Erikstormtrooper

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Post: #248339
Topic: Info: What Has Changed? the 2006 OT DVD release...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/248339/action/topic#248339
Time: 27-Sep-2006 2:24 PM

THX,

Great idea!

Any plans for v4.0, based on changes in the inevitable 30th Anniversary boxed set?

(Might want to hold onto your source files

)

Post: #246959
Topic: First Impressions of the OOT ...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/246959/action/topic#246959
Time: 21-Sep-2006 6:00 PM

Originally posted by: Mike O
Did a thread from a Raul sock just get deleted? I remember it from minutes ago.

Who's Raul? Never heard of him.

Post: #246916
Topic: LFL {GAG ORDER MODE]
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/246916/action/topic#246916
Time: 21-Sep-2006 4:34 PM

You know, I seem to recall yesterday in another thread (I think it was "Rules, Regs & BS"), mverta asked Raul at least twice to PM him the name of his source at LFL. That way mverta could confirm if Raul's source was legit. Now those posts are completely gone.

Post: #246856
Topic: LFL {GAG ORDER MODE]
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/246856/action/topic#246856
Time: 21-Sep-2006 3:53 PM

Originally posted by: Raul2106
The powers that be have put me in a very difficult position. Apparently "Mike" a LFL employee that is a resident of this site has been talking to mods and now I am forbidden to post anything regarding next years DVDs. So for all those who were expecting screenshots and new info today I'm sorry. The funny part is I am believed to be a liar, yet nobody is questioning if "Mike" is who he says he is. LOL To all those who DO believe in me you will not be let down. 2007 is not that far off and soon enough the truth will be known to all.

Thank You!

Raul Xavier

Zion/Moth3r/Jay,

Can any of you confirm that Raul has been instructed to not post any images? I think it was only yesterday that Zion said (in another thread) that he would not stop Raul from posting images.

Thanks

Post: #244702
Topic: First Impressions of the OOT ...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/244702/action/topic#244702
Time: 15-Sep-2006 4:15 PM

Originally posted by: Go-Mer-Tonic
On the official site, a fan was asking about a burn mark on the exhaust port of the first Death Star.

He's suggesting that they added the burn mark from red leader's missed shot to the side of the port when they show Luke's hitting the mark in either the 97 or 2004 SE.

And he says that the burn mark is there on this latest release of the O-OT.

Can anyone here confirm wether or not that burn mark was there originally, or when it was introduced if it wasn't?

I'm just going on memory here, but I'm pretty sure that's always been there.

Post: #244481
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/244481/action/topic#244481
Time: 14-Sep-2006 10:58 PM

Originally posted by: adywan

Thats one thing thats always bugged me too. I'll see what i can do

Thanks, Adywan.

Post: #244338
Topic: Are the PAL GOUT DVDs upscaled from the NTSC masters?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/244338/action/topic#244338
Time: 14-Sep-2006 5:36 PM

The PAL master tapes don't exist anymore.

Lucas cut them up when he made the Special Edition laserdiscs.

Post: #244228
Topic: Idea: The Original Star Wars... refurbishing?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/244228/action/topic#244228
Time: 14-Sep-2006 3:08 PM

Lord Phillock,

This sounds almost exactly the same as Tellan's Lancer Project:
http://www.originaltrilogy.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=9&threadid=1434

You might want to check out his project to decide if yours will be much different.

Tellan is doing a lot of color correction and error fixing. I believe he was holding off on further work to see if the GOUT had any usable scenes.

Of course, one can never have too many versions of Star Wars

Post: #244222
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/244222/action/topic#244222
Time: 14-Sep-2006 3:01 PM

Adywan,

Nice job on the new opening sequence. Since you included the crawl and all that, I'm wondering if you changed something there.

The firefight between the blockade runner and star destroyer is a lot more impressive now. It's amazing how a few extra laser bolts can add so much.

I liked the first version of the Tantive IV explosion (although it did look a little like it was originally a circular explosion that you distorted). I loved the engine shutdown in the second version.

Having the Tantive IV lose stability for a second is an interesting idea, but something about your footage seems a little off. Maybe it's the perspective.

Personally, I think the best thing would be to have the explosion, camera shake, and engine shutdown, but no loss of stability. Remember, we see 3PO lose his balance slightly, not fall over.

And here's another idea I just had: When we see the Tantive IV being pulled into the star destroyer hangar bay, the camera is fixed on the Tantive IV. This has always bothered me, as it gives the impression that the Tantive IV is being still, while the star destroyer "parks" over it. Can you alter the shot so that the camera is fixed on the star destroyer as we see the Tantive IV moving into the bay?

Post: #244080
Topic: Star Wars Limited Edition Screen Captures.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/244080/action/topic#244080
Time: 14-Sep-2006 11:35 AM

THX,

Are these NTSC GOUT screenshots you're posting?

Post: #243707
Topic: Dr. M's Reinventing The Wheel Edition (PAL to NTSC+) (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/243707/action/topic#243707
Time: 13-Sep-2006 2:12 PM

I found the labels I used on Grisan's site:

http://kevin.alfahosting.org/Disclabels/index.html

The specific labels are "plainhope", "plainempire", and "plainjedi".

Before printing, I added a simple text label to each one in the "Episode I" font. For example, for Star Wars I think I added (on 2 lines):

Star Wars
Reinventing The Wheel

Sorry, I don't think I saved these. They should be easy to recreate.

Post: #243629
Topic: Dr. M's Reinventing The Wheel Edition (PAL to NTSC+) (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/243629/action/topic#243629
Time: 13-Sep-2006 11:46 AM

For the disc labels, I used some generic ones that I found on Grisan's site, and just added text onto them. I used the full-disc poster labels that matched the posters used on each of the covers. Make sense?

Post: #243428
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/243428/action/topic#243428
Time: 12-Sep-2006 9:08 PM

Adywan,

Did you get my PM regarding a volunteer for the 3-D model of the Death Star?

Post: #243285
Topic: .: The XØ Project - Laserdisc on Steroids :. (SEE FIRST POST FOR UPDATES) (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/243285/action/topic#243285
Time: 12-Sep-2006 5:21 PM

Originally posted by: Doctor M

And again, without a new transfer (from what?) there can be no HD or BR version.

I was under the impression that Lowry restored the OT in HD.

Post: #243210
Topic: 2006 OT DVD: Are my eyes deceiving me?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/243210/action/topic#243210
Time: 12-Sep-2006 1:57 PM

Although the black R2 was corrected in the '04 DVD version of Empire and Jedi, the result was very poor. R2 was WAY too blue, at least to my eyes.

Post: #243145
Topic: Help: looking for. 1997 Special Edition Preservation?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/243145/action/topic#243145
Time: 12-Sep-2006 11:00 AM

Wasn't there also a DVD of the '97 ANH captured from a broadcast tape? If memory serves, it was NTSC too.

Post: #243058
Topic: 2006 OT DVD: The Crawl on Star Wars
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/243058/action/topic#243058
Time: 11-Sep-2006 10:40 PM

Originally posted by: ReverendBeastly
Someone already came to the conclusion that it was recreated. I can't remember which thread, but they took a screencap of the new one from the promo trailer for the OUT release that was on StarWars.com and compared it to a cap of the original crawl from Empire of Dreams, and the Star Wars logo receeded at a different rate.

Not so. The only thing that thread proved was that the crawl shown in the trailer for the OUT release was recreated.

Post: #242931
Topic: Star Wars Limited Edition Screen Captures.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/242931/action/topic#242931
Time: 11-Sep-2006 3:48 PM

Originally posted by: vbangle
The image at top is Boris Capture and the image on the bottom is from the X0 website....

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/5702/vadercomparecy5.jpg

Is this Vader from "ROTJ" or "Coneheads"? Anybody else see the conehead? Look closely at where
both heads are orientated in the frame...They look to be occupying the same space in the frame, it's just
the GOUT Vader seems to be stretched out a bit.

To be fair, this is not the exact same frame. Look at the shape of Vader's left shoulder.

Post: #242923
Topic: Star Wars Limited Edition Screen Captures.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/242923/action/topic#242923
Time: 11-Sep-2006 3:25 PM

Originally posted by: Zion

Originally posted by: Moth3r
I wouldn't trust the output from PowerDVD to be accurate - I seem to recall in the past that it brightened the image. I'd prefer to get grabs from either DGIndex or VirtualDubMod.

Very true. I compared caps I made with PowerDVD to caps I made from VirtualDubMod and there is a clear difference. PowerDVD seems to want to rescale and recolor the image before it spits it out. What I always do when making caps is load the VOB file from the DVD into VirtualDubMod, select "copy source frame to clipboard", and then paste into Photoshop and save to the desired format - either 100% quality JPEG or PNG.

So Zion, is the above comparison by Red5 not accurate?

Post: #242918
Topic: Star Wars Limited Edition Screen Captures.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/242918/action/topic#242918
Time: 11-Sep-2006 3:06 PM

Ouch. Is that Moth3r's on the bottom?

Post: #242913
Topic: Star Wars Limited Edition Screen Captures.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/242913/action/topic#242913
Time: 11-Sep-2006 2:51 PM

Originally posted by: Vigo
Either your settings are incorrect, or it is indeed true that the PAL DVD´s are upscaled NTSC. On some shots, it is clearly evident.

This is the most important issue with these discs, IMHO. If the PAL discs are upscaled from the NTSC master, all hope is lost.

Vigo, can you (or anyone else) give us a little visual demonstration of what you mean?

Post: #242868
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/242868/action/topic#242868
Time: 11-Sep-2006 11:34 AM

Adywan,

I just sent you a PM that you should probably check out.

Erik

Post: #242665
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/242665/action/topic#242665
Time: 10-Sep-2006 1:49 PM

Adywan,

This is looking better and better with every screenshot!

Question: Are you fixing the jump cut as R2 is being raised into the X-Wing as Luke is talking to Biggs and Red Leader?

Also, is it just my imagination that the escape pod looks a bit purple?

Post: #242251
Topic: ***//BUILDING EMPIRE\\: PAL & NTSC DVD - NEW EDITION NOW ONLINE! ***
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/242251/action/topic#242251
Time: 8-Sep-2006 3:03 PM

Originally posted by: Jambe Davdar

Originally posted by: boba feta
Sounds like an inside job. Citing the PiF tenet, my guess is its someone from the forums

That's what I thought too. It would really be a shame if that's true.

Possibly a dick, definately a liar. There is no way these things are costing him £5.49 to put together.

What about the cost of ELECTRICITY?

We should be glad he's not charging for the oxygen he's consuming while clicking buttons and putting covers in cases.

Post: #242250
Topic: So, this is how the DVDs are going to look...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/242250/action/topic#242250
Time: 8-Sep-2006 2:55 PM

Originally posted by: ESHBG

Originally posted by: Erikstormtrooper
Then you want Dr. M's "Reinventing the wheel" transfer. It's a conversion of Moth3r's capture to the NTSC format.

Thanks for the info, Erikstormtrooper! Is this version anamorphic also? If so, I definitely need to look into getting that!!!

Yes. I believe it is anamorphic.
Link:
Dr. M's Reinventing The Wheel Edition (PAL to NTSC+) - Completed!!!