My favourite is Lion in Winter. Stellar cast, incredible script. It’s Christmas just as I remember it.
Just looked this one up and added it to my watch list👍.
Leading up to Christmas my watch list is (in no perticular order).
Black Christmas (1974)
Silent Night Deadly Night (1984)
A Christmas Story (1983)
The Grinch (2000)
Elf (2003)
Gremlins (1984)
Better Watch Out (2016)
Silent Night (2016)
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989)
Batman Returns (1992)
Krampus (2015)
Then over the holidays the obvious ones.
Star Wars (OT)
Superman & Superman II
Masters of the universe (1987)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
Back to the Future I, II & III
And a mix of James Bond films too.
Oops
Forgot to mention Uncle Buck (1989)
Don’t know what it has to do with Christmas but always get Christmasie vibes when watching it.
That’s awesome NSP, massive fan of your GOUT upscales and for me personally they are my goto versions so fans are definitely in for a treat with this mate.
P.S
Thank you for sharing those with me very much appreciated and an incredible job done on them, never thought the GOUT could look so good.
It’s a really cool idea but I do think it helps more if she isn’t freed as that would drive his anger even more at the Jedi for not helping especially when you think of what he did to help them in TPM.
Just my thoughts tho, still a very cool idea.
Thanks TiiN, always good to know I have the occasional good idea
I’ll take this ideas a step further (and definitely put it in the worst ideas camp), instead of using Qui-Gon, Padme and Anakin, use the voice that narrates the opening of The Clone Wars episodes, Admiral Yularen.
I’ve not seen any of TCW so just checked out Admiral Yularen on YT 😂😂yeah that would be funny
Is the audio commentary available by itself or is it only included with the video file.
Was just wondering as now I’ve got more into editing would love to hear your thoughts and ideas behind your edits.
update
Just downloaded a tiny encode version as that has the audio commentary also.
Recommend fans give it a listen to and looking forward to listening to episode II and III.
Thanks Jason, also 🤦apologies I keep forgetting that there’s an index section.
Thats really interesting, never thought of it that way.
Makes a lot of sense, thanks JoyofEditing.
P.S
Congrats on the promotion.
This weekend I finally got round to watch Excalibur (1981) I’ve tried watching this a few times in the past and as hard as I try to make it through I would instantly turn off when you first hear King Arthur speak lol.
His accent would make me lol and would switch off pretty much instantly but this weekend I thought it’s got a lot of positive reviews so I need to give it a chance and I’m glad I did, I really enjoyed.
Very good story and beautifully made, only one issue is the acting isn’t really the best but worth a watch either way.
It’s that time of year we’re I get very nostalgic for 3 main franchises, Superman, James Bond and obviously Star Wars and for awhile now I guess I’ve been wondering what other people’s history with Star Wars is, so out of this curiosity and it being that time of year I thought I would ask you guys/gals.
For me I grew up in the 80’s, I was born the tail end of '79 so my first introduction was mainly with the Kenner toys and I still remember the first time I seen A New Hope, It was the Christmas of 1983 on itv here in the UK. I remember only really being interested in the action scenes and didn’t really have any investment in the plot, so shortly after the canteena scene my interest would go straight back to the toys and then back and forth to the TV waiting for the Obi-Wan duel with Darth.
My mother was a massive Star Wars fan and we would usually end up renting either The Empire Strikes Back or Return of the Jedi, If she was home from work we would get Return of the Jedi as that was her favourite out of the OT.
Even as a child growing up for me it was always The Empire Strikes Back that was my favourite and would frequently rent the VHS tape as I was always drawn to the artwork on the case, the one with a giant Darth Vader in the middle and the battle of Hoth at his feet.
For Return of the Jedi I love the beginning with luke rescuing Han from Jabba but after that not so much, the battle on Endor would always upset me especially the scene with the ewok sat at the side of his fallen friend crying and I’ll be very honest the emporer used to scare the heck out of me and then I would be sad again when Darth Dies after saving Luke.
Over time as I got older interest faded slightly, I remember the one final time buzz, think that was the faces boxset (sure someone will correct me if I’m wrong on that lol).
I was in college when the Special Editions came out and to be honest I was excited to see them return to the cinema but didn’t go to see them in the cinema, I wouldn’t see the OT until their official DVD release so at first nothing really stood out as off for A New Hope other than the Jabba scene which at first watch thought was pretty cool especially with the work that was included to add that scene but still hate the scene lol.
The Empire Strikes Back nothing at all stuck out as off and would get nostalgia vibes of sitting in the living room with the toys watching it and trying to recreate the battle of Hoth lol.
Now when we get to Return of the Jedi I’ll quote my mother as when she first seen Jedi Rocks back in 2015 “WTF is this, they’ve ruined it” lol so revisiting Return of the Jedi was a tough one lol.
It wasn’t until roughly 2012-2014ish I stumbled across an edit of the OT on a torrent site that had removed the added affects (It wasn’t Harmy’s Despecialized Edititions, not sure who’s they were but know they wast his) so was landed to finally be able to see the OT without the parts I hate, then the further down the rabbit hole I went with things that I had missed other than the things that stood out to me which eventually led me here with you fine folk.
Anyway that my introduction to Star Wars OT and would love to hear from some of you what was your first encounter with Star Wars and some fond memories, as I said earlier for me it’s always Christmas time that makes me nostalgic for Star Wars, as soon as I see Christmas lights and decorations my mind instantly shifts back to a galaxy far far away back in the 1980’s lol.
Forgive me if this idea belongs in the ‘Worst Ideas’ thread, but had an idea of now some of us are able to use a.i generated audio what about replacing the opening crawl with a narration of the crawl instead.
So for say The Phantom Menace you would have Quigon, for Attack of the clones Padame and Revenge of the Sith Anakin.
Obviously this may belong in the worst ideas thread but hearing it in my head sounds pretty cool and a bit of a call back to some of the old fantasy films.
In ANH when we see Vader toe Ben’s empty robes we see Ben”s ghost sneaking away in the background but he is totally nude. Every time we see a Force ghost in the the rest of the films they are similarly nude.
😂😂😂🤦
Finally got round to checking out the max version this morning, very nice work Hal very much appreciated.
Finished binging Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacey. Really enjoyed a good watch for anyone into their true crime series.
Been using Plex a lot recently, they have live and on demand as well as having your own media.
I’ve always switched back and forth from both Emby and Plex but feel I use plex now more than anything has it has a good variety and it’s free (Have paid for a lifetime pass back in 2014 tho lol).
I recently picked up White Noise, Hellfestand Murder by Numbers on DVD and Long Legs on BluRay.
Got a new system of if it was released before 2012 I only get it on DVD and if it’s after then BluRay, I still prefer the look of some films in SD so prefer doing it this way.
I watched Scream 2 on the weekend, oddly I remember first seeing it on it’s video release back in 1998 and not enjoying it at all but for some reason fancied revisiting it and really enjoyed.
Also re-watched The Black Phone as the other half hadn’t seen it.
You can try sending Hal a polite pm asking if you could get a link.
Glad to hear the project is back on, the new shots look really good.
Looking forward to this one.
Whish I could help with a project name but I’m hopeless at naming things lol all my projects are named project hope, project empire, project Jedi and so on🤦.
I’m new, be gentle.
I’m looking for some assistance. I followed the step-by-step instructions for the downloads. I have the .rar files for the .MKV version. I’m using 7Zip to unpack.
The instructions state than when you unzip the first file it should combine the files or something to that effect. That isn’t happening. What is happening is after I unzip the first file I see a video file. I go to play it and I get a copy of the film voiced over in some Eastern European language.
What am I doing or not doing right here?
Edit: I managed to get the audio working but the following tracks will not play. This is while attempting to play back on Windows 11 Media Player.
TRACK 1) 5.1 DTS-HD-MA [English] (1977 70mm six track mix)
TRACK 2) 2.0 DTS-HD-MA [English] (1977 35mm stereo mix)
TRACK 3) 1.0 DTS-HD-MA [English] (1977 35mm mono mix)
File part02.rar is also saying incorrect password.
Hi Fanafel,
I could be wrong but I’m guessing it’s the 7zip that’s not extracting all the files as 1 file.
Not used Windows for awhile but have you tried highlighting all the files and right clicking on the 1st one and then select extract.
Or maybe trying extracting each file individually (pretty sure you will get an error message tho).
Hi all
Just wanted to share this find, while just having a browse at my local Currys/PC World just wasting some time I seen this on offer in the bargain bin section so thought I would share it here incase anyone was interested.
https://www.currys.co.uk/products/bitty-boomer-portable-bluetooth-speaker-darth-vader-10273122.html
I did pick one up, the sound is ok nothing great or special but only got it mainly for display and listening to an occasional podcast.
I think you can share clips and trailers but not links for the full edits. I’m just guessing tho so best to wait to hear from someone with knowledge lol
Hi Merculix, thanks for introducing yourself and welcome to the OT.
Just watched Brazil (1985), always put off watching as never thought it would be something I would enjoy but I really loved it and to top that off jumped onto ebay and picked up the 3 disc Criterion collection dvd for £11 bargian🙌.