Dirk Blackpool

User Group: Members
Join date: 2-Jun-2006
Last activity: 4-Aug-2006
Posts: 10

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Post: #229337
Topic: first viewing of the 2006 OOT dvds
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/229337/action/topic#229337
Time: 26-Jul-2006 5:32 AM

I tend to agree with Mike-o. After this latest announcement, I'm not expecting anything good to come from Lucasfilm for the foreseeable future. I think eventually, after years have gone by and the TV series is ended and interest in SW is at an all time low and Lucasfilm has failed at every attempt to generate another hit and after years of begging Lucas to allow them to release the OUT in a modern format in order to hold on to their jobs for another year or two then maybe, just maybe.

Also, I have a question. I had heard that a restoration project is underway that actually has access to a film print. Can anyone confirm this?

Post: #226799
Topic: Finally Got Rid of My 2004 DVD's...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/226799/action/topic#226799
Time: 17-Jul-2006 5:39 AM

It's like this: He now has a new vision of Star Wars and any rejection of that vision is considered a personal rejection of him and so he resents those he feels have personally rejected him. I believe it's that simple. Also ironic because his attitude has now led many to personally reject him and now it becomes a vicious circle that doesn't bode well for any hope of any new joys to come from this franchise.

Post: #226496
Topic: Ralph McQuarrie Website
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/226496/action/topic#226496
Time: 15-Jul-2006 9:29 AM

Originally posted by: JediFlyer06
You know, to be honest, and this is not at all rooted in my modern disdain for what Lucas has become...but as a child that grew up as a part of the Star Wars generation and was beyond infatuated with the films, my interest was always in HOW it was all done. George Lucas was, to me, this nerdy guy with the big glasses. Whenever I got to see those making of specials on tv, or read about how something was done, THAT was what I was obsessed with. The guys who brought it all to life were my Mickey Mantle and Joe DiMaggio, you know? As a kid I did sort of worship these guys...Ben Burt, Dennis Muren, Phil Tippet, Ken Ralston, Ralph McQuarrie, Michael Pangrazio, etc. It was like, "Those guys are cool! I want to do what they do!".

Lucas was kind of like a general who commanded an army. His army did the fighting. He just told them where to fight.

I can relate to this. McQuarrie and Joe Johnston (how can you guys forget to mention him) were who inspired me to embark on a career in art.

It just amaizes me to think that McQuarrie was in his fifties back when he worked on the original movie.

Post: #221939
Topic: Why is Princess Leia the only main character who gets shot by the otherwise aim impaired Storm Troopers?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/221939/action/topic#221939
Time: 26-Jun-2006 2:52 PM

Funny thing about all the people in the Star Wars universe, their skills vary depending on the needs of the plot. Must be the will of the force..the force that is Lucas that is

Post: #219813
Topic: Try to take it easy with the Lucas bashing.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/219813/action/topic#219813
Time: 18-Jun-2006 7:18 PM

Well, I still call him a marketing genius. I mean even today he's finding ways to squeeze money out of disgruntled fans..even getting a lot of people to shell out cash for the same movies they already have. But I don't know, maybe if we were to be a flies on the wall during the Lucasfilm board meetings we would learn again, it's mostly due to a creative team of MBAs.

Post: #219788
Topic: Try to take it easy with the Lucas bashing.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/219788/action/topic#219788
Time: 18-Jun-2006 6:12 PM

If I am add my 2 cents into this.. I must disagree that Lucas is the only one who could have made Star Wars as great as it is. I have no doubt any number of filmmakers from Steven Spielberg to James Cameron could have taken Lucas's initial idea and the creative team of artists he had and come up with something just as good if not better. Especially Spielberg who we have some evidence of proof of that with Raiders of the Lost Ark. Further evidence of this is Empire where his creative input was minimal compared to the other movies. I have really come to believe that he just got really lucky with ANH; luck with circumstance and luck at having assembled a team of unsurpassable creativity.

Post: #219750
Topic: OK, the DVDs are coming...so how bad are they going to look?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/219750/action/topic#219750
Time: 18-Jun-2006 3:47 PM

I know on my monitor even anamorphic DVDs show their limitations with compression artifiacting and what not. I can't help but worry that these will look many times worse.

Post: #217862
Topic: Moving in from the Basher's Sanctuary (TF.n)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/217862/action/topic#217862
Time: 11-Jun-2006 11:22 PM

Practically the only reason I post TF.N these days is to the Virtual Prequel board. I really like it because it's the fan's attempt to write our own version of those cinematic failures.

Post: #215832
Topic: Moving in from the Basher's Sanctuary (TF.n)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/215832/action/topic#215832
Time: 3-Jun-2006 11:02 AM

Yeah, I modded fan art for awhile. Don't remember that particular icon, but I do remember that it was you and me against clonetrooper whatever number he was about Boba Fett surving the Sarlacc. Man, he was stubborn. Anyway, it's good to post with you again.

Post: #215745
Topic: Moving in from the Basher's Sanctuary (TF.n)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/215745/action/topic#215745
Time: 2-Jun-2006 9:11 PM

Just registered here and wanted to introduce myself. I go by "blackpool" over at TF.N but hopefully now no one will confuse me with the town in England

Not really comming here from the Sanctuary since I left that place over a year ago due to the hypocrasy of many there at the time over the 04 DVD release. Been lurking here for about 6 months now. Looking forward to chatting with you all from time to time. Hopefully one day we will get a good quality release of the OUT.