GundarkHunter

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Join date: 10-Mar-2003
Last activity: 9-Apr-2017
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Post: #218285
Topic: Superman 2 The Donner Cut
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/218285/action/topic#218285
Time: 13-Jun-2006 5:36 PM

I'm looking forward to this, as I wasn't a huge fan of what Lester did with the film. The tone was off.

Post: #218284
Topic: Nintendo Wii
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/218284/action/topic#218284
Time: 13-Jun-2006 5:34 PM

When I bought the GameCube, it came with 2 controllers and Mario Kart Double Dash. Most of the games we've bought since have been for the kids. I never really have time to play, but I do have a handful of games of my own (Soul Calibur II, Metroid Prime I & II, Rebel Strike, Scorpion King and Donkey Konga 2). My wife actually plays more often than I do (she's addicted to Zelda and Animal Crossing).

Post: #217728
Topic: Nintendo Wii
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/217728/action/topic#217728
Time: 10-Jun-2006 7:35 PM

Originally posted by: theredbaron

Originally posted by: GundarkHunter
My kids are already bugging me for the Wii. My wife will KILL me if I get one when they first come out.

So you're damned if you do, damned if you don't?

That's an accurate description of the dilemma I face.

Post: #217726
Topic: Clerks 2 on July 21st.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/217726/action/topic#217726
Time: 10-Jun-2006 7:32 PM

Slick.

Post: #217372
Topic: Nintendo Wii
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/217372/action/topic#217372
Time: 9-Jun-2006 12:47 AM

Spoken like a true teenager. Thanks, sean.

Post: #217371
Topic: Clerks 2 on July 21st.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/217371/action/topic#217371
Time: 9-Jun-2006 12:47 AM

I just hope it shows a glimmer of the brilliance of the first Clerks.

Post: #217261
Topic: Nintendo Wii
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/217261/action/topic#217261
Time: 8-Jun-2006 6:38 PM

My kids are already bugging me for the Wii. My wife will KILL me if I get one when they first come out.

Post: #217231
Topic: My new "toy"
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/217231/action/topic#217231
Time: 8-Jun-2006 4:02 PM

Numerous people use my avatar. It doesn't faze me.

Post: #213805
Topic: The Star Wars Storybook
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/213805/action/topic#213805
Time: 26-May-2006 11:21 AM

I remember this storybook well. I had a copy as a child, but I'm not sure what has happened to it. In any event, I think the two scenes referred to in the storybook had more right to be returned to the film in some sort of "Special Edition" than the Jabba scene.

Post: #213803
Topic: Why I'm not so worried anymore
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/213803/action/topic#213803
Time: 26-May-2006 11:18 AM

Did you change the settings on your DVD player? Most come from the factory set for 4:3 or 4:3 letterbox. You need to set the display seeting to WIDE or 16:9, depending on your player. Every disc you've listed is anamorphic.

Post: #213583
Topic: Time to accept what we are given and be grateful?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/213583/action/topic#213583
Time: 25-May-2006 7:09 PM

Why should I be grateful for something I didn't want?

Post: #213581
Topic: Try to take it easy with the Lucas bashing.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/213581/action/topic#213581
Time: 25-May-2006 7:01 PM

I refuse to Lucas bash. This mostly about bad corporate decision making and bad advice. GL is still a human being and is still entitled to his opinion.

Post: #213580
Topic: The Reason the OOT was released
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/213580/action/topic#213580
Time: 25-May-2006 6:59 PM

Originally posted by: ADigitalMan
I agree, Harlock, and I'm glad you brought the issue up.

For those of you who have the '93 Laserdiscs, I see positively no reason to purchase the DVD. You already have an official version struck from the exact same master. Having an LD -> DVD project is nothing more than an archive of material you own so my statement above applies in your case as well. If you aren't selling rips, and you shelled out friggin $250 for the Definitive Collection set, you've made a nice payment towards that Star Wars license.

It would be an interesting legal argument that you'd probably lose if you had a pirate of the official O-OT DVD as your archive, but even that would make an interesting case that has yet to be tried. I think you'd actually be in clearer territory just owning the X0 project or whatever as the definitive archive of your LDs.

Disclaimer: I'm no lawyer, so none of my statements are legal advice. Just legal speculation.

I am a lawyer [almost; I'll be called to the bar in August]. The defence you are using is what is known as the fair use doctrine, and was the defence used in the "home taping " cases of the 1980s. The same logic still applies: Why should I have to go out and buy a brand spankin' new version of something I already own in order to play it on a different machine? In the late 70s-early 80s, it was albums being recorded to cassettes for use in car stereos. The same logic can be applied to "ripping" CDs you legitimately own for the purpose of burning them to a recordable CD in MP3 format for a car deck or transferring them to a portable MP3 player. The DMCA or Digital Millenium Copyright Act tries to circumnavigate this by throwing in all sorts of mumbojumbo with respect to copy-protected material, but the principle has yet to be tested before the courts, mostly because the music and film industries are still hung up on "catching the pirates."

Since I don't own an LD player or any copies of Star Wars on LD, this decision still really pi$$es me off.

Post: #211338
Topic: Finally Burned Out On Star Wars...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/211338/action/topic#211338
Time: 19-May-2006 1:38 AM

Same. I went through a burnout period a few years ago when I wondered if I had wasted too much of my life on Star Wars. Thankfully I struck a balance.

Post: #211234
Topic: For all those confused...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/211234/action/topic#211234
Time: 18-May-2006 8:23 PM

But some of that extra resolution is eaten up when your player removes every 4th line of the image so that it will display properly on your 4x3 TV. Nevertheless, anamorphic transfers by and large look better on any display.

Post: #211153
Topic: New DVDs NOT 16x9
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/211153/action/topic#211153
Time: 18-May-2006 4:44 PM

Can anyone say THREADCRAP?

Post: #210671
Topic: The Official 2006 Discs Will Be No Better Than What We Have!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/210671/action/topic#210671
Time: 17-May-2006 8:01 PM

I guess The Digital Bits has "confirmed" that the original versions will be non-anamorphic. Take that however you like.

Post: #210146
Topic: Do you ever wish that there you had never heard of Star Wars?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/210146/action/topic#210146
Time: 16-May-2006 6:22 PM

No. What other stuff from my childhood can I show my kids and have them enjoy it just as much?

Post: #209222
Topic: Been at work for too long tonight perhaps... The Mandolorians.... mercenary group or Scientology Recruiters?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/209222/action/topic#209222
Time: 13-May-2006 4:25 PM

[Katie Holmes] Leave the helmet on tonight, baby.[/Katie Holmes]

Post: #209065
Topic: Soundtrack for Star Wars OOT DVD?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/209065/action/topic#209065
Time: 12-May-2006 7:56 PM

Originally posted by: BountyHunter

The 97 SE also had a 5.1 track stored on one of the analog channels, which has a bit rate of 384 kbps (standard for most 5.1 dvd dolby tracks)

So the 97 SE track is actually better than the 04 DVD track(blunders aside)?

Depends. There are a lot of DVDs out there with a 448kbps DD 5.1 track.

Post: #208676
Topic: Soundtrack for Star Wars OOT DVD?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/208676/action/topic#208676
Time: 11-May-2006 4:06 PM

Originally posted by: BountyHunter
Which LD release had the best bitrate? Or were they all 2.0, 192kbps

MeBeJedi is correct. The bitrate on the Definitive Collection and Faces LDs would have been PCM, which is @ least 1141kbps (CD audio bitrate).

Post: #208600
Topic: The Official 2006 Discs Will Be No Better Than What We Have!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/208600/action/topic#208600
Time: 11-May-2006 1:35 PM

Grain is not the enemy. Real film grain should be present in a good video transfer. Digital grain is what needs to be avoided.

Post: #208312
Topic: How "original" do you think it is going to be...? (the 2006 GOUT DVD release)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/208312/action/topic#208312
Time: 10-May-2006 6:51 PM

I must admit that the Rancor scene is one of the few improvements I agreed with on the 2004 DVDs. It still didn't make up for Hayden's appearance in the finale, though.

Post: #208266
Topic: Any other films...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/208266/action/topic#208266
Time: 10-May-2006 3:54 PM

Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
Yeah, and American Graffiti was also slightly digitally altered, so I guess there's not a single Lucas movie he hasn't tampered with.

What about Howard the Duck and The Radioland Murders?

Post: #208265
Topic: Nintendo Wii
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/208265/action/topic#208265
Time: 10-May-2006 3:49 PM

What he said. Kids are already bugging me about this.