Just curious-what is the best way? Have used DVDShrink, but didn't do it uncompressed. Will do so again and do just the film only uncompressed.
At all?
I'm not wearing hockey pads-Batman.
That line was from AA.
Mask of the Phantasm blew my mind in theaters. (Still does.) Hopefully there will be a better DVD release along with a widescreen version of Subzero. It seems that b/c Phantasm is a "kids" movie no one will ever give it the respect it deserves. However, it still towers above the new films.
AA's best feature: the voices: "What are you really afraid of Bats? Not saving precious Gotham? Not saving Gordon in time? Me in a thong?"
Is DC vs Mortal Kombat worth $15? Haven't played any MK since MKIII and Trilogy.
Yeah I read about adjusting your black level on the XO project site-funnily enough I never noticed them on VHS and I could pause those.....
Simply purge it from your memory-and then watch Temple of Doom.
These really do look good from the previews-was anything or can anything be done to those awful garbage mattes?
Ok. I've officially had it with the stupid garbage matte blobs around every ship. I went back to widescreen tapes-blobs not noticeable (very much.). They're painfully obvious on the GOUT especially when I blowup the 4:3 frame to 16:9 in VLC.
Now I really have a hard time watching the GOUT. Wow. Never thought I'd see the day where i didn't want to watch SW.
Time to break out the 97SE Widescreen VHS again......
I'm too used to the 93 mix (what I grew up on) in the end I kinda like the 97 best, but then again haven't heard the 77 mono. (really want to) Is it that different and more complete like the 97 mix?
No-George's early documentarian style peaks up in spots and serves to really heighten the immediacy of the action and further transport audiences into a galaxy far far away.
Can anyone tell me what the THX 1138 original version transfer is like? Is it straight from the old Laserdisc?
I started a thread on the ajb007 forums about all the Ultimate Edition DVD problems. Most of the films just look overcleaned, but at least they seem like the films (unlike 04 SW). LALD looks like too much of the grain was removed. Goldeneye is cropped on all sides. OHMSS has had its opening completely recolored. AVTAK's opening is cropped. The big thing that bugs me is how the original soundtracks are missing on Thunderball, LALD, and TSWLM. I still feel that these new colors aren't as true as the old releases, but that may be because I grew up on the old tapes. My copies of OHMSS and LALD from the old special edition series seem to have much more life to them-although they are riddled with all the standard DVD issues.
Are the Criterion LDs really worth tracking down if you already have the commentaries?
There is nothing like true 70mm. (Only thing that comes close is VistaVision.) This dimensionalizing sounds so wrong to me. If colorization was bad enough-now we have some third party coming in and adding completely new dimensions to make SW 3D? No thank you. If something wasn't originally shot in 3D or with the process in mind (Dial M for Murder) then I don't think that you can go back and try to make it that way. Or that you should. Thank goodness George hasn't greenlighted this yet. (Would love to see that test footage reel just to see what they're doing.)
All-New: The Special Edition of His Girl Friday (1940)-complete with newly added and expanded scenes, and for the first time ever-presented in Full color and 3D dimensionalization!! See the full 3D digitally mastered and colorized Cary Grant feud with Rosalind Russell in the new scene where they fight over a dead baby! Yes-this new version has the original bits from Penny Serenade thrown in too!
All we're going to get in the near future are BDs of the Prequels. Oh boy. I can't tell you how excited that makes me. Why is it so hard for Lucasfilm to actually make an attempt at a definitive home video version?
I had completely forgotten about the redub of Boba's voice. It was the one unforgivable thing on the 04 ESB DVD. I don't want to think about Jango Fett when watching ESB!
Ah. Is there a good rip of the US laserdisc?
What freaks me out the most is that entire shots have been recomposed, edited, or completely altered from their original state. Whole scenes have been completely redone so that shots are mixed around.
I can see why some would want the Holiday Special on a good quality transfer. It is a part of the Star Wars history.
However, I never really knew how much THX had been changed. Saw the original on TCM when I was a kid and it completely blew me away. I knew some changes and CGI had been added in for the DVD, but it was supposedly seamless when compared with the original version and has been lauded.Here is a link to the only place that has done a comparison of the two versions:
http://www.maverick-media.co.uk/movies/thx_1138_1971/changes_001.html
After proudly owning the DVD for a couple of years-I now realize that it is completely different from the film I thought it was. That hurts. Ironically, GL's most profound and philosophical statement has been truncated by none other than himself.
YES!!!
As if Making of SW wasn't good enough.....plus the foreword is written by Sir Ridley Scott!!!!!!
I do agree that these coffee table books are getting out of hand, both in size and price.
BTW what did the hardcover version of Making of SW have that the paperback didn't?
It's definitely not the Golden Age (Sadly that's before my time!), but it definitely is the silver period. Ah, how I remember the days of endless shelves fully stocked with Power of the Force Kenner toys-all emblazoned with the red and green lightsaber blades on the front. Not to mention the good Bantam novels (looking at the Han Solo trilogy right above my head.) that actually were interesting and not completely off the deep end. (Still hate the NJO!!!!)
You're right. I can understand going back and making a different version, but calling the SE "definitive" is an insult. I grew up with the SE (I acknowledge it's faults/problems/evils), and would simply like the option of watching it or the OOT fully restored. I agree that Han should always shoot-Greedo was a overconfident buffoon. The OOT should never have been locked away-it should be a matter of choice: which do I feel like watching right now? (like Ridley Scott's DVD sets!)
The 2004 Trilogy should be obliterated by the Death Star for its severe ineptitude.
I hate the whole "one last time" campaign too. (Still have the VHS set though!)
It's as if the original version of THX has been completely erased from people's minds. Really want the laserdisc now...I just have a feeling all we are ever going to get are the HD transfers from the 04's on blu-ray.
I wouldn't be surprised. The fact that we know several scenes were cut out probably means that they were up against a firmly set running time of 135 min. Would have loved more deaths in Battle of Endor other than that one Ewok!!
Just picked up a 95 THX Letterbox VHS set, and am comparing them to the GOUTs. To me they seem much more alive. Plus the pink in ANH is much less bothersome. Any thoughts? Can't seem to fully enjoy the GOUTs as much as a good letterbox VHS set. Maybe it stems from childhood viewings of SW on VHS.
Any updates?