timdiggerm

Hey Harmy, ever considered taking up metalworking as a hobby?

Possibility: Dayv himself posted this in advance of attempting suicide. Thankfully, he didn't succeed, and is thus okay for now.

Universe shrinkage!

Darth Balls said:

There is a new remaster of this just coming out on bluray in the UK and Europe but unfortunately without the mono soundtrack.

Would be cool if someone put the mono soundtrack over this new video

Comparison between the Lowry remaster (2012 UK Blu-ray) and U.S. Blu-ray:

http://www.screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/147851
http://www.screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/147849
http://www.screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/147847
http://www.screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/147840

That 2nd shot. The bluuuuue. :(

For the SE, though, I'd expect them to all have the same font, as they were done at the same time.

jero32 said:

" I saw on another forum today where someone is claiming to have the print copy we screened and they are claiming to be scanning it."

...I wonder if this is the "news" negative1 said we'd find out in a couple of years.

No, this is definitely a reference to MVerta, who has access to a different Technicolor print.

Just remember to put a password on it. And tell us the password.

Pucini's Manon Lescaut's "Intermezzo"  synced with the Binary Sunset scene, more or less: https://vimeo.com/49986231

I used a sync on youtube of the scene with the "Binary Sunset (alternate)" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bvt5LLrqLYU) as a template, as that's what Williams would have written first in response to the temp track. After rendering, I realized that my drums are in a different spot... but it still seems to work, so I dunno. Such is the way of doing things with Windows Movie Maker.

Two more attempts!

Holst's "Mars" from The Planets, with the 2nd half of the Death Star battle: https://vimeo.com/49983321

This was entirely based on the really, really, really obvious quoting of the ending when the battlestation blows up. I have no idea if the whole battle was done like that, although it has its moments.

And the Throne Room, with the 4th movement from Dvorak's New World Symphony: https://vimeo.com/49984156

Both of them have a few points where you wonder if a different recording, slightly different in tempo or timing or whatever, would synchronize better. It's probably impossible to figure out which version they threw in there originally though, and frankly I'm surprised that certain moments match as well as they do. So I'll live with that.

Later, I should have the Pucini's Manon Lescaut's "Intermezzo" / Binary Sunset up.

Oh, and, as always, the password is OT. We're so secure.

Fair enough. That's against the idea of trying to reconstruct the original temp track, but I understand. The b/w look really does work well with the classic jazz.

Leonardo said:

timdiggerm said:

Or perhaps you'd like to see them synced. https://vimeo.com/49975294

This is already great as it is, but I'd love to see it overlayed on this,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxXormkENVI

with voices and effects intact. The black and white really adds to it :)

Tried that, and the sync wasn't nearly as good IMHO. I don't think it was the right length, etc. Given that that's from an early cut of the film and Williams would have been given the final cut, such a sync probably never even happened.

Or perhaps you'd like to see them synced. https://vimeo.com/49975294

There are other versions of Benny Goodman playing Diga Diga Doo, but the timing on this one seems good to me.

And here's the opening crawl with the Ivanhoe opening: https://vimeo.com/49976347

I think I should have done the timing a little differently, but I'm not sure there's really a good way to get the crawl to appear when the music sounds like it should and still have it all start together.

And of course the password is OT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuJweMUeSVU

In which Ben Burtt shows us an early version of Obi-Wan vs Grievous.

Seriously, you gotta watch this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Benny_Goodman_Treasure_Chest suggests perhaps "Diga Diga Doo", which you can hear here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8O8zchAuQ_o

I mean, that works pretty well.

So...

It seems to me that this bit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrXA-YMJs54#t=153s

is similar enough to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1tn7WJ9lRc to be of note

Asaki said:

Stupid Vimeo won't let me watch any of these >:(

Because you don't have the password? OT

New is Better. Combine that with a lack of knowledge about the subject and...voila.

Yeah I think the biggest problem with Harmy's

post is that he seemed to think that this

style demands rhyme or meter which it fairly

explicitly doesn't if you read -1's posts

To be fair, the video has some flaws. The director/animator relies waaaaay too much on zooming through windows over and over and over.

http://theforce.net/latestnews/story/Tartakovsky_Talks_About_The_State_Of_His_SW_Clone_Wars_MicroSeries_148068.asp In which TFN acknowledges George's ways and Tartokovsky is a little sad.

Thank you. You didn't need to, but I appreciate it, and I look forward to more posters!

I'd love proof of some kind that you're the same guy who put it on reddit

http://www.reddit.com/r/StarWars/comments/101l4j/i_give_you_my_empire_strikes_back_poster/

but I can't think of how.

Anyway, it was really good of you to not post the link to buy the poster...

But if anyone wants to buy it: http://www.etsy.com/listing/109720978/star-wars-the-empire-strikes-back-poster

I don't really understand what your definition of "legit" is, but okay?

I've long advocated for replacement of PT CG shots with model work

But then I realized how difficult and/or expensive it is to build a motion control rig

And as it turns out, TPM is full of models already!

pittrek said:

DVDs ARE good enough for people with SD TV sets. But soon as they buy an HDTV, they will upgrade their movie collection with HD sources. I know it - I have bought my first HDTV only last year and I was shocked when I noticed how BAD the DVDs look on it, even when they looked AMAZING on my old CRT TV.

Not always true. Not true for my parents & sisters. DVDs are good enough for them.