SilverWook

Well, so long as apes aren't being forced to do the work. ;)

I did pass through the area once, and the buildings were unmistakeable.

DuracellEnergizer said:

It's definately some kind of Alien knockoff. The horrible acting and story kept me from noticing any styrofoam boxes, though. ;-)

 Apparently I was thinking of Forbidden World...

It was really funny when the actors got too close to the flimsy walls. Roger Corman's studio cranked out more than one woman being violated by slimy alien creature movie. Because of this, the lead actress in Android was actually pleasantly surprised her character wasn't scripted to have such a scene.

Roddy McDowall was the man...uh...ape.

One of these days, I want to visit Century City, (where Conquest was shot) and see if I can spot the actual locations used. Some of it must look the same four decades later?

Time travel has never been part of the SW universe, (not sure about the EU) except for Luke's line to Threepio, and that was probably a joke.

"Not unless you can alter time, speed up the harvest or teleport me off this rock."

I would hope they don't fall back on it now.

Not again!

What's really funny is a similar debate has taken place over the forthcoming Blu Ray release of Manos: The Hands of Fate.

I strongly suggest someone create a new thread for this debate elsewhere.

Was I right? There were more than a few Alien knock off in the early 80's, and they have all run together in my head.

Tasjo said:

SilverWook said:

Haven't perused old lots of Betamax tapes on Ebay in a while. They have gotten more expensive. Saw one that had the SWHS in the batch, (sadly over) but other auctions without such rare shows also got into hundred dollar territory. There seems to be more demand for old sporting events and news programs than ever, unless it's some archive with deep pockets going after these.

It's a total crapshoot if the tapes are actually playable, and still have what's written on the label of course.

 I was bidding on that lot, but I didn't have a chance to check on it before it ended.  Given what the seller told me when I asked about it, the SWHS tape was likely a second or third gen copy.

I also can't believe the amount some lots are selling for. Either they get bid through the roof or the sellers start the bid at some crazy amount. From my experience I've actually found better recordings in the cheaper lots I've bought than some of the more expensive ones.

 Yeah, I presume the old holiday parade in this batch justified the high bids.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Beta-Betamax-Tapes-Movies-amp-TV-Specials-70-039-s-80-039-s-With-Commercials-USE-AS-BLANKS-/111389888987

I would have liked to get my hands on the ABC broadcast of The Shining that was in there. Jack Nicholson saying "freak" and "freaking" in the tv dub is hilarious.

Is Inseminoid the Alien knock off that was so low budget, they made the spaceship walls out of styrofoam burger boxes?

Tyrphanax said:

SilverWook said:

Go Harrison go! A nice poke in the eye of all the people making sad old geezer jokes elsewhere.

I wonder if they will incorporate his injury into the plot now? The Falcon is too far from a safe harbor to seek a medical droid, so they improvise.

Yeah, I was wondering maybe they'd write a limp or a prosthesis into the script.

I kind of hope not, because I feel like our heroes should be invincible, but you never know.

 Because nobody ever got mauled by a Wampa, almost froze to death, and later got their favorite hand chopped off in the OT. ;)

At least one British tabloid is saying Carrie's daughter is will play Leia in a flashback scene,  hair-buns and all. Make of this what you will.

Go Harrison go! A nice poke in the eye of all the people making sad old geezer jokes elsewhere.

I wonder if they will incorporate his injury into the plot now? The Falcon is too far from a safe harbor to seek a medical droid, so they improvise.

Nice to see our heroes with a touch of grey, except for Lando, who probably has the best hairstylist in the galaxy. ;)

Since when are there Terminators and Werewolves in Star Wars?

Bowie could have been the Doctor in an alternate universe. ;)

DrCrowTStarwars said:

My PBS station stopped airing it around the time the new series started airing on Sci-Fi. I think that deal tied up the rights to the classic series or something like that because I don't think anyone has aired the classic series in the US since the new series started airing on cable.

 SciFi actually aired DW in their early days. Even though some Hartnell clips figured prominently in promos when they launched, they started with Tom Baker. (Running five days a week.) The commercial breaks were crude, and the episode recaps added were annoying. I don't think it lasted more than a year before they pulled it, although they did do Who themed weekends later on.

Current models are no longer limited to "Music only" recordable discs.

Got a Teac recorder new in box pretty cheap on Ebay.

http://www.guitarcenter.com/Teac-CD-RW890-Consumer-CD-Recorder-Player-108256876-i3043886.gc

Some Amazon reviews harped on the editing features, but I don't need those. LD's never had any sort of copy protection, so I don't anticipate any problems.

Once I have a capture, how do I determine it's accuracy to the source? Is bit perfect even something the human ear can tell?

Jerry Goldsmith's scores to both films complement each other. You could track in some of Outland's music over scenes from Alien, and vice versa.

CD recorders are still around, believe it or not. (And they have optical inputs.) I've been thinking about getting one for capturing digital LD tracks. My DVD recorder works perfectly for analog only LD's.

Has anyone tried this? Would it be "bit perfect" to the source?

Stamper said:

Can anyone preserve Dirty Harry original mixes? Mono and stereo. It's on this collection of LDs. The remix is horrible. http://www.lddb.com/search.php?search=dirty+harry&sort=title

 I don't think any of them were originally stereo, except for The Dead Pool.

Look at the back of this LD, and there's a tiny "reprocessed for stereo" credit.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dirty-Harry-The-Enforcer-Clint-Eastwood-Laserdisc-LASER-DISC-Warner-Brothers-/221225534976?pt=US_Laserdisc&hash=item338211c600

Early pan and scan releases might be the best source for the mono, at least for the first film.

doubleofive said:

SilverWook said:

Has anything like this come up for sale before?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/35mm-Film-STAR-TREK-ORIGINAL-RAW-FOOTAGE-FROM-The-Galileo-Seven-Hollywood-Estate-/281371576668?pt=US_Film&hash=item41830d895c

I've never seen anything like this. However, it's odd that it has shots from Galileo Seven and The Changeling, since they were filmed a year apart.

 Having looked at the description again, the logo of the Westheimer Company appears on the leader. They were one of the optical FX houses that regularly worked on the series. It could be a demo reel for the man whose estate the reel came from.

Have any PBS stations run the show in recent years? It hasn't aired in Southern California since the 90's.

Night shift on the 1701 D.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4ApQrbhQp8

Has anything like this come up for sale before?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/35mm-Film-STAR-TREK-ORIGINAL-RAW-FOOTAGE-FROM-The-Galileo-Seven-Hollywood-Estate-/281371576668?pt=US_Film&hash=item41830d895c

I own 70mm SW frames, and guess what? Rounded corners. Puggo's 16mm preservations have them too. Can't recall even a peep about that.

This could easily rival the Barry Lyndon aspect ratio controversy, if we let it. (Google it.) This will only derail the thread, and lead to hurt feelings. Please, take the high road for a change.

Because you can never have enough Rick Astley remixes. ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl6SZzjG2ts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FP23SLTtKM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqz6crf6xgc

In theory, you could segue from one mix to another on the closing credits, thus creating the ultimate rick roll...

They've been around decades before that show even existed. Would you rather they reassemble the ILM creature shop? ;)

Henson was experimenting with digital puppets in the 80's, so it could be a still be a CGI character.

http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Waldo_C._Graphic