bad_karma24

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Post: #66080
Topic: An angry Review of the 2004 OT SE DVD's
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/66080/action/topic#66080
Time: 21-Sep-2004 2:02 PM

Star Wars drew quite a bit from mythological legends. Just read Joseph Campbell.

And for the last time, Tolkein did not want parallels being drawn with his books. That was never his intention...

Post: #65946
Topic: An angry Review of the 2004 OT SE DVD's
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/65946/action/topic#65946
Time: 21-Sep-2004 6:12 AM

Tolkein has said repeatly he did not want parallels to be drawn... regardless of what the documentary said - I'm very well aware of them and Christopher T. is quite pissed by it.

Post: #65819
Topic: Raiders of the Lost Ark - Special Edition?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/65819/action/topic#65819
Time: 20-Sep-2004 8:27 PM

Try eBay

Post: #65818
Topic: INTERVIEW WITH GEORGE LUCAS (on Fox News)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/65818/action/topic#65818
Time: 20-Sep-2004 8:25 PM

Doesn't the theatrical version of ET on the DVD have the terrorist line changed as well?

Post: #65750
Topic: I have been taken by the dark side
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/65750/action/topic#65750
Time: 20-Sep-2004 4:02 PM

Nope.... I still think the original one looks closer to the one in ROTJ.

Post: #65749
Topic: Wierd skinny greedo in Greedo vs Han on DVD
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/65749/action/topic#65749
Time: 20-Sep-2004 4:00 PM

The pics are really too small to see much of anything.

Post: #65684
Topic: An angry Review of the 2004 OT SE DVD's
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/65684/action/topic#65684
Time: 20-Sep-2004 1:14 PM

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Originally posted by: Bossk
But the books were political as well. Just much more subversively so. The entire series was a commentary on the industrial revolution.

If you're talking about LOTR, Tolkein did not want to draw parallels to his books from history. You can make the connection, but it was never his intention.

Post: #65437
Topic: OriginalTrilogy in Toronto Sun!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/65437/action/topic#65437
Time: 19-Sep-2004 9:01 PM

There's a place for this in the off topic forum.

Post: #65433
Topic: Cleveland Plain Dealer News Article- 9/19/04
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/65433/action/topic#65433
Time: 19-Sep-2004 8:27 PM

No offense, but this is what we need to avoid.

Post: #65432
Topic: I have a good feeling about this
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/65432/action/topic#65432
Time: 19-Sep-2004 8:24 PM

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Originally posted by: Darth Justin
I think you would draw your own conclusion watching it. Would you seriously question who it is? But the argument isn't even valid. It's just another product of Lucas constantly changing his films for what he wants at the moment. I think the fact that there are 3 (or maybe even more) different versions of each of the films shows how retarded this all is. But anything's better than From Boyz To Jedi.

Uh... if some strange kid just popped out of nowhere I would probably question who it was.

It's not that uncommon for directors to have multiple versions of their films. Ever seen Close Encounters? Apocalypse Now? Alien? Aliens? T2? etc, etc?

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What? How could it have made making the prequels harder? He's changing the Original Trilogy to be in accordance with the Prequels! Your argument is not valid.

He'd need an actor who looked like the one he would have to get in 1983.

Post: #65361
Topic: I have a good feeling about this
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/65361/action/topic#65361
Time: 19-Sep-2004 4:17 PM

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Originally posted by: Darth Justin
Fact remains that if Lucas had intended things to be that way, he would've filmed it with a stand-in younger actor for Anakin at the time.

I would disagree with that. How exactly are we supposed to know who that kid was? Not to mention that you'd be pissed that they would be replacing that kid with Hayden.

Post: #65256
Topic: 6 gmail invites available
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/65256/action/topic#65256
Time: 19-Sep-2004 7:45 AM

Thanks for the invite!

Post: #65255
Topic: HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/65255/action/topic#65255
Time: 19-Sep-2004 7:40 AM

Criterion would have my vote for best DVD studio. All of their stuff thus far has been reference quality (except for some of their early stuff, which they realize and are in the process of remastering), their level of extras are amazing and the quality of the films themselves they put out are unmatched.

I've been very disappointed with Miramax lately. Kill Bill, Gangs of New York, English Patient, etc all have terrible transfers.

Post: #65253
Topic: TV Broadcast question
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/65253/action/topic#65253
Time: 19-Sep-2004 7:30 AM

Sci-Fi's on OK channel. I flipped it on yesterday and caught the beginning of Temple of Doom (the poison you just drank....) in widescreen, of course. Nice to see quality movies being shown, in widescreen nonetheless. Now all they need is commercial free airing.

Post: #65252
Topic: Power Hungry Execs...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/65252/action/topic#65252
Time: 19-Sep-2004 7:29 AM

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Originally posted by: jimbo
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Originally posted by: buddy-x-wing
perhaps if Lucas was able to accept a little constructive input/criticism, the prequals might have been a lot better.

A good artist ignores his critices.

No, that would be a stuck-up artist. A good artist is not afraid to take constructive critcism and apply it to whatever he's working on. Coppola, Kubrick, etc.... they're all good because they can take input from outside people if it betters their work.

Post: #65189
Topic: Country Differences
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/65189/action/topic#65189
Time: 18-Sep-2004 8:44 PM

Never seen a hummer for a cop car.

Post: #65188
Topic: I have a good feeling about this
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/65188/action/topic#65188
Time: 18-Sep-2004 8:42 PM

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Originally posted by: DanielB
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Originally posted by: buddy-x-wing
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The Indiana Jones DVD includes a digital fix of the glass reflection between Ford and the snake. However the DVD documentary shows that show remastered with Fords reflection.

THAT'S THE SORT OF CHANGE THESE SPECIAL ADDITIONS SHOULD BE ABOUT, FIXING DODGY EFFECTS SHOTS, NOT REPLACING THEM WITH MORE DODGY EFFECTS SHOTS.
No, that is tampering with the original material, and I do not accept it.

I actually like changes like those. If it was a silly mistake there's not really a reason why it should be in the final film.

Post: #65125
Topic: HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/65125/action/topic#65125
Time: 18-Sep-2004 5:46 PM

I still don't know why they won't release The Sting in it's OAR!

Post: #65093
Topic: An article of lies and disgust - George Lucas talks re the 2004 OT SE DVD release...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/65093/action/topic#65093
Time: 18-Sep-2004 11:56 AM

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Originally posted by: Klingon_Jedi
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Originally posted by: jimbo
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Originally posted by: Darth Justin
How about when Yoda gives his "Luminous beings are we..." speech. In one shot, that muppet shows more emotion and life than the cgi Yoda did in all of Episode II.

Bullshit nothing beats his cockyness from the little guy when just before he kicked ass.

Um, that speech defined Yoda. It spoke volumes about the Force, and added depth to the scene. Seeing him bouncing off walls in a pinball doesn't.

Exactly. Before this we never quite knew too much about the force, beyond the vague description Ben gives in ANH.

Post: #65074
Topic: An article of lies and disgust - George Lucas talks re the 2004 OT SE DVD release...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/65074/action/topic#65074
Time: 18-Sep-2004 8:45 AM

I love the exchange between the Gold group pilots in ANH:

"The guns, they've stopped!"

"Stabilize rear deflectors, watch for enemy fighters."

and

"You're no good, I can't manuever!"

"Stay on target."

"You're too close!"

"Stay on target."

"Loosen up! Agh!"

"Gold 5 to Red Leader, lost Tiree, lost Hutch. They from behind! Agh!"

Post: #65013
Topic: It is truly a matter of time
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/65013/action/topic#65013
Time: 17-Sep-2004 4:31 PM

"This is a man who edited guns out of the hands of the men in ET and replaced them with Walkie-Talkies."

Wasn't that Spielberg?

Post: #65007
Topic: Country Differences
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/65007/action/topic#65007
Time: 17-Sep-2004 3:42 PM

Yellow, above ground fire hydrants here in SoCal.

City police where black, sheriffs wear tan.

Post: #65006
Topic: 2001: A Space Odyssey Special edition with CGI
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/65006/action/topic#65006
Time: 17-Sep-2004 3:41 PM

Spartacus has quite a lot of deeper meaning to it.

Post: #64788
Topic: 2001: A Space Odyssey Special edition with CGI
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/64788/action/topic#64788
Time: 16-Sep-2004 2:50 PM

I think he meant that it was open to interpretation. There was no "right way" of thinking about the meaning of it. It was a very open ended story.

Post: #64786
Topic: The OOT on DVD - then what?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/64786/action/topic#64786
Time: 16-Sep-2004 2:47 PM

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Originally posted by: INv8r_ZIM
the technology of home theaters hasn't even really gotten to the point where we can view the picture in the same detail as the original 70mm prints

The OT wasn't filmed on 70mm, was it? I was under the impression that was 35mm and blown up for 70mm.