ShiftyEyes

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Join date: 11-Jul-2004
Last activity: 26-Jun-2025
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Post: #231765
Topic: Fascinating article about Star Wars and George Lucas from 1997
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/231765/action/topic#231765
Time: 2-Aug-2006 10:24 PM

Thanks for the article. Interesting read. It reveals much about Lucas that is as true today as it was in '97.

As for Portman, I think she gave a strong performance in Episode I. She was iffy in Episode II, but I think she did a good job in Episode III with what the material called for.

Post: #231685
Topic: ~~~Segaflip's Newsgroup Posting List~~~
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/231685/action/topic#231685
Time: 2-Aug-2006 8:07 PM

I'd love to see some of ADM's non-SW stuff up. I use torrents occasionally, but for the most part, I find them a hassle so I choose my battles accordingly. Maybe some other fan edits as well. And if Segaflip doesn't have some of these, maybe someone with access to newsgroups can.

Post: #230998
Topic: Anyone got the original 'theatrical' release of TPM or AOTC?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230998/action/topic#230998
Time: 31-Jul-2006 6:11 PM

Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
"In this instance, the extended dialogue actually goes some way to explaining the ease with which Padmé forgives Anakin’s crimes."

LOL....yet another instance where anything that could help make sense of the story is cut. Thank God we got a longer taxi and pod-race sequence, though.

Actually, this is an addition, not a cut.

Post: #230994
Topic: Original trilogy DVD reverse covers
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230994/action/topic#230994
Time: 31-Jul-2006 5:59 PM

Indeed. The backs look very nice.

Post: #230814
Topic: first viewing of the 2006 OOT dvds
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230814/action/topic#230814
Time: 31-Jul-2006 1:02 AM

Originally posted by: andy_k_250
I really wish we could all just legally claim perpetual license to own any future SW releases free of charge since the majority of us all have purchased enough copies to effectively own stock in the franchise. Who else agrees?

I guess there could be some advertising like TV spots done, but I don't really expect much. Maybe I just don't watch as much TV as I used to, but I don't usual see many TV spots for re-releases and special editions of older movies.

Post: #230803
Topic: Blade Runner HDTV (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230803/action/topic#230803
Time: 31-Jul-2006 12:48 AM

I guess the news that's been around for the past week or so is that Warners will be reissuing the '92 DC on DVD on September 12th. It'll be barebones and apparently only with Dolby Stereo. However, it will feature remastered picture which should look nice. Just throwing that out there.

Post: #230800
Topic: Robinson Crusoe On Mars... a Preservation? (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230800/action/topic#230800
Time: 31-Jul-2006 12:43 AM

Haven't seen this either but I've been wanting to. Unfortunately, Paramount has no interest in releasing it on DVD so I guess LD preservation is the only way to go.

Post: #230798
Topic: Idea: X-Men 3 - Deleted Scenes - fan edit?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230798/action/topic#230798
Time: 31-Jul-2006 12:42 AM

I thought his comments were about not having an extended cut rather than not having deleted scenes.

Post: #230650
Topic: FAN EDIT REQUEST THREAD - Post your dream Fan Edits Here!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230650/action/topic#230650
Time: 30-Jul-2006 2:37 PM

I thought the theatrical version of DD was entertaining enough. The Director's Cut is a better film, but I feel perhaps a bit too much was added back into the movie. The DC is pretty long. Anyway, if you hated some of the cornier moments (seesaw fight), they're still there. Just an improved narrative.

I did an edit of DD which basically trimmed the DC for pacing, but I still recognize some of the corniness, etc. I don't have much of a problem with it, but maybe someone can salvage it.

Post: #230647
Topic: Info Wanted: has anyone done a 'Silence of the Lambs' Criterion preservation?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230647/action/topic#230647
Time: 30-Jul-2006 2:30 PM

Despite the fact that the colors are different, they were both approved by the cinematographer Tak Fujimoto!

Post: #230493
Topic: first viewing of the 2006 OOT dvds
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230493/action/topic#230493
Time: 29-Jul-2006 11:48 PM

Maybe they planned on doing new transfers, but something (money? time? state of prints?) made them change their minds.

Post: #230490
Topic: Ok, straight up... is this the last time we will ever see the OOT?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230490/action/topic#230490
Time: 29-Jul-2006 11:45 PM

It's been what, 11 years since the last time the OOT was released on home video? I guess we'll see in 2017.

Post: #230446
Topic: Anyone got the original 'theatrical' release of TPM or AOTC?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230446/action/topic#230446
Time: 29-Jul-2006 6:19 PM

I like the air taxi addition simply because I never quite understood why Anakin would just wander away from Qui-Gon like he does in the theatrical version since Qui-Gon was basically made his gaurdian.

Post: #230445
Topic: OOT DVDs - interlaced or progressive?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230445/action/topic#230445
Time: 29-Jul-2006 6:10 PM

I think most would be surprised by the number of movies that are compressed to fit onto a single layer even today. It was fairly common practice in the early years of DVD, but even today, Sony, most notably, crams its movies onto a single layer (extras occupy the other layer) for their standard releases just so they can release a "high-quality" Superbit edition later.

Post: #230444
Topic: This guy claims he has never heard of Episodes 4,5, and 6.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230444/action/topic#230444
Time: 29-Jul-2006 6:01 PM

Do the Amish know about Star Wars?

Post: #230443
Topic: ***The "Darth Editous" Episode V DVD Info and Feedback Thread*** - a work in progress
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230443/action/topic#230443
Time: 29-Jul-2006 5:49 PM

Originally posted by: ZombieFlanders

You could never recreate a good scene with an actor speaking lines in a part 26 (actually more) years after the scene was compeleted.

Why not? I've seen it done seamlessly, such as with the new cut of "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly", for example.

I don't think the Good, the Bad and the Ugly is a good example. I didn't mind Clint's voice, but Eli Wallach sounds completely different. In the original, he has a gruff sounding voice whereas his new lines sound more like Winnie the Pooh.

Post: #228238
Topic: Vertigo mono track (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/228238/action/topic#228238
Time: 22-Jul-2006 9:18 PM

I'm thinking Universal will eventually get around to re-releasing this (as well as Psycho) separately. But they're the big titles, so they're probably holding on to it for a while.

Post: #228023
Topic: New director what do you think ?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/228023/action/topic#228023
Time: 21-Jul-2006 7:23 PM

There have been rumors of other directors being offered the PT. I've heard Spielberg, Darabont, and other names mentioned before, but there's only one name that I know of that's actually stated that he was approached to do it. In his introduction to the book "The Cinema of George Lucas," Ron Howard revealed that Lucas approached him, but Howard wanted Lucas to get back to directing, so he declined and encouraged Lucas to direct it instead. Lucas has said that he originally intended to only direct Episode I and hire other directors to do the other two.

Post: #227687
Topic: The Matrix Squared (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/227687/action/topic#227687
Time: 20-Jul-2006 4:44 PM

Sounds like a pretty sweet edit. Haven't seen DeZionized yet myself (in the process of downloading). Both should be fun.

Post: #227448
Topic: New director what do you think ?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/227448/action/topic#227448
Time: 19-Jul-2006 7:58 PM

Well, Lucas did ask other directors to direct the PT, but they all turned him down.

Post: #227445
Topic: Idea: Oscar Ceremony Preservations...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/227445/action/topic#227445
Time: 19-Jul-2006 7:46 PM

I'd be interested too, but how many people have these to make available? I have a few VHS recordings, but not much.

Post: #226612
Topic: OK, the DVDs are coming...so how bad are they going to look?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/226612/action/topic#226612
Time: 16-Jul-2006 1:52 AM

Originally posted by: zombie84
Is the Abyss DVD actuall from the LD??

If they went to the trouble of making a DVD transfer, I can't see why they wouldn't make it anamorphic. The movie was first released on DVD in 2000 and they definitely knew about 16x9 enhancement at the time.

I believe the official line was that Fox wanted to make a new transfer of The Abyss, but James Cameron declined and said the current one (presumably from the LD) was fine. Actually, this happened again with the Alien Quadrilogy set. Fox did new transfers of every film except Aliens because Cameron said he was happy with the old, grainy transfer from the first DVD release (which was anamorphic by the way).

Actually, a LD transfer doesn't mean it will look that bad. The current edition of George Stevens' Giant is taken from the laserdisc and it looks pretty decent. The main problem with it is that there was some really dreadful edge enhancement added to it. I'm hoping the source Lucasfilm is using for SW is one before they applied filters, etc. to it.

Post: #226009
Topic: Fox France confirms the French OOT release >NOT< to be anamorphic
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/226009/action/topic#226009
Time: 12-Jul-2006 9:58 PM

Does Lucas even know what we'll be getting in September?

Sure, he knows they'll be coming, but he doesn't really strike me as a very hands on kind of guy in this type of thing. Could it be possible that someone in the home video division of Lucasfilm convinced him to release the OOT on DVD and said they could simply use the LD masters, with little additional cost. Lucas could've simply approved and washed his hand of the matter without seeing the transfer, etc. When told of the anamorphic situation, maybe he just shrugged (as opposed to laughing maniacally while throwing the last prints of the OOT into the fireplace).

Post: #226006
Topic: The Matrix: De-Zionized Re-Edit
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/226006/action/topic#226006
Time: 12-Jul-2006 9:38 PM

Sounds like a combo of the last two movies.

Post: #225114
Topic: What is meant by 'Special Edition'?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/225114/action/topic#225114
Time: 8-Jul-2006 12:00 PM

The set that will be released sometime next year will not only include Ridley Scott's new director cut, but also the original DC, the American theatrical cut, and the International theatrical cut as well.