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Post: #67184
Topic: Places to buy OT DVD Covers?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/67184/action/topic#67184
Time: 24-Sep-2004 6:58 PM

hey there...

i'm a little confused as to why you'd need legal sized paper. i've printed covers for about a year now and use regular size paper. it seems to work just fine. am i missing out on something?

confused.

also, i've never used photo paper (i rarely use color, i print for my own personal catalogging). how much does it improve the image over really bright white paper? another question, glossy or satin.. which is best? i've heard that one sticks to the plastic of the dvd case and one doesn't.

thanks!

Post: #66860
Topic: Star Wars Anti-Smoking PSA?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/66860/action/topic#66860
Time: 23-Sep-2004 5:45 PM

i'm sure at least GL has this locked away somewhere. maybe it will come out someday.

Post: #66746
Topic: Star Wars Anti-Smoking PSA?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/66746/action/topic#66746
Time: 23-Sep-2004 10:57 AM

Hey folks,

two quick questions. i remember when i was growing up, on tv there was at least one PSA that featured 3PO and R2. R2 was smoking and 3PO bitched him out about it.

1) were there other PSAs?

2) does anyone have these?

Post: #66680
Topic: Kevin Smith question
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/66680/action/topic#66680
Time: 23-Sep-2004 4:52 AM

"(A) Kevin Smith, (B) a friend of Kevin Smith or (C) a big Kevin Smith fan. "

so... basically any non-catholic in new jersey?

Post: #66659
Topic: My first impression of the new boxset...for what it's worth. (2004 OT DVD SE release)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/66659/action/topic#66659
Time: 23-Sep-2004 2:18 AM

yeah, i know it doesn't show the extent of them... dinner was ready! girlfriend was growing weary of the star wars excuse.

Post: #66597
Topic: Why wasn't Hamill on the commentary? (2004 DVD)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/66597/action/topic#66597
Time: 22-Sep-2004 6:09 PM

to be honest, i've never listened to the PT's commentaries. hm.. never actually occured to me to do so.

i guess i'll have to get right on that zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

Post: #66596
Topic: Kevin Smith question
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/66596/action/topic#66596
Time: 22-Sep-2004 5:44 PM

as far as balance goes, i really like the political spin on it. not goofy politics like adding the name "newt gunray"... yeah subtle. but making it a (more) class conscious piece. i guess it isnt politics, but an age-old struggle of the oppressed vs. the oppressors. which is what star wars was all about, for me. magnoliafan's Balance bring balance to the saga.

Post: #66539
Topic: I'm Ashamed To Admit It...But The New Box Set (2004 OT DVD SE release)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/66539/action/topic#66539
Time: 22-Sep-2004 2:46 PM

nope.

nothing like that.

but we've got a really cool trailer for the video game! woo! *ugh)

Post: #66525
Topic: I'm Ashamed To Admit It...But The New Box Set (2004 OT DVD SE release)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/66525/action/topic#66525
Time: 22-Sep-2004 1:47 PM

that line is from the "teaser" trailer (according to the new bonus dvd). the 30 second TV spot (at least the one that i have on the vcd) doesn't have that line.

"it's the story of a boy, a girl and a universe." hilarious.

the VCD has:

-original theatrical trailer (called "teaser trailer" by official DVD)
-US TV spot (30 seconds) (I don't think this is on the DVD "an epic of heros, and villans and aliens from a thousand worlds")
-Theatrical Trailer (1978 re-release) (called Launch on DVD, i think... or it's not on the DVD at all) - this also has "the story of a boy, a girl and a universe" in it.
-Theatrical Trailer (1978 Ocsars) (not on DVD, but a LOT like the "Launch" trailer. same thing except for the "winner of 7 academy awards" tag at the end.)
-Theatrical Trailer (1981 re-release)(on DVD as "Re-release")
-Theatrical Trailer (1982 re-release)("it has been five years since we first felt the Force....")

the DVD has:

-Teaser (called "original theatrical trailer on VCD)
-Launch (not on VCD)
-Re-release (called 1981 re-release on VCD)
-Farmboy TV spot
-What If? TV Spot
-Adventure TV Spot
-Forbidden Love TV Spot ("Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia...in danger, in love" forbidden, indeed!)

Post: #66522
Topic: My first impression of the new boxset...for what it's worth. (2004 OT DVD SE release)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/66522/action/topic#66522
Time: 22-Sep-2004 1:14 PM

hi again.

ok, about the crosses...

i took a screen cap (small, i know, i'm sorry.. new to this) of the special edition and a screen cap of the OT (crappy asian "import").
the crosses were kind there in the original, but not nearly as pronounced. I personally think that some were added. what a crappy effect.

in this first one, if you look on 3PO's right shoulder, you'll see one.

but it's very very faint in this one.

this cap has VERY pronounced crosses.

but this one doesn't.

... sorry for the crap quality of the OT, it's all i've got (for right now anyway). i wish i had the 1997 DVD of New Hope. NO idea what happened to that. would be nice to compare. never thought i'd actually miss that disc... odd...

Post: #66473
Topic: Question about PT to OT continuity
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/66473/action/topic#66473
Time: 22-Sep-2004 11:30 AM

I've heard that in the EU (expanded universe) there are two schools of jedi. The more Buddhist Jedis and the more Western (will of the force, midoclorian) Jedi.
Any truth to this?

Post: #66450
Topic: I'm Ashamed To Admit It...But The New Box Set (2004 OT DVD SE release)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/66450/action/topic#66450
Time: 22-Sep-2004 10:52 AM

"There was the infamous 'It's the story of a boy and a girl' TV spot that I was SO looking forward to seeing again. Alas it wasn't there. "

there was (is?) a vcd floating around ebay called Star Wars Trailers. i believe that it has that one on it. i remember seeing it and i was only 2 at the time, so it had to have been on the vcd. or perhaps on one of the dvd boots from asia. but i think it was the vcd. i'll check tonight.

Post: #66441
Topic: My first impression of the new boxset...for what it's worth. (2004 OT DVD SE release)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/66441/action/topic#66441
Time: 22-Sep-2004 10:16 AM

i noticed it in new hope and (i think) jedi. if no one does it before i get home from work, i'll see if i can post something.

Post: #66437
Topic: My first impression of the new boxset...for what it's worth. (2004 OT DVD SE release)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/66437/action/topic#66437
Time: 22-Sep-2004 10:09 AM

And now, back to Battling Siezure Robots!!!

yep, that bothered me too... but not so bad.
the crosses on everything bothered me more (not a religious statement on my part, i assure thee). but really, what was the point in that?

i like the greedo scene better now. it's slightly more believable.
still, han just blowing him away would be awesome. i wish he would have done that. oh wait... he did..

the new jabba seems more italian godfather to me now. i guess that's what he is though. except in jedi, so nevermind.

Post: #66389
Topic: My first impression of the new boxset...for what it's worth. (2004 OT DVD SE release)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/66389/action/topic#66389
Time: 22-Sep-2004 8:40 AM

yeah! i noticed the little crosses too. maybe a symbol of GL's convert to christianity? (or maybe he's just gone totally insane).

i was please to see that the storm trooper hitting his head was still in there. that actually gave me a little smile.
though if it were my movie and i had the itching desire to "fix" things, i'd probably fix that right after the mat lines.

Post: #66380
Topic: Kevin Smith question
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/66380/action/topic#66380
Time: 22-Sep-2004 8:12 AM

"not the Phantom Edit, the Re-Edit"

but then, would that be "1.1" or magnoliafan's? in the description that rik did, smith was mentioned, but it was for magnoliafan's Balance of the Force (phantom - episode 1).

Post: #66376
Topic: Kevin Smith question
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/66376/action/topic#66376
Time: 22-Sep-2004 8:02 AM

But wouldn't that make MagnoliaFan (who posts here) Kevin Smith?

Post: #66356
Topic: Kevin Smith question
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/66356/action/topic#66356
Time: 22-Sep-2004 6:53 AM

I recently saw in a post that this board is anti-Kevin Smith (though, I then saw a few people say that they weren't). He's a big fan and totally cool with me.

Anyway, I've also seen on Rik's descriptions of MagnoliaFan's edit of AotC that it was supposedly edited by Kevin Smith.
Where did *this* come from?

Post: #66302
Topic: Fan Made Star Wars DVD set???
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/66302/action/topic#66302
Time: 22-Sep-2004 4:06 AM

what about those growing up on the new special edition (2004)? should we convert that (somehow) to HD-DVD when the ultimate editions come out?

i dunno, the DVDs of these from asia used to be all over the place. keep checking around. i have a set, but it's missing New Hope, otherwise, I'd do my best to hook you up.

Post: #66279
Topic: Why wasn't Hamill on the commentary? (2004 DVD)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/66279/action/topic#66279
Time: 22-Sep-2004 2:35 AM

The commentaries are one of the worst special features on the disc. If you've watched the long doc, you can basically skip them. The same info is repeated, sometime verbatim. They couldn't even get all four/five people in the same room to watch it, they just punch in a soundbite where they feel it's needed. Very sad.

I'm assuming the reason they didn't do a full cast commentary is because that would cost a lot of money... and they'll do it on the ultimate editions.

Post: #66047
Topic: An article of lies and disgust - George Lucas talks re the 2004 OT SE DVD release...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/66047/action/topic#66047
Time: 21-Sep-2004 12:50 PM

how about *number* of tickets sold? jedi? if so, that was probably because it was the "last star wars movie to be made for a really long time." which is why i think that episode 3 will do better than episode 2. but will it *be* better? we'll argue about that until it comes out. then we'll argue about which was better for the next fifty years.

and then our kids and our grand kids will live through the special editions of the PT. they will have sites called originalprequeltrilogy.com, etc. lucas has certainly cloned himself by now. he's going to outlive everyone. roaches, george lucas and wal-marts, that's our future.

Post: #66027
Topic: An article of lies and disgust - George Lucas talks re the 2004 OT SE DVD release...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/66027/action/topic#66027
Time: 21-Sep-2004 11:49 AM

I think it will do better than AOTC because it's "the last Star Wars movie ever!" And then the DVD of ep3, then the Ultimate Editions, the box set of 1 - 6, then the Original Trilogy after all is said and done (right?... please?)...

But Jedi didn't do better than ESB, did it? hm...

Post: #66010
Topic: An article of lies and disgust - George Lucas talks re the 2004 OT SE DVD release...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/66010/action/topic#66010
Time: 21-Sep-2004 11:05 AM

The Yoda fight scene was too over the top. Most really wanted to see it (me included). But it was just too much. It was a goofy cartoon. When his saber flew to his hand, i nearly peed myself. Now THAT was cool. everything after that.. eh.. oh well.

And the dialog was horrible. George needs writers. Maybe an infinite number of monkeys. Or Ewoks or something. I realize he had to set up the scene with some dialog, but come on! Actually, did he have to? Why not just have a kick ass fight scene? It's not like we're brilliantly stupid, we'll catch on. "Oh look, honey, Yoda is going to fight Dooku! Let's watch!"

Post: #66007
Topic: The Washington Post... article about the release of the 2004 OT SE DVDs
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/66007/action/topic#66007
Time: 21-Sep-2004 10:58 AM

it's fun that in almost every non-fan review that i've seen, they mention that some people are less than amused over the OT not being released. at least it keeps it in the public eye. though, most say something like "well, george did it *his* way".. like he's (still) some sort of innovative rebel.

*edit...
and as far as the special features go, it's pretty much not worth it for those. the commentaries are pitiful. i was VERY disappointed with them. the documentary is cool, but not worth owning, just go rent it somewhere. the lightsaber doc is fun. as is the vader one, i guess. sort of. eh.. nevermind, not really. the trailers are fun to see though. almost worth it.

Post: #65774
Topic: Sci-Fi Channel's 1997 Star Wars promos
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/65774/action/topic#65774
Time: 20-Sep-2004 4:45 PM

Hey folks...

I can't remember *why* they were promo-ing Star Wars, maybe it was because of the SE in theaters. But the promos were hilarious. I think there was one every day for two weeks or something like that.

It starred two 30 year old geeks. One would run up to a big page-a-day calendar hanging on his wall, say something like "only 10 days left till [something?]"...

One that I specifically remember is one fellow asked the other, "hey did your mom get our jedi robes made yet?" and the other replies, "*sigh*.. no, the fabric is still on backorder..."

Very funny. Yes. But am I dreaming here? Did these actually exist... and if so, did anyone have any of them taped? hmmm....