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#216888
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How Easy Would This Be?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/216888/action/topic#216888
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Thanks.

After reading that, I think it may be easier to just dub my VHS copies onto DVD-Rs, which I already have the tools and experience to do.

Sad too, because I remembered another movie that I think needs a fix: Bakshi's LOTR, in which the ending narration was changed. The new narration sounds just totally misdelivered and wrong, whereas the original "so ends the first part of the War of the Ring" was spot-on.
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#216870
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How Easy Would This Be?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/216870/action/topic#216870
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So recently I've decided to buy the Gundam Movie Trilogy DVD boxed set, but there's one object of casternation: I read on Amazon.com that the movies have been (shock) changed for the DVD releases. This being an anime series, I looked at the Japanese releases, but no: they have the same edits.

HOWEVER, all the complaints I've heard indicate that the only thing changed was the audio (some sound effects altered to sound more "realistic," songs removed, etc.) It seems to me, then, that to do a "fixed" version all one would need to do is simply rip the audio track from the VHS tapes (which you can get off Ebay for ten bucks) then rip the footage and subtitle tracks from the official DVDs, and then marry them together and burn them onto another DVD. Potential extras could include the English dubbed versions (the current DVDs are Japanese with an option for English subtitles, but dubbed versions of the movies WERE released on VHS back in the day).

So, besides copies of the movies and a DVD burner, what all software and hardware would I need to accomplish this? Is it really as easy as it sounds?

And just to avoid making a fool of myself, is there anyone who has already done a project like this?
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#117593
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So why Define STAR WARS as OT OR PT?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/117593/action/topic#117593
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Originally posted by: Tony
I am not here to provoke any type of flame war, just intelligent conversation. I notice that STAR WARS Fans use terms such as PT or OT to define the films.


No sh--.

I see a lot of people referring to the Lord of the Rings books as "The Lord of the Rings Trilogy." Oddly enough they don't include The Hobbit as part of it, even though the Hobbit is the direct predecessor to said series. Why isn't it called the "Hobbit" series? Why aren't those, The Silmarillion, and Unfinished Tales called "The Middle-Earth books?"

While we're at it, what's the difference between pre-Crisis DC Comics and post-Crisis DC comics? Why aren't they all just "DC Comics?"

Why differentiate between "Mega Man" and "Mega Man X?" Why not just call them all "Mega Man"? Why are people sometimes fans of one but not the other?

Hell, why even go that far? Why not just call Tolkien's books "Fantasy Novels?" or even just "books?" Why not call DC's comics just "comic books?" Why not call Mega Man games simply "Video Games?" It's not like there's any elements that distinguish these from any other books, comics, or video games, are there?

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#117592
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So why Define STAR WARS as OT OR PT?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/117592/action/topic#117592
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Originally posted by: Tony
I am not here to provoke any type of flame war, just intelligent conversation. I notice that STAR WARS Fans use terms such as PT or OT to define the films.


No sh--.

I see a lot of people referring to the Lord of the Rings books as "The Lord of the Rings Trilogy." Oddly enough they don't include The Hobbit as part of it, even though the Hobbit is the direct predecessor to said series. Why isn't it called the "Hobbit" series? Why aren't those, The Silmarillion, and Unfinished Tales called "The Middle-Earth books?"

While we're at it, what's the difference between pre-Crisis DC Comics and post-Crisis DC comics? Why aren't they all just "DC Comics?"

Why differentiate between "Mega Man" and "Mega Man X?" Why not just call them all "Mega Man"? Why are people sometimes fans of one but not the other?

Hell, why even go that far? Why not just call Tolkien's books "Fantasy Novels?" or even just "books?" Why not call DC's comics just "comic books?" Why not call Mega Man games simply "Video Games?" It's not like there's any elements that distinguish these from any other books, comics, or video games, are there?

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#117349
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Why such hate on the OT DVD set?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/117349/action/topic#117349
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Originally posted by: Trooperman
Even if that was true, changing story isn't the only problem. A long, long time ago, people used to pay attention to pacing and aesthetics as well.


Indeed, it annoys me when people act like "not altering the story" is somehow a big deal. When it all comes down to it, the storyline is really the least important aspect. If it wasn't, no one would watch Star Wars because it's nothing but a bunch of time-honored fantasy cliches put in a sci-fi setting. You might as well be saying "it doesn't matter what Lucas does to Star Wars because we can just read Lord of the Rings instead."

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#116625
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Why such hate on the OT DVD set?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/116625/action/topic#116625
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I will say this.

Say what you will about any other battle scene, but I'll cast a Sith Curse on George Lucas if the Death Star battle in ANH is tampered with any further.

That scene is perfect. That sequence is everything that defines Star Wars. To tamper with it any further is to destroy any merit Star Wars ever had.

The Death Star scene MUST NOT BE TAMPERED WITH!
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#102974
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Wait- I know what Lucas needs!
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/102974/action/topic#102974
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Originally posted by: Warbler
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Originally posted by: PSYCHO_DAYV
COULD YOU IMAGINE IF ALL OF THOSE GEEKY star trek FANS WERE TO GET LAID ??? THEY MAY HAVE STOPPED MAKING star trek MOVIES YEARS AGO.


Hey! don't you go insulting Star Trek fans!....I'm one of them! Although I can't say I am a fan of the lastest star trek movies. I'm more of a fan of the classic trek. Since when are Trek fans more "GEEKY" than Star Wars fans?


Simple.

Star Wars fans merely suck up to one guy, and a few MOVIES that happened to have some spinoff novels and games (and ONE upcoming TV series).

Star TREK fans suck up to a COMPANY that puts out a CONTINUAL STREAM of TELEVISION SHOWS (each with like hundreds of episodes and each of which is progressively worse than the previous show, though the fanboys won't admit this because special effects and "deep" shit like "OMG there's a shapeshifter who feels left out!" are more important to them than, say, actual good writing). and Trek, too, has novels, games, comics, and other assorted peraphernelia.

So you see, Star Trek fans are more geeky simply because there's more to be geeky WITH ^__^.
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#102771
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Wait- I know what Lucas needs!
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/102771/action/topic#102771
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Originally posted by: Bossk
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Originally posted by: JamesEightBitStar
Great, I'm in a society of Freudians.


Scary thought, isn't it?


I dunno. Assuming this whole "Lucas needs to get laid" thing isn't just a tasteless joke, nothing really surprises me with this group anymore.

I mean, this is the group where people complain endlessly about how Lucas has ruined Star Wars, yet then they turn around and buy the DVDs even though they know that set is just another crappy altered edition that they're just going to bitch and moan about later.
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#102769
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Petitions Can Make a Difference
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/102769/action/topic#102769
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While I generally like the article, I have one MAJOR bone to pick with it.

"Thomas couldn't figure out what was up with the plans to turn the old Looney Tunes gang into their Japanese anime-styled descendants."

I AM SO #$%!ing tired of people comparing Loonatics to anime. I've already written an article about why the comparison is totally invalid (link below), and it really needs to stop.

http://www.angelfire.com/comics/nes_star/Articles/AnimeRage.html
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#102489
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I have to write a Letter to George Lucas...
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/102489/action/topic#102489
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Originally posted by: Bossk
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Originally posted by: JamesEightBitStar
Guys, I'm twenty-one years old (born in 1983) and I first got internet access when I was like sixteen (not long after I first saw a Star Wars movie, in fact). I didn't "grow up with the internet." It doesn't help your arguement or raise your credibility at all to go around believing that anyone who didn't have the same childhood as you must be some little kid. In fact it makes you look conceited and arrogant.


I wasn't talking about you. To be honest, I hadn't even been paying attention to your posts. To me, you were a non factor in this discussion. I only now looked back and saw that Luke referred to "you two." I thought this was all centering on Chaltab.

It makes you look conceited and arrogant to think this whole thing is about you.


And how, precisely, am I doing that?

I was directly referred to as one of the two people whom Luke assumed had "grown up on the internet." I responded to that remark. Where, exactly, is the fault in that?
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#102470
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I have to write a Letter to George Lucas...
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/102470/action/topic#102470
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Guys, I'm twenty-one years old (born in 1983) and I first got internet access when I was like sixteen (not long after I first saw a Star Wars movie, in fact). I didn't "grow up with the internet." It doesn't help your arguement or raise your credibility at all to go around believing that anyone who didn't have the same childhood as you must be some little kid. In fact it makes you look conceited and arrogant.
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#102444
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I have to write a Letter to George Lucas...
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/102444/action/topic#102444
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Originally posted by: Luke Skywalker
makes me glad im not you two...

not everyone grows up on the internet


Don't misunderstand me. I don't have the nostalgia attachment to the films that others at this forum do, but I'm every bit as pissed off. Only from me, it's just due to my censorship morals and my beliefs on artistic merit.

I also don't like it when the big guns try to tell me what I am and am not allowed to buy with my money. I mean hey, its MY dollar I'm spending, and I broke my back earning it. Either Lucas is going to put out what I like, or he's not getting my dollar. Period.

I also hate people who try to force their beliefs on others, which is exactly what George Lucas is doing. No matter what self-serving philosophy the conformists come up with about him being the creator, its not any more right for him to do it than it is for anyone else.

I honestly do feel this entire freaking issue is handled from entirely the wrong angles. I mean seriously, the Lucas suck-ups do nothing but talk about how he's the creator so he can do anything he wants (that's like saying its okay for parents to beat up their child), while the fans talk endlessly about how they grew up with the originals, coming off as little more than nostalgia-mongers. As far as I've seen (and excuse me if this sounds arrogant) I'm the only person who wants the original version on DVD yet is actually not a huge/religious fan of Star Wars itself. The arguement really needs to find more angles, or at least start playing up the more compelling/intelligent ones (such as George's hypocrisy on the colorizing of black and white films).

EDIT: Now that I think about it, what the hell does the term "grow up on the internet" mean?
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#102208
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Recent Lucas Comment Regarding Esp. #7...
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/102208/action/topic#102208
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Originally posted by: someonelse
the novels that come after ROTJ are way better stories than any of the movies, in fact i think of star wars as a series of books with a few movies. its already clear that lucas has no regard for the novels, which is a shame because those authors are better writers than he is.

i would be very upset if he ignored the novels and comics in making ep. 7-9.


I tried to read the Expanded Universe, starting with the much-hailed Thrawn Trilogy. I couldn't get into it, and after awhile I didn't really care.

I must say that I preferred the novelizations of the original trilogy, in some ways, to the original trilogy itself.

To me, Star Wars is the original trilogy and only the original trilogy. Anything else is just an optional expansion that need not have any bearing upon that universe.

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#102174
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Recent Lucas Comment Regarding Esp. #7...
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/102174/action/topic#102174
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Originally posted by: JediSage
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Originally posted by: Hardcore Legend
While I think alot of the reasons he has decided against a 7-9 Star Wars is the flack he has caught off of Ep 1 and 2, I think if 3 is recieved well.....he might, just might changes his mind. Highly unlikely though.


I think his age may have something to do with it, too. He's in his mid 60's, I think. He was like 27-29 when he made episode IV. And, last time I saw him he did not look like he's aging well.


I think your math is faulty. He was directing ANH in like 1976-1979, right? If he's in his "mid-sixties" now, that would make him forty years older...

It's kinda hard to age forty years in a twenty-year period.

Unless he took up smoking.
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#100442
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ROTS - Novels etc!!
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/100442/action/topic#100442
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Originally posted by: grifter
well... i did not really know where to post this, so there it is:
this is the last cover of a famous french sci-fi/fantasy/horror/action movies magazine.
it says: what can we expect from episode 3?
intersting article about the prequels inconsistencies and the policy of Lucas.


Too bad we can't read it.

Anyway, I think what the issue boils down to is that Lucas just doesn't really care. He just wanted to get Star Wars out of the way so he could move on to other projects.

Seriously though, it probably would've been easier to just re-release the original trilogy without the "Episode IV," "V" and "VI" monikers than to make three new films.

Also, how could there be scenes missing from the novelization? Most novelizations are written by, essentially, taking the script of the film and then writing it in novelized form. Usually this results in scenes being ADDED to the novel that aren't present in the movie, and I've never once heard of a novel missing scenes that were present in the movie.

It IS possible, however, for some scenes to play out differently. There are instances in the "New Hope" novelization where this happens (dialogue is different etc.)