SilverWook

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Join date: 9-Dec-2004
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Post: #87766
Topic: Star Wars - The Edits and DVDr releases thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/87766/action/topic#87766
Time: 20-Jan-2005 3:33 AM

Yes, I just noticed that.

It took years, but I got them all on LD now. (Don't mind the subtitles myself.) It's kind of a downer they seem to have been forgotten by Lucasfilm along with the ones made about the Indiana Jones films.

Post: #87732
Topic: Star Wars - The Edits and DVDr releases thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/87732/action/topic#87732
Time: 19-Jan-2005 10:47 PM

It's too bad Classic Creatures and Making of a Saga only came out on LD in Japan. I gnash my teeth at the Japanese remaster of Making of SW and Empire as the old 80's US pressing had such a high defect rate. And the later VHS version that was a mail in premium has replaced William Conrad's narration for some mysterious reason.

Post: #87419
Topic: StarWarsLegacy.com - The Official Thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/87419/action/topic#87419
Time: 19-Jan-2005 12:58 AM

In theory, there should be dozens, if not hundreds of other Fox films from the 50's onward the old logo could be lifted from. Odd they didn't change the name after 1999, thus making an old Saturday Night Live joke from the 70's prophetic.

Post: #87248
Topic: ***The "EditDroid" Trilogy DVD Info and Feedback Thread***
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/87248/action/topic#87248
Time: 18-Jan-2005 8:25 PM

Thank you!

Post: #87239
Topic: ***The "EditDroid" Trilogy DVD Info and Feedback Thread***
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/87239/action/topic#87239
Time: 18-Jan-2005 7:56 PM

Looks pretty good. In some parallel universe, this is the DVD Lucasfilm released.

I'm interested in finding out if it's the real original crawl or an incredible simulation. Could you possibly get a screencap of it past the point the Empire of Dreams documentary cuts away? Thanks.

Post: #85168
Topic: .: The X0 Project Discussion Thread :.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/85168/action/topic#85168
Time: 10-Jan-2005 2:54 PM

I'm bewildered and dismayed at what's going on. If I wasn't still coming down off the cieling after the tornado alert this morning, (in California!?) I probably could make some sense of things. I really hate Mondays!

Post: #84090
Topic: DVD Packaging
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/84090/action/topic#84090
Time: 7-Jan-2005 1:46 PM

Must be some sort of tradition. My DC laserdisc boxset suffered from cheap glue on the dust jackets, which came apart before I'd finished watching the first film. I could never even stuff the discs back into the box!

Post: #83303
Topic: Dreaming of the *ultimate* LD transfer
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/83303/action/topic#83303
Time: 5-Jan-2005 1:02 AM

Have you tried any rotted discs with it yet?

Post: #83267
Topic: Dreaming of the *ultimate* LD transfer
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/83267/action/topic#83267
Time: 4-Jan-2005 8:34 PM

Heavy is good. After my 704 went south on me, (a cheap tiny little spring fell off the side changing gizmo the laser pickup rides on) I looked around at what could still be bought in DVD's atomic wake. One Pioneer model I almost bought open box was mind bogglingly light! I had lurid visions of it flying off the shelf trying to get an LD up to speed.

It pains me to think Pioneer went cheap ass before they gave up LD for good.

Post: #83188
Topic: Dreaming of the *ultimate* LD transfer
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/83188/action/topic#83188
Time: 4-Jan-2005 2:04 AM

According to http://www.laserdiscarchive.co.uk/laserdisc_archive/pioneer/pioneer_pr-8210/pioneer_pr-8210.htm
I have the PR-8210. I didn't even know until the late 90's it was industrial grade on the inside, or it's use in many an arcade game. Isn't the internet wonderful?

Post: #83158
Topic: Dreaming of the *ultimate* LD transfer
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/83158/action/topic#83158
Time: 3-Jan-2005 9:21 PM

It's a 1984 vintage Pioneer PR-8210. The old gas tube lasers are kind to discs with light rot/speckling, and the only Discovision title I have is actually watchable with it. (But a total mess on a modern machine.) It's also the luckiest player around, having survived the Northridge quake in '94 that trashed my 701. (Pays to be heavy and have big rubber feet!) It's worth it's weight in gold to me, so I'm not going to tempt fate by modding it!

Post: #83137
Topic: Dreaming of the *ultimate* LD transfer
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/83137/action/topic#83137
Time: 3-Jan-2005 4:58 PM

Many old school LD owners believe a single sided machine without CD playback has an edge over the combi players that eventually dominated Pioneer's line. If only my oldest player had digital sound and VNR!

Post: #83135
Topic: .: The X0 Project Discussion Thread :.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/83135/action/topic#83135
Time: 3-Jan-2005 4:38 PM

Incredible! That is the best I've seen Star Wars on LD look outside of a very expensive home theater demo setup.

Post: #82949
Topic: Dreaming of the *ultimate* LD transfer
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/82949/action/topic#82949
Time: 31-Dec-2004 9:38 PM

Would it be possible to get anything useful out of the mid 80's Japanese CAV widescreen versions? Whatever elements CBS/FOX used were barely ten years old at the time. The only hitch being the letterbox is higher on the screen than later U.S. versions, (On Star Wars anyway) to make more room for the subtitles in the lower black bar.

Post: #82913
Topic: Dreaming of the *ultimate* LD transfer
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/82913/action/topic#82913
Time: 31-Dec-2004 1:24 AM

Thanks for clarifying that. I used to dream of owning an X9, with it's seemingly magical ability to read rotted discs. But I must admit, the X0 is also a beautiful machine!
http://www.laserdiscarchive.co.uk/laserdisc_archive/pioneer/pioneer_hld-xo/pioneer_hld-xo.htm
I only wish Star Wars had been among the MUSE titles released.

Post: #82894
Topic: Dreaming of the *ultimate* LD transfer
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/82894/action/topic#82894
Time: 30-Dec-2004 11:08 PM

I'm not familiar with the X0. Do you refer to the Pioneer HLD-X9 or one of the other MUSE Ld players from Japan?

Post: #82703
Topic: Hardware Wars SE
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/82703/action/topic#82703
Time: 28-Dec-2004 3:11 PM

Has anybody given thought to preserving this? It's not on the official DVD. (Was only ever released on VHS.) In spite of not being "approved" by the director, it does give the special editions the spoofing they so rightly deserve.

Post: #82472
Topic: Watch the Holiday Special at Ifilm
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/82472/action/topic#82472
Time: 23-Dec-2004 9:07 PM

IIRC, there was no way they could afford costumes for all the Wookiees at the end. So they all wear the red gowns, and all the extras are wearing modified Don Post Chewbacca masks!

Post: #81912
Topic: Delurk and an Inquiry...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/81912/action/topic#81912
Time: 16-Dec-2004 11:47 PM

Feeling better, although the windy weather theatens to rip the roof off here! I only wish my 8mm reels were anamorphic. I did see a complete four reel anamorphic Super 8 print on Ebay earlier this year, but the seller couldn't tell me if it had "Episode IV" on the crawl or not. And the box art was from Jedi, which only confused things.

Post: #81864
Topic: Delurk and an Inquiry...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/81864/action/topic#81864
Time: 16-Dec-2004 12:48 AM

Okay, the PM thingy is on. Sorry for not checking in sooner. Been ill most of the day.

Post: #81820
Topic: Delurk and an Inquiry...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/81820/action/topic#81820
Time: 15-Dec-2004 4:30 PM

Hello all,

I've been lurking for a long while and finally decided it was time to post something. It's very impressive seeing all the work being done to keep the originals out of the dustbin. The DVD's were the last nail in the coffin for me. I have noticed several mentions in other threads of people having access to 35mm gear. Is it possible for any of you to transfer 35mm to video? I've been sitting on some footage of interest for a while, but the only place I knew of that could have done the telecine for me, (no questions asked) apparently went out of business.
With a little luck I may have the Super 8 home movie digest reels of Star Wars transferred to DV pretty soon. I don't expect the picture quality to be that great, but it will have a good chunk of the mono mix.