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Za_Lords_Guard t1_iufin93 wrote

Jesus. Don't let George Lucas find out. He will show up at your door with a CGI team.

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ishook t1_iuglkx0 wrote

The sounds of CGI nerds struggling to kick in your windows. Eventually you let them in and they start feverishly painting your walls green.

Source, am cgi nerd

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worldwar2nerd280 OP t1_iufitaa wrote

I have watched this at my grandparents house and the best way to put the cgi is very 1970s/1980s

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Za_Lords_Guard t1_iufj7oa wrote

Well yes. It was from that era, but it's the OG version. Rare as hen's teeth these days and before it was improved beyond recognition.

I rmember going to see it in the theater with my dad. Hokey as the fx were at the time it was mind blowing.

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worldwar2nerd280 OP t1_iufjrhq wrote

I’m not 100% sure it’s that it’s original. But I know it’s from 1982 or before. Also VHS was long before my time. I found this at my grandparents house

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Scrapbookee t1_iufw4et wrote

What they mean by original is that the version of the movie is the original theatrical release. You can't buy it on DVD or Bluray, only the changed versions.

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dudeitsmeee t1_iufxh0y wrote

The version Lucas didn’t puke back up on, the version everyone wants to have been left the fuck alone

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Za_Lords_Guard t1_iufk63k wrote

Released on VHS May, 1982. Not gonna get rich off it, but surely worth nerd cred.

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Vince_Clortho042 t1_iufnwqy wrote

You know the original doesn't have any computer graphics save for the Death Star schematic the take out of R2, right? That's 100% motion control, models, and optical compositing.

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ascii42 t1_iufp5xk wrote

The original Star Wars had almost no CGI (basically just the stuff displayed on computer screens within the movie). Here's an old featurette on how they did some of the effects: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIlYk7KQe-s

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tnic73 t1_iugi4mb wrote

CGI did not exist for another decade. There was no CGI in the Return of the Jedi six years latter.

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MarkG1 t1_iuia15n wrote

I was going to say it needs cracking open and digitising then quietly distributing so we can finally watch it without the CG shit again

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Za_Lords_Guard t1_iuiaf2o wrote

100%. All the revisions are fine, but leave the original available. Remaster and upscale at most. Han shot first and I refuse to live in a world where he didn't.

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LubieRZca t1_iufgzz9 wrote

Luke looks ripped, posed like He-man lol, cover looks amazing overall.

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PongSoHard t1_iufhl19 wrote

Hân shot first

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UB_edumikated t1_iufqtfq wrote

That's an amazing piece of history.

Cherish it and pass it on to your descendants.

I'd love to be able to watch all of the original versions again.

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AnxiousSpecialist765 t1_iufwes6 wrote

If you know how to pirate movies (or know someone who does), the original versions are still floating around out there.

Also you can find the de-specialized easily enough, which I've heard is pretty amazing (but you probably know that).

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furie1335 t1_iugfw3h wrote

Pre “A new hope”

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davidmlewisjr t1_iufpvvu wrote

I have the Laserdisc…. VHS players can still be had, Laserdisc Players, not so much 😢 🖖🏼

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CyanHakeChill t1_iuh5wb6 wrote

We have two laser-disc players!

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davidmlewisjr t1_iuhulbq wrote

Do they both work?

Want to rent one out?

Star Wars Laserdisk was $39, while the VHS was a good bit more pricey

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Salt_Restaurant_7820 t1_iug35rl wrote

Is this difficult to acquire? What am I missing here?

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egoncasteel t1_iugbm24 wrote

One that is not sun faded from the video store shelf or generally to hell is next to impossible to find.

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bykpoloplaya t1_iugh9j3 wrote

Just trying to remember...do the credits say "Episode 4"? I feel as if they only added that in the much later re-releases.

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SuccessfulPhase0 t1_iufivfw wrote

Good that is Mono compatible.

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HutSutRawlson t1_iufjq3z wrote

It was important at that time, many home entertainment systems didn’t have stereo sound as a standard feature. If it wasn’t mono compatible you’d miss half the audio.

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zoinks690 t1_iufr0f6 wrote

And at release it only cost $5000

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FelbrHostu t1_iug6b2m wrote

My Beta-Max copy growing up had the spooky, trippy HBO intro.

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Chardradio t1_iuge6vz wrote

Ooo yeah that's the good stuff

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zanemn t1_iugjcp9 wrote

That had to have been expensive as fuck! Let alone what a VCR would cost in 1982.

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ishook t1_iugm1h0 wrote

It's interesting to see "starring Peter Cushing". I guess he was more famous back then but even today I had to google him since I didn't know what character that was.

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ThirteenSeas t1_iuhdfc4 wrote

We had some neighbors down the street that my mom was friends with. Nice house with a gorgeous pool. The husband was a dentist.

They had this VHS tape and when they put it on it was like magic.

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jp007 t1_iuih2ua wrote

Is it 4:3 or letterboxed?

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Blood_Jesus t1_iufwsnd wrote

I will give you so much money for that.

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cgerrells t1_iufs56t wrote

Han didn’t shoot first

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