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Post
#386838
Topic
Vaderisms, an unadulterated adulation of the man, the legend.
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/386838/action/topic#386838
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Stampede said:

A grim sense of humour. I always enjoy the part where Vader reminds Piett of how he reached his station. "Dont fail me again...admiral."


I actually think that line is not really representative of his twisted humor. I think he was dead serious when he said that- and intended it as a threat.

The line I always loved for its twistedness was (after strangling him) "Apology accepted, Captain Needa."

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#385873
Topic
Special Edition Restoration
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/385873/action/topic#385873
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zombie84 said:
Is there more? I remember someone here (Mielr?) tried to do some collectible-70mm scans but they sort of came out a little blurry because of the glass casings.


Yup- that was me. :-) They didn't come out great because I was photographing them with a 35mm SLR, back-lit with a lightbulb. I tried scanning them with my old flatbed (backlit with a small light table) but it didn't work.


[IMG]http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/9625/trioid4.jpg[/IMG]

(How do you get thumbnail links to show up here?)

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#385782
Topic
Special Edition Restoration
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/385782/action/topic#385782
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skyjedi2005 said:
I think the 70mm film cels from willets designs came from the original internegative or at least a duplicate.
I was also wondering if the Willitts cels were cast-offs of the SE process, although the SW cels came out in '95, which may have been a bit too early in the restoration project....but who knows.

The original literature that came with the cels said that they were "hand cut from a master print taken from the original internegative."

My Jedi cels all seem to be shifting magenta, while the SW and ESB cels still seem fine.

Post
#384968
Topic
Special Edition Restoration
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/384968/action/topic#384968
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Baronlando said:

Anyway, very recently some guy in a post at Home Theater Forum claimed the black and white separations weren't done right. He gave no source or explanation, he just said it was "his understanding."  Has anyone heard this before?


I've never heard that one (I'm also a member of HTF). I know that according to Robert Harris, the B&W seps for Spartacus weren't done correctly so they couldn't use them for the restoration, but I've never heard anything like that about SW (maybe I missed it).

The only reference to a SW Technicolor source that I'm familiar with (as reported in some publication) is that George Lucas had a Tech print that he wanted used as color reference for the SE. I think that a lot of conjecture has sprung from that one reference, unfortunately.

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#384268
Topic
OT: Favorite Special Effects
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/384268/action/topic#384268
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PaulisDead2221 said:
I'm studying old school special effects and wanted to hear some of everybody's favorite visual feats in the trilogy.  The thing I love most about many of the effects is that they're amazingly simple and doable on even the tightest budget. 

My personal favorite is the starfields of the old trilogy, just holes poked into construction paper if I remember right.  It's amazing that an entire universe can be conveyed to the audience by poking a tack through something that can be bought at a crafts store for 85 cents.  Science fiction doesn't have to be a blockbuster game, we just need lower budget filmmakers to use a little practical imagination.


I think the starfields were created with pieces of black lucite (with pinholes poked in).

I really like the shot of the tie-fighter that gets 'electrocuted' and hurls towards the camera in ESB during the asteroid chase scene. I also love the 'pull away' shots of the Falcon in SW when it appears that it's moving very quickly away from the camera, when in fact it's the camera moving away from the model, and the various shots of the Falcon in the trilogy when the Falcon kind of banks/sways upward towards the camera and you can briefly see its underbelly.

The close-up shots of the Death Star (I) where you can see the little illuminated 'windows' are great, too.

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#382828
Topic
Only Imperial Stormtroopers... etc.
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/382828/action/topic#382828
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doubleofive said:



Mielr said:
bkev said:
Didn't Alec Guinness convince Lucas to kill off Obi-Wan because he couldn't stand the dialogue? I remember reading that SOMEWHERE...


I heard the exact opposite- that Guinness was so upset that the script was changed and his character was being killed off that he nearly quit the film. Lucas had to talk him down and explain the reasons that Ben's death would benefit the film, and he finally convinced Guinness to go on.


 


This is what that awesome Making of Star Wars released recently said.


That's where I read it, I'm sure.

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#382685
Topic
Only Imperial Stormtroopers... etc.
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/382685/action/topic#382685
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I don't think Ben ever planned to leave the Death Star. It became a kind of suicide mission once he realized what was happening and that Vader was there, and felt confident enough that Luke would carry on in his place. He figured he'd complete his task of disabling the tractor beam and distracting Vader & the stormtroopers so that the gang could escape.


bkev said:
Didn't Alec Guinness convince Lucas to kill off Obi-Wan because he couldn't stand the dialogue? I remember reading that SOMEWHERE...

I heard the exact opposite- that Guinness was so upset that the script was changed and his character was being killed off that he nearly quit the film. Lucas had to talk him down and explain the reasons that Ben's death would benefit the film, and he finally convinced Guinness to go on.

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#382111
Topic
GOUT image stabilization - Released
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/382111/action/topic#382111
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Arnie.d said:
Also something to consider to make the best set of all three movies, I noticed a difference in sharpness when I was playing with the GOUT a long time ago. I think The NTSC version of Star Wars is better than the PAL version and the PAL versions of Empire and Jedi are better than the NTSC version (it could also be the other way around). Anyway, you probably want Star Wars from one region and Empire and Jedi from the other region (ofcourse turn whatever PAL version used into NTSC and use Belbucus audio).


I thought the PAL versions were made from the same NTSC masters?

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#382098
Topic
Star Wars - Poorly Directed?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/382098/action/topic#382098
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TV's Frink said:

Bill Simmons said:

So let's name it the Kathleen Turner All-Stars. Some other good examples with help from the Mailbag Committee: Kirstie Alley; Susan Sarandon; Phyllis George; Belinda Carlisle; Carrie Fisher; Charlene Tilton; Mary Tyler Moore; Tyra Banks; Marianne Faithfull; Melanie Griffith; Delta Burke; Deborah Norville; Teri Garr; Cher; Brenda Vaccaro; Angie Dickinson; Brigitte Nielsen; Valerie Bertinelli; Lindsay Lohan (the youngest example ever); Ann Wilson; Elizabeth Taylor; Ann-Margret; Debbie Harry; Whitney Houston; and, of course, Jim Lampley.


I'm stunned Tyra Banks made that list- most of the other women on that list are old enough to be her mother or grandmother (?) When did she become UN-hot?

And even though Liz Taylor is in her 70's now- I find it hard to believe that anyone would be unaware that in her prime she was considered to be one of the most beautiful women who's ever lived.

I honestly did not know Brenda Vaccaro was once a hottie! LOL!


Ric Olie said:

You had to google me? How have you gotten through life without me to point out what you were looking at? I highly recommend you visit my website (link in my sig).

I did see your name/avatar on the last page- I just had no idea it was Star Wars-related. For some reason I have no memory of that character from TPM- and that's the only prequel film that I saw more than once. :-/

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#381902
Topic
Star Wars - Poorly Directed?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/381902/action/topic#381902
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xhonzi said:


Mielr said:
My first impression of Ric Olie when I was 12 was that he was the most stunning-looking male I'd ever seen, and I still remember how I felt when I watch SW, and he always makes the "top 3 sexiest/prettiest/handsomest devils from Naboo" lists, either.


 

Fixed.  :)

It's just too bad he always comes in behind Panaka.


Who are Ric Olie and Panaka? LOL. (real old-school OT'er here). ;-)

EDIT: nevermind, I just Googled them (Panaka is also apparently some sort of beverage?)

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#381898
Topic
Star Wars - Poorly Directed?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/381898/action/topic#381898
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xhonzi said:



Anchorhead said:


xhonzi said:

I always think she bears a striking resemblance to young Carrie Fisher.


I realize I'm biased, but the resemblance is minimal.

In my eyes - you'd be hard-pressed to find a woman as breathtakingly beautiful as Carrie Fisher was when she was young.


Is "funhouse mirror version of Carrie Fisher" a better comparison?

Or maybe this: She looks like how one might imagine old Carrie Fisher when she was young (assuming one did not know or have access to lovely pictures of the lady such as you posted.)

And why are you biased? Are you secretly Carrie Fisher's dad or something?



I have trouble NOT seeing Eddie Fisher when I look at Carrie. LOL. Granted, she was more attractive when she was young than she is now (but then, most people are). I think Carrie's intelligence and humor have always been her most attractive features, and she had a decent figure when she was thin. But I think Terri Nunn would have been a far more stunning Princess Leia- but probably not the right personality for the part.

But, to each their own.

My first impression of Mark Hamill when I was 11 was that he was the most stunning-looking male I'd ever seen, and I still remember exactly how I felt when I watch SW, yet he never made and of the "Top 100 Sexiest/Prettiest/Handsomest In Movies" lists, either.

And they've both aged badly, for whatever reasons.


Post
#378021
Topic
Star Wars OT & 1997 Special Edition - Various Projects Info (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/378021/action/topic#378021
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dark_jedi said:

@ Mielr,

So what do you think of v2's? you happy with ESB and do you like the layer-break position on these better? also do you like the position of the subs on v2 better than v1? I like the position better,I wish I would have done that from the start.

Thanks

 

 

I didn't have a chance to sit down and watch them all the way through yet, but I did pop them in to check the new subtitles and layer-breaks. The new layer breaks are better, I think, especially on ESB and ROTJ. I think the subtitles are fine either way- both are preferable to the horrid player-generated subs on the GOUT. BTW- I neglected to mention earlier how great the various soundtracks are! I know you were attempting to add the '85 stereo mix to ESB- did that work out or is it the same stereo mix that was on V1?
Post
#377878
Topic
Info Wanted: Anamorphic OUT w/ 5.1 audio? (for OCP's Classic Edition Trilogy)
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/377878/action/topic#377878
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TV's Frink said:

I'm wondering if anyone has done something similar but with 5.1

dark_jedi did anamorphic versions of the GOUT using G-force's stabilization script, and an anti-aliasing script. He also added 5.1 mixes to all three (which I think were hybrid mixes done by hairy_hen?**) The 3 films also have 2.0 mixes, and SW has the mono mix as well:

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Star-Wars-Trilogy-Projects-GOUT-sourced/topic/10550/

 

 

** http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/adding-LFE-to-GOUT/topic/9728/