oojason

I think another ebayer (or likely the same ebayer as before - just with a different account) was doing the same before Christmas on there.

Reported.
 

I seemed to have more success in seeing these listings being taken down when choosing the ‘Copyright & Trademark’ option, then ‘Bootleg records or unauthorised media’, followed by ‘unauthorised copies of media (music, movies, television programs and books)’…

followed by in the ‘Brief Description’ box… ‘Harmy, the owner & author of this says they are only available for free - and NEVER to be sold.’

(^ it just about fits the number of characters allowed to be used in the ‘Brief Description’ box)

Of course, it may not have had any effect at all, but if it did… great 😃

timemeddler said:

maybe flagging the video with the “report” button? Just a matter of deciding what to flag it as.

We could “Report” it under ‘Spam & Misleading’ from the options, then ‘Scams & Fraud’, and then under ‘provide additional details’ put something like…

“Harmy, the creator and author of the Despecialized Editions says ‘Despecialized Editions MUST NEVER BE BOUGHT OR SOLD!!! You can find all the info you need here: https://goo.gl/1WGHBA’ - https://www.facebook.com/despecialized/”

DVD-BOY said:

oojason said:

DVD-BOY said:

oojason said:

lehmike said:

Harmy, I was trying to find a way to download this amazing piece of work, and someone on youtube is burning these to blu rays and charging $45 for them. LDS Entertainment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwIbM_uS8aA&t=71s

Personally, as just a member here, I’d encourage everyone to downvote that video.

If it puts anyone off buying from them it’ll be worth it.

And also carry on reporting any Despecialized items they see for sale on ebay too.

Just putting it out there, but there are websites that offer up / downvoting of youtube videos in bulk - google returns a number of hits. I’m sure if a bunch of people through in a few $$ we could get some ‘social media engineering’ going on.

It’s a decent idea that mate - though likely LDS will take down that video if they get so many negative comments or downvotes - and then they’ll start again with a new video a week or so later.

In fact I’d be surprised if they didn’t delete some of the comments on there before too long.

Thinking about it, personally, I’d advocate against going down the path of a bulk negative down vote tool - they already have more downvotes than upvotes - and that’s from real people giving their opinion on it. Let’s keep it that way.

Plus, I wouldn’t waste money on these leeches.

(and if anyone does have a few spare $s, consider sending Adywan or poita a donation to help them with their superb projects)

All good points. This social engineering angle has got me thinking. If the community were to create a series of ‘informational’ videos on YouTube, and apply the correct keywords surely we could push videos like this scumbag down the results, hopefully preventing sales and raising awareness.

It’s too risky to point ‘official’ videos on ‘This is where you download things from’, but videos which walk people through ‘I have a bunch of RAR files - what are they, and what do I do?’ or ‘How do I burn an ISO?’ or ‘I want to make cool box sets for my friends, what do I need, how much does it cost?’.

You’re not going to stop everyone, but if it means that ‘our’ videos hit the top of the results rather than his / theirs, it might prevent some people going down the dark path. It’s the same with Team Blu’s projects - you do a search for “Fright Night II” on YouTube, and if the video is talking about the TB release, it’ll be some copy bought off ebay which they are then providing a link to.

A most intriguing idea - it’d require a fair bit of work and knowledge - yet could be a way to win out vs these leeches, and also help people who may be put off by the jargon used and knowledge required to burn such a set…

^ from https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWars/comments/7npcjr/the_movie_we_need/

adywan said:

And to those that say that part of the backlash against TLJ has nothing to do with racist/ misogynistic/hompophobic feelings in the SW community, you only have to see this one post on facebook and read the comments:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1682570385096504&set=gm.531837527203014&type=3&theater&ifg=1

And that is just ONE post. I’m seeing shit like this all the time. It’s starting to flood the net now. My Youtube channel got spammed with this type of crap and its all over facebook. Comments galore about how Kennedy is pushing a female agenda and making all the males into pussys, pushing forced diversity just for the Asian market, that they didn’t need all this shit in the OT and the prequels did a proper job at showing what the races really are like, how Rey should have been a guy and it would have made her being so powerful believable because women are weaker than men, and it goes on, but there is so much that i would never repeat.

Yes, its fine that people don’t like this movie, but you cannot deny that a large section think they are on a crusade against anything that isn’t white powerful and male. It’s gotten a lot worse since a certain person was elected as now they think their beliefs are accepted. It just makes me sick what the fandom has become.

Top post.

DVD-BOY said:

oojason said:

lehmike said:

Harmy, I was trying to find a way to download this amazing piece of work, and someone on youtube is burning these to blu rays and charging $45 for them. LDS Entertainment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwIbM_uS8aA&t=71s

Personally, as just a member here, I’d encourage everyone to downvote that video.

If it puts anyone off buying from them it’ll be worth it.

And also carry on reporting any Despecialized items they see for sale on ebay too.

Just putting it out there, but there are websites that offer up / downvoting of youtube videos in bulk - google returns a number of hits. I’m sure if a bunch of people through in a few $$ we could get some ‘social media engineering’ going on.

It’s a decent idea that mate - though likely *** will take down that video if they get so many negative comments or downvotes - and then they’ll start again with a new video a week or so later.

In fact I’d be surprised if they didn’t delete some of the comments on there before too long.

Thinking about it, personally, I’d advocate against going down the path of a bulk negative down vote tool - they already have more downvotes than upvotes - and that’s from real people giving their opinion on it. Let’s keep it that way.

Plus, I wouldn’t waste money on these leeches.

(and if anyone does have a few spare $s, consider sending Adywan or poita a donation to help them with their superb projects)

adywan said:

Now this is good 😉

https://imgur.com/a/6smO9

😄

lehmike said:

Harmy, I was trying to find a way to download this amazing piece of work, and someone on youtube is burning these to blu rays and charging $45 for them. *** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwIbM_uS8aA&t=71s

Personally, as just a member here, I’d encourage everyone to downvote that video.

If it puts anyone off buying from them it’ll be worth it.

And also carry on reporting any Despecialized items they see for sale on ebay too.

lehmike said:

Harmy, I was trying to find a way to download this amazing piece of work, and someone on youtube is burning these to blu rays and charging $45 for them. *** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwIbM_uS8aA&t=71s

Personally, as just a member here, I’d encourage everyone to downvote that video.

If it puts anyone off buying from them it’ll be worth it.
 

And also carry on reporting any Despecialized items they see for sale on ebay too.

The missus has just agreed with your assertion 😉

paja said:

The shadow of that blaster on George’s stomach looks like Greedo indeed shot first!..

(I’m sorry 😉)

moviefreakedmind said:

CGI Tarkin was so distracting that I couldn’t take a single second that he was on screen seriously. They either should’ve recast him or had a different character. They absolutely will do this with Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, and Harrison Ford a decade or two down the line.

I found CGI Tarkin to be a lot better in the cinema - than watching it at home on blu ray, and the opposite for Leia in R1. Hang on, did I? Was it the other way around? Sounds like a good excuse to go watch R1 again 😃

As some people have likely mentioned about watching R1, the people I associate with who don’t know who Peter Cushing was don’t seem to have realised or voiced concerns that it looked off or was CGI at all. A couple expressed surprised he was still alive as he’s been ‘around for ages’ (though they are not Hammer / Star Wars fans).

The Leia scene they did notice - likely because of they are more aware of Carrie/Leia, as well as the promo material releases of how they’d acheived it.

I thought a reflection shot of Leia in the ‘windscreen’ of the ship’s bridge saying the word ‘Hope’, and then have the camera shot swing around to show her face fully may have been pulled it all off a better (just my two penneth) - yet I still think it was done quite well.
 

A viewing of some of the R1 threads on here (and likely elsewhere) should conjure us up with the stolen data tapes provide some more info/insight.

^ Zak mate, none of your posts are showing properly - you’ll need to put a line gap between what the person you are quoting has said, and what you are going to say.

^ I found it to be an enjoyable and agreeable read.

(though there is just so much going on in the film)

Disney Ruined Star Wars said:

TV’s Frink said:

So many angry people lol. 5/100 is Plan 9 territory. You’re just not being rational.

If you disagree feel free to say so, but calling people angry and irrational because they don’t have the same opinion about a movie as you do seems like really bad form.

I made one post where I generalized and said “ST defenders blah blah…” and the moderator threatened to ban me. So is this kind of posting allowed or what?

Actually I said that…

oojason said:

Disney Ruined Star Wars said:

Possessed said:

This meme or whatever you call it is dumb. Obi-Wan didn’t tell Luke: “hey you’re Dad was an asshole and the Jedi deserve to die.” Yoda never told Luke: “there is no dark side or light side. the jedi were arrogant and wrong”.

The people who defend these ST movies are no different than the people who defend the prequels. Mental gymnastics and totally ignoring the spirit of the original movies. But hey look it’s Darth Mual with his cool double bladed lightsaber. Er…I mean look it’s Porgs and Kylo Ren with a saber handle! It’s Star Wars duh!

If that is your attitude - then why are you here? To bait or antagonise those on here that do like these films? If so your stay here is going to be a short one.

‘So is this kind of posting allowed or what?’ - no, you lying about my post to you for the third/fourth time (that I’ve seen - it could be more) isn’t on.

I consider that baiting or antagonising me (I’m also a member here too, don’t forget).

To which you were warned what would happen - as above.

^ a pretty good attitude to have mate, and also a refreshing one given the amount of negativity on here of late.

Let’s hope it’s an enjoyable one 😃

Lord Buckethead - A Bucketful of Happiness

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebzooSdAbGE

If your tv is capable of playing media from a USB drive it may be worth getting a friend to download the Despecialzied Editions for you, and then copy them to a USB drive?

There are a fair few different sizes and formats out there on public torrent sites. It’s not ideal - but a decent stop-gap/alternative until you get your own pc and equipment etc…

‘Star Wars’ Franchise Crosses $4 Billion, Eclipsing Disney’s Lucasfilm Price’…

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/star-wars-franchise-crosses-4-billion-eclipsing-disneys-lucasfilm-price-1070624

^ plus a bit more on other acquisitions under Iger

crissrudd4554 said:

Yeah, Star Wars is around and it ain’t leavin. Take it or leave it.

Very much this mate.

(Though a 4K OOT release wouldn’t go amiss either 😉)

An intriguing take on the Canto Bight story - in the context of those who say ‘it was a waste of time’ etc…

https://i.redd.it/lrjogkba1c701.jpg

Kylo vs Luke - in 16-bit style…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFfMN6lPnlA

trillary dump said:

oojason said:

Love the disc art used and those simple yet elegant back covers - nice one 😃

Thanks man it means a lot! I was also able to do one for TPM.

https://imgur.com/a/dNIlP

Let me know what you think!

A good match that - nice one. The discart too - I think you could possibly make the Star Wars logo a little larger on the discart (so it fills the yellow label part a bit more) - but it’s difficult to tell at times to what looks better on paper and how something appears when printed onto a disc.

Quality that, mate 😃

Warbler said:

oojason said:

Warbler said:

oojason said:

Warbler said:

I just wonder if oojason thinks the fight between Vader and Luke in ROTJ was a draw that was broken apart by the Emperor using force lightning.

If you’re wondering what I think about certain things you likely need to get a life mate.

Why are you angry with me? I am not the only one that thinks Rey won the fight against Ren.

Who said I was angry? That you spend time wondering about what I think about is a little sad, and also weird. You probably wouldn’t get it right anyway 😉

Plus, I don’t care that you are not the only one that thinks Rey won the fight vs Rey. Again, read my first post on it if it bothers you that much.

And try not to project context of one argument into other situations. It does your own point of view - nor yourself - much good.

Huh?

I haven’t mentioned Luke vs Vader in ROTJ at all - you taking my opinion on the Kylo vs Rey fight from TFA and putting it into the context of Luke vs Vader in ROTJ is doing just that.
 

If you think I’m spending any more time and effort going around with in circles on this, think on. I am not.
 

If you wish you can discuss this ‘TFA Rey vs Ren fight’ topic you can do so in the TFA thread - this part of the conversation has gone on long enough - and lost it’s context within TLJ - in a thread on TLJ.

The same for everyone else who wishes to continue with it.

Sheesh.

If you have a problem with any of that feel free to PM me about it.

I’m off out for the night - Happy New Year 😃

Warbler said:

oojason said:

Warbler said:

I just wonder if oojason thinks the fight between Vader and Luke in ROTJ was a draw that was broken apart by the Emperor using force lightning.

If you’re wondering what I think about certain things you likely need to get a life mate.

Why are you angry with me? I am not the only one that thinks Rey won the fight against Ren.

Who said I was angry? That you spend time wondering about what I think about is a little sad, and also weird. You probably wouldn’t get it right anyway 😉

Plus, I don’t care that you are not the only one that thinks Rey won the fight vs Rey. Again, read my first post on it if it bothers you that much.

And try not to project context of one argument into other situations. It does your own point of view - nor yourself - much good.

Huh?

I haven’t mentioned Luke vs Vader in ROTJ at all - you taking my opinion on the Kylo vs Rey fight from TFA and putting it into the context of Luke vs Vader in ROTJ is doing just that.
 

If you think I’m spending any more time and effort going around with in circles on this, think on. I am not.
 

If you wish you can discuss this ‘TFA Rey vs Ren fight’ topic you can do so in the TFA thread - this part of the conversation has gone on long enough - and lost it’s context within TLJ - in a thread on TLJ.

The same for everyone else who wishes to continue with it.