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Post #623747

Author
Spaced Ranger
Parent topic
THX 1138 "preservations" + the 'THX 1138 Italian Cut' project (Released)
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Date created
23-Feb-2013, 1:26 AM

msycamore said:

... my internet has been down for a few weeks and I have been very busy with the boring "real life."

I just hate when that happens! :D

Did you ever post a statement of exactly what was going into the final build of your project? I only ask because of something I recently stumbled across that may suggest it's inclusion (if you originally weren't thinking so).

I've been considering George Lucas' incessant tinkering (which I thought was limited to Star Wars but now see it's across all his works) -- he just can't let go and move on. In quick compare of his "Director's Cut" releases of THX 1138, I noticed that the same 1971 trailer is different in the Blu-ray from the DVD (stop it, George)!

                              2004 DVD region 1                                                2010 Blu-ray region A/B/C

These 720x480 caps, from both releases (here reduced 50% w/ black-bars trimmed), show that not only did Lucas crop the 1971 trailer from "Cinemascope" (2.35:1) to "Widescreen" (16:9), but also added insult to injury by turning up the brightness and blowing out white detail! Not only that, he's changed the playback speed -- I can't play them in sync!

Why, George, why? Was it just to make your new Blu trailers look better?
:O