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#228158
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first viewing of the 2006 OOT dvds
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/228158/action/topic#228158
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Originally posted by: CO
Translation: We are getting LEGAL bootleg quality we already have.

Fuck him, I just don't care anymore. Lucas has totally turned me off as a diehard OT fan, and you know what is coming in a couple years:

"Due to popular demand, The O-OT on DVD fully restored."

What can we do anymore, the man is the Emperor and doesn't give a shit about anything but himself.

Goodbye Mr. Lucas.


He softening. Don't give up yet. God willing, the restoration will come down the pike, and soon. And the bashing of fans of the OOT on the forums of that website borders on frightening.
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#228154
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Try to take it easy with the Lucas bashing.
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/228154/action/topic#228154
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As far as the behind the scenes books and programmes tell, he isn't really at home in the director's chair.

He himself has admitted it.

Maybe he should spend more time writing since that does seem to be something he is really good at.


Lucas is good at writing stoires. He is good at structuring them. Look atRaiders of the Lost Ark or The Empire Strikes Back. His problem lies with writing dialogue. He is a fantastic producer because he is skilled technician and craftsman, his problem lies with storytelling. He is unquestionably talented and intelligent. He is simply misdirecting his abilities at the moment.

...maybe sometime he will admit it and settle down on these films.


He will, probably soon enough. Remember "Now we'll find out if people really wanted the originals or if they wanted the improved versions. It will all come out in the end. With the 30th anniversary approaching, we appear to have at last reached some point of reckoning. Lucas appears to want to go head to head with the fans at this point. Here's hoping everyhing will iron itself out soon enough. At least that's what I tell myself so that I can sleep at night.
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#228104
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Editing movies ruled illegal
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/228104/action/topic#228104
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Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
"When I heard the first 'bleep' I was shocked, and argued with the customer services clerk at Walmart until she finally caved to my 'but I'm an ignorant foreigner' pleas and gave me my money back. I told her 'where I come from we don't edit our artists'. "

There was actually a "beep"?!? LOL! Couldn't they have done something a little less distracting, like reversing that particular section of the audio? How retarded. Do they still do this?


Yes things are still bleeped. Very often. Or just muted. I suppose that this doesn't apply to editing for televsion?
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#228103
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$36 pre-order (AR) for all 3 titles...anyone found it cheaper??
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/228103/action/topic#228103
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Have Lucasfilm actually said that this is the last time the OOT will be released? I don't remember them saying any such thing (they just said it back in 1995). I just remember them saying that this release was coming out due to demand and to test the waters and the they have "no plans-now or in the future-to restore the 'earlier' version" (which means a few years at most). Its nice to see that so many on this board shar my pervesely optimistic views. I want to the Home Theater Forum today and there was a lot of dejected negativity. This is a good sign, not a bad one. Lucas's MTV comments suggest that he is finally waking up to the importance (i.e. financial benefit) of the OOT. We're winning.

Bollocks!


Are you British ?
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#228100
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Try to take it easy with the Lucas bashing.
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/228100/action/topic#228100
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I dislike what the man has done. Criticizing him for his hairstyle or the way that he talks or somesuch is idiotic, but criticizing him for his attitude to toward the fans and the OOT is in my opinion completely legitimate and constructive. Take, for example Joss Whedon or James Cameron. I know neither of them, but their reputations suggest egotistical things about them. They may well deserve such criticism, I don't know. But they have made good films/television series and are willing to give fans what they want. Lucas is not. That doesn't mean that I have anything against the man. I just want a cristply remaster anamoorphic widescreen mono/2.0/5.1(/DTS?) release of the OOT on DVD, Blu-Ray, HD-DVD, and other future formats to come down the road. I want to have a choice between both versions, I always want customers to have that choice. I am criticizing Lucas's actions, but but not necessarily him. Criticism of him and his ego generalyl comes only by extension.
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#228099
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Good comparison website
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/228099/action/topic#228099
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Originally posted by: garethxxgod
Well one things for certain, the 2004 edition really isn't the definitive version of Star Wars. With the bad job they did with the Lightsabers, the fact you can still see squares around the tie fighters in ANH and You can see through the cockit of it the Snow Speeder in ESB, you would think they would if wanting to improve upon these films actually make an effort to make these few minor things better....I mean hell they went so far to make fully aware in the one scene in Empire, that in that close up shot of Han he is infact NOT wearing a jacket. How can they catch certain things and totally ignore other more telling things that need changing.


Yes, if they want the SEs to be the "definitve" versions, they should make them the definitive versions.
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#227926
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Finally Got Rid of My 2004 DVD's...
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/227926/action/topic#227926
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I think that it's the fact the the original versions which won Academy Awards, changed cinema, and alter pop culture as we know it are regulated to "bonus material" and nothing more. Quality is the issue most because if the SEs can get the proper treatment, so should the OOT. A few years down the road, 16:9 HDTVs and 5.1 setups will proably become the norm. To a lot of people, OOT are the trilogy and the SEs are sort of a novelty. George, or course, disagrees. Most of us want this beter version because we spend countless dollars over the years supporting the films which we love only to told first that they "don't exist" and then that, because they don't represent George's original visions, that they cannot be restored. Many, many other DVDs present both versions of the films in high quality. I think that if Lucas had just restored and remaster the OOT and released that with the SEs, everything would be fine. Let me phrase it this way: if Lucas released a gorgeously restored version of the OOT and neglected the SEs with a poor release, how would you feel as a fan of the SEs? We want a quality release of the OOT because of the reasons that you mentioned, but also because we just want to be able to watch it in high quality at home. It is Lucas who created most of the reasons that you mentioned (second-class citizens, etc.). Just let me clarify. Are you with us in wanting a high quality release of the OOT or not? Just curious. And welcome. Perhaps you will be of use to us . And I think that the "other" boards are theforce.net. I've never been there though.
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#227918
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Trailer
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/227918/action/topic#227918
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Originally posted by: greencapt
As a fan of the original black and white comic, when they *were* pupil-less in the masks and in fact all the masks were red, when the action was geared at older audiences and there was no 'cowabunga' etc....

I thought this trailer and style looked KICK-ASS! I really got a charge out of it- reminded me of why I liked the series in the first place.

Oh, and the Foot were actual human ninjas as well... not robots. I wonder if they'll go that route.

As a side note, do any Turtles fans know that the Turtles share their origin with Matt Murdoch... aka Daredevil?


How do theys share their origin with Daredevil? And where does one procure trade paperbacks of Eastman and Lairds original works? I would very, very much like to read them.

I can't play the trailer! ARRG!
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#227821
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Finally Got Rid of My 2004 DVD's...
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/227821/action/topic#227821
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Originally posted by: garethxxgod
He's proven that time and time again. Thanks for joining us even if you do prefer the SEs.


I appreciate not only the welcome, but the fact that you haven't insulted me for my preference. While a majority of SE fans probably wouldn't care about the release of the OOT in better quality I don't see how George couldn't. It's not as if movies have never come out with varying editions in them. That's a market that he's only now attempting to dabble in, let's hope he gets his feet wet enough to want to go all the way and meet fan demand.


I'm with you! And I certainly have no problem with your preferences. I respect people who like the SEs and the PT, I just want a high quality copy of the OOT that I can watch at home and show my children and my children's children. Your preferences are proof that Lucas is alienating even the fans who prefer his vision by his attitude as a whole. As I've said, Lucas's comments in the MTV interview were very revealing, and hopefully indicative of things to come. In any case, even SE fans have no reason to be satisfied with the controversial mix on the SE trilogy boxed set, the infamous color changing light saber and other mistakes, and the controversial edge-enhancement on the TPM DVD. Your preference for the SEs just means that we've got someone who can help us communicate with the other side . Thanks for joining us. We need all the help we can get. After the announcement of the non-anamorphic DVDs, it appears that fupport increased rather than waned. We are gaining ground in the battle, and this is just another nail in the coffin to make fans work harder than ever to preserve the OOT, which is the exact opposite what Lucas hoped to accomplish with this release.