JackLucas

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Post: #140507
Topic: What is this horses**t??
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/140507/action/topic#140507
Time: 23-Sep-2005 1:33 PM

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Originally posted by: TheCassidy
Naw, Adam - I don't really think there's a connection. However, LFL does watch all of the major Star Wars sites on the net (more about protecting intellectual property than anything else) and does gauge the fan climate. None too well if you asked me based on their questionable decisions.

As far as TF.N goes, they are guilty of being perpetual 'Yes-Men.' They are the Rick McCallum's of Cyberspace, if you will. They never post anything negative about Star Wars, they always shamelessly plug themselves, they seldom credit their sources, they post news items days after everyone has already heard, they are a bunch of sychophant suck-up elitest snobs who pride themselves on being the 'premiere' Star Wars fansite. I also am aware that there has been falling outs between them and other site owners due to their attitude and policies.

Dont......

Get..............

Me................................

...............STARTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There are very close ties between TF.N and LFL. Trust me. I don't have the mental patience or time to go into it (wasted TOO much time on those assclowns in the past....TOO much time), but a quick search of the net and you will dig up a treasure trove of information on the history of TF.N. Too bad TheFarce.net is offline. T and those guys made me laugh my ass off all the time.

Post: #140506
Topic: What is this horses**t??
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/140506/action/topic#140506
Time: 23-Sep-2005 1:30 PM

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Originally posted by: Mr Bungle
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Originally posted by: TheCassidy
What are you talking about? Merchandising?

Star Wars has always been about the merchandising my man - are you old enough to remember C3PO's?

I agree that I am sick and tired of endless waves of...stuff. I mean, what kind of world do we live in where a Yoda costume for a dog is available, but not a set of the original trilogy on DVD. And I swear I'm not making that dog costume thing up. It's scary...in a cute kind of way.

Now, if there was a pirate or ninja costume for a dog I'd be all over that like Star Jones on a butter croissant.

Next up the Star Wars bowling set

From theforce.net

The Star Wars Strike Force Bowling Leagues are getting underway this fall, with a pair of exclusive Star Wars collectable Package: One includes a SW bowling ball, SW bowling bag and award certificate and the other includes a Darth Vader Standee 6 movie posters and a cap. Look out for the flyers in Sundays paper, which includes coupons and vouchers..

My sibs and I are on this. Just started last night. As I said in my earlier post, there is a big difference between merchandising and whoring. And I want my Darth Vader bowling ball!

Post: #140310
Topic: Blade Runner Covers
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/140310/action/topic#140310
Time: 22-Sep-2005 7:37 PM

Those covers are beautiful! Really hope to get this release.

By the way, Rikter, did you get the email that I sent you the other night?

Post: #140276
Topic: ***The ADigitalMan non-Star Wars DVD Info and Feedback Thread***
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/140276/action/topic#140276
Time: 22-Sep-2005 3:57 PM

Originally posted by: Doctor M
Chris Columbus - $10M + Percentage of Gross (yikes)
Mike Newell - $1M + squat

Heh, would you direct 2 movies for that price?
If I were MN I'd say screw it, crank the movie out fast and move on to the next project that will pay more just for having being attached to a HP film.

I predict crap. Sorry guys. I mean check out the guy's resume on IMDB. The whole budget went to actors and sfx with nothing left for a good director.
I'm not saying I'm going to skip it even if it gets bad reviews (heck I felt Prisoner of Azkaban was overrated and not as good as Chamber of Secrets), but I am keeping my expectations proportionally lowered.

Yeah, I mean... that DONNIE BRASCO... what a POS.

So far GOBLET looks pretty bad ass. It looks to be keeping in the increasingly dark tone set by Cauron in AZKABAN (which was awesome). Though, if they don't handle the end scene with Cedric just right I will be very pissed off indeed.

I would very much like to get that HP edit.

Post: #140264
Topic: *** The Official DigitalFreakNYC Release Thread*** (SW, Indy + Others!)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/140264/action/topic#140264
Time: 22-Sep-2005 2:48 PM

As always... you rock.

Post: #140263
Topic: Info: The Apprentice - George Lucas appearance, anyone capturing it?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/140263/action/topic#140263
Time: 22-Sep-2005 2:46 PM

I would be interested in a good capture and nice DVD of this...

FOR ME TO POOP ON!!!

Seriously, I think this is a new low for LFL.

Post: #140250
Topic: Star Wars: The Interactive Video Board Game (1996, Parker) (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/140250/action/topic#140250
Time: 22-Sep-2005 1:09 PM

Watched my video of this the other night and it didn't seem to be jerky. There were the tiniest of tracking errors for the first minute or so of the tape, but after that it seemed fine.

Still open to sending this to someone in the US for capping. I figure you can make a straight video of it (for the game) and then have the Vader parts selectable from a sub menu. As I said before, all I really need is someone to cap the video file. I can make the DVD.

Post: #140300
Topic: Episode I Digital Yoda Images!!!!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/140300/action/topic#140300
Time: 22-Sep-2005 1:02 PM

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Originally posted by: Adamwankenobi
Now, if only he would do the same for the ESB and ROTJ Yoda!

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Post: #140248
Topic: *** The Official DigitalFreakNYC Release Thread*** (SW, Indy + Others!)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/140248/action/topic#140248
Time: 22-Sep-2005 1:00 PM

Are you still planning on doing those E.T. and Jaws releases that were talked about earlier in the thread? I would love to see that stuff!

Post: #140247
Topic: Info: Does Anyone Have The Old Original Theater Bootleg '77 Tape? (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/140247/action/topic#140247
Time: 22-Sep-2005 12:58 PM

I think it should be quite obvious that this is more of a nostalgiac aquisition rather than one to show off your A/V set up or to use for archival reference as far as differences picture wise. And as far as historical SW significance (other than the obvious mono soundtrack treasure), it is one of those things that old timers like myself remember as a "I know a guy who knew a guy whose uncle had a buddy who knew someone who had seen this at someone else's house one time back in '78". In the 80's it was one of the holy grail's of SW collecting. I heard about it for the first time in the early 80's and have wanted it ever since. It will sit on the shelf proudly with the other 40-odd SW discs in the collection.

Post: #140273
Topic: Episode I Digital Yoda Images!!!!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/140273/action/topic#140273
Time: 22-Sep-2005 9:50 AM

Nice. I wonder what other little changes to the prequels we can expect in 2007?

Post: #140265
Topic: Counting Game
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/140265/action/topic#140265
Time: 22-Sep-2005 8:52 AM

Now back to our regularly scheduled post inflation...

607.

Post: #140135
Topic: The Things We Hate And Love Thread .
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/140135/action/topic#140135
Time: 21-Sep-2005 9:57 PM

I hate sand. It’s coarse and rough and irritating, and it gets everywhere.

Post: #140117
Topic: *** The Official DigitalFreakNYC Release Thread*** (SW, Indy + Others!)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/140117/action/topic#140117
Time: 21-Sep-2005 8:15 PM

**shoots dfnyc**

Post: #140115
Topic: Info & Help: looking for... other ld-rips to dvd movies ex. blade runner int cut, songs of the south, frighteners dir cut - and much much more...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/140115/action/topic#140115
Time: 21-Sep-2005 8:12 PM

Originally posted by: SilverWook
Hearts of Darkness was released on LD. Are there legal hassles keeping it off DVD?

Currently on eBay there is a copy of the LD for $45. There are also two DVD's. One at $9.99 with no bids and another for $24.95 BIN (gotta love the scalp there). I have an email into the $9.99 guy asking him if it is a VHS or LD rip. We'll see if he answers me.

Paramount has a long history of having their heads up their asses when it comes to DVD releases. We got two releases of Apocalypse and absolutely s**t for supplementals. The first disc had the Kurtz compound destruction scene with commentary and excerpts from the program, but nothing on the Redux release. Hell, all they would have to do is rerelease the first or second version and slap HOD on a second disc and they would have a new dip 2 disc that everyone would buy. I did a quick check and they still have the rights. But as has so often been the case with them, they don't seem to care what their consumers want to buy. (Check out the upcoming Titanic snafu for more evidence of this. Thank God there is the overseas Fox version to buy on that one. From a company that does DVD RIGHT.)

Post: #140196
Topic: What is this horses**t??
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/140196/action/topic#140196
Time: 21-Sep-2005 7:34 PM

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Originally posted by: TheCassidy
What are you talking about? Merchandising?

Star Wars has always been about the merchandising my man - are you old enough to remember C3PO's?

I agree that I am sick and tired of endless waves of...stuff. I mean, what kind of world do we live in where a Yoda costume for a dog is available, but not a set of the original trilogy on DVD. And I swear I'm not making that dog costume thing up. It's scary...in a cute kind of way.

Now, if there was a pirate or ninja costume for a dog I'd be all over that like Star Jones on a butter croissant.

No, I'm not talking about merchandising. This is not merchandising. This is cross promotional bullshit with something completely and totally unrelated to Star Wars. They were pulling this same kind of bounce back crap with The OC back when Sith was about to open. It is this kind of whoring out of the SW name that makes me fear the forthcoming television show. I can already see the potential for self parody. But at this point, Lucas just totally and completely does not give a rat's ass about the brand name anymore. He cares about the films (in his own sick way). But when it comes to slapping the SW name on things that have absolutely f*** all to do with SW, he leaves that up to Jim Ward and his flock of sheep. I have to wonder if Charles Lippincott ever had the idea to stick George in a cameo on Charlie's Angels to drum up pub for A New Hope? The sad truth is that back in the day a film lived or died by the strength of its content. Now it's all about how many kids you can get to go to the theater on opening weekend by making them think that your film is "cool" because it got some cross promotion on TRL.

Post: #140086
Topic: Se7en: Criterion Edition preservation set
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/140086/action/topic#140086
Time: 21-Sep-2005 6:13 PM

Hmmm... I've gotten the "File Is Empty" error before. But never what it sounds like you are getting. Usually all I have to do is just back completely out of Azureus, re-download the torrent and start it over. Works every time.

Post: #140082
Topic: Se7en: Criterion Edition preservation set
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/140082/action/topic#140082
Time: 21-Sep-2005 5:57 PM

It works. Delete the file it made and restart the torrent. I get that error with Azureus all the time.

Post: #140165
Topic: What is this horses**t??
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/140165/action/topic#140165
Time: 21-Sep-2005 5:23 PM

I swear, the level to which LFL has pimped out the SW brand name since the SE's never ceases to amaze me. (Or sicken me... one or the other.)

[By the way, this was about the LFL/Apprentice crossover. I thought there was a link, but someone must have removed it.]

Post: #140078
Topic: Info: The Frighteners - Signature Collection laserdisc preservation thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/140078/action/topic#140078
Time: 21-Sep-2005 5:20 PM

This from TheDigitalBits.com:

By the way, while we still have no official word on the extras on Universal's The Frightners: Peter Jackson's Director's Cut (also 11/29), we do know that the disc will include more than four hours worth of bonus material produced by Jackson himself.

Post: #140163
Topic: Counting Game
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/140163/action/topic#140163
Time: 21-Sep-2005 5:12 PM

604. Please... kill the moose.

Post: #140162
Topic: nevermind
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/140162/action/topic#140162
Time: 21-Sep-2005 5:08 PM

Weren't you?

Post: #140074
Topic: <strong>The "EditDroid" Trilogy DVD Info and Feedback Thread</strong> (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/140074/action/topic#140074
Time: 21-Sep-2005 4:58 PM

Thanks for the info, russs. Sounds like they compliment eachother nicely. I watched the first one twice last night with the mono soundtrack on. It was awesome to hear all of those alternate lines and effects. Not to mention hearing Luke say, "Blast it, Wedge, where are you!". I felt like a kid again. (Which I have been finding happens on an almost daily basis when I find out some new peice of info or get a new disc because of finding this forum.

You guys are great!)

Post: #140071
Topic: <strong>The "EditDroid" Trilogy DVD Info and Feedback Thread</strong> (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/140071/action/topic#140071
Time: 21-Sep-2005 4:41 PM

What differences are there in those two versions, russs? I grabbed that first one yesterday off of a.b.sw and am currently (VERY SLOOOOWWWWLY) getting the second from myspleen. Is the second one worth continuing the dl if I already have the first?

Thanks.

Post: #140067
Topic: Se7en: Criterion Edition preservation set
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/140067/action/topic#140067
Time: 21-Sep-2005 4:34 PM

Wait... now I'm confused. But through the fog of confusion may I say that being the Fincher leg humper that I am, I can confidently say that dfnyc is right. What your brother is thinking of is simply the split second shot of Gwyneth in Brad's mind's eye that triggers him to sending John Doe bye bye.

AND, being the Fincher leg humper that I am, I would VERY MUCH like to get my hands on a copy of that workprint, Magfan. Any chance of that happening?