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Post: #213767
Topic: The Official Lucasfilm Response
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/213767/action/topic#213767
Time: 26-May-2006 6:25 AM

Originally posted by: JacDan
They say be careful what you wish for and I wished for the bare minimum of the LDs copied to DVD when the SEs came out on DVD in 2004.

So essentially this is all your fault then?

Post: #212917
Topic: Will the OOT *even* be DVD9?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/212917/action/topic#212917
Time: 24-May-2006 6:02 AM

Originally posted by: Scruffy
... for whatever reason.

Probably to keep the quality of the letterbox bars TOP NOTCH.

Post: #212916
Topic: The Official Lucasfilm Response
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/212916/action/topic#212916
Time: 24-May-2006 5:57 AM

Originally posted by: Shimraa
hahaha well i saw that one coming, i do beleive that in the 'make your voices heard (again)' thread i said everything that she said in there letter, last week.

Yeah, but just because YOU are using the same narrow-minded arguments that press people are supposed to use to shut people up... fortunately that's not gonna work.

Post: #207596
Topic: Was the FULL Biggs/Luke Yavin 4 scene in the 77 TE?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/207596/action/topic#207596
Time: 8-May-2006 2:58 PM

Talking about error... ever noticed in the Jabba szene, when Jabba and Han are walking next to each another along the Falcon, they had to retouch some portion of the background (the "rim" on the falcon) that got covered by Jabba's original performer, and that part of the image wobbles around, changes perspective in a very odd way, and then snaps back to normal. But I guess I couldn't have done it any better.

Post: #206723
Topic: Info Wanted: Old SNL shows - has any done a preservation of them?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/206723/action/topic#206723
Time: 5-May-2006 12:37 PM

I would just LOVE to see the old episode where Mel Gibson and Danny Glover did their "Lethal Weapon" thing, ever since somebody told me about it... does anybody here happen to have that?

Post: #206295
Topic: ITS HAPPENED-- OOT AVAILABLE FROM LUCASFILM
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/206295/action/topic#206295
Time: 4-May-2006 12:00 PM

Just wondering: There have to be digitally cleaned up versions of the films, that they've used to insert the "Special Edition"-additions into, right? I mean, if I remember correctly there was a scene in the SE-promo stuff that showed a before/after comparison of Vader and one of the Admirals in the Tantive's corridor, to boast with the "newly restored image quality". So, adding new visual effects and restoring the image quality AFTERWARDS is pointless, so they have to have restored versions of the films without the SE-additions. If those are the transfers we'll get on the new DVDs, that would be perfect, right?

What exactly did LowryDigital do to the material? Did they just scan in the SEs AGAIN, and restored those AGAIN...?

Post: #206243
Topic: The Official 2006 Discs Will Be No Better Than What We Have!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/206243/action/topic#206243
Time: 4-May-2006 8:39 AM

Maybe they've exhaustively searched the LF-archives for the old Laserdiscs...

But honestly, lets just hope they do it right, and not as sloppy as the "Ewoks"-DVD.

Post: #195637
Topic: ROTJ is Luke or Anakin?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/195637/action/topic#195637
Time: 26-Mar-2006 2:01 AM

Well, the German title (probably approved my Lucasfilm) is "Die Rückkehr der Jedi-Ritter"... which means "The Return of the Jedi Knights". So it's definitely not an individual Jedi here. And I always felt that the Jedi as a "religion" was returning here.

Post: #193002
Topic: Star Wars DVD Covers
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/193002/action/topic#193002
Time: 13-Mar-2006 11:45 AM

Originally posted by: BigBlueRig

Originally posted by: Ell the Ewok

http://i13.ebayimg.com/02/i/06/64/9c/1f_1_b.JPG

That looks more like Sean Connery than our "beloved" George Lucas on the back of that cover.

In that case...

Vader: "I am your father, Junior."
Han: "Don't call me Junior!"

Post: #188646
Topic: How Star Wars names are translated in non-english countries...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/188646/action/topic#188646
Time: 3-Mar-2006 1:56 PM

Regarding C-3P0's name, I guess that at least the German translation gets it a little bit wrong... of course it was just translated: three-pee-oh -> drei-pe-oh (being pronounced somewhat like dry-pay-oh). Anyway, the O in the original name is actually the Number 0, but of course it's not spoken as "zero", but as "O". So basically the correct translation would've been "Drei-Pe-Null"... which would've sounded just as stupid as "three-pee-zero".

Mmh... I don't really know what I was going for. But I've gotta admit, the german-translation (and the vioce-casting) of the OT is absolutely top notch.

Post: #179761
Topic: Star Wars DVD Covers
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/179761/action/topic#179761
Time: 11-Feb-2006 8:06 AM

Originally posted by: twister111

Originally posted by: Marvolo
I was wondering if someone could get me a printable sized version of this. I got it off of this website a while back but it is not the right size it is to small. Thanks in advance!

http://img447.imageshack.us/img447/7461/clonesmall8gg.jpg

If it helps here's the poster in 2362 x 1801. I couldn't find the DVD cover itself...

Oh, those DVD-covers were made by me, although I didn't took the effort to make English versions of them yet (since I've made them in German, originally)

Post: #175694
Topic: Info: Where do you draw the line?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/175694/action/topic#175694
Time: 1-Feb-2006 12:23 PM

Regarding "Blade Runner" as the specific example, I was interested in the HD version of it. I got a HD-TV recently, so I started with HDTV-trailers and it really got me fixed for the high resolution. There aren't any HDTV-stations available here in Germany (with the exception of one station broadcasting a handful of movies a year in HD parallely to their SD content). So I looked around the web, and of course there are sources to get HD-content from. So I did. I don't call it piracy, since it's stuff I already own on DVD. And since I am a bonus-material-addict, an HDTV-capture simply wouldn't be a replacement for a retail DVD for me.

And I guess that "This forum is for material not available to the general public because it has never been released or it's no longer available for sale." does apply to HDTV-captures EXCEPT for the few WMV-HD-releases out there.

Post: #168905
Topic: Star Wars DVD Covers
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/168905/action/topic#168905
Time: 9-Jan-2006 12:31 PM

Originally posted by: olzen

Originally posted by: Darth Solo
Cant believe people are adopting the HD/Blu Ray thing so easily!

Glad somebody shares my view. It's too early to launch another home video format. DVD only became very popular a few years ago. Only the real hardcore fans will buy new equipment and new versions of the same movies. It killed of Betamax and Laserdisc and it'll probably kill off these as well.

I AM adopting HD, but not yet BluRay. It will be years until I get myself new hardware and buy HD-movies on BluRay... but there are already hundreds of HDTV-recordings of several movies out there on the UseNet, and I am focussing on those right now. It is a big leap forward, so why shy away from it completely? I don't see HD as a replacement to DVD yet. The perfect DVD-set (and I'd like to say that Jackson's "Lord of the Rings"-SEEs fit this term) is still much more valuable to me than higher resolution... although there are several movies out there I'd like to have in HD... like digital movies (Pixar, Dreamworks... I am an graphics guy after all), huge epics (Ben Hur, Lord of the Rings, Gladiator), Classics (Star Wars 4 - 6, Indiana Jones), VFX-heavy movies (like the Prequels) or movies with an awesome production design (the Harry Potter movies, Star Trek, Terminator, Alien)... so, basically movies that - when presented in HD, simple "show more". There would be no reason for me to watch "Clerks", "Chasing Amy", "Mallrats" or "Dogma" in HD, since these aren't visually impressive movies (ok, "Dogma" and "Jay & Bob" are Kevin's better looking ones, but still).

Post: #168662
Topic: Star Wars DVD Covers
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/168662/action/topic#168662
Time: 8-Jan-2006 11:55 AM

Originally posted by: Lord Phillock

Star Wars Classic HD Collection
- The Film – Presented in its original 2.35:1 Aspect Ratio and transferred in 1028-HD quality; maintains quality up to a 50-inch screen.

Just to let you know: There isn't a format named "1028-HD". First of all the resolution of the "small HD" is 1280 x 720... and since video-resolutions are referred to by their vertical resolution AND the frame-technique used (p = progressive, i = interlaced), the correct term would be "720p-HD". But I guess we would like to have the movies in the "big HD"-res, which would be 1920 x 1080... so actually we'd like to have it in "1080p-HD", I guess.

Sorry for being a wise-ass

Post: #168537
Topic: Info Wanted: Titanic - has anyone done an extended edit?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/168537/action/topic#168537
Time: 7-Jan-2006 6:29 PM

I was thinking about doing it, but unfortunately some of the deleted scenes fade in and out... but some others start and end with a bit that WAS used in the movie, so they can blend in quite well. Yet, I've never edited 5.1 audio (and Premiere Pro doesn't support AC3-audio).

Post: #168144
Topic: 5-25-77 Documentary
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/168144/action/topic#168144
Time: 6-Jan-2006 6:09 AM

Well, IMDB changed the movie's status to "post-production" on december 31... and it does have a release date as well. Let's hope that thi thing is coming out (the trailers are really cool, try to find them "some other way").

Post: #168035
Topic: 5-25-77 Documentary
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/168035/action/topic#168035
Time: 5-Jan-2006 5:14 PM

Oops... obvioously the filmmakers asked the teasers to be taken off the web. At least there are some pics on the official page:

http://www.5-25-77.com/

Post: #168023
Topic: 5-25-77 Documentary
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/168023/action/topic#168023
Time: 5-Jan-2006 3:48 PM — Edited 28-Dec-2019 10:29 PM

Well, I haven’t heard of this before, and since the search-function on this board is as helpful as flushing the toilet, I don’t know if you have:

Teaser

Trailer

Post: #167779
Topic: ***The ADigitalMan non-Star Wars DVD Info and Feedback Thread***
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/167779/action/topic#167779
Time: 4-Jan-2006 3:16 PM

But it's sad that these are the only cut snippets that are featured on the DVD... I still don't understand why they don't shoot the Potter movies with an "Extended Edition" for the DVD-release in mind, with more stuff added compared to the theatrical versions. I guess they're still regarded as childrens' movies... which is a shame. There aren't even any decent Potter artbooks (for the movies) out there... which I would love!

Post: #165757
Topic: Green screen, CGI and the 'Minute' documentary from ROTS
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/165757/action/topic#165757
Time: 27-Dec-2005 10:15 AM

Great topic, and I'm absolutely agreeing with everybody stating the overuse of CGI in the prequel trilogy.

There are a few examples which REALLY make me scratch my head... for example, why didn't they build a single clone-trooper costume? They were all digital, but why?? Even in the scenes where they aren't wearing helmets, they've just tracked Temuera Morrison's head onto a digital clone-trooper body (horribly, by the way) or used an all digital head (even more horrible), which makes absolutely no sense, and is another huge waste of resources.

Or just take Padme falling out of the transporter onto the sand dune (in AOTC)... they've created digital sand and digital footprints in the sand... uhm... again... WHY?? Would it have been so expensive or logistically difficult to put a truckload of real sand onto the set? And again, in this scene Portman had to act with an all digital clone-trooper...

And if I remember correctly it wasn't Neeson alone complaining, it was McGregor as well... acting in front of nothing, towards nothing... I bet he's glad the trilogy is done.

Post: #165598
Topic: Idea: sharing the Isolated Music Tracks
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/165598/action/topic#165598
Time: 26-Dec-2005 1:41 PM

@MoveAlong:

I have finally managed to subscribe to a usenet-account, and downloading from a.b.starwars works like a charm... so thanks for upping the isolated tracks.

@Tim:

Both AOTC and ROTS used some of TPM's music, so maybe it is possible to reconstruct it. Furthermore I've got a rip from the AOTC-soundtrack taken from the rear channels of the DVD. It is called "Ultimate Edition", but of course it's not official and contains SFX in some parts. But maybe it's good enough to fill in the missing bits.

Post: #164432
Topic: Star Wars DVD Covers
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/164432/action/topic#164432
Time: 20-Dec-2005 1:08 PM

I don't know, but you knew someone's gonna ask:

WHERE the HECK did you GET THAT??

Post: #164330
Topic: DVD-menus... the Van Ling way!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/164330/action/topic#164330
Time: 19-Dec-2005 8:31 PM

For you you haven't seen it, VFXblogs has posted several clips which go "behind the scenes" of several DVD menus created by the infamous Van Ling. He created the animated menus for DVD-sets like "The Abyss", "Terminator 2", "Independence Day" and of course all of the "Star Wars"-DVDs. So, if you feel up to the task, you could do it yourself for your favourite preservation project!

(Some of the clips found on the XFXblogs site can be found at the ElectricImage page as well, at better quality.)

Note that The Official Site is also offering various "Making of the menus"-clips, but they're only available to hyperspace-members (which I'm not), so I don't know if the clips there are any different. Maybe someone might check them out and share them with us.

Post: #164283
Topic: Info & Offer: Dear Santa...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/164283/action/topic#164283
Time: 19-Dec-2005 3:50 PM

I am actually looking for two things:

Moth3r's "Return of the Jedi"-disc, and ADigitalMan's edits of the Prequel-Trilogy ("A Vergence in the Force", "Path to the Dark Side" and "Revenge of the Sith"). It would be great if someone could send me those... I'll definitely send something in return. It would be best if someone located in Europe could send me those discs, since I am from Germany.

Post: #164158
Topic: Idea: sharing the Isolated Music Tracks
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/164158/action/topic#164158
Time: 18-Dec-2005 9:29 PM

Thanks MoveAlong, DLing right now.

I prefer torrents, since they're a lot easier to deal with than newsgroups stuff. Adding to that my ISP somehow blocks "alt.binaries"-groups.