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#102157
Topic
Recent Lucas Comment Regarding Esp. #7...
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/102157/action/topic#102157
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"This offers a VERY SCARY meaning to the title for The Sixth Installment: "Return of the Jedi"; what if Lucas wasn't talking about Luke Skywalker as the JEDI to return, but rather VADER---as he returns to the side of LIGHT at the END of the movie (see below); that would be the TRUE "return" of THE JEDI.

Whether Lucas admits it or not, he has remained true to his originial ideals, setting the frame work in the three most recent installments for numbers 7, 8 and 9: The Ressurection of SKYWALKER... his ascention as the most powerful JEDI of them all. "

Actually, Vader was originally supposed to die at the end of ANH. The "third installment" was going to focus on Luke, his sister (not Leia at this point), and finally meeting the Emperor in Episode 9. Lucas decided to wrap things up by showing Palps in ROTJ, and making Leia Luke's sister.
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#101788
Topic
.: Moth3r's PAL DVD project :.
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/101788/action/topic#101788
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"- Halos to the left of dark objects in front of a light background. This is *not* a digital artefact caused by a sharpening filter, it's an analogue "sharpness" effect present in the source capture."

Remind me. Did you use the Def Col or the Faces set? I know the Def. Col. transfer, while from the same source, was "touched up" in some ways (ovedone, in fact.)

"(Also keep in mind many of the defects you may notice are actually a result of the transfer from film to laserdisc). "

Agreed. Having gone through ANH frame-by-frame myself, I can tell you - you'd all be AMAZED at the amount of dirt, noise and other such defects in the actual transfer. When Laserman saw my transfer, he mentioned something about all the visual glitches, but when we ran the LD through the XO, the glitches actually got worse, because the player displayed them much more prominently (which, of course, meant I had a better player than originally thought. )

"- Variations in colour saturation seem to occur occasionally. I've got no idea what caused this."

Again, it's the LD.

"- No menus or extras whatsoever. Personally I like to put a disc in and have it play from the start without a menu appearing, I feel it stays more true to the laserdisc this way. However, in a future version I'd certainly like to put in alternative audio tracks (mono, original dolby surround); it would then make sense to have a simple audio selection menu."

You can have menus and still make the DVD autoplay. Early Universal releases did this, such as Waterworld.
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#101693
Topic
Star Wars: Deleted Magic (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/101693/action/topic#101693
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"I was planning on installing my Datsuns Overthruster yesterday but it was raining "

LOL...Hey, where are those VOBs you promised me?!?

"Isnt that quote from the Peter Sellers movie.... dr stranglove? Or am I fumbling in the dark?"

Totally fumbling - it isn't even a black&white film. (Sorry, but you just aren't cool )

"I am still waiting for Buckaroo Banzai vs. The World Crime League"

Hell Yes! Where is that sucker!?
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#101553
Topic
Favourite film out of original trilogy?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/101553/action/topic#101553
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^^^^ Boooooooo!

"It is sort of blasphemous. Here I am at a website, desperately fighting for the release of a DVD that I will fast forward through if I ever got it."

//makes note to remove chapter points and P-UPs for fast forwarding from my next version.

"Sorry, I think it is a matter of opinion."

Why do you keep taking these posts the wrong way?

"Hey, Warbler, why is the original "Star Wars" so good? It is with with rotoscoping, soundFX, choreography, direction, effects, previz, story, and just about everything. There is no argument!!! "

Great, now someone else is making a bigger deal out of this than is necessary.