Rokurota

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Join date: 5-Feb-2006
Last activity: 5-Feb-2006
Posts: 4

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Post: #177832
Topic: who misses the prequels?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/177832/action/topic#177832
Time: 5-Feb-2006 11:01 PM

They should try yo repeat their success from Clone Wars by making an animated Shadows of the Empire.

Post: #177830
Topic: Modified from its original version
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/177830/action/topic#177830
Time: 5-Feb-2006 10:59 PM

First of all, I never saw that disclaimer until the early 1990s, like 93 or 94. Welles died in the mid-1980s, at the height of Turner's colorization. So the causation seems a bit off.

So we would have a ROTJ directed by Spielberg, Gary Oldman as Grievious...

Don't forget that Lucas also considered David Lynch. As for Gary Oldman, blame his overzealous agent. According to Matthew Wood himself, Oldman only submitted a voice audition, along with several other actors. He did it as a personal favor to Rick McCallum, who is a friend of his. He was never selected. According to other sources, his agent announced and then retracted his casting. Needing a cover for his gaffe, he came up with the SAG story.

Post: #177823
Topic: Source material
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/177823/action/topic#177823
Time: 5-Feb-2006 10:41 PM

Well, failing the laserdisc, I'm going to suggest the unthinkable: the DVD. You may not get the whole thing, but pieces of original footage can be found there. There is a fair amount of unaltered footage in the films themselves. There's also the supplemental material. Empire of Dreams, for example, shows the first entrance shot to Mos Eisley and the Sebastian Shaw ghost footage. I'd rip that and splice it in.

Post: #177806
Topic: HD transfers
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/177806/action/topic#177806
Time: 5-Feb-2006 10:06 PM

I purchased a bootleg copy of the old trilogy on DVD. While they are acceptable in terms of preserving the original version of the film, I noticed a few problems.

1. Much as I hate to admit it, the picture and color resolution is better on the Lucasfilm DVDs.
2. I tried watching them on a high definition television. While the picture quality was acceptable (best I could expect), the picture was too small. Why? The 4:3 laserdisc signal had been transferred, without adaptation, and became a 4:3 DVD signal. This was the beginning of my education on high definition, or 16:9, formatting. Does anyone know what software you need to make sure the picture is framed in a 16:9 signal? Has anyone been successful in converting a 4:3 signal to 16:9?