Mielr

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Post: #232693
Topic: Lawsuit on George Lucas?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/232693/action/topic#232693
Time: 6-Aug-2006 2:03 AM

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Post: #232691
Topic: Addresses and contacts for various media outlets go in here
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/232691/action/topic#232691
Time: 6-Aug-2006 1:53 AM

Originally posted by: darkhelmet

We can do this every week- each with a new place to concentrate on.

Having a focus for our letters would be good, but don't let that stop you from writing multiple places. The more media hears from us, the better. I imagine that they discuss influxes of letters like this between their publications to gauge how hot of an issue it is.

True, but there's nothing to stop people from writing to multiple places now, either. I think that focusing on one place at a time would be less likely to scare people off, and may seem more manageable.

Post: #232621
Topic: Original Trilogy DVD Article in Total Film
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/232621/action/topic#232621
Time: 5-Aug-2006 5:32 PM

Well, I sent complaint emails to the addresses above- maybe it would be good if we all did that. If the publicity folks at LFL hear enough complaints, maybe they'll at least put a muzzle on RM.

Post: #232490
Topic: Original Trilogy DVD Article in Total Film
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/232490/action/topic#232490
Time: 5-Aug-2006 2:47 AM

I've sent a letter of complaint to Lucasfilm publicity regarding RM's comments in Total Film. He really pisses me off.

lynne.hale@lucasfilm.com
jim.ward@lucasfilm.com
john.singh@lucasfilm.com
publicity@lucasfilm.com

This is what I wrote:

Dear (Ms. Hale, Mr. Ward, Mr. Singh),

I am extremely upset about some of the comments Rick McCallum made in his interview for the most recent issue of Total Film magazine.

His comments were highly insulting and demeaning to Star Wars fans and I think he should apologize for what he said.

Until he does, I will not spend one more cent on any product with his or George Lucas' name on it.

Sincerely,

Mielr

I also gave RM a piece of my mind. I won't post that email here.

I have no idea if this is a real email address, but I'd like to think it is - LOL!
rick.mccallum@lucasfilm.com

Post: #232424
Topic: Lawsuit on George Lucas?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/232424/action/topic#232424
Time: 5-Aug-2006 1:11 AM

I'd like to sue GL just to piss him off! LOL! I agree with Obi Jeewhyen that there is a possibility of a class-action lawsuit for making us re-buy the DVDs just 2 years after they were released, by essentially withholding the OOT DVDs in 2004. I got a $20 check a couple of years ago from a class-action suit that was brought about because the major CD labels were charging too much for CDs...and I've been included in a few other suits as well.

But...the idea is still pretty far-fetched, unless there are some lawyers willing to donate their services.

Post: #232416
Topic: Idea: My weird idea for a hybrid OT project
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/232416/action/topic#232416
Time: 5-Aug-2006 12:44 AM

That's a great idea- one that I'd like to tackle myself - if I had the right equipment for it, that is. If I were going to do it, I'd leave the Luke/Biggs scene in SW, but other than that, I'd leave out all the SE changes except for the shots that they "cleaned up", but didn't "alter".

But no, I don't think you've been hanging out on these forums too much.

Post: #232405
Topic: Addresses and contacts for various media outlets go in here
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/232405/action/topic#232405
Time: 5-Aug-2006 12:27 AM

Originally posted by: darkhelmet

Edit: Do you guys think this warrants its own thread once the writing begins?

Yes, please start a new thread giving the contact info etc., that way, everyone will see it, and we can all post in the thread that we've sent our email (or snail mail letter), and we can post what we've written if we want to.

We can do this every week- each with a new place to concentrate on.

Thanks for all your help!

Post: #232303
Topic: Making the best of a bad situation
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/232303/action/topic#232303
Time: 4-Aug-2006 5:31 PM

I was always under the impression that the telecine transfers made for the DC/Faces sets, were never released in PAL format.

Post: #232300
Topic: Addresses and contacts for various media outlets go in here
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/232300/action/topic#232300
Time: 4-Aug-2006 5:28 PM

Just for good measure, I might as well put this in here too. I have no idea if this is a legit address, but it's worth a try (not that it will do any good even if it does reach him...but you can let your feelings be known, at least):

rick.mccallum@lucasfilm.com

Post: #232298
Topic: Poll: Who is more annoying, Lucas or McCallum?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/232298/action/topic#232298
Time: 4-Aug-2006 5:24 PM

I tried this address and it wasn't returned to me, so....

rick.mccallum@lucasfilm.com

Post: #232296
Topic: Original Trilogy DVD Article in Total Film
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/232296/action/topic#232296
Time: 4-Aug-2006 5:23 PM

This one might be worth a shot:

rick.mccallum@lucasfilm.com

Post: #232287
Topic: Help Wanted: an MP3 of the 1.0 mono mix from the pre-ANH projects?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/232287/action/topic#232287
Time: 4-Aug-2006 5:04 PM

Thanks to DM, I was able to hear the mono version last night.

The biggest difference I heard, of course, was Aunt Beru's voice- it sounds like it might be the same actress, only with alternate vocal takes. I actually prefer the takes on the stereo prints. On the mono version, her reading of the lines doesn't sound as convincing.

I also noticed that the voices sound sped-up. Was this because it originated from a PAL TV broadcast?

Post: #232281
Topic: ROTS in the IMDb top 250!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/232281/action/topic#232281
Time: 4-Aug-2006 4:54 PM

I think ROTS is the best of the PT- but that's not saying very much. It's still a mess. I'm glad that the OT films rank higher.

Post: #232116
Topic: Addresses and contacts for various media outlets go in here
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/232116/action/topic#232116
Time: 4-Aug-2006 12:42 AM

Let's get started with the email-writing campaign right now. Nobody seems to have any ideas as to what company to pick first, so why don't you do the honors, and we'll get the ball rolling ASAP.

Post: #232115
Topic: first viewing of the 2006 OOT dvds
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/232115/action/topic#232115
Time: 4-Aug-2006 12:39 AM

I've been trying to get something like that started in the "contacts" thread. I think my idea of picking one organization every week for us to write to is a good one.

Why don't you decide which one we write to first, DH?

Post: #232110
Topic: Original Trilogy DVD Article in Total Film
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/232110/action/topic#232110
Time: 4-Aug-2006 12:25 AM

Originally posted by: JennyS1138
Am I the only one who finds Rick McCallum significantly more annoying than Geoge Lucas?

I actually agree with you about that- even though GL is the one responsible for this whole mess, I find Rick McCallum to be even more irritating. I don't know why, maybe it's because I once had some respect for GL, while RM I pretty much detested from the start because of his involvement with the SEs, I can't even stand the way the man speaks. Where's that email address....? (LOL!)

Post: #231970
Topic: Lucas' real reasons for changing the OT
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/231970/action/topic#231970
Time: 3-Aug-2006 3:54 PM

Personally, I don't consider the freeze-frame blip to be a flaw- there was really no other way for them to do that back then, and they'd have to really do some serious digital alterations to fix it, I think (maybe like they did in the 'greedo shoots first' scene in the SE, where Han's body moves so unnaturally). No thanks- I'd rather they just left the freeze-frame jump the way it is.

Post: #231962
Topic: Original Trilogy DVD Article in Total Film
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/231962/action/topic#231962
Time: 3-Aug-2006 3:37 PM

F**K Rick 'kiss-ass' McCallum! I HATE him!

How disrespectful and condescending can you be? Asshole.

(sorry...LOL! I had to vent!

)

Post: #231956
Topic: The "original crawl" on the new DVD is NOT the original crawl! Screenshot inside!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/231956/action/topic#231956
Time: 3-Aug-2006 3:31 PM

Originally posted by: SKot

Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
To me, a change is a change, and none of them should exist. And the minor problems never really bothered anybody enough to keep it from becoming a successful movie, so there's really no point in changing it twenty years later.

But to not buy the Indy trilogy just becasue of a missing reflection (and maybe some cleaned-up matte lines)? It's your choice, but it seems like overkill to me, not to mention depriving yourself of those films on a worthwhile format.

--SKot

I agree. Personally, I never noticed the snake's reflection, so I didn't notice it was missing- LOL! Little mistakes like that -reflections, matte lines, etc., - tend to take me out of the movie when I do notice them, so I prefer it if they're not there.

When I heard about GL doing the SE, I was hoping that they would fix the garbage mattes because they always annoyed me. Nobody is more of a purist than me, but I don't consider that to be an "alteration" since they were never intended to be there in the first place. They did everything they could at the time to try to make them less visible.

However, like I've said before, it's ironic because with all the changes to the films for the SEs, they didn't even fix the matte lines/garbage mattes completely.

Post: #231948
Topic: Addresses and contacts for various media outlets go in here
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/231948/action/topic#231948
Time: 3-Aug-2006 3:13 PM

Originally posted by: darkhelmet
It seems likely that Lucas is afraid that the market (read: "the fans to whom he's been a god all of these years") might prefer the OOT to his "artistic intentions" and deny the SEs in their choice of which version to buy. The issue seems to lie with Lucas alone.

That's why it's so important that these DVDs sell well. It's kind of a double-edged sword, I know, on the one hand we should boycott them because of their quality (but that might be mis-interpreted as a lack of demand), on the other hand we need to buy these to show exactly how much of a demand there is, in SPITE of the sub-par transfers- which is why I think the latter option is the way to go. At the same time, we also need to embarrass Lucasfilm with their whole 'THX-attention-to-quality' credo.

Post: #231814
Topic: Finally Hocked the SE
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/231814/action/topic#231814
Time: 3-Aug-2006 1:28 AM

I have a copy of ROTS that I bought several months ago, and I still haven't opened it. I've decided to return it to the store and exchange it for the Richard Donner cut of Superman II when it comes out in Nov., which I'm REALLY excited about seeing.

Post: #231811
Topic: www.dvdempire.com O-OT pre-orders rankings (updated)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/231811/action/topic#231811
Time: 3-Aug-2006 1:24 AM

The marketing will likely start towards the end of August, getting ready for the 9/12 release, with a big push after Thanksgiving for the Christmas shopping season, reminding people that they're going out of print after December 31st.

Post: #231809
Topic: Saber fighting as kids....
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/231809/action/topic#231809
Time: 3-Aug-2006 1:17 AM

Yeah, they had a whistle at the top that made sound as you swung it through the air.

I've never had one, but my nephew did.

Post: #231808
Topic: The "original crawl" on the new DVD is NOT the original crawl! Screenshot inside!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/231808/action/topic#231808
Time: 3-Aug-2006 1:11 AM

Originally posted by: borisKeep in mind that I refuse to purchase the tampered Indy trilogy - I consider that tampered, I don't consider the Sep release tampered.

Why do you consider the Indy trilogy to be tampered? Because they erased the snake's reflection from the plexi?

Post: #231805
Topic: If Star Wars flopped....
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/231805/action/topic#231805
Time: 3-Aug-2006 1:04 AM

I've said this before, because I know this topic has been discussed before, but if Star Wars had been a flop, it would be a very well-thought-of cult classic today, probably with midnight showings in every city. It would never have had a "special edition", and it would have had an anamorphic DVD release 5 years ago.

Star Wars wouldn't have had to have been bad to have been a flop, plenty of good movies have flopped. It didn't flop because the planets were in proper alignment that week, and George Lucas was fortunte enough to have tons of comic book, sci-fi and fantasy fans (the same one's he's giving the finger to now) spread news about the film via word-of-mouth.