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Post: #56983
Topic: Info: OT Bootleg DVDs
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/56983/action/topic#56983
Time: 31-Jul-2004 11:07 AM

The various PAL discs come up for sale from time to time at ebay.co.uk - in fact:-

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=61076&item=6311996281&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

I received my Magnolia pre-ANH Star Wars dvd today (cheers Rik

) - am well chuffed with it - just to see the opening crawl changes is very strange (in a good way).

Well worth getting.

Post: #56981
Topic: Rikter is has left the building....
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/56981/action/topic#56981
Time: 31-Jul-2004 4:59 AM

Enjoy your break, mate.

Post: #56967
Topic: Terminator Thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/56967/action/topic#56967
Time: 31-Jul-2004 2:59 AM

Cheers Jimbo

Even if Arnie doesn't have time for a leading role I'd be very surprised he didn't have a cameo of sorts...

Post: #56873
Topic: Star Wars DVD Covers
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/56873/action/topic#56873
Time: 30-Jul-2004 7:42 PM

^ lol - only just though

Post: #56887
Topic: a Star Trek thread...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/56887/action/topic#56887
Time: 30-Jul-2004 3:51 PM

^ that's quite a collection m8. I've got all my old ST-TOS tapes and the movies 1-7, but sold my VOY vhs colection just before the dvd announcement - so I got a few £££ back.

I don't know if it's just me but when I come across Trek on tv I just think - 'so what' and usually give it a miss. Maybe it's due to far too many showings here in the UK (the main satellite/cable channel has shown all of the Treks every day at least twice a day for some years now), and maybe it has less relevance to me now than when I was a kid...

I do remember though a time when the UK only had the 4 terrestial tv channels, and I'd look forward to BBC2 showing TNG for the 1st time - the anticipation and excitement was too much - another new Trek ep every week, all the way through to DS9's end.

For me, and please don't take this as bashing VOY, I enjoyed the 1st 4 seasons but it got a little repetative and seemed to have lost it's premise - it had all the ingredients of a good show, but didn't quite click in the way the previous Treks did - it seemed that the Doctor and Seven were doing storylines very similar to Data's in TNG - understanding humanity and conquering emotions etc. In the last few seasons it seemed like it was a Janeway / Seven / Doctor show - with little for the other characters to do or develop further.

Now, I'm not opposed to Seven having a lot of screen-time - she does have intriguing qualites about her -though I was a bit of a Bey'lana fan myself, and was a bit miffed she was underused towards the end.

As for ENT - it doesn't offer much new - it could well be stories for any of the other Trek crew, there is no evolvement from the TNG or VOY way of doing Trek. They are still playing it safe format wise - raise shields, beam up, fire, viewscreens etc and at the end of the episode the captain is right... It doesn't really have a premise - we know that certain enemies can't be killed or certain events can't happen, and yet it won't take a chance and have a risky or controversial storyline relavent to life today which would give people pause for thought.

I hope it gets better, and when it ends people will look forward to a new Trek show in the future- though give it a few years first...

Post: #56875
Topic: Here's a Hint of the Public's Reaction that the '04 DVDs would not be the OOT
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/56875/action/topic#56875
Time: 30-Jul-2004 1:47 PM

I imagine a few people will think they have lost their marbles when they see the dvds - prob think 'I'm losing it I swear blind that that didn't happen at the cinema'

Post: #56872
Topic: a Star Trek thread...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/56872/action/topic#56872
Time: 30-Jul-2004 1:40 PM

...this may go down like a lead balloon...

Just wondering if, like me, there are any fans of Star Trek on here (whether like just the one series or all of them) ?

Were you a fan of Trek before Wars?

You thoughts on the current state of the Trek 'franchise' (I hate that word)...

Do you still watch Trek?

Your fave series or episode...

Post: #56871
Topic: Re-edits
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/56871/action/topic#56871
Time: 30-Jul-2004 1:32 PM

Not so much a movie - though I'd like to send MagnoliaFan last season's Liverpool FC Season Review DVD and for him to edit it in a way so that Liverpool actually won the league - and didn't finish 4th, and I'll get Rikter to do a cover for it too!

Post: #56870
Topic: Terminator Thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/56870/action/topic#56870
Time: 30-Jul-2004 1:29 PM

Cheers Sean

Is there any news on greenlighting a T4 film? It would be most interesting to see how the machines battle it out with Resistance, and how the humans manage to survive and effectively fight a war against a 'superior' enemy...

Post: #56868
Topic: That Star Wars Feeling - that brought me here...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/56868/action/topic#56868
Time: 30-Jul-2004 1:09 PM

^ ah - feelings on Star Trek - could someone invent a time machine so I could turn out the light on it just after the shamefully underrated DS9 finished and the mediocre season 4 of Voy ended..?

A few m8s have told me Enterprise started to improve in it's 3rd season - though 6 very insipid seasons of Trek and the last 2 films has put me right off. Perhaps time to let it rest for a few years...

On SW toy stuff - I remember as a kid getting the Speeder Bike from ROTJ - and constantly pressing the button on it so it fragmented into 3/4 little pieces. Remember thinking what a cool toy it was - must have spent hours of my pre-teen existance just pressing that button!

Post: #56776
Topic: Star Wars DVD Covers
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/56776/action/topic#56776
Time: 30-Jul-2004 10:13 AM

^ Man, that's some quick work.

Rik - if you ever apply for a job for Lucas we'll all give you a glowing reference (and while you're there get GL to sort his stall out).

Post: #56773
Topic: Star Wars DVD Covers
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/56773/action/topic#56773
Time: 30-Jul-2004 9:27 AM

Nice catch Jambe.

You're right about it being a better pic too - much prefer the '77 pic

Post: #56802
Topic: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (official)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/56802/action/topic#56802
Time: 30-Jul-2004 7:57 AM

Cyberdine was only one of the major companies that contributed to Skynet (and then Judgement Day).

I went to see T3 with a bunch of Terminator fans - half hated it (and i MEAN hated IT), whilst the others thought it was ok to good, myself - I enjoyed it and found to be more inkeeping with the 1st film than the 2nd.

Interstingly the ending of T3 gives a different complexion on the greater difficulties that John Conner and the Resistance will find in the future in defeating the Machines...

Isn't there meant to be a Special Edition or Director Cut of T3 coming out on dvd soon?

Post: #56772
Topic: Changes in 2004 DVDs
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/56772/action/topic#56772
Time: 30-Jul-2004 3:00 AM

Some quality pics from the 2004 DVDs (from poster at the mf.com):-

RoTJ Screencaps

(there are 2 pages to lok through)

Post: #56770
Topic: Here's a Hint of the Public's Reaction that the '04 DVDs would not be the OOT
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/56770/action/topic#56770
Time: 30-Jul-2004 1:51 AM

The more Lucas tighten his grip on the differing versions, the more will slip through and watch the original Theatrical Versions...

Post: #56710
Topic: Star Wars - The Edits and DVDr releases thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/56710/action/topic#56710
Time: 29-Jul-2004 7:33 PM

G'day TIE Pilot - hope you enjoy the MagnoliaFan Edits as much as I did - for me it is surprising how GL or his editor could get it so... bad - and a fan with determination and know-how could do so well!

Post: #56729
Topic: I will always remember The Girl Next Door
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/56729/action/topic#56729
Time: 29-Jul-2004 4:03 PM

Someone remind me to come back to this thread when details of the unrated version emerge?

Post: #56606
Topic: Info: OT Bootleg DVDs
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/56606/action/topic#56606
Time: 29-Jul-2004 7:38 AM

I hope the 2004 dvd version isn't going to be referred as the Special Edition or SE - as they are not. There ar a few substantial changes which marks them apart from the 1997SE version.

This could get confusing...

Hopefully they'll be refered to sommat like:-

Theatrical Edition
1997 Special Edition
2004 DVD Edition
and eventually...
Archival Edition

Post: #56566
Topic: Episode I-VI: Archival Editions
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/56566/action/topic#56566
Time: 28-Jul-2004 2:04 PM

^ I'm not sure of GL's people mentioning a '2007 Archival Edition', but there are references by them of an 'Archival Edition' on the SW OS.

IIRC one of them was McCallum

Post: #56565
Topic: That Star Wars Feeling - that brought me here...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/56565/action/topic#56565
Time: 28-Jul-2004 1:55 PM

Great post R2

(...steps away from R2...)

Post: #56440
Topic: MagnoliaFan Edition Episode III-VI Titles
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/56440/action/topic#56440
Time: 28-Jul-2004 4:59 AM

miochza, as Obi-wonton says Rikter is your best bet, though MagnoliaFan (the editor) himself also posts here.

Rikter has a list of SW stuff here:-

http://www.originaltrilogy.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=2&threadid=801&STARTPAGE=1

Post: #56439
Topic: Lost Original Trilogy footage... at blueharvest.net
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/56439/action/topic#56439
Time: 28-Jul-2004 4:53 AM

Cool Origins website ther ObiWonton - good to see how a film can develop and where people get their 'inspiration' from.

Let us all know about this Ep4 with lost footage - sounds very intrigiung...

Post: #56438
Topic: That Star Wars Feeling - that brought me here...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/56438/action/topic#56438
Time: 28-Jul-2004 4:47 AM

Cool pic Luke - the 2nd pic is most likely it, though as a kid I thought the thing was a LOT bigger than that. Strange how the mind plays tricks on you over the years...

I can't believe how much some of this stuff goes for on ebay.co.uk - at the moment they've got a Palitoy Power Droid action figure for £500:-

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=50277&item=5911600559&rd=1

Imagine what a rare mint condition Death Star would go for...

Post: #56282
Topic: Star Wars - The Edits and DVDr releases thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/56282/action/topic#56282
Time: 27-Jul-2004 1:36 PM

Hi Jambe Davdar - I did get both Balance Of The Force (Ep1) and The Clone War (Ep2) of the MFE on dvdr. The pic and sound quality are dvd quality, the cuts and insertion have given made the film more inkeeping with the OT (and far less cartoonty than the official versions), and for me they are the definitve editions of the 1st two Eps.

There's a post on them in the first page of this thread

Hope you enjoy 'em...

(I have also come to the conclusion that Rikter has managed to somehow clone himself a few times to keep up with all things SW...

)

Post: #56227
Topic: Star Wars DVD Covers
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/56227/action/topic#56227
Time: 27-Jul-2004 7:57 AM

Hello & welcome Liteoni

IIRC Rikter and Lars4mf are 2 good sources to get DVD labels from - try emailing or PM'ing them with your query, though remember to turn your PM to on as otherwise you woun't be able to receive a reply.

Good luck