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Post: #68096
Topic: Watching with my fiancee
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/68096/action/topic#68096
Time: 28-Sep-2004 9:02 AM

Excellent, Obi-wonton! Congrats.

Post: #67432
Topic: STAR WARS DVD Producer Van Ling answers the tough questions!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/67432/action/topic#67432
Time: 25-Sep-2004 6:17 PM

I'm curious. Please point out where in my post that I disregarded their contributions. Also, please explain how any contribution on their part limits Lucas' rights and ownership of the films.

MeBeJedi: pal! buddy! I wasn't referring to your comments (guess maybe I should stop being a lazy ass and start doing quotes

). I was only saying that while I agree Lucas, as the rightful owner, has the option of doing anything he wants, it might not be ethical/professional, especially considering the importance and abundance of the other people's contributions.

Post: #67420
Topic: STAR WARS DVD Producer Van Ling answers the tough questions!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/67420/action/topic#67420
Time: 25-Sep-2004 5:46 PM

I'm going to have to side with Sam_Lu on this one. Obviously none of us were there on the set(s) so we'll never know the full story, but it seems pretty obvious that if you were to quantify the amount of creative/artistic input contributed to ESB and ROTJ, that the majority came from people other than Lucas (Kurtz, Kasdan, Marquand, ect). BUT, not only that, they actually made the movies EXCEPTIONAL. To disregard their contributions and instead consider them as nothing more than mere 'labor' is, well, just not my opinion.

And if you want proof, I present to you the prequels and the SE's.

Post: #67186
Topic: NFL
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/67186/action/topic#67186
Time: 24-Sep-2004 7:06 PM

While I don't consider Rush's statements necessarily racist, I do think they were incorrect. I've watched every Eagles game since McNabb was drafted. He carried that team, as he WAS the offense (Thrash, Pinktston, Freddie Mitchell and all the running backs have been marginal at best, and he was able to win with them). Not to mention Andy Reid's ultra-conservative offensive scheme doesn't compliment McNabb's playmaking style at all, and he was able to succeed in spite of it. Sure they had good defenses too, but defense alone doesn't get you to 3 NFC championship games in a row. Culpepper would seem to have been a better target, but that would have been off the mark too.

Post: #66996
Topic: Places to buy OT DVD Covers?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/66996/action/topic#66996
Time: 24-Sep-2004 10:18 AM

I never had any problems with the Kinkos employees the few times I went. If anything, I got "you're paying 4 bucks for THIS?!?!" looks from them. But overall they were pretty oblivious to what I was doing.

The only issue I had to deal with was actually getting them the files to print. The covers I was printing were over 2 mb, so I had to actually download them from the internet onto a Kinkos computer. But I don't see why it shouldn't be any harder than putting the files onto a cd and handing it to them to print the covers. Should be pretty easy.

Post: #66981
Topic: Places to buy OT DVD Covers?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/66981/action/topic#66981
Time: 24-Sep-2004 9:40 AM

I went to Kinkos to get some of mine done. They charged about $3-4 per cover, and overall I'd say they look pretty good on the glossy paper that they used.

Post: #66024
Topic: Amazon Reviews (re the 2004 OT SE DVD release)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/66024/action/topic#66024
Time: 21-Sep-2004 11:34 AM

Good idea. For some reason they group any and all star wars trilogy reviews together, whether it's the dvds or the '95 THX release on vhs. However, a few months ago the overall rating was 4 1/2 (which it had been for the past 4-5 years), which just goes to show that dvds are fully responsible for it going from a 4 1/2 to a 3 1/2.

Post: #66002
Topic: An article of lies and disgust - George Lucas talks re the 2004 OT SE DVD release...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/66002/action/topic#66002
Time: 21-Sep-2004 10:11 AM

Although I'm sure they're going to sell a bazillion dvds, and yes it's just the first day, I don't see the release of the dvds being the triumph that Lucasfilm envisioned. There's just too much dissent from everywhere that can't help but be noticed. Sure most of the reviews are positive, but there still are a fair amount of negative ones. Amazon's customer rating for the trilogy has fallen to 3 1/2 stars out of 5, and this is due to the dvds. You have new scenes which are sure to rub people the wrong way, minimal extras, and various blunders like the green lightsaber. And the audio problem is nothing short of a total debacle. Not to mention any time Lucas is in any publication promoting anything star wars, he automatically gets asked about the originals. Again, I'm not saying we've won anything, but it just seems that the release of the dvds is far from the unequivocally successful release that Lucasfilm had in mind.

Post: #65752
Topic: Star Wars DVD Music Mix Botched!!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/65752/action/topic#65752
Time: 20-Sep-2004 4:04 PM

digitalbits is now saying that Lucasfilm says that the botched soundtrack isn't botched at all, it's supposed to sound like that. Will the madness ever end?

Justin beat me by a minute!

Post: #65583
Topic: PG-13 Revenge of the Sith
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/65583/action/topic#65583
Time: 20-Sep-2004 10:54 AM

AOTC was the epitome of laziness when it comes to cgi. I can understand the need to cgi ships, and city scapes, as well as other things that would be too hard for stuntmen. But George was just cgi'ing for the sake of cgi'ing. It probably went something like this:

Crew: George, the guys are here to build the walls for Palpatine's office.

George: Uh, I've decided we're going to cgi them, so tell them to take a hike.

Crew: Well, we also have the guys who are going to build the floor for the Jedi Temple.

George: why would we want that when we can just cgi the floor?

Crew: And the guys are here with various alien costumes that look very real and took a lot of effort and creativity.

George: Hmmm, tempting, but this banking clan member costume just isn't Roger Rabbit enough for me. We'll cgi them.

Crew: once last thing, George. Ewan just got back from his vacation, and he shaved his beard.

George: I anticipated this, so I already have a guy working on cgi'ing read pubes onto his face. God my 'vision' kicks ass.

Post: #65571
Topic: I have been taken by the dark side
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/65571/action/topic#65571
Time: 20-Sep-2004 10:28 AM

Did they fix the shot where the Executor rams into the Death Star? To me, it has always stood out as the worst effect in the whole trilogy, even above Obi-Wan's lightsaber flickering. If anything deserves a cgi overhaul, it's that.

Post: #65568
Topic: Disappointing DVD package (re the 2004 OT SE release)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/65568/action/topic#65568
Time: 20-Sep-2004 10:16 AM

I don't think you can be sued for 'buying' anything on ebay, save for maybe child porn. Selling copyrighted stuff on there is a different story.

Post: #65564
Topic: PG-13 Revenge of the Sith
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/65564/action/topic#65564
Time: 20-Sep-2004 10:09 AM

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". I mean, think about it, what would you do if you were asked to film the PTs? Would you do something better? I belive 90% of us here wouldn't...

I fully disagree. Given the budget, resources involved (ILM, THX, ect), source material, and acting talent, I don't see how the prequels could possibly be any worse. There's a multitude of people out there (and here) who could have done better.

Post: #65004
Topic: Info: OT Bootleg DVDs
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/65004/action/topic#65004
Time: 17-Sep-2004 9:18 PM

Outstanding effort, MeBeJedi!! Well done!

Post: #64838
Topic: The OOT on DVD - then what?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/64838/action/topic#64838
Time: 16-Sep-2004 7:57 PM

Good points, Buddy-x-wing. I think the OT should be released in whatever format and/or current standard is considered to be the most reasonable for your average viewer at any given time. Right now, dvd is the most reasonable format. There are 100's of millions of dvd players out there, the quality of the presentation is currently top-notch, and they don't deteriorate over time. DVD is the current standard, and it is reasonable that your if average person wished to see a movie on dvd, and the movie was available, that they would be able to view it. And at any time, as DVDs don't degrade.

VHS and laserdisc are no longer reasonable. Not only do you have an availability problem since the originals versions of the OT have not been in production for years, but you also have a derioration problem. VHS tapes and laserdisc players degrade over time, and there are only incredibly limited quanties left. However, I also don't believe that the OT should necessarily be put on HD-DVD/Blu-ray and their successors until those formats become the new standard, not technology-wise, but consumer-wise.

Sorry if that was confusing.

Post: #64620
Topic: An article of lies and disgust - George Lucas talks re the 2004 OT SE DVD release...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/64620/action/topic#64620
Time: 15-Sep-2004 6:46 PM

I find that statement by Lucas to be incredibly childish. I guess his ridiculous whims are more important than the interests of millions of people?. Then he goes into this "poor me" garbage. He wants his cake and to eat it too. He makes crap prequels and idiotic decisions on the OT, then wants everyone to be nice to him. Pathetic.

Post: #64532
Topic: PG-13 Revenge of the Sith
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/64532/action/topic#64532
Time: 15-Sep-2004 11:15 AM

I think George's idea of 'dark' is a tad different than ours. I'll say it's still PG.

Post: #63484
Topic: Raiders of the Lost Ark - Special Edition?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/63484/action/topic#63484
Time: 11-Sep-2004 10:08 AM

I don't really have a problem with grand or understated. My problem with it, is that it takes focus away from the characters and story. To me, the scene is about Obi-Wan and Luke entering the city in kind of a 'here goes nothing' sense. The scene isn't about what some random Jawa happens to be doing at that time.

TR47 - I don't know the origin my Indy dvds, but they do have animated menus and I did get them about 2 years ago.

Post: #63243
Topic: The Digital Bits Review (2004 OT SE DVD release)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/63243/action/topic#63243
Time: 9-Sep-2004 7:12 PM

I was kind of disappointed in the Digital Bits review. Obviously they are entitled to their own opinion, but I thought they'd be a little more skeptical. The Time magazine article was also disappointing, as all it did was make Lucas look like this misunderstood genius. And the only dissenting quote was from Harry Knowles.

Post: #63074
Topic: Raiders of the Lost Ark - Special Edition?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/63074/action/topic#63074
Time: 8-Sep-2004 8:07 PM

I never bought the boxed set as I have the LD-ripped DVDs.

Anyway, what possible alterations could even occur in a Raiders of the Lost Ark SE? Maybe changing the opening of the Ark and possible dock scene, but what else, other than CGIing ridiculous new scenes? It's flawless in my opinion.

Post: #63073
Topic: Episode III on EBAY?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/63073/action/topic#63073
Time: 8-Sep-2004 7:51 PM

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Not only that but the main villian Grevious still doesn't have a voice as Gary Oldman droped off the project

I didn't know that. That, unfortunately, nullifies the 1% chance of me going to see ROTS.

Post: #62958
Topic: BaseBall talk
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/62958/action/topic#62958
Time: 8-Sep-2004 8:14 AM

I think the thing that has saved Sammy in the past is that the Chicago fans loved him. No matter what he was doing at the plate, or how crappy the Cubs were, Sammy was considered untouchable because people would flock to see him hit homeruns and run into the outfield and whatnot. He simply put people in the seats, and that was the Tribune company's bottom line.

However, that's just not the case anymore. In fact, he's probably one of the least liked players on the team (although I'm sure Farnsworth would gladly switch places with him). With new stars in Ramirez, Lee, Garciapparra, ect. - Sammy has just gotten lost in the shuffle. Bossk is totally right though, there's no way they could move him with that salary ,unless it was to some place like Baltimore who like to overpay for past-their-ptime veterans.

Post: #62849
Topic: Guilty Pleasures (DVD)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/62849/action/topic#62849
Time: 7-Sep-2004 12:36 PM

Anybody ever heard of the movie "Renegade Force" (also called "Rogue Force")? It's a straight to hbo movie starring Robert Patrick as the leader of a vigilante swat team. The production values are obviously pretty low, but it has some really kickass action sequences, not to mention real swat advisors/equipment on the set. People give me crap for holding it in such high esteem, but to me it's far better and more realistic than that stupid "S.W.A.T." movie with LL Cool J.

Right now, this is as tempting of a guilty pleasure as I can think of. here

Post: #62584
Topic: Guilty Pleasures (DVD)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/62584/action/topic#62584
Time: 4-Sep-2004 10:28 PM

"Road House" and "Point Break". If you can't see the similarity, well...you might actually have a future.

Post: #62559
Topic: What did we all expect from the Prequel Trilogy?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/62559/action/topic#62559
Time: 4-Sep-2004 6:54 PM

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The PT condescends to kids where the OT talks up to them.

Absolutely excellent point. That's one of my main problems with the PT. Lucas thinks that he can make one film that will appeal to everone, if he includes something everybody likes. And that's just illogical, not only in art, but in life. Nothing appeals to everyone. What a real artist would do is create something that is geared towards one theme, but is done well enough that people are willing to cross over to appreciate it. And that's the OT did. I was 7 years old, but the dialogue with Han Solo was done so perfectly that I KNEW he was being sarcastic, and cocky, and whatever...and I could appreciate it!