Sept 17th 1978
Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 9:21 am
It was 28 years ago last night then our favorite showed air on ABC. The death came way to soon.
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Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 9:27 am
Happy Anniversary Big G, you rode into the hearts forever 29 years ago tonight.
Re: Sept 17th 1978
Posted: Sat May 23, 2015 4:28 am
A big night! Us kids were incredibly hyped up looking forward to the premiere and on the night (a Sunday) I was only allowed to watch the first hour because it started at 20:00 and my English parents always watched Masterpiece Theater which started at 21:00 (only one TV in the house back then).
I managed to go see the theatrical version in 1979 so didn't have to wait too long to see it all. I had the novelization, photostory and the marvel comic special so knew the story well. I didn't see the full premiere version until the 2003 DVD release.
I managed to go see the theatrical version in 1979 so didn't have to wait too long to see it all. I had the novelization, photostory and the marvel comic special so knew the story well. I didn't see the full premiere version until the 2003 DVD release.
Re: Sept 17th 1978
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2015 8:16 pm
Courtesy of Scott, the intro that night for the ABC Sunday Night Movie.
Re: Sept 17th 1978
Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2015 8:41 pm
We as a group here are lucky enough to have some great video editors. Has any of the artist thought about using clean film footage and replace the youtube video with a pristine version? Thanks for sharing the video Grog. 
Re: Sept 17th 1978
Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2015 8:03 pm
Hummm.... I am trying to learn video editing... what a great idea for a little project. 
Re: Sept 17th 1978
Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2015 8:13 pm
I had a friend that used to capture DVD segments for me, and I did my own editing, but he moved out of the area.
Re: Sept 17th 1978
Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2015 8:17 pm
The only trick will be the logo at the end... that's not from the show like the rest. But, it is very easy to remake I did a Star Wars crawl intro and the concepts in it could be reworked to remake that logo fade in/resize.
Re: Sept 17th 1978
Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2015 9:59 pm
Re: Sept 17th 1978
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2015 10:20 pm
That was beautiful, but daggitgone it, why did they have to use the cropped version? Is only the theatrical movie available in that level of HD quality?
Re: Sept 17th 1978
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2015 11:54 pm
Bammmmm
Re: Sept 17th 1978
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2015 7:49 pm
Just for a little addition to the celebration... I've taken a few existing montages including the September 17 intro and edited them together, with some ABC Sunday Night Movie kitsch thrown in for that opening-night feel. 
(See below... video slightly improved.)
(See below... video slightly improved.)
Re: Sept 17th 1978
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2015 8:21 pm
Love the 70s CHEESE! heehe
Re: Sept 17th 1978
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2015 9:10 pm
Replaced that with a revised version which salvages Ernie Anderson's "Tonight..." from the premiere as far as possible. I had to boost the volume a couple thousand times and reduce the noise, but it was buried in there.