Re: Star Wars Original Trilogy Changes

2004-09-21 Thread Philip Arnold
If he was good to his fans, he'd have the DVDs using Branching That way you'd have a choice of which version to watch, rather like the Terminator 2 DVD [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]

Re: Star Wars Original Trilogy Changes

2004-09-21 Thread Larry C. Lyons
When they talked about it on the  article one thing that was mentioned was the condiiono fthe individual frames - there were over a hundred of individual specks on dirt on each frame and quite a few scratches as well. You can only clean them up so much before further damaging them. larry On Tue,

Re: Star Wars Original Trilogy Changes

2004-09-21 Thread William Bowen
But, didn't they clean up the original masters before making copies for the '97 re-releases? They can't be suggesting that the prints that were restored were then eliminated in the process of making the updated versions, can they? This Lucas keeps flip-flopping, now his spin-machine can't even kee

Re: Star Wars Original Trilogy Changes

2004-09-21 Thread Charlie Griefer
i'm neither endorsing nor condoning...but I recently came across the following: http://www.originaltrilogy.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=4&threadid=734&STARTPAGE=2 the TR47 version looks to be...promising?  by promising, of course I mean horribly, despicably wrong and certainly in violation of

Re: Star Wars Original Trilogy Changes

2004-09-21 Thread Larry C. Lyons
They might not be able to. On NPR recently as part of an article on transferring films to DVD, the reporter mentioned that there were no usable master prints of the original Star Wars trilogy left that were usable. Apparently the films were a victim of their own success, they had to make so many co

Re: Star Wars Original Trilogy Changes

2004-09-21 Thread G
al Message -   From: William Bowen   To: CF-Community   Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 11:30 AM   Subject: Re: Star Wars Original Trilogy Changes   I think one of the funniest parts about these interviews is where he   basically says he's a mediocre filmmaker and an average storyteller.   Not

Re: Star Wars Original Trilogy Changes

2004-09-21 Thread William Bowen
I think one of the funniest parts about these interviews is where he basically says he's a mediocre filmmaker and an average storyteller. Not one author has argued that. And yet, here we are, prepared to shell out $40+ for the DVDs. I have the trilogy on VHS, letterbox version even, but I don't

Re: Star Wars Original Trilogy Changes

2004-09-21 Thread Jerry Johnson
But my laserdisc versions still look AWESOME. Jerry Johnson >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/21/04 12:25PM >>> If you are enterprising, you can get the originals on laserdisc and rip/reencode/burn those to DVD-R. Theoretically that would even be legal since you would own the laserdiscs. Of course, other

Re: Star Wars Original Trilogy Changes

2004-09-21 Thread Kevin Graeme
If you are enterprising, you can get the originals on laserdisc and rip/reencode/burn those to DVD-R. Theoretically that would even be legal since you would own the laserdiscs. Of course, other people have already done the legwork... -Kevin On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 08:39:46 -0700, Charlie Griefer <[EM

Re: Star Wars Original Trilogy Changes

2004-09-21 Thread G
his response to that was "they are on VHS, you can get them if you want them" He can be such a tool.   - Original Message -   From: Charlie Griefer   To: CF-Community   Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 10:39 AM   Subject: Re: Star Wars Original Trilogy Changes   woul

Re: Star Wars Original Trilogy Changes

2004-09-21 Thread William Bowen
I've read in several places that he's essentially playing old Italian stereotype man with regards to the "original" movies. "They are dead to me. It is as if they have never existed. I have no earlier versions!" Celebrity voice impersonated :-) wouldn't be so bad if he'd just release the origin

Re: Star Wars Original Trilogy Changes

2004-09-21 Thread Charlie Griefer
wouldn't be so bad if he'd just release the original ones as well. give people a choice. On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 10:06:38 -0400, Paul Ihrig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > man that south park episode was so right on > some one should slap him > > [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscript

Re: Star Wars Original Trilogy Changes

2004-09-21 Thread Paul Ihrig
man that south park episode was so right on some one should slap him [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]

RE: Star Wars Original Trilogy Changes

2004-09-21 Thread Tyler Silcox
Agreed.  I know they are his movies to do whatever he wants with. But he is f'ing with my childhood and that just ain't right... Tyler    _   From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Star Wars Original Trilogy Changes What a putz. -Kevin --- Outgoing mail is

Re: Star Wars Original Trilogy Changes

2004-09-21 Thread Kevin Graeme
What a putz. -Kevin On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 08:56:51 -0400, Jeffry Houser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]

Star Wars Original Trilogy Changes

2004-09-21 Thread Jeffry Houser
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