SilverWook

You know you’re getting old when GGI is being recreated in CGI! 😉

I unfortunately have had some minor complications with both eyes requiring further surgeries to fix. I will be out of commission for most of this week for the first of these. The other two procedures haven’t been scheduled yet.

Exhibit A
https://www.ebay.com/itm/274821710848
Factory sealed or not, who pays over 68K for a pan and scan VHS? The loons who constantly relist some old Disney VHS for the price of a new car is one thing, but I don’t know if this is for real or someone trying to exploit the retro video craze for profit. Check out the other auctions from that seller for more craziness.

BTW, I still have my original first edition Raiders VHS, (slightly used) if anybody wants to pay me 50K for it. 😉

Garidaki said:

SilverWook said:

The original 1999 DVD does have the mono mix, but the Laserdisc PCM mono has been captured by someone.

In the meantime, take a look at a rare behind the scenes photo posted on instagram by MacGillivray Freeman Films, who did all the aerial photography for The Shining and make IMAX films today.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CQjDphdj1Sz/

Has anyone a capture of the laserdisc video ? (I mean only the image)

AFAIK, the 1999 DVD is from the same video master. All the 1999 Kubrick DVD’s, (except for Eyes Wide Shut of course) were older video masters.

screams in the void said:

I was watching the original Tron movie yesterday and noticed that the solar sail in that movie bears a lot of similarities to Dooku’s Solar Sail in Attack Of The Clones …In Tron , the solar sail also passes by some towers that have a very similar design to structures seen in AOTC on Kamino . The similarities make me think this was intentional inspiration that influenced episode 2 .

In Frink’s AOTC edit, the Tron score plays over those scenes. 😉

Thanks to you both. They have been corrected. 😉

The original 1999 DVD does have the mono mix, but the Laserdisc PCM mono has been captured by someone.

In the meantime, take a look at a rare behind the scenes photo posted on instagram by MacGillivray Freeman Films, who did all the aerial photography for The Shining and make IMAX films today.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CQjDphdj1Sz/

TestingOutTheTest said:

A New Hope is not that good of a movie. Yes, the story is strong, but it’s so difficult to enjoy it since the visuals are so outdated and the pacing is extremely slow at times.

Return of the Jedi is also very mediocre. The Tatooine and Endor storylines feel very disconnected, like it’s two movies patched into one film (sort of like Norm of the North: Keys to the Kingdom), and the Endor stuff is just… eh. I’ll give credit to the stuff with Luke, Vader and Palpatine.

All that 1997 CGI didn’t age very well, did it? 😉

I never thought I’d live to see anyone say the movie is slow paced. Critics over the years have blamed Lucas for movies becoming too fast paced in general.

CloakedDragon97 said:

In my personal opinion, 2001: A Space Odyssey is a very overrated movie. So many people say it is a masterpiece of a film. I personally think it’s just okay. The cinematography and especially the visual effects are very ahead of its time. But the movie has one big flaw. It is so slow. For some reason it doesn’t bother me when the LOTR movies have similar pacing though. Also, I think that the best Kubrick film is a tie between Eyes Wide Shut and A Clockwork Orange. They just feel more visually unique compared to 2001. The stories for both movies interest me more.

There is the new improved version. 😉
https://youtu.be/aFNtf95roQk

ZkinandBonez said:

Does anyone have any ideas what this is? (Or rather what it would have been?)

Neat! Never seen this before!

A quick google search for the artist makes me think it was a Dark Horse comic that never happened for some reason.
https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Travis_Charest

http://travischarestart.com/

IIRC, it was the same composer who worked on the score for Nelvana’s Rock and Rule. (Which sadly has never had an album release of the score or the songs.) There’s a villain later in the series who bears a passing resemblance to R&R’s main antagonist, Mok.

Foster has a new book out about his career. Should be an interesting read!

http://www.centipedepress.com/sf/fosterdirector.html

P.S. I wouldn’t hesitate on this if you really want it. Centipede’s book on the making of The Shining sold out pretty fast and goes for obscene prices on Ebay.

Meanwhile there were dodgy looking Vader costumes making personal appearances at malls all over the country. I personally saw one which IIRC, was a record store promotion tied the the release of the ESB soundtrack. Vader was accompanied by someone in the rattiest Chewbacca outfit I ever saw. The fur barely matched the Don Post Chewie mask they were wearing! In an era before cell phone cameras and internets, I imagine this flew well under the radar.

Fox went a tad overboard with the lawsuits. They thought they could own the concept of spaceships shooting beams at each other. They wanted to sue over Hardware Wars, but George liked it.

I doubt they could do anything about certain SW actors cashing in. 😉

Thanks!

monkeyjb1988 said:

As for whether it and the Ewoks show are true HD or upscaled… I’ll take your words for it. I think they’re true HD but I’ve been often amazed at how close to true HD the Muppet Show looks and I KNOW that was SD.

The Muppet Show was shot on PAL video, as it was made in the UK, so there’s higher quality there than if it had been shot on NTSC in the U.S.

Somewhere there must be footage of that.

I haven’t heard about George having an issue with the Vader lookalike before, but I recall that some other 70’s band had Jawa type creatures cavorting on stage in their concerts and Fox made rude legal noises about it.

I’m surprised Fox apparently never had issues over the undead dwarves in Phantasm.

P.S. In Frink’s AOTC edit, Dooku listens to Bicycle Race as he flees on his speeder bike. 😄

Got another compliment on my shirt today, which reminded me that some of those vintage ILM crew shirts are in the current Prop Store auction.

https://usm.propstoreauction.com/m/lot-details/index/catalog/287/lot/74175/

https://usm.propstoreauction.com/m/lot-details/index/catalog/287/lot/74176/

And I still want that Ewoks shirt. 😄

Did they rebuild/remaster the series in HD, or is this an upscale?

Boonta Eve originated on Droids?

I have been in very limited indirect one way contact with Poita, he’s super busy AFAIK, but apparently doing okay now.

In the meantime, I have a small dilemma. An opportunity has fallen into my lap to purchase a pristine looking reel, alas only one. Due to my recent eye surgery, I’m not in a good financial position to make an offer and I haven’t heard back from Poita or thxita on this yet. I don’t know how long the seller is willing to wait. It’s probably a good idea to keep this on the down low, so if you think you can help with this and want to see what it looks like, send me a PM. Please do not discuss it here.

jedi_bendu said:

RogueLeader said:

This quote fro Temeura seems to indicate we’ll at least see what he was up to between ROTJ and Mando, if we don’t go back even further.

I’m sure we’ll see Boba escaping the Sarlacc pit, which makes me wonder - which version of it are they going to use? The one which is basically a hole or the one with a beak? (Not that anyone on here needs the special edition changes explained to them)

As we’ve seen/heard with the ‘Han shoots first’ scene in Solo, and the original Krayt dragon sound effect being used for The Marshal, writers and directors of new Star Wars projects tend to be more nostalgic for the original editions and remember the controversy that started in 1997. However, to avoid audience confusion, my guess is they’ll use the beaky SE sarlacc. Assuming we see a sarlacc at all, this should be our most clear pointer as to whether Disney/Lucasfilm are treating the special editions are the canon versions, although it won’t be definitive. It’s more likely that creators will use the special editions for reference when casual/younger fans would be confused and the OOT for reference otherwise. Still an interesting question.

They could just shoot the Sarlacc from a distance and Fett comes flying out and lands on the dunes. Doesn’t that silly beak they added only pop out when it’s eating?

Anchorhead said:

Nilbog said:

I’m personally over all the spin-offs.

The reason Boba initially had a huge fanbase was he had the quintessential ‘less is more’ aspect. We knew very little about him aside from he was skilled, respected by Vader, and he didn’t fear talking back to him either.

A canon backstory or expansion only waters him down for me.

That watering down happened in 1983 when he comedically flew into a big slug’s mouth. The only thing missing from the scene was Yakety Sax. I’m not familiar with the prequels, but I know he’s shown as a little kid. Honestly, WTF Lucas?

For me, his reappearance and seriousness 40 years later in The Mandalorian is a long awaited return to gravitas.

Robot Chicken actually did a lot to make Fett cool again. And they explained his silly demise in ROTJ as having had way too much to drink on Jabba’s barge. 😉

Anybody walking to the set in a Jawa costume is going to hard to obscure. 😉

There’s no automatic black out thing I know of. And he certainly has not been banned…

Speaking of the censored version, it’s come to my attention it’s streaming on Tubi. I don’t think there was ever a physical HD release of the R rated cut, so maybe a preservation of those scenes is in order before somebody realizes the mistake, and swaps it out for the unrated?