Hardcore Legend

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Post: #115936
Topic: <strong>The "ADigitalMan Special Editions" DVD Info and Feedback Thread</strong> (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/115936/action/topic#115936
Time: 17-Jun-2005 1:22 AM

Originally posted by: Mitch
AdigitalMan?? why in the Episode 2 edit did you not add the conversation between Anakin and Obi--Wan on the street of Coruscant.

ie: "But you haven't learned anything yet" was it the source? It should have not been cut in the first place.

Thanks

Alot of people don't know about it, and it was a cut I worked on for a very long time. The problem is that in the trailer, they 'quick cut' from line to line. Meaning the 'but' it cut out and it's a real quick jump from Anakin to Obi Wan. There is also the music in the background from the trailer. I had it almost perfect before I got 'the virus' that wiped out my video drive. Anyways, if anyone wants to try it, as I've abandoned any such cut, is to take the scene. Somehow add an extra few frames in of Anakin after he finishes his line. Try slowing the last second down after he finishes his words to make it about 2 seconds or something like that. Anyways, to solve the music problem, I simply applied the background noises of the 'tram' passing by, starting in the front channels and ending in the back,so it matches the camera. I had it almost perfect, too. Curse my metal body, I wasn't fast enough.

As for the line being cut, it referred back to a plot point that was removed from EP I and Lucas needed to cut time here and there.

I probably would PayPal one of our great editors here to put together a GREAT DVD quality extended cut of EPII as I've gotten far too lazy to do it.

Post: #115888
Topic: MagnoliaFan Edits: Ep I "Balance Of The Force", and Ep II "The Clone War" (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/115888/action/topic#115888
Time: 17-Jun-2005 1:01 AM

I was just about to come in here and post that there are alot of lines that can be lifted from Batman and would fit perfectly in your edits. Heck, I even thought that you could use some of them as a voice over during the 'stare far away' scene in the Temple, having Qui Gon speak to Anakin before he makes his final decent.

Post: #115870
Topic: Problems Adding deleted scenes back into AOTC
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/115870/action/topic#115870
Time: 17-Jun-2005 12:52 AM

Originally posted by: tjdavis1138

I did this with Phantom Menace and I didn't have any problems, but with AOTC the deleted scenes are 29.97fps and the movie is 23.976. Not real sure how to go about converting these files. I'm thinking I need to ivtc them?

Are you sure? I don't know why Lucasfilm would change framerates on the deleted scenes, as they are just finished scenes that were cut after weeks into postproduction.

Also, when you did this for TPM, did it work? I mean, I would think the wipes and such wouldn't work with just a cut and paste job. I would think you'd have to recreate the wipes.

Post: #115864
Topic: ROTS without timestamp?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/115864/action/topic#115864
Time: 16-Jun-2005 6:50 PM

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Originally posted by: ADigitalMan
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Originally posted by: Hardcore Legend
Even if you complain about how bad the quality is at a movie theater and would rather watch this d/l at home instead, then go buy the ticket and then come back home and watch the film.

And for that matter, if anybody complains about the quality at the theatre, make a point of going to a DLP theatre. The one I saw in Daytona was the best cinematic experience I've had since seeing The Empire Strikes Back on opening day.

</old fart>

Good point. However, I saw it on both and I wouldn't make the trip again to see it DLP. There wasn't that much of a difference if the projectionist knows what he is doing.

My point is, this is the last Star Wars film. It's alittle disheartening for me to see that the day this DVD internal hits the net, the numbers for ROTS start taking a bigger hit. I mean, if you hate George Lucas and think he's already rich enough, fine. But just don't see the movie then. It's not like these are fan edits and you already own the originals.

Ah well, we could go round and round about this thing AGAIN and we will all still feel the same way we do.

Post: #115732
Topic: ROTS without timestamp?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/115732/action/topic#115732
Time: 16-Jun-2005 11:28 AM

Let me take this opportunity again to implore to anyone who wants to see this movie, go buy a ticket and watch it. Even if you complain about how bad the quality is at a movie theater and would rather watch this d/l at home instead, then go buy the ticket and then come back home and watch the film.

Post: #115689
Topic: Now here's something you don't see every day...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/115689/action/topic#115689
Time: 16-Jun-2005 6:58 AM

Yeah, he'll get Knoll right on that.

Post: #115688
Topic: Fix the lightsabers (Poster participation)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/115688/action/topic#115688
Time: 16-Jun-2005 6:57 AM

I like that. Only thing I would adjust is the blue tint. I think it's a touch to far towards the purple side. And once start down the purple side, forever will it....

Post: #115672
Topic: Now here's something you don't see every day...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/115672/action/topic#115672
Time: 16-Jun-2005 5:48 AM

Is that Jett? He was a pretty bad ass Jedi in ROTS.

Post: #115668
Topic: Now here's something you don't see every day...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/115668/action/topic#115668
Time: 16-Jun-2005 5:35 AM

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Originally posted by: greencapt

Because he's Harrison Ford, man!!! Isn't that enough?!?!?

No, cause at this point if you put some fingerless gloves and a stocking cap on him, he looks like a pedophile who walks the streets.

Post: #115660
Topic: Now here's something you don't see every day...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/115660/action/topic#115660
Time: 16-Jun-2005 5:19 AM

George had lost a good bit of weight in 2003. He was looking pretty good then. This could just be because he has his head pulled back tight to his neck.

Harrison Ford needs to shave. I don't know why you would put on a tux and not shave.

Mark Hammill still looks as good as he did in ROTJ and would make an excellent Alec Guiness type figure in a new trilogy.

Post: #115648
Topic: Now here's something you don't see every day...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/115648/action/topic#115648
Time: 16-Jun-2005 4:43 AM

I see red X's more often than you think.

Fixed now.

Mark Hammill looks the best out of all of them. He could do a sequel trilogy and I'd believe it. Carrie Fisher is beyond saving.

Post: #115522
Topic: ***The "Darth Editous" Episode IV DVD Info and Feedback Thread*** - a partially "de-specialed" DVD
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/115522/action/topic#115522
Time: 15-Jun-2005 11:12 PM

The quality on any fan edit will always be less than the DVDs. Think of the DVD as first generation. You have to take it onto your computer to edit. That's the second generation. Then, you recompress it and put it back onto a DVD, third generation. You loose data each time. It's unavoidable.

Post: #115536
Topic: CGI Yoda for TPM
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/115536/action/topic#115536
Time: 15-Jun-2005 6:02 PM

It's not that the PT Yoda is a carbon copy if the OT puppet, but that he looks believable enough that an aged PT CGI Yoda *could* look like the puppet. TPM Yoda looks like some mutant freak, as if Yoda fell into battery acid.

Post: #115523
Topic: You came this close to Qui Gon being in the end of ROTJ...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/115523/action/topic#115523
Time: 15-Jun-2005 5:14 PM

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Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
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Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
" After Star Wars became a huge hit he began to hate it. "

Not for the reason you imply. He disliked that his newfound popularity was due mainly to this sci-fi cult film, rather than his earlier, and rather spectacular, body of work.

Yeah, I'm sure that today, most people remember him for his work on Star Wars, and it could get rather frustrating to be typecast as Obi-Wan Kenobi for the rest of your life.

Yeah, but I don't think Alec Guiness would have ever had that problem. He made alot of great films in the US and the UK before Star Wars. It'd be like saying Liam Neeson will always be typcast as Qui Gonn or Ewan McGregor as Obi Wan.

Post: #115521
Topic: CGI Yoda for TPM
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/115521/action/topic#115521
Time: 15-Jun-2005 5:11 PM

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Originally posted by: Klingon_Jedi
Ric, those are exactly my thoughts on that particular subject.

As for CGI Yoda, I don't really see the point in it. If it is indeed a warm up for Episode III, than it's just like the SE, as they were a warm up for the Episode I. I suppose it would add some continuety, but given what Yoda does in the film, does it really matter?

Yeah, because the puppet in TPM looks terrible.

Post: #115515
Topic: Fix the lightsabers (Poster participation)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/115515/action/topic#115515
Time: 15-Jun-2005 4:57 PM

This is later on, about half way through the scene, where both blades become more 'stationary'.

Original

Special Edition

DVD

Rotoscoped fix

Post: #115514
Topic: Fix the lightsabers (Poster participation)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/115514/action/topic#115514
Time: 15-Jun-2005 4:55 PM

Vader's core is a bit wide because he is still swinging down, where as Luke has halted a bit. Also, if you think THAT is off color, wait until you see the scene before it.

And yes, the slug is still there. I haven't got the sabers fixed yet, so I am leaving the hood for last as I can simple past a non-slugged edge of each frame in a matter of minutes.

Post: #115513
Topic: CGI Yoda for TPM
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/115513/action/topic#115513
Time: 15-Jun-2005 4:54 PM

Well, George still talks as if he has had the stuff you see in ROTS in his mind now for 30 years. I've not really heard him talk about having the first two in his mind, except the idea of the 'Clone War'. As he said, a marketing firm would have told him to start the prequels with ROTS and then fill in the next two films with the 20 years between the films. That's not the way he wanted to do it. Well, hats off to him, even if the story would have been better the other way.

Post: #115483
Topic: CGI Yoda for TPM
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/115483/action/topic#115483
Time: 15-Jun-2005 2:02 PM

I'm sure George has no intention of replacing the puppet Yoda in ESB, seeing as he spent a good amount of money trying to get Frank Oz an Academy Award nomination for his work with the puppet. When they auditioned the CGI Yoda to George, they used the ESB footage, but that's as far as that goes.

Post: #115252
Topic: CGI Yoda for TPM
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/115252/action/topic#115252
Time: 14-Jun-2005 7:56 PM

As a tune up for working on Episode III, and to make sure all the new programmers new how to animate the little green guy, the people at ILM were instructed by Lucas to replace the puppet in The Phantom Menace completely. They were to have it completed by the time he got them the footage from Sydney for ROTS. This was over 2 years ago. So don't think that in this release in November, a CGI Yoda won't be in it.

That will atleast make the film 2% better. Only 42% more to go.

Can a mod please move this to general discussion?

Post: #115129
Topic: ***The "Darth Editous" Episode IV DVD Info and Feedback Thread*** - a partially "de-specialed" DVD
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/115129/action/topic#115129
Time: 14-Jun-2005 5:24 PM

Mine hasn't arrived yet, and I was going to request some screencaps, but I thought about it and want to be delightfully suprised.

Post: #115202
Topic: You came this close to Qui Gon being in the end of ROTJ...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/115202/action/topic#115202
Time: 14-Jun-2005 3:50 PM

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Originally posted by: MagnoliaFan
It wasn't just Qui-Gon...
George also suggested adding Padme to the ghost scene, though he claims it was a joke to provoke Rick.
Its mentioned in some bts book.

Where at? I missed that one. Which page.

Post: #115173
Topic: You came this close to Qui Gon being in the end of ROTJ...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/115173/action/topic#115173
Time: 14-Jun-2005 12:52 PM

Wait, are we saying that we believed EVERY Jedi could do this before the PT was released? If that was the case, why didn't other Jedi who Vader had killed help Luke and the Rebellion?

Post: #115150
Topic: You came this close to Qui Gon being in the end of ROTJ...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/115150/action/topic#115150
Time: 14-Jun-2005 11:51 AM

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Originally posted by: greencapt
Shoot man- as long as he was changing the movies, he should have put EVERY dead Jedi in that scene! That would have rocked!! Kit Fisto and Kung Pao or whatever else Jedi there were could be high-fiving in the background while in the foreground little Younglings cover in Force-ghost terror from Hayden!!

Now THAT'S cinema!!!!

Now, see....I can see the humor in that statement, however Qui Gon, Yoda, Ben and Anakin are eventually supposed to be the only ones who possess this power.

Post: #115127
Topic: You came this close to Qui Gon being in the end of ROTJ...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/115127/action/topic#115127
Time: 14-Jun-2005 11:21 AM

Yes, that is and always how Lucas has worked. He goes home each night and comes back the next morning with a whole list of 'what ifs'. No big suprise.