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#324647
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Does anyone else here agree with me that TPM is the best of the PT?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/324647/action/topic#324647
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lordjedi said:

But what does that have to do with the media that's used to shoot the movie?  Whether it was shot with high end digital cameras or 35mm, if there's no CGI in it, that doesn't change anything except the media that's used.  Sure, you'll get a higher definition (and the grain) out of the 35mm, but that's about it.

 

Some people are just stuck in the past and don't want to move with the times.

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#324625
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The love scenes in AOTC
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/324625/action/topic#324625
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skyjedi2005 said:

Yes you are so right he is so rich, that 20th century fox turned down that bad videogame cgi cutscene called clone wars and he had to get warners to release it.

After the shoddy prequels regardless of how much money they made any studio in their right mind would turn down any new star wars film or tv show.

It is just going to be crap, crap and more crap.

I am pretty close to saying goobye to star wars as a fan after what Lucas had done to it, nothing more than a cash cow.

 

How would have fans thought back in the day if you told them star wars would be bled dry just like paramount did to Gene Roddenberry's star trek. Lucas sees star wars as just another money making property he cares nothing for the universe and its characters as evidanced by his burying of the oot for all time.

 

Also he could not leave his ruination to star wars He also ruined THX 1138 and now he ruins Indiana Jones with a movie so bad it should return "to the space between the spaces"

 

Star wars original trilogy 1977-1983 R.I.P.

 

 

 

 

I hope people like you do give up Star Wars for good. It's tiring having to read you haters talk about it over and over again. Oh and for the record, I'm perfectly fine with the love scenes as they are.

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#324624
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Does anyone else here agree with me that TPM is the best of the PT?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/324624/action/topic#324624
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I decided way back to no longer look at the films from a best/worst viewpoint. I now look at them on the whole. That said, there are things about each movie that I dislike and things I like. So I've decided to leave it at that.

I think the reason Ep1 feels more like a Star Wars film is simply because they are on Tatooine for a good portion of the film.

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#324609
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DRM removal on a M4V
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/324609/action/topic#324609
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I suppose I could give VirtuaDub a try. I've already sunk enough money into this restoration project, so all I'm looking to do is get a cleaner version for DVD. I've gone from VHS from TV capture, to VHS direct capture and now to a cleaner digital capture that just so happens to have DRM. Aghhh. :)

I'll give it a shot when I have some time and try and post any results.

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#323900
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Preserving the...<em>cringe</em>...Star Wars Holiday Special (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/323900/action/topic#323900
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I typically watch the HS at least once a year at Thanksgiving or Christmas time. Yeah it's dorky, but there's some good stuff in there and fond memories to boot (I saw the original broadcast when I was young) . I'd love to see any kind of improvements that can be garnered from a new copy.

Good find and please keep us posted.

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#321179
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What order would you show the Star Wars movies to your kids?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/321179/action/topic#321179
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There's no easy answer to this one since I never watch them in any particular order anyway. I watch whichever movie I want when the mood strikes.

But my kid will see all of them and the HS. The cartoons...all of it, because I watch it all myself. If he decides to fall asleep or grow bored of it, then that'll be up to him. I'm not going to force him to watch any of the movies if he doesn't want to. But it's really irrelevant at the moment since he's only 3 months old.

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#320490
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New 'The Clone Wars' movie trailer
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/320490/action/topic#320490
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I thought you said "this is off my attention radar." Don't you guys get tired of repeating yourselves?

Personally, I think this trailer is a lot better than the first. Makes me even more so enticed to see the film that I was.

generalfrevious said:

Proof enough that George Lucas wants to create something that will always be worse than the last installment. Did we seriously need another thing about the clone wars?? I mean, why didn't Lucas just integrate all this stuff into the PT?(wait a minute-I just answered my own question). I can never believe now that Lucas has done anything good for society. I can now only conclude that SW was a sadistic experiment to throw millions of people into a pit of despair that is caused by his perpetual disregard for the preservation of film. Think about it, SW itself is just a third-rate knockoff of books and films made by Kurosawa, Herbert, and Asimov. Now he has KOTCS, which really was the fourth-worst film ever, as I sadly predicted over a year ago.
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#320064
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STAR WARS: EP V &quot;REVISITED EDITION&quot;<strong>ADYWAN</strong> - <strong>12GB 1080p MP4 VERSION AVAILABLE NOW</strong>
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/320064/action/topic#320064
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I think I can get an answer to that question. I recall someone who works over there and I have his email ady. He may or may not still work there but he should hopefully be able to answer it along with the question if they restored the films before films were messed with or after.

adywan said:

Savage said:

DGC General X said:

Lowry's restoration washed them out a little bit.


Re: Lowry's restoration (and fine, fine Season Salt, btw). I was under the impression that Lowry Digital did the clean up work on the films and once done, Lucasfilm added the blue overlay to most shots to "give it a more modern look." Was it the folks at Lowry or the folks at Lucasfilm who tampered with the color balance?

I'm pretty sure that it was Lucasfilm that messed the colours up.

The thing is its not just a blue tint that has been added to the film. In the opening cloud city shots they have added a reddish tint, but overdone it. They have destroyed a lot of the colour information and its impossible to recover the original colouring without weeks and weeks worth of work per shot, and even then it may be impossible. The original matte shot above looks so much more natural than the 2004 version. They have destroyed any of the subtle gradients that existed pre-2004.

As for the train and added sky traffic in the SE i really like these additions. I think it makes the matte painting look less static. The problem i have now with the matte is that now we have a better picture quality to work with it looks too much like a painting. It would have been much better for them to redo the matte to match the new CG footage. the buildings don't match at all now. And the Falcon should have been replaced with a model shot. i agree that the windows on the Falcon look terrible. This is the main reason i want to redo all the mattes for Cloud City but I'm going to struggle due to the fact that there's so little new building shots to work with.
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#319030
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Crystall Skull has GL's fingerprints all over it
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/319030/action/topic#319030
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I think we get the picture. I finally saw the movie yesterday. I thought it was decent although something felt different with the cinematography while they were in the US.

I seemed to think the movie felt more like an IJ movie once they got to Peru. I don't think this was Harrison's strongest acting performance of all 4, but there were some very nicely done action sequences. There were a few sequences however that were a bit overdone.

I had fun seeing it, but this one did seem less like IJ and more like the beginning of something else, like the first of a next batch of sequels. If that's the case I think the next one will be much better.

Cable-X1 said:

Johnboy3434 said:

Cable-X1 said:

"when done well"....which is often not the case....especially if you're George Lucas.


Again, your opinion. I think he did a splendid job.


I think you're on crack, but whatever. Glad you enjoyed it...I didn't.
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#318559
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STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 <strong>REVISITED</strong> ADYWAN *<em>1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION</em>
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/318559/action/topic#318559
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Ady, out of curiosity, why do you think it doesn't work? And what further were you planning on doing to it to complete the effects?

Personally, I see no reason why it doesn't work and any reason it doesn't look finished. But perhaps your insight would change my mind.

adywan said:

I have to say i wouldn't want another version of my edit appearing any time soon on newsgroups especially one with that scene in the movie. That scene was omitted from the final edit for a reason and that is because it doesn't work and the effects were never finished.
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#318176
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Oh yeah!!! Lucas...clueless as ever.
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/318176/action/topic#318176
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Just an FYI, the White House blowing up wasn't CGI, it was a model as it appears someone else reaffirmed.

Personally, I like what CGI can do. Models can be quite limiting, but at the same time they can look a whole lot more believable too. You get trade offs with these kinds of decisions.

CO said:

thecolorsblend2 said:

And I think some of you have some really screwy ideas about CGI. It's a tool to achieve a certain illusion, same as any other from the filmmaking trade. If it's a choice between something looking exactly the way the director wants via CGI or else a hackjob, bastardized shadow of how he originally envisioned, I'll take CGI everytime.


I don't think anyone thinks CGI is bad, but there is a point where it overwhelms the movie. Look at a movie like T2, that is a perfect example where CGI makes the movie better, where the Robert Patrick T-1000 can do all these things on screen that wouldn't be possible in the 70's, especially when he reforms after being shot or something. Jurassic Park is another example where many dinosaurs were CGI'd to really give the movie that epic look that models may have not have achieved, as it would have been too expensive to build that many dinosaurs.

Where CGI goes wrong for me, is when it overwhelms the story & characters, and it becomes a big 'look how cool I can make this movie look' fest. You look at a movie like TPM, you have real locations like Tatooine, then you goto CGI environments like Kamino, Geonosis, Utapau, Mustafar, and just don't hold up as well compared to OT enviroments like Hoth and Endor.

I remember back in 1996, the huge summer movie to see was Independence Day, as the CGI wowed the crowd especially the White House Blowing up. That movie has not held up, essentially because the story & characters took a backseat to the CGI/Action fest that made movie-goers love it 12 summers ago. Now it is called one of those 'guilty pleasure' movies. Now those pre-CGI movies like Jaws, Star Wars, Raiders, and ET hold up much better simply because the characters and story were ALWAYS the #1 reason the movies were great.
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#318175
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Oh yeah!!! Lucas...clueless as ever.
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/318175/action/topic#318175
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Lucas had little to do with the films? Are you on crack? So what if he didn't direct ESTB and ROTJ. You think he just sat on his butt and had no say? That's a pretty assbackwards statement. I'm not defending George for ROTJ, but damn that's a stupid comment.

generalfrevious said:

Still, whether we like it or not, Lucas will be the silent culprit of the greatest crime in film history. And BTW, the SW trilogy is popular because Lucas had little to actually do with the films.
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#318174
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Oh yeah!!! Lucas...clueless as ever.
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/318174/action/topic#318174
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I would agree that he's not the same filmmaker. I believe what changed him was success and the fact the he has raised three children (as you pointed out). It's not necessarily that he's any worse, he's just different. And that's for better or worse depending on whomever's point of view.

CO said:

sunday256 said:

Well that cluless filmmaker just so happend to make some of the most popular movies ever. Some of you guys need to get a grip. Stop taking all this crap you read and hear about so seriously.


Sunday, I think people who call Lucas a hack now are being too extreme, but in the same respect he is the not the same filmmaker that made our favorite movies from the late 70's/early 80's.

It happens to anyone, athletes, actors, musicians, they have a prime where their work is second to none, then once they reach stardom and have kids as Mickey said to Rocky in Rocky III, "You become civilized." You lose that eye of the tiger to put it metaphorically.

I look at Lucas like a great rock band like The Who or Led Zeppelin, has Pete Townshend written anything as great as Tommy or Quadrophenia in the past 20 years? Has Jimmy Page/Roger Plant recorded anything close to Stairway to Heaven in the past 20 years? The same goes for Lucas, he churned out Graffiti, Star Wars, then produced films like Empire & Raiders, and then he got divorced raised 3 daughters, and played it safe for the rest of his career.

George Lucas career is just like most directors,(with exception of a handful guys like Spielberg) who is just past his prime, and the difference is that Coppola and Depalma, other great directors from the 70's aren't making anymore movies that are extensions of their trilogies for people to compare them to, they are doing new work and most of it isn't as great as what they were doing 20-30 years ago. Oh yeah, Coppola did Godfather III! See what I mean?