Here's a white caddy Jedi set with the rest of the OT, if you're still looking for them?
I found a Yahoo group, but you need to join up to see anything.
That's a disturbing thought...
Where's Roddy Piper when we really need him? ;)
Was that outburst really necessary?
The broadcast version is already in the can, so to speak. I'll try to get to the Laserdisc after I do the HBO betamax tape of Star Wars for Reave's preservation. Suddenly I'm up to my neck in new projects. ;)
This is one list of possible differences.
George quit the DGA though. Smithee was an official alias for disgruntled directors. ;)
IIRC, Mr. Smithee was retired once too many people became aware of his body of work. ;)
Not sure who has replaced him.
pittrek said:
Is this broadcast recording different from the official LD / VHS ?
I had one big "problem" with these sets, I plan to "release" them as 2 5-DVD sets, but you can't buy cases for 5 DVDs, only for 6 :-) So original / alternate versions of these 2 movies would be the perfect DVD 6 for every set :-)
Been a while since I've watched either version, but the one visual difference is the closing credits. Broadcast version credits run over a freeze frame of the Endor sky, LD/MGM home video release is over a black screen.
Anchorhead said:
reave said:
SilverWook said:
Wish I still had a copy of this. Would make for a great cover?
That would make a great cover. If a high res can't be found, it wouldn't be too hard to replicate.
Need a preservation to wrap it around first though :)
I sent the owner of that magazine a letter asking him if he'd consider giving us a high-res scan to use as a DVD case insert. I'll let you guys know if and how he responds.
Ask them about the January '83 issue if you get a reply. I used to have that one too, and the Star Wars graphic for the "coming next month" ad on the back cover is pretty neat.
There's a facebook page mentioned on the Youtube video as well.
I have both movies on Laserdisc, plus my own VHS recording of Battle for Endor from the original broadcast. The VHS I transferred to DVD quite some time ago. IIRC, someone around here documented some slight dialog differences between the tv broadcast and the early video release of BFE a long time back.
I *might* have an old toy magazine article with pics of the Ewoks and Droids lines, but it will take some time to actually find it if it's not gone for good.
A quick bit of Google fu did find this...
http://retrostarwars.com/post/3792651744/kenners-ewoks-line-1985
Troy McClure said it all back in 1995...
"Yes, the Simpsons have come a long way since an old drunk made humans out of his rabbit characters to pay off his gambling debts. Who knows what adventures they'll have between now and the time the show becomes unprofitable?"
Very few studios use the original one sheet poster art these days, so Lucasfilm isn't alone in this. I think there's a thread over at the HTF for the worst DVD covers of all.
I was pleasantly surprised to see some classic poster art used for the inserts on the 2006 releases.
Not so much changed as they are the theatrical versions shown overseas.
Always wondered how they did at the box office, as the proposed third film was scuttled allegedly because they were getting more expensive to make.
Images of the Kenner toy line might be cool.
Since what's been done to THX-1138, I wonder how any future historians are going to sort it all out. We are on the third version of the SE's and now the second iteration of the prequels.
And if anyone who knows copyright law could chime in, how do the 2004 and 2011 changes not require an updated copyright? Besides the fact whoever did the new shots don't get any onscreen credits, there are credits for people whose contributions have been "deleted". (Clive Revill in Empire, and now the assistant Yoda puppeteers in Phantom Menace.) A new credit roll ought to be the easiest thing to change, and they don't do this.
skyjedi2005 said:
digitalfreaknyc said:
svenge said:
IMO, the one overriding reason that the set can be "worth it" is for the 3 old-school documentaries on Disc 9. The prices on the secondary market for legit versions of "The Making of Star Wars", "SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back", and especially for the Japan-only "Classic Creatures" LD together rival the cost of the BD set.
Yes, I know that almost everyone on this site has at least on LD-to-DVD transferred version of each of the documentaries (Rowman's for me) but to have a proper release is nice in itself.
How are they encoded? AVC? How high is the bitrate?
Not sure how they are encoded on the BD since i don't have it. I do know they are from the digital video masters from the 90's, probably the self same as those used on the japan laserdiscs without the burned in subtitles of course.
These are not proper releases because not only did Lucas not go back to the negatives, he did not scan 16mm LPP prints either. Dump to disc just like the gout.
Silverwook i read about Luca$h adding fake grain to the blu ray but i thought it was another internet myth, sigh.
It's MPEG2 encoding for the old docs. I've only watched MOSW all the way through. It's obviously an old video master, (with the 90's Fox logo at the end) but more watchable than my rotted Laserdisc at this point. Thankfully, William Conrad's narration is there.
SPFX and Classic Creatures seem to have more grain or video noise than MOSW does. Still need to dig out my LD's for a real comparison.
Where they got the different video master for Classic Creatures is anyone's guess.
I'm betting this is an angle Robot Chicken will explore someday. ;)
I had a peek at it when I tried to transfer the THX-1138 beta a few months back, and I thought it looked good for nearly thirty year old recording.
There were a couple HBO promos after the movie, including one for Fraggle Rock, so it might be possible to date when this was actually taped.
How does the pan and scan process actually work? I can't recall reading anything that went into the nuts and bolts of the process. Are shots panned and scanned during the transfer process or after?
Trying to finish some things so I can get boxes of old tapes out the door. Then I will have the space to get the betamax hooked back up.
DuracellEnergizer said:
SilverWook said:
Don't forget Lucas is always mining ancient mythology. Young heroes falling for slightly older women is nothing new.
He should have mined the Oedipus myth, though. It would have been juicier for Anakin to have boinked his mother.
Ewww! And I thought it was bad that perhaps Palpatine knocked her up, and erased her memory. Virgin birth my ass!
Akwat Kbrana said:
SilverWook said:
According to Weird Al, Anakin was nine and Padme was 15.
Fourteen, dude. "Do you see him hitting on the queen, though he's just nine and she's fourteen? Yeah, he's probably gonna marry her someday..."
I was listening through crappy little laptop speakers at the time. Thanks for the correction. ;)
Ten year olds are capable of thinking of girls as not being icky. I thought Lynda Carter was some sort of goddess when I was ten. And she still is. ;)
Don't forget Lucas is always mining ancient mythology. Young heroes falling for slightly older women is nothing new.
According to Weird Al, Anakin was nine and Padme was 15.
I thought what NNtN did with creative editing of real news footage was pretty funny. The "fan edits" of the era.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EflCnXX5C7w&NR=1
This still cracks me up.
Wonder if they ever did any Star Wars gags?
I didn't have a chance to open the package up until today. It's definitely a newspaper supplement, the pages aren't stapled, so that will make things a little easier!
There are more handwritten notes on the actual article I hope survive the scanning process, they are a little faded with age. There is also a bonus photo on another page of some extras showing off their fresh shaved heads.
The pages are slightly too wide for my old flatbed scanner, so I will have to scan in segments. Does it matter where I make the "break" vertically or horizontally?
Wish I still had a copy of this. Would make for a great cover?
The white and blue caddies were sometimes mixed up in the waning years of the format. RCA kept releasing new titles for a few years after they ceased production on the players, so it's possible they were simply using what caddies were left in stock regardless of the film label they glued on.
I've seen discs with blue outer shells and white inner sleeves and vice versa.
All mono CED releases of stereo films are clearly marked as such on the back label. "Mono sound for videodisc." Early players and titles were all mono, one thing that gave Laserdisc an early advantage.
The OT CED releases were all stereo.