So far in 2017, the most enjoyable film for me was "Baby Driver", and I'm waiting to see if watching "Dunkirk" on home video manages to replicate some of the actual anxiety I felt while watching on IMAX.
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I actually liked TFA. Yes, it was very much "been there, done that", but it did something very few films in the last decade managed to do. It kept me extremely entertained for 2 hours. The script and characters were engaging, Kylo was a pretty well thought out (if a bit angsty) villain, and it stands the test of the 3rd and 4th viewing, which many films fail at, including R1, which, while having a killer 3rd act, has a severely problematic 1st act. Even if TLJ turns out to be a remake of ESB, if it's a good remake, I'll probably still enjoy it.
Feallan then you basically said you want george lucas script for episode 7 but tweaked a bit
Why is R1 a pointless film? I personally loved it. It filled in a lot of blanks, gave more meaning to some old characters, and broadened the Star Wars universe, which was really needed. The other prequels made the universe seem tiny, everyone was so tightly inter-related, seeing other lives play out, I found really interesting and enjoyable. I'd like to see more film that aren't about characters we already know.
In my opinion both TFA and R1 were soulless popcorn flicks and it's foolish to think Last Jedi will be any different. If you don't care about the story in these movies (and you shouldn't, beacause it's godawful), what redeeming qualities are left? I guess VFX was okay, but does it matter when the rest of the movie is so bad you don't even care how it ends?
It's just a pointless film. You don't need to see what happened before. This is a clear example of Disney "milking the cow". Plus, Vader being super "badass" at the end and doing awesome tricks when in the next movie the duel between him and Ben is pretty dull in comparison.
And, relatively speaking, by "two decades before" I'm referring to the official timeline, not any gap between the release of any two movies.
Guy's not as much of a wuss as he had been nearly two decades before, when he went down the wrong path to save his wife, an aim that ultimately proved futile.
And then there's his bloody rampage against Rebel soldiers, armed only with his lightsaber. You can't get any more awesome than that when it comes to Darth Vader. Reminds you how threatening he can be when he's in action.
"Be careful not to choke on your aspirations, Director." A perfect example of the classic Vader snark fans of the Original Trilogy have come to expect.
I thought Darth Vader was perfectly--and scarily--in character for his appearances in Rogue One.
I don't think TFA was bad. Of course it was far from being flawless but to be fair, all the Star Wars movies are imperfect. TFA is better than the prequels at least. Rogue One was a huge joke though. We just have to wait and see for ESB... I mean TLJ ;-)
TFA was the most creatively bankrupt movie I've ever seen, carefully engineered and focus tested by a bunch of suits, with money being the only goal. Why would you want to pay for this? Do you really want to see a shitty ESB remake?
Charlie Rose just made the last episodes of his PBS shows, as a direct result of the Great Hollywood Sex Scandal of 2017.
True story... my good friend asked if I would "boycott" VIII with him... I laughed at him and said I'm not boycotting it, I'm just not going to watch it! 
Yep, it's a major release and a HUGE improvement over the previous version. I've already noticed the difference.
Seems to work okay. Not sure I like that moving dot thingy in tabs. It's like a Cylon eye looking at me. 
I just updated to Quantum yesterday and I really love it. Very smooth page transitions, youtube is responding far better, it's worth the update.
No not a seperate install, just got the new Quantum and everythign works great so far.
Dumb question. Is the new mozilla a separate install? Current version I have installed constantly freezes up using ebay and facebook these days.
OK, I'm stumped on one of the typefaces used for the redone titles for the 1968 Italian rerelease of AFOD. Anyone who can figure out a font, I'd like to discuss this via PM.
And, of course, even just removing the end title by hand, I have to blur stuff just enough in at least a couple of frames.
The real challenge here lies in restoring the Man with No Name's movements as he rides out of town. The best place to grab it from is the US Blu-ray, however as many sources say it's quite cropped, and by my own personal experience it's hell to try to line it up with the source I'm using.
Currently, I'm working on a clean version of the AFOD closing title shot, since there apparently isn't one available. I extracted all 193 frames, plus a single reference shot for cleanup purposes, via Blender and am removing the word "FINE" via GIMP.
@marin888: prices are too good to be true... so, I've just sent a mail to ask if it's possible to grab a TV directly; let's wait for an answer!
Regarding AFOD, I've just finished panning and scanning the first of what I estimate to be 5 reels for the 4:3 version. I'll start a five-day test encode as soon as I adjust the audio slightly; the sync on my initial draft wasn't quite what I wanted it to be, but it was close.
Oh, I finally got a chance to view the Japanese dub of AFOD featuring Yasuo Yamada as the voice of Clint Eastwood, and I noticed that there were many of the cuts from the UK version, and then some, for a total running time of just over 92 minutes.
As we approach the one-month lunarversary of the New York Times breaking the Great Hollywood Sex Scandal of 2017, what are your opinions on what's happened thus far, and who'll be the next to go?
Even in the project itself, I can't blow up the video image any further than 4K UHD.
You can handle higher resolution in the free version of Resolve, you are only limited to UHD for the final output.
Sizes above 4K UHD aren't something DaVinci Resolve can handle in its free version, but Blender can do these sizes, even up to IMAX resolution potentially.
BTW I'm presently experimenting with using Blender to make film-resolution reels for my restorations, multiplying the number of vertical millimeters in each frame by 160 for maximum effect. For the Dollars Trilogy, I'm starting with a Techniscope 2-perf negative size.
Returning to the topic of films to be restored... if someone has an old Italian DVD copy of Per qualche dollaro in più (you know, the one that's panned and scanned at Univisium aspect ratio), that'd be awesome, because it has a clean (i.e. titleless) version of the final shot.
You don't tug on Superman's cape, You don't spit in to the wind, You don't pull the mask off the ole Lone Ranger, and you don't mess around with Jim.
Well, as Tevye would say, "You know, he's right! As the Good Book says, 'If you spit in the air, it lands in your face.' " 
Well, some people use the ^^ as some kind of grinning eye "smiley". That's quite confusing if used otherwise ^^... Addidionally: If somebody is not able to get his references right, and the way of answering unconfusitional (that word does not exist, does it?) then maybe it is not the problem of the reader, but the writer...
@MrBrown :: Holy participles, Batman! ... "How can a question be a statement?" ... Of course! When it's an interrogative! 
(BTW, it's not a "bug", but a "suggestion" -- both of which are under the same forum heading.)
(BTW, it's not a "bug", but a "suggestion" -- both of which are under the same forum heading.)
@MrBrown: The Keep from 1983 ... saw the movie in the 80s and since then was trying to find it back, but only knew the German title ...
@BronzeTitan: how can a question be a statement? I statement is more something that I don't see a bug here... I feel the '^' more confusing, especially when used to refer more than 3 entries above...
@spoRv :: The above ( ^ and ^ ^ ) is a good example of the aforementioned "confusion" happening in any case. PDB looks to be replying to MrBrown's immediate statement, which would cause "??" . This subject might be a good candidate for a topic in the "Bug reports and suggestions" area.
This subject might be a good candidate for a topic in the "Bug reports and suggestions" area.Thanks to all of you! In fact, I was interested in one specific project, which made me sign up ... will follow-up with the "owner" of that one, then.
This is more a discussion and help community than a sharing. The sharing should be done by other communities, there are plenty where to find help getting the projects. As a general tip: be helpfull to project makers, without being too pushy... then a project maker may give you a hint, where to look at, to find the way to a certain project...
How and where depends on the project maker. We do not Share links, just Informations if a project is finished, and in the pre-finished states we talk about what is tried to accomplished, collecting suggestions, help each other, like hints where to find base sources for the projects, or other general input, like "what is the best audio source" "how to accomplish a better image/audio/colortuning" and so on.
I'm new here. So please forgive me for a potentially stupid question: how and where can I find the completed projects?
For example -- (1970) Lucas finishes film; (1971) WB makes minor changes for 1st theatrical release; (1978) Lucas undoes WB changes for his original film release; (1983) Lucas re-edits for TV & Beta/VHS/laserdisc release [SEN/children scene shortened]; (2004) Lucas re-edits with major CG; (2010) Lucas tweaks grading for TV and Blu-ray release ... AND, OF COURSE ... (20xx) Lucas still at it for his TV and UHD release!!
@Koopa Luath :: Can you amend "The original theatrical cut" to read "An early theatrical cut"? -- Commercial video tapes (and laserdisc) weren't of the first theatrical (WB), nor of Lucas's restored-from-WB-cut release (only avialble on film as TV broadcasts), but were of his 1st edited cut (most notable being SEN's shortened childrens scene).
This guy has been working on his own bit of Metal Gear animation for the last couple of years: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JbzYUhiar8
I just now made a note of it on the film's Trivia page on TV Tropes. Friggin' executive meddling...
@BronzeTitan I was hoping perhaps he had less of a say in what version TCM airs these days. Showing the 1978 reissue trailer to promote it counts as false advertising in my book. That wasn't even on the DVD or Blu Ray.
@SilverWook 26 Oct 17:02 - I don't think Lucas would allow it from such a big network; but was hoping for the best. (which, of course, didn't happen)
And there could be the specifying which of multiple shouts from a particular username (from a late-comer). For example:
maybe we should use @username when answering to some post before the last one, to avoid possible confusion... whad do you all think?
^ ^ ^ You mean ... THX emerged to the surface world (actually the 1960's), changed his name to LHO, and took vengeance on OMM (also left & became JFK) for LUH?
@poita, I just watched that Telecine video it was great! https://wn.com/telecine_a_brief_guide
While waiting you can get some new conspiracy theories, embedded in the JFK documents is the entire THX script if you look hard enough
OK, Silver, everything's rigged up and all set on my end as far as I could go, and I even got a backup set to record on another DVR in case anything goes wrong on the primary DVR.
Stranger Things Complete First Season in fake VHS case: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_conti...cfTxQMPFso