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#243987
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First Impressions of the OOT ...
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/243987/action/topic#243987
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Originally posted by: Raul2106
I love all of Star Wars that is why I do not like to see people who don't hate the 2004 editions being attacked.

I don't attack people, but I will attack opinions if I believe they are wrong. "Hating" the 2004 editions is a complex subject. Do I hate the edited films as a whole? No, they're still decent works of entertainment. Do I hate many of the changes? Yes, because they directly destroy some of the beautiful concepts and feelings the film evokes. I do not like cheapened art and therefore I believe everyone should dislike most if not all of the special-edition changes to the Star Wars films. George Lucas is very fallible.


Originally posted by: Raul2106
DVDActive, particularly their site administrator gave the OOT a favorable review yet bashed everybody who said there was nothing wrong with the release being non-anamorphic. I stuck up for another person who was simply pointing out that no matter what people are always going to be unhappy with Lucas. I perfer the OOT but enjoy the 2004 editions too. Now we can at least legally choose which version we want to watch. It's great having both.


Well, it sucks that you were banned. That administrator sounds like a childish dipstick. But, I must inform you that there is something very wrong with releasing the films in a non-anamorphic format.

“People are always going to be unhappy with Lucas,” eh? And that somehow gives Lucas the right to avoid criticism when he releases some of the greatest films of all time in a style that is well below the industry standard? I should just shut up and be thankful that this is at least part of what I’ve always wanted and commend George Lucas?

I, and many others, would be perfectly happy if the OUT were given the same treatment as his crappy edited versions. That would be meeting standard expectations in the industry that George could easily afford and then easily make a profit on. That is all most of the complainers wanted. You and that fellow you defended are clearly insulting my intelligence in a passive way by claiming that I’d “always” be unhappy and I don't appreciate that at all. That is by no means a fact to “point” out.
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#243840
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Star Wars Limited Edition Screen Captures.
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/243840/action/topic#243840
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Originally posted by: bactaOT
Originally posted by: Tiptup
Originally posted by: Zion
Screenshots are up on the Screenshot Comparison Page

After that, the "Gonzo" set most often looked the best to me.


Are you looking at the correct images?

The Moth3r is much better than the Gonzo.


*looks*

Hmm, yes you are correct. Yet I'm pretty sure I didn't see the "Moth3r" screenshots this morning. Maybe I skipped right by them somehow, but they look good so I don't know how I managed to do that page after page.


Originally posted by: boris
Generally, the 2004 transfer is sharper, and generally has more stable colours... however they're the wrong hues and the saturation is also way off. So yes, overall the GOUT is more "pleasing" to me anyway.


That's what I mean. The "GOUT" looks the most accurate to me. It just looks like Star Wars. The 2004 editions look all wrong in that basic sense (as if the film were deteriorating and nothing looks real anymore).
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#243820
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SW.com: "First and ONLY TIme"
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/243820/action/topic#243820
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Lucasfilm is comprised of damn liars and I don't believe that for a second. Lucas himself is the biggest liar of the entire bunch. Even if that staement is true though, an HD format works for me. Even if the theatrical versions are never released again, I still don't give a damn. Star Wars means more to me than some stupid format release. I don't ever need an upgraded format if George Lucas wants to be a weirdo about it. It doesn't hurt me.
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#243531
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Tune Into G4 This Afternoon...
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/243531/action/topic#243531
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Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
I was referring to the TFN guys that were said to be there. Sorry I didn't make myself clear before.


Well, I thought you were perfectly clear about who you were referring to. Though I did actually read the posts before yours.

As for the TFN guys, I don't give a shit if they think alienating fans makes Lucas more money. It doesn't work on me. I'm not buying a shitty product just because it has Star Wars stamped on it. Let Lucas come to me. If he doesn't care, then he will get no money from fans such as myself.
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#242448
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2006 OT DVD: Are my eyes deceiving me?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/242448/action/topic#242448
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Originally posted by: mverta
rendered in a next-generation software engine which correctly reproduces the electromagnetic wave propogation of light.


Quick question:

They didn't use that kind of light rendering in the big-scale effects shots of Episodes 1-3, did they? To me the lighting in all of those CG scenes looked to be on the level of crap video game quality.
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#242287
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2006 OT DVD: Are my eyes deceiving me?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/242287/action/topic#242287
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Originally posted by: Scruffy
Alright ... so the shuttle, orbiting a measly 17,500 miles above the daylit surface of the Earth gets enough light to render the color blue. What about an X-wing passing under a red gas giant, or dogfighting over a gray metal sphere? I think we've usually seen starships within the well-lit band where habitable planets lie, but I do wonder to what extent nearby celestial objects would influence their coloring.


First of all, the surrounding sources of radiation help determine the color. If there are no surrounding events emitting light of the blue wavelength, then R2's head would not have that blue wavelength to reflect (it would appear black). In terms of the planet or the death star, they probably wouldn't reflect enough light compared with the solar system's star(s) to help alter a normally blue surface's color. Even if they somehow did, R2 would not be black in that instance though. Now, if they were on the dark side of one of the objects, and it effectively blocked all visible light equally, then the remaining ambient light would leave R2 blue, but dimly blue. If either object were to block the blue wavelength more than other wavelengths, then R2's headpiece would look black compared to the light reflecting off of other objects. None of that is happening in any of the movies as far as I can see though.
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#242047
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What did the Prequel Trilogy need?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/242047/action/topic#242047
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Originally posted by: auraloffalwaffle
I disagree with the charge that it would shrink the SW universe. The characters were created to be our companions through the story.


I never got that impression. C3PO and R2D2 always seemed like like the little guys of the stories to me. They had obscure lives in the past, they had probably had their minds wiped multiple times, and they were easy to sympathize with in terms of the fact that they had no control over what they did. I'm sure they witnessed a number of interesting events, but those events were separate from the main characters of the PT in my mind.

The PT did make poor use of droids, but that doesn't mean it needed to interject the original duo to get that working. Invent new droids if anything.
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#241657
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The Blob!
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/241657/action/topic#241657
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Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
They are mainly yellow in ANH, but I've not gone through ESB at such detail. Apparently, they used a better (read: clearer) glue for some shots, but the above shot looks like it would in ANH.


I'm betting the glue was not that yellow when initially used. Over time it probably yellowed if you ask me.
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#240653
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2006 OT DVD: Poll: So What are You Going to Do?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/240653/action/topic#240653
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Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father
Originally posted by: lordjedi
I'm with most of you though. I got so tired of hearing him say "The story was always written and this is always the way it was suppose to be". Bullshit. If that's true, he would've cast someone young for the Anakin reveal and they would've had Greedo shoot first when they were originally filming the scene. As it is, they had 3 different people playing Darth Vader. There's no reason they couldn't have added a fourth.
I recently posted in another thread that in 1977 Darth Vader appeared in the credits as 'Lord Darth Vader' but in the 2004 DVD credits it's been changed to just 'Darth Vader'. This, along with the fact that Ben refers to him as 'Darth' makes me think that originally Darth was actually the name of Luke's Father's Murderer, NOT a title (his title was Lord, his name was Darth Vader). Darth Vader's character was then altered to be Luke's Father rather than the killer of Luke's Father and then when the idea of 'Darth' being a title was used in the prequels, the credits of the original movie were altered to accomodate this change. But Lucas had the whole story planned all along because he's a genius, so I must be wrong...


Without doubt. Darth was in no way a title. That is definitely one of my least favorite prequel-trilogy changes (even beats the midiclorian crap for me). I mean, it's so boring. What a simplistic way to sort of make things line up with the original story. I was expecting some interesting name and identity deceptions in the PT story.