asterisk8

It's about time we got rid of that no-talent Lucas-clone. This site needs more repackaged 2004 bonus discs.

Sycophantic ass-kissing goes here.

Yeah I have no idea why that happened. My own fault for not saving.

kaine23 said:

Why is the site upside down...

Wish I hadn't just gone and checked that. Instant Blue Screen of Death followed by a reboot and a half hour of work lost.

hairy_hen said:

I don't know if I should really feel particularly happy about that, but there are positive benefits that arise from the state of things being as they are . . .

When life gives you muja fruit, make mujanade.

Apparently in honor of this, Wookiepedia is in 3D. At first I thought I was going blind.

Evangelion 2.22: You Can (Not) Advance

I need to free up like 20 Gigs on my hard drive, stat.

Love that sample, Puggo. Your preservations make me want greasy popcorn, flat Coke, and leg and neck cramps from sitting cross-legged on the floor too long. I mean that in a good way!

I'm awfully late to the party, but I brought cookies!

ABC, I don't know if you're still around to read this, but ever since I got the Special Edition CDs for my birthday a dozen years ago, I've been a fan of classical music. John Williams' scores are the reason I listen to Mahler, Tchaikovsky, Holst, and Dvorak, among others, today. (I'm sure I'm not the only 30-year-old guy who can say that!) At the time, I enjoyed what I had. I didn't have an appreciation for sound quality, for mixing and mastering. That's only come in the last few years, now that I finally have hi-fi and great headphones. And along with an upgrade of equipment has come an upgrade of much of my music collection. (Steve Hoffman's forum has been a blessing to my ears and a curse to my wallet!)

And yet, with each purchase of a Star Wars score on CD, it seemed I was getting no closer to perfection. Each release had its limitations, some worse than others. Eventually I gave up the search and frankly stopped listening to these influential albums. So it should go without saying that when I found your "Audiophile" edition of The Empire Strikes Back, I did a little dance.

Your restoration feels alive, it feels spontaneous, like I'm in the studio with Williams' baton waving passionately just beyond my speakers.

After more searching, I managed to get ahold of your "Salvage" Editions of A New Hope and Return of the Jedi. Finally, FINALLY, I feel like I can sit back with eyes closed and immerse myself in Williams' revolutionary scores. Star Wars has always been the ultimate expression of escapism -- escaping not just the confines of your house, your time, your planet, but your galaxy -- which John Williams fully understood, and expressed it beautifully through music. With a few twists and turns of digital knobs, you've managed to bring out what professional engineers could not. You've helped restore what will most definitely be a lifetime of enjoyment.

My sincerest thanks!

Vimeo! Why didn't I think of that? The videos I've watched there look excellent.

White Denim - "Mess Your Hair Up"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3vvCxwe1GE

Maple & Brown Sugar oatmeal and a banana for breakfast. Tuna salad wrap for lunch.

It's nice to see the raw transfer is getting out there. Many thanks to all involved. I'm sure the X0 files will end up having a positive impact in someway at some point, even if we don't get Laserman's black magic restoration.

Wow. Just... wow.

Wait, so Dallas was turning into a facehugger egg? I need to see this scene. I'd only read that he was cocooned and just assumed it was similar to the cocooned colonists scene in Aliens.

Can't say I blame you ady. It's gotten out of hand. Don't these companies realize that youtube is free promotion? Sorry you can't make a dime on every single view like you wish you could, Sony/NBC/etc., but what you're getting is exposure. Nobody is bootlegging youtube videos and selling them in Chinatown. (Are they?)

I seem to remember CBS recently removed one of its own videos because it infringed its own copyright, or something ridiculous like that.

doubleofive said:

 

asterisk8 said:

Anchorhead said:

Aliens - Haven't seen, never going to.

Why not?

Are you really asking Anchorhead why he refuses to watch a sequel to a movie that came out in the 70's? ;-)

LOL!

doubleofive said:

definitely didn't fit into canon with the extra stage of the Xenomorph lifecycle.

The xenomorph has an extra stage in the DC? I'm going to have to read up on that. I recently rewatched the first three Alien films (Theatrical, DC, and Q2 fanedit respectively), and I have to say it's a fascinating, and terrifying, personal journey that Ripley undertakes. I noticed she never manages to get back to Earth. I also realized for the first time that Alien is really about rape. So much genital symbolism, the facehugger shoves an organ down your throat and plants a seed in you that bursts out in a violent parody of childbirth. Suddenly, the whole thing became much creepier to me.

Anchorhead said:

Aliens - Haven't seen, never going to.

Why not?

Loving this release. I'm up way later than I intended but I can't stop listening. A couple things:

1. 10m2 "Luke Pursues the Captives" seems to end very abruptly with an artificial fadeout.

2. 11m1 "Through the Window" has a hard skip at 1:19.

Anyone else noticed these things? Is it possible I got an older version and these tracks have been fixed?

I'm about halfway through the first set, and I just had to take a second to say what an incredible experience this is. It's late, so I'm doing this first listen on headphones, but good ones -- Sennheiser HD595 through a Total Bithead headphone amp -- and the word of the day is "lush". Tomorrow, I'll play the RSO reconstruction on my Ascend Acoustics Sierra-1 reference monitors and shake the walls proper. I have a feeling the neighbors will feel like the Star Wars galaxy ain't so far, far away anymore. ;-)

Thanks ABC!

zombie84 said:

 Aside from seeing SW in 1997, the one screening of Blade Runner I saw in 2007 of the Final Cut was the most awesome, awe-inspiring theatrical experience I have ever had. I still remember, the first time there was that bass-thunder in the opening credits, it's the most powerful sound I have heard other than seeing Manowar live, and Manowar are the loudest band in the world. Like Star Wars, this film cannot be seen nor heard until it's seen and heard on the big screen, and the Final Cut is the most technically accomplished incarnation of it. My memory of this screening still lingers.

I wholeheartedly agree. I saw Blade Runner opening night of The Final Cut's release at Music Box Theater in Chicago -- a gorgeous 800-seat theater built in the 1920s that resembles the inside of an aging cinephile's mind. Its atmosphere perfectly complemented the film. It was electric in there. I saw the recent Metropolis restoration there too, which I'll also never forget.

Great topic! My choices:

Apocalypse Now- 1979 Theatrical

One of my all-time favorite movies. I feel that Redux really messed with the pacing without adding anything substantial thematically that's not already there. A good watch for a fan, but I've argued many times that the first time you see AN, it has to be the theatrical.

Alien- Theatrical

Aliens- Special Edition

I wish there was a true "director's cut" of Alien 3. I think there's an above-average movie hiding somewhere in between the theatrical and assembly cut. Fan edits have gotten close, but fall short in various places.

Blade Runner- The Final Cut

A brilliant film refined to its utmost. I got to see the Final Cut in theaters, and it was amazing.

Terminator 2- Special Edition

Actually, I prefer ADigitalMan's fanedit that adds in the T-1000 searching John's room.

Got mine as a Christmas present. Would never have bought one myself, but once I had it, I found good reasons to keep it. Like hands-free reading while eating. :-)