MeBeJedi

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Join date: 10-Mar-2003
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Post: #281785
Topic: is there any Star Trek Enterprise fans here?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/281785/action/topic#281785
Time: 11-Apr-2007 12:43 PM

"James Dixon is a Dick."

LOL...Hey, I've seen far worse said about SW, especially for the Prequels (though there tends to be an OT backlash now.) That being said, as much as I enjoyed Enterprise, I can see why "Trekkies/Trekkers" might have been disappointed with it (And I only read the first paragraph.)

Post: #281768
Topic: The Force Among Us
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/281768/action/topic#281768
Time: 11-Apr-2007 10:18 AM

Oh, I know. I'm not saying all the fans are like that....I just tend to avoid the ones that are.

I'm sure quite a few of those fans would think of me as a geek for all the work I'm putting into the X0 Project, and quite a few would probably have a negative view of this project as well.

[EDIT] I like the photo on your website, but I would have photoshopped the photographer out.

Post: #281720
Topic: The Force Among Us
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/281720/action/topic#281720
Time: 11-Apr-2007 1:32 AM

I was videotaping a wedding for a DVD, and the groom's brother showed up with lightsabers. Needless to say, I forbade my wife from mentioning I liked Star Wars. When he asked me later, I said I preferred Star Trek.

Many people have asked me if I'm going to the next SW convention in LA, and I have to admit, I'm a but scared of the kind of people I will meet there.

Post: #281619
Topic: So my Dad has this crazy idea... VHS set of the original trilogy in the house, somewhere...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/281619/action/topic#281619
Time: 10-Apr-2007 1:46 PM

"unknown if this is the faces or pan & scan"

Actually, there were two sets: 1 P&S, and the other widescreen. The widescreen set came in a large rectangular box with Vader's face on it.

Post: #281525
Topic: Possible original Star Wars screening?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/281525/action/topic#281525
Time: 9-Apr-2007 8:46 PM

It was worth repeating.

Post: #281471
Topic: R.I.P. Johnny Hart, B.C. Cartoonist and Brant Parker, Hart's co-creator for The Wizard of ID
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/281471/action/topic#281471
Time: 9-Apr-2007 2:40 PM

Wow, I remember Wizard of Id too.

This sucks. I always liked his jokes. He'll definitely be missed.

Good bye, Fat Chick.

Post: #281266
Topic: DVD-Lab help, please...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/281266/action/topic#281266
Time: 8-Apr-2007 12:53 AM

Yes, but I'd like to learn how to do it with cells.

I see what you want to do now. You need your video to have all the parts together - beginning/end. When you drop the video file into the movie, you will see it next to the Motion box. Slide the slider to the end of the beginning video. This is where the playback will stop and loop. When you make a selection, it will play through the slider to the end of the whole video.

Right now I'm having the fun time of trying to figure out why I can't link from the main menu to my scene selection menus. I try to draw a link to them but the scene selection menus are grayed out. It's driving me insane!

Are they greyed out, or crossed out with a red X. If it's the latter, then you have segments in different VTSs. Can you do a screen capture of the overall layout?

Post: #281264
Topic: MagnoliaFan Edits: Ep I "Balance Of The Force", and Ep II "The Clone War" (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/281264/action/topic#281264
Time: 8-Apr-2007 12:38 AM

Ahem.....

Additional graphics work was performed by “MeBeJedi” from the originaltrilogy.com forums, which I believe was done using Adobe After Effects.

Thanks for the mention, but I used Sony Vegas, Autodesk Combustion, Adobe Photoshop, and Microsoft Word.

Post: #281229
Topic: The New RGX Body Spray Girl
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/281229/action/topic#281229
Time: 7-Apr-2007 5:18 PM

Did she separate you from the men?

Post: #281215
Topic: should I get the GOUT?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/281215/action/topic#281215
Time: 7-Apr-2007 3:21 PM

"even dating back to April 2000, and only releasing TPM on VHS"

Don't forget the TPM LD, released only in Japan. WTF?!?

Post: #281207
Topic: BEAUTIFUL WOMEN NEW RULES IN FIRST POST (NSFW) UPDATED RULES
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/281207/action/topic#281207
Time: 7-Apr-2007 2:05 PM

"that's a picture of me and the finest leading man to ever grace the silver screen."

Which one's you?

Oh, and...

http://slimtainment.com/idolblog/wp-content/uploads/shyamalihooters.jpg

http://slimtainment.com/idolblog/wp-content/uploads/805635841_l.thumbnail.jpg

Post: #281190
Topic: should I get the GOUT?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/281190/action/topic#281190
Time: 7-Apr-2007 11:16 AM

"IMO, anyone who doesn't want to buy it on principle, why cheat yourself out of more enjoyment?"

It just leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I'm just amazed and annoyed at how Lucas completely ignored this opportunity, and tried to pull the wool over everyone's eyes. I'm also not impressed with the screwed-up audio. Both DVDs are an embarrasment, and the surprising lack of sales has finally made LFL take notice. Had I and many others ignored principle and bought them, Lucas never would have noticed. Wouldn't surpise me if the 30 year box was stopped because someone finally talked sense to Lucas.

Or maybe they've just grown so inept in home video releases that the 30 year box was just considered too much of a bad joke. I dunno, but I'm not waiting around to see what kind of feces Lucas is willing to slap a Star Wars label on next. I'm gonna do what he can't, and that gives me a much better feeling.

" Yes, but you own the Laserdisc version. "

True, but it's not been hooked up to a tv in a long time. Meanwhile, I just watch the X0 files right off the hard drive.

Post: #281112
Topic: Anamorphic widescreen (Help Please)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/281112/action/topic#281112
Time: 6-Apr-2007 9:33 PM

You'll have to re-encode the video to anamorphic, but unless you are willing to do a lot of extra work/filtering, it isn't going to look very good. Blowing up a non-anamorphic transfer to anamorphic actually degrades the video. You need a master that has more video resolution than 720x480 (i.e. the original film) for it to be worthwhile.

Post: #281111
Topic: DVD-Lab help, please...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/281111/action/topic#281111
Time: 6-Apr-2007 9:30 PM

"how in the heck do you make scene selection menus that are built from scratch in this thing?"

Either drag/drop a scene from the video (click on the video in assets, and then fast-forward through the video to a scene you like), or click on the text icon and type in the name of the video/chapter stop.

After doing this, right-click on the video or text, and create a link to the actual video. Do this for each chapter. If you need more pages, create a link to the second page the same way (and create a link on the second page that comes back to the first.)

"What do you mean with menu cells? Do you mean a motion menu with buttons displaying the different scenes?"

Yeah, I'm not sure what this means, either. Can you explain what you want to have happen on the menu screen?

Post: #281040
Topic: Anyone else totally disregard Leia being Luke's sister?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/281040/action/topic#281040
Time: 6-Apr-2007 9:57 AM

"and in ESB she kisses Luke full on the mouth."

True, but she was focused on pissing off Han, and Luke was conveniently close. Luckily, closer than Chewie or 3PO.

"it is obvious that Lucas didn't originally intend Jedi to only communicate with other Jedi in this manner."

Ben sensed the cries of the people of Alderaan. Was that a planet full of Jedi psychics? What Luke did is not much different from the Jedi mind trick - putting your thoughts into someone else's head.

"Look at how ”no, there is another” was handled. He wrote and filmed that scene before he had any idea at all who the other actually was."

Correct.

"Great example you used with LOTR. Those stories were very well thought out and they are very thorough. No pretzel logic needed."

Although a few key scenes in The Hobbit had to be rewritten.

"Anybody see that part on the ROTS DVD where Rick McCullum admits that they had to go back and refilm the scene with Obi-Wan picking up Anakin's lightsabre because "we kind of forgot he gave it to Luke in the next film."

LOL....yeah. I almost wish they had forgotten to do that. It would have been the funniest thing in the world.

"Lucas said that whoever he was with said to him, "George that is the first ship you see in the Original SW"

That person should have said it was a not-very-close fascimile of the first ship, but I digress...

Post: #281025
Topic: should I get the GOUT?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/281025/action/topic#281025
Time: 6-Apr-2007 2:32 AM

I won't buy them.

Post: #280725
Topic: .: The XØ Project - Laserdisc on Steroids :. (SEE FIRST POST FOR UPDATES) (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/280725/action/topic#280725
Time: 4-Apr-2007 1:31 PM

"but could you have achieved similar/better sharpening results using the 2006 OT as your source?"

Only for the scenes that weren't altered. The altered scenes would have to be taken from the LDs regardless, and then matched as much as possible to the GOUT video - which would not have blended well. It's better overall just to focus on one source, and make it as good as possible (at least, better than LFL can muster.

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"Any word on when you'll be finished with ROTJ"

Butthead.

Actually, ANH will require the most work overall, so ESB and ROTJ should be much quicker projects - especially due to the lessons and procedures learned from ANH.

That being said, I wager ROTJ getting done before the new forums.

Post: #280686
Topic: Anyone else totally disregard Leia being Luke's sister?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/280686/action/topic#280686
Time: 4-Apr-2007 9:45 AM

"Look no further than "Splinter of the Mind's Eye" the novel that was almost the sequel, for proof the whole sister thing was pulled out of someone's thermal exhaust port."

Agreed. It's almost nauseating to read that book because of the thoughts Luke has about Leia.

"This is obviously a reference to sophocles famous play oedipus rex."

LOL..no.

Post: #280685
Topic: The New RGX Body Spray Girl
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/280685/action/topic#280685
Time: 4-Apr-2007 9:40 AM

I guess emoticons aren't the only thing that's gay then.

Post: #280684
Topic: .: The XØ Project - Laserdisc on Steroids :. (SEE FIRST POST FOR UPDATES) (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/280684/action/topic#280684
Time: 4-Apr-2007 9:37 AM

LID....LOL....

Post: #280603
Topic: How do you rip DVDs?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/280603/action/topic#280603
Time: 3-Apr-2007 6:07 PM

"...unless you have terabytes of hard drive space..."

You might want to try using different AVI codecs, to see if that makes a difference.

Post: #280414
Topic: .: The XØ Project - Laserdisc on Steroids :. (SEE FIRST POST FOR UPDATES) (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/280414/action/topic#280414
Time: 2-Apr-2007 6:23 PM

Hey, what can I say. I just wanted to brag about my new TB (labelled the Terrorbyte drive). Sue me.

Post: #280397
Topic: .: The XØ Project - Laserdisc on Steroids :. (SEE FIRST POST FOR UPDATES) (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/280397/action/topic#280397
Time: 2-Apr-2007 3:57 PM

" And here MBJ JUST BOUGHT a 1TB drive for the project the day before. "

Might want to reread my post....

Post: #280082
Topic: .: The XØ Project - Laserdisc on Steroids :. (SEE FIRST POST FOR UPDATES) (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/280082/action/topic#280082
Time: 31-Mar-2007 12:48 PM

Frye's is having a sale. I think they're still available at that price for a little while. There were several cartloads available when I was there. (The website price isn't discounted).

Oh, and I just ordered the Firewire card from Meritline. 40 bucks. Also, the cables are much cheaper there than Fryes. (4 bucks, vs. 24 bucks!)

"I'm very glad you guys are pressing on and sticking with this project."

You know, with school testing coming up, doing my sister's wedding video, and toilet-training my 3-yr-old (He doesn't mind having a soiled diaper), I just have too much of a life to continue wasting it on this project for you guys. It's been fun, but the thrill is gone.

Post: #280064
Topic: .: The XØ Project - Laserdisc on Steroids :. (SEE FIRST POST FOR UPDATES) (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/280064/action/topic#280064
Time: 31-Mar-2007 11:40 AM

Just a personal update. I've just purchased a 1-terabyte external hardrive for $369. Now I can unload all my space-hogging home videos, and make more room on my 300Gb, 400Gb, and 2 500Gb hard drives. AVIs are a bitch.

(Now, I just need to upgrade to a 400Mbps firewire card. That's being ordered now.

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