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Post: #206408
Topic: ITS HAPPENED-- OOT AVAILABLE FROM LUCASFILM
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/206408/action/topic#206408
Time: 4-May-2006 5:03 PM

Heh, has anybody noticed the huge influx of new users that have appeared since this announcement has been made? It's like a Star Wars utopia!

Post: #206407
Topic: We won!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/206407/action/topic#206407
Time: 4-May-2006 5:02 PM

They're not out yet, though, and anything can happen in four months. The price is far too steep, though.

Post: #206398
Topic: IT HAS FINALLY HAPPENED
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/206398/action/topic#206398
Time: 4-May-2006 4:42 PM

I knew I'd find something like this without having to look too hard. From the starwars.com message board thread about this, amid a lot of positive rejoicing about getting the originals.

Orignally Posted by Lieutenant Wiggum Jansen[br]Who thinks the whining will stop here?

Personally, I think Lucas should have had the cojones to preserve his vision of the films.

Nevertheless, the extras have me $old too!! Of course. I won't ever consider these inferior versions to be part of the Saga, though.

You betcha I'll be cueing up Lapti Nek and Ewok Celebration just for giggles.

I'm glad for this DVD, the historical preservationists out there who love the SpEds and support the Prequels deserve it.

Post: #206394
Topic: Any truth to this? Lucas is releasing the three unaltered ORIGINAL Star Wars films?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/206394/action/topic#206394
Time: 4-May-2006 4:36 PM

Ah. Sorry.

Post: #206390
Topic: IT HAS FINALLY HAPPENED
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/206390/action/topic#206390
Time: 4-May-2006 4:30 PM

Why can't they release this in a boxset, though? We'll have to shell out $90 for this. Is anybody else annoyed by this?

Post: #206386
Topic: ITS HAPPENED-- OOT AVAILABLE FROM LUCASFILM
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/206386/action/topic#206386
Time: 4-May-2006 4:26 PM

Yeah, greencapt, I noticed that the first time I read that as well and kinda smiled. George wasn't mentioned at all. The whole time I was reading it, I was picturing George hunched up in a corner of a dark room grumbling that his company managed to wrench his hidden movies away from him. I wouldn't be surprised if he was really pissed about this but just relenting it for the cash and to keep us from storming the ranch one of these days.

And ADigitalMan, I'd love to hear Beru's original voice. They claim these are the 1977 theatrical versions, so I'd better hear it. I want those garbage mattes there, but not as obvious as they were in the 2004 releases, but like they were in previous releases. I've said all this in other threads, but there are so many of them, I can't keep up with which one is which.

Post: #206384
Topic: Any truth to this? Lucas is releasing the three unaltered ORIGINAL Star Wars films?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/206384/action/topic#206384
Time: 4-May-2006 4:22 PM

Originally posted by: DarthBoMan
I must say that I'm in sort of shock-state right now... My first thought was that this was the same old rumours as allways, but now I am starting to belive.

I am glad that they use the -93 versions of the movies as they have been nicely and tasteful cleaned up and I don't mind the Episode IV (someone will probably make an edit of it that does not have Episode IV in the scroll).

I am just happy, happy and happy to finaly see them released on DVD. Thanks mr Lucasfor proving me wrong after all these years... and a big thank you to Jay and all of us buff's here on the forum.

Edited - bad spelling (as usual)

But these releases are said to not have the Episode IV in the scroll... unless that's been changed. I'm still a little bit worried about that being removed from the starwars.com press release.

And sorry I misunderstood you, Devilman. I'm torn 50-50 on that. If they're are corrected, then that will make them the new 2006 version, since the 2004 versions are corrections to the '97 versions. And the last thing we need is another new version, especially so soon.

Post: #206383
Topic: The Official 2006 Discs Will Be No Better Than What We Have!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/206383/action/topic#206383
Time: 4-May-2006 4:19 PM

Originally posted by: zombie84
Okay, heres something I've been pondering about the video of this 2006 OOT. At first i thought it might be a dvd transfer of the LD print but then i realised something.

It may be the 97 SE quality print.

Jim Ward said in the USA Today article that it wont be as good as teh 2004 dvd and that it will be from 1993. Well when did work on the original Special Edition commence? 1993. And the first thing they did was preserve and restore the original negative, which they discovered had deteriorated quite a bit. It was washed and clean up of dirt and I believe and new Interpositive and Internegative was made from it, which was then used as the basis for the CGI additions in the SE.

Like Ward said, the 93/97 print is not as good as the 2004 one--theres more dirt and scratches that were digitally erased by Lowry in 2004 because that technology wasnt available when they first made the SE. But the 97 SE still looks fantastic and although it is dirtier than the 2004 release it is still stunning (and the colours are right!).

So dont fret yet. The screenshot of the X-wings on the official site looks damn good to me.

But weren't the colors in the '97 versions criticized for being too pink tinted?

Post: #206382
Topic: We won!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/206382/action/topic#206382
Time: 4-May-2006 4:17 PM

I'm not expecting a huge effort to release it. I've said it a dozen times already, but I'm glad because if they don't tamper with it, they can't screw it up and have it be different from the original release. The last thing we need is an alternate special edition with only a few fringe "corrections." The only thing that annoys me is how it's a bonus feature to the 2004 releases. It pisses me off that they'll be releasing the 2004 versions for the third time in two years! If this had been the first release of this new version alongside the originals, it would be kinda cool. But they've already suckered people into buying the new versions twice, and now he's going to do it again by luring us in with the originals, which are being advertised as "bonus content"! Bonus content?! You think we're actually buying this for the new versions? The theatricals should be released as the main content with the 2004s being the "bonus content".

Post: #206381
Topic: How "original" do you think it is going to be...? (the 2006 GOUT DVD release)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/206381/action/topic#206381
Time: 4-May-2006 4:11 PM

Yeah, exactly. I never noticed the garbage mattes around the TIE fighters (or even knew what that term meant until I took Film Editing) until I watched the 2004 DVDs. I can't see them in any other so-called "inferior" version. Don't get me wrong. I don't want them removed. It just seems pretty silly how much George wants his definitive vision and fix up the special effects that he felt didn't live up to his expectations, but he made his "flaws" more obvious in the process. I want the comfort of knowing they're there, but I don't want them as obvious as they were in the DVDs, because that's not how they looked in the original release either.

EDIT: Plus, like I said in another thread, the less they try to "fix", the less chance there will be of them screwing up and getting us pissed off.

Post: #206336
Topic: Rankings
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/206336/action/topic#206336
Time: 4-May-2006 1:35 PM

Heh, thank you, YIYF. I hope you get to join the O-OT celebration at some point soon. And, hehe, I'm sorry, but theredbaron got you there, unless grammar is just a U.S. spelling.

Post: #206335
Topic: The Official 2006 Discs Will Be No Better Than What We Have!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/206335/action/topic#206335
Time: 4-May-2006 1:32 PM

That reminds me. R2 had better be black in these releases.

I don't see what people are complaining about. I agree with Cassidy. I'm sure the '93 transfers are perfectly fine. In my opinion, the less work they do on these, the less chance there is of them messing it up and having it be not quite the originals.

Post: #206324
Topic: ITS HAPPENED-- OOT AVAILABLE FROM LUCASFILM
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/206324/action/topic#206324
Time: 4-May-2006 1:21 PM

I'm starting to get a little nervous. Somehow it seems that something is going to go wrong. This will be a very stressful four months for Star Wars fans, wondering just how "original" it's going to be. The original starwars.com post gave me great hope by saying that it will be so original it won't even include Episode IV: A New Hope. That made me excited because that's more original than any home video release of Star Wars. But they've since removed that, and I'm wondering if they'll fudge a bit by removing matte lines and stuff like that. I want bare bones. I don't want any changes made to this. I want it to be as if I was alive in 1977 and getting to watch the movies in theatres. That's the experience I've always desired, and I sure as hell had better get it, or we'll just be right back to square one! I hope this fulfills my expectations.

Post: #206322
Topic: How "original" do you think it is going to be...? (the 2006 GOUT DVD release)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/206322/action/topic#206322
Time: 4-May-2006 1:11 PM

I want it "ugly." I don't want anything but a very minimal visual cleanup to get rid of excessive grain and age. But I want all the matte lines, all the transparancies, and all the garbage mattes still there. And those aren't nearly as apparent as they were in the 2004 DVDs because the picture was cleaned up so much that the flaws became obvious. If they're true in saying the picture won't be as good as the 2004 DVDs, then I'll be happy. But they shouldn't try to remove anything. If I get these DVDs, and the rancor's matte line is gone, I will be pissed because that will not be the original version.

Post: #206320
Topic: Any truth to this? Lucas is releasing the three unaltered ORIGINAL Star Wars films?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/206320/action/topic#206320
Time: 4-May-2006 1:09 PM

Yes. They're actually marketing these as the 2004 editions + the theatrical cuts as a special bonus feature, which kinda annoys me.

Post: #206319
Topic: Star Wars Trilogy tops IGN's "Most Wanted DVDs"
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/206319/action/topic#206319
Time: 4-May-2006 1:07 PM

I've thought about that, but I'll probably end up keeping mine simply because the bonus 4th disc is worth keeping.

Post: #206317
Topic: How "original" do you think it is going to be...? (the 2006 GOUT DVD release)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/206317/action/topic#206317
Time: 4-May-2006 1:03 PM

They claimed it's going all the way back to the original pre-New Hope theatrical releases, so I'm hoping that actually means something.

Post: #206190
Topic: IT HAS FINALLY HAPPENED
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/206190/action/topic#206190
Time: 4-May-2006 4:50 AM

I just went back and re-read the starwars.com article out of sheer joy and noticed that it has been altered since the last time I read it. It now refers to the theatrical cuts as "bonus material" for the 2004 releases and no longer mentions the absence of the "Episode IV: A New Hope" subtitle. I wonder what it means, and why it was changed. Compare the version that Nanner Split has (thankfully) quoted at the top of this thread compared to how it reads now. Doesn't make much sense to me why it was shortened and changed.

Post: #206187
Topic: ITS HAPPENED-- OOT AVAILABLE FROM LUCASFILM
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/206187/action/topic#206187
Time: 4-May-2006 4:46 AM

And don't forget that it's going to be unaltered beyond any other home release thus far, with even the Episode IV: A New Hope not included.

Post: #206157
Topic: IT HAS FINALLY HAPPENED
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/206157/action/topic#206157
Time: 4-May-2006 3:41 AM

I can't believe they're actually trying to make a Han Shot First t-shirt! It almost seems wrong somehow. I expected a low-key, "Fine, we're giving you what you want... grumble" release. Instead, they're acting like we would if we somehow got our hands on the original footage and were able to release it to the public. A Han Shot First t-shirt is akin to them kicking themselves in the balls and making fun of Lucas's comment (which was just posted in a thread a mere few days ago) that he always intended for Greedo to shoot first. Was Lucas replaced by a clone?!

Post: #206081
Topic: IT HAS FINALLY HAPPENED
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/206081/action/topic#206081
Time: 4-May-2006 1:18 AM

You know of course that now that the world is going to end in August!

Post: #206073
Topic: Any truth to this? Lucas is releasing the three unaltered ORIGINAL Star Wars films?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/206073/action/topic#206073
Time: 4-May-2006 1:09 AM

Eh, I don't care about HD! The movies weren't made for HD, they weren't made for surround sound! The original are here on DVD! I'll be happy for the rest of my life. Lucas's popularity points just shot up about 50 points. Except for the crappy prequel trilogy, I'll never make fun of him again!

Except two months is a very small window. Better than nothing, but it would be nice if it was actually considered a real version instead of a special collector's edition. That's my only complaint.

Post: #206066
Topic: Star Wars Trilogy tops IGN's "Most Wanted DVDs"
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/206066/action/topic#206066
Time: 4-May-2006 1:04 AM

What makes me most excited is that it actually is the theatrical release, sans the Episode IV: A New Hope and everything! Too bad the stupid 2004 releases have to be on there as well (already own them and don't feel like having them twice), but I'm too excited to really care!

Post: #205884
Topic: The Things We Hate And Love Thread .
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/205884/action/topic#205884
Time: 3-May-2006 6:07 PM

Yeah, that is one of the dumbest things, I think. If I misuse a product by not knowing how to work it by not reading the instructions, then I slap myself on the wrist and think, "Well, that was stupid," and move on with life. To think that I could be rich by now!

Post: #205842
Topic: Strong Bad and Homestarrunner.com
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/205842/action/topic#205842
Time: 3-May-2006 12:35 PM

That was a very interesting one. The Brothers Chaps must have been feeling especially whimsical when scripting that one. "Let's just stick in a random make fun of the King of Town joke before starting the e-mail." It was fun.