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#690595
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DuracellEnergizer's Guide to the Multiverse (Was "DuracellEnergizer's Guide to the Infinite Timelines Beyond")
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TIMELINE-18

PODD

September 14, 20-

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS

A cult of Nicolas Cage Worshipers turns into a major religion with the death of their lord and savior Nicolas Cage. In the official church doctrine, it is believed that the entire universe is the body of Nicolas Cage, of which they are a part. Thus they believe in other realities, but they think that they cannot escape from this one, believing themselves to be "in a Cage".

FINAL NOTES

This religion is quite secretive, and in fact they describe themselves as being quite cagey.

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#690544
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Neverar's A New Hope Technicolor Recreation <strong>(Final Version Released!)</strong>
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Everything's up and running now, and I'm evaluating Premiere Pro CC at the moment. It runs quite fast, and there are a lot more options to sort through.

Here's a different test run on Premiere Pro to try and rescue as much shadow detail as possible. The broadcast is no help in this regard, so it's all from the Blu-ray:

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/62986

It's a subtle change, so here's the before and after histogram:

As you can see, there's still some absolute black, but almost everything else is now out of that zone. Now all that needs to happen is integrating the previous Broadcast settings, and the blown out sections will be good.

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#690515
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DuracellEnergizer's Guide to the Multiverse (Was &quot;DuracellEnergizer's Guide to the Infinite Timelines Beyond&quot;)
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TIMELINE-15

PODD

Billions of years ago

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS

After a last-minute change of plans, this universe was set up to not allow people to ever forget their pasts, leading to a universe of people who fully realize why they are here and what they are supposed to do. Earth, as well as all other places in this timeline, has always been and always will be a paradise.

FINAL NOTES

People from that timeline frequently use their advanced technology to take vacations in timelines which allow forgetfulness, such as our own. If you ever encounter such a person, remember that they have probably forgotten where they put the keys to their time-space mobile.

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#690510
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something I always wondered about the PT
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TV's Frink said:

Perhaps I missed something in the conversation, but it's stupid because we're out in space, watching events unfold.  If "space sound" is heard in the ship, fine, whatever, but why would we hear it outside the ship?

I was only talking about sound inside of ships. Sound outside of spaceships shouldn't need an explanation, as it's the default way of depicting space in these types of movies.

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#690499
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something I always wondered about the PT
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Why is it a stupid explanation that the ship simulates noises for the benefit of the occupants? As I said before, it makes sense to give enemy ships a distinct sound so that gunners and pilots can orient everything in space. Imagine how disconcerting it would be to have to coordinate a defense from both hemispheres of the Falcon, especially without sound to guide you. All you have is the tiny monitor with little arrows for ships, and the windows don't exactly give a panoramic view of space.

I will fully agree that it's unnecessary to actually state this process, but I think it's quite clever as far as retcons go.

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#690414
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General Star Wars <strong>Random Thoughts</strong> Thread
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But Tarkin was still trying to find the Rebel Base, so he would still have destroyed Alderaan...

The Rebel base wouldn't have been discovered though, as Leia would have been killed as you said. The Empire would have gone mad with power, destroying all planets suspected of harboring or aiding the rebellion. As the Bothan spies are under the Emperor's watchful eyes, the rebellion wouldn't have gotten accurate plans for the station.

The Death Star would have been destroyed eventually however, as it would only be a matter of time until a high ranking Imperial Death Star technician would have his planet destroyed, leaving him with an axe to grind and a battle station to grind it on.

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#690196
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<strong>STAR WARS: REBELS</strong> (animated tv series) - a general discussion thread
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ray_afraid said:

Tyrphanax said:

I'll admit I'm a bit disappointed by yet another Jedi myself..

 I was really hoping that there would be no jedi or sith or lightsabers in this series at all. I'm so sick of that. It's the least interesting thing about the Star Wars world to me and it's been done to death.

I think it's the least interesting thing because it's been done to death. Jedi and lightsabers used to be cool, man. Now I'd rather see a show about literally any other profession in the galaxy. How about the adventures of Professor (starwarsyname) and his class of young xenobiologists as they search the galaxy for only the most exotic plants and creatures to bring back to the Imperial Palace, fulfilling order 67: Entertain Palpatine While His Battle-Moon is Being Built.

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#690025
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Neverar's A New Hope Technicolor Recreation <strong>(Final Version Released!)</strong>
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Sounds like you're not much of a Special Edition fan. ;)

I'm not an audio person, so the Blu-ray audio stays in even though it's screwed up. That also means I don't foresee changing the Han/Greedo scene or anything else from the Blu-ray except for the rocks in front of R2, because as the original is in 1080 it seems like a no-brainer, and I don't know of anyone who likes that change.

My hope for this project is for it to be a resource for other projects rather than a standalone presentation, so for example, it'll include the Jabba scene and other people can do with it what they will. I'm still deciding how those Special Edition changes should be corrected, whether to the 97 version or a hypothetical 77 coloration to blend in with the rest of the movie.

It'll be 1080p and uncompressed as much as possible - and as the effort to restore the highlight and shadow information show, this should be a video that is more detailed than the Blu-ray itself.

Everything's backed up. After disks finish defragmenting, It'll be upgrade time. Fingers crossed.

Update: Well that was easier than expected. Hello Windows 7.

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#689936
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kk650's Star Wars Saga: Regraded and Semi-Specialized (Released)
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It looks like you've gotten the blues well under control here, it looks much more 70's now.

A persistent problem of the Blu-ray is the amount of green in the supposedly white areas of the picture, such as stormtrooper armor and R2's dome. If you are able to add blue and red to just these greenish-white areas it would liven up a lot of shots. It's a tricky situation, as there's often too much blue and red in the shadow areas, so you'd be shifting the color balance very selectively.

In any case, your settings seem to be an improvement to every shot.

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#689644
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Star Wars Prequels 35mm 4K Filmized Editions by Emanswfan (a WIP)
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EyeShotFirst said:

I've done hours of work trying to get Yoda to look right on single frames. The CGI would have to be replaced to look like ESB Yoda. I don't get why they didn't just dig out the old puppet. It would've been a treat for fans.

 In the Making of Jedi discussion, I seem to remember that Rinzler saw the original Yoda puppet, and it was terribly rotted. That probably wouldn't have been a treat to see, and I can understand why they recreated the puppet for Episode 1. Why they made him look different however...