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#218427
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Are you gonna buy 'em?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/218427/action/topic#218427
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I voted undecided. I want the DVD's for these reasons: 1) Because I want a decent-looking version (it won't be anamorphic but its better than a VHS or bootleg) and 2) because I want a legal version so I can never get hammered for having a bootleg and 3) because a DVD will last forever. Unless you just leave it lying on a table, it won't wear out like a VHS. Yes I have bootlegs, adn they're on DVD's, but they weren't burned onto quality DVD's that look like they could last and 4) they might be the last ever release.

Ah, but I voted undecided, right? Well, I also have reasons for NOT buying them. 1) Non-Anamorphic. 'Nough-Said. 2) It also contains the 2004 versions. No thank you, I already have these. 3) Money. I can't keep shelling out cash! 50 for the 2004 set (though, granted, this was a birthday present) and another 30 for bootlegs. That's 70 so far. If I shop smart, and I have been looking around, it'll be another 40 for this set. 110 just to reach a definitive DVD. 4) It would almost sicken me to have a set where the OOT is on disc two as a bonus feature. I can imagine the menu now....
LEGO STAR WARS II TRAILER
OOT FILM
GAME DEMO
Of course, I have come up with a solution to this so that it at least isn't on disc 2. I take out the OOT disc, make my own cover art on the computer, and give it its own case, leaving the 2004 version to rot, or to lie on my desk waiting to be sold on Ebay.

For all these reasons, I am undecided, though I am leaning toward purchasing them.
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#218357
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Remember when everyone hated Return of the Jedi?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/218357/action/topic#218357
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ROTJ may not be the best of the trilogy, though I never considered it the worst of the trilogy. I love all three movies, and could probably never pick a favorite or least favorite. I think that ROTJ has some phenomenal scenes in it, like the final scenes with the emporer and Darth Vader and Luke, and the death of Yoda. I also think that the Ewoks are an important part of the story. They show that you don't need firepower to bring down an army. All you need is the will to do it. This theme parallels itself within the storyline of Luke and Vader. Luke couldn't defeat Vader or the Emperor, but he had the will to turn Vader good again.
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#218350
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I would prefer a special special edition :O)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/218350/action/topic#218350
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I hope you know that all your insults are just bouncing right off me Chrisdo. You can insult me all you like, but just see if I care. This thread is so stupid; I don't know why I ever posted here in the first place. So insult me all you want, I don't think that I'll be visiting this thread again. I'll just leave everyone on the thread with this piece of advice: Don't reveal your age to Chrisdo, or he'll write long posts simply making fun of you.
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#218199
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I would prefer a special special edition :O)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/218199/action/topic#218199
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Hah-Hah. Very funny jackass.

I said you were shallow because you ARE. All you care about is that a movie looks cool. Have you once stopped to think that a movie doesn't have to look really really flashy to be a good movie? And you poke fun at me because I'm 13, and say that I'm immature. you're the one who's immature. I talk to my friends and not a one of them thinks that CGI doesn't make movies look awesome. They're all as shallow as you. But they have an excuse. They're teenagers. I'm far beyond my years as far as movies go. I've made movies on my home cameras, and I realize what Lucasfilm went through to make the orginal movies, and I respect them so much because I see the hell that they went through. I also realize how Lucas tried to shove all that hard work and effort under a carpet. Have you stopped to think about that? Have you stopped to think about all the hours and hours and hours of hard work that would be for nothing if the changes YOU wanted were made. And you said that none of it was real in the OT? Excepting the lightsaber blades and lasers, it was all there. All of it was real, be it a model or a painting. You could actually sit in the cockpit of the millenium falcon. You COULD touch the death star. It was all there, and it shows it.

Someone else made a very good point that the PT should have been made to look like the OT. They still would've made tons and tons of money, and someone like you wouldn't be posting on here. It isn't the OT's job to look like the PT. It's the PT's job to look like the OT.

And as much as it pains me to say it, you are entitled to your opinions, and you can have them. Just don't post them on a message board that's main goal is to preserve the trilogy without changes. Or did you not check what these boards are about before posting?
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#217701
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I would prefer a special special edition :O)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/217701/action/topic#217701
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Originally posted by: chrisdo
Are you joking? Real life is... real life. Are you saying that a computer generated White House would be more real than the real White House? Real is real, I don't know what else you'd want beyond this.


I've been talking about perfection. The CGI Whitzehouse will definitely look better than the original. It is not real, it looks better. In reality there is a lot of dirt no matter how much you clean it )

I like the perfection of cgi graphics and at least they look much better than those old muppet tricks )

Chris


You are the single most shallow poster I've ever seen. A sparkling clean whithouse looks more real than one with dirt on it? Yeah right. I wouldn't believe it to be real if there weren't some imperfections on it. For example, on the 2004 DVD's, C3PO has no dirt on him AT ALL at any time. In the OOT, he's dirty much of the time, which makes a lot more sense. He's been in battles and the desert for a long time.

And you say CGI is perfect? I'm sorry, but CGI always seems to stick out like a sore thumb. In ROTJ spec. ed., Jabba says "Do that again," and suddenly, everyone looks completely different, and a lot more rubbery. There is no perfection in CGI. And if you think I'm some old man who doesn't like the new ways, i'm not. I'm 13, and I'm not shallow enough to be impressed by big fake computer-generated creatures like Jar-Jar. Come to think of it, you probably have a Jar-Jar doll you sleep with at night, and most likely wish that they'd replace Han-Solo with Jar-Jar in the next special edition.
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#217536
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I would prefer a special special edition :O)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/217536/action/topic#217536
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Originally posted by: chrisdo

But on the other hand, ther are fans like me, for whom the special edition is not special enough, as i said, all the computer stuff lokks so old, i would even replace some interior inside the death star for example with new cgi. the death star is built with imperial perfection, so it should look this way. and one more thing i would like to be changed, the death star explosion should be changed. in anh its a big bang, compared to the explosion of the robot control ship it looks quite lame. cgi could change this.

and i dont like the muppet show. not at all. it is not perfect. cgi is more perfect than life thats why i like its perfection )

Chris


If you think the Special Edition software is outdated, then you'll never be happy, no matter how many versions of Spec. Ed. come out. Technology advances each year. If Lucas was to put out a new spec. ed. each year, it would keep becoming outdated. That's why the original trilogy was so great. It just can't be outdated, because it was real.

And what's wrong with muppets? Muppets 4EVER!!!!
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#217392
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I would prefer a special special edition :O)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/217392/action/topic#217392
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Oy...Another person wanting a complete do-over.

What the hell is so great about CGI anyway? Usually, it doesn't look real. Personally, I think that stop-motion and puppets look much more real than CGI images. You know why? Because they ARE real. Please don't tell me you think the singers in the song that replaced Lapti-Nek looked more real in CGI. CGI in the OT was just out of place, and I hated it.
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#217101
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Time to accept what we are given and be grateful?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/217101/action/topic#217101
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Originally posted by: Knightmessenger
I think THX is correct about more resolution making it to the Pal laserdiscs. So they will no question look better, maybe even good. By today's standards for dvd, they will be terrible. Today, non anamorphic is considered just as bad as only releasing it in pan & scan. I don't think we should accept this. In fact I think we shouldn't be so willing to buy anything that says Star Wars on it, good or bad. Lucas has found a weakness with a geek fanbase and exploited it. We need to restrain ourselves so Lucas will have to create something new beyond a shiny package or new box.
An action figure can't move by itself. A box or case may be cool to look at but it just takes up space in the end. And a movie is just a movie. There really isn't much point to buying something if you already have it like many of us do. I'll probably take a wait and see approach with the new set or see if I can score it for a good price. But is it worth $20.00 for slightly improved video quality? That's up to all of us ourselves to decide. However, the only people who should consider buying this "for the future or to have a better chance of them being released again" is if they're going to give them to a library or a friend. Or better yet, rip them to their computer and make a "back up" copy, then donate them.


You're right on all points there. If I knew, and I mean knew for sure that this was absolute fact and there was no changing this, that this would be the final release of the OOT, that'd be the only way I'd get it; so that I'd have a version that, even despite looking bad, would never wear out like a VHS. It'd also look better than a bootleg, even though a bootleg DVD would never wear out either, it'd still be worth getting to know I'd have one, decent looking version.
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#217096
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Dont give up being a fan
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/217096/action/topic#217096
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Dudes, seriously. I popped in my Episode III DVD today (temporary brain anuarism) and pretty much chapter searched until I said, "Oh yeah. This scene...lets see...yup. That sucked. Dear god! The dialogue! So...horrible...brain hurting... Hayden...can't...act... *dies*

Good point. The PT would have been so much better if the dialouge had been listenable.



Lastly, I know they're tech films, but way too much green and blue screen shooting. You have to give these poor folks something to work with that allows them to believe that they're a part of this world. You can't just show them a sketch and say, "this is what it'll look like". All day in a green or blue room is one thing, monotonously boring, no matter how good the actors. Once they lose interest in what they're doing, or can't "feel it", that can't be fixed in post. You can't CG performances George. You have to get those the first time around. And if you don't know how to get them, then you hire someone who does.


You hit the nail on the head there. That's what I keep saying to myself. The OT was great because the actors had stuff to work with. No green screens. They were on real sets. That cockpit in the millenium falcon? They were there. That bar in Mos-Eisly? Yep, they were actually there. You can act so much better when you can actually see the things you're supposed to be interacting with.

However, that is no excuse for no one having on screen chemistry with Jar-Jar....
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#217093
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We have to buy this set atleast to preserve it for the next generation of fans
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/217093/action/topic#217093
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Not only are some of us in our early twenties, I'm only 13, and I love the OOT. If someone as young as me can love the OOT more than the special edition, that simply proves that the OOT will stand the test of time. I know that I'M not impressed by CGI in movies. In most cases, I hate it, and I don't think that I'm in the minority in this case in my age group. With all luck the OOT WILL stand the test of time.
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#217034
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Star Wars Original Trilogy had 'it', but 'it' is hard to explain.
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/217034/action/topic#217034
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Wait....Now I've figured out what IT is!!!

In the OT, almost every last thing you saw on screen was real, even if it was a minurature or model. It was all stuff you could touch and feel and was really there. In the PT, almost everything you see if CGI, and you can tell it. The PT doesn't feel real at all. Deos Jar-Jar look like someone you could reach out and touch or interact with? No. Does Yoda look nearly as real as he did in ESB? No. In the OT, everything was there. No CGI.

Also, the acting wasn't stale and wooden in the OT, the dialouge was great, and the charecters were real. They were charecters you could really connect with.
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#217030
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Upcoming release German covers!
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/217030/action/topic#217030
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Those covers are just the same as the ones in the box set here in the states. I actually like (and I know I'm in the minority here) the covers for the OOT release much better than those covers. They just seem to look better, though I'd rather have a different cover, like one with the original posters.

If they were to ever give the OOT its own release I'd use the face covers seen back in the early ninties. I think those look really cool.
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#216936
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Who Saw THE OMEN on 6/6/6?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/216936/action/topic#216936
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Originally posted by: Nanner Split
So was the MOVIE actually any good? I have low expectations for it; just another horror remake. Besides, the original had Gregory Freakin' Peck. How do you beat that?!


I liked it a lot. I never saw the first one, but one of the people I went with did and said it was very close to the original. I did like that they incorperated some modern stuff into the story, like natural and political disasters telling the forecoming of the devil's child. My reccomendation: go see it. I thought all the actors were pretty good. David Thewlis gave the best preformance as the photographer; Julia Stiles was fairly wooden though as the mother; and the kid wasn't evil enough. He was too cute to be believable.