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#58590
Topic
Editing the '2oo4 Editions' - which changes would you revert?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/58590/action/topic#58590
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Why would you want the wolfman back? Rick Backer the creater of that mask pulled it off the shelf and expected it to be only used in the background. He was shocked to find it with such a prominant place. As for the line change. "Bring me my Shuttle" makes no sense. His shuttle is already there. "Alert my Star Destroyer to prepare for my arrival" is much better. Why would you want the old diango back. The new one seems much more alive. I also think the rings in the blasts add realism and are much better then before. Still I am glad you gave your opinion.
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#58531
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Bringing back Futurama
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/58531/action/topic#58531
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My favorite episode is Xmas story. The homicidal Santa bot never fails to give me a laugh.

He knows when you are sleeping
He knows when your on the can
Hell hunt you down and blast your ass from hear to Pakistan
You better not breath you better not move
Your better of dead Im telling you dude
Santa Claus is gunning you down
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#58488
Topic
Bringing back Futurama
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/58488/action/topic#58488
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Originally posted by: GundarkHunter
Let's not forget the real reason Fox won't ressurrect Futurama: it wants Matt Groening to devote all his attentions to The Simpsons.


Which really sucks. Futurama was more imaginative and funny then the Simpsons ever were. Plus the Simpsons have done everything and are running out of ideas. I guess its Futurmas new environment. The Simpsons are limited to a modern world setting. Futurams year 3000 environment helps them come up with new ideas that are so funny. Futurama beat the Simpsons at the emmys and has been nominated again this year. It also released the video game after the cancellation.
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#58478
Topic
Bringing back Futurama
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/58478/action/topic#58478
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Originally posted by: GundarkHunter
Much as I loved the show, I just don't think its fanbase has the momentum to bring it back to life. The season DVD box sets aren't selling well, and I think the cancellation is just a little too fresh to bring any sort of "discovery" in the same way that the Family Guy movement did. Let it lie low for another year, then maybe people will rediscover it.


Actually Fox was surprised at how well the season sets have been selling. Id like to bring up the return of the Family Guy. It was cancelled for the same reasons as Futurama. Fox recently brought it back for December 2004. It was brought back with a combination of high DVD sales and high cartoon network ratings. Futuramas cartoon network ratings are equal with Family Guys. Family Guy did have higher DVD sales and it is a cheaper show to produce. Family Guys return does give some hope for Futurama but its still not set in stone. Ive done everything I could. Bought the first 3 seasons on DVD and tryed to show it to as many people as I can to try to grow its fan base. I have succeed well. Once people sit and watch this show they realize just how clever and funny it is. If all fans do the same thing its fan base could grow big enough to bring the show back from the dead. Personally id like for new episodes to air on Adult Swim and not Fox. One of my favorite fan posters was a picture of Bender with a Fox logo on his butt saying "Bite my shinney metal ass"
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#58418
Topic
Bringing back Futurama
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/58418/action/topic#58418
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How about I kick of this thread with some of my favorite Zapp Branigan quotes. These give me a huge laugh all the time. Especially out of Billy Wests mouth.

"I am the man with no name. Zapp Branigan"
"You win again gravity"
"If there is an alien I can't kill I haven't killed him yet"
"You won't have time for sleep not with all the bed making youll be doing"
"Kiff the key to a girls heart is through her parents. Have sex with them and your in"
"This ship is cold, seductive, Im going to fly her brains out"
"When Im in command every mission is a suicide mission"
"That Kiff is why you will never be captin"
"We know almost nothing about them except they stand for everything we stand against"
"In the game of chess you can never let your advicary see your peices"
"Can you say it more sexfully"
"Branigans law is like Branigans love hard and fast"
"Ive come up with a plan so simple even an idiot could have come up with it"
"I don't care if your skin is gray or purple or chinese"
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#58398
Topic
Bringing back Futurama
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/58398/action/topic#58398
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I have said this in other forums and believe it needs its own topic. Futurama was a Matt Greonings Televison series which aired on Fox from 1999-2003. The show takes place in the year 3000. It was extremly funny. Every episode was brimming with hilarious pop culture references, great characters, and great animation. Despite its ovious brilliance Fox didn't see that. Putting it at a 7:00 time slot where Footbal constantly premted it. The results had the show airing every third week. Eventually this resulted in fans not knowing when it was on leading to a lack of ratings. The show was then cancelled. There is a massive fan movement to bring the show back. I hope for more support.
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#58397
Topic
HD-DVD
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/58397/action/topic#58397
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Both Sony and Warner want MGM. Warners bit was much bigger then Sonys. So unless Sony bids higher in the next few weeks Warner will win. Poly Cannon and Warner both support HD-DVD. Warner is much bigger then Sony for movies. New Line is a Time Warner company and if things don't change so will MGM.
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#58372
Topic
HD-DVD
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/58372/action/topic#58372
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Originally posted by: Klingon_Jedi
Once again, VC-9 isn't actual HD, and its AOD's main codec, so the picture has less info, not more. The studios are known to mostly support Blu-ray, while none fully back HD-DVD. More improtantly, the manufactuers support Blu-ray. We're talking Matsushita, Mitsubishi, Hitachi, Pioneer, Samsung, Sharp, TDK, Hewlett Packard and Dell. Sony even removed the one flaw it originally had, having no backwards compatibility. HD-DVD had to modify itself to a blue laser(originally, it was red). I still haven't read of AOD using the DVD-A audio format. Could you show me a link? Blu-ray is also considering AVC for a codec. They'll barely cost more than regular DVDs, and are certain to dominate the PC and gaming market.


Just about everything you said is wrong. First of all AOD doesn't excist anymore. Its HD-DVD. Also VC-9 is a compression standard not a video standard. So saying that VC-9 isn't HD makes no sense at all. VC-9 allows 3x the video storage efficiency. With that a 30 gigabit HD-DVD can hold 30% more then a 54 gigabit Blu-Ray at MPEG-2. Also HD-DVD will use 24/96 MLP of DVD-audio. Blu-Ray is still limited to the next generation of standard doby and DTS. Blu-Ray will sound better then SD-DVD but HD-DVD takes it a step even further. Japanese Studio Poly Cannon and Time Warner both fully back HD-DVD. Universal, Fox, Artisan, and Disney all support HD-DVD over Blu-Ray. They voted for HD-DVD in the Forum and rejected joining the Blu-Ray association. Studios are attracted to HD-DVD for its cheaper price and better sound quality. No studio other then Columbia Tristar has shown any intrest in Blu-Ray. Also the DVD forum is made up of 210 companies. Only 13 companies back Blu-Ray. Also both formats are backwards compatible. Anything else would be suicide. The difference is HD-DVD can read both red and blue lasers with the same diode. Blu-Ray requires two diodes to read both formats. Since the majority of a players cost is in laser diodes Blu-Ray players will be signifigantly more expensive then HD-DVD players.
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#58325
Topic
HD-DVD
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/58325/action/topic#58325
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Originally posted by: Jay
I don't understand why everyone thinks adding BluRay to the PS3 is going to send the MSRP through the roof. The original PS2s sold for $300 USD, but they cost a lot more than that to produce.

Sony is in this for the long haul, and they'll take another loss on the hardware in order to achieve market dominance. They also know that modern "game machines" are being sold more to young adults with deep pockets than to kids, so it wouldn't surprise me if they take the chance of bumping up the introductory price to $400 USD and easing their losses a bit. Game addicts will bitch like crazy, then hand over their credit cards.

I don't think Sony will go with a rich man (BluRay) / poor man (no BluRay) dual PS3 release. Don't forget that incorporating BluRay into the PS3 isn't just about being able to play movies; the extra storage space will certainly help push the next generation of games even closer to reality. With two different machines, developers would be forced to choose between maximizing game quality by taking advantage of the massive capacity of BluRay or maximizing sales by making games that are compatible with both machines. You also end up with format confusion among consumers, not to mention a separate production line, which would drive up manufacturing costs even further. Running two different lines might even negate any cost savings incurred by building a non-BluRay machine.


Yes Jay but like I said the DVD format was 3.5 years old when the Playstation 2 came out. By then the DVD format had dropped in cost enough that it could be encorperated cheaply. Not to mention that even the cheapest players at the time were superior for playback then the Playstation 2. If Sony releases Playstation 3 in late 2006 then Blu-Ray will be only 6 months old. Not enough time for the format to drop enough to be encorperated into the console cheaply. So putting Blu-Ray into the console will definutly raise the consoles price through the roof. $500 at the very least probably more. Not to mention Xenon is set to come out the same time with a much cheaper price and likely equal graphics and software support.
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#58313
Topic
HD-DVD
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/58313/action/topic#58313
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Originally posted by: Klingon_Jedi
Actually, Bluray will be out before AOD. It's already out in Japan. Also, not just the PS3 will have it. They also announced plans that the next wave of PS2s will have them as well. Sony is also considering Apple's AVC as a video codec. Hopefully, they'll avoid VC9.


Blu-Ray is availble in Japan as a recording format. There is no prerecorded media in Japan. HD-DVD will have prerecorded media in Japan and America in 2005 while Blu-Ray will wait till 2006. Also HD-DVD is currently the better format. Things can change but HD-DVD seems much better now. True HD-DVD has much lower disc capacity then Blu-Ray but as of now Blu-Ray still uses MPEG-2. HD-DVD can use VC-9 and MPEG-4. With these better compression a 30 gigabit HD-DVD holds 30% more information then a 54 gigabit Blu-Ray at MPEG-2. Not to mention HD-DVD is far cheaper and has more studio support. Even with this new Playstation 3 information HD-DVD still has the edge overall. I think by making Blu-Ray a Playstation 3 standard they will essentially kill of there console with the high price it would require. I think the smartest thing for Playstation 3 to do is have a separte unit compatible with Blu-Ray and a much cheaper Playstation 3 without Blu-Ray.
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#58288
Topic
HD-DVD
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/58288/action/topic#58288
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The Blu-Ray in Playstation 3 will definutly be a huge advantage for Blu-Ray. HD-DVD still has the advantage or better sound, earlier launch, and cheaper price. Also price is an issue. Playstation 2 launched in late 2000. By then the DVD format was 3.5 years old and had players running at $100. Playstation 2 could encorperate this and still keep the Playstation 2 releativly cheap. With Playstation 3 set to launch in late 2006 the Blu-Ray format will only be 6 months old and in order for Playstation 3 to support Blu-Ray it would have to launch at around $500. This would definutly give its competitor Xenon a big advantage and still might not be enough to overcome the fact that HD-DVD is definutly the superior format.
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#58218
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A Picture is worth a thousand words...
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/58218/action/topic#58218
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Originally posted by: Darth Sheba
I'm sure Ricky says no all the time:

"No, George, I don't think Jar Jar is going to look goofy. Go ahead and use him!"

"No, George, I like the midichlorian idea, run with it!"

"No, George, it doesn't matter who Sifo-Dyas is. Nobody is going to care!"

"No, George, people will accept the love story. They'll eat it up!"

You mean "no, George" like that?




Midichlorian idea was great. Also George stated in the commentary for Attack of the Clones that Sifo-Dyas and the file mystery will be explained in Revenge of the Sith.
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#58190
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Okay, I just have to get this off my chest!!!!
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/58190/action/topic#58190
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Originally posted by: Master Sifo-Dyas
Well, I'm kinda bored over this kindergarten quarrel, there's nothing humorous about it at all. It's really nothing more but beating the dead horse. At least Luke declared a 'cease fire', now the ball is in jimbo's court to do so likewise. I hope they (and everybody else 'involved') can manage to settle this once and for all.

Also I didn't leave, I just dropped back into lurk-mode. I'm still creating artwork to help express the feelings of those who grew up loving the original cuts and collecting material for my flier that is supposed to go in-print this month. It's unbelievable how uninformed the average german DVD buyer is and I really hope to be able to change that (don't cross your fingers though).

Once the '2oo4 editions' are out on DVD I will use all my available resources to recut the films to my liking, undoing all the changes I did not like (hopefully I'll have a dual layer burner by then, so I can put both german and english audio tracks on there). -- May the force be with us


Id like to do the same thing really. I would have to do very little editing since I oviously love the vast majority of the changes. My edit would be the 2004 edition except

Han shoots first (I know Joe_H that is looks alot better then 1997 but I still liked it better in its original form)
Jabba scene would still be there except the camera pulls away when Han steps on Jabbas tail
Bobas has his old voice
Shaw would play Anakins ghost