SilverWook

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Post: #292580
Topic: Help Wanted: Need Hi-Res Artwork For Vibes & Incredible Shrinking Woman
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/292580/action/topic#292580
Time: 14-Jul-2007 10:46 PM

There are several posters and lobby cards from TISW up on Ebay right now. Not expensive either. Alas, the old Discovision cover designs hide most of the poster art.

Post: #292577
Topic: A New Direction For The Petition
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/292577/action/topic#292577
Time: 14-Jul-2007 10:37 PM

MST3K fans once got together to take out a full page ad in Variety to save the show, so that sort of thing is certainly feasable.

Post: #292514
Topic: A New Direction For The Petition
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/292514/action/topic#292514
Time: 13-Jul-2007 11:20 PM

If 5-25-77 is a hit when it comes out, that might renew interest in the original film. We would really need someone like Roger Ebert in our corner though...

Post: #292435
Topic: Lucas wearing "Han shot first" shirt during Indy IV production
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/292435/action/topic#292435
Time: 12-Jul-2007 11:13 PM

Since that shirt has about the second worst caricature of Han Solo ever drawn, maybe George is wearing it to yank Ford's chain a little? Or else it's a secret message to the fans that Harrison has signed on for the yet to be announced Episode 7!

Post: #292413
Topic: Lucas wearing "Han shot first" shirt during Indy IV production
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/292413/action/topic#292413
Time: 12-Jul-2007 5:27 PM

I doubt they actually sold too many of those shirts, and they aren't about to give them away.

Post: #292299
Topic: 5-25-77 Documentary
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/292299/action/topic#292299
Time: 10-Jul-2007 9:08 PM

Watching the trailer made me realize how good amateur moviemakers have it today in terms of actually getting their stuff seen by a lot of people. Really looking forward to this!

Post: #291874
Topic: Info: 8mm scope reel - for sale on eBay
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/291874/action/topic#291874
Time: 3-Jul-2007 8:27 PM

There has to be some way to Rube Goldberg around that pesky limitation. Use two other projectors to feed and take up the reel?

Post: #291828
Topic: What trailers played in front of Star Wars in 1977?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/291828/action/topic#291828
Time: 2-Jul-2007 11:52 PM

Can anyone remember if there were any?

Post: #291825
Topic: Info: 8mm scope reel - for sale on eBay
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/291825/action/topic#291825
Time: 2-Jul-2007 11:13 PM

Did you ever figure out if your WorkPrinter could take a 600 ft. reel?

Post: #291511
Topic: Similarities between Star Wars and Dune
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/291511/action/topic#291511
Time: 28-Jun-2007 9:02 PM

There were some irate letters printed in Cinefantastique magazine right after Star Wars came out, complaining that Lucas ripped off Dune, among other things.

Post: #291243
Topic: Idea: The Phantom Tollbooth (animated, 1970) - a preservation?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/291243/action/topic#291243
Time: 25-Jun-2007 5:56 PM

There was a Laserdisc version released in the late 90's.

Post: #291074
Topic: Info Wanted: Fullscreen versions of James Cameron's movies?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/291074/action/topic#291074
Time: 23-Jun-2007 6:10 PM

I think it's safe to say that Cameron preferred full screen presentation for video and tv in the early 90's. IIRC, he did host a SciFi channel airing of "The Abyss" back then which featured a demo of a scene with and without matting. Obviously that would no longer now be the case with DVD and widescreen tv's.
To the best of my memory, Spielberg successfully threw his weight around enough that "The Color Purple" and "InnerSpace" (which he was producer of) were letterboxed on VHS. (E.T.'s first ever video release was also offered in a separate widescreen version, but I've never seen a VHS copy.) The only director I know of that prevented any pan and scan presentation of their film would be Woody Allen with "Manhattan". It has been letterboxed on video from the beginning, (with gray bars on early copies) and even the rare tv showings as well. It is often mistaken as the first movie ever to be letterboxed on home video as a result.

Post: #290120
Topic: What about the slaves?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/290120/action/topic#290120
Time: 12-Jun-2007 7:45 PM

So that was the bad side of town on Corsucant? I can only imagine what Palpatine turned the Jedi Temple into!
And what was with the celebration on Cloud City anyway? Last time we saw it, everyone was fleeing for their lives because of Lando's warning. Did Ice Cream Guy lead an assault between Empire and Jedi to retake it?

Post: #289920
Topic: Info: James Bond - Laserdisc Preservations: 1962-1971
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/289920/action/topic#289920
Time: 10-Jun-2007 9:23 PM

Someone did a bit more than that to Never Say Never Again.

Post: #289151
Topic: What about the slaves?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/289151/action/topic#289151
Time: 5-Jun-2007 3:00 AM

It doesn't seem likely, unless Anakin finds time between AOTC and ROTS to go back and do something about it. The whole slavery subplot was a bad angle to have in the prequels. (Droids would be less expensive long-term than slaves anyway?) It makes the Republic and the Jedi look bad since they obviously know it goes on, and don't do anything about it.

Post: #288948
Topic: So, um... no new DVD's announced this year?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/288948/action/topic#288948
Time: 3-Jun-2007 5:36 PM

I'm old enough to remember when RCA gave you Star Wars for free for buying a CED Videodisc player and Projecton tv combo. Someone at Lucasfilm has forgotten how the OT made a lot of people run out and buy a VCR or Laserdisc player just to watch them at home. Someone was certainly off their rocker when Phantom Menace was released on Laserdisc only in Japan, and the fan club was forced to withdraw their offer to sell them directly to fans.

Post: #288784
Topic: So, um... no new DVD's announced this year?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/288784/action/topic#288784
Time: 1-Jun-2007 7:19 PM

Mielr, did your niece buy a EDTV by accident?(Extended Definition, which isn't true HD and looks like crap in every store model I've seen.) Most current HDTV sets should be able to upscale DVD nicely. Having a progressive player hooked up properly helps too. Most cable systems are using overcompressed crappy signals to begin with.

Post: #288498
Topic: Family Guy to kick off season with 1 hour Star Wars spoof
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/288498/action/topic#288498
Time: 30-May-2007 1:16 AM

Between this and Robot Chicken, why the sudden urge to have Lucasfilm's blessing these days?

Post: #288226
Topic: Godzilla Vs. The Smog Monster (Custom DVD Preservation) (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/288226/action/topic#288226
Time: 27-May-2007 8:33 PM

That "Save The Earth" song took a long time to get out of my head when I first heard it many years ago! I recall when Elvira ran the film on Movie Macabre in the 80's, she did some dancing to it.

I could have sworn there was a pan and scan Laserdisc of the old English dub. There is a double feature DVD of it paired with Godzilla Vs. Megalon I've seen on Ebay. Probably not Toho approved, but at least one seller claims it's the original english dubs, so maybe the title cards are there as well?

Post: #288205
Topic: Celebration IV
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/288205/action/topic#288205
Time: 27-May-2007 5:02 PM

Wish I could have attended this thing! It's good to know 5-25-77 hasn't fallen off the radar, although it's going to miss the boat if they don't release it this year.

Post: #288150
Topic: Info: My latest eBay purchase
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/288150/action/topic#288150
Time: 26-May-2007 10:48 PM

The original game was murder to play, until I found out about that secret cave full of extra lives.

Has anybody thought of recording a runthrough of all three games for preservation purposes? I never was able to complete the final level of Jedi. Damn, that Death Star tunnel was hard!

Post: #287572
Topic: Three questions for Geroge
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/287572/action/topic#287572
Time: 22-May-2007 8:04 PM

1. How did you manage to keep a straight face during the THX-1138 DVD commentary and documentary?
(Shhhh! Don't mention all the crappy CGI changes! Nobody will notice!)

2. Why is Ewoks:Battle For Endor so freaking dark for a kid's film?
(Cindel's entire family killed in the first ten minutes. And people think Alien 3 is depressing!)

3. Is Howard the Duck still "Our Leader"?
(See HTD teaser trailer, 1986)

Post: #286758
Topic: Do the Jedi steal children?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/286758/action/topic#286758
Time: 15-May-2007 9:16 PM

It wasn't thought all the way through, and doesn't mesh with the OT as a result. Had the films been made in chronlogical order, it would have made more sense for Ben to raise (and train) Luke by himself on Tatooine instead of waiting twenty years in the shadows, and letting Luke bond with Owen and Beru. You don't put Luke in the same scenario as the padawan whose training you botched! Yoda could have raised Leia on Dagobah instead of putting her in potential peril of crossing paths with Palpatine and Vader too soon. Not that either one ever picks up Force vibes from the young Senator from Alderaan.

Post: #286632
Topic: The Visual Effects Society Unveils “50 Most Influential Visual Effects Films of All Time”
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/286632/action/topic#286632
Time: 14-May-2007 10:21 PM

Guess which film is number one?

Post: #285801
Topic: Info: James Bond - Laserdisc Preservations: 1962-1971
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/285801/action/topic#285801
Time: 8-May-2007 4:05 PM

What model LD player are you using? Are you having laser-rot problems with the Thunderball discs themselves?