doubleofive

Watched the Special with my wife a few weeks ago.  Thankfully we had the RiffTrax to help us get through it.

Doug's review is great, love all of them.

Take too long to find.  Recap: Ady said that he wouldn't be able to do the cameo idea, so everyone who donated for the cameo and everyone who donated for the rest of the year would get a clip from the Asteroid Field to Luke's Arrival on Dagobah, 99% finished, with basically everything changed from the last time he released Asteroid Field.

Ripplin said:

Enigmas said:

Is Adywan still taking donations for that teaser clip?

Hey, I forgot about that. Well, that's something to look forward to. I can't remember when the deadline was. (and I did just search back 10 pages, but I guess I missed it)

I believe it was "before the New Year", so you have a couple days left.

After playing a bit yesterday, I think my Trek movie BRs don't remember, but my Trek season BRs did.  Interesting.

Jaitea said:

Hope you all had a good Christmas and all the best for 2010,

I was mucking about with the latest video Ady uploaded and put a blizzard outside the shield doors, its rough but its just an idea.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H47xmEkCToQ

 

J

I like it.  I think its subtle enough to not take attention away from the actors, but obvious enough that its pretty dangerous to go outside.  Are those stray flakes making their way in as the door closes?

And this is why I like this board and this edit specifically.  Ady posts a clip and we try to make it the BEST clip possible.  People sitting in an office working together rarely see their work from an outsiders perspective.  All movies should be made like this.

bilditup1 said:

The problems are summarized by Michael Kaminski, author of "The Secret History of Star Wars", here:

http://secrethistoryofstarwars.com/savingstarwars.html

zombie84 said:

8K wasn't available at the time of the 2004 SE. 4K was, but it wasn't yet widely used for home video--though it was widely used for films intended for theatrical exhibition, which would include the SE since this is effectively a new negative. But no, not even 2k, which had been in place since the 1990s. Oy. But if you think about it, its consistent with his feelings at the time--Episodes II and III were shot on 1080p resolution as well.

TPM is the one caveat in that it was scanned at 2K resolution, which was the highest resolution possible in 1997 when the live action was processed. It was shot on film, of course, but, since every single shot except one had to be digitized for an effect in it, the negative for TPM, which is probably saved in a computer, is only in 2K (the actual physical negative, since it would have been made from a computer print-out of a 2K scan, would be actually lower resolution).

That's so cool to quote a book and have the author clarify what he wrote.  LOL

I have an HP BD-2000 from QVC, and it remembers EVERYTHING.  I have literally been watching an episode of Star Trek on on BR, ejected it, watched several episodes of Friends on DVD, turned the power off, watched a rented movie the next day that was scratched up and had to eject and clean several times, put the same Friends disc back in and have it remember right where we left off, put in another disc of Friends and finally put the Trek BR back in and it plays right where I left it.

It must be the players that make the difference.  I got really lucky with mine.

And SHOULDN'T it look poorly done?  Isn't that the point?

I just noticed the rocket-firing Boba Fett giveaway!  Nice retro touch!

I doubt he reauthored the DVD to remove the opening animation, or the Revisited Credits at the end.  I wonder which version it was....

I updated my comparisons with shots from the HD version and the GOUT.

http://picasaweb.google.com/doubleofive/ESBRFacebookLukeSRescueComparison

Isley said:

Don't forget, unless your monitor is calibrated then it will look different when viewed on a PC.

Care to elaborate on that?

Computer monitors are usually calibrated to make text readable, while TVs are calibrated for video.  White balances can be off, colors more dull, etc.

C3PX said:

So you are agreeing that conservatives of the "Glenn Beck", "Rush Limbaugh", "Bill O'Reilly" and "Sarah Palin" variety are stupid neanderthals?

I think the issue here, in part, is that the divide is too wide, and it is nearly impossible for either side to relate. The reason they seem like stupid neanderthals to you is because you don't hold any of the same values they do, and they don't hold any of the values you do. There is no connect there. You cannot relate. The fact that they constantly harp on about the same things endlessly doesn't help (dey took er jabs!), but quite honestly, the other side is just as asinine.

I'm a conservative Christian and I have to say that I think the celebrities you listed are "stupid neanderthals."  I agree with a fair bit of what they say politically, but I don't agree with their methods or how they act, nor do I think all political conservatives are stupid.

Its the same way with Christianity.  Some guy runs around taking money from poor old ladies claiming he can heal them, and all Christians look stupid.  No Christian or Republican can represent everything you believe and keep a perfect record so as not to make you look stupid.

Wow.  That's all I can say.  That and "amazing".

At least he took your name off of it!  If Lucas was going to crack down, he'd do it to OCP!  I guess that's a bright side...

xhonzi said:

Is there more than one villain?  Whiplash is the only villain I have heard is in the movie.

Black Widow is there.  Wouldn't the US Government count also?

Not bad!  I would do a few tweaks, but its a good base.

Upload it to a site like imageshack or photobucket, then enter the direct link in the Insert Photo button and it will pop up!

I was telling my wife about SkyJedi and VINH, and how they always seem to bring a thread around to the prequels sucking, even if its a thread that's not even about movies.  To bring it on topic, I'm not on anyone's ignore list, and I enjoy train wrecks too much to ignore anyone. :-D

Sluggo said:

  You talking about clamshell cases?

Yes, yes I am.  Those things.

Also, fredstar's cases need the AVCHD logo, available online.

Maybe we can get permission from the guy to redub and edit it? *shrug*

Ripplin said:

Your double spacing before every new sentence is interesting. Haha. Anyway, it's well written overall. In the last paragraph, might it be better to put "the work Lucasfilm should have done already"?

It's all about

dramatic pauses.

I agree.  Not sure on the "abundance of villains" problem that superhero sequels tend to get into, but I'm sure it will be a fun ride.

Yes, where is fredstar?  I need these now that I burned the AVCHDs. Right now I have them in plastic CD cases (not sure what they're called, they're not much bigger than the discs and snap close in the middle of the spoke).

I started another thread for my ideas for a possible Petition Support Video.  I can't do this stuff alone, I'm trying to inspire people to use my ideas for banners or videos and run with them.

Help me help us help future generations.