You could almost belive it was true

[Technoid]

[lowlifecat]

how do you tape over film?

[Dr Mordrid]

Visit the Digital Video forum and find out. Basically you scan in the frames to create a video file. From there using modern software, even the cheap stuff, most anything is possible.

Dr. Mordrid

[az]

I think the question was "How do you accidentally replace the contents on a roll of film with different scenes?".

[Dr Mordrid]

Take one Steenbeck film editor;



Enlargement....

and add the intoxicant of your choice

Dr. Mordrid

[KvHagedorn]

Are they actually rips from old laserdiscs? If so, I have the masters..

edit: yep, apparently, it's true.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-reviews/B000FQJAIW/102-2913063-2412915?%5Fencoding=UTF8

I suppose with that knowledge, I can hold off. George Lucas is such a money-grubbing turd.

[Technoid]

The official load of BS:

Lynne Hale (publicity@lucasfilm.com) wrote:

I wanted you to know how much we appreciate the passion and enthusiasm you have for Star Wars, and thank you for sharing your concerns about our upcoming DVD release.

The DVDs being released in September will contain two versions of Star Wars: Episodes IV, V and VI - the Special Editions (which represent George's vision of the movies) and the first versions, which will be included as bonus material. We hoped that releasing those "original" movies on a bonus disc would be a way to have some additional fun with the debut of the movies as individual DVDs. We certainly did not want it to become a source of concern or frustration for any of our fans.

As you may know, an enormous amount of effort was put into digitally restoring the negatives for the Special Editions. In one scene alone, nearly 1 million pieces of dirt had to be removed, and the Special Editions were created through a frame-by-frame digital restoration. The negatives of the movies were permanently altered for the creation of the Special Editions, and existing prints of the first versions are in poor condition.

So many fans have requested the original movies, we wanted to find a way to bring them to you. But since these movies do not represent George's artistic vision, we could not put the extraordinary time and resources into this project as we did with the Special Editions. The 1993 Laserdisc masters represented the best source for providing the original versions as DVD bonus material. Although these are non-anamorphic versions, they do preserve the original widescreen composition of the movies.

We want you to be aware that we have no plans - now or in the future - to restore the earlier versions.

We hope you will understand our decision and, again, want to let you know how much we appreciate your interest and enthusiasm.

Sincerely,
Lynne Hale
publicity@lucasfilm.com

I'll bet that a truth with modification

Yes the negatives where permanently altered ... during the cleaning process!

Theres no way that they did all of the restoring AND editing in one step!

It just sounds like one more excuse for "George Crusade of perfection"

[KvHagedorn]

Well, the guy hasn't had a original idea in 30 years.. he just needs to milk this one for all it's worth, apparently. I'm surprised he hasn't issued multiple three-disc sets.. one with a pic of Luke, one with a pic of Obi-Wan, one with a pic of Han, one with a pic of Chewbacca, etc., so collectors must buy them all.

[az]

KvH

[Technoid]

Time for this thread to rear it's fugly head again:

[ZokesPro]

LOL
25% more ewok, hehehe.