Is blutopia down for anyone else, getting Bad Gateway 503
Shoutbox archive
Happy reading - and, happy writing... this would be a loooong story, I'm pretty sure! 
Frankenstein audio reconstruction will be the first update I will post witin the next few days.... First, I need to read through two months of new posts, lol
Happy New Year to all! C u all again on a daily basis starting today... Look forward to catching up with all of you 
Question for Aussies and Star Wars enthusiasts, I was reading this Wikipedia article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_Int...orporation (partially taking it with a grain of salt) and saw that CIC had a joint venture with 20th Century Fox and Buena Vista/Disney back in the 70s. If this is true, I wonder if anyone saw Aussie prints of Star Wars having the CIC logo before the memorable Fox/Lucasfilm tag?
It's a collector's forum, their rules. I'm not sure how it would be bad for collectors. Anyway you don't have to post anything and then no one will ever know who you are haha. 
Well I did end up using my real name, but I think it's irresponsible towards the users. Why should some random people on the internet know my identity? I see why a seller needs to know who I am, to send the package, but there's no reasonable need to expose who I am in general. Even if they wanted to identify who I am, they could make a separate name field besides the display name
@TomArrow why does that seem wrong? If you use an alias and they find out (which will probably happen the first time you use PayPal to buy a print) you will get kicked off the forum. Ebay is different, you can have as many ebay accounts as you like one for each day of the week if you want.
OPEN registrations at Blutopia until new year. If you want an account sign up now!
How about something close but ironic, like ... Thomas Shaft ... (with your theme song --> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFvRvSxsW-I )
That's kinda ridiculous. Even eBay allows you to use a nickname. Besides, I hate my real name.
They do actually. It is due to the fact that collector's offer trades and sales and keeping an eye on these is easier and safer if people know who you really are.
@ TomArrow "Do they really expect you to use your actual real name on that forum?" -- Even my actual name doesn't work for them. What, they're too good for BronzeTitan? (Hmmpf! Where's my sword?)
Do they really expect you to use your actual real name on that forum? That seems kinda wrong
If anyone knows or hears of a Star Trek The Motion Picture print coming up for scale (or an owner who's willing to let it be scanned), let me know ASAP
No jonno, you're not. I expressed the same excitement when I saw the listing. 
I can't be the only one who actually enjoys Trek V - a film scan would have been terrific. Here's hoping we have the whole set one day.
Another thing worth mentioning is that the process varied depending on the negative as well. Super35 was quite popular but that didn't allow for contact-printing in all generations through to release print, whereas filming at the native size of the eventual release print (with sountrack) did.
Yeah IB prints are not made using photographic dyes, but regular "prints" are.
Thanks for the vid link! Tried the YT link for the website but it's gone (or rearranged). Fortunately, Internet Archive has it here: https://web.archive.org/web/201604211704...echnicolor (all the YT vids & lots of PDF docs)
Cool video, Valeyard. I wasn't aware prints were actally printed. I somehow had this idea in my head that they were exposing each print separately and then developing it.
I would be willing to donate to such a project .... like it's any secret that I love Star Trek. LOL
https://www.ebay.com/itm/STAR-TREK-V-198...2629619052 <- Am I the only one who's seen this?
Aw don't do that old friend. Yoda says ... "Balance in The Force, there must be!" 
I'll just ignore the shoutbox as much as possible from here on out. Better for everyone.
Well then how come you make a point to say to me you dislike coming here because of drama but you're okay with the drama as it happens there? People on all sorts of forums talk about stuff like this. I wasn't mean. I didn't say nasty things. I can't have an opinion on it because you're here? Or is it that you honestly feel bad about some decisions there and don't like being reminded of them once in a while here because underneath your moderator title you're actually a genuinely caring person stuck between a rock and a hard place?
I'm not asking anyone to walk on eggshells, or resign. I just don't see how dredging OT drama up here benefits this forum.
If it helps, I hope it's only temporary for DE, he is one of the better site members there even if he can be a handful sometimes.
You cannot blame your work drama on me or this site. If I have to walk around on eggshells here because members of OT are members here I will resign my account immediately. Besides, how would you like a banning from OT to follow you everywhere you go? You also give yourself too little credit. I'd say you probably turned it down because you are a decent person and were not interested in a conflict of interest.
Tougher skin has nothing to do with it. (And I never said that to you.) How would you like workplace drama to follow you around everywhere you go? I declined a moderator position here because I thought it would be too much stress.
None of us can have our cake and eat it too SW .... not even me. I'm sorry if you take issue with me having a little fun. Take it with a grain of salt like I do.
It's a temp ban, AFAIK. And this is why I don't like hanging around here anymore. 
Well well, another longtime OT user gets shuffled out ... my congrats to DuracellEnegizer for earning his new badge of honor. Nicely done DE, enjoy the fresh air and don't look back, you are finally free.
But if they tried to scare people with Knock-Off Nigel, they failed miserably!
This ad is to deter you from drink driving: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtWirGxV7Q8
I've driven along the Princess Hwy many times over the years. What a sad tragedy: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-27/ho...sh/9286606
@spoRv nah you wouldn't, you would send them a PM and ask them if they want to be friends and by the way can they please stop misbehaving!
Good deal Andrea ... I'm glad there are still a few web forums that support at least basic civility and common decency.
@spoRv ahahaha! But you would never ban anyway anyway you always like to see the very slimist glimmer of good in people.
@Jetrell Fo: You Were Not Banned On 2017-12-28 00:59:59, For The Following Reason: i don't dislike you. - spoRv
@BronzeTitan ... indeed. Apparently I have superpowers that I was unaware of, lol.
I've been thinking about doing a restoration of The Terminator sometime in 2019... does anyone have the European clean master thereof?
@ Jetrell Fo -- Ah, then it's like a badge of honor ... like getting kicked out of all the best colleges!
I too have a few invites stashed for the spleen. I usually invite those who ask for an invite. Only fair since I got a random invite after asking for one on the OT (In it's prime)
I have stashed invites on Spleen. But the problem is since I only have so many I'd feel bad having to choose who to invite.
They've got some pricky staff there and they do what they like even if their rules say otherwise. Reminds me of a place I got banned from not so long ago.