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- #317272
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- The Empire Strikes Barack
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/317272/action/topic#317272
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hmm last time I checked... Abraham Lincoln was republican.
hmm last time I checked... Abraham Lincoln was republican.
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hmm last time I checked... Abraham Lincoln was republican.
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- #315788
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- Demonoid Returns!
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/315788/action/topic#315788
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- #315561
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- R.I.P. Charlton Heston
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/315561/action/topic#315561
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The scary thing is: I watched "TRUE LIES" maybe three days before his death, and I always found it interesting how much he resembled Arnold Schwarzenegger...
so to see him WITH Arnold was pretty cool...
anyway, I thought to myself (of course not negatively) "when will Charlton die?" and, wow, three days later... it happened. I'm really sad about this too. Can't believe it.
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- #315560
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- R.I.P. Charlton Heston
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/315560/action/topic#315560
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The scary thing is: I watched "TRUE LIES" maybe three days before his death, and I always found it interesting how much he resembled Arnold Schwarzenegger...
so to see him WITH Arnold was pretty cool...
anyway, I thought to myself (of course not negatively) "when will Charlton die?" and, wow, three days later... it happened. I'm really sad about this too. Can't believe it.
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- #314637
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- Indiana Jones IV
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/314637/action/topic#314637
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Its shot by Kaminsky. Thats his style.
I'm very aware of this. I'm just stating that it should have matched the older films.
I'm sick of this new style of cinematography, and I wished Indy4 would look just as old and classy as the older ones. Bah.
And, I don't think it's an update. To me, cinematography can't be "updated"... sure it can "look" like a 2000s movie, but that doesn't mean it's "improved" from previous generation's styles of lighting. I think if they kept it as close as possible to the older films (visually), it would be so much more "creative", really... because no one does that anymore; and to do that would be a very pleasant surprise. It would feel more "fresh"... don't you think?
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- #314629
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- New Hulk Film
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/314629/action/topic#314629
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so is that NOT the actual hulk that's going to be in the movie?
I'm confused.
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- #314435
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- Should there be a sequel to Manos: The Hands of Fate?
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/314435/action/topic#314435
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To me, mundane directors are worse than the very bad ones because they're sitting on both side of the issue. Neither really bad nor really good. Buaaagh... and the saddest thing about this is that THEY STILL GET TO MAKE MOVIES!
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- #314337
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- HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ZION !!!
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/314337/action/topic#314337
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- #314232
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- Indiana Jones IV
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/314232/action/topic#314232
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but tell me this... according to my observation, why is the cinematography looking very distinct and "modern" as opposed to the older "Jones" movies? Look at the shot where Indy and Mac are cornered by the soldiers. Is that digital glow I see? Also, I hate the green tint in that shot. Not very natural. The old Indy movies never had those.
THAT made me feel a bit, well, sad.
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- #314204
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- Discussion: Awful Star Wars Collectibles
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/314204/action/topic#314204
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- #314200
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- We've lost Arthur C. Clarke
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/314200/action/topic#314200
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but then again... not long ago, I wondered how long he'd stay alive.... being 90 and all.
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- #314032
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- New Avatars
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/314032/action/topic#314032
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- #314002
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- New Avatars
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/314002/action/topic#314002
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- #313997
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- Should there be a sequel to Manos: The Hands of Fate?
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/313997/action/topic#313997
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Except that I was thinking it to be an actually GOOD sequel. Just to make the whole thing even more bizarre!
Oh! by the way, I made this some time ago... just for laughs...
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/557/criterionmanosiy7.jpg
and I have no idea how to make this image seeable.
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- #313789
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- New Hulk Film
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/313789/action/topic#313789
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http://www.filmwad.com/ul/780-550x-abominationpain.jpg
This is the abomination in the movie:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/99/MovieAbomination.jpg
no non-hulk fan would be able to identify him as the abomination of the comics.
Dude, actually no one would.
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- #313759
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- What's on your Desktop?
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/313759/action/topic#313759
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- #313758
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- New Hulk Film
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/313758/action/topic#313758
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They messed up on The Abomination. He looks SO bad!
I'm predicting it to be one of those average summer movies with average everything. After you come out of the theatre, you'll forget all about it. That's just my prediction based on the trailer and the person directing (Transporter 2? Eewww!).
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- #313175
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- Indiana Jones IV
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/313175/action/topic#313175
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- #313027
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- What's on your Desktop?
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/313027/action/topic#313027
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Yeah, it's also not that exciting. I have two monitors so that's why you see two screens. Hopefully it will entertain you while you look at what desktop crap I have on my dumb Windows XP system.
Yes, I WANT A MAC!!
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- #311289
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- Great shot kid! That was one in a million!
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/311289/action/topic#311289
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- #310113
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- R.I.P. Roy Scheider
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/310113/action/topic#310113
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I'll miss that actor. He was a pretty good one at that.
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- #307671
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- The Dark Knight (Batman Begins Returns Again)
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/307671/action/topic#307671
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- #307670
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- Heath Ledger dead at 28
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/307670/action/topic#307670
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This sucks.
I also have no idea how you guys post this stuff so fast either.
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- #305998
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- Is George Lucas a fan of Star Wars?
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/305998/action/topic#305998
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I, personally, having made a bunch of movies (unfortunately not professional ones) can say that when I watch my own movies, I'm completely sick and tired of watching the same thing over and over. Because I know it so well, I usually just pay attention to the nitpicks and how terrible the quality is and how the angles aren't right, and how the actors mess up here and there, and how dumb everything is. The negative aspects... but that's because I usually do everything myself BUT, what I think is the case with George is that he is a fan of his own work. Otherwise he'd just leave it alone and not care after the first Star Wars came out. There obviously might have been different reasons, but considering how well made ESB and to some extent ROTJ turned out, It's a really really fun process to be just thinking up these various plots, ideas, and the like. I'm getting off topic. You know what? Forget it...
But I do know this: Since he is the originator of all this, he definetly holds a different "view" and "Feel" of this whole series than any of us. That's probably part of the reason he keeps changing things on the original Trilogy.
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- #305400
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- The Fellowship of the Ring - The Book-Cut - v2 - 2007 (Released)
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/305400/action/topic#305400
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At the beginning of the movie, for example during the transitions between Frodo&Gandalf and Bilbo writing, the first shots that are after the transitions are in a different colour than the ones that follow them.
Yeah, that must be changed.
It's supposed to be the river, actually. After the Nazgul get wiped out... you just hear the river.
Anyway, this is my review. I hope it will be useful.
Yeah, that must be changed.
Also, during the movie, there are some shots with no video (the screen is black), but the audio is synchronized and goes properly during the black shots.
I was hoping you'd tell me where they are exactly, so it could be much much easier and faster for me to track them down and eliminate them.
what? What title card?
Also, I didn't understand the sounds that are heard during the final shot ("The Journey Continues on Disk 2"). I think that it is the Sea.
I was hoping you'd tell me where they are exactly, so it could be much much easier and faster for me to track them down and eliminate them.
The backstory is not very well presented to the newcomer audience: for example, during the first shot of Mordor (Gollum tortured/Nazgul coming out of Minas Morgul), the audience doesn't know what this is all about (the only clue that there is somehing about the Ring is the Eye of Sauron seen by Gandalf when he tries to take it). In the original EE, we know about the Ring and Gollum.
That's because in the books, we don't know this until Gandalf talks about it at Bag-End... but the problem here is, that he doesn't. If I put in the prologue at the part where Gandy talks about it, it would feel strange.
Score!
In the FOTR Book-Cut Version 1 thread, you said that you put "17 Years Later" when the Nazgul first comes to the Shire. This isn't present in the current version.
Indeed. I left out 17 years later because that would feel a bit weird... so I didn't. But I can...
Why did you use another title card? I didn't understand that.
That's because in the books, we don't know this until Gandalf talks about it at Bag-End... but the problem here is, that he doesn't. If I put in the prologue at the part where Gandy talks about it, it would feel strange.
In addition, the changes to the presentation of the backstory are not really more faithful to the book. Everybody knew about the battle of the Last Alliance; it wasn't included in the Scroll of Isildur. Also, the newcomer audience wouldn't know what that is about.
My suggestion: restore more scenes from the prologue with the Gandalf narration from BFME and add them before the "This is the One Ring" line told by Gandalf to Frodo. Also, in the original movie there are two scenes of Gollum being tortured: one before the Scroll of Isildur scene and one in a flashback later (Gandalf telling about it to Frodo). You should merge them and add the resultant scene where the second one is in the original.
I know, I was hoping no one would notice that Gollum scene was gone...
What is very faithful to the book is the removal of the Saruman scenes, which is done very masterfully.
My suggestion: restore more scenes from the prologue with the Gandalf narration from BFME and add them before the "This is the One Ring" line told by Gandalf to Frodo. Also, in the original movie there are two scenes of Gollum being tortured: one before the Scroll of Isildur scene and one in a flashback later (Gandalf telling about it to Frodo). You should merge them and add the resultant scene where the second one is in the original.
I know, I was hoping no one would notice that Gollum scene was gone...
What is very faithful to the book is the removal of the Saruman scenes, which is done very masterfully.
Score!
In the FOTR Book-Cut Version 1 thread, you said that you put "17 Years Later" when the Nazgul first comes to the Shire. This isn't present in the current version.
Indeed. I left out 17 years later because that would feel a bit weird... so I didn't. But I can...
Why did you use another title card? I didn't understand that.
what? What title card?
Also, I didn't understand the sounds that are heard during the final shot ("The Journey Continues on Disk 2"). I think that it is the Sea.
It's supposed to be the river, actually. After the Nazgul get wiped out... you just hear the river.
Anyway, this is my review. I hope it will be useful.
It is. I'm going to change a few things now... It's just that I wish someone told me about the dead frames and where they exactly are... if that's not too much trouble.