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Post: #119603
Topic: The "ADigitalMan Special Editions" DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119603/action/topic#119603
Time: 29-Jun-2005 4:11 PM

I've been watching the forum here for a while, and one thing that I've not seen much of, with a few exceptions, are screenshots of the DVD menus on fan-produced preservation of the OT. I've started a thread under the "Preservation And Fan Edits" heading in hopes that people might post screenshots here just for comparison purposes. Hopefully, I am not the only person interested in the stylistic directions that the folks working on these various productions take, so please, if you have a completed fan preservation, post a few screenshots of what your menus look like, as many of these are often little works of art in and of themselves.

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Post: #119602
Topic: ***The "Darth Editous" Episode IV DVD Info and Feedback Thread*** - a partially "de-specialed" DVD
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119602/action/topic#119602
Time: 29-Jun-2005 4:10 PM

I've been watching the forum here for a while, and one thing that I've not seen much of, with a few exceptions, are screenshots of the DVD menus on fan-produced preservation of the OT. I've started a thread under the "Preservation And Fan Edits" heading in hopes that people might post screenshots here just for comparison purposes. Hopefully, I am not the only person interested in the stylistic directions that the folks working on these various productions take, so please, if you have a completed fan preservation, post a few screenshots of what your menus look like, as many of these are often little works of art in and of themselves.

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Post: #119599
Topic: The Cowclops Transfers (a.k.a. the PCM audio DVD's, Row47 set) Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119599/action/topic#119599
Time: 29-Jun-2005 4:00 PM

I've been watching the forum here for a while, and one thing that I've not seen much of, with a few exceptions, are screenshots of the DVD menus on fan-produced preservation of the OT. I've started a thread under the "Preservation And Fan Edits" heading in hopes that people might post screenshots here just for comparison purposes. Hopefully, I am not the only person interested in the stylistic directions that the folks working on these various productions take, so please, if you have a completed fan preservation, post a few screenshots of what your menus look like, as many of these are often little works of art in and of themselves.

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Post: #119598
Topic: The "Farsight" Trilogy DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119598/action/topic#119598
Time: 29-Jun-2005 4:00 PM

I've been watching the forum here for a while, and one thing that I've not seen much of, with a few exceptions, are screenshots of the DVD menus on fan-produced preservation of the OT. I've started a thread under the "Preservation And Fan Edits" heading in hopes that people might post screenshots here just for comparison purposes. Hopefully, I am not the only person interested in the stylistic directions that the folks working on these various productions take, so please, if you have a completed fan preservation, post a few screenshots of what your menus look like, as many of these are often little works of art in and of themselves.

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Post: #119597
Topic: ***The "ISOMIX" feedback thread ***
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119597/action/topic#119597
Time: 29-Jun-2005 3:56 PM

I've been watching the forum here for a while, and one thing that I've not seen much of, with a few exceptions, are screenshots of the DVD menus on fan-produced preservation of the OT. I've started a thread under the "Preservation And Fan Edits" heading in hopes that people might post screenshots here just for comparison purposes. Hopefully, I am not the only person interested in the stylistic directions that the folks working on these various productions take, so please, if you have a completed fan preservation, post a few screenshots of what your menus look like, as many of these are often little works of art in and of themselves.

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Post: #119596
Topic: The "Dr. Gonzo" Trilogy DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119596/action/topic#119596
Time: 29-Jun-2005 3:54 PM

I've been watching the forum here for a while, and one thing that I've not seen much of, with a few exceptions, are screenshots of the DVD menus on fan-produced preservation of the OT. I've started a thread under the "Preservation And Fan Edits" heading in hopes that people might post screenshots here just for comparison purposes. Hopefully, I am not the only person interested in the stylistic directions that the folks working on these various productions take, so please, if you have a completed fan preservation, post a few screenshots of what your menus look like, as many of these are often little works of art in and of themselves.

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Post: #119595
Topic: Idea: Comparisons of Menus For OT Preseravtions On DVD
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119595/action/topic#119595
Time: 29-Jun-2005 3:51 PM — Edited 2-Jul-2020 7:22 PM

I’ve been watching the forum here for a while, and one thing that I’ve not seen much of, with a few exceptions, are screenshots of the DVD menus on fan-produced preservation of the OT. I am starting this thread in hopes that people might post screenshots here just for comparison purposes. Hopefully, I am not the only person interested in the stylistic directions that the folks working on these various productions take, so please, if you have a completed fan preservation, post a few screenshots of what your menus look like, as many of these are often little works of art in and of themselves.

Post: #119591
Topic: The Cowclops Transfers (a.k.a. the PCM audio DVD's, Row47 set) Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119591/action/topic#119591
Time: 29-Jun-2005 3:38 PM

"Has the dog shit been compressed and if so does this make it in anyway noticabley different from the source dog shit? "

Ha ha ha ha ha ha!

Post: #119269
Topic: Star Wars: Deleted Magic (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119269/action/topic#119269
Time: 28-Jun-2005 3:30 PM

Well, all of the good things that I had heard about Deleted Magic have been proven to be true. Here are some of my random thoughts on it -

- First off, if you are someone who is still unsure about whether or not to get a copy of Deleted Magic for yourself, do yourself a favor and get it. It is the best Star Wars investment that I have ever made. I knew that it was perfect as soon as I saw the title menu - the "binary sunset" arrangement of the Star Wars music playing over the montage of deleted scenes was just beautiful.

- The level of professionalism is amazing. Even poorer quality material appears seemlessly. At no point did I feel disorientated.

- Watching the full length documentary of Deleted Magic is like seeing Star Wars in a whole new light. While many of the deleted scenes, alternate takes, behind the scenes material, and the like are things that many of us have seen before, seeing them placed back into the context of the actual movie adds so much to all of them. Watching the original version of Star Wars is like looking at something through a very focused pair of eyes - watching Deleted Magic is so interesting because it is like having that pair of eyes that you've been used to looking through your whole life suddenly start wandering to the sides and seeing things outside the original more rigid frame of reference.

- I was amazed at how much humour there was in this. A good example would be any of the cut scenes with R2 - you see what seems to be a familiar scene from the old movie, but then all of a sudden, R2 stumbles and falls over.

- Similarly, I was amazed at how emotionally moving certain scenes were. I've always been a Kenobi fan, so maybe I am biased, but seeing footage of Alec Guiness relaxing or talking off-scene while his character's dialogue and theme music plays (as in the rescue from the sandpeople scene and his death scene) seems like such a nice tribute to him, as he was one of the first original trilogy cast members to have died. There is just something very elegaic about how some of the material was arranged by Gilchrist, and that was something that I had not expected at all.

- Biggs is great. Nice to finally see him.

Now, I just have a few questions -

- Which OT preservation set(s?) was used for the pre-SE original scenes that were not replaced by rough cut material?

- How many hours did you spend working on this DVD?

- I've always toyed with the idea of making my own edit of the OT, with the most alterations (naturally) being in Star Wars. Are you opposed to allowing your work to be borrowed from? I just doubt there are better copies of Biggs' scenes in circulation, and your audio track for the Treadwell scene is great. Those alone I feel could go into a Star Wars edit and not be too out of place.

- Are you still working on Deleted Magic Strikes Back and Return Of Deleted Magic? The teasers for those look great!

- Does a complete black and white audio-less copy of the fabled lost cut actually still exist?

PS - I did watch the cantina scene again. The audio issues that I noticed were that the "droid sensor" does not make a noise when 3PO and R2 trip it, and roughly between when Luke stands at the bar and when the stormtroopers go to Han's table, there is no background barroom noise at all (whereas before during the cantina introductory shot, there was). Except for a few exceptions, all dialogue is intact. Do I not have my audio settings set correctly, or is this simply the way that the scene is? Like I said before, I have no problem with it the way it is - it was just the only scene that seemed anywhere close to distracting because all audio drops out when no one is speaking, unlike, say, in the Tantive IV discarded shots, when you can still hearing shuffling and walking and directorial cues, etc...

Post: #119145
Topic: Star Wars: Deleted Magic (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119145/action/topic#119145
Time: 28-Jun-2005 4:21 AM

Maybe I need to watch it again. Maybe the sound was just quiet, or something messed up with my player.

About halfway through the cantina scene I watched this evening, all the background cantina noise disappeared really suddenly - up to then, the film had been rapidly cutting back and forth between color and black and white, and then it was mostly black and white, only occasionally becoming color. Afterwards, the only sounds I heard were when someone would talk, and it would cut in all of a sudden, almost sounding like the way voices sometimes cut in and out on a cell-phone. This lasted all the way up to after the stormtroopers arrive. The only reason it stood out to me is because, like you said, the rest of the film is chockfull of sound. I just didn't know if a continued audio track of the background cantina noise just didn't exist.

I hope I don't sound like I am complaining about this in any way. I was just wondering if there was just no existing audio of the background cantina noise after a certain point, or what. I understand completely that the black and white portions are from a detoriarated cut (I assume the same cut that featured the treadwell?) - I just didn't understand why the background cantina noise disappeared so suddenly.

Post: #119097
Topic: Star Wars: Deleted Magic (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119097/action/topic#119097
Time: 28-Jun-2005 2:19 AM

I don't think this was asked already, but is there a particular reason for the second half of the alternate cantina scene to have no sound?

Still not finished - I'll put a review up soon. I'm watching it in segments.

Post: #119024
Topic: Star Wars: Deleted Magic (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119024/action/topic#119024
Time: 27-Jun-2005 10:14 PM

My girlfriend and I have watched up until Ben Kenobi appears.

I am speechless right now. I love this so much.

Post: #117850
Topic: Info: Well yes, it's another OT project. (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/117850/action/topic#117850
Time: 23-Jun-2005 6:11 PM

I love the idea behind this set. Is there an official thread or site for the project?

I love bonus material. I've seen some of the menu paintings before, but they look really great on DVD.

Which LD's are they coming from? Definitive Collection or Faces? If it's a good transfer, this could be a great set.

Post: #117162
Topic: Info Wanted: Your Favorite OT Preservation Project And Why?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/117162/action/topic#117162
Time: 21-Jun-2005 2:44 PM — Edited 2-Jul-2020 8:26 PM

Which is your favorite OT preservation project and why? What positive aspects of this particular project attracted you to it?

Post: #117194
Topic: Wanted: R2 D2 Interactive Droid
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/117194/action/topic#117194
Time: 21-Jun-2005 10:23 AM

Here are the specs

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?product_id=1819726

I missed my chance buying one of these at the clearance price. Does anyone have one (or an extra one) that they are willing to part with for a reasonable price?

Post: #116501
Topic: The Cowclops Transfers (a.k.a. the PCM audio DVD's, Row47 set) Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/116501/action/topic#116501
Time: 19-Jun-2005 4:14 AM

"Nunca encontraras una mas miserable madriguera de escoria y villania."

Is that what Kenobi says while overlooking Mos Eisley?

Post: #116500
Topic: The Cowclops Transfers (a.k.a. the PCM audio DVD's, Row47 set) Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/116500/action/topic#116500
Time: 19-Jun-2005 4:11 AM

Awesome! And I mean that is literally awe-inspiring.

All the work that all of you preservation folks deserves to be commended more often. You folks are like cultural historians - thank you for taking the time and effort and pains to do this sort of work, because it really is a benefit to everyone. It is just a shame that GL does not share this same drive anymore.

Post: #115718
Topic: DVD: Return of the Ewok and Other Little Films (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/115718/action/topic#115718
Time: 16-Jun-2005 4:47 PM

Sorry, I could not figure out how to subscribe without posting, and I had nothing to say, other than, "This is just a post to subscribe." I guess I'm lazy.

Post: #115512
Topic: DVD: Return of the Ewok and Other Little Films (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/115512/action/topic#115512
Time: 15-Jun-2005 10:45 PM

Post: #115511
Topic: Star Wars: Deleted Magic (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/115511/action/topic#115511
Time: 15-Jun-2005 10:44 PM

Post: #115510
Topic: Star Wars: Classic Edition by Ocpmovie (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/115510/action/topic#115510
Time: 15-Jun-2005 10:43 PM

Post: #115114
Topic: Idea: Ultimate Extras Discs Challenge
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/115114/action/topic#115114
Time: 14-Jun-2005 4:55 PM

More than anything else, I suppose (for me at least) I think it takes the following to make a complete Star Wars OT set -

- all existing deleted scenes, cuts, alternates
- all auditions (I'd love to see Burt Reynolds reading for Han Solo)
- audio commentary
- all trailers
- all "making ofs"
- Holiday Special Bonus Disc (Episode IV.5)

What all is included on RowMan's set? I've only seen partial lists of everything.

Post: #114887
Topic: The Cowclops Transfers (a.k.a. the PCM audio DVD's, Row47 set) Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/114887/action/topic#114887
Time: 14-Jun-2005 2:03 AM

Sorry for all the questions - I just think that this whole idea is amazing. I only wish that I had the technology to help work on this project.

Post: #114885
Topic: Idea: Ultimate Extras Discs Challenge
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/114885/action/topic#114885
Time: 14-Jun-2005 2:00 AM

What is revenge of the brick? Lego?

Storyboard is a good idea - preliminary design sketches would be awesome, too, but that is a lot of work for someone to do.

Post: #114882
Topic: Idea: Ultimate Extras Discs Challenge
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/114882/action/topic#114882
Time: 14-Jun-2005 1:56 AM

What would you like to see included?

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