doubleofive

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Post: #715449
Topic: Practical vs Digital
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/715449/action/topic#715449
Time: 9-Jul-2014 8:52 AM

DominicCobb said:

I think many of us don't see those big CGI laden shlockfests. You won't find many here who went to see Trans4mers. You are again misinterpreting our issue with CGI. It's not that we hate it, or think that it should never be used, it's just that we are annoyed by its overabundance in mainstream films today.

I don't hate the Transformer movies because they used CGI to create robots that change into cars, I hate them because they insult my intelligence.

I think in a world without CGI, we'd still be complaining about practical effect shlockfests. We're blaming the hammer for the carpenter's shoddy work. And I mean the studios/directors are the carpenters, not the VFX artists who work their butts off to try to make whatever it is look good.

Post: #715446
Topic: General Star Wars Random Thoughts Thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/715446/action/topic#715446
Time: 9-Jul-2014 8:44 AM

Harmy said:
I'm still quite curious about the DCP though - is it just created from the BD master, in which case it wouldn't exactly be a world premiere of anything, because those masters have been shown theatrically before.

They've shown the "R2 Hiding Behind Rocks" master already?

Post: #715332
Topic: General Star Wars Random Thoughts Thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/715332/action/topic#715332
Time: 8-Jul-2014 4:56 PM

Wolfman said:

A while back, my works manager told me that his young son was now getting into Star Wars as he had seen the films on the television. He was thinking about buying him a box set. I was just like...."Yeah, good". I think my manager was stunned that I never carried on the conversation. I mean, what was I supposed to say? Directing him to any sort of box set is pointing to the SE versions. I can't support that.

Explain that they can't see you in the movie if they buy a box set!

Post: #715311
Topic: Star Wars: Episode VIII to be directed by Rian Johnson
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/715311/action/topic#715311
Time: 8-Jul-2014 2:19 PM

brentspender said:

I need to ask what number and when is IX sorry I dont understand ?

"IX" is the roman numeral for "9". And it will be out sometime after VIII/8.

Post: #715299
Topic: STAR WARS: EP V "REVISITED EDITION"ADYWAN - 12GB 1080p MP4 VERSION AVAILABLE NOW
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/715299/action/topic#715299
Time: 8-Jul-2014 1:33 PM

brentspender said:

Will it come with orginal on top like we all saw in the clips ? Or can that be turned off in the final version ?

That's just so people can quickly see the changes to the preview videos. As far as I know, there will not be a full version of the movie with the original (which original?) on top.

Post: #715298
Topic: General Star Wars Random Thoughts Thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/715298/action/topic#715298
Time: 8-Jul-2014 1:31 PM

Erikstormtrooper said:

Baronlando said:

Ugh. The changes are so ingrained now, the nature of the original version is like a vague urban legend now, with people just assuming it couldn't be THAT different.

My 11-year-old son recently went on an overnight trip on a charter bus with the Boy Scouts. They watched the Special Edition trilogy on the bus's video screens. My son starts telling people "These are the wrong versions. Jabba's not supposed to be in Episode 4." Nobody knew what he was talking about, not even the adult (supposedly a huge fan) that brought the movies.

On the other hand, I have raised my son well :)

YOU'RE PLAYING THE WRONG MESSAGE!

Post: #715266
Topic: Practical vs Digital
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/715266/action/topic#715266
Time: 8-Jul-2014 7:37 AM

SilverWook said:

So, you don't think people who bust their ass to make a practical creature work on the set, (and without harming the actors) only to find out it's all been replaced by CGI when they sit down to see the movie, might have a legitimate axe to grind?

There's an entire feature on the Extended Edition about the rush to get all these goblin masks made, getting them approved at the last second, then after two days of filming having most of the actors not wear them. IIRC, the masks were sent to Weta and scanned to be used to make the CG heads. I don't remember if it showed the mask makers' reaction to this decision.

I still don't follow the complete replacement of Azog. They were done filming, then decided a couple months before the movie comes out to erase him completely. OK...

Post: #715264
Topic: General Star Wars Random Thoughts Thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/715264/action/topic#715264
Time: 8-Jul-2014 7:28 AM

I hope someone is posting the Visual Comparison over there.

This is frustrating.

Post: #715187
Topic: Criterion-ish Cover for Harmy's Despecialized Edition
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/715187/action/topic#715187
Time: 7-Jul-2014 9:38 AM

Yeah, if you formatted this to Blu-ray and made the spine logo the traditional font, I think this would be great! It might be fun to have a stylized "H" for Harmy instead of the Criterion "C" too.

Post: #715016
Topic: Last movie seen
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/715016/action/topic#715016
Time: 6-Jul-2014 8:16 AM

ATMachine said:

For my money, by far the most intriguing deleted subplot in that movie involves the lost scenes where it's revealed that Khan has an infant son of his own, whom he quite willingly blows up along with the Genesis Device in his last attempt at revenge on Kirk.

It's not supposed to be Khan's son specifically, just a member of his crew's child. Chekov found his crib in the containers, then we see him wandering around the Genesis device before it goes off. Who lets a toddler into a transporter room? What does that add to the movie? It makes a triumphant moment actually very sad, so it was right to be cut.

Post: #714922
Topic: Random Thoughts
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/714922/action/topic#714922
Time: 5-Jul-2014 5:09 PM

SilverWook said:

Star Trek reruns seemed even more randomly ordered in the 70's, although this created the impression the bridge crew rotated more often.

To be fair, they were originally aired in a pretty random order as episodes were completed.

Post: #714921
Topic: Harmy's THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Despecialized Edition HD - V2.0 - MKV & AVCHD (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/714921/action/topic#714921
Time: 5-Jul-2014 5:04 PM

Harmy said:

Well, the honorable mention section is mostly the names of those who donated towards the new computer.

I kept a list and simply copied it to the credits, which is why some names are there as well as in the main credits (do you think I should keep it that way?)

Also, if you want your name put in differently, I'd be happy to do that as well :-)

I would prefer the honorable mentions section to be alphabetized, its kind of random looking now. If you put your list into a spreadsheet program then A-Z it, should clean it up a bit. I was going back and forth on people being credited twice, but I think that if people donated money they should be credited twice! Good on them!

Post: #714734
Topic: STAR WARS: EP V "REVISITED EDITION"ADYWAN - 12GB 1080p MP4 VERSION AVAILABLE NOW
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/714734/action/topic#714734
Time: 4-Jul-2014 8:57 AM

Winners have claimed their prizes!

Post: #714645
Topic: Last movie seen
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/714645/action/topic#714645
Time: 3-Jul-2014 6:34 PM — Edited 3-Jul-2014 6:35 PM

I haven't seen Shark is Still. I'll leave Inside Jaws here for anyone who also wants to watch it tomorrow.

http://vimeo.com/68400837

Post: #714592
Topic: General Star Wars Random Thoughts Thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/714592/action/topic#714592
Time: 3-Jul-2014 12:56 PM

Or a VHS fullscreen copy digitized and projected on an IMAX screen. Wait, that was the other place.

Post: #714490
Topic: Harmy's THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Despecialized Edition HD - V2.0 - MKV & AVCHD (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/714490/action/topic#714490
Time: 2-Jul-2014 7:57 PM

Harmy said:

Don't worry, I didn't - it shall be kept :-)

But it wasn't there in the original?! ;-)

Post: #714428
Topic: STAR WARS: EP V "REVISITED EDITION"ADYWAN - 12GB 1080p MP4 VERSION AVAILABLE NOW
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/714428/action/topic#714428
Time: 2-Jul-2014 4:09 PM

Congrats to the winners!

Post: #714395
Topic: Harmy's THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Despecialized Edition HD - V2.0 - MKV & AVCHD (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/714395/action/topic#714395
Time: 2-Jul-2014 1:10 PM

Don't forget the round corner that made it through the 2004 and 2011 masters! ;-)

Post: #714363
Topic: All Things Star Trek
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/714363/action/topic#714363
Time: 2-Jul-2014 8:03 AM

You have to hear Mike's side. I believe he feels that Trek 09 is the best movie, as in general audience movie. He and I just did a commentary on Wrath of Khan this weekend (coming soon), so he's familiar with it. I enjoy the hell out of 09 (see our conversation on "The Whole Pre-Re-Quel Thing"). It's fun and it's getting people interested in the franchise. Let's not pretend that the TNG movies were good. Heck, while First Contact might be the best of them, it's not a very good movie (see my first podcast on Trek.fm "White Makeup and Motherboards, Go!").

Also, in the interview Max mentioned doing a "Piece of the Action" movie. We covered that on "Sprint To Everything".

Post: #714352
Topic: All Things Star Trek
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/714352/action/topic#714352
Time: 2-Jul-2014 5:46 AM

Tobar said:

doubleofive said:

My friends have a great interview up with the writers of Star Tr3k. Check it out!

http://trek-fm.squarspace.com/commentary-trek-stars/87

I think I pulled a muscle from cringing when Mike said Trek 09 was the best Star Trek movie of all time.

Thanks for listening! Yeah, he does that. I try not to say things like that, knowing I might kill a listener from shock. ;-)

Post: #714274
Topic: Last movie seen
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/714274/action/topic#714274
Time: 1-Jul-2014 7:02 PM — Edited 1-Jul-2014 7:03 PM

The Caesar Stare is the best part of Conquest of the Planet of the Apes. One look and he inspires other apes to rebel. It's pretty awesome.

Post: #714180
Topic: The YYYYYYEEEEEEEAAAAHHHH!!! I HAVE GOT GOOD NEWS THREAD!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/714180/action/topic#714180
Time: 1-Jul-2014 2:46 PM

DrCrowTStarwars said:

Well it looks like Bring back reading Rainbow is going to get five million bucks. That's good news.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/readingrainbow/bring-reading-rainbow-back-for-every-child-everywh

With Seth MacFarlane adding another million on top of it, that's incredible. I hope MacFarlane is giving outside the Kickstarter, they could use the money to cover the $250,000 Kickstarter is going to charge.

Post: #713903
Topic: Your DVD Collection
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/713903/action/topic#713903
Time: 30-Jun-2014 12:44 PM

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/The-originaltrilogycom-acronym-buster/topic/6810/

Still useful!

Post: #713867
Topic: All Things Star Trek
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/713867/action/topic#713867
Time: 30-Jun-2014 8:08 AM — Edited 30-Jun-2014 8:09 AM

My friends have a great interview up with the writers of Star Tr3k. Check it out!

http://trek-fm.squarespace.com/commentary-trek-stars/87

Post: #713866
Topic: Last movie seen
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/713866/action/topic#713866
Time: 30-Jun-2014 8:05 AM

My wife and I watched all of the Planets of the Apes this weekend.

Planet of the Apes (1968)
Beneath The Planet of the Apes
Escape from The Planet of the Apes
Conquest of The Planet of the Apes
Battle for The Planet of the Apes
Planet of the Apes (2001)
Rise of The Planet of the Apes

I also watched Wrath of Khan for a commentary for my podcast. Fun weekend.