oojason

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Post: #66058
Topic: George Lucas, I wish you would have a change of heart :(
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/66058/action/topic#66058
Time: 21-Sep-2004 1:18 PM

Wet Willy - you a fan of Spaced too?

Post: #65957
Topic: Country Differences
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/65957/action/topic#65957
Time: 21-Sep-2004 6:43 AM

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Originally posted by: Bossk
Meaning what? How do they make it now? Or is this some in-joke this damn Yank just doesn't get?

I don't think anyone has used that version of the Union Flag since around 1801 - oh my, the sad history geek in me has emerged!

History of the Union Flag
(use the 2 arrows to access next page)

or

History of the Union Flag 2

Hal 9000 - where did find that pic, m8?

I'm not sure about having you lot back under UK control - we'd have to get you to spell properly, win at golf (ahem, sorry

), play football - and not call it soccer etc. Though you'd soon get pissed off with Blair and his false statements and broken promises and want some independence again...

Post: #65932
Topic: Star Wars DVD Music Mix Botched!!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/65932/action/topic#65932
Time: 21-Sep-2004 5:30 AM

Neil S. Bulk - do you if there are any problems with the newly released John Williams' Star Wars Trilogy on CD?

Just hoping that they havn't butchered this - as well as the dvds too...

Play.com's JW SW Trilogy Cds...

Post: #65927
Topic: Country Differences
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/65927/action/topic#65927
Time: 21-Sep-2004 5:20 AM

Hal 9000 - that is one cool flag m8 - they certainly don't make the Union Flag like that anyore

Post: #65925
Topic: Country Differences
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/65925/action/topic#65925
Time: 21-Sep-2004 5:18 AM

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Originally posted by: ricarleite
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Originally posted by: oojason
Ric - how much are tickets to the football matches in Brazil? I'm thinking of visiting for a few weeks sometime in the next couple of years and would love to catch a couple of Championship games. Is it difficult to get tickets or is it a pay on the gate thing?

At the moment the cost of getting there from the UK is putting me off a little - is it cheap to eat, drink and get a decent hotel room - was thinking of visiting Sao Paulo or Rio.

Any help most appreciated

Depends on the game. If you want to see an international match, it's about R$80 (cheapest seat) to R$120, that's US$28.60 to US$42.90, maybe more depending on where the game is or where you're seated - last time I went to see a game, it was Brazil vs Bolivia, and I payed R$80 to the cheapest seat. If you want to see a regular soccer championship game, it depends on where you're going to be seated. A ticket in the upper seats is usually around 10 to 15 (3.6 to 5.4 dollars), but I really DONT recomend getting those seats, as they are usually used by hardcore, hooligan like fans. I'd recomend a lower, closer to the field seat, which would cost something around... I dont know, maybe R$50 or R$60, about 18 to 20 dollars. So, avoid at all costs seating in the so called "GERAL" seats. Do not buy the ticket on the streets, buy it on the authorized selling points. Usually the traveling agencies buy tickets to tourists and take them to the stadiums, but I don't know how much they charge.

Yes, things are quite cheap over here. In Rio, things a little bit more expensive as it's a touristic city. I'm not so sure what you could do over here in Sao Paulo, as it's NOT a touristic city at all, so I'd recomend coming to Brazil only if you are one of those travellers who enjoy getting lost, doing stuff all by themselves, and visiting weird, different places, and enjoy traveling around with nothing more than a backpack and a tourist guide in an adventurous kinda way. If you are the "tour bus guide"kinda tourist, you'll probably not enjoy it.

Cheers for the info, m8 - will be talking it over with the missus very shortly - see just how much she wants to come with me... lol

Post: #65459
Topic: Star Wars DVD Covers
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/65459/action/topic#65459
Time: 20-Sep-2004 8:47 AM

Tim - sweet covers, keep up the work on them m8, they'll go down here very well.

soundtrackmaster - not sen those covers before - a bit similar to Scara's covers (in style, IIRC) - and it's not often someone puts a UK BBFC rating logo on fan-made covers these days. Very nice, though.

Post: #65526
Topic: Country Differences
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/65526/action/topic#65526
Time: 20-Sep-2004 7:04 AM

Ric - how much are tickets to the football matches in Brazil? I'm thinking of visiting for a few weeks sometime in the next couple of years and would love to catch a couple of Championship games. Is it difficult to get tickets or is it a pay on the gate thing?

At the moment the cost of getting there from the UK is putting me off a little - is it cheap to eat, drink and get a decent hotel room - was thinking of visiting Sao Paulo or Rio.

Any help most appreciated

Post: #65490
Topic: The 2004 DVDs will be Limited Edition! No more to be produced after Dec 2004!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/65490/action/topic#65490
Time: 20-Sep-2004 4:36 AM

^ I am too, m8 - tho the John Williams CD release is calling to me!

The Purge begins...

lol

Post: #65246
Topic: Info: OT Bootleg DVDs
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/65246/action/topic#65246
Time: 19-Sep-2004 12:32 PM

BadAsh71 - cheers for the comparison shots.

Post: #65213
Topic: Star Wars - The Edits and DVDr releases thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/65213/action/topic#65213
Time: 19-Sep-2004 9:30 AM

Cheers for the screencaps, Rik

Looks like one day soon I'll hopefully have the:-

TR47 Letterbox
Dr Gonzo Anamorphics
BeMyJedi version - anam or letter
and hopefully eventually Laserman's version too

...though no George Lucas official dvds

Post: #65247
Topic: UK differing 2004 Star Wars Trilogy DVD BoxSet Covers...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/65247/action/topic#65247
Time: 19-Sep-2004 6:38 AM

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Originally posted by: DanielB
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Do you get this if you order it online at mvc.co.uk?

DanB - just found out that if you order online you only get the normal silver boxset. Only going to the store itself will get you the black boxset - which may prove a little difficult/expensive unless you've managed to find somewhere in Oz that does 'em too...

Post: #65075
Topic: Info: OT Bootleg DVDs
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/65075/action/topic#65075
Time: 18-Sep-2004 2:53 PM

Once again - great work MeBeJedi

I look forward to the day when your letterbox and anamorphic versions of the OT join my TR47 Letterbox and Dr Gonzo Anamorphic versions on my dvd shelf.

It should make the designers who do great work on the DVD covers here fret a little though - perhaps you'll all have individual logos that can be copied and pasted onto the covers- to identify the different sets?

Post: #64776
Topic: The OOT on DVD - then what?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/64776/action/topic#64776
Time: 16-Sep-2004 2:12 PM

Like INv8r_ZIM said, until home technology becomes more advanced so that it passes the quality of the 70mm prints then the quest to get the OOT on dvd - or whatever format is the norm in the future - lives on.

Post: #64773
Topic: The 2004 DVDs will be Limited Edition! No more to be produced after Dec 2004!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/64773/action/topic#64773
Time: 16-Sep-2004 2:01 PM

^ Mr.Coffee - may I point you to this thread:-

HMV Gold & MVC Alt covers

Post: #63946
Topic: Star Wars - The Edits and DVDr releases thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/63946/action/topic#63946
Time: 13-Sep-2004 7:19 PM

^ sounds most intriguing, m8.

Post: #63948
Topic: Customized Tins/ Paul Champagne
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/63948/action/topic#63948
Time: 13-Sep-2004 1:41 PM

Some fantastic work on his site - looking forward to seeing what eveyone can come up with

Post: #63801
Topic: final cut?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/63801/action/topic#63801
Time: 13-Sep-2004 1:22 AM

Hi & Welcome grand poobar kenobi

It's likely that GL will release yet another 'vision' of how his trilogy was 'supposed to look like in 77, 80 & 83'. When will this be? Possibly in 2007 - the 30th Anniversary of SW?

Maybe some time after he's finished Episode III we'll get an orignial trilogy and prequel trilogy combined box set - and don't be too surprised if there are changes to the prequels either...

At the cinema? Certainly wouldn't put it past him - another last chance to see the films as they are before he makes a catalogue of new changes to them as he did for the 97SE's...

Then there's blu-ray or hd-dvd or whatever the next new format is going to be - all new chances for GL to make a few more $$$

Post: #63369
Topic: OT bootleg DVD reviews
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/63369/action/topic#63369
Time: 10-Sep-2004 2:03 PM

I think there were a couple of comparison shots between the tr47 set and Farsight set - could well do with the original anamorphic (Dr Gonzo) set up too anda few a screenshots from all 3 versions for a good comparison.

Post: #63368
Topic: UK differing 2004 Star Wars Trilogy DVD BoxSet Covers...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/63368/action/topic#63368
Time: 10-Sep-2004 2:01 PM

I thought that too at first, but HMV state they have some sort of exclusive deal in which they are selling the Gold Covers in widescreen as some sort of limited edition.

Post: #63310
Topic: STAR WARS: The Torrents thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/63310/action/topic#63310
Time: 10-Sep-2004 1:10 PM — Edited 8-May-2025 8:45 PM

^ indeed, and would it have the missing C3P0 Tractor Beam line?

a 2024 edit…

BLAK0058 - ‘Star Wars Trilogy: ‘1995 THX Widescreen Edition’ - VHS Preservation Transfer MP4’ (project by kchrules)

Project Info provided by Rikter - at MySpleen (in 2018) - yet well worthy of an edit inclusion in here…

DETAILS

‘Star Wars Trilogy: ‘1995 THX Widescreen Edition’ - VHS Preservation Transfer MP4’

A.K.A. Star Wars “Faces” Set

A new boxset was released on VHS and LaserDisc in August 1995. It would be the
last time that the original versions of the Classic Trilogy were released on
both formats. The widescreen Laserdisc is derived from the transfer used on the
1993 Definitive Collection set. The sole special feature is a three-part
interview about the trilogy with George Lucas, conducted by Leonard Maltin.

PRESERVATION SOURCE

Title…: Star Wars Trilogy - THX Widescreen Edition Giftpack
Studio…: CBS/Fox Video
Release Date…: August 29, 1995
Release Format…: VHS Cassette Tapes
Catalog…: 0609
ISBN…: 0-8616-20609
Comments…: THX remastered

TRANSFER DETAILS

Project Title…: Star Wars Trilogy THX Widescreen Edition 1995 VHS Preservation
Preservationist.: Kchrules
Video Codec…: H264/MPEG-4 AVC (part 10)(avc1)
Audio Codec…: MPEG AAC/Stereo/189kbps/48000Hz/32bit
Hardware Used…: AGPtEK HD Capture Pro
Software Used…: Vegas Pro
Release Format…: MP4 Digital File

FILE SPECIFICATIONS

Video Format…: NTSC/Letterbox
Aspect Ratio…: 1.33.1/640x480
Audio Format…: Stereo
File Size…: 8.89 GB (3 Files @ 3.32 GB, 2.65 GB, and 2.91 GB)

//Post Information//

Posted by…: Rikter Blaksvn
Date Posted…: 08-15-2018
Tracker/Site…: Myspleen
Release Group…: Blaksvn-Torrentz
Release Catalog…: BLAK0058

In this torrent you’ll find

1 - MP4 video files that are all set to watch!
2 - Photos of the VHS covers and tapes
3 - This NFO file PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE!!

//Viewing Notes//

For best results enjoy with an ice cold beverage and a tasty treat
Spark it if you have it!
Pay it Forward
Word to the Spookies…

Post: #63278
Topic: STAR WARS: The Torrents thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/63278/action/topic#63278
Time: 10-Sep-2004 10:57 AM — Edited 21-Dec-2024 7:13 PM

very interesting set this anamorphic Farsight set seems.

I hope someone does a review in the ‘OT Bootleg Review’ thread when they have all 3 films…

a 2024 Edit…

BLAK0057 - ‘Star Wars Trilogy - 1990 Collectors Gift Pack VHS Preservation Transfer MP4’ (project by kchrules)

Project Info provided by Rikter - at MySpleen (in 2018) - yet well worthy of an edit inclusion in here…

PRESERVATION SOURCE

Title…: Star Wars Trilogy - Collectors Gift Pack
Studio…: CBS/Fox Video
Release Date…: September 11, 1990
Release Format…: VHS Cassette Tapes
Catalog…: 0609
ISBN…: 0-7939-0609-1
Comments…: The first giftpack set release

TRANSFER DETAILS

Project Title…: Star Wars Trilogy 1990 Collectors Gift Pack VHS Preservation
Preservationist.: Kchrules
Video Codec…: H264/MPEG-4 AVC (part 10)(avc1)
Audio Codec…: MPEG AAC/Stereo/189kbps/48000Hz/32bit
Hardware Used…: AGPtEK HD Capture Pro
Software Used…: Vegas Pro
Release Format…: MP4 Digital File

FILE SPECIFICATIONS

Video Format…: NTSC/Pan and Scan
Aspect Ratio…: 1.33.1/640x480
Audio Format…: Stereo
File Size…: 10 GB (3 Files @ 3.02 GB, 3.46 GB, and 3.50 GB)

Date Posted…: 08-14-2018
Tracker/Site…: Myspleen.net
Release Group…: Blaksvn-Torrentz
Release Catalog…: BLAK0057

In this torrent you’ll find…

1 - MP4 video files that are all set to watch!
2 - Photos of the VHS cover and tape

As ever… Word to the Spookies. And thanks for everything, Rik (and also to kchrules!)

Post: #63270
Topic: Star Wars DVD Covers
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/63270/action/topic#63270
Time: 10-Sep-2004 7:48 AM

Spidernap - That's certainly a project that'll keep you busy for a while. Keep up the good work m8.

Post: #63314
Topic: UK differing 2004 Star Wars Trilogy DVD BoxSet Covers...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/63314/action/topic#63314
Time: 10-Sep-2004 7:21 AM

The MVC cover does look cool - reminds me a little of the 1993 TDC Laserdisc covers. Free trump cards too, eh?

Post: #63304
Topic: The Digital Bits Review (2004 OT SE DVD release)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/63304/action/topic#63304
Time: 10-Sep-2004 6:56 AM

^ doh - cheers for the correction, Darth Balls.

Post: #63298
Topic: UK differing 2004 Star Wars Trilogy DVD BoxSet Covers...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/63298/action/topic#63298
Time: 10-Sep-2004 6:25 AM — Edited 20-Sep-2021 10:16 PM

Seems there is a choice of covers (other than the standard silver cover) for those interested in purchasing the new 2004 Star Wars Trilogy SE DVD set:-

MVC Black Vinyl Box Cover Set : Nathan Butler Review Info : discjunkietv Review Info

HMV Cover (Gold) (An HMV store exclusive in the UK. In widescreen - the same as the regular Silver boxset)

Gold Covered John Williams Star Wars Trilogy 2004 Soundtrack CD Release Set (HMV exclusive in the UK; regular set was silver):-

HMV Gold CD Set : Discogs Gold CD Set Info (HMV) : Discogs Silver CD Set Info (Regular)

Gold Star Wars Trilogy 2004 DVD Boxset and Gold JW Star Wars Trilogy 2004 Soundtrack CD Release Set - with £10 off (HMV):-

HMV SW Gold Offer