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#226040
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Koyaanisqatsi - IRE Fullscreen Version (MORE IMAGE!) (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/226040/action/topic#226040
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Is this because 4:3 is believed to be the intended aspect ratio or because it contains more picture information? I mean would someone be interested in making copies of the original dvd release of The Princess Bride. That was open matte too and I thought the 2001 widescreen only dvd chopped of people's hair a little too much.
I believe Titanic should have been released on dvd in both wide and full screen formats because it was super 35 open matte. Both formats were released on laserdisc, but IMDB states the ws laserdisc was 2.20:1 while the dvd is 2.35. What aspect was the excerp shown in The Force is with Them: Legacy of Star Wars from the bonus sw disc?
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#226038
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ORIGINAL STAR WARS TRILOGY OUT 09/2006 BY LUCASFILM
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/226038/action/topic#226038
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Well, do Pal laserdiscs have a greater possible resolution than NTSC? The pan & scan THX version was only on vhs in '95. However, parts of the films were shown pan/scan on the Leonard Maltin interviews. The interviews were on laserdisc. Someone could use those for comparison. The Rowman bonus discs sourced them from vhs, by the way.

Haven't there been movies sourced from letterbox video masters that were made anamorphic anyways?
"Better off Dead"
"Blade Runner" is anamorphic. What was the current (crappy '97) dvd sourced from?
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#225965
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Explaining the shoddy OOT treatment in public
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/225965/action/topic#225965
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Mike O and Darth Evil are both correct. Another thing is that many people only have them on vhs in pan & scan but what I actually meant, my "original vision," was for people who never had or even saw the original movies like me. I think there are a lot of younger people who actually got into Star Wars with the prequels that want to see where it all began. How can you not want the orginal versions after watching "Empire of Dreams?"
I had only seen parts of the trilogy on tv until 2004. Our freshmen seminar had to watch "Star Wars," as an example of something influenced by Japanese culture. I saw the 97 vhs tape but wasn't that impressed. Still, I asked for and got the new trilogy dvd set for Christmas. I was excited to see either version in what had been promoted as state of the art dvd quality. Watching the movies made me wonder "is that the best they can do, is that how they are supposed to look?" The movies felt soulless and didn't look natural but "Empire of Dreams" was great. I had no idea how influential and important Star Wars was which made me want to see that film from 1977.
Finding out how badly screwed up the dvd's were made me want to see the originals even more. When I rented the '95 tapes from my school library, I was amazed at how much better they looked, especially the color. I think when most people see both versions on the upcoming dvd's, they will like the original version better for two reasons. Many of the changes have greatly made the films worse and the horrible color on for 2004 sucks out whatever charm and soul the films had remaining after '97.
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#225954
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Making our own 35mm preservation--my crazy proposal
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/225954/action/topic#225954
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It (film) has a look to it that digital will never give you.


I think analog video has a more natural look than and actually looks closer to film than digital, especially in focus and depth. Sure a $1,000 and up digital video camera won't look bad but even those and HD can have smearing, video noise, pixelization and other fun digital artifacting. The consumer level digital camcorders being sold today are horrible. The consumer level Hi8's that were sold 10 years ago have such better quality. As I ranted on in my post about slow motion vegas problems, my 8mm from '97 has color vibrancy and accuracy about the same as a really good 3ccd camera.

As for the topic about preserving an actual print, I know it's a long shot but I think it is the only chance we have. The X0 team will squeeze the best possible transfer out of laserdisc with most accurate color and contrast ever which will compete with the official release. What happens after that is unknown. It's a safe bet Lucas is only doing because of the bootlegs and lost revenue. We have forced him to give in a little bit and release something slightly better than what we already have. (X0 is still in progress) The only way I think he will cave completely is if we can best the official release. Beyond the X0 project, the only fan preservation that could be better would be from a film print. If someone by, hook or by crook, managed to get a film scan and quietly distribute it without any imperial entanglements, Lucas would be forced to give in.

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#225933
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Song Of The South - many projects, much info & discussion thread (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/225933/action/topic#225933
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That Disney vault parody is hilarious. And dead on too. There was a similar spoof made just for Bambi 2002. I've seen the video in better shape on youtube, even though they compress their videos like crazy. What's up with video being from a beat up tape and window boxed on all four sides. I mean, did Lucasfilm upload it.
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#224940
Topic
Explaining the shoddy OOT treatment in public
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/224940/action/topic#224940
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Gone With the Wind looks amazing on dvd. If anyone says well the laserdisc masters are how the Star Wars films looked in theatres, pop in that dvd or Adventures of Robin Hood. Robin Hood '37 has a great documentary on color film on disc 2. If you want to explain the anamorphic issue to someone like the guy who works at FYE, just show them the anamorphic widescreen guide on the digital bits website.
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#224772
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Problem with slow motion in Vegas
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/224772/action/topic#224772
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I just checked, my Canon miniDV does Not have video in. As if it wasn't useless enough already. It's by far the worst video camera I have. The digital noise in the image is atrocious, especially in less than broad daylight. That and the digital compression offsets any supposed gain in resolution DV gets you. The colors aren't too accurate, they're a bit muddied with low contrast. The image stabilization is non existant. The auto focus isn't much better, it has everything in the same depth so your eye has trouble knowing whether to focus on the blurry noise filled basketball player or the crowd behind him.
My Sony 8mm from '97 has professional color quality, even I have trouble distinguishing it from 3ccd miniDV. I have a very similarly good Sony Hi8 xr from '98. The most important thing is a clean, clear picture without noise artifacts, with accurate vibrant colors and a good exposure that produces a natural image. Lines of resolution isn't nearly as important as those other aspects.

End of rant. Trust me, you'd be pretty pissed off (even after 2 years) if you spent $700 for a PoS that should have cost half that and really wasn't even worth $200.
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#224769
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Making our own 35mm preservation--my crazy proposal
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/224769/action/topic#224769
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Have those of you with prints at least made a video recording of them off a projection screen? It would be good to have and if you have a good video camera with very little to none video noise, you could easily capture more resolution than the laserdiscs. Especially since you could manipulate it so it could be recorded anamorphically and not have half the space be taken up by black bars.
If nothing else, it would be a great reference for future preservations and would also be interesting to see.