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#525642
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Star Wars coming to Blu Ray (UPDATE: August 30 2011, No! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/525642/action/topic#525642
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none said:

gallandro wrote: That's because they used the original HD transfers to edit together promotional material.  My guess would be the trailer was put together some 6+ months ago.  Editor used available materials and maybe made a couple of tweaks here or there, but clearly did not have the final product.

We don't know what they used for these promotional material.  We are trying to get the industry (but mostly LFL) to use their actual product when promoting.  The confusion it creates leads to problems. 

Another example of product confusion is with this HTF review they are providing screen captures which they say came from the DVD yet are at 1540x866 resolution.  The 2004 Star Wars DVDs were not that resolution.

 

Would your opinion of this review change if 'Ben Burtt' was 'Ben Burke' in first publishing?  The first comment in the HTF thread is now gone, and i'm left in an awkward spot, how do I discuss this clerical error when there is no mention of it's existence anymore...

But that's the problem with announcing a product and promoting it for almost a full year before its release date. The internet build up for these releases and the demand for more information is what fosters these practices.  ILM was probably still tweaking through the 1st quarter of this year.

The Comic Con Rebel Base viewing center is just one example of promotional materials gone awry.  In that particular instance we are probably taking about months of development and the edit of the Death Star attack footage with all the bells and whitsles of the multi-screen effect was probably produced early in the year, if not last year.

And I'm not disagreeing with you. 

 

Yancy

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#525625
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Star Wars coming to Blu Ray (UPDATE: August 30 2011, No! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/525625/action/topic#525625
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Ripplin said:

Hmm, they show fixed sabers (crossed in front of Palpy) there, yet still show the messed up ones in trailers...

That's because they used the original HD transfers to edit together promotional material.  My guess would be the trailer was put together some 6+ months ago.  Editor used available materials and maybe made a couple of tweaks here or there, but clearly did not have the final product.

 

Yancy

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#308651
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Info & Ideas: ESB and ROTJ Wishlist
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/308651/action/topic#308651
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Add to that list the reinstatement of Vader's: BAAAAAHHHHH! As Luke forces him off the carbon freezing platform. I never understood why Burtt went back and replaced it with audio which is clearly from Hamill... it's Vader falling off the platform, not Luke.

In fact it almost sounds like he re-used Luke's earlier line: "Hand!" when Luke was calling his saber to his hand during their duel... that switch still bugs me.

Oh, and let me add one other change to the list. In the SE I actually liked the add of Vader's shuttle going to the Executor. From a dramatic storytelling aspect it adds suspense by cutting away in the middle of the action of the chase.... THE PROBLEM is that the music tracking is HORRIBLE and doesn't flow at all. If you could find a way to make it work musically it would be great.

Yancy
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#308440
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Star Wars Prequels/Original Trilogy: The Complete Scores (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/308440/action/topic#308440
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Okay, I'll bite!

Great work! GoodMusician you have done a tremendous service to the Star Wars and JW fan communities. This is an awesome collection of some of Williams best music from the Saga, including some bits of music I never even knew saw the light of day. Minimal intrusion by dialog or sfx.

I can't recommend this set enough. It is THE definitive collection of music from AOTC (at least until Lucasfilm and Sony get off their butts).

One negative thing though, this collection has only reinforced my intense dislike of Ben Burtt's "creative" input in the Prequels. He really seemed to have some issue with Williams' music and was constantly trying to undermine its importance in the trilogy vs. the sound effects. All you have to do is watch the "Making Of" documentary on Revenge of the Sith DVD. Burtt lobbies to bury the music during the climactic lightsaber fight between Anakin and Kenobi with louder and louder sound effects... utter genius Ben... THE pivitol moment of the entire Star Wars Saga lost in a cacophony of twisting metal and lava flow... pure unadulterated genius.


Yancy
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#287683
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STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 <strong>REVISITED</strong> ADYWAN *<em>1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION</em>
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/287683/action/topic#287683
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Okay, love the work... have one quibble. You flipped the shot of Red Leader when he says "All wings report in," and in doing so "crossed the line". The ships in the previous shot start from the right of the screen and move to the left, so they are facing the left side of the screen. By flipping the shot Red Leader is now facing the right side of the screen, and it suggests he is now moving away from the rest of the ships.

This same principal was used in TESB when at the end of the film when the filmmakers flopped the shot of Admiral Piett as he approaches Vader and tells him the Falcon will be in range of the tractor beam. By flopping the shot Lucas and co created a continuity problem with Piett's rank insignia but the physics and geography of the film making process dictated that Piett approach Vader's left side as Vader was facing left on all of his close ups.

Just a little helpful suggestion.

Yancy
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#287451
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The Visual Effects Society Unveils “50 Most Influential Visual Effects Films of All Time”
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/287451/action/topic#287451
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Originally posted by: Mike O

Not disagreeing, but I think that it's difficult to deny the accomplishments of the Rings films (or their flaws; I can see both). The Massive Engine took the armies in intriguing new directions. Not to take anything away from Star Wars.

I'm going out on a limb here to theorize that you are not fond of Jackson and LOTR?


No actually I think Jackson is a good director and I thoroughly enjoyed Fellowship and Two Towers (really disliked ROTK and felt by the end it was collapsing under it's own weight). Frankly. Fellowship's effects are a very mixed bag. Now if you want to put Two Towers on that list I have no problems at all. Two Tower's use of the Massive Engine was revolutionary and Gollum was a huge evolution in fully realized digital characters. But for this "society" to snub TPM like that is just seriously misguided.

EDIT: I had to add a couple of things after going over that list... actually I will retract my statement that the list was average at best... this list is horrid due to a number of huge omissions on this list. Where is Young Sherlock Holmes??? with it's first ever CG character (the stained-glass knight). Where's Dragonslayer??? with ILM's major evolution of go-motion for the dragon which was a technique used throughout the 80s and into the 90s. Why is the Matrix on this list??? and if you're going to use "bullet-time" as the reason for it's inclusion, well bullet-time was being used in commercials almost a year before the Matrix and Lost In Space (not the Matrix) was first feature film to use the effect.

Yancy

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#287422
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The Visual Effects Society Unveils “50 Most Influential Visual Effects Films of All Time”
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/287422/action/topic#287422
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Originally posted by: Zion
Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
I know it seems old to us now, but this was the shit back in the day.


No doubt. But I think he was referring to T1, not T2.

TPM did a lot more than just build on the work of T2. Things like the texture modeling and clothing animation they did for the CG characters were new concepts for a live-action film. And VFX supervisor John Knoll was quoted as saying he had no idea how they were going to do a lot of the shots in the film when they started pre-production.

I guess in the end all I'm saying is that TPM is much more deserving of being on that list than ROTJ.


Agreed, TPM was also the first film to create "armies" of CG characters and was the first film to use rudimentary AI to give orders to those armies. It was the first movie to have a completely CG main character (Years before the Two Towers), and TPM was the first film to make extensive use of realistic virtual sets (sorry the 5th Element doesn't cut it here)... Sorry, I know this pains prequel bashers but TPM was not "variations on a theme"... and in fact I would go so far as to say TPM deserves to be in the Top 10 of that list. Most of today's movies owe a lot to ILM's accomplishments for Episode I.

Yancy



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#287371
Topic
The Visual Effects Society Unveils “50 Most Influential Visual Effects Films of All Time”
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/287371/action/topic#287371
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Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
"All three OT films in the top 50. Good . . . good."


"Yeah, PHANTOM MENACE should definitely get a mention. It broke alot of new ground."

Not much more than variations on a theme. There were plenty of films with effects from plenty other effects houses (sometimes even better) coming out before and after the PT. Evolutionary vs. revolutionary.

BTW, I'm really grateful to see "A Trip to the Moon" there. That's awesome.


Honestly this list is pretty average at best, and if we are going to use "variations on a theme" as the criteria for inclusion on the list then Fellowship of the Ring has no business being on this list, nor does Jedi for that matter... I'll give you Empire because of the advent of "go-motion", but why is the Terminator on this list??? At best average makeup effects (even for the time), along with cheesy front projection work. How is Ghostbusters groundbreaking??? And I'm sorry you're going to include Jackson's Kong and not include ROTS? Give me a break.


Yancy

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#268335
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The Official babyhum Release Thread
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/268335/action/topic#268335
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Let me just add that Lucasfilm should hire babyhum as an official media archivist. He has unearthed things from the UK that I never knew existed. As a U.S. citizen I had no clue how big Star Wars was in England until I saw a few of his releases. And honestly, some of these documentaries produced for the BBC and Sky One put anything released by the U.S. news media to shame. "A Long Time Ago... the Story of Star Wars" and "Flying Solo" are two of the finest documentaries I've ever seen on George Lucas or the creation of Star Wars... and the Clapperboard TESB interviews are amazing too!

Thank you so much babyhum for unearthing some of these treasures for us.

Yancy
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#268332
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//RETURNING TO JEDI\\: NTSC &amp; PAL DVD
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/268332/action/topic#268332
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Jambe, use this if you want:

Wow! What can I say? "Returning to Jedi" is an absolute must have for any serious Star Wars fan or movie fanatic interested in the making of Geoerge Lucas' epic saga. Culled from numerous sources, "Returning to Jedi" is filled with facts and behind-the-scenes footage which gives you an up-close, insider look into the creative process and decision making behind the final chapter of the original Star Wars trilogy.

As an absolute Star Wars fanatic who thought he knew everything about the making of the Star Wars saga, I was surprised to see so much documentary footage I never knew existed. Additionally, "Returning to Jedi" is filled with all sorts of interesting factiods and observations. I mean who knew that the stage they used to shoot the Death Star hangar in "Return of the Jedi" is now the home of a supermarket?

Jambe Davdar's love of the Star Wars saga is obvious in the amount of effort and attention to detail that went into the making this well crafted documentary. This disc will now take it's rightful place next to official bonus disc of the recently released Star Wars Trilogy on DVD. Star Wars fans, "Returning to Jedi" is an absolute must for your DVD collection.

Yancy Evans
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#268317
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//RETURNING TO JEDI\\: NTSC &amp; PAL DVD
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/268317/action/topic#268317
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I'm using my standalone XBox 360 HD-DVD drive, which is a Toshiba. The drive plays PAL encoded discs just fine... Also had the issue pop up on my Sony DRX-830U drive for my laptop. Burned the disc on a Memorex Dual Layer at 2.4x.

But hey don't sweat it. This is a fantastic disc, you've really done an outstanding job and should be very proud of your work.

Yancy