Ziz

I'd say leave the ending as is, aside from some minor tweaks for pacing or continuity, if necessary.  The films main problems are in the middle.  That's where it drags as they get into the cloud and s-s-l-l-o-o-w-w-l-l-y-y discover what V'Ger is.  If you can pick up the pace on some of the "gazing at the viewscreen" stuff and maybe some of the Decker/Ilia-probe interaction, that would help the film more than trying to re-engineer the ending.

Davnes007 said:

Ziz said:

Just create a new account name, and get on with your life.  What advantage is there in trying to salvage the old account name, besides pride?

This is sort of like getting another car because you accidentally locked the keys in your old one, and you don't want to call CAA*.

 

* The AAA, for my U.S. buddies.

* The AA, for my British friends.

Getting a new car costs money.  Creating a new email account is free.

I'm just pointing out that it doesn't cost anything to create a new account rather than trying to salvage the old one so what's the big deal?  Just create a new account name and get on with your life.  What advantage is there in trying to salvage the old account name besides pride?

Give me a logical, functional, operational reason why the old account MUST stay active and I'll re-think my position.  Otherwise, it's like pissing into the wind and then complaining that you're getting wet.

Check your PM.

Nanner Split said:

You think that shit's bad? Take a look at this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8dvyUqLxyc

 

That's right. Youtube Rentals. FUCKING RENTALS.

I should've known it was just a matter of time.

Did it ever occur to you that maybe that's at the request of the uploader rather than YT/Google?  Maybe "LonelyLondonLad" is the one that wants you to pay to see his stuff?  I mean, how dare a recording artist expect to make money off his efforts, right?   ',:-\

Grow the fuck up.  When YT becomes ENTIRELY pay only, that you can't get past the front page without paying for it, THEN you can complain.  Until then, deal with it.

http://www.youtube.com/create_account?next=

I don't know where you got this idea that you have to have a mobile phone but there is NOTHING on that Sign Up page that forces you to pay for anything.  All they want is basic info, the same as setting up a Yahoo, Hotmail or any other message board sign in.

So essentially you're refusing to make an email address for free access to something you never paid for the first time around?

Yeah, that'll teach them.  ',:-\

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teharri said:

Hey Ady..do you use the soundboards on the official site?

He's mentioned that he does pull sounds from there wherever possible, mostly for FX, not so much for dialogue, I imagine.

When TMP came out on tape in the mid 80's it was only the "Special Longer Version", adding about 12 minutes.  The LD was the same as this version.  This was only pan-n-scan.  The theatrical cut didn't become available until 1991.  That was when they finally released the films in Letterbox in the 1-5 box set that came out as part of the promotional run-up to Trek 6 hitting theaters that December.

taco_fox said:

Sorry to ask this, but can anyone give me hand finding the Purist Edition? All I can find is the original Revisited, and while it is a great watch, I'd also like to see the purist edition.

Thanks for the awesome work, Adywan

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Monroville said:

re: BESPIN FLIPPED SHOTS (particularly Luke falling from great height):
pesonally, I never would have noticed them if you never pointed them out.  Other than doing some CGI on Luke's hand(s), I say just keep it, especially the shot looking up the shaft towards the carbonite pod - being that if you flipped that shot, the pod would be on the right side of the shaft, which would conflict with the previous placing of the pod on the left side of the shaft.

It's a circular shaft.  Right and Left is irrelevant.  The only thing defining right and left is the camera angle, which can be written off as the camera being moved from one side of the vane to the other.

It may not be a product now.  Remember, the TaunTaun sleeping bag was a joke product last year.

Octorox said:

Rapidshare is uber-slow if you don't have a Premium account. Torrents are faster, easier, and more reliable.

Then why are people always running around forums and newsgroups screaming "Can someone seed ______?  I've been downloading it for 3 years and I'm only at 16%!"

Gaffer Tape said:

Ziz said:

Are you sure, five?  To me, it's all relative.  Maybe the HD broadcasts used some other digital processing to counteract the DNR that was native to the film as it arrived to them.  Without knowing both sides of the story it's hard to say who's at fault.

It doesn't really work that way.  If they received a copy that was DNR'd, they (networks) can't just add detail back where detail was lost.  They would have to have access to a copy that was intact.

Why not?  Ever hear of a "Sharpen" filter? 

Are you sure, five?  To me, it's all relative.  Maybe the HD broadcasts used some other digital processing to counteract the DNR that was native to the film as it arrived to them.  Without knowing both sides of the story it's hard to say who's at fault.

3) Christ wasn't kidding in John 3:3 when he said that there were entry requirements to getting into Heaven.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrIl31ZY1HU

It could just be a problem with the file.  Is it an old clip you had sitting around or something you ripped recently?  I loaded an old AVI file I had into Vegas and had the opposite problem - video but no sound.

Also, when you bring the clip from the Media Explorer down to the tracks, there's three video tracks and three audio tracks.  Make sure the audio ones weren't muted.  Also make sure the audio landed on the correct track.  What kind of speaker setup do you have?  Maybe it went to the surround track but you only have standard speakers on your computer.

I was brought up Catholic/Christian but I haven't been to church in years.  My mom stopped trying to drag me there a long time ago and now doesn't even ask me if I went on holidays or not.

Bottom line to me is that "religion"="procedure", not "religion"="beliefs".  What "religion" you say you follow or believe in is really just a description of how you practice those beliefs.  In the end, what different religions believe is all essentially the same.

Richard Jeni: Now we've got people going to war over religion.  I don't know, I mean, I can see going to war over justice or democracy or even revenge but if you're going to war over religion, now, you're just killing people in an argument over who has the better imaginary friend.

And if you think that God is speaking to you personally just like the way you talk to your friend on the phone then you better crinkle some tin foil on your anntennas cuz you're getting some heavy interference. 

The only real problem I have with people who are heavily religious is that they seem to lose their sense of humor in the process.  The truth is that what makes us laugh is a mystery, and it's always been that way.  Not a fact, not etched in stone, not some empirical math equation.  That's why it's called a "sense" of humor - it's not meant to be exactly the same from one person to the next.  I'm sure that on the eve of the Nativity when the "tall" Magi smacked his head on the crossbeam while entering the stable that Joseph took a moment away from pondering who impregnated his wife and laughed his little carpenter ass off.

There's nothing wrong with someone else having different beliefs than you.  The last time I can remember an entire nation being on the same page was Germany in the 1930's and it didn't really turn out that well.

You don't like me because I'm not the same religion?  Fine, but don't try to convert me over to your way of thinking.  Those are the people who piss me off the most - the ones who treat religion like some kind of cult whose core doctrine consists solely of their personal beliefs.  I believe in  "The Cult Of One", the cult of the individual.  That way, if I "lemming" off a cliff, I'm following my own nose and not the ass of another lemming.

How many religious fanatics does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

None, because they are perpetually in the fucking dark.

Jaitea said:

Here's some more images of the new 1/144 Fine-molds Falcon, (remember Ady bought the 1/72 FM Falcon at an extortionate price)

Its pretty well detailed, don't really know how much it will be though.

http://www.finemolds.co.jp/SW/SW11.html

 

J

Assuming 4395 and 4700 down at the bottom are Japanese Yen prices, then it works out to about $50 US.

5 - PM me your email.  I have a version of the TOS font with the rounded corner E.

My cousin tracks down his school friends but not because he wants to talk to them.  "To me, it's like collecting baseball cards - I just want to see if I can get the whole set!"

NTSC or PAL?  Makes a difference who responds to you.

Check PM.

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Abrams-is-Destroying-Star-Trek-like-Lucas-has-Destroyed-Star-Wars/topic/9922/page/18/

I slap down skyjedi.  Look for his first post and my response.

Not to pat myself on the back, but it seems he's been a bit more subdued since then.

That drydock needs a full vertical section added to it.  Here's the original being restored by FX man Ed Miarecki.