I agree with many things you have to say Warbler - but from the terrorists point of view ramming planes into buildings has been 'the' answer - it has got the West involved in a situation where they have lost many middle-eastern friends and allies, invaded a country with no links to terrorism - yet call it part of the war on terror (well, it is now), made martyrs out of those who have died already in the fight vs the West and has acted as a magnet for the some of the young, impressionable and disillusioned Muslim youth into extremism and then terrorism.
It is difficult to believe that Bush was not advised by his military that invading countries would have had this effect, let alone what do we actually do now that we are 'in control' of these countries - the new members of the government that we have set up for them are being assasinated nearly every week - along with Iraqis serving in the police - the fear of the people of Iraq and Afghanistan must be as high as ever...
Shimraa is correct in saying it is battleground where the West and the insurgents and terrorists can engage - but sadly it's not us doing the engaging. The situation there seems lost - and if it then the 'war on terror' - ineffective as it has been so far - will seen to be also lost. What do the West do now? Hopefully looking at the reasons as to why we are hated and reviled in the middle east, begin to understand the actions of the past and present and form a dialogue with these extremists will be a start - though I don't see this very likely...
Did you use the chapter markers from the original lasrerdiscs in the end?
Any easter eggs we should know about on these discs?
Is there an option for English subtitles (other than the alien subtitles)?
Can you tell us about what was used for the Bonus Materials disc(s)?
there is an info thread on your v2 set on page 23 - hoepfully we'll get it copied to page 1 so that everyone can see the info and will stop asking repetitive questions. If you can fill in in any the gaps or correct any if the info that'd be great m8.
Good stuff - hope there a lot of extras and deleted scenes on there for our resident Editors to com up with something special like they have doen for Eps 1 & 2.
Cover wise I suppose it ties in with the other Prequels, but I'll probably use one of the fine covers that the many talented lads on have and will come up with in the cominmg months...
Queen Elizabeth and Dolly Parton die on the same day, and they both go before St. Peter to find out if they'll be admitted to heaven.
Unfortunately, there's only one space left that day, so St. Peter has the unenviable task of deciding which of them gets in. The angel asks Dolly if there's a particular reason why she should be favoured over HRH, whereupon she takes off her blouse, undoes her bra and releases her enormous breasts.
"Look at these" Dolly says proudly, "they're the most perfect breasts that God ever created for a woman, so I should be the one to enter heaven."
The angel thanks Dolly, and asks Her Majesty the same question. The Queen takes a bottle of Perrier out of her purse, shakes it up, and gargles. Then, she spits into the toilet, and pulls the lever.
St. Peter bows slightly and says in a quiet voice, "OK, your Majesty, you may enter."
Dolly is outraged and asks, "What the h*ll was that all about? I show you two of God's own perfect creations, and you turn me down. She simply gargles, spits and she gets in. Would you explain that to me?"
"Sorry, Dolly," says St. Peter, "but even in Heaven, a royal flush always beats a pair, no matter how big they are."
"jason i'm not going to argue with you. but you cannot deny that since they have invaded they have for the frist time been able to engage and kill terrorists with military personal. the terrprist have bases in iraq which can be attacked."
I can't agree with that m8 - the terrorists do NOT have bases which can be attacked - and the chances of finding and killing terrorists are remote, and before invading Iraq there were no terrorists even there. They will operate in small cells probably living life as 'normal people'.
Shim m8 - we'll have to disagree on this subject.
Skipper - it seems the West once again invade parts of the world without a long term plan or thought on what it will really acheive (not a lot, other than spurring it's enemies into action) - and now they are stuck between a rock and a hard place, which will get a lot worse before it gets better. It seems we just cannot learn from our mistakes of the past.
"tony blair is a very smart man and i dont hink he would have had britian invade iraq just to take out saddam when there the intell was so sketchy, and it was sketchy."
I'm sorry - I'm pro Labour but that is the most ridiculous thing I've read in this thread. Obviously you are oblivious to the fact that intelligence used for going to war was taken from a student's thesis study, others made up and misinterpreted - Blair came out and said he has seen evidence which proves Iraq has weapons of mass destruction - which have never been found, and ignred Dr Blix' search team whose reports say that Iraq had no evidence of mass destruction.
In Iraq now there are insurgents and terrorists that will not be engaging the Western armies in battles - they will bobbytrap, entrap, bomb and spread fear - they will NOT engage in open warfare. It is an occupying ary's worst fear - being terrorised by people they cannoit fight & cannot see. Iraq isa training ground for experince for these terrorists that will eventually end up in the West targeting people and infrastructure.
These people were not there bfore the West invaded - so that was a fairly uselss exercise going to invade Iraq - wa it not - they had NO links to terrorism. Politicians may have wanted you to believe otherwise, but there it is - may as well have invaded Luxembourg for the good of stopping terrorism.
As for England only having it coming for invading Iraq & Afghanistan - I suggest you open a history book on the middle east and look up Britain's part in it - didn't exaclty cover ourselves in glory there - a LOT of resentment has been building against the West for many years.
Before you post more I implore you to get yourself down the library or start reading literature on how terrorism can rarely be defeated by military means, what leads someone into the life of becoming a terrorist, and the feelings of those on all sides involved. Would recommend you start at the troubles in Nothern Ireland and mainland Britain, then go on to the history of the middle East.
I lucked in last year when I got an R300 for £85 from Boots - never knew they even did printers until I saw an advert for it. Has printed off some quality covers and discart over the past few months
Shim - if you think Iraq is a place where the West can engage the terrorist you are living in a dream world, m8.
Iraq and Afghanistan has turned into a nightmare for the West - terrorists are systematically spreading fear into the people of those countries by assassinating newly appointed government officials or those who ally themselves with the West - and make the Western amries look weak and inept in front of the people they are there to protect.
Warbler - "*sigh* Is it really necessery to compare us with those the blow up subway stations and resturants and Hijack planes and fly them into building killing thousands of innocent people?"
As opposed to being compared to those (us - the West) who bomb cities and kill innocent civilians with bombs from planes at great heights?
Invading Afghanistan and Iraq seemingly has had little effect in stopping or breeding terrorism or hate of the west.
Iraq had very little to do with terrorism at all before the west invaded - I still don't understand why people link the invasion of Iraq to stopping terrorism and 9/11.
I feel the cold and am English - I too wear thick jackets even in the summer - let alone someone who may well be used to a much hotter climate.
Some witnesses have said the man appeared to have headphones (for music) on - he may not have heard the police. As they were plain clothed 'policemen' with guns would you not run if suddenly a group of men started chasing after you with guns drawn? I imagine the investigation into this terrible incident will give us more facts.
5 bullets in the head and torso? I doubt that if the police - or whoever they were, if suspecting that he may be carrying explosives on him wwould shoot him in the torso (and risk hitting a detonator or explosive).
British police do not a shoot to kill policy - it may not have been the police that shot him, even if it were then the police have the right to stop a situation if they think by doing so it will prevent injury or death to others (or themselves). It is NOT a shoot to kill policy.
Ric, m8 - imho 'The West' is only just beginning to pay for it's meddling into affairs which it should have stayed out of, not only years ago but recently too. Ironically there are possilby more insurgents and terrorists in Iraq and Afghanistan now then there were before The West invaded - and the situation seems far from a conclusion one way or the other...
AVIcodec - a small 434k program will tell you all the info on the discs regarding bitrate - audio and visual - it is available free to download here - http://avicodec.duby.info/
Title : Dr Gonzo Oriignal Trilogy DVDr Set (originally known as the 'Anamorphic Set')
Number of discs in set : 4 - 1 Bonus Disc Disc Sizes : ANH 4.22gb, ESB 4.31gb, 4.36gb, Bonus 3.99gb Video Bitrate: 4340kbps ? (average bitrate) Audio Bitrate:
Media Used : 1993 Definitive Collection Laserdiscs (NTSC). CAV format. Region : NTSC based Sound : Dolby Digital 2.0 (192 Kbps) Screen : Anamorphic Widescreen Title Screen / Menus : Yes - interactive menus Chapter Markers : Yes - original 1993 DC Laserdisc markers Commentaries : Yes - original 1993 DC Laserdisc commentary Subtitles (other than alien subtitles) : No Easter Eggs : Yes - ANH is Blink 182 with 'A New Hope', ESB Nerf Herder with 'Scoundrel', ROJ is CreativeEngine with 'Darth Maul - He Is My Friend And All'. Year Of Release : 2002 Dual Layer DVD Version Available : No Specific DVD Cover & Disc Art available : No - though a whole glut of superb covers and discart to choose from.
Equipment Used : Pioneer CLD-990 Laserdisc Player Encoder Used : Sony DVMC-DA2 Software Used : TMPGEnc, Sonic Scenarist Capture Method : onto a DV format
Editing Notes : Used a Sony DVMC-DA2 for Analogue to DV conversion. TMPGEnc was used for IVTC and MPEG-2 encoding. Sonic Scenarist was used for AC3 encoding and authoring. Menus done in Photoshop.
Glitches / Errors : Missing the Leia welding scene on ESB.
Bonus Disc Info : Same content as the 1993 Definitive Collection Supplemental Materials disc - with menus.
Overall Comments : As close to a recreation of the fabled 1993 Definitve Collection Laserdiscs as you can probably get. One of the first quality sets - and most widespread - along with the TR47/Cowclops v1 set.
If you notice an error or have something to add to the above description please post them below and they'll be edited in later. Big Up to Rikter and all those who posted info in this thread. Many Thanks.