SilverWook

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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: Info for... the Ewok films: '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: Info: the 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: Info Wanted: The Star Wars Previews? (debunked)
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: Info: the 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.

Post: #134644
Topic: Info Wanted: The Star Wars Previews? (debunked)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/134644/action/topic#134644
Time: 31-Aug-2005 4:18 PM

IIRC, the Yoda breaking wind thing was never for real. It came from somebody at TFN posing as having Lucasfilm connections back when people were desperate for any Episode III spoilers, and willing to swallow almost anything.

Post: #134635
Topic: No Episode III on VHS
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/134635/action/topic#134635
Time: 31-Aug-2005 10:01 AM

Actually, every dealer here had to import Phantom Menace, and it did sell out. The SW/Lucasfilm fan club initially offered it for sale through their magazine, but then cancelled out saying they wouldn't be able to offer it after all. It ended up Ebay fodder for quite a while, much like the criminally underpressed Matrix LD.

Post: #134530
Topic: Info Wanted: has anyone tried a Star Wars Super 8mm to DVD preservation project?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/134530/action/topic#134530
Time: 31-Aug-2005 5:12 AM

The short "digest" reels of Star Wars do not have either crawl, alas.

Post: #134479
Topic: Info: the 2005 E.T. DVD...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/134479/action/topic#134479
Time: 31-Aug-2005 12:05 AM — Edited 15-Jul-2020 8:24 AM

They have apparently dropped the original version for this new disc. If you haven’t bought the old set yet, beware the walkie-talkies!

Post: #134471
Topic: No Episode III on VHS
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/134471/action/topic#134471
Time: 30-Aug-2005 5:51 PM

Was there a VHS version of last year's OT set? I never saw one...

Post: #134231
Topic: No Episode III on VHS
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/134231/action/topic#134231
Time: 29-Aug-2005 11:37 PM

VHS is at least dying a natural death so far. LD was conked on the head and pushed over a cliff in the states. "Faster DVD! Kill! Kill!" Fox and/or Lucasfilm have made some wacky decisions before. Like releasing Phantom Menace on LD in Japan only.

Post: #134073
Topic: Info: PAL LBX: there's another one... a '78 UK release of a PAL LBX LD
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/134073/action/topic#134073
Time: 29-Aug-2005 9:13 PM

Apparently not.

Post: #134079
Topic: No Episode III on VHS
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/134079/action/topic#134079
Time: 29-Aug-2005 3:28 PM

Twice in the past year I've overheard a person in the video aisles of a local store muttering under their breath about the lack of new VHS titles. One of these people was standing right across from a stack of those $40 DVD players!

Post: #134059
Topic: No Episode III on VHS
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/134059/action/topic#134059
Time: 29-Aug-2005 2:38 PM

According to The Digital Bits site
Another nail in the coffin, eh?

Post: #133806
Topic: Info: PAL LBX: there's another one... a '78 UK release of a PAL LBX LD
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/133806/action/topic#133806
Time: 28-Aug-2005 7:10 PM

Any news on this yet? Perspiring minds want to know!

Post: #133804
Topic: Help: looking for... "King Kong" and "Son of Kong" - in Color
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/133804/action/topic#133804
Time: 28-Aug-2005 7:08 PM

Don't know if you ever found what you were looking for, Commander Courage, but there's a colorized Laserdisc version of King Kong on ebay right now. It's not cheap though!

Post: #133611
Topic: Least Favorite and Favorite Star Wars Fan Films..
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/133611/action/topic#133611
Time: 26-Aug-2005 9:29 PM

Maybe George was reluctant to bestow an award to anything that actually spoofed his films or had better writing?

Besides Troops, I thought "The Invisible Enemy" was really funny.

Post: #133371
Topic: Jimmy Stewart, Jedi Knight?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/133371/action/topic#133371
Time: 25-Aug-2005 9:46 AM

Vertigo was carefully restored and reissued in theaters a couple years before the DVD release. It was presented with a new DTS soundtrack. The original foley and sound effects tracks were long lost, so there were recreated. Naturally, some people were going to complain it wasn't the original mix. But, it certainly wasn't a fly by night hack job like the OT DVD's were! Perhaps somebody somewhere has lifted the original mix off the old LD, and synched it to the DVD by now.