SilverWook

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Post: #270679
Topic: Happy Birthday John Williams!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/270679/action/topic#270679
Time: 8-Feb-2007 7:41 PM

Interesting that the MST3K website, Sattellite News mentions it, (yes, even Mr. Williams has a cheesy movie skeleton in his closet) but not the official SW site.

Post: #270659
Topic: Info & Help: Looking for... Raiders Of The Lost Ark - on HDTV
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/270659/action/topic#270659
Time: 8-Feb-2007 6:56 PM

Originally posted by: skyjedi2005

years ago they were supposed to release full bitrate PCM audio versions of the trilogy on laserdisc under the THX laserdisc program sadly they were cancelled and never released.

IIRC, Raiders and TOD were among the "test" titles released without any mention of THX on the packaging. (The others were Apocalypse Now and Star Trek 6.) They were "unofficial" in that the final specs for THX Laserdiscs had not been decided on, but the widescreen remasters went through what became THX mastering. Not sure about Last Crusade, as it I think it came out in widescreen before the others.

Post: #270650
Topic: Robot Chicken Star wars superbowl show
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/270650/action/topic#270650
Time: 8-Feb-2007 6:29 PM

Is it possible they just ran a bunch of the existing SW parodies Robot Chicken has done in a half hour slot plus commercials? Besides, I doubt Lucas is a fan of the show after that skit Mark Hamill did!

Post: #269584
Topic: Bad Wookiee!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/269584/action/topic#269584
Time: 3-Feb-2007 7:07 PM

Chewie impersonator arrested in Hollywood.
I saw this on the local news. Really horrible costume!

Post: #269306
Topic: Idea & Info: The Challenge of Re-Editing a Crap Flick
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/269306/action/topic#269306
Time: 1-Feb-2007 9:47 PM

Probably impossible, but I'd like to see someone recut "Manos:The Hands of Fate" into a decent scary movie.

Post: #267728
Topic: Q: Death Star viewed from Endor
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/267728/action/topic#267728
Time: 24-Jan-2007 8:11 PM

Some of that debris had to be burning up in the upper atmosphere afterward. Matter of fact I recall a fansite speculating the DS II detonation potentially did Endor a whole lot of harm!

Post: #265949
Topic: Real Stormtrooper Armor!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/265949/action/topic#265949
Time: 15-Jan-2007 7:47 PM

Bulletproof, but will it deflect a well-aimed blaster shot?

Post: #265370
Topic: The Thief and the Cobbler: Recobbled Director's Cut (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/265370/action/topic#265370
Time: 11-Jan-2007 7:59 PM

Unearthed Films did a superb job with Rock and Rule.

Post: #265240
Topic: OOT has 1 day left
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/265240/action/topic#265240
Time: 11-Jan-2007 1:31 AM

My local Fry's still had plenty of them today, along with a lot of the '04 and '05 sets.

Post: #265083
Topic: Harrison Ford turns down chance to reprise Han Solo Role!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/265083/action/topic#265083
Time: 10-Jan-2007 2:52 PM

Smells like Bantha poodoo to me.

I've long wanted to see the Brian Daley Han Solo books turned into a movie though...

Post: #264891
Topic: Happy Birthday Star Tours!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/264891/action/topic#264891
Time: 9-Jan-2007 2:35 PM

The Grand opening of the ride at Disneyland was twenty years ago today. I feel old!

Post: #263982
Topic: Star Wars float in 2007 Rose Bowl Parade...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/263982/action/topic#263982
Time: 4-Jan-2007 3:36 PM

Rebelscum has posted some parade photos. Someone was asleep at the wheel when they decided to put Chewie and most of the other OT characters on the side of the float the tv cameras don't see!

And Bob Eubanks will be lucky if some troopers don't TP his house after that "get a job" wisecrack!

Post: #263843
Topic: Info: Kubrick's 'The Shining'... US & International versions
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/263843/action/topic#263843
Time: 3-Jan-2007 7:36 PM

It was shot open matte. I caught a screening last year, and you could faintly see the extra picture information above and below the edges of the 1:85 theatre screen.

Post: #263634
Topic: Star Wars float in 2007 Rose Bowl Parade...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/263634/action/topic#263634
Time: 2-Jan-2007 11:24 PM

Some parade footage on Youtube here.

Post: #263409
Topic: Star Wars float in 2007 Rose Bowl Parade...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/263409/action/topic#263409
Time: 1-Jan-2007 6:51 PM

It was a separate two hour show during parade preparations early this morning. Unless someone recorded it off KTLA or Travel Channel today, we're out of luck. There don't seem to be any repeats other than the parade itself today.

Post: #263335
Topic: Star Wars float in 2007 Rose Bowl Parade...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/263335/action/topic#263335
Time: 1-Jan-2007 1:40 PM

They should have had something more iconic, like a Millennium Falcon float. Remember the year a gigantic Enterprise D was in the parade? People were amazed when that came down the street. My Mom didn't even recognize the Naboo float.

The Travel Channel is rebroadcasting KTLA's pre-parade show. They interviewed Chewie!

Post: #263191
Topic: OOT has 1 day left
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/263191/action/topic#263191
Time: 30-Dec-2006 3:44 PM

I still see the box sets from a couple years ago lying around in several stores. I doubt the current releases will vanish overnight. Unless Lucas sends in the troopers to scoop them up.

Post: #263118
Topic: Star Wars float in 2007 Rose Bowl Parade...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/263118/action/topic#263118
Time: 29-Dec-2006 11:27 PM

ET ran an interview with Lucas tonight. Besides mentioning that Indy 4 is supposed to start shooting this summer, there was a glimpse of the still incomplete float and an Episode One Amidala costume. (There had better be some OT love in there!) But there was also a lot of 501st members practicing their march! Going to be a lot of Imperials in Pasadena next week!

Post: #263104
Topic: Star Wars float in 2007 Rose Bowl Parade...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/263104/action/topic#263104
Time: 29-Dec-2006 9:30 PM

Local L.A. newscast mentioned it, but didn't actually show it being worked on in spite of the teaser implying they would. Arrgh!
Anyway set your recording devices for New Years! And if anyone in Pasadena can take photos of the float during the parade, or in the public display in the days after the parade, please do so.

Post: #261607
Topic: Robinson Crusoe On Mars... a Preservation? (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/261607/action/topic#261607
Time: 15-Dec-2006 3:14 AM

That's great news that Criterion will be doing it again, since Paramount apparently doesn't give a damn about the movie. (And there shouldn't be any problems porting over the commentary and extras.) I'd still keep the Laserdisc for the cool jacket art, and to prove animated menus were around before DVD.

Post: #260893
Topic: Discussion: Awful Star Wars Collectibles
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/260893/action/topic#260893
Time: 9-Dec-2006 7:11 PM

I got a good laugh out of Darth Tater. And nothing in recent years compares to this!

Post: #260576
Topic: Lucas' next big project...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/260576/action/topic#260576
Time: 7-Dec-2006 12:30 AM

Not content to Special Edition his own films anymore, he's gone and screwed with the greatest movie musical of all time!

Post: #260550
Topic: Info & Help: looking for... 'Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming'
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/260550/action/topic#260550
Time: 6-Dec-2006 8:20 PM

Maybe the 30th anniversary in '08 will finally shake this one loose. No way Universal isn't going to try to make a few bucks off of that!

Post: #259157
Topic: ANH screening with modelmaker Lorne Peterson...WHY ARE THEY SCREENING THE SE??
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/259157/action/topic#259157
Time: 29-Nov-2006 5:24 PM

Anybody planning on going?

Post: #259100
Topic: ANH screening with modelmaker Lorne Peterson...WHY ARE THEY SCREENING THE SE??
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/259100/action/topic#259100
Time: 29-Nov-2006 3:47 PM

It's sad that Star Wars in it's original form can't even be screened in a historical context anymore.