SilverWook

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Post: #98531
Topic: star wars picture
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/98531/action/topic#98531
Time: 27-Mar-2005 2:10 PM

My understanding is the Etch a Sketches are carefully opened up when the pictures are completed and the interior panel sprayed with glue to prevent "shake and erase".

Post: #98371
Topic: star wars picture
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/98371/action/topic#98371
Time: 25-Mar-2005 7:52 PM

If it's the work of this artist he's neither sad nor bored, and laughing all the way to the bank!

Post: #98019
Topic: Info & Offer: Sorta Off-Topic - for laserdisc buffs; free laserdisc info documentary
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/98019/action/topic#98019
Time: 23-Mar-2005 11:34 AM

Don't know if you're aware of this, but those Cartoon Network DVD's that were in Kellogg's Cereal boxes have the DEVO video from the Powerpuff Girls movie on them.

Post: #97946
Topic: Info & Offer: Sorta Off-Topic - for laserdisc buffs; free laserdisc info documentary
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/97946/action/topic#97946
Time: 22-Mar-2005 8:41 PM

The bits they did for Pioneer were included on "The Complete Truth About Devolution" laserdisc that Criterion released in the mid 90's.

Post: #97276
Topic: Info Wanted: General question on these LD transfers
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/97276/action/topic#97276
Time: 18-Mar-2005 6:16 PM

Ironically, I found the video fades on old Universal titles made it easier for me to hide the side breaks when capturing directly into my DVD recorder. My non-LD savvy friends don't realize there is one.

Post: #97273
Topic: STAR WARS in 3-D!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/97273/action/topic#97273
Time: 18-Mar-2005 12:06 PM

Remember those Topps Star Wars 3d cards that came out in the late 90's? (Or the comic books for that matter?) It's an interesting idea to say the least. I've long wished Lucas had thought about having Viewmaster reel photos shot during the production of the original films. I have a Star Trek Viewmaster set that's amazing to look at!

Post: #97185
Topic: Info Wanted: Is anyone doing the shrinking ANH LD? (1989's "Incredible Shrinking Ratio")
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/97185/action/topic#97185
Time: 18-Mar-2005 12:01 AM

That brings up a interesting question. Since the Japanese LD transfers which were used for the first domestic widescreen LD's have the letterbox riding higher on the screen to accomodate the subtitles, would zooming in on a 16:9 set lop off the top of the image?
BTW, Fox quietly corrected this goof. The jacket art is identical except for the newer "Fox Video" logo instead of "CBS/FOX"at the bottom.

Post: #97004
Topic: Idea & Info: The Definitive Stereo Mix
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/97004/action/topic#97004
Time: 16-Mar-2005 9:32 PM

I don't have my copy handy, but the old "Art of Star Wars" book had the complete shooting script including the Biggs and Jabba scenes, IIRC. Might be worth checking to see if those "new" lines are in there or not?

Post: #96842
Topic: Yet another ROTS trailer!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/96842/action/topic#96842
Time: 15-Mar-2005 9:24 PM

Some UHF station where I lived back in '77 ran both Flash and Buck Rogers on the weekends.
Imagine how things would have been different if George had gotten the movie rights to Flash like he originally wanted!

Post: #96677
Topic: Yet another ROTS trailer!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/96677/action/topic#96677
Time: 14-Mar-2005 4:45 PM

Fan made, but very retro and a tiny bit un-PC. But way cool!
I'll bet most of you won't recognize the music being used.

Post: #96532
Topic: George Lucas on 60 Minutes.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/96532/action/topic#96532
Time: 13-Mar-2005 9:49 PM

"There is no Episode 7."
You'd think with all the journalistic ambushes 60 Minutes has done over the years, someone would whip out a dog eared copy of "Once Upon a Galaxy:The Making of The Empire Strikes Back" and read back Lucas' own words from 1979 on that particular subject.

Post: #96498
Topic: george lucas fan letters book
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/96498/action/topic#96498
Time: 13-Mar-2005 4:33 PM

Darn, I thought this would be some sort of compendium of letters actually written to Lucasfilm and the fan club over the years. Not email sent to some unofficial website that George will never read.

The art of Star Wars reprinted a few, IIRC.

Post: #96025
Topic: Info Wanted: Close Encounters Of The Third Kind - theatrical version on DVD?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/96025/action/topic#96025
Time: 10-Mar-2005 1:53 AM

IIRC, the only new scene shot was the interior of the Mothership. (Richard Dreyfuss was brought back in to shoot his reactions during the production of 1941.) Everything else were scenes that didn't make it into the 1977 cut originally. The ironic thing is that the Special Edition is harder to see these days. Spielberg has disowned it, claiming the new ending was something the studio forced him to add before he could recut the film. (And he recut it again in the 90's!) The weird thing is the last couple times CE3K has been on TNT it's the special edition. Steven should have had the term copyrighted as it's been abused so much in the past decade!

Post: #95861
Topic: Ep3 Theatrical poster
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/95861/action/topic#95861
Time: 8-Mar-2005 6:55 PM

Seeing that Special Edition poster for Empire again makes me wonder just how many years ago Lucas planned on pasting Ian McDiarmid into the hologram scene. It seemed like a huge goof for him to be on that poster in '97.

Post: #95774
Topic: Ep3 Theatrical poster
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/95774/action/topic#95774
Time: 8-Mar-2005 2:27 PM

Not bad. The giant slightly offset Vader head is very reminiscent of the first Star Wars poster.

Post: #95711
Topic: The 2 Ewok Films - 'Caravan Of Courage' (aka 'The Ewok Adventure'), & 'Battle For Endor'
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/95711/action/topic#95711
Time: 8-Mar-2005 5:37 AM

The poster art for both films are pretty nice. From the style I think they were done by the same artists who did the posters for the original trilogy. The artwork on the Japanese "Battle For Endor" laserdisc cracks me up though. It has a Han Solo-esque type fellow brandishing a blaster, standing with Wicket, Teek and Cindel. Someone apparently thought Wilford Brimely wasn't going to be a big draw.

Post: #95591
Topic: Letterboxed Widescreen vs. Anamorphic Widescreen Discussion
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/95591/action/topic#95591
Time: 6-Mar-2005 7:09 PM

When Lucas denied those film fests the ability to present Star Wars in a historical context, that was the last straw with me.

Spielberg at least showed some common sense with the DVD release of E.T.

Post: #95532
Topic: Letterboxed Widescreen vs. Anamorphic Widescreen Discussion
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/95532/action/topic#95532
Time: 6-Mar-2005 1:40 AM

I own a few vintage 70mm frames from the medal ceremony, (not the specially made ones they sold in those lucite frames) they have turned very pink. Someone had an auction while back for several spools of a 70mm print, they were in equally poor condition.
You can see them here.

Post: #95535
Topic: The 2 Ewok Films - 'Caravan Of Courage' (aka 'The Ewok Adventure'), & 'Battle For Endor'
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/95535/action/topic#95535
Time: 5-Mar-2005 9:22 PM

Good luck trying to fit them into the larger continuity though. Wicket has learned to speak english (galactic standard?) in the second film. Therefore, it can't be set before Jedi or else he would have used it with Leia after she won his trust. And if they are set after Jedi, shouldn't there be a lot of broken Imperial hardware lying about? Not to mention trooper helmets being used as drum sets? My head hurts now...

Post: #95474
Topic: Letterboxed Widescreen vs. Anamorphic Widescreen Discussion
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/95474/action/topic#95474
Time: 5-Mar-2005 6:03 PM

There are actually two 16mm prints on Ebay right now, but film collectors have deeper pockets than me.

Post: #95465
Topic: Letterboxed Widescreen vs. Anamorphic Widescreen Discussion
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/95465/action/topic#95465
Time: 5-Mar-2005 2:43 PM

Hypothetically speaking, if someone ever lays hands on an anamorphic print, and can transfer it to tape, making it 16:9 friendly presents no problem?

Post: #95271
Topic: Preview of the ROTS Preview...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/95271/action/topic#95271
Time: 3-Mar-2005 7:18 PM

Actually an ad for the broadcast premiere of the new trailer on FOX next week.

http://starwars.com/episode-iii/release/trailer/mov/2_0.mov

Post: #95252
Topic: 10th Anniversary Edition in 1987? Was anything released or done?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/95252/action/topic#95252
Time: 3-Mar-2005 3:17 PM

There was a big Lucasfilm sanctioned 10th anniversary con held in Los Angeles in May of '87. All three films were screened there. I still have my "The First Ten Years" shirt. Thinking about wearing it to ROTS in May.

Believe it or not, Spaceballs was being promoted there. Dark Helmet's costume was on display.

Post: #94382
Topic: .: The X0 Project Discussion Thread :. (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/94382/action/topic#94382
Time: 24-Feb-2005 2:33 AM

Verrrrry interesting. The quote is kind of a dead giveaway though.

Post: #94023
Topic: The Official babyhum Release Thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/94023/action/topic#94023
Time: 21-Feb-2005 2:27 AM

That's it all right.