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#290276
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Your first words of reaction after watching one of the PT movies for the first time.
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/290276/action/topic#290276
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I saw TPM by myself the afternoon of opening day, not a very crowded theater as I remember (although the line waiting to get in for the next showing aftwerwards was pretty long). The duel was so entertaining at the end that it made me forget how cringeworthy some of the previous scenes were. So, my first words of reaction were "best movie ever." I mean, c'mon, it was the first time I'd seen an actual new Star Wars movie on the big screen, although I guess the SE's do kinda fall into that category too, not being the originals and all.

For AOTC I had words of reaction during the damn thing. So did my friends I was seeing it with. The situation was a little different since I'd spoiled myself silly this time. By the time it ended I only had the feeling of having to wait another 3 years.

At the end of ROTS my friend asked me what I thought. My hesitant reply was "It was good."
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#289528
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Time to get assertive
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/289528/action/topic#289528
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Well, there's my non-anamorphic dvd of Oklahoma! mastered by THX from the 30 frame-per-second Todd-AO version. That looks pretty bad.

As an aside, I spotted Fox's latest reissue of The Abyss dvd in the store the other day. They spruced it up with a lenticular cover, but did they remaster it this time? On the back cover it says widescreen and in that same box but with smaller lettering "anamorphic 2.35:1." According to reports it's still the same old 4:3 letterbox transfer for the umpteenth time. The rumor is that they're not bothering to remaster it for dvd because they're waiting to put it out on blu-ray.
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#289301
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Time to get assertive
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/289301/action/topic#289301
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Technically none of the six films are on dvd in their original theatrical forms, not counting the GOUT of course which is a laserdisc dump. If GL's going to continue being bias towards the prequels, he should do at minimum a 12-disc set, two discs per movie, one the original release and the other the latest release. That way he could at least try to improve the prequels many consider inferior while also being fair and balanced by including their original versions, something I'll admit would be nice since those star wars flicks I actually did get to see in their original theatrical runs. Since I didn't get to see the OT in its original run, a remastered OOT would also be nice. GL can tinker with the 1997 versions even more for those people who will apparently always be happy with whatever he puts out.
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#288324
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The new look official Star Wars site is up
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/288324/action/topic#288324
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Originally posted by: lordjedi
Is it me or do people just hate everything that comes out of LFL related to Star Wars now, just because? It's almost like you're only cool around here if you hate any new Star Wars stuff that's not related to the OOT. I hate the PT as much as the next OT.com reader, but I think it's getting a little ridiculous.


While we're on the topic of the flash pages, it really really got me furious to see that they decided of all the thousands of pages on their site to post links to the "what has changed" articles from when the GOUT was released, especially since it's not even supposed to be on sale anymore at all and it was the 30th anniversary of just one movie not the other two and some of us have been awaiting a remaster and were hoping that would be the day it was announced. It's unbelievable but at least it's gone now that they have some CIV stuff to post.
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#286896
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Hello I'm new and have a question. (re StarWars.com and its message boards)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/286896/action/topic#286896
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Now I know to stay the hell away from the OS's MB. I was curious.

In all honesty, up until the GOUT debacle I thought it was a cool site. That "what has changed?" thing, where they blatantly gave you the impression that the OOT would be 16:9 enhanced when the non-anamorphic news had already broke, that just infuriated me. LFL, it's so simple and yet apparently so complicated.
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#286866
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A question about NTSC telecine
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/286866/action/topic#286866
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Well I just looked up the U.K. releases of the Casino Royale blu-ray disc and the Harry Potter 4 hd-dvd and they both match their imdb running times exactly. I guess this high definition stuff really is the future. Moth3r, in regards to that flicker I was talking about, what I meant was that there is a very apparent cinema-like flicker when viewing high def media. At least there was when I saw a demo of Cinderella Man on HD-DVD.
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#286580
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A question about NTSC telecine
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/286580/action/topic#286580
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So I was wondering,

When a 24 frame per second movie is telecined for NTSC, is the original playback speed faithfully preserved or is it running the slightest bit slower? It's just that I recently read the wiki entry for 24 fps to NTSC telecine and it said that because it's not 30 fps it's actually 29.97, the film has to be slowed from 24 to 23.976 fps in order for the original framerate to be redistributed across the NTSC framerate. All this time I thought NTSC actually preserved the original framerate! So which is it, 24 or 23.976?
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#286353
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What could have made the PT better?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/286353/action/topic#286353
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Another aspect of the backstory in making the PT is that of all the planets in that galaxy far, far away that we were yet to see, Lucas chose Tatooine, a planet that already overstayed its welcome in ROTJ. You could easily fan edit ROTJ to make Jabba's palace and the Pit of Carkoon on some other planet, It's not like they shot it in Tunisia anyway. Because of the choices Lucas made, the same could not quite be done for Tatooine in the PT. I could make a couple guesses at why he did this. One is for the convenience of Owen and Beru's backstories. The other is that maybe he just couldn't think up another planet that was different enough of an environment to justify not making it Tatooine. You've probably all seen those lists that people make. Bespin is clouds, Yavin is jungle, Hoth is ice, Dagobah is swamp, Endor is forest, etc.
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#286228
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What could have made the PT better?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/286228/action/topic#286228
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On the other hand, this means that the PT is still just backstory and not the beginning of the story. Star Wars '77 will always be the beginning of the story, Empire the middle and Jedi the end. The PT was always going to be the backstory simply because it was made later, and much later at that. It's just funny since the prequels ended up making tons of money all the same.
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#286209
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for what it's worth.... a placeholder for the OT on blu-ray has been posted at amazon
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/286209/action/topic#286209
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Digital Cinema is stuck at 2K anyway right now. In regards to technology stepping up, I recently read over at thedigitalforum that Van Ling was quoted as saying that the Abyss will not recieve an anamorphic transfer until its high def release. In regards to Star Wars, well, I don't think we should have to wait until any later than 2008 to get our anamorphic OOT. Whether or not we'll have to is another matter.
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#286090
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for what it's worth.... a placeholder for the OT on blu-ray has been posted at amazon
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/286090/action/topic#286090
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It might not be the last ten years that's done it, although seeing the original versions in 35mm would've been nice. Even '04 and '05 were pretty good for me so far as Star Wars goes.

The last year, that took its toll.

The GOUT is what would've been better off not existing. It's the lowest LFL has ever stooped. That said, it's not like the OOT is the only non-anamorphic release out there. Let us not forget the R1 releases of The Graduate. Nevertheless this is Star Wars, the most popular film series ever, and when LFL is shameless enough to put out something like the GOUT I just shake my head and ask why.