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Post: #237452
Topic: Info: Original Trilogy in HD screening this November!!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/237452/action/topic#237452
Time: 22-Aug-2006 10:04 AM

Originally posted by: Mielr

Originally posted by: Darth Editous

"Since there's no 'hard copy' like film, there's no way to restore missing computer information. It just vanishes." Richard W. Haines

If only there was some way of copying digital data, a "back-up", if you will, that could be used in the case of a disaster...

DE

All well and good....unless the 'back-up' fails. And the 'back-up' of the 'back-up'......

"It has been estimated that NASA has created more than 1.2 million magnetic tapes since the agency's creation in 1958; many of these contain information of great potential value to astronomers. Yet much of the information gathered has been so poorly labeled and stored that it is all but-or even entirely-inaccessible. The problem are familiar: code books describing how to use the tapes have been lost, tapes have been physically , and the hardware necessary to read older tapes no longer functions."

If this is already happening to tapes from an agency started only 50 years ago... I don't have a lot of faith in digital backups as a long term solution.

(http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/byorg/abbey/an/an15/an15-4/an15-402.html)

Post: #237342
Topic: Help: looking for... Anyone have COSI Star Wars Exhibit Footage?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/237342/action/topic#237342
Time: 21-Aug-2006 9:49 PM

Originally posted by: InvaderTim
Weird,
I didn't think anyone on this board was from Ohio, much less Cincinnati. I didn't even know there was a Star Wars exhibit at COSI. The last time I was there it didn't have any of it's swanky new stuff. It did have this space shuttle thing out in the lobby. My friend and I were in it when it started making a bunch of weird hissing noises, so we started yelling "ALIENS! THEY'RE HERE! HELP US!" We got many stares from passers by - nobody helped. That was back in like '97, so I have really no idea what's up there now, just that they redid the whole place.

They actually moved to the old East High School on the river. it's a prettier building but it doesn't have the same feel as the old one. The coal mine is gone, the caboose is gone, the apollo shuttle you're describing is gone and there's just so much empty space. It's not like the old one where it was packed from wall to wall with crazy stuff.

Oh and jabberdoo, I know springfield. A friend of mine used to go to Wittenberg and my Dad takes a lot of trips to yellow springs.

Post: #237149
Topic: Help: looking for... Anyone have COSI Star Wars Exhibit Footage?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/237149/action/topic#237149
Time: 21-Aug-2006 1:19 AM

Ah! I see you're not from the great state of Ohio!

http://www.cosi.org/

They have a star wars exhibit right now that I want to go see. I have a friend whose mother is supposed to get me free tickets.

Jaberdoo - are you in columbus as well?

Post: #236814
Topic: Nosferatu, A Symphony Of Horror (The Super Castlevania IV Score) - COMPLETED/UPLOADED!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/236814/action/topic#236814
Time: 19-Aug-2006 12:18 PM

Ah I should have read the initial post more carefully. Answered my own question.

How does WINAMP handle the SPC files? Do they sound good?

Post: #236810
Topic: Nosferatu, A Symphony Of Horror (The Super Castlevania IV Score) - COMPLETED/UPLOADED!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/236810/action/topic#236810
Time: 19-Aug-2006 12:02 PM

Are you using an emulator or are you recording the audio straight from the console? I know that emulators have issues with the SNES's sound chip, and they're not really faithful.

If you are using an emulator, I think BSNES has the best audio compatibility.

Oh and just so everyone knows, you can listen to the music in the options menu.

Post: #236809
Topic: Nosferatu, A Symphony Of Horror (The Super Castlevania IV Score) - COMPLETED/UPLOADED!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/236809/action/topic#236809
Time: 19-Aug-2006 12:01 PM

I saw this film in Madison WI last winter and they had a 35mm print and a live pianist playing the score. It definitely was a great experience.

I am totally in support of your project! It has to be better than that awful score the Kino VHS release has. (I put the tv on mute after 5 minutes and watched it in slience).

Hmm...I need to put in my C4 game and see how the music is.

Post: #232936
Topic: Howard The Duck - special edition (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/232936/action/topic#232936
Time: 7-Aug-2006 1:56 AM

I found this and got a laugh.

http://www.efilmcritic.com/feature.php?feature=1786

Post: #232898
Topic: Howard The Duck - special edition (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/232898/action/topic#232898
Time: 6-Aug-2006 9:55 PM

PAL= more resolution! Huzzah! An NTSC conversion shouldn't be too difficult - all we'd really need is the audio track. That video does looks good I have to say.

As far as the tv station title is concerned, it shouldn't be there in that corner during the whole film, right?! (and if so, I'm SURE Mebejedi wants to go through frame by frame and remove it...eh?! Eh!? I know you do....

)

Post: #232788
Topic: Howard The Duck - special edition (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/232788/action/topic#232788
Time: 6-Aug-2006 12:34 PM

Wow if I can get this, this is going up their in my DVD collection with Golden Child, SW Holiday Special, Incubus and The Wizard!

Post: #232434
Topic: PC vs. Mac
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/232434/action/topic#232434
Time: 5-Aug-2006 1:29 AM

Ha, that's really funny! (and that's coming from a big mac fan)

In all fairness, Macs and Wintels have their strengths and weaknesses. What's effing great now is that Macs have intel chips and you can have the best of both worlds!

(but I'm content with my 450 mhz G4....I don't even have cable tv, so I don't need a media pc

)

Post: #232431
Topic: General Harry Potter Discussion
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/232431/action/topic#232431
Time: 5-Aug-2006 1:24 AM

I feel so old....

Post: #232346
Topic: General Harry Potter Discussion
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/232346/action/topic#232346
Time: 4-Aug-2006 7:46 PM

That is so wrong on so many levels....

Post: #232344
Topic: Info: If... (1968)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/232344/action/topic#232344
Time: 4-Aug-2006 7:41 PM

What happened to our Britannia Hospital talk!? I don't care about spoiling the end for others :-P

Post: #232193
Topic: General Harry Potter Discussion
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/232193/action/topic#232193
Time: 4-Aug-2006 10:32 AM

Originally posted by: Shimraa
i think he will have a physical death. LV will stumble or someting like that and fall off a cliff and get a big poll through the chest, like saruman

i was reading somwhere, someone suggested LVs wand as a horcrux.

I thought Wormtongue killed saruman? (at least that's what happened in the book).

Post: #232192
Topic: "O Lucky Man" - 3 hour version - preservation (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/232192/action/topic#232192
Time: 4-Aug-2006 10:25 AM

Nothing like a Frankenstein Malcolm Mcdowell being pulled to bits to keep a 5 year old in place....

Post: #230437
Topic: Info: If... (1968)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230437/action/topic#230437
Time: 29-Jul-2006 4:57 PM

What are some of the differences between the UK and US version? How long is each running time? How good is the quality of the VHS PAL version? What equipment did you use to transfer the US LD?

I'm very curious!

Post: #230271
Topic: "O Lucky Man" - 3 hour version - preservation (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230271/action/topic#230271
Time: 28-Jul-2006 7:06 PM

Where is the If... preservation thread? I can't seem to find it.

PS: Focus Puller, check your PMs.

Post: #229817
Topic: "O Lucky Man" - 3 hour version - preservation (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/229817/action/topic#229817
Time: 27-Jul-2006 1:17 PM — Edited 12-Aug-2020 12:37 PM

I don’t know if there is more than one fan of this 1973 movie on this forum, but I managed to secure a laserdisc rip from a collector.

The film stars Malcom McDowell as a coffee salesman who gets caught up in a string of unpredictable events, with musical interludes by Alan Price. It was directed by Lindsay Anderson known for the cult films, “If…” and “Britannia Hospital”

In any case, it was only released on VHS and laserdisc, both which are extremely rare to come by. As far as I know, there are no plans for a DVD release.

The copy I have in question squeezes an entire 3 hour movie onto one single layer DVD. I had no idea DVD compression could do that. From what the guy told me, he just plugged his Pioneer LD player into a DVD recorder and recorded it in real time. You would expect pretty crappy quality, and it probably will look terrible on a computer monitor or a Hi-Def television, but on a regular TV it looks fine. In any case it looks better than the Divix VHS rip floating around. Plus it’s in matted widescreen.

Anyway, I know I had nothing to do with the transfer or preservation, but I thought this thread was appropriate for this website.

Post: #227599
Topic: Editing movies ruled illegal
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/227599/action/topic#227599
Time: 20-Jul-2006 10:46 AM

I am not being an idiot. If you had read the article, this case is about a specific case against a specific company. A company who takes films, takes out content that a group of conservative-minded people feel is offensive and then sells it. That infringes copywrite and they should not be allowed to do it.

The case with The Passion of the Christ is a completely different story. The people calling for its ban were not infringing on copywrite. They were concerned about backlash against Jews (whose claims I feel were exagerrated IMO - I personally could care less about a film about Jesus getting beat up)

I do excuse myself for making generalizations about people, but when I heard about this story last year or whenever it was, I found it perposterous.

As far as fan-edits are concerned, this ruling is nothing more than a reminder that you can't take copywrited material and sell it without having the rights to do it. Fan edits are not being sold - they are meerily a hobby passed and shown between friends. It's fine. The REAL issue we should be concerned about is the DMCA and how that affects edits made from DVD sourced material.

Post: #227497
Topic: Editing movies ruled illegal
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/227497/action/topic#227497
Time: 19-Jul-2006 11:24 PM

I for one am glad of the ruling. These oversensitive conservatives need to learn that they can't profit off their tinkering of other people's art.

Oh no! You're kids might see a boob! God forbid they masturbate!

Post: #227214
Topic: Blade Runner DVD question
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/227214/action/topic#227214
Time: 19-Jul-2006 12:21 AM

Like a lot of people here, I am excited for the new Ultimate Edition DVD with 4 different versions of the film!

However, I was reading on wikipedia that for the new Final Cut, the "special effects were updated and cleaned"

Does anyone know what this means? Did they go back and "re-touch" effects with computers a la Star wars? If so, that would be dissapointing seeing as the film's effects is one of its highlights. Updating them like that only kills the historical aspect of the film's technical achievements.

Post: #226364
Topic: Making our own 35mm preservation--my crazy proposal
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/226364/action/topic#226364
Time: 14-Jul-2006 7:52 PM

I just want to add my 2 cents here. I am basically with Zombie84 on the topic all the way. I shoot film all the time and I have to say that digital isn't film. In fact, it doesn't and shouldn't have to try to be film.

Film is light. Digital is a bunch of 1s and 0s

Digital has fixed resolutions. Film is silver halide crystals 'painted' on a strip of plastic (it doesn't really have a "fixed" resolution. Not all the crystals are in the same place for each frame. It moves - it's very organic and a major component in the look of film). Depending on a number of factors (ASA speed, color/BW, reversal/negative) the crystals will be bigger or smaller.

Now here's what I'd like to see: I'd like to see digital try to capture light in a way that film cannot. I'd like to see digital technology not TRY (I stress this word) to act like film, but become its own entity.

In fine arts, you have watercolors, acrylic, oils, not to mention canvas, glass, copper to paint on. All these different tools to give you different feels and looks.

I would wish people would stop trying to kill off film, and embrace it for what it is. Then I want people to stop embracing digital for what it isn't and instead explore what it can be.

Post: #225994
Topic: Making our own 35mm preservation--my crazy proposal
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/225994/action/topic#225994
Time: 12-Jul-2006 8:13 PM

In an extreme example of how you can't just make every piece of cinema digitally: Stan Brakhage

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Brakhage

Post: #225827
Topic: Making our own 35mm preservation--my crazy proposal
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/225827/action/topic#225827
Time: 12-Jul-2006 12:58 AM

Originally posted by: zombie84

Originally posted by: boris

Originally posted by: zombie84
THIS IS ABSOLUTE HORSESHIT.

Dude calm down, it's not horseshit it's an opinion. I've shared my opinion, and I've shared Cameron's opinion.

I'm not blasting you, I'm just blasting Cameron for spreading completely ignorant anti-film propaganda. And yes, it is an opinion. BUT ITS WRONG. If my opinion is that 2+2=5, well thats my opinion, but its wrong. HD is nowhere near film, not even 16mm, and certainly not 65mm. As someone who works in the cinematography department, who has experience with both digital and film and who has a political prejudice against neither, Cameron's statement first made me laugh out loud because it is so ridiculous and then made me angry because i realised people will listen to him and believe him.

Let me put it to you this way: no cinematographer would ever argue that HD can approach 65mm. Hell, its been a half-decade uphill battle just to get it up to 35mm standards and we are still a long ways off. HD has its benefits and those are that is quick and cheap to shoot and has a simplified post flow. Nobody ever uses it for image quality and resolution. As i said, 16mm film yeilds higher resolution than HD video--and not only is it higher res, it also looks gorgeous as well.

Sorry to derail, I'm actually out shooting right now which is why i haven't really been here lately, but i just thought I'd pop in and CORRECT this dangerous and ignornat statement by Cameron.

Here here! I've shot a lot of 16mm film and dabbled into HD a bit, and all I can say to Boris and anyone else who has a half-assed opinion based on technology they have no personal experience in - only one based on articles they read on the internet - don't try to argue. You just end up looking naive and ignorant. Laserman and zombie84 have put my opinion and knowledge of cinematography in better words than me, and plus there's no reason to be redundent.

PS: Laserman, it's good to have you back. You're like the wise grandfather that brings reason to occasional chaos around here.

Post: #225295
Topic: World Cup 2006
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/225295/action/topic#225295
Time: 9-Jul-2006 5:54 PM

I was rooting for France all the way, but after that despicible, cheap headbutt from Zidane, it seemed only fair that Italy won.

I hate to say it. France seemed really determined in the final minutes, but Italy won fair and square.

Gah, after that zidane move, it's embarrassing to be French.

Sorry world.