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Post: #192436
Topic: Info Wanted: What is the Best Quality OT Fan Preservation Set?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/192436/action/topic#192436
Time: 11-Mar-2006 3:42 PM

Roll on, fanedits.com

Post: #192100
Topic: DVD Labels
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/192100/action/topic#192100
Time: 10-Mar-2006 7:39 PM

Yes, I'm also at the stage of disc art only - I've just got too many discs to have covers and cases for all of them. I was planning to use exactly the same system as you are using - already made my templates (using the same posters you chose!), the only difference being I don't include the movie's title logo. What I didn't have planned is the optional format logos, which is a great idea. Did you scan yours or are they downloadable somewhere?

Post: #192000
Topic: DVD Labels
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/192000/action/topic#192000
Time: 10-Mar-2006 1:23 PM

Zion, I'm about to do the same - where are you getting your disc art from?

Post: #191997
Topic: OT.com fan edit blog: your thoughts please (Update: development underway)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/191997/action/topic#191997
Time: 10-Mar-2006 1:19 PM

Sounds good Jay, and many good suggestions in this thread. A built in poll would be a good idea, so that all members could rate any edit they had seen out of ten, say, and there would be an averaged score (imdb style). This would avoid the "which is best?" poll immediately followed by "and who'll send it to me?" type thread.

Post: #191177
Topic: The legendary "Starkiller Ranch" Thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/191177/action/topic#191177
Time: 8-Mar-2006 4:52 PM

I absolutely love the boldness of this idea. I wish it could work, but I don't think it can. Presumably you still want a climax to each movie, despite the "saga" idea. Well, without the destruction of DS1, ANH doesn't have one.

You'd have to cut it off after they rescue Princess Leia and they move to Hoth because they find the tracking device on board the Falcon? No, wait - there is no Yavin base, they escape with Leia en route to Hoth - end of movie. Then the battle of Yavin is used at the end of ROTJ?

Post: #191154
Topic: POLL: Your favorite fan edited movie
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/191154/action/topic#191154
Time: 8-Mar-2006 3:09 PM

Bear in mind that many of us haven't seen all the contest entries, unlike the contest judges. Also, they were judging on the merit of the edit, whereas we are likely to be biased by which movies we like most in the first place.

Post: #191128
Topic: The legendary "Starkiller Ranch" Thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/191128/action/topic#191128
Time: 8-Mar-2006 12:29 PM

Yes, but then they have to wait for SOTDS before embarking on ROTS, and the ROTJ edit is alreday planned. There hasn't yet been a major fan edit of ROTJ and it would be nice to see one.

Post: #190085
Topic: Special Collection : UnSubbed Edition (Completed)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/190085/action/topic#190085
Time: 6-Mar-2006 12:17 PM

Keep up the great work, DJ, I am really looking forward to this set, which looks to be the highest quality pre-THX transfer out there.

Post: #190084
Topic: Idea: Fan Edit of ROTJ
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/190084/action/topic#190084
Time: 6-Mar-2006 12:08 PM

I think the parallel action is effective in principle, it's just that the three strands are not equal in tension. The weakest is clearly Endor. Here's something I posted in MagnoliaFan's thread a while back, which might be more appropriate here:

originally posted Thu December 01, 2005 11:41 AM

MagFan,

long ago, before this forum, before there were prequels, I had a plan to re-edit RotJ (shock, horror, scandal). It never happened, as there was no DVD then and no access to 5.1 mixes. Now I know you are going to do all the movies eventually so I'd like to request for you to incorporate the main feature of my old plan: re-dub the Ewoks. Of course, judging by your prequels, you may well already be planning this. The idea wouldn't be to give them subs like your JarJar & Nemoidians, since I think it works that we don't know what they're saying, but just to change the tone of their characters. Okay, they look like teddy bears. Nothing can be done about that (CG wookiees?). But I think a lot of their silliness comes from the way they sound. If they had deeper, more guttural voices (think Samurai warriors in Kurosawa's films) they would be far less cute, and seem more serious, which would make their eventual victory over the imperial troops much more believable. This would be helped by removing their most comical antics like the guy who accidentally wraps his bolas around himself and so on. Just wanted to share this with you - I'm sure whatever you come up with will be great.

Post: #190061
Topic: Classic Edition: Return of the Jedi by Ocpmovie (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/190061/action/topic#190061
Time: 6-Mar-2006 10:28 AM

Ah, now I understand. Marvolo, hub-printable means the kind of disc on which you can print right up to the hole in the middle, whereas some printable discs have a clear plastic "hub" on which you can't print. My disc label (above) is designed for a hub-printable disc and therefore some stuff near the middle would not be visible on a non-hub-printable disc.

Post: #189690
Topic: Classic Edition: Return of the Jedi by Ocpmovie (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/189690/action/topic#189690
Time: 5-Mar-2006 4:10 PM

Yes, I just changed the fonts to match coov's more closely. Not sure what you mean about cut off - it's all there on the disc I printed.

Post: #189258
Topic: Classic Edition: Return of the Jedi by Ocpmovie (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/189258/action/topic#189258
Time: 4-Mar-2006 6:16 PM

Coov - did you ever do a disc label to match your ROTJ CE cover? Here's one I did in the style of your others, to tide me over, but wondered if you had your own?

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y288/THX1138-4EB/ROTJclassicdisc.jpg

Post: #188587
Topic: Sluggo's Valentine's Day NEW PiF photoshop contest
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/188587/action/topic#188587
Time: 3-Mar-2006 11:01 AM

Got mine too - thanks again, Sluggo!

Does anyone know where there are links to Coov's covers - I'd like to make matching disc labels (unless there are already labels?).

Post: #188304
Topic: Info: Preservation and Fan Edit Links - an Index of Completed Projects...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/188304/action/topic#188304
Time: 2-Mar-2006 9:26 PM

Thanks, Mackey - this is very useful. You might want to include Making Of type stuff as well, like dfnyc's stuff.

Post: #187880
Topic: .: The XØ Project - Laserdisc on Steroids :. (SEE FIRST POST FOR UPDATES) (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/187880/action/topic#187880
Time: 1-Mar-2006 4:49 PM

stay on topic... stay on topic...

Post: #187878
Topic: Sluggo's Valentine's Day NEW PiF photoshop contest
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/187878/action/topic#187878
Time: 1-Mar-2006 4:46 PM

Without wanting to go all web chatroom on you - Coov's covers rock. And I believe they have the seal of approval from ocp, too. So I'm glad you went with those, Sluggo.

Post: #187487
Topic: .: The XØ Project - Laserdisc on Steroids :. (SEE FIRST POST FOR UPDATES) (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/187487/action/topic#187487
Time: 28-Feb-2006 2:50 PM

ADM, I'm sure the X0 capture was done in SD. As you are suspecting, there really wouldn't be any point in capping it in HD, as the information isn't there to capture (so they won't have to do it again). An upconversion would probably give better results than a hi-res cap - it will look better on your HD monitor, but it's not going to look significantly better than the SD DVD overall. I think DL DVD is likely to be the best format for this project and we all know that Zion & MBJ will be done long before Blu-Ray drives are on the market. Right, guys?

Post: #187435
Topic: Sluggo's Valentine's Day NEW PiF photoshop contest
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/187435/action/topic#187435
Time: 28-Feb-2006 9:40 AM

Very nice - can't wait. Thanks again, Sluggo

Post: #186478
Topic: laserdisc quality
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/186478/action/topic#186478
Time: 25-Feb-2006 7:33 PM

Jennifer, try looking around this forum - I think you'll find all you want and more.

P.S. It's a good idea to turn on Private Messages in your profile.

Post: #186077
Topic: Info Wanted: What is the best Episode 4 Edit to incorporate deleted footage?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/186077/action/topic#186077
Time: 24-Feb-2006 5:40 PM

Garrett, you should never feel like a NoHomer - your sterling examples of fan editing are widely viewed and highly commended. Think of those exclusions as ultimate compliments.

Post: #186039
Topic: Wanted: Radio Dramas on CD...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/186039/action/topic#186039
Time: 24-Feb-2006 3:38 PM

I've seen a couple of preservation threads mention the radio dramas - someone edited them to remove the credits and so on, but keeping all the dialogue - you should be able to get that for nothing.

Post: #186028
Topic: 1992 vs 1995 video releases
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/186028/action/topic#186028
Time: 24-Feb-2006 3:09 PM

Originally posted by: arcadayn
Does anyone know if there are any differences between the 1992 Special Widescreen Collector's edition and the 1995 THX Widescreen edition?
If you're referring to the Laserdiscs, then yes. Not only are the latter from a different telecine, they have also had image filtration applied, noticeably temporal smoothing.
Originally posted by: arcadayn
I have seen some screen caps (don't remember what site) that show changes done to reduce the violence in the films. For example, blaster hits on stormtroopers have the flash and smoke reduced. Were these changes made prior to the SE in '97?

I believe those specific changes were made for the 2004 DVD, not the '97 SE.

Post: #185986
Topic: Info Wanted: What is the best Episode 4 Edit to incorporate deleted footage?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/185986/action/topic#185986
Time: 24-Feb-2006 1:14 PM

EDIT: sorry, wrong thread!

Post: #185984
Topic: New forum software status - updated 1/4/2006
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/185984/action/topic#185984
Time: 24-Feb-2006 1:12 PM

Another option for partial banning (besides the post limiting discussed here) would be individual forum banning - a user could be banned from certain fora to keep them spam-free but allowed to continue posting in off-topic type threads, where spammers could congregate.

Post: #185951
Topic: Post count: soon to be made irrelevant.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/185951/action/topic#185951
Time: 24-Feb-2006 12:37 PM

Anything that promotes quality above quantity has to be good. However, I agree with Jay that post limiting should not be automatic on sign-up, but only used as a punishment. This would make a fair and visible progression towards a ban. Titles were always a nice touch and a free-for-all would just be having two nicknames rather than one. I like the idea of the 6 month (or a year) Padawan title, followed by titles assigned by the mods (and anyone else who had reached the Jedi Council). Number of posts should not be a factor at all IMHO, though they should be recorded for those who want to know.