I know the feeling about treading lightly...fortunately we never went by the dmca but still paid the regular licensing fees. I think this was because we were only just getting the internet stream setup. Then again, I don't think anyone put the right amount of thought into doing things correctly...
This brings back memories. I did a radio show for 3 years in school at the University of Tampa. Equipment never setup right, limited broadcast, terribly weak AM signal, never turned on in the school common areas etc.
I'll definitely check out your show bkev!
Here's the old facebook page for my main show:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=107092519352500
God, I loved doing this. I popped in all the time and just went for hours. Then I upgraded all my music to lossless quality and began lugging in laptop, external harddrive, CDs, Vinyl, Singles, Turntable, even cassettes in every show (which got to be several times a week). Really reignited my interest in music. Especially albums as a cohesive whole. I started doing classic and underrated albums weekly. (Need to upload the full list of ones I did.) Blew some people's minds with the 1st press Who's Next, original mix of Quad, Albini mix of In Utero, and later R.E.M. records.
My old standby line was about my loyal -5 listeners. We finally got internet streaming that didn't work very well. (does that ever work right? ;)
I also learned the joy of the air guitar. Every show I did ended with a Who mini-set that involved me thrashing about for at least 35 minutes in an empty station with everything cranked past 11. And on the final show I did break a guitar. Literally. ;)
Damn. I really need to start doing this again. Does anybody know a good way of DIY radio? I've thought of just making a video or podcast and setting it somewhere.
Why am I not at all surprised??
Great work from everyone involved in getting this information out. Anything involved with copyright and archives can be a major pain to get through all the red tape.
Tech IB prints aren't like a regular print. They essentially have been finished photochemically so there's nothing that you can do with them after that besides screen the print or digitally scan it. They were made to last...and look brilliant. If scanned correctly, I don't think there's much to be done afterwards. Correct me if I'm wrong here.
Hmm...I've always wondered what materials RAH was referring to. I sincerely hope it wasn't the LoC.
I'm still in mourning. ;)
I've gone from Chronic Town and gotten up to Out of Time. I've played each album repeatedly. Ugh. Trying not to break down.....
Last song: an alcohol-fueled King of the Road on Dead Letter Office.
Sooo....would it be worthwhile to fix my player or try and upgrade to something better...the quote I was given for repair of the alignment, audio circuit etc. was about $150.
My player is a Pioneer CLD-D702 and I could upgrade to a 703 or 704 for less than the cost of repair on ebay. Or get a new 702....
The easiest thing is still going to be the GOUT. It has higher resolution than LD and is the original master used for the 93 LD release and beyond. The only real advantage to LD in the OOTs case is the lossless audio...unless you were going the route of older LD transfers.
No. Almost all my favorites are equals. I can't really rank classics and favorites over one another. That said there are some films that I first experienced in childhood and have stuck with me ever since. Thus, the OOT is my.....#2.
My #1 is Dr. No through The Living Daylights....aww heck if I'm totally honest at least through The World Is Not Enough.
Mostly everything I could think of:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TQiDXa6TbIF8JzYXYPkUmehSsd8AbR6f8POrJNLUZ64/edit?hl=en_US&pli=1
(I made this once to answer the dreaded question of "what is your favorite movie"...and I still feel like I left some stuff out...)
doubleofive said:
It's the end of the band as they know it, and they feel fine?
;)
You know...the other night I did dream of knives continental drift divides mountains sitting in a line and even Leonard Bernstein...
I personally think so, unlike most. Have you heard any of the later 90's era material? Many think that when Bill left in 1997 that it was the end of the band, but I love both Up and Reveal. Around the Sun was unfairly maligned, but it is quite drained. Accelerate was too focused on being fast and "in the now" and Collapse Into Now was a step more towards a "R.E.M." sounding record.
For me, Chronic Town through Reveal is the best series of albums by anyone bar none. I really enjoy Around the Sun, Accelerate and Collapse Into Now but they just seem to be at a different place than the other albums.
They were getting less and less noticed as time passed. By the time of the last album, you couldn't hardly find it anywhere and no one had even heard of it being made let alone released. And it's sad, because I really think that there is some great material in there.
http://remhq.com/news_story.php?id=1446
I am a bit dead inside. I had a feeling on the last record that there was some finality, but since their contract had expired I was hoping for something new and more radical.
This was a major blow to me....I feel like I've been punched in the gut. Have been a lifelong fan-since the womb essentially-and this is seriously not what I needed today.
Thoughts/opinions/band related stories?
I've just finished the TB CAV Box, generously sent to me by FF.
I think it's the same film source as the previous LDs. The transfer is greatly improved but it has some of the same marks and things as my 89 disc. The big noticeable one is a large black hair in the gate on the top edge of the frame during the "rack" sequence. It is the same hair and the same placement as the 89.
It appears a new transfer was done for this THX 95 release, but what I want to know is where they got the soundtrack from. It is the mix that has the other versions of the lines (the one I'm used to) and music cues. However, I could hear in some spots how some bits were obviously flown in from other sources, as there are some tiny cuts in the audio and noticeable differences in volume level and source. The Dolby Surround accurately reflected the original mono soundfield and it was nice to have a bit of punch to TB without mucking up the original.
All in all, a fantastic release. The 98 THX LD should just be a CLV repressing with an added 5.1 remix of this 2.0 surround.
The Shadow. Found this on DTS LD at my local shop and finally decided to watch it all the way through. All in all it's an enjoyable little pulpy action serial, but I was surprised at the bits of refined humor snuck in throughout. Some nice one liners, a hero who actually disguises his face and voice, and a scene supposedly set in the 30's scored with a Kenny G soundalike. (Seriously, who the heck thought that was period appropriate????)
3/4 balls. I really like DTS on LD. It's fun.
The Seven Ups. Interesting quasi-sequel to The French Connection with a great car chase to boot. Not a great film, but more primarily concerned with character depth. A enjoyable watch and cheap DVD.
2.5/4 balls. The car chase is 10 minutes long. That's right 10 minutes!!
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Once you join OT...you never leave... ;) Nice to see you back MR.
If this is now the 97SE version thread then be sure and check this old project thread for all kinds of info:
http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Max-Rebos-97-SE-superset-preservation/topic/9031/
I'm psyched to finally see the G'kar and Flunk releases.
The original uncut version is being screened at the George Eastman House. This is the original theatrical release with the added coda.
It sounds kinda like an alignment problem now. My player stopped reading digital sound 3 minutes into the second side of another CLV disc tonight.
So I've just given it a minute to rest and popped in another CLV disc which works fine...so I've just popped back in the original disk i was watching tonight-and it's working fine again!!
I'll test the TB CAV afterwards to see if that works now...this is weird.
Exactly as the title states. The LD title in question is the 1995 CAV box set of Thunderball. The audio is very clear until about halfway through a side. Then some light crackles start to creep into the background. This gradually increases so that nearly any noise is covered completely by this really overbearing crackling. And it happens on every side. By the time a CAV side is up, the noise has become unbearable.
At first I thought it might be improper wiring on my part in the speaker connections. Rewired all of them-still bad. Changed audio cables-still bad. Tried headphones directly into the LD player-and still bad. I've never had this particular issue happen on any of my other discs with this player. I stopped the movie and checked some other discs to make sure it wasn't my player being faulty, but everything else still plays just fine.
I checked the condition of the discs and they appear spotless. No glue residue on the edge at all. Is this a form of laser rot? A quick google search said something about the laser getting weak and being unable to read the audio.
Manhattan is my favorite Allen film. Great movie-bit creepy nowadays-but still great.
Horrible Bosses-a one joke pony that unfortunately never decides to stop telling the same joke.
2/4 balls.
Bridesmaids-what does this movie want to be, a drama or bad wedding comedy? It doesn't know, and frankly I stopped waiting for it to make up its mind.
2/4 balls.
The French Connection-a true classic and the big "gritty NY" movie. I haven't seen the new controversial Blu-ray transfer and frankly don't want to because of the nature of Friedkin's tinkering. This movie is supposed to look brown and crummy like a early 70's Deluxe print. And the remix has too many added sound effects. Anhew, a true classic that doesn't lose impact and truly Friedkin's masterpiece.
240 pure classic balls! Do balls ever pick their feet?
BTW does anybody know of any TFC release that has the original mono soundtrack? I think it's on the Blu as a crummy ac3.
negative1 said:
yeah, i mentioned star wars SE was shown in 70mm
the print was destroyed afterwards..
Story of life isn't it? ;)
Thanks for the update Puggo!
I'm really excited to see this different color scheme for SW-and without DVNR! Big thanks for preserving this disc.
! Please do. That would make a nice complement to my Reivax.
To the OP: The broadcast versions are the best resolution you can get, but in turn you get that awful motion smearing. Your other option is LD preservation. However, if you still have a nice VCR the SE silver widescreen box can usually be had for under $5. They look quite nice for VHS even when compared to the LD.
I can't stop collecting these. Mainly for the PCM sound. And my love of outdated technologies.
He likes to win.
Why do LFL do it? He pays them.
I’ve got a stack of some EU and other titles that are duplicates. They’re in very good shape (Except for one)-with about the normal wear and tear on a copy from a local used bookstore. Figured I’d see if anyone was interested here first.
Very Good Condition:
Heir to the Empire
Jedi Academy Trilogy Book 1: Jedi Search
The Truce At Bakura
Shadows of the Empire-for some reason the gold embossed SW logo was pressed off-center in this copy. Otherwise a nice copy.
Bounty Hunter Wars Book 3: _Hard Merchandise-_first few pages have what looks like a coffee stain on the bottom not intrusive though
Good condition:
ESB original paperback novelization-has theatrical art on cover, last 50 pages or so have a slight bend to them on the edge, paper has slightly aged, general cover wear, tight binding.
ROTJ original paperback novelization-good condition with original 8 page color insert in the middle. Slight paper aging like ESB.
Here’s the one in not so good shape:
Corellian Trilogy Book 1: Ambush at Corellia
This book has significant cover and spine wear and I had considered just donating it somewhere. But the pages are nice and still bound tightly and inside it’s clean. All in all a nice reading copy.
I’m asking $13.50 plus Media mail shipping. (The fifty cents is for Corellia.)
I’d be happy to trade for some other SW books. Specifically any Bantam-era fiction, Jedi Quest, Last of the Jedi, Young Jedi Knights…even Del Reys. If interested shoot me a list of what you’d like to trade.
I don't care for E.T. either, but the fact that Spielberg resents doing the SE has to be good for something....;)
The bit that worries me is the "digital restoration" of Raiders. I wasn't a fan of the original Lowry cleanup and tweaks made at that point...so since the CGI cliff was rejected...what exactly did they do?