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#293514
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2007 Star Wars DVD Collection Release
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/293514/action/topic#293514
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[Originally posted by: ESHBG
I still think that this will be a typical Lucas fast one where they say they won't but still do, and we WILL see the OOT again sometime very soon.


I hope to god that you're right, but I've long since learned not to trust to hope, for it is forsaken in these lands.. As I say, even assuming that there WILL be a DVD set, if there's no restored OOT, then, pardon my language, but I really don't give a fuck.

16 discs? That makes no sense. Let's pretend for a moment that hell has frozen over and the OOT is in the set. The PT+the SEs=6+the special feature discs for the PT that already came out=9. Even if there is a god and the OOT was included too, that's still only equal 12. If I were dreaming, I would say that there were extras for each movie (PT and SE) then that would=12 discs, plus the OOT=15+random disc of other extras=16. But really, I've long since given up even dreaming about something like that happening. Again, as I say, Lucas knows that there's a dedicated group of fans who want a restored OOT, and it would be ideal to release it in a massive boxed set because he would know that people like me would pay pretty much anything for them, but I doubt that they'd do that. It makes too much sense.
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#293513
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One more you lose George....
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/293513/action/topic#293513
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Originally posted by: skyjedi2005
you mean on dvd. it is not the first time being released on home video the theatrical cut was released by criterion on laserdisc.

now all we need is the theatrical cut of jaws.


The LD SAID it was the theatrical cut, but wasn't; this evidently will be. What theatrical version of Jaws? I was under the impression that there was only one version of Jaws.

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#293467
Topic
2007 Star Wars DVD Collection Release
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/293467/action/topic#293467
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Originally posted by: klokwerk
Over on the front of The Digital Bits's front page at the moment there is mention of a rumor that at ComiCon this set will be announced. Hrm. I do agree its a bit late for it to come out in September. Let's hope that it is coming out though and that it will be before xmas this year.


If it doesn't include the OOT, what the hell difference would it make?
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#293285
Topic
Lucas wearing "Han shot first" shirt during Indy IV production
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/293285/action/topic#293285
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Originally posted by: JediRandy
Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
Don't worry too much about JR, guys. He lives to work himself into a tizzy over us on these boards. It's an odd sort of love.


The only think that gets me in a tizzy is finally seeing how you edited Jar Jar Binks out of Ep1. That'll rock.


And yet the original version will still be available in crisp, high quality.
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#292934
Topic
A New Direction For The Petition
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/292934/action/topic#292934
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Originally posted by: lordjedi
Originally posted by: Mike O
Originally posted by: zombie84
Trust me, the mysteriously missing deleted scenes will be released--its Lucasfilm's "ace in the hole" to get people to buy the OT for the third time.


I will say it again: if a release has the OOT restored and remastered properly, I will pay any price.


I wouldn't say such things on a public forum. Next thing you know, LFL is releasing it just the way we want it, but at a cost of $500.


The sad thing is, I might consider it; I've always felt that, from a marketing standpoint, it would be brilliant of them to release it an a package with all of the other stuff they've been considering to ensanre me. As I said, any release at all would make me ecstatic.
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#292920
Topic
A New Direction For The Petition
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/292920/action/topic#292920
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Originally posted by: zombie84
Trust me, the mysteriously missing deleted scenes will be released--its Lucasfilm's "ace in the hole" to get people to buy the OT for the third time.

I will say it again: if a release has the OOT restored and remastered properly, I will pay any price.

Forgive me if it's been posted already, but last week McCallum officially spoke up on the matter. In a nutshell, no HD until there is a clear winner in the format war.


Not a surprise; that's what all of us expected and figured would be the policy of LFL from day one.
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#292850
Topic
Lucas wearing "Han shot first" shirt during Indy IV production
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/292850/action/topic#292850
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Originally posted by: JediRandy
Originally posted by: Mike O
Originally posted by: JediRandy
Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
Shouldn't you be finishing up editing someone else's work?


Getting there....glad to see you're still interested in the project. There's obviously not enough excitement in your own life to keep you away from these boards.


Yeah, I was just talking to your Assistant Editor the other day... he said it sucks.

http://www.crimelibrary.com/graphics/photos/serial_killers/notorious/serial_killer_movies/Leatherface200.jpg


Yet he still makes the original version available in high quality. Unlike a certain some else who edits other people's work. Some who's initials are GL.


Oh the ol' "GL didn't have anything to do with the last 2 OT movies"... that's a classic!


I've never said that he didn't have anything to do with any of them; quite the contrary. He had a lot to do with them. Of course, the crux of the issue, which you keeps sidestepping, is that the original versions aren't available to us, except in a substandard release. You keep criticizing people for making fan edits (Which I don't, by the way.), yet GL is doing the same thing to the OOT, and you don't seem to have a problem with that. This is what I struggle with. Plus, fan edits will be seen by, what, a hundred people, tops? Hardly anyone knows that they exist. That's hardly rewriting history on movie that changed the face of the cultural landscape. It'd be like if I drew a mustache on a classmate in my yearbook or wrote fanfiction. It doesn't change the work or the person; I just amuse myself. Yet, GL does. AND THE ORIGINAL VERSION IS NOT AVAILABLE IN THE QUALITY THAT IT DESERVES. And you have no problem with him.

Besides, they don't exist anymore. He said so himself. So that means that people can do whatever they damn well please with them. If the don't exist, he has no right to get down on bootleggers. Fans want to preserve the movies, because they clearly love them a hell of a lot more than he does.
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#292829
Topic
Lucas wearing "Han shot first" shirt during Indy IV production
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/292829/action/topic#292829
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Originally posted by: JediRandy
Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
Shouldn't you be finishing up editing someone else's work?


Getting there....glad to see you're still interested in the project. There's obviously not enough excitement in your own life to keep you away from these boards.


Yeah, I was just talking to your Assistant Editor the other day... he said it sucks.

http://www.crimelibrary.com/graphics/photos/serial_killers/notorious/serial_killer_movies/Leatherface200.jpg


Yet he still makes the original version available in high quality. Unlike a certain some else who edits other people's work. Some who's initials are GL.
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#292745
Topic
A New Direction For The Petition
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/292745/action/topic#292745
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Originally posted by: Mielr
As far as I'm concerned, the blue tint and the crushed blacks in the '04 DVDs is a non-issue since I refuse to watch the SEs- but in all honesty, I wouldn't mind if Lowry gave a similar "blue" treatment to the films again as long as they were the 77/80/83 versions (in HD). The sound issues with the '04 DVDs (like the missing force theme from the death star attack) were actually more bothersome to me than the color issues (the one time I watched them, that is).

But then, I'm not as much of a purist as some. I don't care about the "original-ORIGINAL" soundtracks- the ones they did for the DC/Faces laserdiscs (that were ported over to the '06 DVDs) are fine to me, and I don't really care about the original scroll (since I saw SW for the first time theatrically in '82 with the amended scroll already added).

I just want the non-CGI'd versions in HD now, and like I've said here many times previously, the '06 DVDs were the last video purchase I'm making from Lucasfilm LTD until they are released.


It'd be easy to include all of the necessary soundtracks and the original crawl, especially with amount of space HD would have.
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#292705
Topic
Lucas wearing "Han shot first" shirt during Indy IV production
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/292705/action/topic#292705
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Originally posted by: JediRandy
Bottom line is, wearing that shirt got the fanboy panties in a major twist... hell, they're so twisted they're in a knot! Maybe ol' Evil George is able to have a laugh and fanboys are still treating this stuff like it's a life or death situation.


Ok, fine, but that doesn't mean it's literally being compared to a life-and-death situation. There's a difference between people dying and a set of films.
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#292596
Topic
A New Direction For The Petition
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/292596/action/topic#292596
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Originally posted by: SilverWook
MST3K fans once got together to take out a full page ad in Variety to save the show, so that sort of thing is certainly feasable.

Yeah, that's exactly what I was thinking of.

Isn't the simplest thing for the petition to just be "Hey, release the Original version Star Wars trilogy on Bluray"? I don't have a bluray player, but it's simple, clear, and requires a new transfer. (Bluray because it's Fox.)


Unless HD wins the format war. And then there will be whatever comes after HD and BR. The OOT needs respect always, regardless of the format.
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#292566
Topic
A New Direction For The Petition
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/292566/action/topic#292566
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Originally posted by: vbangle
Originally posted by: SilverWook
If 5-25-77 is a hit when it comes out, that might renew interest in the original film. We would really need someone like Roger Ebert in our corner though...
What?


We'd need someone with clout willing to champion the OOT; Kevin Smith, Leonard Maltin, Robert A. Harris, whomever. We'd also need to take out adds in magazines if possible, and do everything in our power full fucking force.
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#292500
Topic
Lucas wearing "Han shot first" shirt during Indy IV production
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/292500/action/topic#292500
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Except that one results in 3000 troops dying plus countless others and the other is a make-pretend kids movie.


I've been saying for years some fans need to get a grip on reality and quotes like that one put a big giant bow on it.


It was an analogy, not a direct comparision. I think that thousands of deaths are far more important than a set of films. I think that anyone with a brain would feel that way. I was just an analogy. And lets not get into a political discussion.
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#292499
Topic
Lucas wearing "Han shot first" shirt during Indy IV production
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/292499/action/topic#292499
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Originally posted by: ESHBG
I think Lucas is so screwed up these days that he is going to clean up the OUT and act like it was his idea to do that all along. Soon he will be saying crap like, "I never really wanted the SEs, but I was listening to so many people around me..." He will do a total 180 and pretend that the public were the ones that forced him to do all of this crap...





If he does that, I'd be ecstatic. Really, I don't care what his cockamamy reason would be as long as I had the DVDs that I wanted.
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#292156
Topic
Funny stories
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/292156/action/topic#292156
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Originally posted by: sean wookie
Now, I'm sure many of you have encountered little shits in supermarkets. Little kids running about and knocking things over, being rude, walking all over their parents, you know the kind. But the worst are the biters. Yes, those little cunts that feel it is okay to bite you whenever they feel like it.

Okay /b/, here's the best part. A biter got me today when I was grocery stopping. He broke the fucking skin, too. This was when the gears started turning, the moment I saw a tiny sprickle of blood on the little shit's teeth as he was grinning at me like the little cunt he is. I made my eyes get wide, and started screaming "SHIT! SHIT!". Now, my good friend, Tom we'll call him, was there too, and he instantly picked up on it. He started shouting "FUCK! MAYBE HE DIDN'T GET IT! FUCK!". By now, the kid is scared shitless and starts crying, and instantly, Mizz Mom appears out of nowhere and starts getting pissy at us for yelling at her kid.

Here's the kicker, I look her straight in the eye and say, 'Mam, get your son tested as soon as possible, he just bit me and I'm... I'm FUCKING HIV POSITIVE.

And now there is silence. Not a peep in the entire store. The brat knows he jut fucked up big time because his mom isn't defending his ass. She just stares at me wide eyed. I walk away from them, buy my shit from the wide eyed cashier, all the while blood is dripping from my calf, making a nice little trail on the floor. And, just s we leave, we start to hear the mother sobbing. Sobbing like the cunt she is.

I have never felt any more satisfaction than the moment I heard that sob.


That's not funny. It's really sad and disturbing. Really, really, really disturbing.