Looking forward to seeing it. Watching the clip again, the words that come to mind are *stable*, *clear*, and *beautiful*. It was FUN to watch the cartoon again, to see and enjoy the background detail.
Good luck with the computer. My laptop's cooling system failed back in June...
BEAUTIFUL.
Slight shimmer with background horizontal lines. Otherwise I'd have NO idea I was watching something 32 years old.
WOW.
Zion said:
My nfo points out that anyone intending to listen to the RiffTrax version should make a donation to RiffTrax.com and includes a link. That doesn't make it OK that I included it on the DVD, but I pay for all my RiffTrax stuff and I would hope that everyone else would do the same.
I did note that in your NFO. You also used the name "RiffTrax" in the menu to describe the track, which may increase the likelihood of someone paying them for its use. I know I paid for my copy, way back when, so can happily just enjoy it without qualms.
(Any guesses how much RiffTrax gets paid for each release v. the number of tracks spread around? And whether this track is above average for payment or below?)
Speaking of your DVD, at which I've only had the chance to glance (such the glory of correcting math tests):
Your introductory menu is FANTASTIC. I'm hugely impressed. Also good is the transition from menu to video.
My take is this, formed when I was considering such a project and thought I might someday have the time and funds to make it work.
I had similar qualms about the RiffTrax commentary.
For the other two I was going to put an attribution: who made it, and the web site logo.
And I'd probably do the same with RiffTrax with the moral imperative that if used (enjoyed? not sure) then a small donation / user's fee was due the crew at RiffTrax.
The track even indicates the likelihood that the track will propagate widely on the Internet. At least this would be a project that encouraged payment where due. Doesn't make it right, of course...
NO WONDER I COULDN'T FIND IT!
Imperial HoloNet Radio. It's another commentary for WMAR: commercials attached, introductory crawl. Not sure if I've ever listened to it all the way through, but it starts interestingly. Now trying to cut out the introductory material so it syncs...
I have a fleeting memory of ForceCast doing a commentary for (probably) the KCCI version of the Special. Unfortunately, all I have on my hard drive are the MMM commentary and RiffTrax files.
Anyone remember this or, better still, have a link?
I'm assuming those were original dubs for broadcast? Scary.
In all the search for commentaries I'd never considered foreign languages. Does anyone know if there's a decent source for just the audio?
From what I understand, and if we're talking about the same files, then they are re-encoded straight from the DVD. Back then I was told that the mkvs had been ripped, encoded, and posted. I'm also told that it was child's play splitting the vobs to extract the commercials.
Zion said:
Any idea who the source was for those commercials balsho?
If they're the ones from a.b.sw from quite a while ago, they're just the extracted commercials from WMAR. If I remember rightly (no guarantee there), the commercials were even separate VOBs within the WMAR disc structure.
I'm inspired. Not to make my own, I don't have that talent or expertise, but the workmanship makes me wonder what covers I'm using now.
Will gladly change...
During yesterday's math tests I put on the board what I described as an unfair trivia question: give the name of the film and the context where one character says "That was just Wormie on another rampage".
Went home, pulled out MoveAlong's "The Lost Scenes", and found that the line's not there! It's in the script, and the comic adaptation and the novelization, but it can't be heard. When they head outside, though, Camie's statement is clear:
"I think Wormie's caught too much sun".
All of which turns into a comment on this thread because I'm *excited* to see your project, Jambe. And a question because rewatching "The Lost Scenes" reminded me of a comment from LONG ago. Do I remember rightly that you're working from repaired versions of the missing material?
SilverWook said:
From what I've been reading at the HTF and elsewhere, the new Blu Ray still has some IMAX shots creep into the theatrical cut. The Work In Progress version has been reduced to one of those PIP tracks.
HTF? (Not familiar with the acronym, sounds interesting in context.)
I once saw a good source for the Star Wars Portfolio, but can't find it right now.
As one who worries about the transitoriness of online data, I did save them. Would be happy to email the pictures if needed or useful.
(Sadly, if I recall correctly, that's the single page that Dark Horse omitted from the TPB of the adaptation. Sure, it looks better to begin with the traditional crawl (which at least used the same text as the omitted page), but it removed some of the character of the adaptation.)
Had a sad thought the other day. So many people do so much work and I remember the delight I had when I finally got to view this disc! (Then I discovered I'd downloaded the PAL version and had to go hunting for an NTSC. But that's immaterial.)
The other day, when I read the news of the Blu-ray set, one of my first thoughts was that MoveAlong's hard work might finally be replaced by something better. That, if the new set carries through on its promise, then we could finally have the best possible quality for these and other scenes.
I'm not holding my breath.
But it would be my fifth time buying each of the classic trilogy: VHS, Faces VHS, SE VHS, and the initial DVD release. And having this material would probably push me over the fence into buying it again.
Let me close by saying thank you.
Thank you, MoveAlong, for your remarkable work. Even if it is overshadowed, I'll keep a copy around and continue to be grateful.
I was sequestered in Korea and the news of the Blu-ray set took a while to get to me. But afterwards I started thinking about how wonderful it would be to have this project, and have it complete, before the next wave of anticipated changes.
Weird pondering I'm sure, but with Star Wars it's always chasing a moving target. And I am glad that Jambe is optimistic that he can bring it to a close well before it's overshadowed by the Next Big Release.
Congratulations, sir.
Ripplin said:
...there are a lot of people who always hoped you would do your own Deleted Magic, so to speak, and it's great to hear of this progress even/especially after such setbacks.
Truly said. I wish I could afford to help you out and right now am trying just to breathe. And am delighted for you that (what seems to be?) so much of your work is recoverable.
Is that the fuzzymemories.tv site? I was intrigued (fuzzy = wookiees, of course) and found that it's other, a museum of Chicago Television according to Google, which at least as I try it now won't connect: error 404.
(Still hoping for something more specific, but nothing could rival Skot's site.)
Exciting to hear! And thank you for your hard work.
If anyone posts the torrent in some other form, Usenet or some other method, it would be great to hear about it. Can't torrent but do have other options....
VMG menuing is above VTS and will be required.
http://mediachance.com/dvdlab/Helppro/vts.htm
Good luck. It's quite a bit of fun!
Thank you, Doctor M.
What was percolating through my head definitely DIDN'T make it onto the screen, and yours is a much-needed reply.
(I still dream of using DVDLab Pro to create the ultimate Star Wars Holiday Special disc. Looking less likely as years go by, but I continue to gather material. Are there any products that allow similar *control* over menuing, chapters, &c, but for a lower price?)
Molly said:
When the Beast takes Belle out of the dungeon, after she offers to take her father's place. OTV: "You want, you want to stay in the tower?" (iirc, I don't have the video readily accessible atm) It is technically a mixing error but it's the way I grew up with the movie.
That's an ERROR?
I've obviously been spending too much time with the OAR disc than the commercial DVD.
Maybe for the Blu-ray they'll allow it as a branching feature? (He asks facetiously.)
Molly said:
(I can't seem to set aside a title to be 4:3, and then have it connect to the main menu.)
Been a while (although I love the program). And I'm in another country on a borrowed comoputer. BUT...
Something about having a different VTS, I think?
Molly said:
* The stuttering beast is corrected on the DVD (was present in all versions prior to the IMAX re-edit).
I'm obviously out of touch. When is the stuttering Beast?
Downloaded and SCARED.
Is there a higher-resolution version of the artwork?