Mike O

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Post: #226197
Topic: Lucas may have caved, here is a link to Barnes & Noble early review of the O-OT DVD's:
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/226197/action/topic#226197
Time: 14-Jul-2006 12:35 AM

I do feel that there is some sort of movement swelling (regarding the sendback idea), and would like to find out from Jay if he's interested in shifting the function of this site in that direction.

I have not seen Mr. Sylvester much lately. I wonder if he has any ideas. We are gaining groud! We must continue the battle!

Post: #226195
Topic: Lucas is a businessman - Don't believe what he says
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/226195/action/topic#226195
Time: 14-Jul-2006 12:28 AM

Originally posted by: THX
I don't think Lucas did say that, actually. I believe that was interpretational editorial content inserted by the "journalist".

OK, but he did say that "it will all come out in the end." MTV. The root of all evil today.

Well, the point is, I would not be willing to buy a huge boxset even if the OOT were on it and pristine to the point of pants-crapping perfection. I love the movies, but I'm not willing to shell out a couple hundred dollars when I only want about 1/3 to 1/4 of the content I'm paying for, and the rest is useless to me. If I hated chocolate with coconut in it, I wouldn't buy a huge sampler box that had 25 coconut candies just so I could have 6 butter creams, would you? Hopefully nobody's that insane unless they just have an exorbitant amount of money. And I happen to not have that kind of money, and I refuse to be screwed around with anymore.

I was just commenting on the way that Lucas thinks. That would depend on how much I like butter creams

. DVDs would also last quite a bit longer.

. I get what you are saying. I was just trying to make a point.

Post: #226193
Topic: Finally Got Rid of My 2004 DVD's...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/226193/action/topic#226193
Time: 14-Jul-2006 12:26 AM

Originally posted by: Darth_Evil
Yeah, I know about the campaign. I was going to send back the discs of the spetember releases though.

Anyway, you're right that many of the sequences in the OT are very exciting. Sadly, most children are impressed by Jar-Jar fighting robots, which is apparently the new kind of action.

And I think a true fan of Star War would say that Luke VS. Vader in ESB is much more exciting than Anakin VS ObiWan in ROTS, right? That was so over the top it was laughable.

I thought that sequence was reasonably well thought out, it was just that they kept talking ("From point of the view the Jedi are evil!" Will you just shut up and fight?). The idea for the big, climactic duel was impressive (as comared to Luke and Vader's more intimate battles), but, as with the rest of the PT, the execution left something to be desired, and Anikan's jump and Obi-wan's slice struck me as incredibly anti-climactic. Again, I apologize if seem like I was attacking you or something. I meant to no offense! It's good that you're sending the discs back. The battle with Lucas isn't over yet, apparently.

Post: #226192
Topic: SUPERMAN RETURNS REVIEW
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/226192/action/topic#226192
Time: 14-Jul-2006 12:22 AM

Originally posted by: Invader Jenny

Originally posted by: Mike O

The campyness is part of the film's charm. The first was certainly very campy.

And I think that is where the films fail with me personally. I'm starting to see why people wouldn't think of SR as fondly as they would their 1978 and 1980 films. I saw Sups I and II after I saw SR so it just adds to the pile. Those films are very campy, but it turns out they were supposed to be. Ahhh...I see. I get it now.

I apologize! I didn't mean to say a snobby "you don't like it because you don't understand it!" I was just saying that it was stylisically different from Singer's films, that's all. Sorry!

Post: #226191
Topic: The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe: 1979 Animated VS. 2005 Live-Action
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/226191/action/topic#226191
Time: 14-Jul-2006 12:19 AM

Post: #226190
Topic: The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe: 1979 Animated VS. 2005 Live-Action
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/226190/action/topic#226190
Time: 14-Jul-2006 12:17 AM

Originally posted by: auraloffalwaffle
I think the disappointment I felt in the movie version was due to its lack of character. The makers were obviously falling over themselves to emulate The Lord Of The Rings.
What they should have realised is that CS Lewis' fantasy was a different beast to Tolkein's and merited a different approach.
The pointlessly OTT action scenes (particularly under the frozen waterfall) were so histrionic that it was almost funny. And the photography was all so bright and cheery, in that oh-so-Disney way, that it couldn't hope to match the brooding gloom of LOTR.

Interesting thoughts. I myself had to pull my foot out of my mouth after see the movie. I rather enjoyed it. I had thought that Disney would give a treatment that stripped it of its meaning (obviously the religious allegory, but also its paralles with childhood) that I was surprised how much got through. There were times when it looked like what it was, a series of sets in Hollywood, and had that stiffness that made Chris Columbus's Harry Potter films so cramped. It isn't as gloomy a tale as LOTR. Most of the film's issues, to me, stemmed for overreaching. Hopefully Adamson will improve his technique with the sequels. But it was infinitly more satisfying that I though that it would be.

Post: #226189
Topic: Pirates of the Caribbean Two
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/226189/action/topic#226189
Time: 14-Jul-2006 12:12 AM

Originally posted by: DarthBalls1138
The lotr movies were longer than Pirates and the amount of excitement in Pirates is equal to the amount of boredom served up by lotr, the stories are wonderful to be sure, but the movies just put me to sleep!

I've heard people say that before, but I just can't juderstand how one could findd the battle sequences in thos films dull. I don't think that I have ever left the theater so exhilarated in all of my days. Don't get me wrong, I certainly don't think they're flawless films, but I find them to be trul exhilarating entertainment of the kind that Hollywood seldom, if ever, makes these days. I think that their length can be argued fo given the depth of their source material.

He probably is just trying to stir up excrement. Pay him now mind.

You mean pay him no mind. Thanks! Hello fellow LOTR fan!

Post: #226114
Topic: What are you going to do with your SE discs?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/226114/action/topic#226114
Time: 13-Jul-2006 2:14 PM

Originally posted by: skye_solo
I am really in favor of sending the discs back to Luca$.

So how many people are involved in this? If enough send the discs bakc, maybe LFL will get a polite, clear message. Would Mr. Sylveters involve himself in this at all? If coordinated, it could pack a potent punch.

Post: #226112
Topic: Lucas talks about the Sept 12th Release of the O-OT
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/226112/action/topic#226112
Time: 13-Jul-2006 2:12 PM

Originally posted by: Jay
Releasing the OOT and SEs simultaneously in two separate packages would've provided the information he seeks.

That didn't happen specifically because the OOT would've at least gone head-to-head with the SEs in terms of sales, and his fragile ego couldn't handle that.

Lets hope that you're right.

Post: #226111
Topic: Will There be Further Changes to the 09/12 SE Discs?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/226111/action/topic#226111
Time: 13-Jul-2006 2:10 PM

Maybe Lucasfilm/Fox way overproduced the '04 discs and need rid of them.

Perhaps some people knew that it wouldn't be the OOT and didn't buy it.

Post: #226110
Topic: Lucas is a businessman - Don't believe what he says
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/226110/action/topic#226110
Time: 13-Jul-2006 2:09 PM

Originally posted by: Number20
The problem is that we can wait until doomsday, and may never see a high-quality pristine version of the O-OT on DVD. Lucasfilm doesn't really need the money.

Lucasfilm doesn't need any more money. They haven't needed it for a long time now. About three decades. But they keep releasing new products. When they have no more new products to release, the OOT will come out on a fantastic set. Besides, there seems to be something of an ego clash going on here. Lucas said that he is releasing these discs to bait fans. Let's wait and see how this pans out. I'll be the foolish optimist.

Post: #226102
Topic: HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/226102/action/topic#226102
Time: 13-Jul-2006 1:08 PM

Originally posted by: Han Solo VS Indiana Jones

Originally posted by: Mike O

Originally posted by: Marvolo
Spielberg was approached to direct the first HP movie but he wanted to hire american actors for major parts and have Haley Joel Osment playing the part of Harry, but he was American and had blonde hair. J.K. Rowling refused to have the films stripped of thier British heratige, and I can't blame her. So Spielberg refused to do it unless he got what he wanted. Small article about Haley playing Harry Potter

I'm torn. I respect Rowling, but I would have loved to have seen Spielberg's take on the franchise. Then again, I'm not British. Ah, well. What's done is done.

I wonder if it would be better for Americans NOT to be involved with the very British Potter film adaptations. Clash of styles and ideologies and all that.

I don't know. Caruon was Mexican and I think that he made a fantastic film. I think that it depends on a lot of issues. First and foremost, of course, the talent of the director. But while the trappings may be distinctly cultural, great storytelling transcends such boundaries. Interesting thoughts, but as the only American director we have to judge the franchise against is is Chris Columbus, the ideas are a bit hard to judge against anything. I kind of wish that someone else had directed Chamber not because I dind't like it, but because it would have been interesting to see how seven different directors would handle the material, like the Alien franchise. Ah well, I suppose we'll find out, won't we. Are you British?

Post: #226093
Topic: HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/226093/action/topic#226093
Time: 13-Jul-2006 12:22 PM

I'm torn. I respect Rowling, but I would have loved to have seen Spielberg's take on the franchise. Then again, I'm not British. Ah, well. What's done is done.

Post: #226092
Topic: Fox France confirms the French OOT release >NOT< to be anamorphic
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/226092/action/topic#226092
Time: 13-Jul-2006 12:20 PM

Originally posted by: Mielr

Originally posted by: andy_k_250
I just got off the phone with Lucasfilm. The lady that I spoke to there told me that they had had other calls regarding the rumor that the French release would be anamorphic.

"It is 100 percent, completely not true" was her response.

Did you make your feelings known to her about the non-anamorphic issue? If so, what did she say?

She proably said what the "official LFL response" said. Again, we must remember, that Lucas is still contemptuous of these versions. He wants to test the waters, and as we all know, he'll be surprised by the results. "Now we'll find out whether people wanted the original or the improved versions. It will all come out in the end." What is the end? The 30th anniversary? Everybody cross their fingers.

Post: #226090
Topic: Lucas is a businessman - Don't believe what he says
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/226090/action/topic#226090
Time: 13-Jul-2006 12:17 PM

Originally posted by: JediFlyer06
Unfortunately, there's no reason for him to give true fans what they want when the mindless masses lap up every bit of shit that LFL releases as though it were the food of the gods. Why give them filet mignon when they're happy with McDonalds? Stop buying the SAME movies over and over again. Exercise some self-control. When the cash stops rolling in, which we know it never will, but if it did, watch how quickly those "reviled and flawed" originals would find their way onto a high quality dvd.

We at OT.com are a minority, albiet a growing minority. However, that matters not because money is money and evidently even a multi-billion dollar company can never have too much of it. We're not buying the same movies over and over. We're buyingdifferent versions. Not everyone knows about this whole situation yet, and opinions still vary. But things are changing fast. As Lucas own Skywalker, THX, and ILM, the money wouldn't stop rolling in even if the whole world boycotted Star Wars. However, the saga is finally over. What else do LFL have to release now? Sooner or later, and hopefully sooner, the OOT will show up on high quality DVDs. It's just a matter of waiting. Again.

Post: #226088
Topic: Will There be Further Changes to the 09/12 SE Discs?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/226088/action/topic#226088
Time: 13-Jul-2006 12:12 PM

I've been wondering that too. As I've said, as long as Lucas makes high-quality versions of the originals available, I'm all for his following his "original vision." But what is his "original vision?" I'm not sure and apparently, neither is he. He'll have a hard time saying that the 2004 versions "don't exist" when so many people own them. Lucas is digging himself a bit of a hole here.

Post: #226087
Topic: Pirates of the Caribbean Two
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/226087/action/topic#226087
Time: 13-Jul-2006 12:09 PM

lotr movies sucked and blew at the same time, books are another story.

Oh, this won't end well

. Your reason for even thinking such a thing is?

Post: #226026
Topic: HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/226026/action/topic#226026
Time: 13-Jul-2006 12:19 AM

Originally posted by: ADigitalMan
I'm hoping Richard Curtis will do HBP.

I've heard good things about him. I don't know much about Yates, not being British, and haven't seen any of his BBC productions. We'll find out about him. I wonder why Spielberg turned it down. As I said, Terry Gilliam is my dream Potter director, but I think that Jean-Pierre Junet would be a fascinating choice.

Post: #226024
Topic: Fox France confirms the French OOT release >NOT< to be anamorphic
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/226024/action/topic#226024
Time: 13-Jul-2006 12:16 AM

Pehaps. But Lucas appears to be the nerve center of all things Star Wars. "These versions do not represent George's original vision. This whole situation is so ridiculous.

Post: #226022
Topic: Lucas is a businessman - Don't believe what he says
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/226022/action/topic#226022
Time: 13-Jul-2006 12:12 AM

Originally posted by: SpecialEditionSaboteur
Wasn't he also adamant about not releasing the films in full screen pan & scan hackjobs? Lo and Behold!

As I said, money is a powerful thing. Nimoy did not want to come back as Mr. Spock after his death, but ka-ching. I'm just not a patient man. I hope that we are correct. There are few things I would love more in my collection than high quality OOT DVDs. And I would pay quie a bit for them. Lucas knows this.

Post: #226021
Topic: SUPERMAN RETURNS REVIEW
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/226021/action/topic#226021
Time: 13-Jul-2006 12:10 AM

Originally posted by: THX
As I said, X2 is one of the best Superhero movies ever (possibly the best), so no problem with Singer per se (I also liked The Usual Suspects). I actually liked the approach he took on SR, he just didn't succeed in what he was trying to do, and I think he would have done a better job of X3 than Ratner.

I agree wholeheartedly. SR was a great idea that did not come to fruitation. Who is Keiser Soze? Thanks for you input. Understand, I meant not offense. I apologize.

Post: #226005
Topic: Pirates of the Caribbean Two
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/226005/action/topic#226005
Time: 12-Jul-2006 9:29 PM

Originally posted by: Nanner Split
Well, this was pretty good, but holy crap, Gore Verbinski needs a freakin' editor. He's turning into Peter Jackson or something. There was no reason for this movie to be so long.

Hey, watch what you say about Peter Jackson

. I do agree, however, that Pirates was ridiculously long.

Post: #226004
Topic: Lucas is a businessman - Don't believe what he says
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/226004/action/topic#226004
Time: 12-Jul-2006 9:22 PM

Originally posted by: yanksno1

Originally posted by: Patrick Russell
Y'all know as well as I do... they'll eventually release the O-OT in the same crisp, anamorphic widescreen format in which we see the O-OT clips in the Empire Of Dreams documentary. I agree exactly.

The main thing I'm looking at this as is the timing of it all. It makes no sense to me to release the never to be sold again OOT in september when next year will be the 30th Anniversery. If this is the only version we'll see of the OOT on DVD, wouldn't he wait a few months later and release them on the 30th Anni? I think we could see a new uber box set (I'm hoping the PT and 2004's will be fixed along with the anamorphic widescreen format OOT) next year. One can dream anyway.

That is my hope as well. With the 2.0 and mono tracks and a good 5.1 mix. I've got all of my fingers and toes crossed.

Well, I'm sure that uber box set will cost more total than these releases will. Besides, I don't want new copies of the PT. I already own them. If the new rumors about an anamorphic transfer are true, then the September releases will be good enough for me without the need of some wallet-draining special edition 6 chapter saga box set.

The rumor is false. However, we must remember that that is probably exactly what Lucas wants. If restored anamorphic 5.1/2.0/mono versions are in the high-priced set, people like me would pay an exhorbitant amount for the set. Lucas may be testing the waters with this release to see if there is a market for it at all. If the John Q. public is willing to buy the OOT, then audio/videophiles would certainly pay for a good version. Lucas may be stubborn, but he is certainly not stupid. I hope that we are right in our optimistic beliefs. Cross your fingers. I hope that we do not have to wait too long.

The cycle will no doubt continue on HD-DVD and Blu-Ray.

And hopefully on other formats to come.

Post: #226002
Topic: OK, the DVDs are coming...so how bad are they going to look?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/226002/action/topic#226002
Time: 12-Jul-2006 9:17 PM

The Abyss: (probably the best Cameron movie ever!) it is also a 4/3 mastered dvd, but here you can tell that it is a LD master transfer; the picture is really blurry (specially when there is high contrasts in the image, like the openning sequence in the USS Montana), it's a shame that this movie never had a 16/9 release on dvd!

It will get an anamorphic release eventually. And I agree that The Abyss is much underrated. Top notch commercial filmaking.

They'll never be released in DTS.

Never say never.

Post: #226001
Topic: Finally Got Rid of My 2004 DVD's...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/226001/action/topic#226001
Time: 12-Jul-2006 9:11 PM

Originally posted by: Darth_Evil

Originally posted by: Mike O

Originally posted by: Darth_Evil
I was mocking what they said. It's not my personal opinion.

Do you hate ROTJ? Many people do.

I'm afraid I'm not getting you're question. I don't believe I ever even mentioned ROTJ in my posts. All I said was that my cousins, like most kids, think the PT is much more exciting than the OT. Kids are impressed by flashy lights and crappy CGI, after all. I never once mentioned ROTJ. Anyway, I don't hate ROTJ, not at all. It may not be as good as the first two, but is still a great film.

I was just curious, that's all. I was also surprised. The Battles of Yavin and Hoth, the Luke/Vader duels, the Death Star sequence, etc. Those are, to me, exhilarating sequences. I was just curious that's all. I mean no offense. There is, by the way, a campaign to send the SE discs back to Lucas, just FYI