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#247234
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The Merits of the Prequel Trilogy and the "Saga"
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Originally posted by: Jumpman
Go-Mer,

CO's right. Episode IV was only meant to mimic the Saturday serial's he loved. He never really had anything but a backstory outline for the Prequels, just to give weight and context to the Original Trilogy.

He did mention that if he ever would go back and tell the backstory that they would be different in tone and style. But, he didn't have it all planned out. He had the highlights in outline form as CO said. But, there are hints in his outlines and drafts for the Original Star Wars of what the Prequels could shape up to be like if he made them. The biggest hint was the Prologue to the original Star Wars novel.

Still, I think you and I, are the only ones at the moment who believe that he made it work quite well, even if he didn't have it all planned out to the letter.

And what's this issue about the word youngling? It's just a word.


As far as youngling is concerned, I take it as this, a young jedi is called a youngling. A young "regular" kid is called a child. Much like Obi-Wan is a man and also a jedi, young Ani at the end of Episode I was a youngling and a child as well. That's my take anyway.

I wanted to take my girlfriend to see Episode III in the theaters. She wondered how come I liked Star Wars so much. She had only seen Episode I at that point and didn't like it too much. I convinced her that we would watch all six movies in order together (including the Clone Wars cartoons). So we watched I and II on DVD, and she liked II a lot more than part I. She and I really liked the romantic aspect of it. At that point she couldn't wait to continue the Saga. I tried to get us to watch both volumes of Clone Wars before going to the moves to see Episode III, but we ended up seeing I, II, III, Clone Wars 1 & 2, then IV, V and VI. It's a totally different (and IMO better) watching them that way. As soon as we saw the title "A New Hope" it was so uplifting after seeing the sad ending of "Revenge of the Sith". Her questions about the OT were totally different. Does Leia know Darth Vader is her father? Does she find out? When? Does Luke know? Find out? When? Brother and sister? Do they know? And we couldn't stop picturing Anakin inside the Darth Vader suit. And yes, that was a good thing. It was also really cool to see the Anakin we remembered from "Sith" at the end of Return of the Jedi. It even goes along with what Obi Wan says in ANH. "Your father was murdered and betrayed by Darth Vader", which from a certain point of view, was true. We had no problem believing that the good in Anakin all but died at the same time as Mace Windu, and the young ghost makes PERFECT sence. Her favorite SW films are II, III and VI.
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#246648
Topic
Street Fighter II - The Animated Movie Super Special Champion Edition Turbo (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/246648/action/topic#246648
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Originally posted by: starwarsian
Hi i'm new here.
I bought the new dvd yesterday and it didn't had the comic included but i'd like to have it as well. I was wondering Krycek87, have you scanned it already?


It's funny that you are new here, yet you have the perfect username for this place.

Oh yeah, and I think there are a few of us that would like that comic. Please..
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#246121
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Idea: Turning Catwoman into a Batman movie?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/246121/action/topic#246121
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Originally posted by: ThatArtGuy
Originally posted by: Doctor M
So is anyone else wanting to see Keaton come back for a movie version of the comic The Dark Knight Returns? He is now the same age as Batman is suppose to be in that comic. Now if we can only get Tim Burton back to direct...


I'd still want to see Clint Eastwood do it. I know he's way past the timeline, but it would be so freakin' cool. At least Bruce Wayne in a Batman Beyond film.


Ooh that's nice! Who would play Batman? Maybe Will Friedel (Boy Meets World) who voices him would work?
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#245868
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Seriously, what is so special about PAL? I mean I can only understand if that's the standard where you live, but..
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Why do people care so much about PAL? Isn't the native resolution for movies made for the USA NTSC? I mean if it's not, than why is that the standard in America AND Japan? Japan is more technologically advanced than anyone, so I say whatever their standard is is also the definitive standard. The only reason I can understand why people prefer PAL is if that is what they are used to, or that's what their TV plays. I mean are you people THAT busy that you have to cut a few minutes of time from your movie watching out and watch a sped-up version of an American movie? I can understand if the movie was shot specially for PAL territories, but why would you want to sacrifice ANYTHING to watch a movie that was intended first and formost for the American market (like Star Wars), in a different resoultion? Yeah, supposedly PAL gives more picture information, a few freaking lines. Big whoop. I don't think it's worth the sped up crap. I posted something in the Laserdisc vs. DVD comparison thread, (which the title and first post said NOTHING about PAL or NTSC, so I assumed it would be about NTSC, since that is the standard for a US movie like SW)

"Why does ANYONE care about PAL? I mean these are AMERICAN movies. AMERICAN movies. AMERICAN movies are NTSC. Screw PAL and it's not-NTSC-ness."

Which was promptly deleted by someone other than me, but imortalized in someone's signature. I was really hoping to find an NTSC LD/ DVD comparison, and when all people in there seemed to care about was PAL, I got upset. Seriously, why all the fuss over PAL? Why did they even make multiple formats to start with?

Please don't delete this, I am being dead serious. I am honestly curious about this. All this complaining about not changing anything, etc, but you can't tell me that converting to PAL isn't some form of changing the movies. I know so is NTSC, but it's closer to the theater version than PAL is.
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#245866
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Do you REALLY think there will be remastered versions of the OOT or whatever? I don't.
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/245866/action/topic#245866
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Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
Oh, yeah, that reminds me. The effects shots for the BTTF movies were filmed 1.85:1, as opposed to the rest of the movie. So if you get the widescreen version, you're losing some picture in regular scenes but seeing the full picture in the effects shots. In the fullscreen version, you're seeing more picture in regular scenes but getting cropped effects shots. You lose a little bit each way, just like with Super 35.


Yeah, but isn't the important thing the way it was shown in theaters, the way it was intended to be shown? It's not about getting more or less picture.
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#245767
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Info &amp; Help Wanted: <strong>Coming To Your Screens Summer 2007</strong> - Super8 OT project...
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/245767/action/topic#245767
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Originally posted by: DrFaustus
Originally posted by: marioxb
But why would they release just parts of the movies? I guess thats mostly what I don't understand.


(gets out the 'ol Rocking Chair...)

You see, back in the day (A long time ago... the 70's), VCRs weren't commercially viable for consumer use, so Super 8mm was the most standard, well, standard for viewing movies in the home. The films were expensive, so most people bought digests. The digests came in 50, 200 and 400ft reels. At Sound speed (24fps), that was about 2, 7, and 17 minutes per reel, respectively. These 400 ft color sound reels went to the more discriminating Super 8mm buyers. Most of us kids at the time bought the 200ft black and white, silent versions to relive our movie thrills.

I had most of these reels, but sold them a few years back for some quick cash. It would be wonderful to see these again!

BTW, I believe the ESB reels went as follows:

Reel one: Battle on Hoth, Dagobah crash landing and the asteroid field.
Reel two: More Dagobah, Bespin sequence.

Bring them on!


Finally! A desent explaination! That's all I wanted. The 70's were crap. Except the three years I was alive 76-79. And I didn't know a movie from a poopie diaper in that time. Well maybe a little.

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#245485
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&quot;BUT ANAMORPHIC ENHANCEMENT ALTERS THE MOVIES!!!&quot;
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/245485/action/topic#245485
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Look. I know what anamorphic is. I have anamorphic DVDs. I also have non-anamorphic DVDs. I was (kinda) kidding when I said it would alter the movies. I mean it (kinda) does. But anyway, my main point is that anamorphic/ non-anamorphic will NEVER be a deciding factor to me. If I had to choose from the get go, I'd probably buy anamorphic. If a newer release of any movie was released and the ONLY difference was that is was anamorphic while the previous release was simply letterboxed widescreen or whatever, I would NOT upgrade. If the special features were better, I probably would. Anamorphic/ non-anamorpic, to me= the same thing. I watch anamorpic movies on my widescreen TV with the DVD player set to 4x3 letterbox. I like the top and bottom black bars. I watch all movies in full mode w/o side bars and that makes me very happy. I also like seeing subtitles in the black not touching the movie. That's just what I like. I never said anamorphic was bad (well kinda as a joke), just that it never will matter for me. Even if my precious prequels and SEs were non-anamorphic, as long as they were widescreen, it doesnt matter to me.
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#245446
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Greedo subtitles outside the 16:9 frame
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/245446/action/topic#245446
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Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
But I still hate that font that the DVDs for all six movies use for the subtitles. You know what I'm talking about?


I added subtitles to the EditDroid A New Hope disc and I have the ISOMix of the other two movies. I could make a kit like I did for Backstroke of the West for the official "Bonus discs", even though I am ok with them as is. I just need to buy these new releases. (I watched my friends copies previously, plus Wal-Mart had em playing.)
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#245444
Topic
&quot;BUT ANAMORPHIC ENHANCEMENT ALTERS THE MOVIES!!!&quot;
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/245444/action/topic#245444
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The main reason for me to have them on DVD (and I do know what anamorphic does, I just dont care and never have), is because I want to watch everything on the same format. VHS can wear out, DVDs cant. You can skip to any scene on DVD, and the picture quality is usually better than VHS. I have never had a desire to own a laserdisc player, though I do own a few discs for some reason. All I am saying is that I am happy now. I like the SEs, but I just wanted to have both versions on DVD. All we need now is the 1997 SEs and all of the unreleased extras. All done.
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#245180
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Do you REALLY think there will be remastered versions of the OOT or whatever? I don't.
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/245180/action/topic#245180
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Whatever. I have my OOTs, and I'm all set on that end. I honestly have never cared about animorphic or not on ANY release. I have my widescreen TV even, still don't care. I won't replace a movie that wasn't animorphic, simply because another version is. Only if the content or special features are different/ better or the other release was pan n scan.

I honestly believe that GL doesn't want us to have great quality OOT movies. And I don't want them either. Like I said before, the better quality should be reserved for the movies that fit together with the prequels, exclusivly.
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#245179
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Ideas for the inevitable Super-Mega-Special-Ultimate 2007 Boxset
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/245179/action/topic#245179
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Don't tell me that some people are "afraid" to like certain movies because it's considered to be a stupid movie. There are many times I simply don't state my opinion on certain movies, because I don't want to be the "only one". In reality, there are very very very very few movies I dislike. For example, I enjoy EVERY SINGLE ACTION movie, some of course more than others, but the only movies I don't like are the "boring" ones, like About Shmidt.
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#245153
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Do you REALLY think there will be remastered versions of the OOT or whatever? I don't.
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/245153/action/topic#245153
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I mean, seriously, why would they waste their time? We’ve got the originals on DVD, now the subject has probably been dropped. (Which is fine by me. The only reason I like the original originals is because, well no reason. I don’t prefer them by any means, but I just want to have them, for completness sake, in any official DVD format that’s equal to or better than my old VHS releases. Bam! I’ve got that. Done!)

Look, the originals are now on DVD. Lucas will continue to remaster the movies until he is happy with everything (I hope 2007 will be it), and everything matches better and looks like it was filmed in episode order. Why would he bother with anything else? Why would you want a 1977 movie to look like a 2007 movie if you aren’t willing to pretend it was flimed after 2005? I AM willing to pretend that, because I LOVE the prequels. If you hate the prequels and SEs, then the old movies should look no different than they did when originally released. If you love the SSSSEs and prequels, then they should look pristine and match each other so everything flows better. When I watch the movies from now on, it will always be in the order of 1, 2, Clone Wars, 3, 4, 5, 6. When going from 3 to 4, I can easily believe that 4 was filmed after 3, with the 2004 version.

Think of it this way. You make a movie and release it to theaters. You release it on DVD. Then you realize you want to improve it. The original is already out there. Would you really want people to see your old version anymore? Why would you want to “fix up” your old version as well as your “new version” I know I wouldn’t. It’s different, because we have seen them, but those versions are now out there. We should stop complaining now. You wanted them unaltered. They are unaltered. Why aren’t you happy yet? Animorphic would be altered as well. I, much like Lucas, would want people to think exactly like me. If they want the movies to look great, they will take my versions. If they want the old versions, they can have them, but I sure as hell ain’t gonna want people to have those as the definitive versions! I think the exact same way as this. Old versions, don’t look as good. New versions, look much better. Why is that so hard to understand and be happy with?

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#245149
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Ideas for the inevitable Super-Mega-Special-Ultimate 2007 Boxset
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/245149/action/topic#245149
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I'm pretty sure we already got our theatrical versions, and that's all we'll ever get, which is fine with me. All I want in the boxset is the finalized version of the Saga- everthing from 2004 and more. Fixed Yoda in TPM, whatever mistakes (Hayden, Jabba, Jedi Rocks, Greedo, etc were NOT mistakes, as much as most of you would like to believe) like lightsaber colors in the OT. And maybe some extras that haven't been released before. That's all. Oh wait, Clone Wars should be included as well, with an "Episode II 2.5" crawl, both volumes edited into one.

Sorry haters, but this will be a six (hopefully 7) movie boxset, this will be the complete Star Wars Saga. You need to stop pretending that the prequels don't exist. Everyone I know in real life likes (or loves) the prequels. There are a lot of fans, probably even some of you pretend to hate them so you can seem "cooler" or something, because prequel hating is the "in" thing right now.