SilverWook

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Post: #117485
Topic: Any Star Wars TV stuff coming up?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/117485/action/topic#117485
Time: 22-Jun-2005 3:35 PM

The preferred term is "Trekker" you know.

I guess nobody at AFI holds any grudges over that screening of the '77 version Lucasfilm prevented from happening a while back.

Post: #117401
Topic: Pan & Scan O-OT Project (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/117401/action/topic#117401
Time: 22-Jun-2005 4:10 AM

Interesting idea. But all the domestic CLV LD's with the exception of Jedi were time compressed. (The CAV of Star Wars and Empire are not.) The Japanese versions were not time compressed, but then you have subtitles to worry about. CBS/Fox did not use the best prints they could have at the time, either. It is possible they remastered with better elements for the later digital sound versions in the early 90's. But again, SW and Empire in the U.S. were time compressed. (And no CAV remasters the second time around.)
The other potential problem is if there's an electronic pan going on in the shot you want to lift from. The Jedi ghost scene starts off on the far right of the frame, and then pans all the way to the left after Anakin has already begun to appear.

Post: #117161
Topic: George Lucas says that the original versions of SW will probably be released on DVD
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/117161/action/topic#117161
Time: 21-Jun-2005 8:41 AM

When VHS becomes obsolete!? Walmart is supposed to stop carrying VHS movies next year. If that isn't the death knell, I don't know what is.

Was the trilogy even released on tape last time out?

Post: #116916
Topic: Info: Who Would Buy this ... THING for $129!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/116916/action/topic#116916
Time: 20-Jun-2005 3:05 PM

Bad fur day. He just needs a good combing. The one's I've seen on Ebay look much better though.

Post: #116302
Topic: Info & Info Wanted: A tale of two Sy's... in the G'kar Jedi SE + a footage request
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/116302/action/topic#116302
Time: 18-Jun-2005 1:32 AM

Actually, there were two wolfmen and both were replaced by a hand puppet. And the new shots still stick out like a sore thumb!

Post: #116299
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/116299/action/topic#116299
Time: 18-Jun-2005 12:48 AM

Originally posted by: Rikter
But the THING looks WAY better in the Corman version

The Ever Lovin' Blue-Eyed Thing did not develop his rock-like look until later in the comics. So the new movie may be keeping it closer to the early issues when Ben Grimm's features were slowly changing over time.

Post: #115785
Topic: ROTS: The Droids...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/115785/action/topic#115785
Time: 16-Jun-2005 4:08 PM

One could argue the rocket boosters don't work properly anymore by the time of the OT. Is Artoo simply spat out violently by the swamp critter on Dagobah, or does he manage a short burst to escape?

Post: #115484
Topic: Episode IV title Crawl question
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/115484/action/topic#115484
Time: 15-Jun-2005 2:04 PM

That ad is a nice trip down memory lane. One of RCA's mistakes was not seeing the need for stereo sound (let alone video and audio jacks) until a couple years into the format. (They once did a promotion where if you bought a stereo player and an RCA big screen set, you got Star Wars for free!) They even managed to make a player with LD-esque interactive features but the format was already doomed by then. Return of the Jedi was among the last batch of titles ever made for CED. So rare, some early SW collectible price guides didn't even know it existed.

Post: #115249
Topic: .: The X0 Project Discussion Thread :. (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/115249/action/topic#115249
Time: 15-Jun-2005 1:40 AM

This site has the manual for the previous model, the 2850. Maybe they can help you out?

Post: #115209
Topic: Episode IV title Crawl question
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/115209/action/topic#115209
Time: 14-Jun-2005 4:42 PM

CED was RCA's videodisc format. No lasers involved, except those of the rival format that beat it .

See here.

Post: #115207
Topic: SW, Copyrights, and The Library of Congress
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/115207/action/topic#115207
Time: 14-Jun-2005 4:29 PM

So, is it at least possible for film scholars to watch the '77 version?

Post: #115084
Topic: Betamax Tapes
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/115084/action/topic#115084
Time: 14-Jun-2005 4:08 PM

Well, you can't even get that version on DVD. I'm glad I held onto my laserdiscs of both cuts. Paramount seems to used Scotch brand tapes for their releases which seem to age pretty well. I had two original series episodes sitting in my closet that had not been viewed in over ten years, and they played back fine on my beta.
Does the Superman DVD have any of the extended scenes as extras?

Post: #114918
Topic: Info & Help Wanted: An Ewok Request - 2 Ewok theatrical films... isolated scores?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/114918/action/topic#114918
Time: 14-Jun-2005 4:10 AM

I'm pretty sure the scores for both movies were released on vinyl back in the 80's. They must be out there someplace!

Post: #114776
Topic: Betamax Tapes
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/114776/action/topic#114776
Time: 13-Jun-2005 7:52 PM

I'm knee-deep in old beta tapes right now. I had to buy a large batch to get the one tape I wanted on Ebay. The oldest ones are from 1983. Some play back really well, some are dropout ridden and/or have severe tracking issues. (If only the the extended tv cut of Superman was on one of the good tapes!) I don't think your copy would kill a recorder, unless it's got mold inside the shell or something. But it's a large expense for just one tape since your options for getting a working deck are either Ebay or someone like Mister Betamax. (Who refurbishes and sells betas at a premium.) Which version of TMP do you have? The original theatrical cut, or the "Special Longer Version"?

Post: #114214
Topic: DVD: Return of the Ewok and Other Little Films (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/114214/action/topic#114214
Time: 11-Jun-2005 8:20 PM

That review must have been written before The Phantom Menace came out.

Post: #114093
Topic: Info: A new edit (The Lost Cut - it was a prank; but some good info in here)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/114093/action/topic#114093
Time: 11-Jun-2005 3:21 PM

Don't worry about it. In a world where Lucasfilm actually lost the original Death Star miniature, and it went through many hands to finally end up in someone's collection, almost anything seems plausible!

Post: #114227
Topic: Lucas Finally Decides to Get AFI's Honor
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/114227/action/topic#114227
Time: 11-Jun-2005 2:32 PM

Since Lucasfilm prevented AFI from screening an original print of Star Wars some time back, I guess nobody is holding a grudge?

Post: #113869
Topic: Info: A new edit (The Lost Cut - it was a prank; but some good info in here)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/113869/action/topic#113869
Time: 10-Jun-2005 5:03 PM

The "Lost Cut" has been described in the past. One of the guys who did the Marvel comic adaptation was invited to see the rough cut screening. He related this experience in an old Starlog magazine interview. IIRC, the original-original crawl was in place. Dave Prowse speaking Vader's lines. (Darth Farmer!) All of Biggs and Jabba. The most surreal part being Han and Luke defending the Falcon from attacking WWII fighter planes.

Post: #113006
Topic: Info: A new edit (The Lost Cut - it was a prank; but some good info in here)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/113006/action/topic#113006
Time: 8-Jun-2005 3:59 AM

Hmmm...Any WWII aerial combat footage standing in for unfinished FX shots in this thing?

Post: #112278
Topic: .: The X0 Project Discussion Thread :. (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/112278/action/topic#112278
Time: 5-Jun-2005 11:20 PM

Holy! That one comparison shot on the site showing how good the X0 is makes me want to trash my 704.

Post: #112267
Topic: Info Wanted: OT Preservation projects - Non-English soundtrack / audio versions?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/112267/action/topic#112267
Time: 5-Jun-2005 10:52 PM

This is where Luke says "Blast it Biggs! Where are you?" in the stereo mix and "Blast it Wedge! Where are you?" in the mono. Very interesting!

Post: #112193
Topic: Info Wanted: OT Preservation projects - Non-English soundtrack / audio versions?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/112193/action/topic#112193
Time: 5-Jun-2005 7:13 PM

I have to wonder what the people doing the subtitles were listening to.
Now then, does it say Biggs or Wedge in this one?

http://www.jetlink.net/~grysken/SilverWook/BlastIt!.jpg

Post: #112132
Topic: Info Wanted: OT Preservation projects - Non-English soundtrack / audio versions?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/112132/action/topic#112132
Time: 5-Jun-2005 4:16 PM

Thanks for the translation, Karyudo. This just deepens the mystery, as it's not the mono mix. I'll put up a couple more screencaps tonight, just to see if any other missing lines are there.

Post: #112054
Topic: Info Wanted: OT Preservation projects - Non-English soundtrack / audio versions?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/112054/action/topic#112054
Time: 5-Jun-2005 4:04 AM

Okay, here's a pic! Note the subtitles run on the side of the screen. A translation would be appreciated.

http://www.jetlink.net/~grysken/SilverWook/BlastDoors.jpg

Post: #111603
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/111603/action/topic#111603
Time: 3-Jun-2005 5:14 PM

You can read about the Frighteners LD box set here.