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Post: #257625
Topic: .: The XØ Project - Laserdisc on Steroids :. (SEE FIRST POST FOR UPDATES) (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/257625/action/topic#257625
Time: 20-Nov-2006 10:26 AM

I have always understood there would be a "no fixes" edition first, so I guess that means retaining the vas-o-cam for now.

Post: #256779
Topic: Help Wanted: with my Episode II Edit's Opening Crawl....
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/256779/action/topic#256779
Time: 14-Nov-2006 5:34 PM

It is a dark time for the Republic.
A decade after the battle of Naboo,
thousands of star systems have broken
away into a separatist movement, led
by the nefarious Count Dooku.

Fearing attack, the Galactic Senate has
commissioned the creation of a CLONE
ARMY on the remote world of Kamino and
now debates countering the separatists
with military force.

Leading the opposition to war, Senator
Amidala is returning to Coruscant to seek
help from the Jedi Knights, who may be
the last hope for peace in the galaxy....

Post: #256705
Topic: Help Wanted: with my Episode II Edit's Opening Crawl....
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/256705/action/topic#256705
Time: 14-Nov-2006 11:11 AM

I like the first two paragraphs. The third is a little weak - it should sound more imperative. How about:

Leading the opposition to war, Senator
Amidala is returning to Coruscant to seek
help from the Jedi Knights, who may be
the last hope for peace in the galaxy....

Post: #256623
Topic: Could the 2006 DVDs become collector's items?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/256623/action/topic#256623
Time: 13-Nov-2006 8:12 PM

Not a chance. They'll be on ebay for less than they cost next year.

Post: #256622
Topic: Help Wanted: with my Episode II Edit's Opening Crawl....
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/256622/action/topic#256622
Time: 13-Nov-2006 8:09 PM

It is a dark time for the Republic.
A decade after the battle of Naboo,
thousands of star systems have broken
away into a separatist movement, led
by the nefarious Count Dooku.

On the remote world of Kamino, the
Galactic Senate has commissioned the
creation of a CLONE ARMY to help defend
the Republic and now debates countering
the separatists with military force.

Leading the opposition to war, Senator
Amidala is returning to Coruscant to seek
help from her friends Obi-Wan Kenobi and
Anakin Skywalker….

Post: #256618
Topic: Episode II: Shroud of the Dark Side (the TM edit) (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/256618/action/topic#256618
Time: 13-Nov-2006 7:51 PM

To my eyes, 11B is perfect - or at least as good as it can get (the only thing that hasn't been experimented with is making the outer "Star Wars" box outline rather than solid). All the 11s look professional to me, while all the 12s look amateur. I think this is because of the squashed top row. Differently scaled lettering is fine, but you shouldn't mess with the (ahem) aspect ratio. None of the OT logos do, not even the "Faces" ones. Not that they should be used as a reference, IMHO, since they are the SE logos.

So 11B is my choice. Ultimately, though, there is only one opinion that counts - Trooperman's.

Post: #256166
Topic: A New Hope HDTV screenshots
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/256166/action/topic#256166
Time: 10-Nov-2006 5:27 PM

Well, judging by the stills, they're not upconverted. Remember the DVDs are made from a higher-res source so...

Post: #256163
Topic: Leia's Role in the Rebellion
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/256163/action/topic#256163
Time: 10-Nov-2006 5:14 PM

It was Leia's foresight (force-sight?) that saved the DS plans from falling back into the hands of the Empire and brought Obi-Wan and Luke (who saved the rebellion) into the equation. Plus what Sluggo said.

As far as Lando goes, someone must've told them about his little maneuver at the battle of Tanaab.

Post: #256160
Topic: Episode II: Shroud of the Dark Side (the TM edit) (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/256160/action/topic#256160
Time: 10-Nov-2006 5:05 PM

Well, in TM's versions "Shroud" has been squashed vertically to fit under the bar, which doesn't look good. MTH's version, where the lettering is only scaled, looks better graphically, but "Shroud" is bigger than "Dark Side."

I agree that the rationales and references to previous logos can only go so far. Ultimately, you need to pick the one that looks best and reads easiest, and that is, IMHO, Klokwerk 9b or 10b.

Post: #256145
Topic: morals
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/256145/action/topic#256145
Time: 10-Nov-2006 4:16 PM

Your mama. And let me tell you, they're pretty loose.

Post: #256141
Topic: Star Wars HD coming in November! All SIX movies!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/256141/action/topic#256141
Time: 10-Nov-2006 4:07 PM

Okay, they'll no doubt look even better when the official HD disc comes out, but that's likely to be some years away. So Dunedain is right.

Post: #256138
Topic: .: The XØ Project - Laserdisc on Steroids :. (SEE FIRST POST FOR UPDATES) (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/256138/action/topic#256138
Time: 10-Nov-2006 4:05 PM

This is the thread you're looking for.

Post: #256136
Topic: Star Wars DVD Covers
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/256136/action/topic#256136
Time: 10-Nov-2006 3:59 PM

Shouldn't that be IV.V?

Post: #256128
Topic: Episode II: Shroud of the Dark Side (the TM edit) (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/256128/action/topic#256128
Time: 10-Nov-2006 3:40 PM

10b is the best Klokwerk one so far. But I agree with Sluggo - a bar below demands a bar above. Trooperman showed this in his best so far (#3) along with the stacked "of the."

The problem with the stacked "of the" is that it makes "Shroud" bigger than "Dark Side" which is not good. If you look at the ROTJ logo, you'll see that "of the" is only stacked in the one-line logo, not the box logo, which has "Return of the" all equally sized and "Jedi" bigger.

Should the first "S" form the top bar? That was done in the ESB logo, IMHO, to accomodate "The" without shrinking "Empire." It looks okay because the bar is broken up by "The." I don't think it looks so good having the "S" form an unbroken bar.

You could put a bar between "Shroud" and "Dark Side," broken up by "of the" but then you're back to the problem of "Shroud" being too big.

So, for all the above reasons I nominate either Klokwerk #9b, as is, or Klockwerk #10b with another bar above "Shroud," but not made from the "S."

Phew.

Post: #255965
Topic: Episode II: Shroud of the Dark Side (the TM edit) (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/255965/action/topic#255965
Time: 9-Nov-2006 2:57 PM

#8 is really good - almost perfect. I think Auximenies is right about the sides though - they should slant too.

2 other tiny things: I think the central crossbar of the "E" should be equal length to the others, and I'd like it if "Star Wars" was broken up, with "Star" at the top and "Wars" below the main logo, a la ESB. Also, "Shroud of the" looks stretched widthways compared to "Dark Side" and is sloping very slightly more. Okay, that was three things. Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition.

Post: #255640
Topic: Trivial Pursuit?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/255640/action/topic#255640
Time: 8-Nov-2006 4:33 PM

The ones that get me are like "How many stormtroopers...?"

But it's usually 2.

Post: #255560
Topic: Star Wars: Classic Edition 2.0 NEW from Ocpmovie (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/255560/action/topic#255560
Time: 8-Nov-2006 11:14 AM

Welcome back to the frontline, ocp. Someone had to do this edit - glad it could be you.

Post: #255551
Topic: Episode II: Shroud of the Dark Side (the TM edit) (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/255551/action/topic#255551
Time: 8-Nov-2006 10:15 AM

klokwerk, nice work on the logo. However, one of the things that made the OT logos interesting was that they were all different (unlike the PT logos). The main SW font is not the best choice, IMHO, for an episode logo. What they've done on the wallpaper you linked to is make the AOTC logo look like the ESB logo, which kind of works as they are both middle episodes. I think that italic font (which isn't a font really) would look better than what you have. But then you'd have to do Ep I like SW and Ep III like ROTJ... So you might consider just coming up with an original logo, as long as it has the SW box/lines, like the ESB & ROTJ logos.

Post: #255383
Topic: .: The XØ Project - Laserdisc on Steroids :. (SEE FIRST POST FOR UPDATES) (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/255383/action/topic#255383
Time: 7-Nov-2006 6:05 PM

Originally posted by: DVD-BOY
Do you mean that a BD-R isn't large enough to store an uncompressed copy of the film?

Yes.

To continue this discussion, go here.

Post: #255370
Topic: Favorite Board Games?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/255370/action/topic#255370
Time: 7-Nov-2006 4:58 PM

Taboo, Civilization, Judge Dredd, Railway Rivals, History of the World, Pictionary, Chess.

Post: #255361
Topic: .: The XØ Project - Laserdisc on Steroids :. (SEE FIRST POST FOR UPDATES) (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/255361/action/topic#255361
Time: 7-Nov-2006 4:41 PM

Good idea in principle, but of course BD-R is not full quality.

Post: #255355
Topic: Episode II: Shroud of the Dark Side (the TM edit) (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/255355/action/topic#255355
Time: 7-Nov-2006 4:26 PM

Well, page numbers are relative, but I meant this one:

http://home.iprimus.com.au/paulgaliazzo/sotds_11_brown.jpg

P.S. Is it Shadow or Shroud?

Post: #255306
Topic: Episode II: Shroud of the Dark Side (the TM edit) (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/255306/action/topic#255306
Time: 7-Nov-2006 12:18 PM

The painted theatrical poster used in klokwerk's earlier cover looks pretty OT to me. It's way better than the official DVD cover. I've never seen a photo photoshopped to look like a painting that looked good.

Post: #255138
Topic: MOVED THREAD (Guy Fawkes Day)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/255138/action/topic#255138
Time: 6-Nov-2006 6:05 PM

It's bigger than Halloween.

Post: #255136
Topic: Advice on Name Changing
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/255136/action/topic#255136
Time: 6-Nov-2006 6:02 PM

Having a name that's difficult to pronounce or spell is no impediment to film industry success. If anything, it's the opposite. You're going to want people to remember you and people remember unusual names much more easily.

However if you want to change it, but you're worried about how your mom and stepdad would feel, I'd advise you to talk to them about it first - perhaps just your mom initially. That way you'll know how they'll feel, which will help with your ultimate decision. Okay, bringing up the subject may be a little upsetting in itself, but not nearly as bad as just doing it. And you might find that they don't object at all, which will make your life simple.