Laserschwert said:

generalfrevious said:

At least (hopefully) it won't be letterboxed like last time. I'd rather have a DNR'd OT than have them sit in a basement at LFL's offices.

It will definitely be letterboxed, because there are no anamorphic Blu-rays.

Don't be so sure. They could crop it to 16:9 ;-)

A new official OUT release just opens the discussion of how badly they could screw it up.  I still think the best-case scenario is they release the '81 crawl on Star Wars with the '93 mixes all around and they're still pretty faded.  The good news is that it pretty much has to be new scans.

So yeah, yay for new sources for Harmy to fix up and make presentable...

CatBus said:

Laserschwert said:

generalfrevious said:

At least (hopefully) it won't be letterboxed like last time. I'd rather have a DNR'd OT than have them sit in a basement at LFL's offices.

It will definitely be letterboxed, because there are no anamorphic Blu-rays.

Don't be so sure. They could crop it to 16:9 ;-)

A new official OUT release just opens the discussion of how badly they could screw it up.  I still think the best-case scenario is they release the '81 crawl on Star Wars with the '93 mixes all around and they're still pretty faded.  The good news is that it pretty much has to be new scans.

So yeah, yay for new sources for Harmy to fix up and make presentable...

If you can't do something correctly, you shouldn't do it at all. I'd love to be more optimistic about this, but even if it does happen, they still have plenty of things they can fuck up. 

Baronlando said:

It will be interesting to see how Kathleen Kennedy handles the question, which is sure to come up, at the big convention next week. I think this is her first appearance. I hope she doesn't get scared off. She looks out on a sea of guys arguing about prequels and special editions, mutters "I've made a huge mistake."

I doubt it will come up. I've been to two Celebrations and both were filled to the gills with the GEORGE CAN DO NO WRONG crowd. I made it a point to frequently ask people whenever I was waiting in line for something about the OUT and the vast majority didn't even know it was an issue or care. Maybe our European counterparts will be different but I'm not holding my breath.

SilverWook said:

LOL. I can just imagine him saying all that while doing those jerky movements of his.

DuracellEnergizer said:

 

SilverWook said:

<Ray Charles pic>

LOL. I can just imagine him saying all that while doing those jerky movements of his.

 

Don't forget him sprinkling every other sentence with "as a matter of fact".

Hey, it's me. said:

What the hell is a GOUT version of Star Wars? Please explain.

The non-anamorophic versions ported from laserdisc to dvd in 2006.

Also, GOUT is literally just an acronym for George's Original Unaltered Trilogy.

Laserschwert said:

I'll try to ask about the OOT on Blu-ray at the panel.

!NEWSFLASH! "A person going by the name 'Laserschwert' had to detained by security and then physically removed from CC today"

         Sweeping natural looking backdrops. It seems like most of the great classics of the anamorphic era have them.                                                     New dialogue that is snappy and fun like ANH and ESB.                                          One word: POIGNANCY. Find places where the meaningfulness and emotional force for the characters could be maximize.                  How to do this? I don't know. I...don't...know <INSERT GHOSTBUSTERS GIF>

^Your wish is my command.

doubleofive said:

 

SpilkaBilka said:

Great.  The more sources Harmy has the better.

I'm fairly certain that Harmy would no longer need sources if we had the originals. That's kind of the point.

 

If they screw it up like GOUT maybe Harmy would be able to salvage something of use out of it.

Whatever boner Bill Hunt has for Fox, he did not give the SW BluRay set a favorable review.  I remember he mentioned things about being "duped" that the lightsabers were truly fixed, among other things...