Just wanted to say that I'm enjoying, and actually learning some things, from this thread. A similar thread on a drumming forum got shut down quickly when it devolved into Texas jokes.
If it's CPY you're after, you'll want the originally released DVD of TPM.
Maybe they changed it because it looks like his pants are falling down.
I'm not a Scot (I'm from the U.S.), but my name is Scott, so I consider myself highly qualified to discuss this topic. And so, I'd just like to echo something I heard on the radio this morning on this issue.... the whole independence from Britain thing may be scary, but it worked out mostly ok for us.
skywalker89 said:
I only have a drycleaning-cassette to clean it, it's enough.
Ooo, you might want to do some research and learn how to clean the heads properly. Would probably do a better job and easier on the heads.
It is incredibly cool that you even have a working video 2000 deck!
I don't suppose the heads need cleaning?
So if my experiences with cops were all good, should I assume that they are all saints?
Wouldn't it make more sense to form an opinion by getting as much data as possible, rather than basing a conclusion on only those experiences of one type?
Interesting that all the great lightsabre battles in the OT included a lot of talking.
gizzy2000 said:
Being a cop gives a person so much power and authority, and since cops that do wrong never seem to face consequences it's no wonder that so many violent power-hungry people want to be cops.
I visited a maximum security prison once, and many of the inmates said that their goal was to become a policeman. But I don't think it is for the reasons that you state. Rather, I think that it is because for people living in crime-ridden areas, police are often the only people that they interact with who have their lives together and are earning an honest, respectable, and regular paycheck.
When ESB was produced in 1980, Obi-Wan didn't even know Leia was Luke's sister. I don't even think George knew that.
When they had Obi-Wan deliver the twins to Ben's farm in ROTS, nobody at Lucasfilm stopped and said: "oops, loss of continuity, we can't do it that way".
The really big BIG news that you missed, was that there is an alleged rumor from a unknown source, that the OUT might someday be released on blu ray, or not, although that hasn't been confirmed.
Harmy finished the color corrections, and I just had the pleasure of reviewing them. They look terrific. As soon as I download the .avi's, my work on the project will resume.
Next up - sound sync. Ugh, I hate that part. Although at least this time the sound and video are coming from the same film :) It's still painstaking, as the video is locked to the proper speed, but the audio is captured with a normal analog projector and is subject to all kinds of mechanical drift.
almonkey said:
obi wan was at the birth, he would always have known about Leia being Luke's sister wouldn't he?
Meaning that Lucas bolloxed up his own story line when he made ROTS.
I'm surprised he didn't "fix" that in the blu-ray set, to insure that the OT matches the oh-so-important PT in every detail. The obvious improvement would be to replace Yoda's "no, there is another" line, with simply "nooooo!!!".
Clearly it was Leia.
I thought that duel was best part of the entire PT (except for CPY, of course). Loved the music and the choreography. Also loved the contrast between Qui-Gon and Maul when the barriers seperated them.
That said, the classic battle between Luke and Vader in ESB was still better.
Sex complicates everything and usually ends badly, because the various parties invariably have different ideas about if and/or how it should end. Some people can back out gracefully, others need a clean break. There's no telling what is going on with your ex/friend, but it wouldn't be surprising if there were heavy things that you're unaware of. In any case, we've pretty much all been there, some of us many times, and like Bingo said, it's part of life (one of the difficult parts). If there is any consolation, it is that 20 years from now, believe it or not, you are likely to look back on it and see it very differently than you do now. I've been hurt really badly by my share of women, and in every case, after a decade or two later, I look back and only remember the good times.
The old saying is "time heals all". When I was 20 I didn't believe it. But at 54, I can say pretty definitively that it really does. So the best thing you can do is just get through it as best as you can while minimizing the collateral damage.
I know you didn't ask for advice - so apologies if my comments were unwelcome.
SilverWook said:
Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:
I have a friend that is an audio engineer at Skywalker Sound. One time I asked him about his thoughts on the OUT vs SE, etc. His response was basically that he didn't understand why I or anyone else would care.
Is he even a fan? I imagine someone who doesn't give a rat's ass about Gone With The Wind could care less if the Cinemascope version was the only version available either.
On the contrary, there are a number of classic films that I am not a fan of, but it would bother me deeply if they weren't preserved. I think that it's more about many people not seeing any importance in films other than just for their entertainment value.
I have a friend that is an audio engineer at Skywalker Sound. One time I asked him about his thoughts on the OUT vs SE, etc. His response was basically that he didn't understand why I or anyone else would care.
TV's Frink said:
Blargh.
There was only one of these.
Zer0Squared said:
Someone should try to contact James Earl Jones. How righteous would that be?
I wonder if David Prowse is sufficiently disgusted that he might want to do it?
So, if the filmstock failed, and the SE's look so great, where does that guy think those 2 hours of images that comprise the SE came from?
TV's Frink said:
Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:
I'd consider going to Celebration if a critical mass OTcon took shape. I could only do the weekend, though. Unlike most of you fanboys, I have a job :) :)
*looks for winky*
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*fails*
Fails indeed... there are two of them, right after the word "job". Or is it that I misspelled ;) ?
You'd want to have a look at "Deleted Magic", if you haven't already.
MaximRecoil said:
They could make a lot of types of special effects look more believable in '97 as compared to '77-'83, but they were still a long way from being able to create realistic looking people or critters entirely from CGI.
I don't know, Jurassic Park was 4 years earlier, was much more ambtious, and looked 10 times better. I think the challenge was that they were trying to add CGI to a 20-year old film, and a deleted scene at that. Just a bad idea to being with. Yes, Jabba always looked awful.
Ronster said:
we are in 2014... Newer sound mixes of films leave the original star wars films and even the special edition standing in the shade.
Hmm, by my observations, most of today's sound mixes are overcompressed and sometimes below even CD standards. And editing seems a lost art. Just because the tools are better doesn't mean that today's editing is better. In contrast to what you have said above, I have yet to hear a "newer" sound mix of the original Star Wars films that measures up to the original stereo and 6-channel surround mixes from 1977.
I personally agree that the original mixes are better than the SE but they both can also be improved upon too without doubt in my opinion not only in terms of sound quality but also in terms of being better edited.
As for editing, it's hard to imagine improving on the artful editing of classic movies like "Gone with the Wind", or sonic movie masterpieces like Bernard Hermann's "Vertigo" or Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Sound of Music", regardless of the tools available. I shudder to think of how those movies would have turned out if they had been made today. I'd put Star Wars in that same category, and clearly the AFI does also.