SilverWook

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Join date: 9-Dec-2004
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Post: #141413
Topic: Anyone see American Dad last night?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/141413/action/topic#141413
Time: 26-Sep-2005 11:36 AM

I laughed out loud when I heard that line. Maybe one of the writer's has lurked here? (The Ewok getting liquidated was funny too.) Amazing they resisted the temptation to do a JarJar gag. The fact one of the fans in the crowd was dressed as Thundarr the Barbarian made me smile.

Post: #141149
Topic: The Day After: Special Features Disc
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/141149/action/topic#141149
Time: 25-Sep-2005 5:58 PM

I've been wondering, does the DVD have the Reagan soundalike on the radio as originally aired, or the generic president voice that has been dubbed in ever since?

Post: #140280
Topic: The apprentice
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/140280/action/topic#140280
Time: 22-Sep-2005 4:22 PM

He's going to be hiring and firing LFL interns? (Sounds like a great idea for a fanfilm.) Hopefully, one contestant will get into the film vault and liberate the OT.

Post: #140279
Topic: Who Censored Roger Rabbit?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/140279/action/topic#140279
Time: 22-Sep-2005 4:17 PM

Has anyone checked to see if the Roger Rabbit shorts have been censored on the DVD?

Post: #140315
Topic: Episode I Digital Yoda Images!!!!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/140315/action/topic#140315
Time: 22-Sep-2005 2:25 PM

I'm embarrassed to admit this is a change I don't mind. What boggles me is how with all the reference material they had at their disposal, Episode I Yoda came out looking so hideous. I know Stuart Freeborn is likely retired, but how hard would it have been to bring him in to consult?

Post: #140105
Topic: other ld-rips to dvd movies ex. blade runner int cut, songs of the south, frighteners dir cut
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/140105/action/topic#140105
Time: 21-Sep-2005 7:50 PM

Hearts of Darkness was released on LD. Are there legal hassles keeping it off DVD?

Post: #139881
Topic: Superman II and Superman III extended
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/139881/action/topic#139881
Time: 20-Sep-2005 5:47 PM

Hey Jabberdoo, if you're still around, I'd like to get that previously mentioned betamax copy of Superman I to you. Let me know if you're still interested!

Post: #139876
Topic: Exclusive "Story of Star Wars" DVD from Wal Mart
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/139876/action/topic#139876
Time: 20-Sep-2005 5:30 PM

It had better be Threepio translating Artoo's memories of Anakin or else we have another continuity error!

Post: #139705
Topic: Star Wars costumes on display in Los Angeles
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/139705/action/topic#139705
Time: 19-Sep-2005 1:20 PM

See here. If anybody in LA checks this out, I'd like to know if you're allowed to take photos of the exhibit.

Post: #139199
Topic: Episode III reaches $380 million mark
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/139199/action/topic#139199
Time: 17-Sep-2005 10:54 AM

According to Box Office Mojo . And amongst the accountants at Lucasfilm and Fox there was much rejoicing. *yay*

Post: #138691
Topic: my new project,is anyone interested?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/138691/action/topic#138691
Time: 15-Sep-2005 3:44 AM

IIRC, this was the first title Criterion ever released! Possibly the first commentary track ever done as well...

Post: #138452
Topic: What is your favourite reference to Star Wars films in other shows (TV and Film)?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/138452/action/topic#138452
Time: 13-Sep-2005 2:47 PM

Don't think it's been mentioned yet but "Team America" had a Cantina-esque band playing in the tavern scene. And one of the TA members dons a familiar looking brown robe and pulls the Jedi mind trick during the finale.
The Venture Bros. episode where Dr. Venture has a garage sale features the sale of a rejected working lightsaber prototype, (Kenner balked at the multimillion dollar per unit cost!) to one of the Monarch's henchmen. When he tries to use it on bodyguard Brock Sampson, the henchman does the infamous "Jedi kid" moves.

Post: #137526
Topic: Why no mention of "Sith" in Episodes IV-VI?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/137526/action/topic#137526
Time: 8-Sep-2005 9:43 AM

Interesting thing about the original SW novel is a passage where Vader seems conflicted over the destruction of Alderaan. What did Alan Dean Foster know about Vader's backstory, and when did he know it?

Post: #137299
Topic: Why no mention of "Sith" in Episodes IV-VI?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/137299/action/topic#137299
Time: 7-Sep-2005 8:48 AM

I know "Lord of the Sith" was used in the original comic book adaptation, so it had to be in the script or other Lucasfilm material Marvel used for reference.

Post: #136936
Topic: Obi-Wans Robe Found!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/136936/action/topic#136936
Time: 6-Sep-2005 9:53 AM

Cool! I'll be squinting at those other movies trying to spot it from now on.

Post: #136538
Topic: The Mace Windu Debate
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/136538/action/topic#136538
Time: 4-Sep-2005 6:08 PM

Most Fett fanboys believe Boba got out of the Sarlacc pit, so I have no problem with Mace surviving. He could have easily lost his memory and is living unnoticed among the denizens in the lower levels of Coruscant, eventually to be discovered by Luke in Episode 7.

Post: #136328
Topic: No Episode III on VHS
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/136328/action/topic#136328
Time: 4-Sep-2005 10:34 AM

I have a pile of other films on Laserdisc that may never show up on DVD. (At least one was never officially released on VHS!) Then you have things like commentary tracks or extras from Criterion and the like that will never ported over because of rights issues. And don't even get me started on stereo movies that ended on DVD in glorious mono!
The OT was released on Beta. Literally every major home video format (sans 8mm) has gotten Star Wars.

Post: #135723
Topic: Star Wars 3-D in 2007
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/135723/action/topic#135723
Time: 3-Sep-2005 11:03 AM

Apart from the new conversion process for flat films, we would have to wear electronic LCD shutter glasses which isn't a new idea.

Post: #135142
Topic: Battle for Endor and caravan of courage
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/135142/action/topic#135142
Time: 2-Sep-2005 4:59 PM

I'm pretty sure the LD of Ewok Adventure does not have a trailer on it. Been ages since I watched it. As for aspect ratios, since both films were made for tv here and theatrical release in Europe, wouldn't they have been shot open matte and matted for projection?
I'd personally like to see someone make use of the misleading Japanese poster art for Battle for Endor.

Post: #135139
Topic: aspect ratio
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/135139/action/topic#135139
Time: 2-Sep-2005 4:49 PM

When HDTV is the norm, we may start seeing old tv shows cropped top to bottom as opposed to "windowboxing" them. I've heard elsewhere this has already been done in the UK to the classic Gerry Anderson series "Thunderbirds".

Post: #135483
Topic: Star Wars 3-D in 2007
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/135483/action/topic#135483
Time: 2-Sep-2005 2:46 PM

3d often gets a bad rap. It takes a lot of technincal elements to be just right, and it can all be undone by improper projection at your local theater. There was a brief 3d revival on a couple Los Angeles stations in the 80's. (A lot of those red/blue glasses were sold.) Bad tv reception and improperly calibribrated tv sets ruined the effect for many people. The polarized glasses system Jaws 3d and other films used was just as vulnerable. It worked pretty good for Captain Eo though!

Post: #134826
Topic: 2005 E.T. DVD...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/134826/action/topic#134826
Time: 1-Sep-2005 4:26 PM

Anchor Bay often does it better than the studios do. Hard to believe now they originally started out as one of those companies releasing bargain bin VHS movies recorded in SLP.

Post: #134761
Topic: The Star wars Preveiws
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/134761/action/topic#134761
Time: 1-Sep-2005 3:54 AM

It looks even worse now that we know Anakin never wore that outfit in Episode III. And if Obi Wan and Yoda are going to be stuck being old as ghosts, Anakin should at least have his scar.

Post: #134760
Topic: 2005 E.T. DVD...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/134760/action/topic#134760
Time: 1-Sep-2005 3:44 AM

There does seem to be a trend going on. I noticed Ridley Scott's Legend is a single disc now too. Just the longer European cut.

Post: #134758
Topic: No Episode III on VHS
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/134758/action/topic#134758
Time: 31-Aug-2005 9:37 PM

Laserdiscs in the CAV mode literally allowed you to access any frame or segment on the disc within seconds and you could run something like the Death Star explosion backwards and forwards like a movie projector at variable speeds, or stop on a dime and find the naughty frames in Roger Rabbit.