SilverWook

Universal still seems to be the biggest offender cranking up the DVNR button. I've heard Dragonheart and Apollo 13 look much better on HD DVD, but I don't have those films yet.

I've had two HD DVD discs go bad, and fret that the rare or superior titles in my small collection are going to rot down the line.

Been wondering if someone should collect the info out there about converting HD DVD to Blu Ray. For preservation purposes only of course.

I would hope most people here appreciate the lengths you've gone to getting even parts of this rare documentary out there for fans to see.

Is the owner at least aware there is a fanbase interested in seeing this properly released?

I feel like the last person on this board to have actually seen the movie. I had a good time, and the bargain theater is still rocking with 35mm! I got a warm fuzzy feeling seeing cue marks, and occasional nicks and scratches. Pretty good matinee crowd considering the Blu Ray is out soon.

Nothing quite like hearing a film projector whirring somewhere above and behind you.

I wasn't aware Joel Goldsmith had died. It certainly didn't get the media coverage his father's passing did.

I've heard varying stories about Trog. (One version is it was a prototype mask that went walkies.) I thought I was hallucinating when I saw a 2001 spacesuit backpack turn up in a Dr. Who episode. Stanley kept the Starchild, so I imagine he didn't have everything destroyed.

If you're a 2001 fan, these pics may break your heart...

http://www.visual-memory.co.uk/faq/html/spacestation.html

Going to try and watch Dr. Strangelove over the weekend. (Freeborn did Peter Sellers' makeup.) Getting out to the Kubrick exhibit is on my to do list this year. One of the ape heads Stuart made for 2001 is on display.

http://starwars.com/news/stuart-freeborn-remembered.html

And a behind the scenes pic I never saw before...

Somebody did get it right...

http://starwars.com/news/stuart-freeborn-remembered.html

I liked Giacchino's Speed Racer score, so I'd think he would do well on a SW film.

Williams will be probably be asked first.

My top loading gas tube monster? It's a Pioneer PR-8210.

Molly said:

I've seen worse.  The mono tracks on some Funimation DVDs are only 96 kbps.

They used 96kps on the extras for the 007 SE DVD's a decade ago. It makes the commentaries sound like AM radio.

I agree, I just couldn't bring myself to use that exact phrase to describe it. ;)

I think a full Pizza Hut survives in the town next to mine. They have a pizza buffet none of the others that are long gone around here had.

On a related note, anyone miss the old 80's Chuck E. Cheese? Back when Chuck was actually a rat, they served alcohol, and there were actually games adults could enjoy? Not to mention that cool lounge with the animatronic lion belting out Elvis tunes!

The most awesome SW related blog ever created!

http://letsdrawjaxxon.tumblr.com/

That idea could dovetail nicely with a Biggs Darklighter movie.

And now, more than ever, Tag and Bink Are Dead:The Movie. ;)

Yippee! This is going to be so wizard! ;)

Here's something you don't see every day.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/GOLDFINGER-Super-8-color-feature-/190792751325?pt=US_Film&hash=item2c6c2258dd

Not sure if it's a legit release or not. The packaging is similar to some of the Derann Super 8 features I've seen.

Was going through TSWLM on Blu Ray and downright shocked the original stereo is at 448kps. (There's a tiny bit of hiss as well.) Anybody know if the other stereo films are encoded this way? I know it's not PCM, but after seeing everything but the original mixes get a bump in bitrate on the Blu Rays, it's a surprise. Seems like Lowry had nothing to do with this HD video master, either.

I finally watched the rest of my recent Bond LD acquisitions. The Dolby Stereo mixes worked with my soundbar a lot better than most 5.1 tracks I've listened to with it. And thankfully, not a defective disc in sight. :)

Anybody heard from msycamore lately? Two weeks is long time for him not to post around here.

Technical specs aside, what matters if you can hear the difference. If it was a 192kps DD track like a lot of original sound mixes are stuck in, PCM wins by a mile.

Bingowings said:

SilverWook said:

What about that fellow from the Young Indy series? He's about the right age now to play Han in his prime.

There is only one person fit to play Han in his prime and that's Harrison Ford.

Do the Young Han Chronicles if you must or The Aged Han Yelling At Cloud Adventures but Han as an adult should not be recast.

Write around him.

Do a series set on his home world with people mentioning him or something. 

It's entirely possible for these spinoffs to be animated films? The door has opened a tiny crack for the Daley books to be adapted. If Harrison doesn't want to at least voice Han, Perry King is still around. :)

I really don't want to spoil things before Frink has the premiere this month.

georgec said:

Same guy who played Young Indy playing Young Han?

Worlds are shrinking...

But in all honesty Flanery is 47 years old. Hardly young.

Actors don't always play characters close to their real life chronological ages though. And Mr. Flannery looks pretty darn good for 47...

How old is Han supposed to be in the Daley books?

Great idea, DF Shadow, but Frink has already used that voice in Episode II, and that might prevent it's use for Grievous here.

I did have the crazy idea of using Marvin The Paranoid Android from the HHTTG tv series.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcqmVws4nr4

I can't imagine the OT without his contribution. Rest in peace...

What about that fellow from the Young Indy series? He's about the right age now to play Han in his prime.