thedalek

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Join date: 20-Jun-2004
Last activity: 20-Jun-2004
Posts: 10

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Post: #68660
Topic: Info Wanted: Is there a "Faces" LD-to-DVD rip?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/68660/action/topic#68660
Time: 30-Sep-2004 3:52 AM — Edited 1-Jul-2020 6:31 PM

I’m curious: Is there a DVD-rip of the 1995 “Faces” Laserdiscs? If not, is someone currently working on one?

Other question: Were the 1993 Definitive Edition LDs remastered at all?

This may have been covered elsewhere, but the “Bootleg DVDs” thread has sprawled to about 100 pages.

Post: #53331
Topic: Star Wars DVD Covers
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/53331/action/topic#53331
Time: 24-Jun-2004 12:27 AM

They are nice, but the TR47 ones are inaccurate. TR47's set does not feature commentary by anyone, nor does it have menus or production notes.

Have you thought of doing a triple or quad disc version? You know, for the whole set in one case?

Post: #53289
Topic: Star Wars...The TV series!!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/53289/action/topic#53289
Time: 23-Jun-2004 11:25 AM

Well, strictly speaking, the group formed in 1965, but you're right, '62 is way off. It was a slip of the finger on the numeric keypad. I meant to type 1968. I'm really not sure on the exact year, though.

Post: #53244
Topic: Star Wars...The TV series!!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/53244/action/topic#53244
Time: 22-Jun-2004 9:57 PM

You're forgetting how heavy on brass those shows were. Full orchestra, like.

"5...4...3...2...1...Rogue Squadron is go!"

As soon as interdimensional travel becomes a reality, that's one of the first offworld imports I'm going to bring in. Right after the 1990 Beatles Reunion Album, and the 1962 version of Frank Herbert's _Dune_ movie, directed by Salvador Dali, and scored by Pink Floyd. And no, I'm not making that one up. It was officially in the works, but was dropped before production could begin because it was deemed "Too expensive."

Post: #53243
Topic: MORE CHANGES!!! (for the 2004 OT DVD release)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/53243/action/topic#53243
Time: 22-Jun-2004 9:50 PM

No, it's not supposed to be Hitler. I think it's supposed to be Dr. Strangelove from Kubrik's film of (virtually) the same name (The full title was "Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb"). And ricarleite's is Radical Edward from Cowboy Bebop.

Don't know about yours, Galahad. Never seen that guy before.

Post: #53189
Topic: Star Wars...The TV series!!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/53189/action/topic#53189
Time: 22-Jun-2004 7:33 AM

I've got one and a half words for this thread: Supermarionation.

Of course, it's not gonna happen, but Gary Anderson's method of storytelling was quite effective with dozens of shows. Even though I'm a Digital Media major, I'd like to see a serious effort on the part of moviemakers to stop relying so heavily on digital effects, and go back to the "Well, this door was actually an 8 foot long block of styrofoam that Bill and I found. The burn marks were done by brushing on gasoline, then airbrushed to color," line of production.

For those who don't know, Supermarionation was the technique uesed in such wonderful TV series as Fireball XL-5, Supercar, Joe 90, and most popularly Thunderbirds (the 1960's TV show, not the 2004 movie based on it), as well as many others.

Post: #53188
Topic: MORE CHANGES!!! (for the 2004 OT DVD release)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/53188/action/topic#53188
Time: 22-Jun-2004 7:24 AM

Is that who that is? I dind't immediately recognize him. I just found him lying around in the avatars, and thought, "That looks reasonably like me."

Post: #53154
Topic: MORE CHANGES!!! (for the 2004 OT DVD release)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/53154/action/topic#53154
Time: 21-Jun-2004 8:52 PM

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Originally posted by: Hal 9000
Do you think that when he *gulp* dies, the OOT will get released?

"I find your lack of vision... disturbing, Mr. Lucas."

(Lucas makes a wet noise in his throat and keels over.)

Post: #53113
Topic: Info: OT Bootleg DVDs
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/53113/action/topic#53113
Time: 21-Jun-2004 4:59 PM

Galahad_Skywalker:

You're probably behind a campus firewall that's configured in some screwy way, or your OIT (Office of Information Technology) has decided to block commonly used peer-to-peer ports (in the 6999 range) in an attempt to save bandwidth. Heaven knows OIT people love to have towers of unused bandwidth.

"Check it out, Bob. We're running a T3 line, and with the new port blocking, it's only pulling 26kbps."
"You know, Phil, you're a real jerk."

As far as I know, there is no solution to this problem short of getting your internet elsewhere. If there is, I'd love to hear it. I haven't been able to use bittorrent in months because of this. Heck, my campus just recently started blocking port 6667, claiming that IRC was tying up 30% of their bandwidth usage. I'd believe it if DCC transfers didn't take place on random ports.

Post: #53064
Topic: Info: OT Bootleg DVDs
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/53064/action/topic#53064
Time: 20-Jun-2004 8:57 PM

First time post, but here goes:

In the interests of getting the various bootleg DVDs out and in circulation, could some of the people who have them please post them to Usenet? I know I'm talking to a very narrow slice of the enthusiast bell curve here: Those who read this board, have the DVDs, and know what Usenet is, but it would get out to more people than just those here on this board.

For those who don't know what Usenet is, it's a network of discussion groups, categorized by a hierarchical structure. Groups.google.com archives many of them, but there are hundreds of thousands of unique groups not archived by Google. The most prolific are those which begin with the prefix alt.binaries... as those are the ones which actually contain binary data. It is possible to post full DVDs to some of these groups, and in fact, this is frequently done. Good groups to post these DVDs to would be alt.binaries.dvd, alt.binaries.dvdr, or alt.binaries.starwars.

Posting the files is, admittedly, a time consuming exercise, and involves creating a disc image (such as an iso or mdf/mds set), compressing that into a series of .rar files, and then using a program like Agent newsreader to post those files.

I'm willing to do this for the TR47 set, although I won't be able to until sometime next month, as they have been borrowed from me.