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#213946
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Moving in from the Basher's Sanctuary (TF.n)
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Meh, all this "our board is better than your board" crap is pointless.

For all the new people: Welcome to our neck of the woods. Have fun, but please don't turn this place into your own anti-TFN sanctuary.

Sometimes people need to vent, yes. But at the same time, I don't want to see a bunch of TFN/sw.com walk-offs coming in here stirring the pot and creating an inter-site drama war.

No offense to anyone. And I'm not speaking to anyone in particular. I just don't want to see things get out of hand, the same way Jay doesn't want the OUT/Lucas-bashing to get out of hand.

Thanks.
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#213828
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STAR WARS CELEBRATION IV in Los Angeles - May 24-28 2007
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Posted on starwars.com this morning:

To celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Star Wars, Lucasfilm Ltd. and Gen Con LLC will throw the largest party ever for fans of the saga, taking over the entire Los Angeles Convention Center in May 2007 for five days filled with live entertainment, celebrities from all six movies, special film and video presentations, an exhibit of movie props and costumes, exclusive merchandise sold at a 24-hour-a-day store, pop culture tributes, immersive events, costume contests, and scores of additional activities.

Star Wars Celebration IV will fill the L.A. Convention Center from Thursday, May 24 to Monday, May 28, 2007. Admission to the first day of the event will be for worldwide members of the Official Star Wars Fan Club, many of whom will help plan and run special programming themselves. The convention will be open to the general public from Friday through Monday, Memorial Day.

"Generations of fans have loved Star Wars, many passing along the 'Star Wars gene' to their children," said Steve Sansweet, Director of Content Management and head of Fan Relations for Lucasfilm. "This is the first chance to celebrate all six movies in the saga-George Lucas' complete story-as well as the vibrant future of Star Wars. If you've ever been to one of our Celebrations-or if you haven't been before-this is the one not to miss."

Celebration III, a four-day event held in Indianapolis in April 2005, attracted more than 34,000 fans from all over the world. "We started getting questions about a possible Celebration IV even while the last convention was running," Sansweet noted. "So we're determined to far outstrip anything we've done before, both in size and scope, as well as introduce many first-time activities and lots of exclusives."

Lucasfilm is also working on other Star Wars-related events in the Los Angeles area just prior to Celebration IV, "so we're expecting Southern California to become 'Destination: Star Wars' from the weekend before through Memorial Day weekend," Sansweet said.

The convention announcement was made jointly by Lucasfilm Ltd. and Gen Con LLC. Gen Con will once again manage the convention on behalf of Lucasfilm and the Official Star Wars Fan Club. The Celebration IV announcement is being made a year in advance to give fans worldwide a chance to plan for a week-long "Destination: Star Wars" blow-out in Los Angeles.

Los Angeles is the ideal site for a 30th Anniversary convention, Sansweet said, since there are many Star Wars roots in the area. It was also the location of the first official Star Wars fan gathering, the 10th Anniversary Convention. Star Wars opened on May 25, 1977, on just 32 theater screens in North America, including Grauman's Chinese Theater on Hollywood Boulevard.

One of the highlights for fans at a Star Wars convention is the chance to buy unique merchandise, including an exclusive, limited-edition action figure. Because this has led to bottlenecks and long lines in the past, the Celebration IV store will be bigger than ever, self-service, well-stocked with merchandise, have plenty of check-out lanes...and be open 24 hours a day from the opening of the show on Thursday until the close on Monday!

"Gen Con is thrilled to be working again with Lucasfilm on this very special event," said Peter Adkison, owner of Gen Con LLC, producer of Gen Con Indy and other Gen Con events. "Together I know that we will produce a convention that will not only meet, but exceed, fans' expectations. With Lucasfilm 100% behind this show, it's going to be the biggest party in the history of the franchise. We are particularly focused on dramatically improving the selection and service in the Celebration store."

Stay tuned to starwars.com as your primary source for updates about programming, guests, activities, entertainment and exclusive merchandise at Celebration IV to be released as they are confirmed closer to the convention. Online ordering for tickets to the event and for discounted hotel rooms is scheduled to begin late summer/early fall. There will also be information on getting around Los Angeles, traveling to and from the Convention Center, and on shuttle buses available for convention-goers who are staying in the city.


I'll probably be there like always. I'll buy ya a drink if I see ya.
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#211563
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Info Wanted: What is the best preservation version of the Original Trilogy?
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Any transfer that uses lanczos resizing to upscale the source laserdisc footage to anamorphic will look better on your TV than a real-time upscaler blowing up a letterbox version. Of course there are exceptions to that rule based on the varying quality of the different versions, but that is the general rule of thumb.

Citizen's DL version is my personal favorite, though ROTJ is not completed at present. Moth3r's trilogy is my second choice, though it doesn't come in a DL version.

De-SEing the 2004 DVDs is a great idea in theory, but I haven't seen a version yet that I like. Inserted laserdisc footage sticks out like a sore thumb no matter how good it is. A project that used color-corrected 2004 DVD footage and the upcoming OUT DVDs to fill in the gaps would probably be the best way to do it, but even then I'd still probably not enjoy it because I'd still be able to pick out the OUT footage.

But that's just me.
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#211058
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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/211058/action/topic#211058
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We are discussing locking all existing LD transfer threads after the OUT DVDs are released. The rules state that any preservation project of something that is available on DVD is prohibited. So it may happen that all SW preservation threads are closed. I stress the word may because nothing has been 100% decided yet. Jay, Moth3r and I still need to come to a conclusion on what to do.

You are correct though, the X0 Project will live on past just the laserdisc transfering of the Star Wars films. What we do next is still up in the air, and it certainly should be allowed to be discussed here.
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#211028
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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/211028/action/topic#211028
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We are going to do our absolute best to get ANH done by then. This thread may not be open to discussion anymore after that.

It's sad to hear the news that the official releases will hardly be better than a laserdisc transfer. But if there was ever a time when the the X0 Project could show people what LFL should have done, it is now.
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#210038
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OT.com Hockey Playoff Pool RULES IN FIRST POST
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/210038/action/topic#210038
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I think it says a lot about the playoffs this year when a guy who isn't familiar with it at all is so far ahead of everyone else. Nothing against you personally, YIYF, I just think it's funny the way the playoffs turned out this year. I mean, if you would have said a month ago that Anaheim would be playing Edmonton () in the Western Conference Finals, you would have been laughed at.

A series refers to when two teams battle it out in a best-of-7 contest to see who moves on in the playoffs. The first team to win 4 games wins the series. The higher-ranking team as the home advantage, which means they play the first two games at home, and also the 5th and 7th if necessary.

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#209503
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What is the rarest video in your collection?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/209503/action/topic#209503
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I guess the most prized piece of my somewhat limited collection is my set of all 180-some MST3K episodes. Since most of these will never see an official DVD release, I value these tremendously, even though you can probably still find them online if you know where to look.

Another title I value highly is a tape of old P.O.D., Project 86, and Blindside shows from 1999/2000. Sadly, I have yet to transfer these to DVD along with my MXPX "It Came From Bremerton!" tape. You Star Wars people are killing my hopes and dreams.
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#208537
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'Backstroke of the West' with retail DVD quality : FINISHED & RELEASED
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/208537/action/topic#208537
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Originally posted by: marioxb
The 4th one has one subtitle displayed every 10 minutes, for 10 minutes. Choose it, then start the movie from the fox logo. Wait for something to happen and it should stay that way for the entire movie.

Hey everyone- do the above! I don't know how useful it is, but I basically just wanted to see if it could be done. I'll tell you how it was done later.
Originally posted by: marioxb
Yeah that's it. Supposed to be an MST3K type thing. It was made by using the font "Star Wars Kit" from dafont.com at a really really large size. It's just like 5 letters that stay on the screen for 10 minutes (the longest a subtitle can be displayed), that keep repeating. Could be useful for a MST3K-like commentary of some kind?