Hal 9000

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Post: #238925
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/238925/action/topic#238925
Time: 27-Aug-2006 1:48 PM

I have an idea of something you can add to make ANH seem more like part of the saga.
Why not add the tombstones in the Lar's yard into ANH in the same place? (Unless they're absent from ROTS. Do we see the same part?)

Post: #238811
Topic: Letterbox ---> Anamorphic?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/238811/action/topic#238811
Time: 27-Aug-2006 1:09 AM

Quite simply, can anyone tell me how to convert/crop an mpeg video file (namely, the upcoming DVDs) into anamorphic standard size? (While retaining as much quality as possible)
Thanks a lot, as this helps with my editing.

Post: #238740
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/238740/action/topic#238740
Time: 26-Aug-2006 5:15 PM

I love the idea of extra features with ideas for edits that are better left out of the film itself, to the editor's disgression.

Maybe when you're done with the DVD, you could post a few quick full-resolution mpeg clips for editors like myself to incorporate into our own edits? Although judging from what I've seen so far, there may be nothing to actually improve on your edit!

Post: #238615
Topic: So, this is how the DVDs are going to look...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/238615/action/topic#238615
Time: 26-Aug-2006 1:10 AM

Hey, at least the colors look right, the saturation and brightness levels are normal, and it actually looks like a normal film before it's candy-coated.

This isn't the right forum, but it's an appropriate question: Does anyone know a good way to convert MPEG from letterbox to anamorphic via cropping, without loosing quality? Give me that info and I'll have a De-SE DVD fan edit ready by September 13th!

Post: #238543
Topic: So, this is how the DVDs are going to look...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/238543/action/topic#238543
Time: 25-Aug-2006 6:27 PM

Oh well, these look good enough for me. Not as bad as I'd been hearing about.

I'll buy them I think, and begin work on my own somewhat De-SE DVD fan edit, assuming I can find a decent way to convert the DVDs to anamorphic without loosing too much quality.

Post: #238315
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/238315/action/topic#238315
Time: 24-Aug-2006 9:39 PM

Well I guess it makes sense, although it was the unfortunate by-product of the technology available.
(Notice how all the CGI speeders and ships with antigravity lifts in the other flims don't do that. That's my evidence.)

Even so, it will still always bother me.

Post: #238248
Topic: O-OT Star Wars "Bonus Disc" menus (www.starwars.com)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/238248/action/topic#238248
Time: 24-Aug-2006 6:07 PM

I am definatley not buying them until I see some kind of video clip from it, or am able to preview them in some way.

I'm undecided. If it looks like something I could live with, but still mumble and grumble a little, then fine. But I will not buy them if they truley do suck.

Post: #238242
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/238242/action/topic#238242
Time: 24-Aug-2006 5:24 PM

You know that shot of Luke pulling up in the landspeeder where Ben says "there's nothing you could have done, had you been there"?

The landspeeder always wobbled in that shot and drove me crazy, it's so obvious it's just on a rig. Can you do something to stabalize it so it doesn't wiggle around long after Luke steps out?

Post: #237920
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/237920/action/topic#237920
Time: 23-Aug-2006 10:45 PM

I saw your Alderaan test sequence, and that was amazing! How did you do that? Amazing what someone can do with a computer.

Anyway, some desaturation and de/recoloring would be a great help to the '04 OT. ESB and ROTJ have this terrible blue glow to most of them, and Endor just looks too bright green I can't stand to watch it!
A cool shot would be maybe turning any one officer who reports to Tarkin and Vader in ANH into a hologram, like the one who reports that the rebel base ain't on Dantooine. Just an idea, don't have to listen to it.

Post: #237188
Topic: .: Revenge of the Jedi 0.83 MS Edition :. (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/237188/action/topic#237188
Time: 21-Aug-2006 8:15 AM

Oh no, sorry to hear that. Seems to be happening to editors frequently around here.

Post: #237060
Topic: .: Revenge of the Jedi 0.83 MS Edition :. (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/237060/action/topic#237060
Time: 20-Aug-2006 5:34 PM

Is there anything that can be done about the awful blue tint that most of the movie has? Unless it compromises picture quality in the process, seeing the Death Star gray instead of blue would be something I'd put on my list.

I like the idea of calling the OT by Episode I, II, and III. And the blue saber sounds promising, I can't wait to see this edit!

Post: #236646
Topic: .: Revenge of the Jedi 0.83 MS Edition :. (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/236646/action/topic#236646
Time: 18-Aug-2006 5:13 PM

Sounds like it could be very interesting. Especially the blue saber.

Post: #236544
Topic: Help Wanted: capturing 'Star Wars - Shortened' tv advert
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/236544/action/topic#236544
Time: 18-Aug-2006 8:28 AM

If someone can give me a description of how the play goes, and what scenes and lines are present, I'd be happy to try to re-create it with the DVDs.

Post: #236543
Topic: .: The MQG Clip Thread :. (video clips from Star Wars movies with changed music)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/236543/action/topic#236543
Time: 18-Aug-2006 8:27 AM

That sounded pretty good! Good work!

Post: #236149
Topic: A touchy subject
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/236149/action/topic#236149
Time: 17-Aug-2006 8:16 AM

Seriously, of what benefit can this be to the board? Take it easy.

Post: #235534
Topic: ***The "Darth Editous" Episode IV DVD Info and Feedback Thread*** - a partially "de-specialed" DVD
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/235534/action/topic#235534
Time: 15-Aug-2006 9:47 PM

Sweet! Luke's saber is colored blue now!

Post: #235081
Topic: Remember the mass advertising of TPM?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/235081/action/topic#235081
Time: 14-Aug-2006 2:23 PM

I remember being ten years old at the time, and always wanting to go to Taco Bell because my little brain associated it with Star Wars-y goodness.

Is that why I like Taco Bell so much now? Probably not because of my Jar-Jar toy I got there. Although the Anakin/Darth Vader transforming mini-bank was pretty cool.

Post: #234568
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/234568/action/topic#234568
Time: 13-Aug-2006 12:26 AM

Seriously... how do you do that? Can you tell me how you do some of those advanced effects? (Not step-by-step or anything, just general)

Post: #234407
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/234407/action/topic#234407
Time: 12-Aug-2006 12:19 PM

Holy Schnikes, this edit looks fantastic and unrivaled!

Post: #234165
Topic: .: The MQG Clip Thread :. (video clips from Star Wars movies with changed music)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/234165/action/topic#234165
Time: 11-Aug-2006 11:15 AM

Windu's death scene was great like that!

Only thing is that you can still hear the original music, and it sounds like you're trying to drown it out with new music.

Post: #233537
Topic: Info Wanted: anyone doing an AOTC - IMAX Edit (?)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/233537/action/topic#233537
Time: 9-Aug-2006 2:25 AM

Yes, let's!

Post: #233455
Topic: Info Wanted: anyone doing an AOTC - IMAX Edit (?)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/233455/action/topic#233455
Time: 8-Aug-2006 10:45 PM

If there are numerous scene transitions in the IMAX version that weren't in other versions due to scene shuffling, I'm afraid I couldn't pull it off in a realistic way.
It'd be better left to someone else, but I'd be willing to create an edit "in the spirit of" the IMAX version. But that's not nearly as exciting.

Post: #233374
Topic: Info Wanted: Question About EditDroid DVDs - in ESB?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/233374/action/topic#233374
Time: 8-Aug-2006 6:44 PM

I think in the 70mm version (and subsequently in the SE) she does grunt, but in the original 35mm version we see on laserdisc, she doesn't.

Post: #233113
Topic: Info Wanted: anyone doing an AOTC - IMAX Edit (?)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/233113/action/topic#233113
Time: 7-Aug-2006 8:27 PM

If I can get a copy of the VCD, I'd love to tackle this idea. It would not be exact, I'm assuming. But it should be able to be very close.
And I wouldn't mess with the aspect ratio, I'm not going to zoom in on the flim. That would be the major difference.

Post: #233099
Topic: Info Wanted: anyone doing an AOTC - IMAX Edit (?)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/233099/action/topic#233099
Time: 7-Aug-2006 6:47 PM

Can someone contact Rikter about this?

I'd be more than willing to take a crack at this edit, if I could find reference like this. (From the vague lists above, it sounds like it can be pulled off with on-the-cut editing.)