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#233849
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Star Wars DVD Covers
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/233849/action/topic#233849
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Take off the FBI warning, R1, NTSC and "PG-13" - those are all USA specific. If you go to http://cdcovers.cc you can see what the layout looks like in different countries, I know I'm not a cover artist myself - but personally, I would have to edit (poorly) covers that have FBI, R1, NTSC or PG-13 on them so they're NZ-friendly. I wouldn't use the interactual player logo either - because if someone's going to keep a DVD-R copy in your covers (laserdisc or of the official dvd) - that'll be the first thing to go! Where did you find the retail template btw?
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#233554
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Star Wars DVD Covers
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/233554/action/topic#233554
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Originally posted by: Falle
Thanks, I might use this on Moth3r's covers, so thanks for these.

And this might be done?

http://thomas-anders.dk/private/anh3.jpg
Love your work. It'll be good if people design more multi-disc covers like yours... i mean come september people may want to replace the official "disc 1" with another theatrical disc with more audio etc, and blended-with the 2004 edition to improve the picture quality. There was a thread about this, I'm not talking gibberish.
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#233548
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george lucas is so stupid!
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/233548/action/topic#233548
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Originally posted by: DorK313
I liked the Lord of the Rings extended.
And I'm sure many people like The Outsiders: The Complete Novel. I happen to think the theatrical cut is better overall. I have a good friend who likes the LOTR extended versions... as I said for me the movies are too long. The Terminator runs about 1hr 47 minutes - in contrast to T2 at 137 minutes - half an hour more - and I think T1 has much better pacing then T2. The director's cut of T2 should take out 15 minutes, not add 15 more minutes to it! I don't mind some longer movies, like dramas/thrillers/war/mob movies such as God Fellas... which is 145 mins or so... or The Godfather Films which push the 3hr barrier... or saving private ryan... but for an action movie that would be way too long. LOTR are fantasy/action movies.... anything longer then 2hrs screen time is pushing it. The Butterfly Effect's Director's Cut is better then the theatrical version, for instance - but I stand by what I said before - why whine about all the sequels/remakes and cuts of movies you hate when you can talk about the movie that you enjoy instead? That's just stupid.
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#233190
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george lucas is so stupid!
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/233190/action/topic#233190
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BadAssKeith, if you hate the prequels and the SE's sooooo much then why do you keep talking about them? Let's choose a movie I hate... Ah I know! The Texas Chain Saw Masscre 2. The original is a classic, but number 2 sucks. Yet if I was going to talk about the great film that is the Texas Chain Saw Masscre... you wouldn't hear me whinging and whining about how crummy the sequals and remake are, because frankly it is - after all - just a movie. Lots of movies have shit sequels. Terminator 3, Haloween Part #, Jurassic Park 3, Home Alone 3/4 (well I've not seen "4" but I'm sure it sucks), Lethal Weapon 2, 3, 4... Alien Ressurection, Robocop 3. You don't have to whine about all the shitty sequels and versions in the world. Shitty director's cuts/special editions include: Apocolypse Now Redux, Lord of the Rings Extended (no way would I watch those!), T2: Special Edition, The Outsiders: The Complete Novel... I could go on, and on, and on. Some special editions/directors cuts are wothwile - it's a fact that most of them suck.
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#232977
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Lawsuit on George Lucas?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/232977/action/topic#232977
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Originally posted by: BadAssKeith
Hey I bet you think you're pretty cool putting up these obnoxious pictures. I bet you're just another spoiled suburban brat who got everything he wants in his life from your parents. I bet you live in a suburban home with your right wing ego thinking you're so fucking special and smart. You don't have a clue you faggot so why don't you shut the fuck up and go play with your xbox and your gay friends and live your spoiled sheltered life pillaging off of the working class. You lazy, clueless fuckhead.

...Hey Nanner Split's, I see you live in Alabama. One of the stupidest states in this country. The state with the most right wing and ignborant people. I bet you hate fedral taxes. Guess who pays for your fucking bridges, Highways, and police protection. Us blue states. Guys where we have the best education statistics in this country? Here in Minnesota and Massachusetts. Guess who pays the most fedral taxes and gets the least in return. And you dumb fucks pay the least and get the most because we have to cover you people's lazy, spioled, dumb asses. I hope you get shipped over to Iraq and killed you worthless peice of shit.
Here's the original:
http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/7872/stfuni2.jpg

Do you have any idea about the tax rates that I face? Any whatsoever? Fridden heack - you're complaing about something you have much better then us.
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#232522
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Lawsuit on George Lucas?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/232522/action/topic#232522
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Originally posted by: BadAssKeith
a lot of you assholes always have to be so self-conscious and politically correct and put someone down with a ratical but impractical idea. Well yes, your idea is certainly ratical.
Originally posted by: BadAssKeith
I admit that I don't have much knowledge on how the law system works in this country but I figure a good lawyer would help me with this. By "good lawyer" you mean a fascist lawyer, right?
Originally posted by: BadAssKeith
What makes a lot of you people turn away from an idea like this is having to pay your lawyers. In a general compensation case the Lawyer's fee is 30% - often with no up-front payments to be made. You're talking out your arse because you don't have a legitimate case.
Originally posted by: BadAssKeith
But I would just find one who is good and intellegent (and fascist) enough to help me with this even if they may not make anything. I don't care if Lucasfilm is a multi-billion dollar company. You don't seem to care they're a company which hasn't pushed the boundaries of the law either...
Originally posted by: BadAssKeith
They have made such an ass of themselves with the prequels, the special editions, and refusal to release the originals that I thin even the courts will laugh at them and give me everything. I think the courts would indeed laugh, at your case.
Originally posted by: BadAssKeith
A hilarous idea I have is to play the SE in the courts and show them scenes like the added Jabba scene in ANH and show them what it looked like proir etc.
Yeah, you do that.Originally posted by: BadAssKeith
It would be sooo hilarious seeing George Lucas's face turn bright red with embarasment when we show the court that scene and other scenes like the new dance in Jabba's palace in ROTJ.
Lucas has every right to do that to Star Wars - just because he can do something doesn't mean he should, however it's still his choice in the end.Originally posted by: BadAssKeith
I'm doing this
You're not doing shit. You're rambling on about what you plan you might do.Originally posted by: BadAssKeith
because of GL complete disrespect for history, his fans, and art.
Disrespect for history, fans and art is his sovereign right, if he so chooses, so what?Originally posted by: BadAssKeith
Not for money and the originals. Those are just the tools for revenge.
Yeah revenge - sounds lovely.Originally posted by: BadAssKeith
Since it seems money is the only thing that will get Lucasfilm's attention anymore no matter how stupid or poor and stupid the art they produce is.
That's right - and that's why the Red Dwarf specialized remastered version died. Fans didn't like seeing it edited - and they complained, and they've not re-released it, they've just stuck with the original unedited TV episodes now. There are millions of fans who prefer the Special Editions, and buy them. That's why Lucas didn't pull the SE and re-release the original. The only way to stop him releasing the SE is to not buy it - but since millions of fans - and perhaps even the majority of fans prefer the SE and think of OOT fans as crackpots - there's no clear incentive to pull the SE and replace it with the OOT. If Lucas can see there is a huge demand for the OOT through the sale of the September DVD's then he may decide to remaster and re-release the OOT in a few years. If he doesn't then he has every right to conclude that he should continue with the SE.

Oh and your spelling is criminal.
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#232389
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Lawsuit on George Lucas?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/232389/action/topic#232389
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Originally posted by: BadAssKeith
I am convinced that you people here have gathered more than enough evidence to put Lucas in jeopardy of losing a lawsuit for all his naive, stupid, contradictory reasons for not doing this. What do you think?

If I could sue George Lucas, I would sue him for the equal amount of money on all the profit he has made from SE DVDs, since they were false advertising and the OOT, since according to him, they don’t exist. I would also ask for him to hand over the real negatives of the OOT. That amount would probably be in the billion$! If I won I would split all the money with you people who are signed up on originaltrilogy.com, equally. That would mean we could all probably get 10s of thousands of dollars! No offence, but this is exactly why I post on this forum. Because some people reading it will just get the wrong ideas, like you have. "Let's sue Lucas" - what are we? A bunch of fascists?

Lucas owns the movies, including the original SW now. He owns them, they're his property - he can choose to sell them to us, and it's soverign right to do whatever the hell he wants to do with them. He's releasing the OOT - even though he doesn't like it, and all you're thinking about is taking a cut of his money? I leave you with this question:Originally posted by: Jobel
Are you on crack?
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#231829
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The "original crawl" on the new DVD is NOT the original crawl! Screenshot inside!
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/231829/action/topic#231829
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Originally posted by: Mielr
Why do you consider the Indy trilogy to be tampered? Because they erased the snake's reflection from the plexi? Yes, that change alone is too much. And then there were all the other "fixed" blue-screen shots, etc.
Originally posted by: zombie84
And the loyal fans of Terminator were understandably upset. Personally i prefer the 5.1 mix of Terminator
The only reason I don't prefer it is because it sounds nothing like the original soundtrack. It's like listening to the Special Edition Star Wars sound-mix. I know it's difficult to make a 5.1 out of a mono soundtrack without compromising - but honestly it just doesn't seem like I'm watching the movie I love.Originally posted by: Mielr
Manhunter is an extremely cult film...
Yes, but as a fan of Thomas Harris, I like to enjoy Manhunter because it's a decent adaptation of his book (unlike the 2002 remake, which is hollywood garbage). Silence of the Lambs is actually the closest to the book in terms of Harris adaptations - but they still changed the ending (none of the four movies have the original ending that's in the book), and they made obvious character changes in Crawford, Starling and Lecter. But with that aside, the small number of changes that have happened to the film haven't really affected it. It apears that they have now released the real Theatrical cut - so my point is now muted - but it's non-anamorphic in America and anamorphic with DTS in Japan (both released by MGM)... figure that one out!
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#231785
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Help: looking for... Star Wars Extended Edits?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/231785/action/topic#231785
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Originally posted by: DarthBalls1138
I know the point is to cut down the prequels seeingas how awful they are...
I don't think they're awful. Here are the IMDB ratings for each movie:

PHANTOM - 6.4
CLONES - 6.9
SITH - 8.0

And here are the ratings for the originals (keep in mind there's no distinction here between the OOT and the SE):

STAR WARS - 8.8
EMPIRE - 8.8
JEDI - 8.2

They may not be as good, but they're not that awful!
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#231782
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The "original crawl" on the new DVD is NOT the original crawl! Screenshot inside!
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/231782/action/topic#231782
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Welcome to the forums.
Originally posted by: Obi Jeewhyen
the news that the upcoming DVD release has been falsely advertised is very sad. I found the evidence in this thread to be quite convincing that the crawl will most likely be a lame re-creation. In any event, I would be one of those who would recognize original '77 sound effects and such ... and so the 1993 audio mix would reek of false advertising to me anyways.
The "Theatrical" Manhunter DVD is not truly theatrical there are a couple of slight changes in it. The "uncut" versions of Last House on the Left are still missing footage. Any movie with 5.1 sound, by definition, cannot have the theatrical soundtrack. Either it has been up-mixed, or down-mixed. Any movie shot on film and shown on a digital medium, by definition, cannot be the theatrical version. No home-video version can be. Any digital movie, not shown at it's theatrical resolution (which of course in many cases is a 35MM print) by definition isn't the theatrical version.

Movies are prepared for different environments and they have to continue to be prepared for this. The sound changes, as far as I'm aware, were all part of the original soundtrack - in one theatrical release, or another. The video changes are actually none - except for the opening crawl. As I said even Manhunter has never had it's true Theatrical version released, they changed parts of the video for home-video (which is fine - it's not like they re-shot parts of the movie and added in big-budget effects to beef-it-up). How people can keep whining about the soundtrack, simply is beyond me. The 5.1 mix for the Terminator was far less true to the original audio then the SW audio mixes (up until 1993). Now I know you might say "well yes, but they put the mono track on there too" - well they didn't for OUR domestic release . In shot: the september "OUT" DVD's will be no further from the theatrical version then most movies. Keep in mind that I refuse to purchase the tampered Indy trilogy - I consider that tampered, I don't consider the Sep release tampered.

The crawl will not be a digital re-creation, anyone who thinks otherwise is letting their own speculation get one over on them.
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#231443
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The "original crawl" on the new DVD is NOT the original crawl! Screenshot inside!
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/231443/action/topic#231443
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Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
"You really hate me don't you MeBeJedi? LOL"

I'm sure knowing as much would certainly please you to no end. Of course, if we want to see who really hates who:

"just plain speculation and general Lucas hate-mongering."

"It's the forum members here who are flat-out lying about the September release, not LucasFilm, Fox or George Lucas."


Yeah, you won't see me going to boards where I hate the overall mindset of the members, and arguing continuously with them. That's a whole level of hatred I don't care to get myself involved in. Have fun, though.
And you have a choice, I happen to like Star Wars so that's why I come here.
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#231430
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POLL: Are you buying the Star Wars DVDs released on September 12, 2006?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/231430/action/topic#231430
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Absolutely, yes. I've even put money aside and marked it "Star Wars DVD money".

"I am only getting ESB. I can do without ROTJ because it was the least specialized, and I don't watch Star Wars as much as ESB."

You could say that ESB was the least specialized...

"This will NOT be the final release of the OOT."

So? I would much rather buy the September release then be bitter and sour while waiting another eleven years for the next release. This is the first time the PRE-ANH version has been released on home video, and it may very well be the last time too - I think that makes it an excellent release.
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#230808
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.: The XØ Project - Laserdisc on Steroids :. (SEE FIRST POST FOR UPDATES) (* unfinished project *)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230808/action/topic#230808
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Originally posted by: Zion
It could be played back in stereo or Pro-Logic surround just like any other Pro-Logic audio source. A number of people here have already gone as far as upconverting that to 5.1 DD. Yes, but I don't know much about pre-DVD standard sound formats, my question is then if you've got a DVD player with a 5.1 output, will it (or the amp) automatically detect the sound as being Dolby Pro-Logic (which is pseudo-4.0, right?) and output it correctly (or as best as possible) to your 5.1 set-up?Originally posted by: THX
My feeling is you should not buy the Special Edition DVD under any circumstances (except as a way to get the OUT discs between Sept & Dec 2006).
Yes, well what I mean is if you expect 5.1 sound you should watch the special edition, not the theatrical edition - and if you expect the highest film grain removal, then you should watch the special edition, and if you expect to see a CGI Jabba in ANH and Hayden Christiansen as Anakin's ghost you should watch the special edition, rather then the theatrical edition. And the X0 is the theatrical laserdisc, and as Zion said that's what they intend to preserve, and so if you expect to watch the X0 you shouldn't expect it to have the highest film grain removal, or to have a 5.1 track, or to be including special edition changes like no more orange blob under the speeder. It's funny, because a lot of forum members want to cherry-pick some of the changes, and there are other projects that do that, like this one, for example.

So all I meant was that you have a choice, you can watch the 2004 version, the theatrical versions official dvd in september - and you can download the X0 version - once ready - and you can choose between the three which you want to watch.
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#230794
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Star Wars DVD Covers
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230794/action/topic#230794
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Originally posted by: Rikter
THANKS! - I made these a LONG LONG time ago...

Yeh i know, I'm just trying to keep the thread alive by linking to various covers every so often, at least until Falle gets back and in September when more people will probably start making more full covers. And here are the 2006 covers...

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000FQJAIW.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_V52369588_.jpghttp://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000FQJAJG.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_V52370536_.jpghttp://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000FQVX78.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_V52389020_.jpg

Personally, I think they look much better then the 2004 ones.

http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/163/esperanzaeltraseraou6.jpg
http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/5008/imperioeltraseravh4.jpg
http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/7647/jedieltraserase5.jpg

I can't read oogabooga, but those are the backs (from a thread in the general sw forum - just moved to imageshack so you can see them directly in this post).