Trooperman

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Join date: 15-Feb-2005
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Post: #97260
Topic: STAR WARS in 3-D!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/97260/action/topic#97260
Time: 18-Mar-2005 10:29 AM

More appropriate would be Star Wars in holographic format! (in more vivid colors with no flickering)!

Post: #97126
Topic: Info Wanted: EditDroid music question
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/97126/action/topic#97126
Time: 17-Mar-2005 4:26 PM

I'm actually going to reinsert deleted music into the films (sometimes replacing film music and trying to piece together the effects) and include these versions of the scenes as extra features on my DVD's.

Post: #97153
Topic: How bad can it get? (The changes to the films)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/97153/action/topic#97153
Time: 17-Mar-2005 2:49 PM — Edited 22-Dec-2019 10:57 AM

When the first two prequels came out, people were even more disappointed than they would have been because of all the hype leading up into the releases. I thought I’d start a thread to balance things out so that everyone can really start dreading Revenge of the Sith; that way, we might be pleasantly surprised when it comes out instead of the other way around.

I have rumours from inside sources that:

1. Lucas changed Obi-Wan’s lightsaber blade to hot pink to avoid confusion during the final lightsaber battle.
2. The wookies will be replaced by Ewoks, bringing the most popular characters from the old trilogy into the new one
3. Yoda has a lightsaber duel with Watto instead of Sidious, as originally planned
4. Jar-Jar becomes Emperor, of course

Any more news?

Post: #97129
Topic: More unreleased ROTJ music
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/97129/action/topic#97129
Time: 17-Mar-2005 10:30 AM

Darn it. So the complete London Symphony Recording has been lost.

Post: #96779
Topic: george lucas fan letters book
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/96779/action/topic#96779
Time: 15-Mar-2005 1:54 PM

I agree that he is a perfectionist: about the wrong stuff. He put incredible painstaking detail into his digital Yoda and his other computerized creations, forgetting the story in the process. In my opinion, he should have gone with a puppet for Yoda in AOTC (wouldn't that really tie the trilogies together?) and worked on the dialogue, casting, and acting more. Then we wouldn't have the ridiculous Yoda/Dooku saber scene.

I am a believer in the theory that the less resources a good director has, the better his movie is (up to a point). Because instead of relying on fancy special effects, huge sets, and everything else to drive the story, he has to find creative ways to make the dialogue and action good enough to carry the movie. You get interesting camera angles, humourous moments, and other things that they wouldn’t have bothered with (with more money) but that they need to keep the film interesting. This intensity and high acting standards are often lost when the director has other things to fall back on, and I think that’s what happened with the Prequel movies.

Post: #96768
Topic: A fan-project called StarWars: Revelation
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/96768/action/topic#96768
Time: 15-Mar-2005 12:49 PM

I agree; the story looked good, but the dialogue delivery (especially by the Sith woman) was unbearably bad.

Post: #96734
Topic: "Journal of the Whills" - DVD Covers
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/96734/action/topic#96734
Time: 15-Mar-2005 10:04 AM

Boy are those good! Very classy.

I might actually use those for my "theatrical edition" saga; all the films in widescreen and exactly in their theatrical versions.

Great job! You know, we ought to have a place on this site specifically for posting links to cover art.

Post: #96746
Topic: guys need help
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/96746/action/topic#96746
Time: 15-Mar-2005 8:27 AM

No harm intended

Post: #96745
Topic: More unreleased ROTJ music
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/96745/action/topic#96745
Time: 15-Mar-2005 8:21 AM

The Anthology does contain the "Han Solo Returns" track. What they did is they took the original full length "Jabba the Hutt" recording, hacked it down to about 1:20 (instead of 3:07), and stuck it at the end.

My question was whether the full-length London Symphony recording was ever released.

Post: #96735
Topic: guys need help
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/96735/action/topic#96735
Time: 15-Mar-2005 4:20 AM

Your angry post actually sounded like the lyrics to a rap song!

Just kidding; don't get offended.

Post: #96647
Topic: The Things We Hate And Love Thread .
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/96647/action/topic#96647
Time: 14-Mar-2005 8:17 PM

I hate it when my friends try to tell me about the "enhanced" Special Editions and then say I'm obessed when I correct them.

I hate it when a girl I like is already taken.

And I hate cold coffee

Post: #96634
Topic: STAR WARS: The Torrents thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/96634/action/topic#96634
Time: 14-Mar-2005 7:37 PM

I believe it's just the EditDroid crawl, but the second angle has been isolated for peopel who already have a copy of the trilogy but want the original crawl separately.

It says it'll take 39 hours wait on MySpleen, though; anyone know what's going on?

Post: #96586
Topic: Idea -- Original Theatrical Prequels
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/96586/action/topic#96586
Time: 14-Mar-2005 4:24 PM

Unfortunately, I don't own the Japanese LD (and it would be kind of a shame to buy it for about 5 seconds of footage). Perhaps someone who does could recapture it for better results (because it sounds like the one in the comparison section of the Phantom Re-edit is no good for splicing into DVD quality footage).

I can try it, though, if all else fails.

Post: #96649
Topic: guys need help
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/96649/action/topic#96649
Time: 14-Mar-2005 2:48 PM

Forgive me if I offend anyone, but my view is:

Rappers go in the garbage.

Say it out loud, and you'll realize how bad a joke it is

But in general, us Star Wars fans have better-than-average taste in music

I don't care for disco either, but has anyone here heard the "Star Wars Cantina" parody song (based on Copacabana by Barry Manilo). I got a kick out of it.

Post: #96648
Topic: george lucas fan letters book
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/96648/action/topic#96648
Time: 14-Mar-2005 2:34 PM

A book of fan mail! I can imagine how one of our letters might read:

Dear Lucas:

Kindly quit being stupid and release the original versions of the Star Wars Trilogy. Your new ones stink. Nobody likes them. We want the old versions.

Are you listening?

WE WANT THE VERSIONS WE GREW UP WITH!! Make us happy.

Best regards,

(blank)

Post: #96646
Topic: George Lucas on 60 Minutes.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/96646/action/topic#96646
Time: 14-Mar-2005 2:09 PM

Ha ha! Yes, I have inside information about Episode III. Not all the production members are in on this, but Jar-Jar becomes the emperor. He's pulling the strings; he's manipulating everyone while seeming childish and ignorant of everything going on.

I have Photoshop. Heck, I thought it would fit right in with Lucas' Photoshopped Hayden at the end!

Why not go the extra step and truly tie the trilogies together?

Post: #96641
Topic: George Lucas on 60 Minutes.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/96641/action/topic#96641
Time: 14-Mar-2005 2:00 PM

I wouldn't like that, though. I LOVE the Greedo scene. Granted, it was ruined ever since 1997, but it's still a classic. If I were re-editing the films, the Jabba scene would be on the cutting room floor in no time flat.

And it is, in my version.

Post: #96637
Topic: More unreleased ROTJ music
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/96637/action/topic#96637
Time: 14-Mar-2005 1:50 PM

Great! So there is a John Williams conducted version of the complete version.

Does anyone else know if it is available in its entirety by the London Symphony, though?

Post: #96636
Topic: George Lucas on 60 Minutes.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/96636/action/topic#96636
Time: 14-Mar-2005 1:45 PM

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I'm trying not to watch George Lucas interviews. They make me feel sorry for him.

I agree. He always looks so pathetic trying to defend his crummy views and fend off all the harsh questions by "picky" fans; you do kind of feel sorry for him.

After all, he had poured enormous amounts of money into these films, thinking he was doing the right thing and restoring them and making them better. It's no wonder to me that he doesn't want to release the original versions right away, actually; he's still irritated that we didn't like his improved versions. That we like the "flawed" versions insults him as a filmmaker. Therefore, his reasoning is that he must not have made it perfect enough; he must not have made it tie in well enough with the new movies. "Aha!" Lucas thinks. "They didn't like my Jabba scene because the computer animation wasn't good enough. Wait until they see this!" What he might not realize is that our problems with the scene are not solely with the computer graphics, but with its redundancy.

Wild speculation!

Post: #96584
Topic: More unreleased ROTJ music
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/96584/action/topic#96584
Time: 14-Mar-2005 10:11 AM

Really? I hadn't heard of your CD. Mine is done by Charles Gerdhart.

Post: #96479
Topic: <strong>The "EditDroid" Trilogy DVD Info and Feedback Thread</strong> (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/96479/action/topic#96479
Time: 13-Mar-2005 9:05 PM

To Metallaxis:

Thanks for the effort on your part. I can't believe someone would actually hack into your system after you posted something so useful. I wasn't able to get the torrent in time, and I would be interested, but I've almost downloaded the EditDroid .vob anyway. I also have DVD Shrink, so I should be able to extract the alternate angle.

Thanks!

Post: #96478
Topic: <strong>The "EditDroid" Trilogy DVD Info and Feedback Thread</strong> (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/96478/action/topic#96478
Time: 13-Mar-2005 9:01 PM

I got the very best known source available from Moth3r. He captured it from a VHS tape of the 1985 UK broadcast (which contained the mono mix). The audio is in PAL, though, so you'd need to slow it down by 4%. You'd also need to patch the few gaps which are present due to commercial breaks.

Floating around in the newsgroups is his uncompressed capture of this mix.

Post: #96480
Topic: More unreleased ROTJ music
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/96480/action/topic#96480
Time: 13-Mar-2005 3:24 PM

Does anyone know if it is possible to find or download the complete London Symphony recording of "Jabba the Hutt" (concert arrangement) by John Williams? I'm kind of partial to this piece (I play the tuba) and it's one of the things they left out on the SE soundtrack. I know there is a complete version, but it's not the London Symphony. And I know it exists because I found part of it on the anthology soundtrack.

Could someone fill me in on the availability of this?

Post: #96442
Topic: Idea -- Original Theatrical Prequels
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/96442/action/topic#96442
Time: 13-Mar-2005 3:07 PM

Great- I'll try that.

Do you know the name of the specific .vob that contains this? That way, I could just get this instead of having to download the whole thing (I have limited Internet access).

Thanks!

Post: #96325
Topic: Idea -- Original Theatrical Prequels
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/96325/action/topic#96325
Time: 12-Mar-2005 11:02 AM

I would like to give the theatrical version of Phantom Menace a shot. I own the widescreen DVD and a pan-scan theatrical VHS for reference. When I began looking for changes, I found that a couple scenes in the theatrical release have been deleted in the DVD release. There is one little clip in the Podrace where Watto cheers for Sebulba before the race that was deleted. However, that's no problem because I found it in the extended cut of the opening on the Special Features disc. There is still one shot, though, that I'm missing in widescreen. It is the shot directly after Qui-Gon's line: "The situation has become more complicated." Then, we have a transition to an establishing shot of Palpatine's building on Coruscant, immediately followed by Palpatine's speech about greedy senators to Amidala. The establishing shot is missing from the DVD.

Does anyone know if a small torrent or straight download exists (or could be created) containing the establishing shot and also the shot before and the shot after, so as to have the transition? It could be ripped from a theatrical widescreen VHS (OK) or the Japanese LD (better). Then I could have the film in its theatrical state for archive purposes.