it online and play it in a region-free dvd player.

I've also heard that they're releasing a director's cut, which will be the entire film in one piece, instead of in two volumes. I'm not sure whether or not that's been confirmed though.
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#68119
Topic
Bowling for Coruscant
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/68119/action/topic#68119
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I'm a navy journalist, right now I'm stationed at Misawa Air Base, Japan. My job is to make TV spots and news stories.

I know how to use Avid (for those of you who don't know, that's the leading non-linear video editing system, Lucasfilm uses it, as well as many other professional production companies).

I've been thinking the same thing over the past couple of days, that I should make a documentary about this.

Eventually I'm going to do it. When I do it, it will be professional. That's not saying an amateur documentary can't get the point across, because it can. But if it's professional, people won't automatically dismiss it as amateur. Viewers are pretty harsh when it comes to video quality, they put it right next to your credibility without even thinking about it.

Anyway, I'm up for a change of duty station this coming April. I'll be finding out where I'm going next within the next couple of weeks. I'm requesting Europe, because all the good military broadcasting jobs are overseas. But Norfolk, Virginia is my second choice.

If I end up in the states, I'm definately putting a documentary together. If I end up in Europe, it would be more difficult doing it there, since most of the things I'd need to shoot and most of the people I'd need to interview are in the US.

I'll keep everyone posted on this...I just wish George Lucas had waited until I was out of the Navy to release the Ruined Edition DVDs.

In the meantime, if anyone has any ideas as to what points to cover, or any suggestions for who I could interview in the future, let me know.

To sum up, I'm *going* to make a professional documentary about this, but being in the Navy will probably delay it for a while (I get to sign my soul back in June 2007)
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#68090
Topic
Did George Lucas take too much credit?
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/68090/action/topic#68090
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I’ve been a Star Wars fan literally longer than I can remember. George Lucas was my role model growing up, until I realized that he was using Star Wars as a way to make money. I remembered him stating on the interviews on the pre-special edition THX releases that “movies are an art, not a business.”

Forgive me if this has been brought up before, I tried searching for it but couldn’t find any previous discussions on it.

George Lucas only wrote “the story” for the Star Wars trilogy. Most of the actual writing was done by other people. I’m sure we all already knew this. According to imdb.com, George Lucas wrote Episode IV; and he wrote “the story” for episodes V and VI. The actual writing credits for Episode IV are given to Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan; and
Lawrence Kasdan, Lucas, and David Webb Peoples (uncredited).

One of my good friends, who is just as much of a fan of the originals as I am, has been telling me that there was actually one person who did most of the writing for all three of the original movies. I’m not sure on the validity on this, and it figures, my friend can’t remember this guy’s name. He said that this guy got mad and left when Lucas decided to use Ewoks instead of Wookies on Endor. This kind of makes sense…seeing how the lack of the original writer would explain the 20-year delay for the prequels.

Anyway, if anyone has any information that proves/disproves what I’m talking about, please post it.

But, what this really brought something to my attention. Did George Lucas take too much credit? The only one of the original films that he can really call “his” is Episode IV, since he wrote the “story,” wrote the movie (according to the credits anyway), and directed it. Empire and Jedi were both directed by other people, and other people shared writing credits. And let’s not forget all the other hundreds of creative people who worked on these movies.

Have any of the other directors, writers, or crewmembers issued comments on the changes made for the Ruined Edition DVDs?

If you disagree with what I’m suggesting, please explain why. I’d like to discuss this…not argue it. I don’t want to hate George Lucas, but right now I think he’s insulting the original actors, crewmembers, and writers by altering their performances. Adding special effects he couldn’t achieve in the 70s and 80s is one thing, but removing the original actors is like slapping them in the face…isn’t it?