I saw it at the IMAX dome in San Jose before it went digital. The real question is, were there any IMAX prints made for TROS?
Or course, Marvel did it first.
https://www.cbr.com/i-love-ya-but-youre-strange-boba-fetts-sad-day-out-of-the-sarlacc-pit/
Flux #1 - very good
Flux #2 - excellent!
Flux #3 - hmmm
This third installment kinda reminded me of the convoluted “Trial of a Time Lord” stuff with Colin Baker. And some of the special effects were about as good (hehe). A bit of a disappointment after the Sontarans in the brilliant 2nd installment - that one was classic Dr. Who.
However, the very end of this last (3rd) episode was an interesting twist, and I’m looking forward to seeing where it leads.
Puggo, could you shoot me a PM when you get a chance?
Haven’t there been a few Boba Fett figures in Holiday Special colors in the past several years though? Still holding out hope for a Bea Arthur figure. 😉
If it’s been below your radar, Hallmark has some sweet Doctor Who ornaments this year.
I really want that Tardis, as I lost the vintage paperweight one I had when I moved last year. Or maybe it simply de-materialized?
Does Obi-Wan always have to ride that stupid creature that farted on Jar-Jar? That’s all I could think about when he handed baby Luke off at the end of ROTS. 😛
Silverwook where are you ?
He’s recovering from cateract surgery
I’m seeing a lot better these days, but I have other issues with the right eye that distorts my vision and makes reading text on the screen difficult at times. It may be a long while before that’s resolved.
If you haven’t heard, WB sent a C&D to a fan editor whose Hobbit edit may have been a little too high profile, so I’m trying to figure out how to proceed with extreme caution. Someone on facebook found screenshots from earlier in the thread a couple years back and posted them there, so my paranoia is a bit justified.
As the SWHS was more Fox than Lucasfilm, where would the master tapes have been all these years before Disney bought Fox? Lucas wanted to run a bulk tape eraser over the thing after all. 😉
Does an unmatted version exist in the first place? I don’t have an 80’s Laserdisc handy to check, unfortunately.
Any other details you could share about the print? Or where/when it will be up for sale? Also curious what else this collector might be selling.
I’m mildly curious as to what that version looks like, as there was an HD master of FMJ used for the early 2006 Blu-Ray & HD-DVD releases that allegedly looked bad. A remaster came out a year later.
Doh! 😉
https://www.reddit.com/r/StanleyKubrick/comments/pcvu24/eyes_wide_shut_german_localized_letter/
These specific masters have never been shown in HD anywhere as far as I know. It’s up for debate how accurate any of them were in regards to color. The Shining’s DVD does not even have its original theatrical blue ending credits.
Honestly the best way to watch these is either the boxset DVDs themselves or syncing their mono audio to the UHD releases. The Shining and Full Metal Jacket have DVD mono syncs already. 2001’s UHD comes with its original audio intact. Color-wise the UHD releases look fabulous and are probably as close as we’ll get to original intent.
I wouldn’t say “theatrical” blue credits for The Shining cause there’s no absolute proof that they were blue in theaters
Yes there was an ABC broadcast that had the end credits in blue but who’s to know if they weren’t made blue for the broadcast or it was an error when creating the TV master?
The Shining 35mm preservation thread would like a word? 😉
Why do I even bother anymore?
Today is Gene Roddenberry’s 100th birthday! And a certain doctor has a song to sing…
https://twitter.com/RobertPicardo/status/1428199446567821320
Just saw that before it got really bad. Sorry about the mess.
Very sad news. I hope signal boosting on the OT twitter helped with the bills even if only a little bit.
Rinzler collaborated with Pixar director Lee Unkrich on a forthcoming book on the making of The Shining, so we have one more project to look forward to.
The TOS, TNG, 2001: A Space Odyssey crossover you never knew existed! 😉
The cost of scanning wouldn’t be prohibitive, and they could be digitally composited now and printed back out to film, but this is Paramount we’re talking about.
An interesting story I’ve not heard before about George Lucas helping out with the first installment of another long running movie franchise.
The iTunes copy of “The Motion Picture” is now the new master, and there are shoddy fixes done to some of the VFX mistakes. This is outside of The Director’s Edition, this is obviously just the cleanup team trying to patch things.
You’d think a few of of the original FX elements survived, since some TMP model shots got used on TNG more than once with new backgrounds. If Paramount had any sense, they’d bring in Douglas Trumbull to supervise any fixes.
How hard would it be to recreate the original Ewoks and Droids Adventure Hour opening and the episode recaps at this point?
https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Support-Jonathan-Rinzlers-Family/id/87536/page/1#1440259
IIRC, that rumor has been around since TROS came out. The sons of Supershadow carry on his legacy. 😉
