SilverWook

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Post: #233504
Topic: any plans here for the 30th anniversary?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/233504/action/topic#233504
Time: 9-Aug-2006 12:55 AM

How much does it cost to rent out a movie theater these days?

Post: #232851
Topic: Howard The Duck - special edition (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/232851/action/topic#232851
Time: 6-Aug-2006 4:15 PM

Well, at least we now know Howard wasn't open matte. I'm not 100% sure Howard was shot 1:85, but the theatre I saw it at did mess up on occasion. (They botched Brainstorm big time!) Aren't some HD channels cropping 2:35 movies slightly to fit the 16:9 frame?

Post: #232688
Topic: computer games - voice acting
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/232688/action/topic#232688
Time: 6-Aug-2006 1:28 AM

You have to wonder if it's money or scheduling. The late Brock Peters did Vader in the radio trilogy, and did lot of voiceover work in the 90's but he wasn't used either.

Did JEJ do original dialog for the Monopoly game?

Post: #232097
Topic: If Star Wars flopped....
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/232097/action/topic#232097
Time: 3-Aug-2006 11:13 PM

I read somewhere recently that a handful of new drive-ins have actually been built. They are becoming popular with families with a carload of noisy kids to deal with, and smokers who can't go two hours without a puff.

Whoever at Fox let Lucas have all the merchandising rights must have overlooked the fact that Planet of the Apes merchandise did fairly well.

Post: #231972
Topic: Original Trilogy DVD Article in Total Film
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/231972/action/topic#231972
Time: 3-Aug-2006 4:00 PM

I'd be willing to accept the theory that somehow in the mad rush to finish the film, George didn't get the shot he wanted. As I've said elsewhere, if the scene was really bugging George that much, he passed up several opportunities to reshoot. The best time to have reshot it was during production on the Holiday Special, second and third windows would have been during the sequel shoots. If there was time and money to shoot a new crawl for the 1981 rerelease , there should have been time to do the other "fixes" he wanted.

Post: #231784
Topic: Saber fighting as kids....
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/231784/action/topic#231784
Time: 2-Aug-2006 11:45 PM

The plastic sabers Kenner made around the time Empire came out made their own buzzing noises when you swung them. No batteries needed.

Post: #231781
Topic: If Star Wars flopped....
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/231781/action/topic#231781
Time: 2-Aug-2006 11:38 PM

I can't see the possibility of it ever having become an outright bomb, as they hyped it enough at SF cons from 1976 onward to practically guarantee that crowd would show up opening day. IIRC, Lucas intended "Splinter of the Mind's Eye" to be the sequel if Star Wars was moderately successful. It would be interesting if the script version of that ever showed up.
I can't see George doing skin flicks, but maybe he would have directed American Graffitti II personally or gone up the river to help his pal Francis out with that war movie of his.

Post: #231618
Topic: Good old fashioned Nightmare Fuel!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/231618/action/topic#231618
Time: 2-Aug-2006 4:13 PM

IIRC, the old Mad Magazine spoof of SW had a joke about Vader's suit originally being white before a career in villiany turned it black.

Post: #231473
Topic: Info Wanted: 70mm Film Cel Scans (good reference or pointless?)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/231473/action/topic#231473
Time: 2-Aug-2006 1:41 AM

These would appear to be scanned from the frames sold to collectors in lucite frames in the 90's. They were specially treated not to fade. The few frames I have from an actual projected print have gone very pink by comparision. It's curious there never seems to have been frames sold from any of the opening crawls.

Post: #231469
Topic: Good old fashioned Nightmare Fuel!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/231469/action/topic#231469
Time: 2-Aug-2006 1:34 AM

Okay, turns out I fell for a photoshop job on a way cool white Vader costume.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v465/wickedbeard/ResizeofDSC01329.jpg

Post: #231464
Topic: Good old fashioned Nightmare Fuel!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/231464/action/topic#231464
Time: 2-Aug-2006 1:30 AM

http://craphound.com/images/hellovader.jpg

Noooooooooooooooooo!

Post: #231463
Topic: Is the lack of quality in art a kind of art form?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/231463/action/topic#231463
Time: 2-Aug-2006 1:24 AM

Most of the old cliffhanger serials I've seen actually have remarkably good effects for their era. And sometimes better acting.

Post: #230671
Topic: Robinson Crusoe On Mars... a Preservation? (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230671/action/topic#230671
Time: 30-Jul-2006 4:59 PM

Yeah, Ebay often has bootlegs made from the LD, (RCOM was never officially released on VHS even) but do any of them include the commentary or the supplements? This was one of best sets Criterion ever did, and it's loaded! They even did animated menus in CAV that could be replicated on DVD. I'd be willing to do a raw capture if nobody else has this.

Post: #230526
Topic: Info: Some thoughts on this community.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230526/action/topic#230526
Time: 30-Jul-2006 12:58 AM

If George was really unhappy with the scene, why didn't he reshoot it during the production of the Holiday Special in 1978? (I don't think Lucasfilm had fled Hollywood for Northern California just yet.) You had a recreated cantina set handy, the Greedo costume, and Harrison Ford all in the same place!

Post: #230426
Topic: This guy claims he has never heard of Episodes 4,5, and 6.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230426/action/topic#230426
Time: 29-Jul-2006 3:26 PM

True story. Back in the early 90's I was shopping with my mom, and we were in this little gift shop type of place in a downtown shopping district. I had noticed some Star Trek collectibles, and asked the saleslady if they had any Star Wars items. She had no idea what Star Wars was!!! I actually had to explain it was this very popular movie. Even invoking Ronald Reagan's version failed to ring any bells! Mind you, she wasn't some teeny-bopper sales drone. She was probably in her late 50's. The whole episode freaked me out. Was I on some sinister hidden camera show? Had I slipped temporarily into a parallel universe devoid of Star Wars? Was she a space alien? I will never know.

Post: #230255
Topic: This guy claims he has never heard of Episodes 4,5, and 6.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230255/action/topic#230255
Time: 28-Jul-2006 6:14 PM

Maybe he's from this village?

http://calwestray.tripod.com/images/prisoner_village_map.jpg

Post: #230123
Topic: Info, & Help: looking for... Robocop - ITV Family Friendly "Freakin' Airhead" Version
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230123/action/topic#230123
Time: 28-Jul-2006 4:39 AM

I saw a cut of Predator on local tv several years ago that totally omitted any shots of the Pred's face after he takes his breath-mask off! Kind of ruined the finale of the film that way.

Post: #229734
Topic: Info & Help Wanted: <strong>Coming To Your Screens Summer 2007</strong> - Super8 OT project...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/229734/action/topic#229734
Time: 27-Jul-2006 3:19 AM

Which Super 8 version are you using for this? Can your transfer pro handle 600-800 ft. reels?

Post: #229636
Topic: Anyone want to preserve The Compleat Al? (A Mockumentary about Weird Al) (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/229636/action/topic#229636
Time: 26-Jul-2006 9:55 PM

The copyright warning at the beginning still cracks me up! You can actually spot an 80's vintage Laserdisc player in the background of one scene.

Sadly, my disc has rot even my old gas-tube monster won't read through.

Post: #229634
Topic: Doctor Who: The Ten Doctors (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/229634/action/topic#229634
Time: 26-Jul-2006 9:50 PM

Cool! Is it okay to show that around?

Post: #229630
Topic: We're Still Immature Whiners to MSNBC
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/229630/action/topic#229630
Time: 26-Jul-2006 9:31 PM

Seems the author was goofing on pretty much everyone there, not just Star Wars fans.

Post: #228873
Topic: Original ESB Emperor makeup on Ebay!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/228873/action/topic#228873
Time: 24-Jul-2006 11:40 PM

Profiles in History is doing another one of those auctions of way cool props and memorabilia. Quite a few Star Wars items, including a lot of poster concept art, but it's cool to get a clear look at this!

Post: #228871
Topic: The "original crawl" on the new DVD is NOT the original crawl! Screenshot inside!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/228871/action/topic#228871
Time: 24-Jul-2006 11:36 PM

Well, that sucks. Original version my ass!

Post: #226904
Topic: Info: Bizarro merchandising...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/226904/action/topic#226904
Time: 17-Jul-2006 6:04 PM — Edited 21-Apr-2020 6:34 AM

H-Bomb R2-D2 and Marital-aid C-3PO. Do these things even cross Lucas’ desk for approval anymore?

Post: #226585
Topic: new book on a new hope coming in september
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/226585/action/topic#226585
Time: 15-Jul-2006 9:07 PM

It was mostly speculation on message boards in the late 90's when the book simply never came out. Allegedly Lucas didn't like Mayhew talking to the guy who wrote that unauthorized bio. Amazon UK still has a listing for it.