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#274250
Topic
Night of the Creeps HD2DVD (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/274250/action/topic#274250
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This is one of my favorite all-time cheesy B flicks. So many hilarious spots, like where the girl is having a heart-to-heart talk with her boyfriend, while his head is splitting open. And there is one truly spooky scene, where a guy listens to a phone message left by his dead friend. I would LOVE to have a nice copy of this - and I never knew there was an alternate ending! I can trade an original lightscribe Puggo Edition disk...
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#273635
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.: The XØ Project - Laserdisc on Steroids :. (SEE FIRST POST FOR UPDATES) (* unfinished project *)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/273635/action/topic#273635
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Originally posted by: Dunedain
Puggo: Sorry for any confusion. When you posted the stuff quoted below from a couple pages back, I thought you were initially referring to the capacity of a 16mm scanner you had (the WorkPrinter I thought was a completely separate piece of hardware you also had). I now see you were talking about how long 16mm *reels* themselves normally are. Oops. But apparently the Star Wars 16mm reels that Laserman has seen are often 1200-1600ft. long each. Two of those quotes were not even from me. To wit:


I think he can only take 400ft reels and not many people would be happy having their 1200ft or larger reels cut up. That one was by Laserman.

The 400ft limitation was for super-8. I'll have to check on the limit for 16mm, but it's gotta be more than that..."
That was by me.

"16mm reels are only 400 feet, translating to roughly 10 minutes of footage."
I think that was Laserman too.

I do have two pieces of equipment, but neither of them is a scanner. Both are Workprinters, one for 16mm and one for 8mm. The 8mm has a 400 ft limitation, the 16mm has a 2000 ft limitation.

The 400 foot confusion must have come from a separate thread, where someone said it was possible to buy 1200ft super-8 reels in widescreen of ANH. I was asked if my 8mm WorkPrinter could handle them, and I said they'd need to be cut into 400 ft reels. But there is no such limitation on the 16mm WorkPrinter. Man, we're WAY off topic...!
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#273426
Topic
.: The XØ Project - Laserdisc on Steroids :. (SEE FIRST POST FOR UPDATES) (* unfinished project *)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/273426/action/topic#273426
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Originally posted by: Dunedain
100k? Ouch. Puggo's 400 foot capacity 16mm scanner is sounding pretty darn good. As you said, the reels would need to be cut to fit, but it would never have to be done again in the history of Star Wars fan preservation/restoration.


AAAAHHHHRRRRRGGGGHHHH!!!! I feel like I've been banging my head against the wall. For the fourth time, I do NOT have a 400 ft 16mm scanner. I have a 2000 ft 16mm WorkPrinter. If I were to do a 16mm film transfer, it would NOT be necessary to cut up the film. (not that I have time right at the moment... too many other film projects going on).
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#273298
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.: The XØ Project - Laserdisc on Steroids :. (SEE FIRST POST FOR UPDATES) (* unfinished project *)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/273298/action/topic#273298
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Originally posted by: Dunedain
Laserman: So, if you took this 2,000ft capacity 16mm WorkPrinter that Puggo has and pointed a 1080i video camera (are non-professional video cameras at full 1920x1080i?) at the film frames from each Star Wars 16mm reel, then you'd have a full HD capture of the trilogy ready to be viewed at the films' normal speed on a HD optical disk (after proper compression to fit), right? How would the quality of the capture using this method compare to using a film scanner (I'm assuming Puggo's 400ft. 16mm film scanner can do about 2k resolution)?


Now *I* am getting confused My (Puggo's) 16mm WorkPrinter is 2000ft, not 400ft. Neither one is a film scanner. The 400ft WorkPrinter is the 8mm one. In theory, yes I believe you could point a 1080i video camera at it, although I'm not sure what software you'd use to capture the higher resolution frames and assemble them into a video. Cinecap does that for standard DV, but I'm not sure if something comparable for HD has been written that isn't embedded in a super-high-end wetgate system. Maybe Roger at moviestuff can answer that one.

A more important point is whether the optics in the WorkPrinter would justify an HD encoding. As good as the WorkPrinter is, it has its limitations... shining a light on the film exposes grain and scratches that are not so prominent on a rank transfer. I'm skeptical that an HD capture on a WorkPrinter would look any better than a standard transfer.
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#271641
Topic
The Puggo Edition - webpage and screenshots (Super 8 transfers - Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/271641/action/topic#271641
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Originally posted by: MoveAlongPuggo, my post files were made directly from your lightscribed dvd (the original). I even re-created the disc from those RAR files and tested it (I try to do that every time). It worked fine. The .sfv file I posted was created directly from your lightscribed dvd. I have not heard of anyone having any problem with my post files, either here or on absw.

I believe you! Honest! My memory clearly being faulty, I'm just trying to reconstruct why there were two versions posted, and why one was called "newer menu".
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#271538
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The Puggo Edition - webpage and screenshots (Super 8 transfers - Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/271538/action/topic#271538
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So, if I understand correctly, the first alt.binaries posting of PE was slightly different than the original, but still worked, and then later, another version was posted with the addendum "newer menu", which fixed that and was actually identical to the original? For some reason, I seem to remember someone having trouble with the original version that was posted, and that being the reason for the "newer menu" version (although it wasn't really "newer", it actually was the original).
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#271354
Topic
The Puggo Edition - webpage and screenshots (Super 8 transfers - Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/271354/action/topic#271354
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Originally posted by: skyjedi2005
it will not duplicate or even read in my dvd burner. so much for promising to pif it if i can't even watch it on my dvd player without my player saying it's corrupt.
A corrupted version appears to have made its way onto usenet, so if you try to get it off of alt.binaries, make sure it's the one labeled "new menu" (that is apparently the correct one - I don't know, I haven't downloaded it myself). Of the dozen or so originals I sent out, I haven't heard any complaints. If someone is pif-ing the corrupt one, that would be, er, unfortunate.

I never thought super 8 looks so awful thank god I never bought a projector or 8mm reels. the quality is close to starkillers 77 bootleg in places better others worse.

8mm can be excellent - these prints obviously weren't, and I traded off graininess for brightness and color. I imagine one of those anamorphic 8mm prints would look considerably better, particularly with a better (i.e., rank wet-gate) transfer. Mine's made with a WorkPrinter (www.moviestuff.tv), so it's scratches and all - but at least it's frame-by-frame.
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#270347
Topic
great quote on the radio re the changes
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/270347/action/topic#270347
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Yesterday I was listening to the John & Ken show on the local radio station… they were discussing having watched Star Wars on television the night before. The hosts commented that the 1977 special effects didn’t stand the test of time, and the example they used was – the scene with Han and Jabba!!!

George, are you listening?

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#269594
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Info Wanted: Panasonic LD player for doing my preservation project?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/269594/action/topic#269594
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Originally posted by: Laserman
Panasonic went all out with that model, it was their 'prefessional broadcast' mode, and consequently it has a BNC output, serial port for PC control and they developed some nice noise processing.

I'm curious, how do you know about this? I haven't found much if any such praise for this particular model on the web.
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#269256
Topic
"Archiving seminar reveals 'Star Wars' tidbit?" Another SE?!
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/269256/action/topic#269256
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Originally posted by: ESHBG
Well I will still try to remain optimistic here and say that we will see a remastered version of the OUT this year; too many signs point to it as far as I am concerned.


I don't think that will happen until GL dies. But my prediction is that when he does (die), a really awesome re-release of the OT will materialize very shortly thereafter, brilliantly restored from 70mm. I can't imagine that deep down anyone in the Lucas emprire could honestly agree with GL on this one. Now, all we need is a bounty hunter (hey, Boba ...)

Of course, there is a risk that GL would become more powerful than we can possibly imagine, but I doubt it.
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#268617
Topic
Q: Death Star viewed from Endor
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/268617/action/topic#268617
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Originally posted by: Ripplin
If someone was feeling morbid, they could make "Return of the Jedi: Nuclear Winter Edition." They could throw in that draft idea of the Falcon not making it out of the Death Star, too.


No, no no... the ewoks ARE the result of the previous radiation fallout after ANH. They used to all be tall, handsome humans. In episode 9, Hans Solo looks like an ewok too.
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#268287
Topic
The Puggo Edition - webpage and screenshots (Super 8 transfers - Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/268287/action/topic#268287
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Originally posted by: Murch
I just downloaded these - they're great - nice job puggo - does anybody know where I can find a list of all the audio/picture differences btw these and the 35mm vers?


Thanks, and I'd like such a list too. I can accumulate them on the website as they materialize. Now I need to go back and find that thread that had an initial - presumably partial - list....
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#267915
Topic
Info: a super8 "Revenge of the Jedi" trailer on ebay
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/267915/action/topic#267915
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Originally posted by: boba feta
Isn't that one already available on the 2004 bonus disc?


That's the sort of thing I was wondering. If it is (presuming it actually says "revenge" rather than "return"), or if it is already distributed in decent condition on another disk, then of course there would be no point to my putting in all the work of buying and telecining it.

And, I noticed that a 35mm version just appeared as well. I don't have the means of telecining 35mm - but it's appearance now leads me to believe that perhaps this isn't such a rarity after all. I'm still kinda new to all this stuff, thus the inquiry to those more learned Jedi than Pugs.