SilverWook

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Post: #226578
Topic: Ralph McQuarrie Website
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/226578/action/topic#226578
Time: 15-Jul-2006 7:59 PM

Great site! Nice to see more of his other non OT-work too. The SW portfolio was among the earliest things in my collection. It was one of those things that opened my young eyes to the massive amount of work that goes into making a movie. Without his talents showing what Star Wars would look like, I don't think Fox would have ever given George the green light.
I still think Vader in that painting is more scary looking than in the movie!

Post: #226576
Topic: new book on a new hope coming in september
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/226576/action/topic#226576
Time: 15-Jul-2006 7:43 PM

The rumor that Lucas squashed publication of Peter Mayhew's book about his experiences making the OT isn't encouraging. On a related note, how much interest would there be in scanning the entire "Once Upon a Galaxy:The Making of ESB" paperback? It's been out of print at least two decades, and Lucas says enough contradictory things in the interviews to want to keep it that way.

Post: #226162
Topic: Making our own 35mm preservation--my crazy proposal
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/226162/action/topic#226162
Time: 13-Jul-2006 7:59 PM

Well, being a little bit insane goes with the territory. I've spent quite a bit on prints and projectors the past couple years. Although I'm perfectly sane next to the guy who's currently bid over $800 for a "flat" (full frame) 16mm print of Episode IV on Ebay.

Post: #226130
Topic: Making our own 35mm preservation--my crazy proposal
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/226130/action/topic#226130
Time: 13-Jul-2006 4:07 PM

Anybody willing to sell their firstborn, and have room in their house for this?

Post: #225508
Topic: Koyaanisqatsi - IRE Fullscreen Version (MORE IMAGE!) (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/225508/action/topic#225508
Time: 10-Jul-2006 6:12 PM

There are a couple of Laserdiscs of this on Ebay at the moment. Digital sound and open matte, according to the LDDB.

Post: #225212
Topic: BFI preserving OOT!!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/225212/action/topic#225212
Time: 9-Jul-2006 1:24 AM

Presumably, the educational Disney movies entire generations of public school kids have seen on 16mm would be exempt.

Post: #224925
Topic: Quick question
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/224925/action/topic#224925
Time: 7-Jul-2006 2:40 PM

My main interest in collecting is getting the movie on every home video format it was released on, so the old VHS version fills a niche long after the format itself dies.

I've seen people pay a bit more for the old 20th Cent. Fox "Video Rental Library" cassette from 1982.

Post: #224781
Topic: Interesting Star Wars photo...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/224781/action/topic#224781
Time: 7-Jul-2006 12:57 AM

Here. The comments are interesting too!

Post: #224575
Topic: 'The Incredible Shrinking Woman' - (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/224575/action/topic#224575
Time: 6-Jul-2006 12:27 AM

Okay, here we go. Video/transfer quality in the Discovision era, was to put it mildly, crap. TISW also has always had this weird grainy look every time I've seen it on tv. Maybe they grained up the rest of the film to make the many effects shots not stick out?
These bitmap captures are a bit large, if you're on dialup, click at your own risk!
Main title
Yes, it's the same director you're thinking of.
Lili Tomlin's lost film. "I married the Creature from the Black Lagoon."
Who's in the box?
Going shopping...
Mike Douglas Show
Long distance call.
Makeup guru Rick Baker nearly steals the end of the movie as a Sydney the sign-talking gorilla.

Post: #224543
Topic: Making our own 35mm preservation--my crazy proposal
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/224543/action/topic#224543
Time: 5-Jul-2006 9:10 PM

I don't think all the studios have the same attitude towards film collectors though. I read a newspaper article in the 90's about how many a treasure trove was saved from the dumpster when the studios threw stuff out, but fear of prosecution keeps the collector's silent and film preservation suffers as a result. On the other hand, the BBC has recovered a lot of lost tv shows by making friendly overtures to collectors.
And Zion, is that a 35mm frame?

Post: #224481
Topic: 'The Incredible Shrinking Woman' - (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/224481/action/topic#224481
Time: 5-Jul-2006 5:30 PM

I made a capture of the Discovision disc last night. I will try to get some screencaps up later tonight.

Post: #224317
Topic: Info: anyone done a 'Night of the Comet' preservation? (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/224317/action/topic#224317
Time: 4-Jul-2006 3:31 PM

The LDDB says there was a Laserdisc version in 1993.

Post: #224053
Topic: Great MArk Hamill Interview
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/224053/action/topic#224053
Time: 3-Jul-2006 3:12 PM

That was great, and very enlightening.

Post: #223848
Topic: 'The Incredible Shrinking Woman' - (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/223848/action/topic#223848
Time: 2-Jul-2006 3:51 AM

This is full frame. Funny thing is, I did see it on the SciFi channel in the mid 90's and one brief shot of computer text was letterboxed at 1.85, the rest of the movie was full screen. None of the old HBO showings I remember had this.
I went on the Universal Studios Tour a lot back in the 80's, and several of the giant props from the movie were on display. (I got my picture taken in the giant mouse cage.) I wonder where the huge Mike Douglas Show interview chair is now?

Post: #223801
Topic: 'The Incredible Shrinking Woman' - (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/223801/action/topic#223801
Time: 1-Jul-2006 8:57 PM

Cool! Mine is a Pioneer PR-8210. Thanks for the offer!

Post: #223792
Topic: BFI preserving OOT!!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/223792/action/topic#223792
Time: 1-Jul-2006 7:47 PM

The festival was supposed to be a showcase of 20th century filmmaking. AFI selected one or two films for each decade. Star Wars was picked to represent the *entire* 1970's in that festival. Showing the SE in that context would be pointless of course. I find it really ironic they saluted George just a few years later.
I have heard Lucasfilm blocked a Library of Congress showing as well, but can't find mention of it. The LOC does have their own print.

Post: #223771
Topic: Can DTS LD audio be captured?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/223771/action/topic#223771
Time: 1-Jul-2006 6:43 PM

The only player I have with digital output is on it's last legs, and may not be worth the cost to fix. I have just one DTS title in my collection, and it's pretty much useless on my backup machines.

Post: #223765
Topic: 'The Incredible Shrinking Woman' - (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/223765/action/topic#223765
Time: 1-Jul-2006 6:31 PM

Holy coincidence, Batman! I just got a copy of this on Discovision, (Laserdisc's early rot-plauged incarnation) but haven't tried it on the old gas-tube player yet to see if it will play without any dropouts. I'll let you know.

Post: #223761
Topic: BFI preserving OOT!!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/223761/action/topic#223761
Time: 1-Jul-2006 6:20 PM

The really big question is can they ever show them to the public? Lucasfilm sqaushed the AFI's plan to show an original print of Episode IV several years back.

Post: #223760
Topic: Explaining the shoddy OOT treatment in public
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/223760/action/topic#223760
Time: 1-Jul-2006 6:16 PM

Possibly the best way to frame the argument is to ask how they would feel if another movie they loved was treated so badly. Imagine the outcry if the only version of Gone With the Wind the public could ever see again was this!

Post: #223183
Topic: Info Wanted: Has anyone done any Unaltered Disney Classics preservations?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/223183/action/topic#223183
Time: 29-Jun-2006 4:58 PM

BATB also had it's aspect ratio changed. The current DVD is 1.85, it was 1.66 on Laserdisc and looked that way on the big screen back in '92. Unless my local theaters messed up multiple times as the movie enjoyed a long run of several months.

Post: #222759
Topic: Should Wedge have been tried for cowardice?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/222759/action/topic#222759
Time: 28-Jun-2006 3:21 PM

The other surviving ships were probably doing their job, keeping the bulk of the TIE fighters busy. Nobody on the Death Star, (except maybe Tarkin's aide!) had a clue the Rebels were trying to hit the exhaust port.
Even if Wedge could somehow slam the brakes in front of the pursuing TIE's, they would probably blast him before he could hit and a pilot of Vader's skill would avoid a collision anyway. Wedge saved Luke's bacon once in the battle already. If he was faking a malfunction, he was taking a big chance he wasn't going to have to return to base and have a mechanic look over his X-Wing. (Or "ask" his Artoo unit what the problem was!)
Wedge was certainly no wuss on Hoth or in the second Death Star attack.

Post: #222656
Topic: Help: looking for... Yellowbeard! (has anyone done a good transfer preservation?)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/222656/action/topic#222656
Time: 28-Jun-2006 2:34 AM

Sadly, it looks like MGM went cheap-ass all the way on this. The screencaps in the DVDBeaver review almost look like somebody dusted off the old analog video master! I wonder if I can get the LD on Ebay cheap now?

Post: #221775
Topic: Howard The Duck - special edition (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/221775/action/topic#221775
Time: 25-Jun-2006 10:33 PM

Damnation Alley is supposed to be in the works from Anchor Bay. I will be very annoyed if they don't do a docu on the real star of that film!

Post: #221292
Topic: Info Wanted: The Original Trilogy on HBO TV in the 80s
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/221292/action/topic#221292
Time: 23-Jun-2006 4:42 PM

In the early days of home video, the studios used whatever was in reach it seems. Be it a scratchy old print or a tv version sanitized for your protection.

Here is the site making the 16mm claim.