So sorry to hear of your loss, Adywan. I don't know what I would do if I were in your shoes. Hang in there. We'll be praying for you.
Darryl
Four days later and no response from Adywan. Are we sure it wasn't real?
Darryl
That snow is blue...
Darryl
cutnshut said:
wow, the SE versions still seem like they only came out yesterday to me and yet theres people who have grown up with the SE
This might make an interesting new thread.
I once worked with a guy who had *NOT SEEN STAR WARS *! But the real kicker was that he had seen Space Balls. So that was his memory of the whole Star Wars thing. I didn't even know how to react to this person.
Darryl
Harmy said:
I just checked the Empire of Dreams but A) It's not there from the beginning B) It's an alternate take from a different angle C) The quality isn't great.
But, man, I totally forgot how great the footage from the films looks in the EoD, I wish the DVDs looked like that. I wonder what the source was. It's possible they used the same source files as the 97SE broadcasts but I don't know...
Yarg! You are right. I should've compared on the PC before I posted. FWIW, here are the grabs, one from my upscaled GOUT, the other from "Empire of Dreams".
Darryl
Adywan, I remember reading a while back about the process you went through to recreate that scene with the droids crossing in front of the land speeder (right before the stormtrooper asks "How long have you had these droids?"). I can't remember precisely what you did, but it involved several layers, masks, and the letterboxed/lo-res GOUT.
Later I was watching "Empire of Dreams" and at around 39 mins I noticed there is a great quality, original version of that scene (with the droids, not the dinosaur). And it's anamorphic too. Surely that can be of use to you next time you go through the process. Maybe if we are lucky, we'll get "Empire of Dreams" in 1080 on upcoming the BluRay.
Darryl
What if it's a Bluray/DVD combo with Bluray release of the SE + DVD release of anamorphic OOT? I'd buy that (but I'd still be pissed).
Darryl
vaderios said:
Here's a thing. Speaking for THX.. i mean lobot i noticed that he was meditating to a room similar to leia's apartment.
The center circle in the room is actually a light!
Since tho there is a different continuity in revisited edits will you ady consider make it open too? meaning with clouds from behind?
-Angel
Of course. It makes perfect sense that it's a light. Also interesting that he is meditating at night time. Which indicates our heroes were there longer than one day.
Darryl
Well, I didn't have as much as I thought I had. Maybe I scanned them and put them somewhere else? Anyways I have a couple of things that might help anyways. I have a scan of that TIE and X-wing. I think it was taken from the hardbound book inside, but I also see it on the flap. And I have a scan of the front and back covers of one of the booklets. There is similar legal/copyright text on the back. You can tell it's different, but at least it gives you a look at the font and maybe you can work out what it's supposed to read. PM me with your email address and I'll send the pics (about 36 MB).
Darryl
Now *there* is a well loved Definitive box set! I can tell that one's been played a few times. Hey, I had a Definitive box for a while and I scanned much of it. I'll see what I have that you can use. Please be patient with me. My file server left the network recently so I have to copy the files to a flash drive via CLI... something I hate doing.
Darryl
Akwat Kbrana said:
Blast! Parts 1-32 downloaded just fine, but the remaining ten files are being troublesome. The "Status" section reads as follows:
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I tried reloading the list in JDownloader, to no avail. Very frustrating. Anyone encounter this?
I had the same happen to me while downloading the PAL SW:R. First do a "check for updates" in Jdwnloader. Then reset the bad links. Then restart Jdownloader. I think it happens because RS changed something on their site.
Darryl
doubleofive said:
14/91. that's a lot of pieces!
All I found was 10 pieces. Doesn't sound like I found the right one. It's 1.7 GB RAR'ed, so that sounds too big to be Xvid/Divx. But it sounds too small to be a DVD5.
Darryl
Oh, I meant that when you go music-only, to turn on the subtitles by default.
Darryl
After a good long week (or was it two?) I've just finished reading the entire 700+ page thread, so I am now caught up on this amazing project. Boy am I exhausted! Now I need to go and read the entire 300+ page thread covering ANH:R. Here are some random thoughts:
Some great and epic battles were fought on this thread. Some of the more memorable ones:
-"bring my shuttle"
-red AT-AT cockpit
-the Emperor's lines
-blue TIEs
And some of the battle's Adywan has had to face:
-getting ripped off by the post office on numerous ocassions.
-health issues
-computer issues (power supply, monitor)
-getting ripped off by Gateway
-the challenge of getting good wampa fur
-hot weather affecting the plaster
-car crash
-unplanned apartment "remodelling"
-project helpers going AWOL
-migranes and temporary blindness(!)
I appreciate all the clips that have been made available. What I have seen so far is truely spectacular! Watching SW:R, I felt like the movie was brand new. And I had that same feeling of wow eye-popping awesomeness that this film gave me back in 1977. I actually got chills during some of the scenes! And really, the wait for the sequel feels very much the same as it did back then. It's going to be very exciting to finally watch this movie when it is released! I will be there "standing in line" with all of you on opening night!
I really enjoy watching SW:R music soundtrack only with subtitles turned on. Making them 'on' by default would be nice for the ESB:R dvd, although it would be inconsistent compared to ANH:R.
Somebody posted a while back about the color corrected avchd releases:
I don't know if this has been posted but I thought I'd pass in on-if anybody has had problems playing back the achhd versions of SW 4 & 5 on their bluray players here's the scoop. The iso images that can be downloaded are actually bluray on dvd-not achvd. What I did was mount the iso image useing Daemon tools, then open it and go to the stream folder and open that to get to the m2ts stream-now using a tool called multiAVHCD you can make a fully avhcd compliant folder to burn to a dvd dl blank using imageburn (2.5 udf)-as an alternative you can edit the iso image. Most bluray players won't play bluray on dvd. I hope this helps.
And please take care of your health. Give yourself a break every now and then.
Darryl
Lord Grievous said:
I just bought the Japanese LD of The Empire Strikes Back:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=390117083573&_trksid=p2759.l1259#shId
It has the full John Alvin artwork, so I'm planning on scanning it in high quality.
What resolution (dpi, ppi) would you suggest at minimum for a high quality scan? I only have a low resolution scanner so I'm planning on taking it to a copy/scanning center.
One center says they can deliver 600dpi, is this photo quality?
600dpi should be more than enough. I scanned the Betty Boop stuff at 300dpi and it was plenty. You can clearly see the dot pattern at that resolution, so 600 may even be overkill. One thing is for sure, it will be a huge file!
Darryl
Seeding the PAL DVD9 as well.
Forgive me if this has been addressed already. I am still trying to catch up. But as I looked at the stills in this post I noticed the "spokes" or support beams above in the skylight. From the outside, it looks like there may be about 12-14 spokes. But from inside, looks like 25-30 spokes. Am I seeing that right, and is it worth fixing (or even possible)?
Darryl
Akwat Kbrana said:
"Good Old Untouched Trilogy."
I like this. LOL
Darryl
Another one I've seen used is:
HSF = Han Shoots First
... referring to pre-SE Star Wars. But it seemed odd to me because he not only shot first, he got the only shot in.
Darryl
I am still reading through this thread after a week. I am only on page 203 out of 718 LOL. So it will take me some time to catch up, but catch up I will.
I've worked out many of the acronyms used in this thread including GOUT = George's Original Unaltered Trilogy. So I have a question about which source we universally consider to be GOUT. Is it the letterboxed OT included on the 2006 release, the old VHS set (with the movie posters on the cover), one of the laserdisc sets, or something else?
Adywan, which source are *you* using for your GOUT?
Darryl
