bad_karma24

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Join date: 28-Mar-2004
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Post: #59591
Topic: George Lucas supports this site and its cause...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59591/action/topic#59591
Time: 13-Aug-2004 9:57 PM

Jay Sherman: Hey, McBain. Your shoe's untied.
Rainer Wolfcastle: [after many hours pass] Upon closer inspection, these are loafers.

Jay Sherman: How do you sleep at night?
Rainer Wolfcastle: On top of a pile of money with many beautiful ladies.

Post: #59590
Topic: Terminator Thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59590/action/topic#59590
Time: 13-Aug-2004 9:52 PM

He reframed a couple scenes, yeah. He talks about it on the DVD.

Post: #59580
Topic: TV on DVD resurrected (kind of)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59580/action/topic#59580
Time: 13-Aug-2004 7:12 PM

Tim Burton's Batman all the way.

Post: #59579
Topic: George Lucas supports this site and its cause...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59579/action/topic#59579
Time: 13-Aug-2004 7:11 PM

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Originally posted by: ricarleite
and he cannot be elected as president, so there's no danger in that happening.

Not yet, but it is being considered. Do you think it will be a realistic possibility?

Post: #59575
Topic: Stop the PG-13 madness
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59575/action/topic#59575
Time: 13-Aug-2004 7:01 PM

It doesn't have to be rated X or NC-17 to show the bad side of war. There are plenty of R-rated war movies that are very sickening in their violence.

Post: #59573
Topic: Athens Greece 2004 Summer Olympic Games
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59573/action/topic#59573
Time: 13-Aug-2004 6:59 PM

So far I'm impressed with it. Almost time for the Parade of Nations...

Post: #59568
Topic: Terminator Thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59568/action/topic#59568
Time: 13-Aug-2004 6:28 PM

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Originally posted by: jimbo
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Originally posted by: bad_karma24
So you'd take the 1.33:1 AR if the movie was soft matted?

T3 is indeed Super35... don't know where you heard otherwise.

You are a very frustrating individuel. Its like you only read what you want to hear. I just said I did the test and it is soft matted. I didn't hear it from anyone I tested it myself.

Sorry, bud. T3 was indeed filmed in Super35 and framed in Scope.

As to the DVD issue, well, after looking over it, I'm going to have to say the director simply reframed the DVD version for his own personal reasons. Fincher did the same thing with Se7en.

Post: #59565
Topic: Terminator Thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59565/action/topic#59565
Time: 13-Aug-2004 5:56 PM

So you'd take the 1.33:1 AR if the movie was soft matted? Showing more isn't always the best choice. It's whatever the director prefers. In A Fish Called Wanda, one of the films greatest jokes is totally ruined by opening the mattes for the fullscreen version. You call that better?

T3 is indeed Super35... don't know where you heard otherwise.

Post: #59560
Topic: If GL EVER releases the originals...what should the covers be?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59560/action/topic#59560
Time: 13-Aug-2004 4:37 PM

Nope... still not doing it. I can right-click and obtain the URL from the properties tab and view them from there, but I guess linking them just won't work.

Those were great games btw.

Post: #59500
Topic: Info: OT Bootleg DVDs
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59500/action/topic#59500
Time: 13-Aug-2004 3:43 PM

Why is PAL so much better than NTSC?
Granted, if the PAL conversion is pitch corrected, the speed-up wouldn't be a huge deal, but what is it that makes it such a superior system? The resolution?

Post: #59553
Topic: Terminator Thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59553/action/topic#59553
Time: 13-Aug-2004 3:29 PM

Everything I've seen about T3 says it's Super35. Where did you hear about it being hard matted?

Why do you choose the version that shows the most information? As illustrated above, that may not always be the directors intent. A Fish Called Wanda is also a perfect example of this.

Post: #59552
Topic: Lucas's Explanations
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59552/action/topic#59552
Time: 13-Aug-2004 3:24 PM

That still doesn't explain why he couldn't have gotten Hamill to simply re-record the line.

Post: #59536
Topic: Reminder: Bootlegs of commercially available DVDs (such as the upcoming trilogy release) are NOT PERMITTED
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59536/action/topic#59536
Time: 13-Aug-2004 12:52 PM

That's nothing compared to these...

911 days separated the September 11 terrorist attacks on the U.S. and the 2004 train bombings in Madrid, Spain.

The winning numbers in a New York state lottery drawing on 11 September 2002 were 9-1-1.

The date of the attack: 9/11 - 9 + 1 + 1 = 11
September 11th is the 254th day of the year: 2 + 5 + 4 = 11
After September 11th there are 111 days left to the end of the year.
Twin Towers - standing side by side, looks like the number 11
The first plane to hit the towers was Flight 11
But ....There's More.......
State of New York - The 11th State added to the Union
New York City - 11 Letters
Afghanistan - 11 Letters
The Pentagon - 11 Letters
Ramzi Yousef - 11 Letters (convicted of orchestrating the attack on the WTC in 1993)
Flight 175 - 65 on board - 6 + 5 = 11

Not that this all means anything, just some interesting numbers.

Post: #59534
Topic: Terminator Thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59534/action/topic#59534
Time: 13-Aug-2004 12:40 PM

The OAR is whatever the filmmaker wished his film to be presented in. In this case it is the 2.35:1 version. It doesn't matter if the fullscreen version has more information. Coppola cut down Apocalypse Now from 2.35:1 to 1.85:1 for framing purposes.

And it was my understanding that T3 was shot in Super 35, not hard matted from 1.33:1. Anyone know for sure?

Post: #59533
Topic: Stop the PG-13 madness
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59533/action/topic#59533
Time: 13-Aug-2004 12:30 PM

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Originally posted by: jimbo
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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
Jimbo. Will you please explain how more swearing makes a movie better?

Imagine Star Wars rated R. You can't tell me that would be a good idea!

I wouldn't like an R rated Star Wars. But this is Alien and Predator. Two R rated franchise. The PG-13 rating for Alien versus Predator is insane. I also read that the movie was planned and filmed as an R rated picture. Some mother fuckers at the studio cut his movie down to make it a more family friendly movie. I hope we get an R rated directers cut for the DVD.

I know, after seeing the trailers for this I'm surprised Disney didn't jump all over this. The perfect movie to take your kids to!

Post: #59527
Topic: Terminator Thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59527/action/topic#59527
Time: 13-Aug-2004 12:00 PM

The effects shots were framed in 1.85:1. so they're cropped in both versions. Regardless of Super 35, if it's not in the OAR, I don't buy it. As simple as that.

Post: #59526
Topic: If GL EVER releases the originals...what should the covers be?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59526/action/topic#59526
Time: 13-Aug-2004 11:51 AM

That site doesn't allow hotlinking... post the URL itself. It worked for me.

Post: #59517
Topic: Stop the PG-13 madness
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59517/action/topic#59517
Time: 13-Aug-2004 11:23 AM

Yep.

Post: #59516
Topic: Terminator Thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59516/action/topic#59516
Time: 13-Aug-2004 11:23 AM

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Originally posted by: jimbo
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Originally posted by: Switch Radic
I've met one of those idiots. One of the guys I worked with at CVS was buying the fullscreen version of T3 and I told him that you can see more of the picture in a widescreen version than in a fullscreen. He's like, "What are you talking about, the picture is smaller." Of course when your talking about a film shot on super 35, the fullscreen gives you more of the shot horizontally and the widescreen version vertically. In most cases though, you lose a good 35 percent of your image in a fullscreen version of a movie.

Terminator 3 was the only movie I ever bought a fullscreen DVD over a widescreen one. Fullscreen is better for that movie. There are exceptions to every rule. Click Here. Still Widescreen is definutly best for the first movie. I also think I speak for everyone in saying I never want to see a fullscreen Star Wars movie again.

The funny thing is the screenshot shows that the horizontal resolution has increased in the widescreen version.

Post: #59507
Topic: Stop the PG-13 madness
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59507/action/topic#59507
Time: 13-Aug-2004 11:00 AM

Pornos for one. Often times when we have a Director's Cut or "Unrated Cut" that cut is either

A) A version that was simply too long for theaters (IE Dances With Wolves)
B) A version that had too much violence/sex to be considered for R (IE American Pie movies)

Filmmakers don't like to give their movies an NC-17 rating. It basically cuts down on a huge amount of profits.

Some films that have been released as NC-17 (or it's older rating, X) are Midnight Cowboy (which was re-rated to R) and A Clockwork Orange (also re-rated an R).

Post: #59505
Topic: HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59505/action/topic#59505
Time: 13-Aug-2004 10:54 AM

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Originally posted by: jimbo
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Originally posted by: bad_karma24
Simply because they use the same lasers doesn't necessarily mean they can play different discs. If they can't decode the video then they have a problem.

Both formats use the same lasers and same video quality. So my guess is that they will enventually release a player compatible with both formats. The formats will launch incompatible. Recently they have released Players that play both DVD-A and SA-CD.

Same video quality? You mean the same codecs?

Post: #59504
Topic: The Cantina (the Comic Strip)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59504/action/topic#59504
Time: 13-Aug-2004 10:53 AM

This comic strip is awesome! Thanks for the link

Post: #59498
Topic: HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59498/action/topic#59498
Time: 13-Aug-2004 9:36 AM

Simply because they use the same lasers doesn't necessarily mean they can play different discs. If they can't decode the video then they have a problem.

Post: #59497
Topic: George Lucas supports this site and its cause...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59497/action/topic#59497
Time: 13-Aug-2004 9:31 AM

Yes, just ignore him.

Post: #59489
Topic: HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59489/action/topic#59489
Time: 13-Aug-2004 7:55 AM

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Originally posted by: jimbo
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Originally posted by: bad_karma24
Doubtful. Blu-Ray uses blue lasers... HD-DVD uses red. Though with the way technology is I wouldn't be surprised.

HD-DVD uses blue lasers too.

Where does it say this? Everything I've heard says it uses red lasers.

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However I do agree with the opening of the mattes on Super 35 movies.

Why do you agree with that? You still get stuff cropped off the sides, and whenever a special effect comes in, it is often matted in 2.35:1 so you're losing information.

In any case, I still like seeing Super 35 movies in 2.35:1, because that's how the director wanted them to be viewed, and it feels less like I'm watching TV.