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Post: #74773
Topic: Question about Return Of The Jedi
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/74773/action/topic#74773
Time: 1-Nov-2004 4:22 AM

i can't remember.. in the special edition, did lucas put a ring around that explosion too?

Post: #74772
Topic: Yoda cuts one - in the PT.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/74772/action/topic#74772
Time: 1-Nov-2004 4:18 AM

"(The countdown was in the form of 2 fat SW geeks in sleeping bags and tents, waiting to get their tickets and talking about the films. They'd play these 30 second bits during commercials.)"

I'd love to see this again. These were the best thing to come of out of PT.

Post: #69067
Topic: MagnoliaFan Edits: Ep I "Balance Of The Force", and Ep II "The Clone War" (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/69067/action/topic#69067
Time: 1-Oct-2004 11:54 AM

i like the idea of a commentary. it would be cool for both movies, i think. but wouldn't that give away who you are? or at least who you're not? unless it's a subtitled commentary.

it'll be big news here when you're finished with them, so i'm sure i wont miss anything. good luck with the duel layer versions.
excited.

Post: #69063
Topic: MagnoliaFan Edits: Ep I "Balance Of The Force", and Ep II "The Clone War" (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/69063/action/topic#69063
Time: 1-Oct-2004 11:30 AM

i'm giddy over the new re-re-edits of the magfan stuff.
any anticipated dates?

Post: #69047
Topic: DVD Idea...Not The Films However
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/69047/action/topic#69047
Time: 1-Oct-2004 4:21 AM

why not the kenner cartoons? have they already been done? if so, point me to where!

the underoos commercials are just creepy. watched the boba fett one yesterday... i'm pretty sure that i somehow broke some child porn law.
creeeeeeeeeepy!

Post: #68524
Topic: Greedo
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/68524/action/topic#68524
Time: 29-Sep-2004 11:50 AM

well... in greedo's defense... i think the whole star wars universe has no concept of what is and is not a "good shot."

the storm troopers couldn't hit the broad side of anything, yet obi-wan claims that the blast marks on the sand crawler were too accurate for sand people and could only be made by imperial storm troopers (who, as stated before, are consistantly really bad shots).

in the star wars universe, no body can hit anything. except han solo at point blank range.

Post: #68521
Topic: A scary thought!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/68521/action/topic#68521
Time: 29-Sep-2004 11:47 AM

oh my.. i'd be wet for days if Critereon picked it up. they'd give it the transfer it deserves and the extras we want.
that would never ever happen. lucas doesn't just give stuff to people he *knows* are better than him. he delegates to people he *thinks* are below him. lucky for us, lucas thinks very highly of himself.

Post: #68497
Topic: Star Wars T.V. 2006! Kevin Smith wanted?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/68497/action/topic#68497
Time: 29-Sep-2004 11:16 AM

buffy did very well on tv.. much better than on film.

Post: #68437
Topic: A scary thought!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/68437/action/topic#68437
Time: 29-Sep-2004 9:01 AM

terrifying indeed... but maybe in a infantile fit of anger he'll throw it at someone else to "remaster"...

maybe?

Post: #68404
Topic: Star Wars T.V. 2006! Kevin Smith wanted?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/68404/action/topic#68404
Time: 29-Sep-2004 7:19 AM

well, he knows his shit backwards and forwards.
plus, he *does* do incredible character developement. look at chasing amy. it is a brilliant film. yeah, there are fart jokes, etc., but that was the style of that trilogy (of five+ movies). chasing amy shows, however, that he can write compelling, serious dialog. that movie has made a lot of people cry (in a good way).

i think he could do it pretty well.

i just think that it would tank on TV. it would last maybe six episodes.

Post: #68313
Topic: Experiment
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/68313/action/topic#68313
Time: 29-Sep-2004 2:02 AM

if she's really not into the movies (or thinks she wont be), maybe the PT *is* a good place to start. they're more "user friendly", right?
but if she likes a good story (and not to stereotype), as many gals do, she'll take to star wars because it's gripping and compelling.

i'd do it like this (if possible)...

IV
V
VI
(all pre-SE)

I
II
(both magfan's)

then when she's fully hooked, show her the special editions of the OT, then the lucas versions of I & II.
if she still has any desire at all to see the lucas version of III (after being subjected to a flogging by lucas's I & II), take her out to see it in may.
if she is just sick to her stomach from so much modern lucas crap, apply several treatments of OT and maybe magfan once again... and then wait for the edit of III to come out.

this should work.

Post: #68034
Topic: MagnoliaFan Edits: Ep I "Balance Of The Force", and Ep II "The Clone War" (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/68034/action/topic#68034
Time: 28-Sep-2004 7:29 AM

the "What a dump" thing was said as an aside. he's a rude character. not mean, but it wasn't said to be mean, it was just sort of said. kind of like thinking out loud.

the "oh shit oh shit" didn't bother me. i'd be saying the same thing. what does he say in the Lucasland version of it? i don't remember.

Post: #67755
Topic: MagnoliaFan Edits: Ep I "Balance Of The Force", and Ep II "The Clone War" (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/67755/action/topic#67755
Time: 27-Sep-2004 12:21 PM

that's strange. i found the writing to be pretty good dialog. it didn't seem clunky or make me think "oh come on! no body would EVER say that!" the ideas were good and the dialog didn't seem out of wack. i didn't notice any synch problems either.

Post: #67786
Topic: The intelligence of SW Fan boys....
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/67786/action/topic#67786
Time: 27-Sep-2004 8:48 AM

hehe.. yeah.. of course they have a quarter master.

it really feels like i'm defending GL here.. and i don't mean to be. but look at the uniform changes in the american civil war. tons of them all over the place. but you dont' see quatermasters in any of the civil war movies... well.. except glory. nevermind.

Post: #67763
Topic: Things you LIKED about the Special Editions?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/67763/action/topic#67763
Time: 27-Sep-2004 6:43 AM

why does everyone hate the yub nub song? not that the new one isn't a great composition.. but come on! it's a GOOD song! it's catchy and gets stuck in your head and if you're going to have muppets anyway, why not have a muppets song?

anyone remember the rap song based on the yub nub song?

Post: #67753
Topic: The intelligence of SW Fan boys....
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/67753/action/topic#67753
Time: 27-Sep-2004 6:16 AM

the storm trooper thing is easy though. look how the military changes its uniforms almost constantly.

i'd like to know why the ships in the PT are better and just "cooler" than the ships in the "OT". was the PT supposed to take place in the 50's and the OT in the 70's? I guess that could explain it. the 50's had some cool looking cars. the 70's had.. well the pinto and the gremlin.

Post: #67716
Topic: The intelligence of SW Fan boys....
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/67716/action/topic#67716
Time: 27-Sep-2004 3:26 AM

the SW fanboys have had a head start

give them time.

Post: #67656
Topic: Lucas listens to us...and ruins things further (Boba Fett)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/67656/action/topic#67656
Time: 26-Sep-2004 5:21 PM

i personally really like the back-story and history of boba fett and his dad. it's interesting, ironic and just fun.

such a shame that GL had to ruin it by making a movie about it.

shame.

Post: #67464
Topic: MagnoliaFan Edits: Ep I "Balance Of The Force", and Ep II "The Clone War" (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/67464/action/topic#67464
Time: 26-Sep-2004 2:24 AM

"I don't actually remember cutting a Jango scene with two blasters...
Where was that again?"

i thought it was during the fight between obi-won and jango... i thought so anyway... maybe i either missed it or am just making shit up...

"FYI, I intended to keep the girl line originally, but the head movements on Obi-Wan don't match between shots. It causes a huge jump, like Han's dodge when Greedo shoots first."

that's a shame, but it doesn't take away from the scene if it's not there. just adds a bit of a chuckle.

oh and let me say again that i really like the angle you took on the trade federation. very fascist and just evil. i love how brazen they are.. "go and kill his children." my jaw dropped. well done.

"Also, the yellow saber is going to look MUCH better in the near future."

so are you going to keep working on these forever? like a super-extra-special edition of Episode II: The Clone War? sounds like someone else we know

please let us know when you're ready to put out a final release on either of them. i'm very interested in your work. i only with i had the ability to do this.

this is just FUN.

Post: #67422
Topic: MagnoliaFan Edits: Ep I "Balance Of The Force", and Ep II "The Clone War" (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/67422/action/topic#67422
Time: 25-Sep-2004 11:56 PM

magnolia...

the conversation between anakin and qui-gon *is* really important. and i'm glad you didn't cut it. you're right.

i just finished watching the clone war (attack of the clones magnoliafan style). i REALLY REALLY like the added scenes of padme's family. it made her seem human. i was sorry to see the shot of jango fett using two blasters cut. i understand why you did it, but i always thought it was pretty bad ass. and i was also sorry to see obi-won's girl joke was cut. again, i understand.. but it was a bit of humor that GL didn't totally barf all over. unlike the "i'm quite beside myself" line, which did make the cut (though i'd gladly give you my first born in thanks for cutting "oh this is such a drag." thank you. endlessly.

and for one, i LOVE the yellow sabre. bravo.

and the sound bite at the end, after the credits.

Post: #67228
Topic: MagnoliaFan Edits: Ep I "Balance Of The Force", and Ep II "The Clone War" (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/67228/action/topic#67228
Time: 25-Sep-2004 11:40 AM

the download version that i got is an avi file (divx xvid i don't know) of pretty bad quality. i wouldn't bother burning this to anything. watch it on a very small screen on your computer.

THEN go find someone who will send you it on DVD. the quality is pretty good (4.7 GB), the sound is 5.1 and the content is a breath of fresh air.

i watched "balance" last night and i am very cool with all of the fixes (except where qui-gon inexplicably takes anakin's blood to test it for infections, i just don't get that part [the whole metaclorians crap was thankfully removed.. as was the will of the force mumbo jumbo]).

i'll be watching Clone War tonight.

on that note, my girlfriend works on saturdays, and i usually treat that day as a day to bum around and watch movies. she asked me whic movies i was going to watch today and i said that i would be watching the new star wars re-edits that i got. and then she said (and i'm NOT making this up), "aww, i wanted to watch those too. i want to see what he did with them!" she wasn't a star wars fan before, and i certainly don't push it on people... i've got a *good* feeling about this...

Post: #67213
Topic: when did you see SW first...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/67213/action/topic#67213
Time: 25-Sep-2004 3:38 AM

I was exactly two in 1977. It was in an old theater (probably mono soundtrack). I can hardly remember it. My parents were young (25 and 21ish), so they were into it too. I had no idea what we were going to see, but it was my first movie, so I didn't care much.

However, in the middle of the movie (I think during the cantina scene), I choked on a piece of hard candy. Being young parents and having your only child choking and unable to make things work like they should, they freaked out, took me to the lobby, held me upside down over a heating vent and beat on my back. Eventually, I threw up and the piece of candy escaped my throat's clutches.

They were reasonably paniced and just wanted to go home. While I was choking, I put up a pretty big tantrum... but not as big as the one I put up when they wanted to leave the theater. I was hooked. Stuck on Star Wars like the piece of whatever was stuck in my throat.

God, I love this movie.

Post: #67188
Topic: MagnoliaFan Edits: Ep I "Balance Of The Force", and Ep II "The Clone War" (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/67188/action/topic#67188
Time: 25-Sep-2004 1:12 AM

oh my! haha.. i nearly peed myself over that (on Clone War)... is there one on Balance as well? i never let it play to the end.

brilliant. freaking brilliant.

Post: #67194
Topic: Does this make sense?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/67194/action/topic#67194
Time: 24-Sep-2004 8:20 PM

i always thought the emperor wanted luke to "strike him down" so that he could grow stronger.. like obi-won.

i guess i never really got that more powerful after you die thing. or is that only for the good guys? i'm sure this is explained to death in the EU.

maybe it could be read a few different ways. like any piece of art.

poor GL is taking the art out of the films.

Post: #67191
Topic: Does this make sense?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/67191/action/topic#67191
Time: 24-Sep-2004 7:37 PM

the problem is that it *is* confusing now. before, we all knew that vader had some ideas of his own... but now with GL trying to spell it all out for us, it's just muddled and crap. very crap.