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#221306
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Post count: soon to be made irrelevant.
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In response to the discussion in the software status thread...


I might be old fashioned, but I've never liked sites that had a title hierarchy based on post count. It makes people post more than they normally would just to get to that next tier. A lot of you don't seem to have a problem with it, but there are certain people who abuse it. I can think of at least two people who do at the moment. I'm just glad that it stays confined to the Off Topic forum for the most part.

I don't have any say in this more than anyone else does, but I'd like to see it done away with. In it's place, why not allow people to give themselves any title they want, as Jay has suggested in this thread.
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#221265
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.: The XØ Project - Laserdisc on Steroids :. (SEE FIRST POST FOR UPDATES) (* unfinished project *)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/221265/action/topic#221265
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The thing about the starfield recovery - on this first go we are not going to do any "fixes" such as star recovery and garbage matte removal. The point of this first release will be to have a high quality transfer of the LD. The color correction will bring the stars out quite a bit, as will the implementation of SC footage. But the actual starfield recovery procedures we discussed on the site will not be done until we do a kind of Darth Editous/Mverta style of cleanup later on.
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#220875
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Peter Jackson the new Luca$???
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/220875/action/topic#220875
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This thread is going the wrong way. Get over it, both of you. (And by that I mean MeBeJedi - calm down stay on topic, and JediRandy - quit with the baiting "Basher's Sanctuary folks" crap)

To me, Jackson seems to following in the footsteps of Lucas with the "milking fans for more money" re-release ploy. There is a huge difference here though, and it's the main reason why we have all the controversy. While Jackson's LOTR re-releases offer bigger and better features, Lucas' Star Wars re-releases are quite the opposite. Yes, we get the OUT as a bonus feature, which is a phenomenal thing in itself. But how is it that in this day and age a major studio puts out a LETTERBOX feature on DVD from a master tape that's resolution is actually LOWER than that of DVD? You don't see Jackson doing anything like that, do you?
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#220848
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World Cup 2006
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/220848/action/topic#220848
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Very dissapointing for the US. Just like their first match, they didn't seem to be playing with any sense of urgency, all the while knowing that they HAD to win in order to advance. They have major scoring issues as well. I'm not sure you could consider anyone on the team besides maybe Johnson a striker.

But sadly once again I come away frustrated at this game. There's no way the foul that led to Ghana's penalty kick was even a foul. Horrible call all the way. The guy takes a dive and is awarded the game-winning goal. Then near the end of the match, another guy takes an obvious dive to milk a few more minutes off the clock. And this is considered good strategy? Give me a break. There's just something about a guy putting on a show and pretending he's in agony that I don't think I'll ever understand. How that can be seen as perfectly alright in the eyes of the entire world just baffles me.

In the end though, Ghana surprised everyone and advanced to the next round. What a great story for a country that's never even qualified for the World Cup. Kudos to them.
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#219902
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World Cup 2006
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I can kind of see where you're coming from. But at the same time taking dives in a game is totally against anything we're used to seeing in sports. I still roll my eyes every time I see it in a game. And I especially love it when players get taken off in a stretcher in seemingly agonizing pain. Then as soon as they get to the bench they're miraculously healed and jump right back into the game. Whatever.

I'm not sure I agree with your theory about the US though (no offense taken however). But take this into consideration: our best athletes do not play and probably never played soccer. The best athletes in the United States play baseball, basketball, hockey, and American football. It's really only been a short time that kids in the US have been exposed to soccer. Back when I was in gradeschool in the 80's, intramural leagues were just starting to gain popularity around the US. Only in the last 10 years has the US finally had thousands of athletes that grew up playing the game their whole lives. And I think that's a big reason why our team this year is probably the most talented we've ever had.

Still, America has tons of athletes that would be amazing soccer players. Instead they play the other 4 national sports, which remain much more popular in our country.
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#219770
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World Cup 2006
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/219770/action/topic#219770
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OK, all you football-happy people. Please help me understand something about this "world sport".

I've been watching most of the games because my little brother is a huge fan of the World Cup - and a Brasil fanatic at that. I think football is a fun and entertaining sport, but I really hate the way I'm seeing it played and officiated.

First of all, why is it that every single player that falls down has to pretend his leg is broken or something? I've seen more Oscar-winning performances in the last week that at the last Academy Awards. Do the refs really call fouls depending on how bad the player on the ground rolls and moans? Seriously, taking dives like that just seems pathetic and cowardly in the eyes of this American and many more like me. In fact, I was watching the Stanley Cup finals last night, and a guy got a penalty just for taking a dive. What a difference a rule like that would make in the World Cup....

Secondly, what was up with the officiating in that USA-Italy game? The red card on Italy was completely justified - a deliberate elbow to the face that drew blood. But come on, two red cards against the US for slide tackles? Please. Stuff like that has been going on this entire World Cup and is a yellow card at absolute worst. The red card against Pope you could make a case for it's justability since it was a second yellow card, but the first one was just a cheap way to level the playing field. They really did their best to give that game to the Italians, but the US found a way to keep it tied.

If FIFA really wants the United States to become more interested in soccer, and you know they do because of all the money and exposure they would receive, they're going to have to do a lot better than that. There's no way a ref like that should ever be officiating a World Cup match. As Marcella Balboa said at the end of the match, this should be the last game that ref ever does.

Now tell me, does anything I've said even make sense to anyone outside the US? Or are you still baffled why we don't like soccer?
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#218626
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ORIGINAL STAR WARS TRILOGY OUT 09/2006 BY LUCASFILM
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/218626/action/topic#218626
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Originally posted by: Jambe Davdar
Anyone know if the latest issue of insider has any further detais on the OT release?

JD

Got mine in the mail the other day. There's an article about it along with the release of the Lego Star Wars II game. But no, it doesn't tell us anything we don't already know other than the OUTs will have subs (English, Spanish, and French in the US).

"...the sets will include as special bonus material the original versions of all three films as they appeared on screen in 1977, 1980, and 1983! No enhancements, no remastering, no 'Episode IV: A New Hope' on the opening crawl Star Wars -- just the original versions as you (or your older relatives) first saw them in theaters. Ewoks song and all, straight from the Lucasfilm Archives and packaged by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment."
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#218259
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.: The XØ Project - Laserdisc on Steroids :. (SEE FIRST POST FOR UPDATES) (* unfinished project *)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/218259/action/topic#218259
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Sorry for the lack of updates. We are working hard on the project right now.

MeBe sent me a couple videos that I should have put up a long time ago, but never got around to it.

The first video is called "6 seconds". It's basically an expanded view of the cleanup process, showcasing the time and effort it takes to clean up a 6 second clip of footage. The second video, called "flyover" is a quick before/after look at a very dirty shot from ANH.

I will try and get these up this week.