Mike O

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Post: #243344
Topic: IMPORTANT! ATTENTION FANS OF DISNEY'S GARGOYLES AND ANIMATION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/243344/action/topic#243344
Time: 12-Sep-2006 6:54 PM

I'd only assist on this cause if Disney kept on its broken promise to finish a restored version of "The Thief and the Cobbler" closer to Richard William's original vision. THAT'S worth saving, not Gargoyles...

Well, Gagoyles may be off the air, but imagine if Firefly had not only been cancelled, but we didn't even have our DVD sets? I know nothing of The Thief and the Cobbler, but we need all of the help that we can get. Plus, remember, Diney split from Maramax. That might be why they bailed. Please, I impore you, we need all of the help that we can get!

Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
I never really got into Gargoyles, but I've always heard it was really good.

Not releasing the whole show on DVD is just stupid.

Can we count on you to spread the word as far and wide as possible?

Creator Greg Wiseman told fans at ComicCon that if they each told 1,000 people to buy the last two sets then that would be enough. The recent Gargoyles comics sold out, so Disney must have noticed, so this would be perfect timing. Sales have been reasonably steady, we just need to raise them.

Post: #243326
Topic: Tune Into G4 This Afternoon...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/243326/action/topic#243326
Time: 12-Sep-2006 6:29 PM

Dang, someone beat me to it! What do you have against Hunt, Gaffer Tape? I just hope that he's carefull. If he's respectful, this could be a major victory for us all. Is there any way to contact Hunt?

Post: #243241
Topic: 2006 OT DVD: Well today's the day...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/243241/action/topic#243241
Time: 12-Sep-2006 2:44 PM

Originally posted by: Zion
Too bad I can't actually merge threads. The new software will be here sooner than you think though...

You keep saying that

Post: #243240
Topic: 2004 / 2006 OT DVD: Crazy Idea
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/243240/action/topic#243240
Time: 12-Sep-2006 2:43 PM

If it is done RESPECTFULLY, I think that sending back the SEs could be a simple yet effective idea. It may not radically change things, but it will send a message, but since so few people are involved, it might not do much. Remember repect. Here's a personal favorite, straight, polite, and to the point:

"We want you to be aware that we have no plans-now or in the future-to restore the earlier versions."

Then I have no plans, now or in the future, to purchase any future Star Wars and Lucasfilm DVDs, magazines, comic books, action figures,model kits, video games, toys, or any other products ever again until the originals are properly restored.

Simple but effective.

Post: #243237
Topic: IMPORTANT! ATTENTION FANS OF DISNEY'S GARGOYLES AND ANIMATION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/243237/action/topic#243237
Time: 12-Sep-2006 2:38 PM

We need all the help we can get.

Post: #243236
Topic: HollywoodLand
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/243236/action/topic#243236
Time: 12-Sep-2006 2:37 PM

I'm more interested in The Black Dalia. I'm wondering a James Elroy novel can hit out of the park like L.A. Confidentail was, even by DePalma, who has, of late, been floundering.

Post: #243234
Topic: The Hobbit starting in 2007?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/243234/action/topic#243234
Time: 12-Sep-2006 2:34 PM

Indeed. I agree with the comments about taking this a grain of salt, but remember the following: DVD Times stated has Jackson announced that he would make The Hobbit, and my personal opinions about the people who run it aside, they are a reliable source. Two, the reason it was held up was a rights issue, so if New Line have the rights to Rankin-Bass's version then think where it is leading. I agree about Shore and Jackson. A pairing up there with Spielberg/Williams, Burton/Elfman, and Cronenberg/Shore.

Post: #243176
Topic: Poll: Do You Think the OUT will be Released Again in '07?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/243176/action/topic#243176
Time: 12-Sep-2006 12:06 PM

Originally posted by: ESHBG

Originally posted by: Mike O
That's the attiutde that I like to see! I just hope that you're right. It's always possible that Lucas, especially judging from his comments on the MTV interview, really and truly didn't think that the OOT would sell well. I would make perfect sense for a remastered OOT to appear sometime in the future, and soon, particularly in the 2007 box. I just don't want to get my hopes up and then have them dashed.
I think Lucas is a pretty downright evil business man...smart, but evil. I sometimes feel like he made those comments in a mocking way, to get more people to buy them. He KNOWS and has known the demand for these is there, so for him to play it off like he is not sure is a total joke IMO.

Money talks and bullshit walks. Leonard Nimoy didn't like playing Mr. Spock either, but when he was offered enough money, he put the ears back on. Lucas has seen how pissed off fans got at the treatement of the OOT in the September release, and he knows that there is a market for a restoration. It's just a question of how willing he is to put aside his ego.

Well let's use the angle that he didn't want these OUT releases for a second. But they are out today anyway, aren't they? So he put aside his ego long enough to allow these to come out! If it can happen once, it is sure to happen again becasuse these are selling like hot cakes. LFL has shown us all time and time again that they will go back on their words, lie, bend the truth, etc., if they can make a buck off of it...IMO the OUT will be no exception, and we will see it again, completely remastered and restored...

I hope to God that you are right. And, as I've state on numerous occasions, I firmly believe that Lucas anything but stupid, especially when it comes to marketing. Say what you will about the man, there's a reason he's rich. I see your logic, and I agree with it. I just hope that Lucas does.

Originally posted by: auraloffalwaffle
Mike! Put your PMs on!! Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease!!!

And a proper OOT release can still be achieved. Have faith, people!

I hope so too. And at the moment, PMs wouldn't make much difference. My computer is on fritz. It's hard to even post here.

Post: #243172
Topic: 2006 OT DVD: Well today's the day...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/243172/action/topic#243172
Time: 12-Sep-2006 12:03 PM

Nope. Until I see a remastered OOT, I'll greet this with the same enthusiasm that I do all other Lucasfilm products, with the possible exception of Indy 4: "that's nice."

Post: #243168
Topic: BACK TO SCHOOL
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/243168/action/topic#243168
Time: 12-Sep-2006 11:49 AM

Second year of college.

Post: #243167
Topic: SUPERMAN RETURNS REVIEW
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/243167/action/topic#243167
Time: 12-Sep-2006 11:47 AM

70+ years later, the Fleisher shorts hold up just as well as anything made today, and are often better. Their influence on Japanese anime as a whole is even clear.

Timm's Supes, though, was an excellent character, and seems to be what Singer was attemping to do with SR. "The Late Mr. Kent," for example, explores Superman's dual identity superbly.

Post: #243166
Topic: The Hobbit starting in 2007?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/243166/action/topic#243166
Time: 12-Sep-2006 11:43 AM

Originally posted by: lordjedi

Originally posted by: Mike O
I'm just hoping that he makes up with Howard Shore. How awesome would it be to hear his score thundering thought Jackson's blistering vision of the Battle of Five armies.

Makes up? What happened between them?

"Creative differences" on King Kong. Which I would conjecture means a clash of egos.

Post: #243165
Topic: 9/11 5 years later
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/243165/action/topic#243165
Time: 12-Sep-2006 11:42 AM

It was my freshman year of high school. I was in science class. I remember it like it happend yeterday. God rest the souls of those who died that day, and here's to the heroic men and women that did what they could to save the lives of others. Some real heroes.

Post: #243164
Topic: Could Lucas screw movies up anymore (Indy 4)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/243164/action/topic#243164
Time: 12-Sep-2006 11:40 AM

Originally posted by: theredbaron
Yeah, the quote pretty much suggests that he honestly believes that TPM was ill-received because it defied expectations, rather than it was simply a crap movie, which it was...

It's kind of like the gimmicks: "We're making films in 3-D and improving special effects techiques. How can we attract the audience if this does not work?"

Um, have you tried making good movies?

Have you guys seen the the script for AvP 2? Aye aye Aye is it bad.

Please God, no more AvP. I'll just go watch my disc of Cameron's Aliens, thanks. It's just as entertaing twenty years later.

Post: #243162
Topic: Poll: Do You Think the OUT will be Released Again in '07?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/243162/action/topic#243162
Time: 12-Sep-2006 11:36 AM

That's the attiutde that I like to see! I just hope that you're right. It's always possible that Lucas, especially judging from his comments on the MTV interview, really and truly didn't think that the OOT would sell well. I would make perfect sense for a remastered OOT to appear sometime in the future, and soon, particularly in the 2007 box. I just don't want to get my hopes up and then have them dashed.

I just cant see him spending the big bucks restoring something he doesnt like

Post: #243156
Topic: Poll: Do You Think the OUT will be Released Again in '07?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/243156/action/topic#243156
Time: 12-Sep-2006 11:16 AM

I can picture a sort of half-ass presentation of the originals to shut us up.

Then it wouldn't shut us up

Post: #243155
Topic: 2006 OT DVD: Are my eyes deceiving me?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/243155/action/topic#243155
Time: 12-Sep-2006 11:15 AM

mverta, you have returned!

Post: #243153
Topic: www.dvdempire.com O-OT pre-orders rankings (updated)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/243153/action/topic#243153
Time: 12-Sep-2006 11:14 AM

Well, now Lucas knows that there is a market for the OOT. The fans have put their money where their mouth are. Let's see if he will.

Post: #243151
Topic: 2006 OT DVD: Got mine!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/243151/action/topic#243151
Time: 12-Sep-2006 11:14 AM

Originally posted by: ESHBG

However, the non-anamorphic picture of the original version is a real let down and I’m convinced it’s been a deliberate move to leave scope to sell us the anamorphic version rumoured for release next year.

Interesting. I know there are rumors about the '07 boxed set, but now there are rumors about an anamorphic OUT too? I imagine the reviewer is simply referring to the same rumor, but hey, you never know...

I hope so, but that just seems to be too good to be true.

Post: #243148
Topic: 2006 OT DVD: Poll: So What are You Going to Do?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/243148/action/topic#243148
Time: 12-Sep-2006 11:08 AM

Originally posted by: Mielr
Well, I've been suckered into buying nearly every OT video release in the last 15 years, including the SE laserdiscs and the '04 DVDs (and I don't even LIKE the SEs!)

But, there's NO WAY I'm going to buy any $100 boxed set (or whatever it's going to cost) that includes the PTs and another set of the SEs. IF they include new transfers of the OOT, I'll buy it and sell the other discs on eBay, but failing that- that's it, I'm done.

I agree. If it includes a remastered OOT, I'll pay absolutely any price. Otherwise, my answer is the same as it is to everything that LFL releases until I get what I want: "that's nice."

Originally posted by: ESHBG

Originally posted by: Mike O
Yeah, I'm not really sure what they're aiming at with the '07 box set. More SE changes? Some extras? WTF, who's buying that??

Hopefully, nobody, but probably many people.

I don't know, I think even the die hard SW fans who must own everything are getting a little burned out and I don't think it will sell as well as Lucas thinks. With the 09/12 release, I HIGHLY doubt someone could justify owning the same movie 3 times (SE) and 2 times (PT) no matter how much they like SW.

Lucas is screwing himself big time with this Sept. release IMO, and he would've been better off giving the OOT proper treatment and waiting until next year and doing the '07 boxed set. He could've started the marketing now and created A LOT of hype. But alas, his poor business decisions have gotten the best of him yet again...

Well, it seems that anything with the SW logo attached will sell well, but I just think that, apart from a remastered OOT, Lucas doesn't have much left to sell. You just can't except LFL to think that way. Most people didn't like the SEs to begin with, and I doubt that even those who did will be interesed in more changes. As I've stated many times, that would make sense: use all of this stuff to test the waters and then make the 2007 set the ultimate SW set. But Lucas's ego is apparently impossible to contend with, especially with Rick McCallum.

Post: #243147
Topic: 2004 / 2006 OT DVD: Crazy Idea
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/243147/action/topic#243147
Time: 12-Sep-2006 11:06 AM

Originally posted by: Mielr
From what I've heard from people who got the discs early, the DVDs are identical to the 2004 discs. Sorry.

LFL are just trying to get rid of their excess 2004 stock since so few people want the 2004 discs anymore, presumably. What, I wonder, could they do to increase sales, especially for the 30th anniversary? Hmm.

Post: #242413
Topic: Steve Irwin DIED!!!!!!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/242413/action/topic#242413
Time: 9-Sep-2006 12:12 AM

That's very sad indeed. He'll be missed.

Post: #242411
Topic: SUPERMAN RETURNS REVIEW
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/242411/action/topic#242411
Time: 9-Sep-2006 12:10 AM

Originally posted by: theredbaron
Does anyone now if it will be possible to obtain the Donner Cut on its own? I don't wanna get III and IV!

The Donner Cut won't even be in the boxed set, according to The Digital Bits (and yes, I know Mr. Sylvester's feelings about Mr. Hunt).

I was afraid that they'd pull a Robocop and make the good version available only in the boxed set so that diehards like me would buy it.

And let us not forget that the first two films wil also include remasters of the masterful Fleisher Superman shorts.

Post: #242410
Topic: The Hobbit starting in 2007?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/242410/action/topic#242410
Time: 9-Sep-2006 12:08 AM

I'm just hoping that he makes up with Howard Shore. How awesome would it be to hear his score thundering thought Jackson's blistering vision of the Battle of Five armies.

And he needs Shore and especially McKellen, as well as WETA has original LOTR team. Could he have Lee do a cameo for us Hammer fans

Post: #242409
Topic: Star Trek 40
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/242409/action/topic#242409
Time: 9-Sep-2006 12:07 AM

Originally posted by: theredbaron
I'm not even a Star Trek fan, and I still think it sounds good.

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