Darth Simon

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Post: #83637
Topic: STAR WARS: The Torrents thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/83637/action/topic#83637
Time: 6-Jan-2005 10:27 AM

Originally posted by: Rikter
Blaksvn Strikes again

...

Wookie Groomer Presents - Star Wars 1977/2004 Splitscreen is now up

You are a gentleman and a scholar.

Thanks for this and all your other great torrents.

-Darth Simon

Post: #83688
Topic: SW BW or color?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/83688/action/topic#83688
Time: 6-Jan-2005 5:50 AM

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Originally posted by: ricarleite
There is an extremly rare condition of colorblindness in which people see in b&w.

what about not being able to see black and white? Like only being able to see colors, that would be wierd if even possible. I know its all some rod and cones thing but my bio knowledge is severely lacking.

-Darth Simon

Post: #83685
Topic: SW Photo Spread in Vanity Fair
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/83685/action/topic#83685
Time: 6-Jan-2005 5:42 AM

would make sense, how else would Lucas get Portman to put her arm around him

but was it maybe just refering to the digital addition of Grevious, Jar-Jar, and Yoda to the photo? Maybe even Chewie, Vader, and the Droids? though those are probably just empty costumes.

-Darth Simon

Post: #83682
Topic: Cartoons!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/83682/action/topic#83682
Time: 6-Jan-2005 5:38 AM

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Originally posted by: sean wookie
i love gundam wing and inuyasha and case closed

Havent seen either of those, but ive heard good things about Inuyasha.

For those of you out there that watch anime, what do you think of Fullmetal Alchemist? I've yet to watch it but been told its amazing.

Also, what about Samurai Deeper Kyo? Another thats on my list to watch, but havent really heard much about it or know anyone thats seen it.

-Darth Simon

Post: #83681
Topic: Wanted: I'm looking for a PAL VCR...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/83681/action/topic#83681
Time: 6-Jan-2005 5:33 AM

the dvd player i got ($40 cyberhome unit, pretty good though, especially for the price, even has progressive out) can be 'modded' (not like a chip, its like a code or something you enter while in one of the menu screens) to be region free and you can buy it at best buy and all those stores.

think there are others that have the same sort of thing.

Thats what i never understood about these regions, its not like its hard at all to get by them, so what purpose do they really serve?

-Darth Simon

Post: #83678
Topic: George Lucas makes you an offer you can't refuse
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/83678/action/topic#83678
Time: 6-Jan-2005 5:29 AM

Hey, the muppets made some pretty good movies...I'd be willing to bet that "The Muppets Go To Tatooine" would be better than the Holiday Special (not that it would take much).

But it would never happen, Lucas would insist that all the muppets be done in CGI, and then they just wouldnt be the muppets anymore

And bossk is right, if Lucas made an offer like thattake the money, get rich and powerful, and then become Lucas. Make changes to movies...or you can go the opposite route and use that money and power to then produce a bunch of good movies

Post: #83672
Topic: Riddles
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/83672/action/topic#83672
Time: 6-Jan-2005 5:24 AM

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Originally posted by: ricarleite
How? Having the line going around the world?

pretty much, it would be similar to the concept/theory that with a powerful enough laser you can have it curve around the surface of the earth.

Post: #83662
Topic: SW Photo Spread in Vanity Fair
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/83662/action/topic#83662
Time: 6-Jan-2005 5:17 AM

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Originally posted by: Bossk
Okay, stupid questions. The site lists that it is Jake Lloyd and Pernilla August. Way to pay attention, Bossk.

Maybe, but it means you correctly identified everyone

Now for what may be a stupid quesion, who is Jimmy Smits?

-Darth Simon

Post: #83655
Topic: Riddles
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/83655/action/topic#83655
Time: 6-Jan-2005 5:10 AM

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Originally posted by: ricarleite
Physically impossible, mtahematically possible.

Agreed, as is the 3 parallel lines that intersect. Hell mathematically i can draw one line that passes through all 9 dots...im just that good

-Darth Simon

Post: #83654
Topic: Those magic butterfly transformations
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/83654/action/topic#83654
Time: 6-Jan-2005 5:08 AM

I fail to see where "How to lose a guy in 10 days" did this. Did you even see this movie. If anything it was more of an emotional change for Hudson and McConaughey's characters than a physical change. Their was not one character in that movie that had a make over.

I think "Not another teen movie" addressed this (as well as a bunch of other cookie cutter type plot points) extremely well. When they talk about who they are picking for the bet they have comments like, but she has paint on her jeans and glasses, while refereing to the conjoined (at the head) twins as being too easy to transform.

I think they did a better job making Hatheway look unpretty than they did with Bullock. But either way, these movies always use someone that is beautiful to begin with, so they have to 'uglify' them by putting their hair in an unflattering style, and using makeup to do the opposite of what the makeup usually is used for.

Besides, these movies are more about (or are supposed to be, as this is the message they try to get across) the inner beauty of the person. At least thats how I always figured it, i mean it is a 'Cinderella' story, and is that not what Cinderella was all about?

-Darth Simon

Post: #83650
Topic: Does anyone feel that cinema tough girls have degenerated over the years?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/83650/action/topic#83650
Time: 6-Jan-2005 4:53 AM

Tank Girl...now there's a classic movie, she was pretty bad ass too.

Milla is hot (as hell), and imho pretty bad ass in the movies where she is portraying a tough girl. Love the scene where she kicks some alien ass in 5th element.

Also though, whats the other girl thats in Resident Evil with her, dont feel like looking it up. She's in The Fast And Furious too, and also in SWAT. Id have to say she does the tough girl thing pretty good.

-Darth Simon

Post: #83649
Topic: Riddles
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/83649/action/topic#83649
Time: 6-Jan-2005 4:47 AM

I could have sworn when i read the dot one at first it said 3 lines, and was thinking the same thing that DanielB posted. Even if the dots 'have no size' which is physically impossible cause then there would be no dots

if you draw the lines far enough out, then their 'slope' will be essentially nothing and the 3 lines would appear parallel to the naked eye.

So im gonna go with DanielB's solution working for 3 lines, but the riddle stats using only 4 lines...so as an answer to that, DanielB is one line short, therefore his answer doesnt work

-Darth Simon

*edited cause i cant spell

Post: #83646
Topic: Discussion: Your most prized star wars collectible
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/83646/action/topic#83646
Time: 6-Jan-2005 4:41 AM

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Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father
I have an original 1977 Star Wars poster given to my dad by one of the choreography/stunt guys on the movie. He's the same dude who is driving the tank in Goldeneye while Pierce Brisnan sticks his head out and pretends he's driving it. Anyway, my Dad works in a hospital hear in London and got chatting to him while he was in for surgery and mentioned I was a big fan - nice one.

Also, my TIE inteceptor limited edition VHS box set of the original versions, digitally remastered for picture quality but no crappy CGI. Actually, I'd like to know the value of that (not that I would ever sell it). Does anybody have any idea??

I've also got a carded ROTJ Darth Vader figure from 1983 signed by Dave Prowse...But that guy will sign anything. Does he wear the suit in Episode 3? Bet he's pissed if they got someone else.

Thats some cool stuff you got there. As for the TIE Interceptor box set. Its value is whatever you can sell it for. Not trying to sound condescending or anything but, in all honesty its value is what would be deemed a reasonable price and what it can be 'commonly' sold for. Thats how pricing guides work. So what would you pay for it now? Also though, since you wont sell it, alot of its value becomes sentimental, so it may be worth more to you than someone that would make an offer to buy it from you.

Post: #83629
Topic: Qui-Gon Jinn... sounds like the name of a beer
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/83629/action/topic#83629
Time: 6-Jan-2005 4:17 AM

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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
You do realize that Mara Jade is two years YOUNGER than Luke Skywalker, right?

The Mara Jade you know of in the comics....see what ADigitalMan failed to mention is that eventually the emperor realizes that Mara Jade has this fettish, so he kills her, but not after taking a sample of her dna in hopes that he can then make a clone and alter its genetics to eliminate this fetish. It works for a period of time, until the emperor dies allowing the Mara Jade story line to progress as you know it.

-Darth Simon

Post: #83543
Topic: STAR WARS: The Torrents thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/83543/action/topic#83543
Time: 5-Jan-2005 11:09 PM

Originally posted by: Rikter
I second - BitTornado

i would third that, but it randomly stops working for me so i switched to ABC.

-Darth Simon

Post: #83517
Topic: Should anime be adapted into big budget films?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/83517/action/topic#83517
Time: 5-Jan-2005 12:59 PM

I just cant see any actors fitting the roles of the dbz characters.

ric is this the 'free adapation' of dbz your talking about http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0122050/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnxteD0yMHxzZz0xfGxtPTIwMHx0dD1vbnxwbj0wfHE9ZHJhZ29uYmFsbHxodG1sPTF8bm09b24_;fc=3;ft=20;fm=1 and its available on dvd

-Darth Simon

ps. when i searched for that in imdb, i noticed that the dbz cartoon had an earlier data listed than db

Post: #83367
Topic: .: The X0 Project Discussion Thread :. (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/83367/action/topic#83367
Time: 5-Jan-2005 10:38 AM

Mebe & Laserman, thanks for the info.

good luck on your projects and keep up the good work, ill be looking forward to a dvd version of the X0 captures.

-Darth Simon

Post: #83364
Topic: STAR WARS: The Torrents thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/83364/action/topic#83364
Time: 5-Jan-2005 10:35 AM

ok, after reading some of the comments people have about the isomix version i decided that i want to check this out. But downloading it off of myspleen is gonna take a while...so i was wondering if anyone that has it would be willing to burn copies if i sent them some blank discs. I'd also be willing to trade, but all i have is pretty much from myspleen, so im guessing that whoever could help me would already have the same things.

pm me if you can and want to help

thanks

-Darth Simon

Post: #83369
Topic: NEVERMIND (ROTS leaked images)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/83369/action/topic#83369
Time: 5-Jan-2005 4:41 AM

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Originally posted by: ADigitalMan
Skyman, where did that pic come from? The Emp looks like he's about to burn his hand off on the blade.

and he's got the stupidest grin on his face :-p

Post: #83257
Topic: .: The X0 Project Discussion Thread :. (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/83257/action/topic#83257
Time: 4-Jan-2005 6:44 PM

Im curious about this X0 raw capture. I know effectivly nothing about video capture/editing but if its not too much trouble had a couple questions.

What format is the raw capture in? Is it mpeg2 (i believe thats the one that everyone talks of using to source dvds) and can it be watched as is on a computer? if yes, is it watchable? meaning does it require any color correction or anything like that to have the quality which you said would be better than that of most people watching the actual laserdiscs on their own player?

also, as far as comments you (Laserman) made earlier about the process of making this capture. You said something about putting it on a dvd9. going from an 80gig file to a 8.5 gig dvd isnt that gonna require alot of compression, thereby reducing the quality significantly? Would anything else be done with prior to putting it on a dvd, or is the put on dvd step only part of individual projects?

-Darth Simon

sorry for any of the real newbie-ish questions...but as i said my knowledge of video capture/editing is probably somewhere around a -5 on scale of 1 to 10

Post: #82911
Topic: Christmas (Holiday) Gifts
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/82911/action/topic#82911
Time: 30-Dec-2004 7:22 PM

I want the star wars radio dramas

what is this collectors edition...is it just repackaged/released versions of the original radio drama or did they edit it to fit the SE. and if its the former, where can i get one and how much

-Darth Simon

ps. I also got a usb fish tank. not something i asked for, cousin bought it for me from thinkgeek.com. but its totally awsome, and the fish actually look decently real

Post: #82847
Topic: Christmas (Holiday) Gifts
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/82847/action/topic#82847
Time: 30-Dec-2004 7:23 AM

Suprised this hasnt been started already. But what did everyone get for Christmas, or whatever holiday you celebrate?

I got a 'killer coding ninja monkeys do exist' shirt
some blank dvds, inkjet printable
Happy Gilmore/Billy Madison Dvd
Mission Impossible 2
The Guyver dvd box set
Ruroni Kenshin Movie and OVA's dvds

and then a few other odds and ends, but those are the major things

So, what goodies did everyone else get?

-Darth Simon

Post: #82782
Topic: A response to the "They're His Movies" arguement
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/82782/action/topic#82782
Time: 29-Dec-2004 11:26 AM

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Originally posted by: SerVente
its not because you helped him that he will help you... live with it

yes i realize there are many self centered people out there that wont help you just cause you previously helped them.

but you said he doesnt owe us anything...and thats not true...he owes his success to his fans (well star wars fans would be more accurate since he seems to be trying to alienate his fans) without his fans he would never have gotten to where he is today

and besides dont you think most directors would want to preserve a ground breaking film that they made in its original unaltered form, if only for their own personal enjoyment.

He has the money, he has the resources, and there is demand. No reason not to clean up the original film and put it on dvd.

-Darth Simon

Post: #82780
Topic: A response to the "They're His Movies" arguement
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/82780/action/topic#82780
Time: 29-Dec-2004 11:10 AM

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Originally posted by: SerVente
he invented Star Wars for god sake

sure its part of pop culture now that he shared it with the world... but ultimatly its his stuff... he doesnt have an obligation to make fans happy...

he doesnt owe you nothing...

yes he does, he owes his success to all those fans. You know all the ones that were made happy, thus making star wars successful, thus giving lucas the wealth/power he now has that is allowing him to make his changes.

-Darth Simon

*edit: looks like ric beat me to it

Post: #82757
Topic: Star Wars DVD Covers
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/82757/action/topic#82757
Time: 29-Dec-2004 10:22 AM

Originally posted by: eDroj
Nice cover...... will this very interresting DVD be available as a *.tor_rent?

I too am wondering this same thing. This sounds like an awsome addition to any collection.

-Darth Simon