Wow! How much does that leave us with?
One last time, see if I got this straight. Is the idea that if enough people work together to donate $1,000, it will actually be a $2,000 donation?
I donated $25.
That guy with no name said:
You should’ve apologised instead of deflecting. Either way we should change the subject.
I’m sorry. Really, I am. I promise I won’t say such things again. In fact, I’ll do my part and donate right now.
I’m sorry. I’m not accusing anyone of being anything. Let’s move on, okay? Truce?
Wait, I’m confused. Isn’t the whole point of this drive so that Adywan can get enough money from other people for supplies? Why would he use his own money to double the donation of others when he’ll already be using his own money later? Why not keep it and use it on top of all the donation money?
I’m not Adywan. Donations have stalled. I am willing to donate $1,000 to Adywan if others pitch in now and reach that limit.
I really wish I could donate, but I was warned by my family and friends about donating to things like this, because they think I’m being scammed.
Happy Easter!
$1,000 challenge is back! From now till May 20th, I’ll match all donations to Star Wars: Revisited up to $1,000 USD. For the next 30 days you have the opportunity to double the impact of your contribution!Wait, I’m confused. Isn’t the whole point of this drive so that Adywan can get enough money from other people for supplies? Why would he use his own money to double the donation of others when he’ll already be using his own money later? Why not keep it and use it on top of all the donation money?
You realize if everyone that followed Adywan on facebook donated 5 cents he would more than reach his goal.
So, he’s using his own money to donate to something he’ll automatically get the money back for?
Happy Easter!
$1,000 challenge is back! From now till May 20th, I’ll match all donations to Star Wars: Revisited up to $1,000 USD. For the next 30 days you have the opportunity to double the impact of your contribution!
Wait, I’m confused. Isn’t the whole point of this drive so that Adywan can get enough money from other people for supplies? Why would he use his own money to double the donation of others when he’ll already be using his own money later? Why not keep it and use it on top of all the donation money?
Can’t you just get a replacement backlight instead of an entirely new monitor?
Honestly, I’m starting to get very fearful right now.
What are you talking about? Are you ok?
Sorry, I just feel extremely worried about all these things that kept getting in the way of the Revisited edits being finished.
Pretty selfish viewpoint, no? Not “I’m worried about adywan” but “I’m worried I won’t get to see Revisited.”
To be fair, it’s entirely possible that Adywan has been working on Revisited for this user’s entire life. 😉
Well, technically, more than half my life.
Honestly, I’m starting to get very fearful right now.
What are you talking about? Are you ok?
Sorry, I just feel extremely worried about all these things that kept getting in the way of the Revisited edits being finished.
its been like this since the beginning. since 2006, its just how it is. Life gets in the way sometimes, but as Dr Malcolm would say, “life finds a way”
Yeah, I know, think positive. It’s just that his “Being old sucks” comment kind of worries me.
Honestly, I’m starting to get very fearful right now.
What are you talking about? Are you ok?
Sorry, I just feel extremely worried about all these things that kept getting in the way of the Revisited edits being finished.
I’ve been quiet because my 43" 4k PC monitor’s backlight died and i have been unable to work on anything or use the internet ( my phone is too small for me to use for the net , even with my glasses 😉 Being old sucks. I’ve had to borrow a small monitor off a friend but only have it for a week, so i may go quiet again until i can afford to replace it
Replacement backlights are actually pretty cheap on ebay and easy to DIY. You don’t have to buy a new monitor.
Honestly, I’m starting to get very fearful right now.
I’ve been quiet because my 43" 4k PC monitor’s backlight died and i have been unable to work on anything or use the internet ( my phone is too small for me to use for the net , even with my glasses 😉 Being old sucks. I’ve had to borrow a small monitor off a friend but only have it for a week, so i may go quiet again until i can afford to replace it
Everything happens to you… 😢
Mark’s Down On Your Syntax said:
On your February 3rd Facebook post, you said you’d reveal “by the end of the week” what was done to fix the falling gantry, but you never did.
I’ve been following Ady’s work for over a decade now. What I’ve learned is this… “If Adywan says he’s planning to do something, then something will get in his way.”
Have a good read of all his Revisited threads here from the beginning. You will see a man beset by bad luck, faulty equipment, garden fence catastrophe, poor health and family tragedy. But he persists, his work on these edits has almost taken him twenty years.
So assuming he hasn’t been crushed by a falling chandelier, assaulted by a disgruntled chimpanzee, or blinded by an exploding fire extinguisher then updates will be along at some point, I’m sure.
I hope it won’t be long now until ANHR:HD. With how long the Revisited project has taken and all the life challenges Ady’s shared, I sometimes worry if he’ll ever be able to finish everything he envisioned.
On your February 3rd Facebook post, you said you’d reveal “by the end of the week” what was done to fix the falling gantry, but you never did.
So… this is still going on, eh?
Sure it is!
At tuesday Pixel gave us a sneak peek at how ho solved the Leia chase scene:
It’s an April Fool’s Day joke.
I can see why George made the edit, but as with most changes it was over zelous. People can debate the character implications plenty, there is ofc no right or wrong answers there, but I think there is one objective issue with the original version. Why would there be a corridor, lined with dozens of blast doors, turn the corner and end in a complete dead end. Like yes the hanger is badly composited and yes the 10,000 idle troopers is silly, but man pipes? It’s a show of the limited budget and from everything Lucas has said over the years, anything that held him back, if it be money or technical limitations, seemed to irritate him. Consitantly these are areas he chooses to edit the most.
Personally, do you prefer the hanger, or the pipes?
What do you think of encoding the audio into Dolby TrueHD instead of DTS-HD Master Audio? Is it possible?
What’s really strange is how many of the changes made to the OT over the years just showed how much George Lucas had a problem with seeing the forest for the trees, as most of these changes, despite how much effort was put into them, are mostly self-contained and mess with the continuity of other scenes. The disappearing rocks in front of R2, the Stormtrooper helmets in ANH’s new scenes being the ROTJ helmets, the Cloud City windows being open in one shot, but are the pre-SE windows in later shots, the shot that makes Jabba’s palace door look bigger, etc.
Some good ideas here-
Star Wars: Inside the Death Star During Its Destruction-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF5cOg8-ZFQ
Mmm… I don’t think so.
Donated!
I feel devastated that we’ll probably never get this.
I recently did a test burn of the ESB:R Blu-ray that was created with Adobe Encore and the results weren’t good. Tried the disc in 3 blu-ray players. Worked ok in 1 but not in the other two. Panasonic, LG & Sony players tested. Only the LG played it. So i’m giving up on releasing Blu-Ray versions. Good Blu-Ray authoring software just isn’t out there without paying extortionate fees. Adobe Encore is just too buggy, but other available software just don’t have the features, especially being able to use DTSHD audio and creating good menus. So what I will be doing is releasing higher bitrate versions of the edits, alongside the smaller file size ones, that should be Blu-Ray compatible if anyone wanted to make their own physical copy. It’s unfortunate, I know, but I don;t want people to have to download a 50GB disc image file only to find out that the authoring software has rendered the burned disc to be playable on their machines.
Why not use Dolby TrueHD instead of DTS-HD? It’s easier to encode, and it’s compatible with far more devices.
And what about all the bonus features you had planned? How will we get to see them?