Theres so many nods to Herrman in the original SW score I wouldn't be surprised if when he wrote it he thought of that cue from Psycho and perhaps in the years afterwards forgot. Or because he was thinking of Hermman during the writing it just ended up sounding extremely close to it.
Sad to hear Puggo didn't get to see Star Tours. But I agree with Captainsolo, you didn't miss much. If you go watch martinsvids copy, your getting more then the real experience since your seeing the complete preshow. If you went even in the last 15 years, Star Tours wasn't that big a draw so there wasn't any lines. You'd be walking right through the preshow catching only a glimpse of it. And by mid 90s it was pretty outdated, not to mention what it must have been like this year.
For a originaltrilogy convention, how bout renting out one of the biggest screens in NY or L.A. for one night and screening original 35 mm prints of the OOT. The lobby could also have people's person collections on display etc.
As for the topic in general, I think the OP has still not explained why serious preservationists only need apply to his invite. Also if you look at the topic all caps are used. This is considered shouting or for when something is "serious business". Finally, its well known that meeting strangers right off the net can be downright dangerous. Theres just not enough in the original post as to why this person wants to meet and also his asking literally anyone to reply causes suspicion. And again why so discriminatory for serious preservationists? Is there any such thing as a non serious preservationist? Like a joke preservationist (maybe George Lucas himself fits this) I think the snarky remarks are a reaction to that.
daneditor said:
On the plus side, when the prequels make fuck all and the OT make a shit load the truth about his two trilogies might finally hit Lucas.
This was exactly what I was thinking. I actually enjoy the prequels but I know the majority when they hear 3D Star Wars want ANH or ESB.
The fact that ep. 1 is getting the first release and that we'll have to wait years to see ANH or ESB, is finally showing me that Lucas has finally really lost it. I've held onto apologizing for him and continuing to watch clone wars. But this strategy is just insanity. He is avoiding production on the live action tv series because its going to cost too much, but will fund a 3D reproduction of ep. 1 which most people hate?
Of course those funds could go to ANH being full restored from 1977 as well which makes this all even worse.
I like how only serious discussions on film preservation can be had by sitting at disney world next to the tea cups ride after going on Star Tours.
Fantastic to hear that you will be working on a 16mm ESB print, as the puggo grande was great to watch.
When you talk about missing frames in the 16mm is this because of a bad transfer when the print was made during the drop down from 35mm to 16mm? Just curious what would cause that.
Hes been around for many years, going back to ep. 1 pre release I believe.
I'm surpised hes still around. He would post up fake interviews with Lucas and explain on his site how he helped write the prequels. Eventually Lucasfilm had enough of him and told him he had to put a disclaimer on this site that it was all fake. So somewhere on his site there is a disclaimer that this is a website "for fun", or somthing like that.
I believe this guy is taking his fantasy life and putting on the internet for all to see. I think alot of people fantasize what it would be like to write the prequels or how they would continue the franchise but this guy is literally posting all this on a website. He probably does have a few mental issues, which is sad.
edit: I just clicked on his site on a whim and hes gotten worse, mentally. His posts are starting to not make sense at all. I hope he gets help.
This was actually a pretty revealing interview with Lucas, if you read between the lines.
Lucas describing how Vader finds out Luke is his son from the emperor is pure Special Edition retconnning. He references the new dialog by Ian McDiarmid where the emperor explains to Vader about Luke. In the non SE version, the emperor simply states that their new enemy is Luke, and Vader very quickly responds "hes just a boy" meaning, hes known about Luke and who he is pre-empire.
I guess I was surprised that Lucas would reference the new scene as if it had been there since 1980.
Lucas' daughter writing for the Clone Wars shows who will be keeping the franchise going when hes gone. Sadly, the daughter is writing an episode about Darth Maul having a brother, which even I as a prequels fan think is rubbish.
Lucas' statement about being "out of work" in the late 80s-90s is interesting. Any interview with Lucas from 83-97 always had the "where are the prequels" question. Surely he knew if he just made a few more star wars films or had another director do them the money would be coming in. He did farm out the ewok adventures but he must have had an idea of what everyone really wanted.
Which leads me to the conclusion I've had for awhile. Lucas dislikes the original trilogy, or tolerates it. Lucas never got to make the films he wanted to make, he made very compromised versions of them, with Jedi being the least compromised, which is why the prequels all feel like follow ups to Jedi, seriousness with silly kid humor and creatures. Finally with digital technology he made the prequels which is his real vision of what Star Wars for him is. Thats why hes involved with the writing for Clone Wars also, he actually cares for it. He never cared about the post ep. 6 stories because it never interested him creatively or with what he could do with it.
And all this lying about Vader always being Luke's father (guess Lucas didn't hear about the Leigh Bracket script leak), the retconning, the special editions. Its all to make it shoehorn into the prequels which is what he always wanted Star Wars to be. Big armies, lots of jedis, yoda with a saber etc.
Even his story that he began with ep. 4 because it was the most interesting is a lie of sorts, since he had to cut down his original treatment to fit budgetary concerns, not creative. I guess from a business point of view he can't tell the truth about what he feels about the OT, but its definitely there. And why we will never see beautifully restored non SE versions. On the prequel dvds, theres always alot of deleted footage, yet none for the OT. Most likely he considers them so bad, in his own head, that he would never want them out there. But now he has too, because with BluRay there would be no reason to hold back that stuff now.
Long ranting post here sorry, but it was a good interview I think.
One of the American Laserdisc releases was 2:35:1. I believe it was the release before they did Redux. It was basically a remaster of the first widescreen disc (which was not even 2:00 but closer to 4:3!). I never had it but remember viewing someones copy and taking note that it was definitly 2:35:1.
I missed the information on the Swedish print, is it another 16 mm print or a "gasp" full 35 mm? Can someone fill me in?
Loved this project so happy to here theres more to come. Oh and since its a swedish print how bout Abba Puggo?
Brilliant! I think if Lucas actually saw this he would chuckle.
Not sure if we’re allowed to post seed requests but thought I’d give it a shot. Theres zero seeders right now and a few downloaders at myspleen for this. If someone can seed this for awhile or repost at another location (demonoid?) I’d be happy to seed for awhile once I get a full copy. This is the most obscure of the Indy docs and one I really want to see.
Thanks!
