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Post
#207882
Topic
WB and BitTorrent to offer downloads legally
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/207882/action/topic#207882
Time
I'm really glad to see Hollywood embracing the web instead of stifling it like the music industry tried to do.

With the site's focus shifting toward fan edits, I have dreams--perhaps unrealistic--that we'll someday strike a similar deal that allows the creation of fan edits without the legal shadow hovering over us like it does now. It would be nice to have an open and healthy fan edit community in a consequence-free environment.
Post
#207512
Topic
Info: The LID Project: Laserdisc is dead.
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/207512/action/topic#207512
Time
Originally posted by: TR47
I'm glad at least someone else noticed this; all I really wanted was a reasonable explanation of why my thread was closed. I can handle it being closed, but even after making an irrefutable argument in its defense, I was brushed off. I find that insulting and hypocritical, since others have provided titles which already do exist and are domestically available, and yet are allowed to get away with it.


For the last time, you were not brushed off. I just started a new job working much longer hours, I moved into a new house, and I've been out of town almost every weekend for the past 6 weeks. Your question simply did not take priority in my life, and Moth3r and Zion can't make that sort of decision without my input.

You need to get over the whole Ong Bak thing. Seriously.

Your thread was closed pending administrator discussion regarding its content. The conclusion was that "custom DVDs" such as your Ong Bak release may be discussed, but may not be referred to as a "fan edit" because there wasn't any real editing going on.

If there are threads discussing the availability of materials available at retail, please direct me to them so they can be locked immediately. Just like police in the real world, we can't moderate 100% of the content here 100% of the time. I don't read every thread, and I'm sure Moth3r and Zion don't have the time to either.

Regarding ocpmovie, I support Zion's decision. ocpmovie was acting like an ass, and when he made changes to the edits Zion made to his post, he crossed the line. He's welcome to come back if he wishes to continue posting here, but trolls will always be treated like trolls no matter how much street cred they may have.
Post
#206115
Topic
Info: The Future of OT Preservation projects <em>(the 2006 DVDs has been announced)</em>
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/206115/action/topic#206115
Time
This site stopped being solely a Star Wars site long ago. Look at the growth of the non-Star Wars preservation forum.

I'm mulling things over, but I think the site has plenty of life left in it to evolve into something special.

I'm just ashamed Lucas actually announced the OT on DVD before I managed to finish the new software

A tool is me.
Post
#205502
Topic
DVDs for sale (updated)
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/205502/action/topic#205502
Time
They're all DVDs. The only LDs I still have are the OT THX discs (two sets) and a few others I plan to keep.

I have a small batch of DVDs that aren't for sale, mostly because I think the HD-DVD/BluRay versions are pretty far off--if they ever arrive, that is. Everything I've listed above is either something I don't think I'll need to watch again any time soon, or something I've watched so many times that I can let it go until it gets here in HD.
Post
#204271
Topic
The computer dilemma
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/204271/action/topic#204271
Time
Congrats on the windfall.

Just get the Mini. You'll be glad you spent an extra $179 (not much in the grand scheme of things) to get what you really want. I'm enjoying my Power Mac a great deal and don't regret the purchase in any way.

Besides, with Intel Macs now able to reliably boot and run XP thanks to Boot Camp, you can switch if you're ever in the mood to do some fragging or play Solitaire. I still have a Windows box I keep around for online gaming, but once the Rev. B Intel Power Macs are out next year, I'll be kissing that PC goodbye.

I say take advantage of the opportunity you've been given to do what you've always wanted to do. Life is too short.
Post
#203924
Topic
HD-DVD/Blu-Ray Digital Rights Management
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/203924/action/topic#203924
Time
Originally posted by: Nanner Split
I read an article that two HD-DVD players and a handful of movies are hitting the stores on Tuesday. If only I could find it again.


That was last Tuesday. I've seen them set up at multiple Best Buy stores and at the local Tweeter.

At Best Buy, they're using a Westinghouse 1080p 42" LCD as the demo display. The 1080i video clips they were showing looked so-so because the Westinghouse has substandard video deinterlacing, but the film clips looked phenomenal. King Kong in 1080p was breathtaking. The color depth and detail made it look as good as any film presentation I've ever seen.

The only titles currently available are Last Samurai, Phantom of the Opera, Million Dollar Baby, and Serenity. I think Doom and Apollo 13 come out tomorrow.

Over the next two or three months you should see about 80 or so HD-DVD/BluRay titles on the shelves.
Post
#203740
Topic
DVDs for sale (updated)
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/203740/action/topic#203740
Time
Asking $8 per title unless otherwise noted. Please send offers to jay@originaltrilogy.com.

Items marked with an asterisk (*) are new and unopened. Discs are well cared for and come from a smoke-free home. All are OAR. If you have any questions about a specific item, please ask.


1984 SOLD
12 Monkeys DTS SOLD
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
24 Hour Party People
25th Hour
28 Days Later SOLD
40 Days and 40 Nights
A Bridge Too Far
A Bronx Tale
A Christmas Story SE (unopened)
A Perfect World
A.I.
Adaptation SOLD
Akira (Japanese DTS) - $10 SOLD
Aladdin SOLD
Alice in Wonderland SOLD
Alive
Amadeus Director's Cut
Amelie
American Beauty SOLD
American History X
American Psycho Unrated
American Splendor (unopened)
Anchorman Unrated/Wake Up Ron Burgundy SOLD
Andromeda Strain
Angela's Ashes
Animal House
Animatrix SOLD
Apocalypse Now Redux SOLD
Apt Pupil (unopened)
Austin Powers
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Avalon (R2 NTSC, English subtitles) - $30
Bachelor Party
Barton Fink
Batman Begins SOLD
Beavis and Butthead Do America
Best In Show
Better Off Dead SOLD
Big Fish SOLD
Big Trouble in Little China DTS SOLD
Billy Madison
Black Hawk Down (R2 NTSC DTS) - $30 SOLD
Blade SOLD
Blade II SOLD
Blade Runner SOLD
Blade Trinity SOLD
Blood: The Last Vampire
Boogie Nights New Line Platinum SOLD
Bowling for Columbine SOLD
Braveheart SOLD
Brotherhood of the Wolf SOLD
Bubba Ho-Tep
Cabin Boy
Caddyshack
Casablanca
Casualties of War
Caveman
Changing Lanes
Citizen Kane SOLD
City By The Sea
Close Encounters of the Third Kind CE SOLD
Code 46
Collateral Damage
Comic Book: The Movie
Cop Land SE
Dances With Wolves DTS
Dances With Wolves Extended - $10 SOLD
Daredevil
Daredevil Director's Cut
Dark City SOLD
Darkness Falls
Dazed and Confused SE
Demolition Man
Dial "M" For Murder (unopened)
Die Hard Five Star
Dirty Dancing Ultimate Edition
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Dodgeball
Dogma SE
Donnie Darko SOLD
Donnie Darko Director's Cut (unopened) - $10 SOLD
Dragonslayer
Dreamscape
Drop Dead Gorgeous
Dumb and Dumber
Dune SE (unopened) - $10 SOLD
E.T. (theatrical/SE)
Edward Scissorhands
Elf SOLD
Empire of the Sun SOLD
Enter the Dragon SE
Equilibrium SOLD
Escaflowne
Escape From New York SE
Eyes Wide Shut (R2 PAL uncensored)
Fahrenheit 451
Falling Down
Fight Club SOLD
Firefox
Frailty
Freddy Got Fingered
Frida
From Dusk Til Dawn (old version) SOLD
From Hell
Gandhi SOLD
Gangs of New York
Ghost in the Shell
Ghostbusters SOLD
Giant SOLD
Glengarry GlenRoss SOLD
Gods and Generals
GoodFellas SE SOLD
Grave of the Fireflies SE SOLD
Grease
Gremlins SE
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets SOLD
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone SOLD
Hart's War
Heathers
Heist
Hidalgo SOLD
High Noon
Highlander DTS-ES
Hook
House of 1000 Corpses
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (animated)
Hulk
Innerspace
Insomnia
Iron Monkey
Jackass the Movie
Jackie Brown
Jacob's Ladder
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
JFK Director's Cut SE SOLD
Johnny Dangerously SOLD
Journey To the Center of the Earth
Killer Klowns From Outer Space
King Kong SE (unopened, Target version with comic book) - $10 SOLD
Kingpin
Koyaanisqatsi
L.A. Confidential
La Femme Nikita
Ladyhawke
Last Man Standing
Legend Ultimate Edition
Leon: The Professional Uncut International
Lethal Weapon 4
Life of Brian
Logan's Run
Lost In Space
Lost In Translation
LOTR: Fellowship of the Rings (theatrical) SOLD
LOTR: The Return of the King (theatrical) SOLD
LOTR: The Two Towers (theatrical) SOLD
Mad Max SE
Malcolm X SE SOLD
Mary Poppins 40th Anniversary
Master and Commander SOLD
Matchstick Men
Matrix Reloaded SOLD
Matrix Revolutions SOLD
Me, Myself & Irene
Mean Streets (old version)
Memento
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
Metropolis (anime)
Metropolis (Kino)
MIB Deluxe Edition
Midnight Run
Mignight In the Garden of Good and Evil SOLD
Miller's Crossing
Million Dollar Baby SOLD
Minority Report SOLD
Mississippi Burning
Moulin Rouge!
Mulan
Mutiny on the Bounty
Narc
National Lampoon's Vacation
Nixon
North By Northwest SOLD
Ocean's Eleven
Of Mice and Men
Office Space (original) SOLD
Office Space SE (unopened)
On Golden Pond
Once Upon A Time in America
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Once Upon a Time in the West
One Crazy Summer
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest SE SOLD
One Hour Photo
Open Range
Over The Top
Passion of the Christ SOLD
Paths of Glory
Patlabor WXIII
Patton
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
Pi
Pirates of the Caribbean SOLD
Planet of the Apes SE (Burton)
Planet of the Apes SE
Popeye
Porky's/Porky's II
Predator
Princess Mononoke SOLD
Pulp Fiction SE SOLD
Pumping Iron (unopened)
Punch-Drunk Love SOLD
Rain Man SE (unopened) SOLD
Real Genius
Red Dragon
Repo Man
Requiem For a Dream
Reservoir Dogs
Reservoir Dogs Ten Year Anniversary
Revenge of the Nerds/Revenge of the Nerds II
Road to Perdition DTS
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Ronin
Rush Hour 2
Saturday Night Fever
Saving Private Ryan DTS SOLD
Savior
Scanners
Schindler's List SOLD
Se7en SOLD
Serenity
Shanghai Knights SOLD
Shanghai Noon SOLD
Signs
Silverado 2-disc Gift Set (unopened) - $10 SOLD
Sin City SOLD
Sixteen Candles (unopened)
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow SOLD
Sleepers
Sleeping Beauty SOLD
Solaris (Soderberg)
Soldier
Soul Man
Soylent Green SOLD
Spawn: The Ultimate Collection SOLD
Spirited Away
Spriggan
Spy Game
Stand By Me SOLD
Star Trek: The Motion Picture Director's Edition - $10 SOLD
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (original)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Director's Cut - $10
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock CE - $10 SOLD
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home CE - $10 SOLD
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier CE - $10 SOLD
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country CE - $10 SOLD
Star Trek: First Contact CE - $10 SOLD
Star Trek: Generations CE - $10 SOLD
Star Trek: Insurrection CE - $10 SOLD
Star Trek: Nemesis SOLD
Star Wars: Attack of the Clones
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (unopened) SOLD
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
Stargate SE
Startup.com
Strange Brew
Stripes Extended Cut
Super Troopers
Superman
Superman II
Superman III
Swingers
Tales From the Crypt: Demon Knight
Taxi Driver SOLD
Tears of the Sun
Terminator 2 Extreme SOLD
Terminator 3 SOLD
The 13th Warrior
The 40-Year-Old Virgin Unrated (unopened) SOLD
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Bourne Identity SOLD
The Bourne Supremacy SOLD
The Breakfast Club
The Breaks
The Color Purple SOLD
The Day After
The Day the Earth Stood Still
The Dead Zone
The Duelists
The Final Countdown
The Fog
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
The Goonies SOLD
The Green Mile
The Grifters
The Haunting
The Hunted
The Incredibles
The Iron Giant SE
The Last Samurai SOLD
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen SOLD
The Lion King
The Man Who Fell To Earth
The Manhattan Project
The Master of Disguise
The Matrix
The Missing
The Omega Man
The One
The Pianist
The Right Stuff
The Shawshank Redemption SE SOLD
The Sixth Sense SOLD
The Ten Commandments
The Terminator SE SOLD
The Thin Red Line DTS SOLD
The Thing Collector's Edition SOLD
The Thing From Another World SOLD
The Toy
The Untouchables SOLD
The Wizard of Oz
The X-Files: Fight The Future
They Live SOLD
THX 1138 2-disc SOLD
Time After Time
Time Bandits (Anchor Bay) SOLD
To Live and Die in LA
Tombstone (old version)
Tommy Boy SOLD
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Total Recall SE
Trading Places
Traffic
Training Day SOLD
Trainspotting Uncut International 2-disc SOLD
True Romance
Two Can Play That Game
U-571 SOLD
UHF
Unbreakable SOLD
Unforgiven 10th Anniversary
Urban Cowboy
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Walking Tall
War of the Worlds (Spielberg) SOLD
Watership Down
Way of the Gun
We Were Soldiers
Weird Science
What's Up, Tiger Lily?
When Trumpets Fade
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Windtalkers
Wyatt Earp
X2 SOLD
X-Men 1.5 SOLD
Young Guns



Superbit:

Air Force One SOLD
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon SOLD
Dracula SOLD
Gattaca SOLD
Johnny Mnemonic SOLD
Labyrinth SOLD
Lawrence of Arabia SOLD
Panic Room
Snatch SOLD
Spider-Man
Spider-Man 2
Starship Troopers SOLD
The Dark Crystal SOLD
The Fifth Element
The Guns of Navarone (unopened) SOLD
Das Boot SOLD



TV Series/Episodes:

Band of Brothers - $45 SOLD
Challenge of the Superfriends: Attack of the Legion of Doom
Challenge of the Superfriends: United They Stand
Deadwood Season 1 - $45 SOLD
Mr. Show: First and Second Seasons (unopened) SOLD
Robotech: The Macross Saga Vols. 1-6 - $35
Speed Racer (Limited Edition, rubber cover)
The Death of the Incredible Hulk
The Greatest American Hero Season 1 (unopened) - $15
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - $18
The Incredible Hulk Returns/Trial of the Incredible Hulk
The Incredible Hulk Series Premiere
The Tom Green Subway Monkey Hour



Criterion:

Brazil - $20 SOLD
Chasing Amy
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - $20 SOLD
Rushmore - $20 SOLD
Solaris - $20
Spartacus - $20 SOLD
The Rock - $20
The Royal Tenenbaums



Film Box Sets:

Alien Quadrilogy - $35 SOLD
Batman Motion Picture Anthology (unopened) - $45 SOLD
El Mariachi/Desperado Box Set - $15
Hannibal/Silence of the Lambs Box Set - $15
Indiana Jones Box Set w/ Best Buy bonus disc - $35
Jack Ryan DVD Collection (The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger, The Sum of All Fears) - $20 SOLD
LOTR: Extended Edition Box Set - $45
Rambo Trilogy - $20
Rocky Anthology - $30
Stanley Kubrick Collection (remastered) - $75
Star Wars Trilogy Box Set - $35 SOLD
Toy Story/Toy Story 2/A Bug's Life Box Set - $25
Post
#200453
Topic
FUEL TO THE MAC vs. PC FIRE
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/200453/action/topic#200453
Time
I bought a Power Mac running Tiger in September. Great machine with a great OS.

I've used Win2k and WinXP for years on PCs I built myself. Also great machines with a great OS.

I prefer the OS X interface. It looks nice and it's easy to use. The default XP interface is Fisher Price and looks like ass. I turn it off because I prefer the utilitarian look to bad design.

Windows is snappier and quicker to respond to input. Also seems to run better with less RAM. OS X is a memory and resource hog, and even on a Power Mac it responds slower than I'd like.

Both OS X and XP are patched with similar frequency. Those who say OS X is inherently more stable or less prone to bugs are drinking the Kool-Aid. I've had OS X lock up several times since September. It's not bulletproof.

I see little to no difference when running resource-intensive apps like Photoshop and Dreamweaver.

As a reference, I'm comparing my dual 2.5Ghz Power Mac with Geforce 6800 Ultra and 3.5 gigs of RAM running Tiger with a P4 2.6 with Radeon 9600XT and 1.5 gigs of RAM running XP and Win2k.

Personally, I prefer OS X for day-to-day use and I'll probably stick with Mac when I buy my next machine because the Intel Power Macs will be out by then. I'll dual boot OS X and XP, maybe even Vista. Best of both worlds.

Use what you like. The real-world differences come down to taste/preference and nothing more, unless you're a gamer, in which case I'd definitely recommend XP.
Post
#199640
Topic
Star Trek DS9
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/199640/action/topic#199640
Time
I bought the first three seasons of TNG recently and am working my way through those. I thought about buying DS9, but I decided to wait until I got to the point in the TNG timeline that DS9 came about. I thought watching them concurrently would be a good way to go about it, otherwise plotlines/spoilers would likely be a problem (I only caught the first 4 seasons of DS9 back in the day, and in watching just the first season of TNG, I've found I missed a fair amount of episodes from that series as well).

I have fond memories of DS9 and always considered it a strong series. I'm looking forward to checking it out.
Post
#199092
Topic
72,000+ signatures?
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/199092/action/topic#199092
Time
When I moved the signatures to my local machine to make more space in the database, I had to modify the signature count because it relied upon a database record count to update that number. Easiest way at the time was to round it off since new signatures were only trickling in.

Honestly, I don't know what the current total is. It'll go back to the old method once I move the site to the new server.
Post
#196790
Topic
Stunt man sues Tom Cruise over MI3 injury
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/196790/action/topic#196790
Time
There's always an element of risk, but I think it comes down to whether there was negligence on the part of the people who set things up.

Working on an oil rig out in the middle of the ocean is fairly dangerous, but if you're injured because the company that built the rig cut some corners or the engineer who designed it made a mistake, their negligence puts the level of risk above what would be considered normal for the job, and for that they could probably be sued.