Hal 9000

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Post: #215246
Topic: Info Wanted: What is the preservation project closest to the original 1977 release?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/215246/action/topic#215246
Time: 1-Jun-2006 1:11 AM

Are there supposed to be links to sound clips on the site? If so they won't work on my browser.
I'm using Mozilla Firefox.

EDIT: I take it back. I used internet explorer and it worked fine. Very interesting!

Post: #215234
Topic: Another way Lucas is screwing us! (re the 2006 GOUT DVD release)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/215234/action/topic#215234
Time: 1-Jun-2006 12:32 AM

Yeah, me too. Seems so tacky, especailly for something like this.

An Xbox demo, a lego trailer? Come on!

I might buy three dual layered blank DVDs and run them through DVD shrink with no compression, simply removing the demos and junk.

And even learn how to tamper with the menus to get rid of even their very mention.

Post: #215012
Topic: We have to buy this set atleast to preserve it for the next generation of fans
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/215012/action/topic#215012
Time: 31-May-2006 12:45 AM

I don't even want to see that if it's true.

I mean.... not even once.

Post: #215002
Topic: Grievous Questions... and more!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/215002/action/topic#215002
Time: 31-May-2006 12:11 AM

Grevious looked so cool from spoilers and public photos. In the Clone Wars, we couldn't wait to see him in live action.

Now I wish they'd just have stuck with Dooku as the villian.

Post: #214790
Topic: 2001: The Monolith Set (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/214790/action/topic#214790
Time: 30-May-2006 12:44 AM

Sounds fantastic. I will definatley be wantinga copy when it's done.

I made my own little "edit" with just the Echoes for Beyond the Infinite. The rest is the same. Pretty bland for an "edit".
Looking forward to seeing this one!

Post: #214788
Topic: Idea: Personalized preservation possible with September 2006 OT DVD's
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/214788/action/topic#214788
Time: 30-May-2006 12:41 AM

Interesting idea, although probably won't work as well as we'd like.

I like the idea of posting the little clips of OOT footage in anamorphic, for us to drop in ourselves. I'll be doing that anyway.
I hope this idea works though, it sounds very interesting.

Post: #214594
Topic: We have to buy this set atleast to preserve it for the next generation of fans
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/214594/action/topic#214594
Time: 29-May-2006 1:46 PM

I'm buying this for selfish reasons, unless I hear reviews from people who have watched it and hear it truley is terrible and no better than laserediscs.

Post: #214438
Topic: Lucas owns a piece of the moon?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/214438/action/topic#214438
Time: 28-May-2006 8:13 PM

I thought there was a law against selling or owning retail on or of heavenly bodies.

Or maybe people just don't care. I think it's good to not try to "own" property on other planets until people start living there themselves.

Post: #214062
Topic: Check out this SW comic!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/214062/action/topic#214062
Time: 27-May-2006 12:34 AM

....Geez. Erm... very nice. Over the top, but humorous.

Post: #213993
Topic: Are you gonna buy 'em?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/213993/action/topic#213993
Time: 26-May-2006 8:53 PM

Don't get me wrong, I'm not happy about the treatment it's getting.
But am very excited it's finally being recognized, and put on DVD.

And I will continue to support letter-writers, and educating the public about it.

"If you want something done in this country, you've got to complain until you're blue in the face."

Post: #213985
Topic: Episode II: Shroud of the Dark Side (the TM edit) (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/213985/action/topic#213985
Time: 26-May-2006 8:33 PM

Yes, BTTF part II intro.

If you need the clip or screenshots, I can supply them if you don't have the DVD yourself.

Post: #213984
Topic: Are you gonna buy 'em?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/213984/action/topic#213984
Time: 26-May-2006 8:32 PM

I'll do exactly what I did a little while after the '04 DVDs were out:

I'll buy them, but not without mumbling and grumbling to myself.

OOT on DVD, finally!

Post: #213915
Topic: The legendary "Starkiller Ranch" Thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/213915/action/topic#213915
Time: 26-May-2006 5:38 PM

I love hearing these great ideas.

Coruscant for ROTJ might be interesting, if it could be done without seeming to much like an obvious fan edit. Of course, this would help the ending if you are leaving in the planets montage.

But how would you explain Luke watching the space battle, and the Emperor in command of the Death Star? I don't want to be a wet blanket, but I don't know if it'd go smoothly.

Post: #213908
Topic: Try to take it easy with the Lucas bashing.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/213908/action/topic#213908
Time: 26-May-2006 5:32 PM

Any word on when the final list of names of people who signed the petition will be posted?

I wouldn't mind downloading the text file.

Post: #213907
Topic: <em><strong>The "9000" Saga Edit</strong></em> (outdated thread)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/213907/action/topic#213907
Time: 26-May-2006 5:30 PM

I don't mean to bump my own thread, but I just wanted to reiterate that the PIF (Pay It Forward) system for these edits has been initiated.

If you would like a copy of these edits, contact "Stossmo", "THX", or myself. I hope you love 'em.

Post: #213904
Topic: Moving in from the Basher's Sanctuary (TF.n)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/213904/action/topic#213904
Time: 26-May-2006 5:29 PM

Yeah, TF.N is gusher city nowadays.

Pity.

Post: #213884
Topic: Time to accept what we are given and be grateful?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/213884/action/topic#213884
Time: 26-May-2006 4:23 PM

Thanks, THX. We were toying with the idea of buying a widescreen set for the living room.

Post: #213780
Topic: Time to accept what we are given and be grateful?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/213780/action/topic#213780
Time: 26-May-2006 8:48 AM

I just will not be able to pass up the offer of the OOT on legtimate DVD.

However, I am trying (along with all of you here) to contact them about it and try to get them to make it at least anamorphic.
In the end, I still plan to buy them.

It's the OOT on DVD.

(Correct me if I'm wrong, but can a widescreen TV zoom in enough so there's no black bars on the sides? Or only to a point?)

Post: #213089
Topic: Just Saw The Unaltered Trilogy For The First Time...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/213089/action/topic#213089
Time: 24-May-2006 4:52 PM

I grew up on Star Wars.

It started with the Special Edition re-release. Loved them, rented them over and over, and loved watching the prequels unfold. (I was very little when the SE came out, about 7. And when episode I came out, I was 9. I loved them both a lot.)
My elementary teacher had to tell me to stop talking about Star Wars because I never got any work done.
Episode II was all right, but I didn't like it as much because it simply did NOT have rewatchability.
And Episode III came out recently, which I loved.

And I edited the prequels to my personal liking, and I'm proud to have them on my shelf. I've always been an OOT person ever since I rented them to compare them to my SE set. No contest.

And here I am. Consider the torch passed.

Post: #213086
Topic: New DVDs NOT 16x9
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/213086/action/topic#213086
Time: 24-May-2006 4:47 PM

Can we please keep personal attacks on the man to a minimum?

I disagree with him heavily about the OOT and other things, but personally insulting him won't do any good and makes us look bad.

*Runs*

Post: #213085
Topic: $36 pre-order (AR) for all 3 titles...anyone found it cheaper??
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/213085/action/topic#213085
Time: 24-May-2006 4:45 PM

Now Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis are quality filmakers who truley do respect their fim trilogy's release on DVD. (I'm talking, of course, about Back to the Future.)

They made absolutley sure that NO alterations were made, and that the flims were exactly as seen in theatres in 1985, '89, and '90. (With one exception in Part II: the Part III trailer is still present, however the "Coming summer 1990" is gone.)

There was a quote on the commentary where Gale, when asked, said that he didn't understand directors going back and changing their flims. He said if they did that to BTTF, "That's not Back to the Future!" So things they very well could have gone back and fixed (like wires holding actors and stuff) were left alone for the sake of presenting them exactly the way they originally were.

The "To Be Continued ---->" title card at the end of the first Back to the Future was added for the home video release, because they didn't intend on making a sequel when they released it in theatres. So the DVD does not have this title card.
The end of Back to the Future II even has the teaser trailer for Part III as shown in theatres, even though I personally wouldn't mind it if they would have removed it. Kind of ruins it for a first-time watcher of the DVD set. (No problem, I just made my own DVDr with the trailer snipped out.)

I respect them a lot, and it's a sharp contrast to George Lucas.

Post: #213080
Topic: I am losing sleep over this!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/213080/action/topic#213080
Time: 24-May-2006 4:39 PM

Please, friends, don't give up on Star Wars yet.

The opposite of love is not hate, it's apathy. I can tell by your comments that all of you who say you're through with Star Wars really do care deep down.

Please don't loose hope. We need you guys in the fight. If you drop out, our chances of winning drop too.
We are all here because we love the original Star Wars Trilogy. Don't give up on her, she's only a detention block away. Don't let the moronic guards stop you.

"Boring conversation anyway..."

Post: #213079
Topic: The Official Lucasfilm Response
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/213079/action/topic#213079
Time: 24-May-2006 4:36 PM

The original prints shown in theatres sure as hell weren't letterbox with black bars at the top and bottom. (EDIT: And certainly not left and right, either)

I mean, come on now. If you're trying to say anamorphic is altering the original version somehow, you are a complete and total idiot.

Post: #213077
Topic: ORIGINAL STAR WARS TRILOGY OUT 09/2006 BY LUCASFILM
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/213077/action/topic#213077
Time: 24-May-2006 4:30 PM

Man, give XO the masters!

I'm sure THEY'D do it in a heartbeat with no cost.

Post: #212794
Topic: Just Saw The Unaltered Trilogy For The First Time...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/212794/action/topic#212794
Time: 23-May-2006 10:05 PM

I'm 15, and I agree with both of you.

Star Wars nerd at large.