NeverarGreat

yhwx said:

Well then you are lost!

Excuse me! I’m in charge of this reference here, M’lady.

I just ate pancakes for breakfast.

In the 2011 and 2015 versions, they both fire at about the same time. So I’ll bet George repented even if it’s not 100% back to the original version.

Here’s something that might help for A New Hope: http://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/1122903

Bluto said:

NeverarGreat said:

Here’s a spreadsheet I made for people who want to know what versions of ANH are available to watch:

Very handy - a super idea! If there’s room, it could be useful to squeeze in the word “GOUT” in the description for the Limited Edition 2006 DVD, since that is what it is commonly referred to.

Good idea.

With the resolution details at the bottom, I believe the DVD should be 480-576 horizontal lines (480 for NTSC, 576 for PAL, assuming it is anamorphic), and the laserdisc 425-440.

Bluto

Since there are film preservations which are included, I wanted to provide an unbroken continuum of (vertical) resolutions. However it’s been changed to be more accurate 😃

Here’s a spreadsheet I made for people who want to know what versions of ANH are available to watch:

It’s incomplete and probably has errors, but hopefully it gives some indication of all the versions and a good sample of the completed projects.

TV’s Frink said:

chyron8472 said:

DominicCobb said:

Yes. I saw the previous post, but that one had to do with Star Wars.

Yes, albeit loosely. I opined about the included non-Star-Wars bit of it for all of one post. Such is the nature of conversation. It doesn’t always have to be strictly on topic all the time.

Since this is my thread (despite Neverar’s failed attempt at an end-run)

I would have gotten away with it too, if it wasn’t for you meddling kids!

TV’s Frink said:

A wink doesn’t hide the trolling.

You need a bridge to do that.
Actually, does that definition make these guys trolls: ?

I feel I must turn in my Star Wars cred badge.

I just realized that Finn was named after Leia’s cell number.

I saw someone bumping threads in Off Topic today.

chyron8472 said:

Well, apparently Philip Pullman, author of His Dark Materials, had scathing things to say about LOTR and Narnia. He called Narnia sexist, and racist among other things, and seem to trivialize both series simply because their authors were people of faith. My brother in law says such an opinion is also apparent in the His Dark Materials series itself, so nope. I’m not really interested in reading it anymore. I’m not keen on being lectured why faith is stupid.

He can be agnostic or atheist or whatever, but holding himself as superior for it annoys me.

I happen to think that LOTR succeeds in part because it’s written by a person of faith, since there’s a sense that Tolkien has personal experience with idea of mythology as a source of heroism, beauty, and goodness. While there’s an allegorical aspect to some of his characters, they very much exist as complete characters without such interpretation. However I dislike Narnia’s straight up religious allegory, and I believe that Tolkien thought the same:

“I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done so since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence. I much prefer history – true or feigned– with its varied applicability to the thought and experience of readers. I think that many confuse applicability with allegory, but the one resides in the freedom of the reader, and the other in the purposed domination of the author.”

His Dark Materials sounds interesting, and I’ll probably read it sometime.

But back to Star Wars…

ZeeverFett said:

Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi
Revenge of the Sith
The Force Awakens
A New Hope
Attack of the Clones
The Phantom Menace

This list is neither real nor complete.

Why? WHY IS THIS HAPPENING?!

There could be another scene of the Death Star after they set course for Alderaan, placed where the SE Jabba scene had gone. Show the Death Star arrive at Earth (Perhaps part of the reveal shot from Independence Day). Then when Motti says ‘We’ve entered the Alderaan system’, it could be edited to sound like ‘we’ve entered the wrong system’.

Serial Starkiller

Indeed they are, for an empty glass may be filled whereas a filled glass becomes stagnant.

But I’m tall enough to take the high road.

^
Am I doing it right?

DuracellEnergizer said:

joefavs said:

I have come to the conclusion that George Lucas must un-understand what what he has understood.

FTFM

FTFTFM

I’d rather have a sigh than a sighscraper.

chyron8472 said:

NeverarGreat said:

…Anyway, to continue the Sail Barge discussion, I worked on reducing the green screen artifacts in Photoshop:

http://www.framecompare.com/image-compare/screenshotcomparison/K7GNNN8X

Nice. But there is still a light source that is lighting up the edge of Luke’s face for some reason from the tip of his nose to his chin.

You could attribute that to the glow off of Han’s shirt.

I’m sure everyone knew what was going down on that bridge.

Here’s something for version 2 that I think makes a big difference, while still being subtle:
Blu-ray:
Tech V2:
http://www.framecompare.com/image-compare/screenshotcomparison/FFCNNN8U
The blue appears in the starfield right at the end of the crawl, so I just restored it throughout.

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

Padme is still a queen of Naboo

Opening crawl:

The Nubian constitution has been AMENDED. After a long political battle arbitrated by a wise JEDI MASTER, democracy has been undermined by the removal of executive term limits. Nubians must now decide whether to launch a popular revolution against the young queen, a move which threatens to send the Galactic Senate into bitter DEBATE. . . .

This is what I’m talkin about. All politics, all the time!

DominicCobb said:

Frink, I suppose now’s as good a time as any to say it, I want a divorce.

Sometimes you get carried away…