SilverWook

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Post: #104563
Topic: Info Wanted: LD FAQ - especially re the Faces & Definitive Collection LDs
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/104563/action/topic#104563
Time: 7-May-2005 11:50 PM

The only gripe I ever had about the CLV digital freeze frame on my player is the resolution drops compared to a CAV paused frame. Running the explosions backwards in CAV was always great fun though. Try that with a DVD!

Post: #104469
Topic: Slightly OT:Betamax tape surgery question...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/104469/action/topic#104469
Time: 6-May-2005 11:01 PM

The irony is older tapes are probably better made than anything from the mid 90's onward. When was the last time you saw a VHS tape with metal parts inside? I shudder at the thought of having to repair a modern tape that has heat welds instead of screws holding it together!

Post: #104227
Topic: Slightly OT:Betamax tape surgery question...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/104227/action/topic#104227
Time: 5-May-2005 5:02 PM

Not unless they have the mono mix or deleted scenes.

I'm just pouncing on any old beta tapes that might have something rare on them. And a tape with a homemade Star Wars label on it was hard to pass up!

Post: #104127
Topic: Slightly OT:Betamax tape surgery question...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/104127/action/topic#104127
Time: 5-May-2005 3:50 AM

Originally posted by: RowMan
If you've done this on VHS, the inside Betamax isn't that different. There shouldn't be any problem transferring the tape to another shell. In fact, the piece you say is broken inside may not be. It may just need to be put back in its place.

Turns out you were right! I was able to stick the little plastic tape guide thingy right back where it came from. The glue was still nice and tacky, so it's odd it ever fell off to begin with. Alas, my well came up dry. The video turned out to be nothing more than a bad bootleg of the CBS/Fox video. (With a "please rewind" sticker on it!) At least I have a working Beta deck now.

Post: #104039
Topic: Was the Original Trilogy ever released to Super VHS?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/104039/action/topic#104039
Time: 4-May-2005 3:34 PM

Okay, I've been using S-VHS since 1988, pretty much the year it was introduced. The only pre-recorded titles I ever saw were from Paramount and the late Orion Pictures. They must have been marketed pretty badly, as I only ever saw them for sale at a high end video store where I bought my first editing decks way back in 1993. AFAIK, Fox never licensed films in any other videotape formats besides regular VHS and Beta. Ironically, they have released titles in the recent HDTV Digital VHS format, but not Star Wars...
And for the acronym confused, Super-VHS is the semi-pro broadcast cousin of VHS. It boasts 400 line resolution. (About equal with LD, but without LD's video gremlins.) It carved out a niche with people wanting to shoot better looking video in those happy go lucky pre-DV days and small tv stations that couldn't afford to go Sony. It never really caught the attention of Joe VHS consumer, but did find a second niche as a way to record digital sattelite for several years. There are still a few decks on the market, but they are pale ghosts of the machines I have. Most VHS decks on the market now have the undocumented feature of playing back S-VHS tapes at VHS resolution. (Kind of pointless, IMHO.) And now, you know the rest of the story!

Post: #103679
Topic: Idea & Info: Return of the Ewok - on Hyperspace
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/103679/action/topic#103679
Time: 3-May-2005 6:07 PM

There was at least one clip from this hidden amongst the bloopers on the bonus disc of the Trilogy DVD. Wicket is strolling down a Death Star hallway we actually didn't see in the final cut of Jedi when Boba Fett takes a shot at him!

Post: #103534
Topic: Info: Lawrence Lessig (Copyright Lawyer) on the "Phantom Edit"
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/103534/action/topic#103534
Time: 3-May-2005 1:25 AM

Originally posted by: Karyudo
But why doesn't Jack Valenti recognize that??

Valenti retired not too long ago. I'll miss his "such and such device/technology is robbing the movie industry of income" speeches he had been giving since the 70's, when those pesky Betamaxes threatened to put the studios out of business.

Post: #103459
Topic: Info: Interesting Video Finds Alternate Return Of The Jedi Dialogue
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/103459/action/topic#103459
Time: 2-May-2005 3:07 PM

Lucas talked a lot about the three trilogies in interviews given for the officially sanctioned making of ESB book. Probably one reason it will never go back in print. Someone needs to scan it someday.

Is this crawl letterboxed or squeezed to fit the tv frame? Just curious...

Post: #103318
Topic: Slightly OT:Betamax tape surgery question...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/103318/action/topic#103318
Time: 1-May-2005 8:44 PM

Thanks for the info, you guys. If all else fails, I know where the Fry's in Burbank is located...
There was no way in heck was I going to sacrifice my official Beta copy of Star Wars just to satisfy my curiousity!

Post: #103297
Topic: Slightly OT:Betamax tape surgery question...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/103297/action/topic#103297
Time: 1-May-2005 7:38 PM

In the "Little things designed to drive you slowly mad dept." I saw brand new Beta tapes at a Radio Shack in January. Now nobody seems to have them in stock. And I saw a bag full of odd Betas (including one still factory sealed) at a thrift store a week before I got this mystery tape.

Post: #103292
Topic: Info: <em>cough</em> - anyone interested in this? (original 20th Century Fox logo)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/103292/action/topic#103292
Time: 1-May-2005 7:27 PM

Even though it was a co-production with Fox, it's interesting Warner's didn't slap their own logo on the video release. Some studios have this really bad habit of putting their modern logos over what was actually used when a film was released. Kind of like branding stolen cattle.

Post: #103290
Topic: Slightly OT:Betamax tape surgery question...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/103290/action/topic#103290
Time: 1-May-2005 7:10 PM

I have aqquired a very old Beta cassette with a homemade Star Wars label on it. I should have a Betamax deck to try it out later this week, but something has broken off inside the cassette and would foul the takeup reel if I don't crack it open and remove it. It's been years since I've done tape surgery, and never on a Beta before. Should I be able to take the reels and physically put them in a different Beta shell if the need arises? I once actually had to wind a U-matic tape completely onto new reels because the old reels from a damaged cassette would not turn freely in a shell of more modern manufacture.

Post: #103123
Topic: Help: looking for... star wars ITV broadcast version
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/103123/action/topic#103123
Time: 30-Apr-2005 3:26 AM

The irony is when Star Wars finally aired on CBS in 1984, it got kicked in the ratings by a trashy miniseries called "Lace". It had already been shown a zillion times on HBO and other cable movie outlets before that. Not to mention being one of the early "pay per view" events.
It would be nice if someone had the CBS airing though. Mark Hamill did a little intro for the movie. Some footage from the Making of Star Wars was used as well as scenes of a family whose collection was devouring their house!

Post: #103117
Topic: Info: Interest in DVD Trading Anyone?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/103117/action/topic#103117
Time: 30-Apr-2005 2:33 AM

AFAIK, the only 3-d release of Friday the 13th part 3 was on the obscure VHD videodisc format in Japan. It had an attachment to control LCD shutter glasses to view the movie in 3-d.
You can learn more about VHD here.

There was a Laserdisc pressing of Howard the Duck in HK, but it's probably fullframe like the old US disc.

Post: #102901
Topic: Preserving the...<em>cringe</em>...Star Wars Holiday Special (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/102901/action/topic#102901
Time: 28-Apr-2005 9:27 PM

Funny you should mention betamax, as I recently aqquired a mysterious old beta tape with a homemade Star Wars label, and I won't know what's on it until I get a deck later in the week! I see quite a few batches of home recorded beta tapes on ebay these days, but the sellers usually dodge the matter of what could be on them for fear ebay will kill the auction for selling bootleg material.

Post: #101587
Topic: Star Wars PC
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/101587/action/topic#101587
Time: 19-Apr-2005 2:00 PM

Not as cool as this piece of junk.

Post: #101457
Topic: So, are all the Stormtroopers from IV-VI clones?..
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/101457/action/topic#101457
Time: 18-Apr-2005 5:40 PM

Redubbing Boba's voice with the guy who played Jango still bugs me. If you're the baddest bounty hunter in the galaxy, do you want your real voice coming out of that helmet? There are times you'd want to lose the armor and be anonymous in a crowd, or have a drink at the local cantina without having to watch your back all the time!

Post: #101198
Topic: Info & Help Wanted: Monty Python preservation - Help!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/101198/action/topic#101198
Time: 16-Apr-2005 3:42 PM

If the primary obstacle is getting a replacement multistandard VCR (one that plays tapes no matter what broadcast standard was used) Sears has a Samsung model on their website for $399. It doesn't look like anybody else offers one in their product lines anymore.
Edit:I should really wake up before posting a reply!

Post: #101199
Topic: The Original Trilogy on "free" tv...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/101199/action/topic#101199
Time: 16-Apr-2005 9:59 AM — Edited 22-Dec-2019 11:14 AM

While checking the website of the Los Angeles UPN station trying to find out when the heck Enterprise was going to be on, (they bumped it for baseball last night, those %$#@!) I noticed Star Wars is going to be on tonight, and Empire will be on next Saturday night. Presumably Jedi will follow that, the website does not go that far ahead though.
Has anyone spotted the trilogy on tv lately? And was it the 97’s or the DVD cuts? Episode IV seemed to be on basic cable a lot not long after the 20th anniversary, but I haven’t seen Empire or Jedi on tv in years…

Post: #101000
Topic: Discussion: It's finally happened...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/101000/action/topic#101000
Time: 14-Apr-2005 1:20 PM

Nope. I'm American. I spotted that in a thread on another board about really bad SW merchandise and my head simply exploded. The site it's from http://www.toysrgus.com/collectors.html has literally every item that's ever been made. This has to be the capper to someone's collection.

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Originally posted by: soundtrackmaster
Greencapt: You can´t speak German? Real good story though!!

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Post: #100880
Topic: Discussion: It's finally happened...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/100880/action/topic#100880
Time: 13-Apr-2005 10:25 PM — Edited 21-Apr-2020 9:53 AM

As predicted by Mel Brooks’ Spaceballs…
More disturbing than that C-3PO tape dispenser!
Whatever you do, don’t squeeze it!

Why, George? WHY!!!

Post: #100813
Topic: SW fans wait at wrong theater
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/100813/action/topic#100813
Time: 13-Apr-2005 12:03 PM

The Arclight is the new facility built around the Cinerama Dome, right? I would have loved to see one of the films at Grauman's, but only have had the pleasure of hanging around the courtyard checking out some famous droid and sith lord footprints. And who knew George had such tiny feet?

Post: #100329
Topic: Info Wanted: Mono mix question
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/100329/action/topic#100329
Time: 8-Apr-2005 4:41 PM — Edited 2-Jul-2020 7:48 AM

Has anyone ever been able to confirm or deny if the early 80’s cable showings of Star Wars used the mono mix or not? Sorry if this has been asked before…

Post: #100261
Topic: SW fans wait at wrong theater
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/100261/action/topic#100261
Time: 7-Apr-2005 9:02 PM

The same way people raise money in walk-a-thons I guess. There are details on the fundraising here.

Post: #100244
Topic: SW fans wait at wrong theater
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/100244/action/topic#100244
Time: 7-Apr-2005 4:40 PM

How can they not open it at Grauman's? It's a tradition! Has George forgotten the puzzling sight of seeing people lined up around the block in the May of '77 and suddenly realizing they were there for his movie? And don't slag off the fans in line too much, some of them are raising money for charitable causes.