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#139856
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Superman II and Superman III extended (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/139856/action/topic#139856
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Nice work!

Personally, I would like my International Cuts or Extended Versions to all have a corresponding tone. Dunno yet if this means that I will take my turn at trying out a cover design, or if I will just conform my other covers to the style of something already posted.

By the way, has the first Superman's extended cut been posted anywhere?

Thanks.
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#139849
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Info: Exclusive "Story of Star Wars" DVD from Wal Mart
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/139849/action/topic#139849
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Hope there's some actual substance to it. I ususally end up buying my DVD's at a local store here in Nebraska that always has new releases for $10-$12 max. But if this ends up being worth the extra dough, I will grab it. The Wal Mart bonus DVD's are usually actually pretty nice compared to the crap that Best Buy offers. The most you usually get with Best Buy is an extra featurette or maybe a deleted scene or EPK. Hope this pans out to be something special.

WAL MART: ALL YOUR CUSTOMER BASE ARE BELONG TO US!!!!
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#139855
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Has anyone now second guessed the prequels
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/139855/action/topic#139855
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Originally posted by: Darth Simon
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Originally posted by: Adamwankenobi
If you are going to show them the films, show them as George intends. It truly is an amzing experience. Just becuase you experienced and remember the films a certain way doesn't mean they have to. Hey, you never know. They might (gasp) like all the movies as a whole!


you mean as Lucas intended back in 77 or back in 83 after Jedi came out? How about in 95 after he released the Original Trilogy for the last time as it was seen in theatres. Or perhaps you refer to how he intended it to be seen in 97 when he released the special editions. but then again you could be talking about his 'final' version of how it should be seen in 04 when he released the official dvds. though based on talk, come 07 all these versions will be obsolete cause lucas would have changed his mind again and released a new version of how he has always intended them to be seen.

why do people still defend him on his 'this is how i intended it but didnt have the technology back then' how did he not have technology to make greedo shoot first? answer, he did, it was just NEVER his intention until 97 to do so. End of story. 85% of the changes actually hurt the flow of the story,10% are completely useless, and the other 5% are the kinds of fixes he should have made where errors and actually technical limitations were corrected.

-Darth Simon


Amen, brother. Amen.

My kids watch all of them right now. I was going to do the "watch the OT first and then when you are old enough to understand why the PT sucks, you can watch those" thing, but I figured that I wanted them to just be able to grow up on SW as a whole and appreciate it in the way that THEY will. Not the way that I did. There is no way that they could ever have the SW experience that I did and I am very interested to see what kinds of SW memories they build for themselves through their own experiences with the saga. My three sons actually do seem to gravitate to the OT, though. For some reason, they all seem (at least so far) to really love Darth Vader. I can't help but assume that, as much as it may contradict my previous statement, this has at least a little to do with my influence as Vader is my favorite character (has been since childhood and now in adulthood, having lived a rather interesting life, I appreciate the duality of the character in a whole new light) and my home is littered from top to bottom with Vader items. But whenever I ask them which one they want to watch, they usually pick either Empire or Jedi. My nephew, on the other hand, loves the prequels. My sister is also a huge SW fan and she says that her son always wants to watch AOTC (and Sith, but, since we aren't supposed to have that yet... um.... well.......).

So I guess what order your kids watch them in really does come down to whether or not you want your kids to have the experience that YOU had with the saga, or whether you want them to be able to build their own memories of it based on the availability of all six films on DVD. And just think about it. When it comes to the OT, like Simon said, you are going to have a LOT of explaining to do to them in regards to the many different versions available to them. Personally, I look to it with great anticipation as I hope my children will have at least a passing interest in the art of film making. And what better films to use in regards to the history and advancement of the art than the original trilogy?

But like I said in my previous post, it really doesn't matter how any one person feels about the films. Everyone is MEANT to feel differently when they watch a film. Because, gloriously... everyone IS different. That's why the guy makes thirty one flavors.

To each his own. Different strokes. Opinions are like..... well, you get the point.
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#139766
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Info Wanted: 'IMAX: Special Effects' / Star Wars
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/139766/action/topic#139766
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Originally posted by: Mitch
Does anyone have this?

Or just the recreated opening sequence. It floated the net years back but all links are gone.... if anyone has it please upload or post a link ;-)
This is the only title that is not avaible from IMAX, lol!! probably Lucas is the reason


Yeah, sadly that is most likely correct. Strange and sad that one of the best IMAX films (at least that I have seen personally) isn't available on DVD.

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#139764
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Segaflip's 'Night of the Living Dead' - 25th Anniversary Transfer (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/139764/action/topic#139764
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Romero is the numero uno when it comes to zombies. I, for one, would love to see this once sega is done with it. Though something tells me that sooner or later Anchor Bay will obtain the rights to both Night and (eventually) Land... and we will get seventeen box sets over the span of about twenty years that will explore and re-explore all four films ad-nausium. Seriously... do those guys ever stop re-re-re-re-re-releasing a film once they get the rights to it?

OK, I'll shut up now and get ready to pick up my "Book of the Dead II" edition of Evil Dead II here in a week. Oh, and did you hear about the "Cabin Version" (or whatever they want to end up calling it) of the original Evil Dead that is coming out soon? It is going to include a special feature about the Ladies of Evil Dead that was filmed at the recent Flashback Horror Weekend in Chicago (which I attended). Kind of jazzed about that.

(Am I off topic enough yet?)

Anyway, sega... I look forward to your release. And thank you as always for all of your great work here.
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#139762
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Superman II and Superman III extended (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/139762/action/topic#139762
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Originally posted by: digitalfreaknyc
Originally posted by: JackLucas
Originally posted by: digitalfreaknyc
Looks good...but there is actually an "international cut" artwork out there already.


Yeah, for Superman II. And when it comes to cover art, I say the more the merrier.


No...for the first one.


Well color me corrected. Or, color correct me. Or......

Whatever.
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#139761
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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...
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/139761/action/topic#139761
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From time to time on ebay you'll see DVD 'recreations' of the old 3D films. I saw Jaws 3D on there once and another one (not Friday the 13th though).

How do they go about doing the transfer in 3D? Are they just telecined from a 35mm print? I would love to get some of those.
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#139760
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Info: Does Anyone Have The Old Original Theater Bootleg '77 Tape? (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/139760/action/topic#139760
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Yes- only that wasn't the only change that was made. He added some new stereo sound effects and fudged the sound in other small ways as well (not nearly as noticeably as he did to the '93 mix, though).

Yup. I just mentioned the 3PO bit as that is the best way to associate it. Though I know it was re-added for the SE after it disappeared again in '93. Along with the "close the blast doors" and other small bits. Would have been nice to see him re-incorporate "blast it, Wedge, where are you" as well. Of all the re-additions to the SE sound mix you would have thought that would have been an obvious fix. (Other than the contention that Luke is actually wondering where his friend is and why he doesn't bail him out before Wedge comes to the rescue.)

I have all of the VHS releases, but have a few gaps in my LD collection. Most notably the Japanese releases. (Which is why it is awesome that sega and DJ are hooking us up with that "Special Collection" rip. After finding this site, I am considering beefing up my computer set up so that I can have at some "back up" sets of my own. I've gotten fairly adept at DVD authoring (with the help of DVD Architect, of course...heheh) lately and would love to learn more about the ins and outs of this stuff. This site is quite simply one of the best finds I have ever come across on the net over the past ten years. The community here is second to none.
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#139722
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Info: Does Anyone Have The Old Original Theater Bootleg '77 Tape? (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/139722/action/topic#139722
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Originally posted by: russs15
The Original EditDroid ANH did have a Mono Mix from a VHS recording although I am unsure if it is from either of the VHS tapes mentioned in this thread.

The only other Mono Mix I know of is from the ITV broadcast back in the 80's and was used for the Molly Prototype Mono Pre-ANH "XP77:4EB" Edit

:: Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
:: The mono soundmix

:: Source Details

Source is VHS; movie taped from a UK ITV broadcast approximately 20 years ago.
Audio is on the linear track - no hifi on VHS back then!
Source is PAL @ 25fps, so if you NTSC guys want to use this in your DVD projects
I guess you will need to slow down by ~4%.
Several seconds of audio are missing from both the beginning and the end, and there
are also occasional gaps; whoever recorded this paused the tape for the ad breaks but was sometimes a bit slow at
restarting the tape. The tape is very worn at the start and the audio drops out
and goes wobbly several times during the title music. It will take a lot of
perseverance to get this audio in sync with a good copy of the video.


For those who may be interested, the EditDroid ANH with Mono soundtrack has just been posted on a.b.sw


I am grabbing the EditDroid Mono off of a.b.sw (thanks, guys). But I want the original tape rip, warts and all, too. Call me old fashioned.
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#139636
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Has anyone now second guessed the prequels
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/139636/action/topic#139636
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My friend, you will never come to a completely comfortable spot with the prequels. I have made my peace with that fact. You will continue to go back and forth on them. Your emotions will range from the "meh, I guess they aren't that bad" to "good God WHY-OH-WHY...Jar Jar...whiny Anakin...ruined Fett mystery...3PO AOTC lines...NOOOO!!!!!". I have been round and round the bend and have found that there will never be a time where I will have formed any concrete opinion on them other than that... the Original Trilogy was SO MUCH BETTER. The prequels (and the SE and SSE for that much) just are what they are. A fascinating glimpse into how much a creative person's vision can change over a period of thirty years. When you think of it like that, it really isn't that hard to get a hold on. Think of the person you are now, and then think of the person you were ten years ago (in some cases, I realise this might take some back to early childhood, but...). Multiply that change three fold. People change. And I guess, thinking that way right now... maybe in thirty years we will all look at the prequels and say to ourselves, "You know, I finally think I understand what he was doing". Either that or, "meh, I guess they aren't that bad".

I felt the same way about Episode III. Granted I understood that no amount of plot, pacing or character resolution would be able to erase some of the over the top attrociousness of Episode's I or II. But I figured that III would be the one that brought it all full circle and that if anything it would put the prequels to rest with a sense of relief that they weren't a completely wasted opportunity. I watched that thing four times opening weekend. And I felt really, honestly, no different than I did when I got done absorbing Eps I and II. I admit that I thought this was the best of the three. But there was really nothing there that made me feel that this episode was made by any other creative individual other than the one that made the first two. It felt the same. There were the moments of over the topness that made me cringe. There were the wooden performances (with very solid sequences thrown in here and there). The moments of "OK, ignore that", that as a post-Episode I-Star Wars fan I have grown to understand and become comfortable with. It was all there. To me, that doesn't make me a "prequel hater" or a "Lucas basher". It just makes me a realist. And the real truth is that the prequel trilogy and original trilogy are just totally and so completely different sets of films that to tie one to the other by anything other than charaters or plot history takes a large and rather forgiving flight of imagination. Hell, the fact that so many OT references were merely tossed into Episode III is testiment enough to the fact that even George himself knew that he had disconnected the two trilogies to such a point that he would HAVE to include things like the Tantive IV, Chewbacca, the Death Star construction, Imperial Officers in FULL UNIFORM, etc. so that people would say to themselves, "hey, yeah...I rememebr now". I realize that I am pushing it a bit, but I don't care how much manipulation LFL wants to do to the OT over the next twenty years or however long it takes them, they will never be able to comfortably bridge the two trilogies in terms of content or style. And so, I feel that I shouldn't have to tie the two together by my own rationalizations or ignorance of what is turly up there on the screen. (I find that those who are in touch with the EU are almost always large prequel boosters. And why not? They are used to using their imaginations in order to fill in any gaps between stories.)

In any event, to each his own. Just because you love the OT does NOT mean that you have to even LIKE the prequels. Not acknowledging their existence is, I think, taking it a bit far. But judging each to their own individual merits is completely justified. Feel the way you feel about it and don't let anyone else's feelings towards your opinion sway you.

(God I have a lot of time on my hands today. I hate being sick.)
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#139632
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Some EarlY Star Wars TV details
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/139632/action/topic#139632
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Originally posted by: Ell the Ewok
What is it with the Lucas bashing here!? And you know you'll watch it and love it just cos its Star wars! I know I will! I'd probaly buy a DVD of 5 seconds of someones ass if it had Star wars on the label, so would most of you!


*begin rant*

I hope that was said tongue fully in cheek. I think one of the reasons that most of us are even on this board is because we aren't willing to take the Star Wars that is force fed to us. (No pun intended.) I stopped reading Star Wars fiction because of increasingly poor writing. I stopped collecting Hasbro Star Wars because of increasingly inferior products. I didn't purchase the SSE DVD box set because of what I see to be borderline blasphemous changes. (Though a friend did get it for me for my birthday as a joke, I keep it in a cupboard under my entertainment stand like a box of porn I don't want anyone to know that I have.)

Sorry, but I see this TV idea as a cheap way (yes, cheap...the production costs discussed by McCallum at CIII for the entire run of the show were less than those for a single feature SW film and that would be for years of continued "built in" fan supported broadcast and ancillary cash, not to mention the hundreds of millions that will be made in further merchandising) for them to continue cashing in on a fan base that has been exploited over and over again with increasingly less than outstanding product. I find it sad that the Star Trek analogy that used to be a joke applied to Star Wars fans is now slowly (but fully) becoming a reality.

That being said, I am not one to simply turn my nose at something without taking a chance and judging it with the knowledge of its content. (Hell, I waste money on bad films on a weekly basis just so that I can defend good films with educated ammunition of what truly does "suck".) I will watch the pilot and following week's episode before I completely throw in the towl (or alternatively, my wallet for the DVD's when they are released).

If this is considered Lucas bashing, please understand that I think the man is a genius (though a bit misguided since his wife screwed him over...but that is another discussion entirely). I have read every book written about him. In my early years (without a father), I truly considered him a father figure through his works that gave me so much enjoyment. Without Star Wars I have no idea what my life would be like. But there comes a time when you have to be honest and admit that blind love is not love at all. True love to me comes from honesty. And the honest truth is that George has (by his own admition) become the very thing that he did not want to become. The head of a multi billion dollar empire that at this point has to keep the greenbacks flowing. Even if it be by exploiting the very entity that gave rise to that empire in the first place.

I think this show will be the death knell of Star Wars. I will, however, be ready and SO happy to eat an entire flock of crows if it ends up getting knocked out of the park.

*end rant*