Well, off to attempt some sleep, and perchance to dream of the films I really wanted.
I will be pissed if Hardware Wars isn't among the spoofs on Disc 9, and mastered in HD. ;)
The original docs are one bright spot, so long as the non-SW clips haven't been gutted from them...
What are the odds three people did that at the same time? ;)
Cut and pasting here...
Special Features: STAR WARS: THE COMPLETE SAGA ON BLU-RAY is presented in widescreen with 6.1 DTS Surround Sound. Special features include: * DISC ONE – STAR WARS: EPISODE I THE PHANTOM MENACE o Audio Commentary with George Lucas, Rick McCallum, Ben Burtt, Rob Coleman, John Knoll, Dennis Muren and Scott Squires o Audio Commentary from Archival Interviews with Cast and Crew * DISC TWO – STAR WARS: EPISODE II ATTACK OF THE CLONES o Audio Commentary with George Lucas, Rick McCallum, Ben Burtt, Rob Coleman, Pablo Helman, John Knoll and Ben Snow o Audio Commentary from Archival Interviews with Cast and Crew * DISC THREE – STAR WARS: EPISODE III REVENGE OF THE SITH o Audio Commentary with George Lucas, Rick McCallum, Rob Coleman, John Knoll and Roger Guyett o Audio Commentary from Archival Interviews with Cast and Crew * DISC FOUR – STAR WARS: EPISODE IV A NEW HOPE o Audio Commentary with George Lucas, Carrie Fisher, Ben Burtt and Dennis Muren o Audio Commentary from Archival Interviews with Cast and Crew * DISC FIVE – STAR WARS: EPISODE V THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK o Audio Commentary with George Lucas, Irvin Kershner, Carrie Fisher, Ben Burtt and Dennis Muren o Audio Commentary from Archival Interviews with Cast and Crew * DISC SIX – STAR WARS: EPISODE VI RETURN OF THE JEDI o Audio Commentary with George Lucas, Carrie Fisher, Ben Burtt and Dennis Muren o Audio Commentary from Archival Interviews with Cast and Crew * DISC SEVEN – NEW! STAR WARS ARCHIVES: EPISODES I-III o Including: deleted, extended and alternate scenes; prop, maquette and costume turnarounds; matte paintings and concept art; supplementary interviews with cast and crew; a flythrough of the Lucasfilm Archives and more * DISC EIGHT – NEW! STAR WARS ARCHIVES: EPISODES IV-VI o Including: deleted, extended and alternate scenes; prop, maquette and costume turnarounds; matte paintings and concept art; supplementary interviews with cast and crew; and more * DISC NINE – THE STAR WARS DOCUMENTARIES o NEW! Star Warriors (2007, Color, Apx. 84 Minutes) – Some Star Wars fans want to collect action figures...these fans want to be action figures! A tribute to the 501st Legion, a global organization of Star Wars costume enthusiasts, this insightful documentary shows how the super-fan club promotes interest in the films through charity and volunteer work at fundraisers and high-profile special events around the world. o NEW! A Conversation with the Masters: The Empire Strikes Back 30 Years Later (2010, Color, Apx. 25 Minutes) – George Lucas, Irvin Kershner, Lawrence Kasdan and John Williams look back on the making of The Empire Strikes Back in this in-depth retrospective from Lucasfilm created to help commemorate the 30th anniversary of the movie. The masters discuss and reminisce about one of the most beloved films of all time. o NEW! Star Wars Spoofs (2011, Color, Apx. 91 Minutes) – The farce is strong with this one! Enjoy a hilarious collection of Star Wars spoofs and parodies that have been created over the years, including outrageous clips from Family Guy, The Simpsons, How I Met Your Mother and more — and don’t miss “Weird Al” Yankovic’s one-of-a-kind music video tribute to The Phantom Menace! o The Making of Star Wars (1977, Color, Apx. 49 Minutes) – Learn the incredible behind-the-scenes story of how the original Star Wars movie was brought to the big screen in this fascinating documentary hosted by C-3PO and R2-D2. Includes interviews with George Lucas and appearances by Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher. o The Empire Strikes Back: SPFX (1980, Color, Apx. 48 Minutes) – Learn the secrets of making movies in a galaxy far, far away. Hosted by Mark Hamill, this revealing documentary offers behind-the-scenes glimpses into the amazing special effects that transformed George Lucas’ vision for Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back into reality! o Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi (1983, Color, Apx. 48 Minutes) – Go behind the scenes — and into the costumes — as production footage from Return of the Jedi is interspersed with vintage monster movie clips in this in-depth exploration of the painstaking techniques utilized by George Lucas to create the classic creatures and characters seen in the film. Hosted and narrated by Carrie Fisher and Billie Dee Williams. o Anatomy of a Dewback (1997, Color, Apx. 26 Minutes) – See how some of the special effects in Star Wars became even more special two decades later! George Lucas explains and demonstrates how his team transformed the original dewback creatures from immovable rubber puppets (in the original 1977 release) to seemingly living, breathing creatures for the Star Wars 1997 Special Edition update. o Star Wars Tech (2007, Color, Apx. 46 Minutes) – Exploring the technical aspects of Star Wars vehicles, weapons and gadgetry, Star Wars Tech consults leading scientists in the fields of physics, prosthetics, lasers, engineering and astronomy to examine the plausibility of Star Wars technology based on science as we know it today. X Feel The Force of the Star Wars Infinite Saga Site!
Bantha poodoo!
I saw some text for a second there! Classic docs in the extras!
Now it redirects to foxmovies.com, the hell?
Choose your country? What if I choose the wrong one?
I see a Wampa in a blizzard!
And the site crashes...I stayed up all night for this?
Listening to "The Final Countdown" by Europe on Youtube, as I await the giant photo of Lucas sticking out his tongue...or flipping the bird?
Less than a hour left until the Sagapocalypse...
I know it's a month late, but I don't think The Digital Bits' on topic April Fool's gag ever got mentioned here...
http://www.digitalbits.com/analogbits.html
Only people of a certain age are going to get even half of the jokes. ;)
Some of the dollar stores here still have TPM stuff they can't give away.
Somewhere there must be a landfill to rival that one full of Atari 2600 E.T. cartridges!
Would Jar Jar Binks bandages still be good to use now?
bkev said:
I like TPM. Is it a good movie? No, but it's entertaining. I watch it the same way I would watch the original TMNT movie: with no purpose other than nostalgic entertainment.
I'll take the original gritty kick ass TMNT movie over it's crappy neutered sequels any time! I still hear "Ninja Rap" in my nightmares...
Are people actually bugging her personally about it, or she just hates hearing about it in general? Context is everything.
People really ought to leave George's kids out of this mess in any case. Katie's work on the Clone Wars is the only thing that could be considered "fair game".
gobalicious said:
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/05/02/luddites-rejoice-new-glasses-let-you-watch-3d-films-in-2d/
Glasses to let you watch 3D movies in 2D. I wonder how well they work.
Having virtually no memory of seeing the OT in theaters, I may try this.
I'll be darned! I was actually thinking about whether an old pair of sunglasses would do this just the other day. I like 3D, but in the unlikely event I really wanted to see a movie that was simply a bad 2D conversion, it might be an option. ;)
When I said I wanted to see Star Wars on the big screen again before I die, this isn't what I had in mind!
Thanks for the much needed laugh, Anchorhead. :)
That sort of "fun" leads to temporary insanity and unconsciousness. ;)
Happy 100th page! Whoo!
Best not to read that stuff over there too much. It just leads to ulcers and migraines. You can't fix that level of denial and insanity.
If they saw that technicolor print from the Boston screening, their heads would likely explode!
Anybody in the Los Angeles area going to the screening tomorrow?
DuracellEnergizer said:
SilverWook said:
TheBoost said:
My abusive relationship with EU novels continues, and I finished the newest novel set a billion years before "Star Wars" where everything is still more or less exactly the same as in "Star Wars."
Originallity check... what do we have:
- Sith lord with a breath mask? Check.
- Smuggler with a heart of gold? Check.
- Young Jedi tempted to the dark side? Check.
- Evil Empire/Noble Republic? Check.
But ultimately I liked the tale. It was a very SMALL story compared to your average EU novel. It followed four characters, and primarily involved their personal confilct against the backdrop of galactic struggle. No super weapons, no huge battles. Just characters with realistic goals (revenge, money).
One beef with it was that it was largely based on the bad-ass trailer video to the "Old Republic" MMORPG. There's a lengthy chapter that describes the trailer in minute detail, and I'm fine with that, but it includes a lot about the girl-Boba Fett from the video, who then does not appear in the novel.
Worse, later in the book it has a character WATCH the video recording of the trailer frame-by-frame, so it's all described in minute detail a second time.
Still, one of the more enjoyable EU novels I've read in a while. One I'd actually reccomend.
A BILLION years!? Seriously? Are the Jedi like the Nibblonians now? Even the "First Ones" on Babylon 5 aren't that old!
He's just exaggerating. This Old Republic brouhaha takes place around 3000 years before the movies.
What a relief! ;)
TheBoost said:
My abusive relationship with EU novels continues, and I finished the newest novel set a billion years before "Star Wars" where everything is still more or less exactly the same as in "Star Wars."
Originallity check... what do we have:
- Sith lord with a breath mask? Check.
- Smuggler with a heart of gold? Check.
- Young Jedi tempted to the dark side? Check.
- Evil Empire/Noble Republic? Check.
But ultimately I liked the tale. It was a very SMALL story compared to your average EU novel. It followed four characters, and primarily involved their personal confilct against the backdrop of galactic struggle. No super weapons, no huge battles. Just characters with realistic goals (revenge, money).
One beef with it was that it was largely based on the bad-ass trailer video to the "Old Republic" MMORPG. There's a lengthy chapter that describes the trailer in minute detail, and I'm fine with that, but it includes a lot about the girl-Boba Fett from the video, who then does not appear in the novel.
Worse, later in the book it has a character WATCH the video recording of the trailer frame-by-frame, so it's all described in minute detail a second time.
Still, one of the more enjoyable EU novels I've read in a while. One I'd actually reccomend.
A BILLION years!? Seriously? Are the Jedi like the Nibblonians now? Even the "First Ones" on Babylon 5 aren't that old!
Darth Hade said:
Countdown to Blu-ray
The new Star Wars Insider #126 is slated to come out on May 25th.
It looks like this is the issue where we're going to get the Blu-ray details.
EDIT: LOL. Look at that picture. Love those baggy pants. Who do they have dressed up in that suit, a twelve-year old?
Jeez!
I thought that six year old in the Super Bowl ad was a better Vader than Hayden. ;)
