Yeah, these things must have really been thrown together quickly. Most are a random mish-mash of unrelated scenes, some flipped horizontally. I was expecting something more coherent. But they were still fun. And yes, I was surprised that there was still a bit of color buried in that red film.
First announced in 2010, this project has finally come to fruition.
Full discussion is on that “other” forum. Links to screenshots and technical information is on the Puggo website:
https://www.hardbat.com/puggo/home.html
Direct link to the puppies page:
Shea bootleg is now up on that “other” forum.
Do you think you might scan the 16mm’s in HD also? That would be great.
Highly unlikely. The prints are in more capable hands now - at least for SW.
For now I’ll just stick to finally getting around to doing some of the little digest-type projects I never got around to.
I just went back and read the first 20 pages of this thread. What a trip down memory lane. I had forgotten so much of what transpired - shipping that gate back to Texas, fiddling with those AviSynth scripts, all the steps to get the DVD players to properly resize the image. And so many people involved helping it all come together.
Also, I had forgotten that my original plan was to do the cartridge scans next, but got “sidetracked” by PSB and ROTP. So I STILL haven’t done “Puggo’s Puppies” yet. Reading this thread has inspired me to get started on that. The shocking irony is that my current scanner is HD, so while Star Wars in 16mm got an SD scan, the really rough 8mm cartridges will get an HD treatment. Ha!
I have never posted my restorations anywhere. I just did the restorations, shared with a small number of people, and one of them posted it. So I don’t know the answer to your question.
Wow, that trailer looks great!
The problem with Reva’s running and spinning on the rooftops is that it looked too much like Crouching Tiger.
One thing that seems incongruous to me, is Kenobi’s general demeanor. In the OT, Guiness played the role with an upbeat personality, leading a quiet but seemingly contented life, and more than willing to reveal his Jedi skills, even on Mos Eisley. Ewan, by contrast, is really dour and bitter (unsurprisingly), and afraid to mention anything about his past even to those close to him. I wonder if the producers will make any effort to transition ObiWan from a broken and bitter middle-aged man, to the sprightly and even upbeat old wizard.
Freddy Got Fingered is a brilliant satire of the Happy Madison/Farrelly Brothers style comedies of the late-90s/early-00s. If anything, it aged better than those movies because it fits so well into the style of comedy popularized by Tim and Eric/Eric Andre. It’s also understandable as Tom Green making fun of studios for giving him $14 million to make “his movie.”
While I freely admit that it is by all objective measures a terrible movie, I still consider it a guilty pleasure. 4.6 on IMDB, for good reason. I wouldn’t call it “brilliant satire”, but it is a total idiotic farce delivered with gusto, and Rip Torn is pretty hilarious. I enjoyed it more than prequels 2 and 3.
I can’t stand “There’s Something About Mary”. It’s irritating and not funny at all.
Amazing how much heady discussion this topic can elicit. To me it’s very simple. Story/vision/etc., whatever… as MOVIES all three of them are laughable cinematic disasters, from start to finish.
IHS
What does IHS mean?
Two and a half years and nobody solved it? I thought it was obvious.
IHS == “I have spoken”
Puggo - Jar Jar’s Yoda said:
I’d like to see Jar Jar get lured to the dark side and become a Sith.They should just retcon attack of the clones and make a episode 2 where Jar Jar Binks becomes a sith.
I’m picturing the Sith Jar Jar hurling force lightning, and screaching “youza alla gonna dieee!!!”
Puggo - Jar Jar’s Yoda said:
I’d like to see Jar Jar get lured to the dark side and become a Sith.
They should just retcon attack of the clones and make a episode 2 where Jar Jar Binks becomes a sith.
I’m picturing the Sith Jar Jar hurling force lightning, and screaching “youza alla gonna dieee!!!”
I’d like to see Jar Jar get lured to the dark side and become a Sith.
Cobra Kai – it’s been one of my guilty pleasures for sure. Great use of ambiguity in terms of who is the good guy vs who is the bad guy. The Johnny Lawrence character is fantastic, and the way that season 4 ended was so deliciously creepy. I hope they can keep it going!
Assets can also include 3d models, which can be re-rendered at whatever resolution you want.
Episode 5, wow. Just shows how strong the whole Mandalorian concept and character is. By far the best episode yet.
Anyone who has read Larry Niven’s “Ringworld” will love this episode. Very convincing.
Anyone ever play “Caper”?
I found the thread!
https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/OTcom-Chess-FederationcrtmOTCFcrtmwas-How-about-a-game-of-chess/id/16146
Play a few games to get the hang of it, and see how you do.
What is your chess.com handle? Mine is Knights_of_Doom
I don’t know the answer to your question, but I think I’m still the reigning originaltrilogy.com chess champion. Somewhere back in antiquity is a thread in which I dethroned the previous champion.
Definitely one of our pioneers. Very sorry to hear this.