Z6PO

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Join date: 25-Jun-2004
Last activity: 25-Apr-2024
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Post: #231991
Topic: Why LFL is actually cool (I know we need some reasons right now)...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/231991/action/topic#231991
Time: 3-Aug-2006 5:04 PM

They're some good books, too: The Art of, Star Wars Chronicles, and the Incredible Cross-Sections and Inside the Worlds books (I'm only talking about the OT books, of course)

Post: #231989
Topic: Original Trilogy DVD Article in Total Film
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/231989/action/topic#231989
Time: 3-Aug-2006 5:00 PM

Not being able to get the "Greedo shoot first" shot they wanted, back in '77, is a very lame excuse. I'm pretty sure that this scene was altered only to advertise, to the rest of the industry, the digital trickery mastered by ILM: look, we're now able to alter actors performance years later!

Post: #230584
Topic: .: The XØ Project - Laserdisc on Steroids :. (SEE FIRST POST FOR UPDATES) (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230584/action/topic#230584
Time: 30-Jul-2006 6:48 AM

Originally posted by: blitter
First of all, I own a copy of the Dr. Gonzo set and on that version there is an impressive CGI remake of the trench scene from ANH that pans out into the THX logo (with the trademark "THX sound"), which then explodes.

This THX trailer is a fan film. More info on this page.

Post: #229568
Topic: The "original crawl" on the new DVD is NOT the original crawl! Screenshot inside!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/229568/action/topic#229568
Time: 26-Jul-2006 6:27 PM

The Digital Bits has a link to this very thread on their front page today!

Post: #228915
Topic: The "original crawl" on the new DVD is NOT the original crawl! Screenshot inside!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/228915/action/topic#228915
Time: 25-Jul-2006 12:59 AM

Maybe the crawl in the trailer is edited, with an invisible fade between the logo and the text, just to be faster? I mean, they only have like a few seconds to show us the O-OT! (and they better not show us any longer, cause it doesn't look that good...)

Post: #228709
Topic: first viewing of the 2006 OOT dvds
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/228709/action/topic#228709
Time: 24-Jul-2006 2:10 PM

Originally posted by: garethxxgod
Those screen shots do look pretty terrible.....they aren't going to be that bad are they?

As I said, they are from a quicktime movie (the "DVD Singles Trailer" available in the Hyperspace section of the official site), and they really show too much compression (DVDs have a far better resolution and aren't as much compressed).

To everyone who like to see this trailer (but it's not worth it), it has been posted to alt.binaries.starwars on Usenet. You'll need a newsgroup reader software for that (I use Unison on Mac OS X).

Post: #228691
Topic: first viewing of the 2006 OOT dvds
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/228691/action/topic#228691
Time: 24-Jul-2006 1:21 PM

Originally posted by: Hal 9000
I want to see screencaps

Screen captures from a (highly compressed) quicktime movie of the "DVD Singles" trailer for the 9/12 DVDs:

http://hiddenfortress.free.fr/outdvd1.png

http://hiddenfortress.free.fr/outdvd2.png

http://hiddenfortress.free.fr/outdvd3.png

http://hiddenfortress.free.fr/outdvd4.png

(the year numbers are in the trailer)

Enjoy...

Post: #228548
Topic: Info & Help Wanted: [<( The Star Wars Trailers Project )>]
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/228548/action/topic#228548
Time: 24-Jul-2006 2:21 AM

Originally posted by: Darth Richard
whats the web address for alt.binaries.starwars? Can you PM me Z6PO.

Newsgroup are not on the Web, but on Usenet! You'll need a news reader sotfware to access them. See this thread for help.

Post: #228546
Topic: STAR WARS: the alt.binaries.starwars thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/228546/action/topic#228546
Time: 24-Jul-2006 2:16 AM

The trailer for the 9/12 DVDs is now posted on alt.binaries.starwars

Post: #228431
Topic: Info & Help Wanted: [<( The Star Wars Trailers Project )>]
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/228431/action/topic#228431
Time: 23-Jul-2006 6:14 PM

Originally posted by: Sluggo
Can anybody hook a brother up with the new DVD trailer on the SW.com?

Check the newsgroup alt.binaries.starwars

I made a request for it

Post: #227619
Topic: Will There be Further Changes to the 09/12 SE Discs?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/227619/action/topic#227619
Time: 20-Jul-2006 12:11 PM

See this page. (look for the OOOPS comments!)

Post: #227288
Topic: Star Wars DVD Covers
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/227288/action/topic#227288
Time: 19-Jul-2006 11:01 AM

Originally posted by: Falle
I have to ask a question.. Anybody got pictures of the man playing Jabba in IV?

You can find some on this site, but they are pretty low-res.

Post: #227097
Topic: 20 years ago, would anyone believe...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/227097/action/topic#227097
Time: 18-Jul-2006 3:18 PM

- Greedo would shot first
- Han would step on Jabba's tail
- A special effect from a Star Trek movie would be added to the three major explosions in the Trilogy
- The Wampa would look like an (awfully bad) actor in a fur suit
- Windows would be cut in every room and corridor on Cloud City
- Vader would ask for "Alerting his Star Destroyer to prepare for his arrival"
- The Sarlacc would grow a beak
- Vader would shave his eyebrows
- Sebastian Shaw as Anakin's Ghost would be replaced by a young actor that was in his diapers when the movie was made

Post: #227082
Topic: Ben Burtt's "Special Effects: Anything Can Happen"
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/227082/action/topic#227082
Time: 18-Jul-2006 2:47 PM

You can see short clips of this film on this page.

Post: #219890
Topic: OK, the DVDs are coming...so how bad are they going to look?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/219890/action/topic#219890
Time: 19-Jun-2006 3:42 AM

Originally posted by: boris

Originally posted by: Mielr
I read somewhere once that DVDs don't look their best on computer monitors because the pixels on a computer are a different shape than those on a TV. I don't know how much truth there is to that, though.

Some of my DVDs look gorgeous on my computer, some don't. The DVDs I record myself don't look good when played on my computer, for some reason- lots of motion artifacts, etc., but look great when played on my TV (I have an old Apple iMac and an early version of Apple DVD player, BTW).

Yep that's right. When you watch a DVD on a computer it suffers from interpolation because "TV" resolutions aren't supported by standard PC resolutions, whether it's anamorphic or non-anamorphic, PAL or NTSC. Computer monitors have "square" pixels (though in some modes this can be altered - if you do this photos and such will be in their incorrect aspect ratio).

This is only true if you watch DVD on an analog TV. Most modern TV, even CRT ones, are digital now. So the signal coming from the DVD player is digitized, and processed, before being displayed. I'm not sure that the process being done in a digital TV is any better than the zooming process being done by a software DVD player. Really good "blow up" algorithms exists.

Post: #219719
Topic: Say the SE release in theaters bombed in 1997?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/219719/action/topic#219719
Time: 18-Jun-2006 1:10 PM

Originally posted by: Darth Richard
Good Idea, but there is one catch then this website would no longer exist

Then CO and Darth-Adroit didn't met, they don't go back in time to change history, then this website still exist, so they can meet each other, change history, and then this website no longer exists, they don't met and don't change history, this website exist..........

Post: #219716
Topic: OK, the DVDs are coming...so how bad are they going to look?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/219716/action/topic#219716
Time: 18-Jun-2006 1:04 PM

Originally posted by: boris

Originally posted by: Z6PO

Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
Yes, on a computer, you would have four black bars... well, assuming it's a wide screen, like mine is. That would render it quite tiny on my computer (which is what I primarily use for watching TV and movies when I'm at school).

Some software DVD players have a zoom function that allows you to get rid of the vertical black bars. The Apple DVD Player on Mac OS X (10.4), for example...

Who has widescreen computer monitors anyway? Movies will look better on TV's then on monitors.

People that use Apple computers? Apple monitors and Apple notebooks screens are all widescreens (the aspect ratio is 16:10, on all models).

As to movies looking better on a TV than a monitor, I don't see why there should be a difference.

Post: #219676
Topic: OK, the DVDs are coming...so how bad are they going to look?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/219676/action/topic#219676
Time: 18-Jun-2006 5:04 AM

Some software DVD players have a zoom function that allows you to get rid of the vertical black bars. The Apple DVD Player on Mac OS X (10.4), for example...

Post: #219069
Topic: Moving in from the Basher's Sanctuary (TF.n)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/219069/action/topic#219069
Time: 16-Jun-2006 3:42 AM

Did you try to contact the owners of theforce.net? Are they aware of what's going on in their forums?

Clearly, it's the mods that should be banned! They must be replaced by moderate people.

Post: #219067
Topic: Lucasfilm to sell Physical Effects Unit
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/219067/action/topic#219067
Time: 16-Jun-2006 3:32 AM

Originally posted by: greencapt
Actually it makes me just wonder how much money ILM and LFL has *lost* because of the other effects houses (ie WETA) that still CARE about doing things the best way possible even if it means building a model, full-size prop or CGI. I see fewer and fewer big films come out that are ILM showpieces. I'm not saying they don't have money and aren't working but they certainly aren't the be-all-end-all of effects these days.

Exactly! When was the last time a movie was marketed because of ILM doing the SFX work? I remember in the eighties, that was a big selling point for a movie to have ILM doing the special effects.

Lucas doesn't seem to realize that ILM lost his Magic! Everybody can do CGI, all you need is hire talented people, and buy some PC workstations, and a room full of computers to compute the images (the render farm). The traditional effects work needed more expertise and very specialized hardware. ILM dug up old VistaVision cameras to shot the effects, they hand-built optical printers, and they invented computerized motion control. They were so far ahead of everyone else back in the eighties...

Post: #218490
Topic: Shatner sings to Lucas
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/218490/action/topic#218490
Time: 14-Jun-2006 11:16 AM

If you like Shatner "singing", you should listen to his album "Has Been".

Post: #218479
Topic: Episode III on HBO in HD
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/218479/action/topic#218479
Time: 14-Jun-2006 10:12 AM

It's widescreen, but the Original Aspect Ratio of the movie is 2.35:1
16:9 is only 1.77:1, so even if you watch the movie on a 16:9 TV set, you'll have black bars at the top and bottom of the frame.

Post: #218444
Topic: Another way Lucas is screwing us! (re the 2006 GOUT DVD release)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/218444/action/topic#218444
Time: 14-Jun-2006 3:40 AM

I though exactly the same thing! The movies, all 6 episodes, seems now to be only promotional tools for the Lucas Empire. They are just big advertisements for Industrial Light & Magic, and all that crappy toys and video games. And it all started in 1983 with these stupid teddy bears...

There's no other franchise that has been so abused in the name of marketing. "Leverage the power of the brand", indeed.

Post: #218219
Topic: The Other side of the 30th Anniversary
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/218219/action/topic#218219
Time: 13-Jun-2006 1:12 PM

Originally posted by: Invader Jenny

Originally posted by: grifter
just like the interior of the eggs in Alien ; no animatronics, no latex make ups just cows and porks guts!

Dude, are you serious?! They used actual animal parts? What kind of health code nightmare do you think that was? Dear, god...

This is totally serious. And these animal parts are (were?) actually available to the average person in the butcher's shops here in Europe. (Alien was filmed in the UK)

I remember from the making of that they used what in french we call "crépine de porc". Sorry I don't know the english word...

Post: #217420
Topic: Star Wars DVD Covers
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/217420/action/topic#217420
Time: 9-Jun-2006 5:04 AM

Originally posted by: Falle
Could you save them as .jpg's in 10th quality?

What is 10th quality? Anyway, I've uploaded the original files to some spare web space that I had.
Here's a preview of the two pages scanned from The Art of Star Wars:

Links to download the original 300dpi photoshop files:
First page (2376 x 2886 pixels; 15MB zipped file)
Second page (2420 x 2850 pixels; 16MB zipped file)