Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda

"Do, or do not... there is no try."

That is awesome - I knew that your work on the DE would eventually catch the attention of a well-connected fan.  It was your destiny!  Hopefully they won't make you work on a 4K PT release :)

poita said:

If you need an alternate source for the 5 or 6 seconds, I have multiple 16mm scans, and happy to provide you with a complete scene to use for repair or whatever.

 Thanks, I'll keep that in mind.

poita said:

BTW, did you get the document I emailed?

 I did, thanks.  Did you get the SD card I sent you?

Warbler said:

The way things are going College football and basketball players will be getting paid.  I may take 10 years or more, but I think its coming.

Also, even if the athletes aren't getting paid now, their performance at stats in college have a direct impact on the very competitive financial offers they are trying to land.  When the coaches are making millions (while PhD professors are making a tiny fraction of that), you know there is a ton of money involved and at stake.

It's funny that Dr. Crow would argue against replay, when replay helps reduce the chance of the sort of conspiracy/collusion that he so bemoans.

Warbler said:

  Of course they didn't know it would be intercepted, but there was absolutely no need to risk it.  Interceptions happen all the time.

 so do fumbles, which could have happened if the hand-off didn't go right, or if Lynch didn't hold the football properly while running, or if a defender hit him just  right and the ball pops out.

The difference is that a fumble can happen any time, including on pass plays.  In fact, statistics show that not only are interceptions more likely on pass plays (duh), but fumbles are ALSO MORE likely on pass plays than on running plays:

http://archive.advancedfootballanalytics.com/2010/01/fumble-rates-by-play-type.html

It was a bonehead call.

Possessed said:

A Wise Guy Once said:

 It is difficult to have a conversation because you twist things to the extreme 

 

 corrected :)

DrCrowTStarwars said:

No, but if you didn't earn the trophy then why would you want it?

As much as I wanted Seattle to win, and as much as I thought they should have won, and would have won if not for a bonehead play call, I have to be honest and admit that the Patriots played outstanding.  They consistently outplayed the Seahawks and it was basically a couple of big Seahawk plays that kept it close.

I understand that you think they shouldn't have been allowed to play in the SB.  At this point, it looks to me like a penalty of that magnitude would be out of scale with the severity of the alleged offense.  Also, if your team just lost 45-7, would you want to be given a pass into the super bowl?

DrCrowTStarwars said:

So if they are not going to enforce the rules and it is pointless to try why do we have rules and why come down so hard on players for things that have no impact on the game?

. . .

I guess I am done with pro football after a lifetime of watching, since as you say it is all based on who can break the rules the best and nothing can be done about it.

 It is difficult to have a conversation because you twist things to the extreme - I didn't say any of that.

I still think that if it had been any team other then the Patriots the coach would have been banned or fined at the least.

 I am mildly curious why you think this?  What is so special about the Patriots that they would get such favored treatment?

I just don't see what the point of cheating is.  I mean what fun is it to win a trophy if you know you didn't earn it?

 Do you think that in the NFL they play for fun?

yikes, the editor just destroyed my response... I'll have to try later.

Once big money finds its way into a sport, LOTS of competitors, even good people, try to bend the rules - and sometimes cheat - in order to win.  This happens in every sport and requires ongoing efforts to contain it to within reasonable limits.  As such, penalties need to be dished out according to the severity of the offense.  When careers, livelihoods, sponsorships, book deals, etc. are on the line and winning is what makes these things possible, it is inevitable that people/teams will (and DO) go to any length in order to win.  Even in my "lesser" sport of table tennis, there has been tons of cheating over the years, including doping, equipment tampering, etc., from players and coaches all over the world... in some cases by friends of mine who I respect.

My own favorite baseball team, the SF Giants, had a player caught doping a couple of years ago.  Of course the team, coaches, players, etc. went into full denial mode - shocked! dismayed!  But, really, did the coach know about it?  It sure wouldn't surprise me one bit if he did.  I hate to admit that, but hey there is a LOT on the line and those immersed it it learn quickly that you can't afford to not do everything you possibly can to increase your chances of victory, however tiny.  Those little things add up. Otherwise, everyone else will, and you'll end up in last place, with no career, and forgotten.  The terrible truth is that nobody remembers the honorable last-place finisher.  Sport becomes ruthless when money enters the picture.  There is absolutely no need to build a conspiracy theory to explain anything.  The Pats just got caught this time (probably/maybe).

One can only guess how much cheating is going on that we don't know about. If you're a sports fan and consider yourself ethical, you have to reconcile yourself that your favorite team(s)/athlete(s) are very likely pushing the envelope on many of the rules.  Money corrupts, it just does... the Patriots are NOT unusual in this regard.  If every team was kicked out for every little transgression, there wouldn't be a league left.

Darth Id said:

Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

The thought of the PT being "influential" is depressing indeed.

Well this should lift your spirits: it wasn't and isn't.

It was universally reviled and is now forgotten.

 AH, good!  What a relief - that was a close one.

If it were a conspiracy, it would have been a lot easier just to hold them back at their 40 yard line 15 seconds earlier.  Sheesh.

The thought of the PT being "influential" is depressing indeed.

On the "1", on second down?  With Marshawn Lynch on your team, and 2 timeouts, and 25 seconds?  Of course they didn't know it would be intercepted, but there was absolutely no need to risk it.  Interceptions happen all the time.

I thought the 49ers had the worst play-calling last year when they threw four times inside the 10 and failed to make the touchdown.  I thought this was much worse because the ball was on the ONE.

Unfathomable play call at the end.  Was there some sort of mass delusion that overtook Seattle?  I knew something was seriously wrong when they set up in a shotgun... and I'm not a football expert.

bings said:

Any ETA on the  ROTJ V2 Harmy?

 Wrong thread

Apparently I did, for about 5 seconds.

Post-production on the audio is done.

Next up, a furrball removal.  After that, aligning with border mask.

Initial plan is a DVD5 like the others.  However, after that I'm open to suggestions, as well as making the raw files available to people for anyone who wants to try and make higher-def versions.  I might try myself as well, now that I have this spiffy new and faster computer.

China used to be known for making fantastic overdubs.  In the best examples, they align the audio and video so well, and choose translations so cleverly, that it is very hard to see the overdub.  Also, there are actors/actresses that are very famous just for their overdubbing - some of them are just as famous as movie stars and all they do is overdubs.  And, many cases the overdubbed version is considered at least as good and sometimes better than the original (a matter of opinion, of course).  For examples:

http://www.bjreview.cn/EN/En-2005/05-26-e/china-2.htm

My wife is Chinese and I remember being surprised when she told me who her favorite overdubbers were.  I'd never heard of such a thing.  She showed me one of her favorite Chinese-overdubbed classics (Zorro, I think) and I was stunned by the quality.

Definitely - the hard parts are done.  Several steps left but they're pretty mechanical.  Well, there's a 5 or 10 second fuzzball that I have to figure out how to clean up.

And... haven't decided on an "extra" yet.  It'll be tough to top "The Maniac".

Oh, ROTP webpage finally updated.

Sound sync done on reel 3.

Next up - post production on the sound.

dclarkg said:

Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

Sound sync done on reel 1.  Starting reel 2 tomorrow.

Yeeessssss!

 I forgot to mention -- those are awesome!!!

paszczak said:

Darth Id, I'm sorry but I don't understand why you're so angry with me and/or my post.

Paszczak - nobody here is angry with you.  Most of us are just SO into Star Wars that our personalities have become a little bit strange, and our jokes also are a bit strange.  Actually your posts (and your tape) have generated quite a lot of interest - it's not every day that we see a Star Wars tape with Polish voice-over.  Hopefully you can look back on some of the posts and laugh along with our American-style farcical humor.  We have a lot of fun on this forum - it seems like you are a very enthusiastic fan of Star Wars like the rest of us, so you should have a lot of fun here too.  You are most certainly welcome here.

And yes, there are a few other females here too :)  We're not totally hopeless, it just might seem that way at first.

Ok, here's the story...

Back in the 1970s there were hundreds, maybe even thousands, of drum and bugle corps around the country.  Each year the VFW and AL would hold national conventions where hundreds of the corps would attend and compete. In 1972, the top corps decided to form their own organization and hold their own competitions separate from the military.  That is how DCI started, and it persists today (see www.dci.org).

During that transitional periodin the late 60s/early 70s, at least two of the corps videotaped many competitions, mainly for their own instructional purposes.  Luckily, they saw fit to video the first DCI championships, which today is considered a historically significant event.  When those old tapes were discovered in a corps hall closet (about 80 tapes, in about 2004), it created quite a stir.  Nobody knew there was footage of that founding event.  I had the privilege of restoring the tapes, and hundreds of DVD sets have sold.  Since then, I've created four other compilations (from other years) made from these EIAJ tapes, and they have all sold well.  A second even larger batch of tapes turned up in a competing corps' closet about 2 years ago, which helped us release a set of the 1973 competition and which will doubtless lead to additional upcoming products.

I never marched in a drumcorps, but I gave drum lessons to some kids who did, and ended up enjoying attending shows.  Later I got some work making recordings of the corps for their CDs and webcasts.  That'se how I had the connections that led to my doing the work.

A similar huge batch of EIAJ tapes turned up, of international table tennis competition from the early 1970s, in a U.S. team members' closet.  They made their way to me as well because of my longtime involvement with that activity.  It's a miracle my deck still works so well after the hundreds of of tapes it has seen.  It is one of the two best decks ever made - I was so lucky to find it.  The only degradation has been an increasingly sluggish rewind belt that I should probably get replaced soon, if I can.

Each tape requires at least 4 hours of baking in order for it to play.

And with all that, Poita's tapes were the first Memorex I've ever seen.  Most EIAJ tapes are Scotch or Sony.  Frankly, I hope I don't see any more Memorex - after 8 hours of baking they were still shedding a bit.