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#138066
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Info Wanted: OT DVD Preservation Release Questions
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/138066/action/topic#138066
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Originally posted by: Trooperman
Or (more specifically), are there any sets out there that are sourced from the LD but don't have burned-in Japanese subtitles?

Another question is- there were two different audio tracks for "Making of Star Wars", I believe. Which transfer has which audio track?


The Making of SW and SP FX: TESB on my bonus discs are sourced from laserdisc without subtitles. Both From Star Wars to Jedi and Classic Creatures were never released on laserdisc in the US so the versions without subtitles can only be sourced from VHS. There was an idea being kicked around the board of using the VHS video to mask the subtitled portion of the Japanese LDs. Sounds possible, but I have no way of doing that myself. I used original VHS tapes of these two docs that were in very good condition for my bonus discs. Unfortunately, the source material itself for both is not that great in general.

You are correct. There are two different audio tracks for The Making of Star Wars. When it was re-released as a promo video from Kellog's Cereals in 1997, actor William Conrad's original voice-over narration was replaced by someone else using the exact same script. Other than that, the soundtrack is the same.

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#132831
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The Official babyhum Release Thread
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/132831/action/topic#132831
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That's the way the title appears in the program. VH-1 actually has a When _________ Ruled The World series. The title spoofs the old Mad-Libs from the 70's. It was a fill in the blanks game where you were asked for things like names, nouns, verbs, places, etc, without any knowledge as to why. Your answers were placed into a pre-written story with often hilarious results.
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#132738
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***The Official RowMan*** Release Thread
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/132738/action/topic#132738
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Originally posted by: russs15
I had a funny feeling that another version existed.

I recall seeing screenshots on one of Rikters pages of the 3 film menu's and the 4 disc extras set and the 3 bonus discs were different to the ones I now have.

As this set is in general public release, I would like to if possible add this other version to the DVD version pages to assist future readers.

Do you or anyone else have those screenshots. Rikters page seems to be long gone otherwise I would have got them there.

A few words from the creator about the official titles of each version would be appreciated too.


The versions with the generic, film-type menus screens shown earlier in this thread are Version 1. These discs were later updated with SW style menu screens, but the content remained the same. This version could be called Version 1.1 . My latest EditDroid-style editions were revamped with updated menus, better transfers, content additions, and content deletions. I would say that these discs would be Version 2. I'll dig out the old discs and give complete info with menu shots on the older versions soon.
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#131256
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***The Official RowMan*** Release Thread
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/131256/action/topic#131256
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Looks great to me so far! In case you're interested, there was actually another version of these bonus discs made in between the two releases you listed. Those DVDs featured all of the content from version1, but custom menus were created to go along with the RowMan Remix trilogy (as Rikter called it).

So, I guess, the current version of my bonus discs are Version 3.
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#131151
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***The Official RowMan*** Release Thread
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/131151/action/topic#131151
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Originally posted by: russs15
Thanks. That is that mystery solved.
Has the The Definitive Laserdiscs Extras DVD changed too or was it just the 3 Bonus discs that changed?
I have the version with the menu screenshots you posted earlier.


The Definitive extras disc has not changed. It's done pretty much the way I want it and contains all of the Definitive Collection laserdisc extras material (including commentaries), but no trailers. My individual movie bonus discs contain all of the trailers and at least one for each film that does not appear on the official 2004 extras disc.
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#131131
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***The Official RowMan*** Release Thread
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/131131/action/topic#131131
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The pics posted by Russ15 are my very first versions I did about two years ago. Content and menu design has changed and video quality has been upgraded a lot since then. My current (and probably last) version is available directly from either Rikter or myself via snail-mail (although I believe Rikter will torrent soon) or through the downloads that segaflip is handling right now.
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#129463
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<strong>The Cowclops Transfers (a.k.a. the PCM audio DVD's, Row47 set) Info and Feedback Thread</strong> (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/129463/action/topic#129463
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Originally posted by: weapon
I thought so but I could not remember who did it.

Now if we can get someone to take the best of v1 and v2 and put them together. We could have a disk that most would agree was is good if not great.

Rowman, are you listening?

I would also like to get my hands on those row47 discs! How would I go about getting those?

I'd love to take on a project like that, but my computer and software limitations won't allow it. Feel free to email me directly at rwafford1 at yahoo dot com for the "Row47" trilogy. I can only snail-mail discs, though. Aren't they available for download anywhere?

I will agree that this new TR47/ Cowclops trilogy is a great anamorphic transfer (better than the Dr. Gonzo IMHO), but I just don't like having to adjust my TV first. Still, this was a fantastic effort and I for one am most appreciative.

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#129235
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***The Official RowMan*** Release Thread
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/129235/action/topic#129235
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Originally posted by: eros
The original Rowman DC supplemental disk has video clips with commentary, is this the way it was presented on the LD's or were they incorperated into the movie? I have a version of the DC supplemental disk, it has all the extra's apart from the commentaries. It is probably the one done by Gonzo, is it worth getting this Rowman version for the commentaries? Also does the editdroid bonus disks include the faces AND DC interviews?


The actual laserdiscs had selectable intermittent audio commentary during the viewing of the film. My Definitive Laserdisc Extras disc extracts all of the scenes with commentary only and presents them all together, apart from the films. It also contains the interviews, and all of the other extras from the Definitive Collection laserdiscs except for the trailers. The trailers are found on the individual films' bonus discs.

The individual films' bonus discs contain the Faces interviews.

The easter eggs are easily found on the main menu of the SW, TESB, and ROTJ bonus discs.

When pairing these four bonus discs with the new TR47/ Cowclops release, the commentary is redundant as it's on the individual movies and the fourth bonus disc.
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#128947
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***The Official RowMan*** Release Thread
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/128947/action/topic#128947
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Thanks you guys. I tried for a little of the best of everything. Sort of what an official release might contain if there was one.

And a big extra thanks to Rikter for all of his hard work on getting this material out. I actually just wrote him and said that it's a great feeling to be able to share my personal SW projects not only with my friends, but with people all over the world.

I hope you all enjoy and share them with as many people possible.

-RowMan
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#126794
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What do you use to master your DVD's?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/126794/action/topic#126794
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On the lower end of the scale, I encode my material from VHS, Betamax, or laserdisc (using the S-Video connections when possible) with my DVD recorder while choosing the closest appropriate recording bitrate for the task. The finalized DVD is then imported to my computer where I use The GIMP to create menu and background graphics and TMPGEnc DVD Author to put it all together.

If I had more computing power and larger hard drives, I'd probably venture into the computer encoding route with higher end authoring software, but the results so far (mostly using VHS and Betamax masters) have been pretty good.
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#126498
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When was &quot;A New Hope&quot; mentioned?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/126498/action/topic#126498
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I don't know when he actually mentioned it, but I'm sure I've read that the movie was always called "Episode IV: A New Hope." GL decided to take it out of the opening crawl at the last minute because he thought it might be unneccesarily confusing to the viewer. Of course later, after the film was a hit and sequels could be made, the full title was added back on to later prints.
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#125732
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<strong>The Cowclops Transfers (a.k.a. the PCM audio DVD's, Row47 set) Info and Feedback Thread</strong> (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/125732/action/topic#125732
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I don't think there were ever any covers made for my bonus discs. People, including myself, have been storing them in 2-disc cases along with their respective movies from either the EditDroid or TR47/Cowclops trilogies and then just modifying whatever covers they are using to reflect that.
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#125800
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Director's Cut?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/125800/action/topic#125800
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For the record, the theatrical releases of T2 and Aliens are the director's cuts. James Cameron has said numerous times that the Special Editions are earlier edits of the films and he released them on home video to give the viewer an insight to the film making process.

I wish GL had felt the same way.
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#123465
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Info: The 'complete' OT feedback thread. Put all the star wars glitches &amp; fixes in here.
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/123465/action/topic#123465
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Those two docs were never released widescreen as they were made for television.

Rikter has SP FX transferred from an NTSC laserdisc. Best quality available.

I don't think From SW to Jedi was released on laserdisc in the US. The quality of that isn't that great to begin with on the USA released VHS or the Japanese laserdisc (with subtitles), although the laserdisc is slightly better. Someone here had the idea of taking the Japanese laserdisc and masking the subtitles with the USA videotape. Anyone still working on that?