Master Sifo-Dyas

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Join date: 17-Mar-2003
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Post: #258337
Topic: Hey guys, Remember when Star wars had writing like this?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/258337/action/topic#258337
Time: 25-Nov-2006 2:12 AM

Hehe, thanks for sharing. Couldn't agree more with your sentiment.

Post: #257196
Topic: Darth Vader's Paternity Test Results
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/257196/action/topic#257196
Time: 17-Nov-2006 12:30 AM

I always thought it makes "click" during the battle of yavin - even moreso as ADigitalMan already suggested, during his lengthy flight home with emergency hyperspace limping to the next imperial gas station out there.

Post: #252811
Topic: GET RID OF GO-MER-TONIC
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/252811/action/topic#252811
Time: 22-Oct-2006 8:02 AM

I think creating a thread like this isn't much better than trolling in my book. Actually I think it's worse.

Post: #252362
Topic: For me...it all came out in the end...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/252362/action/topic#252362
Time: 19-Oct-2006 7:18 PM

As I said: I would already have been happy with the limited edition "bonus discs", would it not have been for the technically flawed german audio track of anh - everything would have been settled for me. At this point I don't really care anymore if Lucas takes me serious as a fan, but at least I want to be taken serious as a customer. If that'll happen one day and he stops playing "screw the customer" he can go on playing "screw the fan" through his frankensteining with the films all he wants, I'll be fine with that since I'll have a choice which of his gadzillion incarnations of his "final vision" I want to watch.

Seeing how things are handled by 2oth century fox here in germany, I'm not getting my hopes up for 2007. We'll have to wait and see, I guess.

Post: #252351
Topic: For me...it all came out in the end...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/252351/action/topic#252351
Time: 19-Oct-2006 6:30 PM

Well, to tell the truth: I would have been very happy if the german audio track of the limited edition's OOT version of ANH would not be missing quite a chunk of dialogue. I have phoned 2oth century fox and they said I should get a substitution at my local retailer, which I did (it had the same flaws). Then they told me to send a request to a certain fox e-mail adress - I haven't gotten an answer it's been more than 3 weeks now.

My problem is not what George Lucas does as an artist. My problem is, what George Lucas doesn't do because he is too cheap to go all the way in terms of quality. It's not a matter of "I don't like this artistic change to the special edition" or "I don't like the story arc of the prequels", it's just a matter of inferior quality on a purely technical level that aggravates me the most.

It simply doesn't matter anymore what versions you prefer when it comes to the OT - neither the 2004 editions, nor the limited edition "bonus discs" represent the technical level of quality that is standard nowadays.

All I wish for, is a _technically unflawed_ product from Lucasfilm when it comes to the OOT _and_ the special editions.

Post: #251538
Topic: How do you watch the Star Wars Saga?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/251538/action/topic#251538
Time: 16-Oct-2006 6:18 AM

SW, ESB, ROTJ and the OOT-spinoff-trilogy next to never (even though I also used to be interested in them - until the total disaster of "episode three" occured, which blew my potential prequel fandom into eternal oblivion).

Post: #250976
Topic: Lucas on Colbert
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/250976/action/topic#250976
Time: 12-Oct-2006 2:32 PM

Lightsaber Duel Lucas vs. Colbert

Post: #250875
Topic: Lucas Interview from 1979 - Alan Arnold's 'Once Upon a Galaxy' book
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/250875/action/topic#250875
Time: 12-Oct-2006 3:00 AM

Originally posted by: Go-Mer-TonicTo me the finished saga is an intricate yin yang of mirror images. To me it's quite an accomplishment that it turned out with as solid a continuity as it does considering the way Lucas fleshed it all out as he went.

I beg to differ. The three parts of the prequels don't even represent what you describe, and thus the PT represents a rather unstable foundation for the OT. But happily for all of us, George is busy working on fixing this by adjusting the artistic level of the OT to that of the PT.

Post: #250873
Topic: Lucas Interview from 1979 - Alan Arnold's 'Once Upon a Galaxy' book
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/250873/action/topic#250873
Time: 12-Oct-2006 2:48 AM

I think this interview pretty much shows that even back then the idea to use StarWars as a cash cow to realize his ambitious project of a "filmmaking research facility" had already rooted in his mind. The prequels with their heavy accent on special effects and mediocre attention to plot and emotionality reflect him being mostly worried about the special effects and the evolvement of the filmmaking process (which seems to have been his main function and concern in ESB and ROTJ already). Perhaps if he hadn't done the mistake to do everything himself again in the prequels, the PT might have been a lot better.

Post: #249744
Topic: "..secret to the future is quantity," Lucas said
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/249744/action/topic#249744
Time: 5-Oct-2006 12:34 PM

Anamorphic DVDs are industry standard. No need to remind a company like Lucasfilm of that.

Post: #249740
Topic: "..secret to the future is quantity," Lucas said
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/249740/action/topic#249740
Time: 5-Oct-2006 12:23 PM

No, what I asked for, was the OOT in the best possible presentation quality.

Post: #249737
Topic: "..secret to the future is quantity," Lucas said
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/249737/action/topic#249737
Time: 5-Oct-2006 12:20 PM

Yeah, unfortunately Lucasfilm has become the epitome of crappy presentation when it comes to their starwars home video products.

P.S.: You act like it's the cinema's fault when people don't want to see bad movies. High budgets don't necessarily mean high quality.

Post: #249721
Topic: German ANH DVD OOT audio track: Entire part of dialogue missing in Chapter 13
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/249721/action/topic#249721
Time: 5-Oct-2006 10:56 AM

Here's the e-mail adress you can turn to if you want a replacement of the disc that doesn't come with a faulty german audio track: info@tcfhe.de

Post: #249193
Topic: Tarkin, The Rebel Base & The Mystery Of The Trash Compactor.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/249193/action/topic#249193
Time: 3-Oct-2006 6:02 AM

Originally posted by: Moth3rAnakin Skywalker did not build C3PO.

As far as I understood the prequels - he did reassemble a protocol unit from parts he scavenged on watto's junkjard. So he basically did not invent the protocol droid series 3P0 belongs to, he merely rebuilt one (which seems what JarHead413 was implying).

Post: #249192
Topic: Tarkin, The Rebel Base & The Mystery Of The Trash Compactor.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/249192/action/topic#249192
Time: 3-Oct-2006 5:57 AM

Yah, Lucas even talks about this in the audio commentary of the 2004 editions. He explains that the speed of a hyperdrive system is mostly determined by the strength of the navigation computer and not by it's engines. The better that computer is, the more precise it can calculate shortcuts that would represent a higher risk to ships who had a computer that couldn't deliver very precise course calculations in a short amount of time, and thus have to take a longer route to evade space hazards that could proove fatal to the ship and crew.

Post: #247731
Topic: hi original trilogy peple
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/247731/action/topic#247731
Time: 25-Sep-2006 12:33 AM

As far as I remember, it all started with a comment from an interview with George Lucas in which he reiterated the OOT would technically not exist to him anymore and that the statement (for the last time on home video) back in '95 was in fact not a Lucasfilm marketing hoax. It was a pretty exciting time for me to see how many other people shared my preference of the original threatrical cuts (and back then I did not really think we'd see any kind of release anytime soon).

Post: #245898
Topic: You've Failed, Your Highness.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/245898/action/topic#245898
Time: 19-Sep-2006 1:17 PM

I think you can never "read too much into something". If you come up with an imaginative expansion of a simple thing and it fits so beautifully like this one - it's merely taking the story into a larger world. I love how passion for a thing that at first glance looks like "a mistake" can turn into an intrigueing detail (even if it may truly be a mistake of the author). Colorful imagination > dry scepticism when it comes to enjoy a film, I say.

Thanks for that Scruffy.

Post: #245349
Topic: Do you REALLY think there will be remastered versions of the OOT or whatever? I don't.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/245349/action/topic#245349
Time: 18-Sep-2006 1:14 AM

Originally posted by: Mike O

It's amazing to me, that some people have not yet realized that this isn't an OOT vs. SE issue anymore. What is it about then?

Originally posted by: Master Sifo-Dyas
George Lucas isn't about OOTs or SEs or prequels. He is about earning money through artificially keeping demand alife through selling inferior products.

Nuff said.

Post: #245162
Topic: German ANH DVD OOT audio track: Entire part of dialogue missing in Chapter 13
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/245162/action/topic#245162
Time: 17-Sep-2006 12:56 PM

Originally posted by: TheHutt
the missing word in C3POs sentence.

I haven't noticed that one. To which scene are you referring?

The only other "soundbug" I noticed in the german dub is one of Luke's words during the lightsaber training sequence on the falcon is missing an "n" - like when an audio tape is broken at some point and your hear just some noise instead of the sound of the spoken letter.

Edit: Welcome to the boards!

Post: #245160
Topic: Do you REALLY think there will be remastered versions of the OOT or whatever? I don't.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/245160/action/topic#245160
Time: 17-Sep-2006 12:50 PM

George Lucas isn't about OOTs or SEs or prequels. He is about earning money through artificially keeping demand alife through selling inferior products. It doesn't matter which versions you want. At the current time - all classic trilogy dvd content out there, represents a technically flawed and inferior product when compared to other releases of similar importance.

It's amazing to me, that some people have not yet realized that this isn't an OOT vs. SE issue anymore.

Post: #245146
Topic: Help Wanted: Despaired fan of the german OOT seeks help on where to find information on how to create a fan edit
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/245146/action/topic#245146
Time: 17-Sep-2006 12:11 PM

But, back on topic - what hardware/equipment and software do you guys recommend for editing a film? And are there any good websites that offer some knowledge as to how to get started with editing and such things? I already have googled a bit, but so far have found only one site that seems pretty decent.

Post: #245144
Topic: German ANH DVD OOT audio track: Entire part of dialogue missing in Chapter 13
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/245144/action/topic#245144
Time: 17-Sep-2006 12:09 PM

Originally posted by: Laserschwert
Looks like there's more missing in the German version. According to a post in a German DVD-forum the line: "Ich kann in diesem Helm überhaupt nichts sehen!" ("I can't see a thing in this helmet!") is absent as well.

Uhh... that was amongst the things I reported as missing in my post.

I have sent a mail to 2oth Century Fox germany and intend to give them a call as well. I'm just curious how they will handle this (if they'll do at all).

Post: #245075
Topic: Will those who hate the SE OT and bought the OOT DVD's..
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/245075/action/topic#245075
Time: 17-Sep-2006 1:31 AM

Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
Until then, I've switched the order of the discs, putting the "bonus" disc in front.

The german versions already were packaged that way by default.

Post: #245018
Topic: German ANH DVD OOT audio track: Entire part of dialogue missing in Chapter 13
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/245018/action/topic#245018
Time: 16-Sep-2006 8:07 PM

Yes, but curiously enough they have made the effort and used the german logos for each film in the german language menus (with the exception of the first film, that is).

Post: #245016
Topic: Help Wanted: Despaired fan of the german OOT seeks help on where to find information on how to create a fan edit
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/245016/action/topic#245016
Time: 16-Sep-2006 8:05 PM

Ja, irgendwie kapier ich diese Sache aber nicht ganz. Bis dato ist mir nur in "Krieg der Sterne" aufgefallen, daß in der Szene wo Luke auf dem Falken mit dem Lichtschwert übt, bei einem "nicht" das "n" verschluckt wurde - damit konnte ich aber noch leben. In der 2004er version ist alles vorhanden, was in Kapitel 13 der original kinofassung fehlt. Auf meiner VHS version fehlen die Sachen auch nicht.

Ich dachte eigentlich gerade bei einem Dolby 2.0 Track, klatschen die doch einfach den Ton ausm Archiv drauf und gut is - wie kann da etwas verloren gehen?!

Was ich aber cool fand: Je nachdem, ob dein DVD-Spieler auf deutsche oder englische Sprache eingestellt ist, ändern sich die Film-Logos im Hauptmenu in deren deutsche Varianten (bis auf den ersten Film - da leider nicht).