logo Sign In

booah

User Group
Members
Join date
8-Aug-2005
Last activity
15-Nov-2021
Posts
234

Post History

Post
#134580
Topic
Info: the 2005 E.T. DVD...
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/134580/action/topic#134580
Time
WTF- when will it end? It was nice to have both versions on the recent 2-disc set (original, and extra crispy), but what is the point of this single-disc release? (other than to needlessly rewrite cinematic history for a beloved modern classic, Lucas-style?) This is what lands DVD's on ebay for jacked-up prices.

And why are so many 2-disc DVD's rereleased as 1-disc? The most confusing has been Spaceballs. It started as a single disc w/minimal features. It's finally released as a double-disc set, and simultaneously, the previous single disc was inexplicably replaced with yet another single disc version, with even less features than the first one. Not to mention the growing number of Independence Day rereleases. Is someone getting paid to make all of these pointless decisions?
Post
#134571
Topic
Info Wanted: a '92 laserdisc transfer to dvd project?
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/134571/action/topic#134571
Time
Originally posted by: skyjedi2005
why not just rip the 1992 audio and sync it up with one of the widescreen/letterbox transfers, as the 1992 release was fullscreen. Like either use definitive collection, or faces. and use the 1992 sound mix.


Actually, there is also a 1992 widescreen laserdisc release (itself a corrected version of the '89 LD, which was the first US letterboxed version, but had ratio errors), which is why I brought it up in the first place, and was curious what the quality/visual differences were like of that version compared to the '93, and what the deal with the '85 audio mix was (which was used on that release). And, if it had even been transferred and compared with the Definitive Collection.

Release Date: 1992

Studio: Fox Video

Technical Comments: 2.35:1 letterboxed transfer (corrected from the 1989 laserdisc)

Comments: The 1989 laserdisc was quietly reissued with the newly corrected letterboxed transfer, completely doing away with the "incredible shrinking ratio" problem. This release, pressed by Mitsubishi Japan, features the same catalog number as the 1989 release. So how can you tell the two apart? This corrected edition is released by "Fox Video." Coupled with the 1985 audio mix, this could very well likely be the best presentation of the film

http://www.davisdvd.com/misc/ep4.htm
Post
#134566
Topic
No Episode III on VHS
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/134566/action/topic#134566
Time
Quote
Originally posted by: Adamwankenobi
Quote
Originally posted by: Sluggo
I, for one, am not going to miss the VHS format. Good riddence. What about loyalty? Emotions to inanimate objects is a scary thing.
A VHS release would only be good for: 1. Hard core completists 2. Pulling it out of a box in 40 years to show the grandkids who will ask, "What the heck is that?"


Exactly.


Not exactly. Again, there are millions of people who still own millions of VHS tapes, and millions of people who don't own DVD's, no matter how popular they've become. Those aren't hardcore completists; they're SW fans with stacks of VHS in the den. There wasn't much in the way of home video before VHS, and now that there's about 20 years' worth of VHS releases, some people just won't be buying many DVD's in their lifetime-- a lot of them owning Star Wars flicks on tape. Why deny them the chance to purchase it? Esp. when the same company IS putting out Mr. & Mrs. Smith on tape, which seriously-- will not sell half as many copies as Sith would. My mom has a DVD player, but she still buys VHS, and I don't think she'll ever buy a DVD recorder and record sitcoms and Oprah on DVD-R's. There's lots of moms out there. And grandmoms.

Just because DVD's are the latest video format, doesn't change the fact that some people have VCR's that are still blinking [12:00]... [12:00]...
Post
#134224
Topic
Info Wanted: Question - some expanded and workprint versions...
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/134224/action/topic#134224
Time
One expanded movie I'm curious about is Battle For the Planet of the Apes, which has deleted material in the Japanese laserdisc, I believe, and I think it was aired on TV. Not sure why it's never been included in a US release (nor the Friday the 13th stuff, either), but after the recent spiffed-up original POTA DVD, which nonetheless was just a repackaging of the film with the 2-disc Behind the Planet of the Apes (which itself was a newer version of the old one disc of that), maybe the whole series will be re-released with more extras. And, from what I understand, the first POTA itself has deleted scenes.
Post
#134221
Topic
Info & Help: looking for... other ld-rips to dvd movies ex. blade runner int cut, songs of the south, frighteners dir cut - and much much more...
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/134221/action/topic#134221
Time
Originally posted by: eliasbboy
Hey now...how come noone's brought up "Howard the Duck"? I don't think its on DVD...is there an LD transfer out there?



I have a vhs rip of pretty good quality I found before. "Howard the Duck" is just too bad to be forgotten about. It needs to be loved, cherished, and shared. If for no other reason then to keep GL humble and grounded. "PlayDuck" Magazine? Did somebody REALLY get paid to write that??


Well, it WAS based on a comic book. I will always have a soft spot for that movie's weirdness. It may be a failure, but it's a noble failure. Plus, between that and Back to the Future, Lea Thompson was my first movie crush.

As for Jaws: The Revenge-- aren't there missing scenes on the DVD? I remember reading about changes/cuts for home video versions, I think. I wonder if the sequels will ever get the royal treatment of Jaws I?
Post
#134217
Topic
Episode 3: Fan Editing Ideas Discussion
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/134217/action/topic#134217
Time
Originally posted by: ADigitalMan
I'm thinking about creating two versions ... one with the Anakin=Vader stuff intact, and one that preserves the surprise.


That would be cool.

How 'bout a third version, where we find out that Obi-Wan is actually Luke's father? With how the prequels were done (esp. since Ben and Padme have more chemistry in Ep. III than she and Anakin in the whole PT), and the casting choices, if I never saw the OT, I think that would've been a more satisfying revelation. I guess that a Fan Edit Gone Awry.
Post
#134215
Topic
No Episode III on VHS
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/134215/action/topic#134215
Time
VHS is dead as a new-release format, but people will still be using them to tape TV shows for many more years. Unless companies just stop making new VCR's, I can't imagine John Q. Public totally embracing DVD recorders for awhile. Bear in mind that useless Pan & Scan Edition DVD's are still coming out, which should be obsolete by now-- apparently there are still enough people who "prefer" a hacked-up picture to warrant them. I'd rather see those go before VHS as a whole.

A lot of people still have a LOT of VHS-- a lot of which probably will never make its way to DVD. Should we all spend the rest of our lives converting all of our tapes to DVD (home movies, episodes of Herman's Head, vintage German porn, whatever), until the next new video format comes along and forces the repurchasing of all the obsolete DVD's we'll someday own? And not putting out a Sith VHS when surely millions of people own all the SW flicks on VHS is just dumb. Esp. considering that:

"Although Fox is going DVD only on the latest Star Wars release, the studio is still sticking to VHS for Sept. 27 release Robots and Mr. & Mrs. Smith."

If you're going to pronounce new retail VHS DOA, can't you at least wait until *after* the release of the final movie of one of the most popular and lasting film series of all time? Is there going to be a bigger market for Mr. & Mrs. Smith than Revenge of the Sith? (and yes, that rhymed)
Post
#134212
Topic
Which Yoda is you Fav?
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/134212/action/topic#134212
Time
OT Yoda, of course. As far as I'm concerned, without the magic of Frank Oz's hands and voice, it's not the same-- no matter how "good" the CGI technology looked by the time Ep. III rolled around. Other than "just because", there was absolutely no point to have a shitty CGI Yoda in the majority of the prequels. For far away shots and obviously the "action" scenes, yes. But in CU and for overall performance, to shun the puppet was downright disrespectful to the character that Oz helped to create, and to Oz himself.

Plus, Oz's prequel Yoda voice just sounds weird, too. In the AOTC behind the scenes stuff, it sounds like he's not up to snuff in most of the line-readings that Lucas just says, "That was great" for. It seems like he came in for like an hour and burned through it all. Then again, Lucas can't tell a good performance from wood, hence Natalie Portman's acting.

Watching Empire now, after seeing the computer Yoda, the character is even more of a marvel. The emotion conveyed by just a puppet and a voice is amazing. You really forget he's a puppet sometimes. Whereas, I always was thinking about the effect in the prequels. It's a shame that with so much reliance on CG sets and characters, that Yoda couldn't have remained one of the "real" things.

Quote
I dont like the fact that epII and III yoda flies around with a lightsaber.


I agree. Yeah, he was "younger", and I really do like the idea of Yoda kicking ass, but he does fly too much, and too fast. Back to the AOTC making-of stuff, Lucas seemed to want it faster and faster (and more intense! LOL)-- making it more ridiculous. You can't show Yoda hobbling around the prequels (even being CARRIED, and RIDING on a floating device), and then have him flying and swooping-- it's just dumb. There could've been more of a balance between the docile Yoda, and Ninja Yoda.
Post
#133450
Topic
***The Official "Willard: The Ratman's Cut" Info & Feedback thread***
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/133450/action/topic#133450
Time
Willard is definitely an underrated, overlooked gem of recent years. I was surprised as how much I liked it. It's almost Psycho-esque. After watching that great documentary on the DVD where they discuss the PG-13-ifying of it (which was pretty strange to do for this movie, even in this age of test audiencing to death), I am very interested in The Ratman's Cut. Email on the way!
Post
#133307
Topic
Info: The Frighteners - Signature Collection laserdisc preservation thread
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/133307/action/topic#133307
Time
I can't remember if this was already mentioned, but after checking amazon, the release date for the official Director's Cut is November 29th-- with SRP of $26.98, amazon price $20.23.

And someone there posted that it's one disc? Will all the goodies from the laserdisc fit on one DL DVD? Unless it's 2-sided, a la Superman: The Movie (or is that the same principle as DL?). Or, unless it's just the Director's Cut, no extras. Seems like a bunch of feature-laden LD's have gotten incomplete or lacking DVD releases, so that would be lame, but not surprising.
Post
#133090
Topic
Info Wanted: a '92 laserdisc transfer to dvd project?
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/133090/action/topic#133090
Time

I was curious if the 1992 LD trilogy has been transferred in its entirety, and compared with the '93 Definitive Collection? From what I understand, the 1985 audio mix included on the '92 LD release has been used (“cherrypicked”?) for other DVD transfers, not sure exactly which ones. I realize that a new audio mix was created for the '93 version (not sure why if the previous one seems more “definitive”), but are there major differences in video quality at all? And was the '85 audio wholly different enough that it should be included as an alternate audio track on newer transfers, or was there just mostly the bits of dialogue that were absent from the '93 release? Or was it not substantially different or better than previous mixes to matter much? The countless variations of the SW films, esp. ANH, continue to fascinate-- and I haven’t found any discussion addressing this particular issue.

Post
#132885
Topic
Poll: who is hotter. Padme or Princess Leia
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/132885/action/topic#132885
Time
Leia, no contest. She was a gorgeous woman, who could kick ass (plus, Fisher was a better actress). Padme is just a moderate cutie weakling, and still looks like a little girlie.

Does Lucas have an aversion to women? You'd think there's be more chicks in the SW universe. I think you can count on one hand the number of females throughout the six flicks. If there are so many men, where are all the women who had them? And didn't any of Vader's generals or henchmen sneak off into an empty prison cell for some Death Star nookie? I mean, I imagine it's lonely being a Stormtrooper.
Post
#132632
Topic
My 1997' SE laserdisc transfer set - including extras.... (Released)
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/132632/action/topic#132632
Time
I know the Def. Coll. is pretty much the "standard" dvd transfer, but I was curious if the below 1992 version has ever been transferred, or compared with the Def/Faces sets? (esp. since it has the different 1985 audio mix?) And has the '85 audio mix ever been included on another transfer?

Release Date: 1992

Studio: Fox Video

Technical Comments: 2.35:1 letterboxed transfer (corrected from the 1989 laserdisc)

Comments: The 1989 laserdisc was quietly reissued with the newly corrected letterboxed transfer, completely doing away with the "incredible shrinking ratio" problem. This release, pressed by Mitsubishi Japan, features the same catalog number as the 1989 release. So how can you tell the two apart? This corrected edition is released by "Fox Video." Coupled with the 1985 audio mix, this could very well likely be the best presentation of the film

www.davisdvd.com/misc/ep4.htm
Post
#132374
Topic
"Bonus Lightsaber Action DVD"
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/132374/action/topic#132374
Time
After searching with the *fabulous* search function, nothing came up, so I was wondering:

Does anyone have the "Bonus Lightsaber Action DVD" that was released earlier this year, and is it cool or lame, or what? I was wondering about the documentary and what was in it (and its length)?

Bonus DVD included with marked packages of electronic lightsaber toys (Obi-Wan, Anakin and Darth Vader models). The DVD contains the mini-documentary "The Legend of the Lightsaber," Chapters 1 & 8 of the "Clone Wars" animated show, two toy line TV spots and an ad for the Star Wars Trilogy DVD.
Post
#132238
Topic
Info: PAL LBX: there's another one... a '78 UK release of a PAL LBX LD
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/132238/action/topic#132238
Time
I know the Def. Coll. is sort of the "standard" dvd transfer, but has the below version ever been transferred, or compared with the Def/Faces sets? (esp. since it has a different audio mix)

Release Format: Laserdisc

Release Date: 1992

Studio: Fox Video

Technical Comments: 2.35:1 letterboxed transfer (corrected from the 1989 laserdisc)

Comments: The 1989 laserdisc was quietly reissued with the newly corrected letterboxed transfer, completely doing away with the "incredible shrinking ratio" problem. This release, pressed by Mitsubishi Japan, features the same catalog number as the 1989 release. So how can you tell the two apart? This corrected edition is released by "Fox Video." Coupled with the 1985 audio mix, this could very well likely be the best presentation of the film
Post
#132236
Topic
<strong>The Official Greencapt 'Batman &amp; Robin: De-Assified' Edit thread</strong> (Released)
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/132236/action/topic#132236
Time
In fact you could if you want set his detective work in a song, to the tune of the classic kid's song 'Frère Jacques':

Where is Alfred,
Where is Alfred,
Cough, cough, cough
Cough, cough, cough
The old man must be dying,
The old man must be dying,
He has Aids
He has Aids.
FINALLY SOMEBODY HAS ELIMINATED the FIRST PLANES OF ASSES


Gold!

And Sammy's pics are indeed funny. Bats and Robin seemed to be more of a Blatantly Gay Duo, though. When did the word "gay" stop meaning "happy"? Same with "boner" and "mistake"?

Reading the specs for the upcoming Batman box set, it's hard to believe that there's *nothing* from Batman I on the cutting room floor. There is a scene in both the comic adaptation *and* the novelization at the end, with Batman "unmasked" as reporter Alexander Knox (of course, a diversion). I assume that must've been filmed.

As for Batman Forever, I guess no one really knows yet what the extent of the deleted scenes on the DVD will be. Many releases boasting such material still sometimes inexplicably leave off scenes that fans know are out there.
Post
#131019
Topic
<strong>The Official Greencapt 'Batman &amp; Robin: De-Assified' Edit thread</strong> (Released)
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/131019/action/topic#131019
Time
To continue the grovelling for copy, I too would love to see this long-overdue edit (or "remake" as it almost seems like). I did not walk out on it in '97, but I think I checked my watch a lot. I'm not able to download, so if anyone could hook me up, that would be Holy Generosity, Batman! And I'm pretty sure my PM is turned on.
Post
#131016
Topic
Star Wars: The Interactive Video Board Game (1996, Parker) (* unfinished project *)
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/131016/action/topic#131016
Time
Hasbro spared no expense to bring back the original for the shoot. "They wanted it to be as authentic and as close to the film as could be,"

Anyone else find this almost hilariously ironic?

It's amazing that Lucas didn't take advantage of this to shoot new scenes for the special editions! Or shoot the end of Episode III.


But wait-- wasn't he "planning" the prequels since the '70's?

This sounds really cool. I never heard of this, and I'm surprised it hasn't been talked about much since then.

Maybe Hasbro should've been involved with Eps. I-III.