Hal 9000

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Join date: 14-Oct-2003
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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.

Post: #212783
Topic: Make your voices heard! (again) - re the 2006 GOUT DVD being in letterbox format
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/212783/action/topic#212783
Time: 23-May-2006 9:53 PM

To all those who wrote a concerned letter, please write a second response upon recieving the "official response" BS letter.

Post: #212779
Topic: The Official Lucasfilm Response
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/212779/action/topic#212779
Time: 23-May-2006 9:46 PM

I say update the main page to encourage us to write letters in response to THIS now!

I don't even know what to say...

"You make me angry... very angry indeed."

I will be writing a return response declaring my promise not to buy such an inferior product. And I will let them know that it is NOT because I'm not interested in the OOT, either.

Post: #212700
Topic: Are you gonna buy 'em?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/212700/action/topic#212700
Time: 23-May-2006 7:54 PM

I'm going to wait for the reviews.

Unless they suck THAT bad, I'll buy them. And enjoy them tremendously.

Post: #211841
Topic: Convert letterbox -----> anamorphic
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/211841/action/topic#211841
Time: 20-May-2006 6:39 PM

What exactly does it take to convert a letterbox video file, somewhat losslessly, to anamorphic?

*If* the new DVDs turn out to be lame 4X3 letterbox after all, it would be useful to convert it to anamorphic 16X9 widescreen. First of all to watch, and also for use in 'Classic Edition' style editing of the new DVDs.

Can it be done without re-encoding or loosing quality?

Post: #211646
Topic: Info Wanted: Legal implications of the OOT DVDs
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/211646/action/topic#211646
Time: 20-May-2006 1:16 AM

Post: #211641
Topic: Info: a Big bust at the Motor City Comic Con - bootleg sellers
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/211641/action/topic#211641
Time: 20-May-2006 12:58 AM

Oh, my! Could this be one of the main ideas behind the upcoming DVD release? And it serves them right, if they all were selling copies of Deleted Magic.

EDIT: I would hate it if they gave us an utterly crappy OOT release, for the sole purpose of shutting down fan preservation attempts that could turn out BETTER than their damn product could in the first place!
GOODNIGHT!

Post: #211568
Topic: We have less than 4 months, lets not give up now
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/211568/action/topic#211568
Time: 19-May-2006 7:07 PM

I send my mannerly letter, signed the petition looong ago, have been vocal, did what I could to edit down the SE to be less offensive, and bought a "Han Shot First" shirt from starwarslegacy.com. Not to mention having over a thousand posts at originaltrilogy.com.

I'd say I've done my part. I can only hope at this point.