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1-Click Blooper Playback for Original Trilogy DVD

Posted by timothy on from the bezos-probably-holds-a-patent-on-this dept.

John Sheppard writes "Normally you have to jump through cheerios to view Easter eggs on a DVD video, but DVDFILE recently launched a new online app that lets you view the 'bloopers' egg on Star Wars Trilogy Bonus DVD with the click of a mouse. Requirements: Windows, DVD-ROM drive/playback capability, and a copy of the Star Wars Trilogy Bonus DVD. DVDFILE would like feedback on this sort of feature; should we do a lot more eggs?"

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  1. D'oh! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Mmmmm...cheerios.

  2. I want only one Easter Egg by 9mm+Censor · · Score: 5, Funny

    Star Wars Kid

    1. Re:I want only one Easter Egg by ad0gg · · Score: 2, Funny

      And A movie deal.

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  3. ZZzz. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    The whole series is just one big blooper nowadays.

    1. Re:ZZzz. by tarunthegreat2 · · Score: 4, Funny

      In Soviet Russia, Luke's Father is YOU!
      Darth Vader: All your planets are belong us!
      Yoda: What you say?
      Jabba: HO HO HO!

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  4. Uh oh! Does Amazon know about this? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Patent infringment. Big time!

  5. RTFA by Eu4ria · · Score: 2, Funny

    How can I RTFA if there isn't one ?

    1. Re:RTFA by Errtu76 · · Score: 3, Funny

      There is, but you have to press Up Down Left Right Left Right A B Start and it'll appear.

  6. What a surprise by Endor · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hmmm. Spend hours trying to get to some neat thing, or trust windows to find it for me? Maybe I better burn a "backup copy " first :)

  7. RTFA?!? Whaaa???? by illumin8 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Normally I'd just pipe up with some nonsense and hope that someone would say RTFA!!! In this case there is no FA! Perhaps a linky or two would be appreciated by those of us that actually like to RTFA.

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    1. Re:RTFA?!? Whaaa???? by raehl · · Score: 2, Funny

      those of us that actually like to RTFA.

      I suppose we should leave out milk and cookies on Christmas Eve too.

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  8. Re:Linux? Mac? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Thanks for sharing that piece of information with us. I'm sure no-one was aware of that fact.

  9. Re:Absolutely! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    santa$ make list;lint list > list.out;grep naughty list.out > naughty;grep nice list.out > nice

    gee, shouldn't you run:

    lint list.out > list.checked.twice
  10. Yes by Valiss · · Score: 4, Funny

    should we do a lot more eggs?

    Yes.

    Why was that so hard?

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  11. no thanks by phreakv6 · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...should we do a lot more eggs?

    no thanks.. am vegetarian..

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  12. Litigation! by obeythefist · · Score: 2, Funny

    Doesn't this violate the DMCA in some way? LucasArts make some very cool stuff but they can be very litigous. I wouldn't be surprised at all if the suits start bristling at this and the letters start flying.

    Despite the fact that you're accessing the content on a DVD you purchased for the sake of accessing the content on it.

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  13. Re:Definitely by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
    or that deleted scene when Leia kissed Luke in Empire Strikes Back, and they went at it like rabbits, right there

    ...now THAT was an outtake!

  14. Re:what gives? by bahamat · · Score: 4, Funny
    since the submitter didn't provide a link, here it is: http://www.dvdfile.com/software/eggs/trilogy.html


    Not only am I pissed off about the state of Star Wars, the fact that there was even a Star Wars story on /., that I clicked it, found out that this is all about a windows only binary -- not really an easter egg at all, but that link you posted crashes Safari!

    Why don't you give me a nice paper cut and pour lemon juice on it?
  15. This'll be a fairly big file by Nine+Tenths+of+The+W · · Score: 2, Funny

    I mean, Jar Jar's in a lot of scenes

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  16. cheerios? by Skadet · · Score: 1, Funny

    "Brian, there's a message in my alpha-bits! It says, 'ooooooo'!!"

    "Peter, those are cheerios."

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  17. this calls for eggscruciating puns! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    You didn't expect it to go over easy, did you?

  18. Re:what gives? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Yep -crashes Safari in a nice repeatable manner. What the hell kind of site crashes Safari?

    And why the heck is Safari crashing rather than handling it gracefully?

    I am disappointed in both the easter egg site AND Apple now...

  19. Where's the Egg that makes Han shoot first? by rsilvergun · · Score: 2, Funny

    What, this far into a Starwars thread and nobody's made a "Han shoots first" crack? Come 'on /., I'm disappointed.

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  20. Requirements by Phidoux · · Score: 2, Funny
    "Windows, DVD-ROM drive/playback capability, and a copy of the Star Wars Trilogy Bonus DVD"


    Silly me! There I was using my CD-ROM drive on Mandrake looking for the Easter Egg on my Matrix Reloaded DVD!

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  21. Favorite Easter Eggs? by The-Bus · · Score: 2, Funny

    My personal favorite is in the Mallrats DVD. If you go into setup (I think) there is a robot to the side. Select the robot until his eyes light up, then hit enter. A video comes up of Kevin Smith ridiculing you for trying to find Easter eggs, telling you that you didn't actually find one, and to get out of your parent's basement and live life instead of wasting time trying to find bonus scenes in DVDs. Then he says failing that, you should go to his store in Redbank, NJ.

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  22. Re:Definitely by Dman33 · · Score: 2, Funny

    by entering 1138 on one of the menus.

    Wait, so you are saying that this company came out with an app that will show me the same thing that I could get by typing 1138?

    How fucking lazy have we become?! I would RTFA but I am too lazy.