SilverWook

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Post: #125272
Topic: Ever wonder what happened to Luke's hand?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/125272/action/topic#125272
Time: 24-Jul-2005 3:19 PM

And if you browse around the other listings there are even more amazing Star Wars props and goodies to drool over! If only I was rich!

Post: #124374
Topic: Episode III "All your base..." style!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/124374/action/topic#124374
Time: 20-Jul-2005 10:56 AM

This is what happens when the people who translate electronics instruction manuals into english attempt movie subtitles!

Post: #124156
Topic: Help: looking for... Standby: Lights, Camera, Action (1982-1984)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/124156/action/topic#124156
Time: 19-Jul-2005 2:54 PM

No problem. Bakshi gets credited for films he never worked on all the time. A lot of people think he worked on Heavy Metal.

Post: #124161
Topic: When does ROTS leave cinemas?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/124161/action/topic#124161
Time: 19-Jul-2005 9:25 AM

The first anniversary poster.

Post: #124157
Topic: When does ROTS leave cinemas?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/124157/action/topic#124157
Time: 19-Jul-2005 9:01 AM

Two months to the day it opened and it's down to one screen in my area. I want to see it on the big screen a second time before the new movies push it out completely. PM and AOTC magically bypassed the bargain theaters here for some reason.
Remember the good old days when Star Wars played for an entire year? *sigh*

Post: #123935
Topic: Help: looking for... Standby: Lights, Camera, Action (1982-1984)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/123935/action/topic#123935
Time: 18-Jul-2005 4:32 PM

Bakshi was not involved in Rock and Rule. It was a Nelvana production.

Post: #123452
Topic: ESB homage on Stargate season premeire last night...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/123452/action/topic#123452
Time: 16-Jul-2005 11:20 AM

When Crichton...uh, I mean Mitchell, crashes his fighter into the arctic snow, the POV shot is just like when Luke crashes his snowspeeder in Empire. Deja Vu!

Post: #122889
Topic: Quotes from Gary Kurtz
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/122889/action/topic#122889
Time: 13-Jul-2005 11:01 AM

Yeah, I know it was Annie Hall. But you'd be amazed how many people think the biggest hit of a particular year won for best picture by default.

Post: #122712
Topic: Quotes from Gary Kurtz
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/122712/action/topic#122712
Time: 12-Jul-2005 5:22 PM

That "laundry list" is pretty damn impressive for the most part. Whether any of those films won oscars isn't really the point. (How many people can even name what actually won best picture of 1977?) And when the heck is 5-25-77 coming out?

Post: #120102
Topic: .: The X0 Project Discussion Thread :. (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120102/action/topic#120102
Time: 1-Jul-2005 4:41 AM

Citizen, if your problem Laserdiscs are all really old titles with analog soundtracks, the older top loading players cope with laser rot much better than most models made later on. (I have some discs that are virtually unwatchable on my 1704.) Finding one that works is the tricky part though!

Post: #120018
Topic: Superman II and Superman III extended (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120018/action/topic#120018
Time: 30-Jun-2005 9:34 PM

jabberdoo, what make and model of Betas do you have?

Post: #119939
Topic: Superman II and Superman III extended (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119939/action/topic#119939
Time: 30-Jun-2005 5:56 PM

I'm pretty sure my copy was taped off an ABC station when the movie first aired on "free tv" in the early 80's. Anybody out there with an industrial strength betamax who wants to take a shot at getting it to play properly?

Post: #119895
Topic: Superman II and Superman III extended (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119895/action/topic#119895
Time: 30-Jun-2005 4:57 PM

I wish they would piece Richard Donner's version of Superman II back together than use the footage of Brando for the new one. IIRC, the making of documentary gives a glimpse of the only scene Reeve and Brando had together being shot.
How good is the video quality of the Superman extended cut? I have a first generation of it on Beta, but it refuses to track properly (must have been recorded on some off brand/mutant betamax!) and I've hit a dead end with it.

Post: #119774
Topic: Things you never noticed before in the films
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119774/action/topic#119774
Time: 30-Jun-2005 4:16 AM

Would you guys be happier if George blew up the actor in the Greedo costume instead?

Post: #119418
Topic: Pan & Scan O-OT Project (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119418/action/topic#119418
Time: 28-Jun-2005 11:32 PM

Would these do?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=381&item=6409789047&rd=1

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=381&item=6409773195&rd=1

Post: #119271
Topic: Six DVD set to look like this?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119271/action/topic#119271
Time: 28-Jun-2005 9:37 AM

It would be interesting to see Jimmy Smits looking up from sipping his morning coffee on Alderaan and do a spit take as the Death Star fires.

Post: #118843
Topic: Order 66
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/118843/action/topic#118843
Time: 27-Jun-2005 9:35 AM

How did the clones get "programmed" to turn on their Jedi commanders without question? It seems unlikely the cloners on Kamino would put such a thing into their training since they believe they're filling an order placed by a Jedi. So, is it some sort of subliminal message thing later on, or does Palpy just spike the blue milk in their breakfast rations?

Post: #118835
Topic: Why don't Clones need mics?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/118835/action/topic#118835
Time: 27-Jun-2005 8:54 AM

Clearly by the time of the OT, the contract for stormtrooper armor and helmet mikes goes to the lowest bidder. Even that officer on the Death Star acted like bad helmet transmitters were a regular problem.

Post: #118528
Topic: Info & Help: looking for... other ld-rips to dvd movies ex. blade runner int cut, songs of the south, frighteners dir cut - and much much more...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/118528/action/topic#118528
Time: 26-Jun-2005 1:28 PM

If you think you've seen those mountain vistas in the Blade Runner "happy ending" somewhere before, it's because it's unused footage from Kubrick's The Shining! Hopefully, Deckard wasn't taking Rachel to the Overlook Hotel.

Post: #118481
Topic: Info & Help: looking for... other ld-rips to dvd movies ex. blade runner int cut, songs of the south, frighteners dir cut - and much much more...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/118481/action/topic#118481
Time: 26-Jun-2005 3:17 AM

Some people are blissfully unaware of Laserdiscs. And Ebay is P.T. Barnum's fever dream?

As for old players, my top loader dates from 1983 and works just fine. It actually is better for some older problem discs in my collection. If yours turns out to be dead, there are a few decent models from the 90's to be had on Ebay often overlooked by the home theater crowd.

Post: #118473
Topic: Info & Help: looking for... other ld-rips to dvd movies ex. blade runner int cut, songs of the south, frighteners dir cut - and much much more...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/118473/action/topic#118473
Time: 26-Jun-2005 2:09 AM

For better or worse, Ebay is pretty much the standard for what something is worth these days. And closed auction listings usually are a good indicator of what someone will pay for a rare video. That particular Godfather set was released on LD though.

Post: #118194
Topic: ***The MeBeJedi feedback thread ***
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/118194/action/topic#118194
Time: 24-Jun-2005 9:18 PM

I've got to say that I really like that box design! And is that a Kenner proof of purchase seal on the back?

Post: #118210
Topic: Special Edition spoofery...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/118210/action/topic#118210
Time: 24-Jun-2005 3:53 PM

The diseased minds behind "Robot Chicken" on Adult Swim just may be OOT fans. This week's episode featured a look at the new "Special Edition" of Jaws. Spielberg recited some very familar sounding reasons for going back and "fixing" the shark scenes with cutting edge CGI. Now Bruce the shark does acrobatic flips before chomping down a victim, and infiltrates the Amity city council meeting in drag. "I say we let him go!" When Brody blows up Bruce, it's a Death Star ringed explosion! I'm sure there were some jokes in the credits, but I was laughing so hard by then all I glimpsed was "No Refunds!" at the bottom of the screen.

Post: #117831
Topic: Idea & Info: the IMAX film 'Special Effects'
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/117831/action/topic#117831
Time: 23-Jun-2005 5:07 PM

It would be a cool extra for some future release, but why would you want to replace the original shot?

Post: #117840
Topic: Discussion: Post your Star Wars Collection Pictures here - 56k warning tons of pics
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/117840/action/topic#117840
Time: 23-Jun-2005 11:31 AM

Sounds like the hand cranked viewers Kenner made with Super 8 film looped inside a plastic cassette.