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Andy Summers
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Posts: 397
From: Bournemouth Dorset United kingdom
Registered: Jun 2005
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posted 10-22-2005 04:01 PM
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Yeah I’ve read the horror stories about it, I think there’s a link on the “Blade Runner” page somewhere, so this still not too bad for a PAL laserdisc that’s around 23 years old,
So you have noticed some Laserdisc Rot on your collection, it’s the pits, I remember call Lucasfilm “THX” division that controls and monitors reports, my concern was “Dante’s Peak” which had Laser Rot on it, so I noted the pressing number and gave them the details so that they can turn things around, also I sent the disc back to where I bought it from and a second “Dante’s Peak” was sent out spot on this time, that was around 1998 I think!
I still have the Dante’s Peak on THX Laserdisc, plus the Region 2 DVD.
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I was fortunate to see SW in 70mm at the pre-twinned Avco General Cinema theatre in Westwood, one of the first (the first?) THX houses, in May of 1983. Got a private weekday afternoon showing as there was no one else in the place that day. My mom and grandpa were next door, taking in "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence."
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Is the Westwood still “THX” and is there any pictures of her, and what about reviews of how it sounded back then when it opened etc, etc…
Still on the ole “HAM” I was on the CB Radio had a Cobra 148 GTL-DX and the longest distance I got to was (Falkland islands) the Cobra was modified with a double high band which allowed me to broadcast on the 28Mhz band, yeah I know you need a licence to Broadcast there, will that’s as far as I’ve got, the other guy on that band was somewhere in Southampton just 40miles away from me, and boy was he pissed off…LOL and said some rude words to me, so I just (Keyed him out)…
Don’t have a CB Radio anymore, but seen lots of SNAKES on the Ebay so one day I may return to the rig with Cobra 148 GTL-DX, not there’s not much happening there anymore as the British government killed it of on November 5th 1981, bummer “Guy Fawkes” night, yeah that was an unhappy day…. ![[puke]](graemlins/puke.gif)
But did I go legal, hell no I’m a rebel, and carried on broadcasting illegal till I went 10-7 around 1987… ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
Can you decode these three letters? which is in Morse - .... -..-
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Michael Coate
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From: Los Angeles, California
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 10-23-2005 01:59 PM
quote: Andy Summers was the last to post
I was fortunate to see SW in 70mm at the pre-twinned Avco General Cinema theatre in Westwood, one of the first (the first?) THX houses, in May of 1983. Got a private weekday afternoon showing as there was no one else in the place that day. My mom and grandpa were next door, taking in "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence."
Wasn't "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence" released in 1983? That would suggest it was "Return Of The Jedi," rather than the original "Star Wars," that you watched on this particular occasion at the Avco.
[BTW, there seems to be a glitch of some kind; the above quote is from Paul Mayer, not Andy Summers.]
quote: Andy Summers
Ok then, how about “Return of the Jedi” theatrical release 70mm Dolby Stereo, and it was shown in two THX sound system theatres in the U.S. this was around, May 25th 1983, anyway information regarding it’s (Dolby Stereo THX) sound presentation, please.
There were at least three THX engagements of "Jedi."
"Return Of The Jedi" 70mm Engagements
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CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles (Westwood Village): [GCC] Avco Center (THX)
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Addison: [UA] Prestonwood Creek 5 (THX)
Dallas: [GCC] Northpark I&II (THX)
BTW, I did not see any THX presentations of "Jedi" in its original release. However, I did attend a special THX demo hosted by Lucasfilm in 1987 at the Chinese Theater in Hollywood. They ran an assortment of clips, including a "building a soundtrack" scene from "Raiders Of The Lost Ark" one sound element at a time (production dialog, music, ADR, foley, effects, ambience, "baby boom," etc., then the final mix; fascinating!), a bunch of Dolby stuff, and a complete showing of "Return Of The Jedi." The presentation was fantastic!!! (And I don't care what anyone says about the Chinese Theater's history of audio shortcomings or undeserved THX-certification...)
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