Made some minor updates. Changed the starfield and rearranged the back cover slightly. Also added summaries for each movie which I borrowed from the insert that came with the 1990 VHS’. Also changed the starfield for the insert as well.
A New Hope goes back to The Art of Star Wars which was published in November of 1979. But no it was never the title or subtitle of the real shooting script. It was the Adventures of Luke Starkiller as taken from the Journal of the Whills. Saga I. Star Wars. Shortened to Star Wars and there was no Episode IV at all period until 1979. The film itself wasn’t recut to episode IV until 1981.
According to a quote from Mark Hamill the film was at least acknowledged as Episode IV during production.
[doubleofive said:]
YOU DOUBT ME?!
I STAND CORRECTED! 😉 Good catch!
Don’t know if this was mentioned but the Digitalbits article on the 4K version of ANH mentions that the speeder was shifted slightly to the right in this scene. That’s not actually correct. The image is cropped somewhat more in the 4K version compared to the 04/11 versions.
I watched Faces 100 times, how could I miss this. I suppose I was a child.
It was the first copy I ever owned and I’m sure I watched those tapes about the same amount of times hahaha and I only noticed this last night!
Not very odd at all. Japan got a Laserdisc release of Phantom Menace even though LD was dead in the states. Same with Revenge of the Sith which got a VHS release in some countries but not the US. All depends on on the markets and what format is doing the most business in them.
Maybe it was a restoration glitch that was corrected at some point?? I just checked a DVD I burnt of an earlier attempt of capturing my ESB VHS from about 10 years ago and that too has the blue laser bolts.
Not a Special Edition change but something caught my attention tonight. Ive recently been doing some VHS digitizing and recently digitized my 1995 ‘Faces’ set and was watching a DVD I did of the ESB tape and I noticed something. At one point during the TIE Fighter/Falcon chase in the asteroid field I noticed that for a brief point of the chase the fighters laser blasts were blue. I thought 'weren’t those supposed to be green??". I went and checked a DVD I burnt of my 1992 VHS and sure enough green laser blasts. I then thought “maybe this was a change for the 1993/‘GOUT’ master??” since the ‘Faces’ set uses those masters. Went and checked my GOUT DVD and believe it or not GREEN laser blasts. So I thought “huh so for the VHS master they changed them to blue?? Strange but interesting.”
For comparison here’s some shots from the GOUT.
And here’s the VHS.
Anyways just found this interesting. I can’t comment on the Laserdisc versions since I dont own them nor have a player for them. I do have the Widescreen ‘Faces’ set but its at my other place. Maybe one of these days I’ll check that set too.
I suppose it could if you really want it in that format.
They aren’t on NTSC DVD to my knowledge.
I don’t think this one was mentioned. Versions prior to the 4K version there was a brief shot or two where Obi-Wan’s lightsaber was left uncolored. This was corrected in the 4K version.
I’m supriced no one has linked this one yet, this is one of my favorite original trilogy trailers.
This is the trailer for the 1985 re-release of Return of the Jedi.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4YTkP2C1uA
I can’t find it at the moment but I know there’s a version of this same trailer but with a different narrator. I think it may have been on the Laserdisc.
Found it. It’s in this video. Skip to 14:34.
Something to note for Collectors out there. There’s three variations in terms of content of the 1992 US Fullscreen VHS Trilogy. I’m not talking packaging I’m talking what’s on the tapes.
Version 1- Same as the 1990 releases but the CBS/FOX Video logo is replaced by a static Fox Video logo that shimmers gold. The “CBS/FOX Video Collectors Preview” screen has also been changed accordingly along with updated narration. Everything else that follows matches the 1990 releases.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BFMfovnc9wc
Version 2- Same as version 1 but the Fox Video logo has been changed to the logo that starts from the side and pans around to show the logo in view (similar to the 1994 20th Century Fox logo). Everything else that follows matches version 1.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2wEr6dWiTbU
Version 3- Opens with same logo as version 2 but afterwards goes right to the movie. No collectors preview or text screens. Just Fox Video logo, movie, and FBI Warning afterwards.
Crazy thing is I don’t even think George watches these as much as we’d like to think he does. I think it’s just simply a case of he wants them “finished” just for the sake of them being “finished”.
Actually I just looked into this a bit. They were actually, at least the ones above were, done by Ralph McQuarrie. That’s cool to know. I didnt know they had contracted him to do these as well. I’m a bit ashamed I didn’t recognize these as his work.
Hello. Anyone know who the artist was who did the artworks for the Micro Machine playsets back in the ‘90s?? I used to collect those sets and part of what I used to love about them as well as the playsets themselves was the cool artwork done for the front of the packaging.
Additionally anyone have any of those artworks available as prints??? It’d be nice to see them without being cluttered with text and logos. Only ones I’ve found are these.
I have audio ripped from the 1994 VHS which has the mono as far as I know. It’s not sync’d to anything but incase anyone wants it.
Will you be adding these changes to Empire?? “It’ll keep you warm til I get the shelter built/It’ll keep you warm til I get the shelter up“, “You’re lucky you don’t taste very good/You were lucky to get out of there”
I’m supriced no one has linked this one yet, this is one of my favorite original trilogy trailers.
This is the trailer for the 1985 re-release of Return of the Jedi.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4YTkP2C1uA
I can’t find it at the moment but I know there’s a version of this same trailer but with a different narrator. I think it may have been on the Laserdisc.
The 60th Anniversary blu-ray of Psycho is nice in that its the uncut version, but the mono mix on it is just a downscale of the DTS X mix which is rather disappointing as the 50th Anniversary bluray had the original mono mix.
Universal corrected this. They issued replacement discs.
Yea after like two tries, first try was a different coded disk but used the same downmix, the second corrected disk has the true mono track
I know.
The 60th Anniversary blu-ray of Psycho is nice in that its the uncut version, but the mono mix on it is just a downscale of the DTS X mix which is rather disappointing as the 50th Anniversary bluray had the original mono mix.
Universal corrected this. They issued replacement discs.
Watching the vid now. A quick correction. 3PO’s tractor beam line is NOT in the 1993 mix.
Good catch. Not sure how my wires got crossed on that one.
No prob. 😉
Watching the vid now. A quick correction. 3PO’s tractor beam line is NOT in the 1993 mix.
I just got the 2021 blu-ray of Fast Times At Ridgemont High. The 5.1 Mix was ok, but I’m shocked Criterion didn’t include the mono mix.
Apparently they were unable to locate it. I’m sure they could have just reused the mono from the original DVD release but I suppose they didn’t wanna go to the effort.
Kinda a follow up post to the one I made above. As I’ve been tinkering with VHS capturing I figured I’d make VHS styled DVD covers to accompany them. It’s ongoing of course and I do make updates to these when I can but anyways here’s a list of what I have so far.
Universal Monsters
Dracula (2 versions)
Frankenstein (2 versions)
Murders in the Rue Morgue
The Mummy
Island of Lost Souls
The Invisible Man
The Black Cat
Bride of Frankenstein
Werewolf of London
The Raven
Dracula’s Daughter
Son of Frankenstein
Tower of London
The Invisible Man Returns
The Invisible Woman
The Wolf Man
Ghost of Frankenstein
Invisible Agent
The Mummy’s Tomb
Frankenstein meets the Wolf Man
Phantom of the Opera
Son of Dracula
The Invisible Man’s Revenge
The Mummy’s Ghost
House of Frankenstein
The Mummy’s Curse
House of Dracula
Abbott & Costello meet Frankenstein
Creature from the Black Lagoon
Revenge of the Creature
Abbott & Costello meet the Mummy
The Creature Walks Among UsMisc.
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1994 VHS)
Jaws (3 versions)
The Incredible Hulk (1990 VHS)
Grease (3 versions)
Jaws 2 (1983 VHS)
Jaws 3 (1983 VHS)
The NeverEnding Story (1994 VHS)
Star Wars Trilogy (2 versions)
Star Wars: A New Hope (1995 VHS)In the Works
Star Wars: A New Hope (1992 VHS)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1989 VHS)
Indiana Jones Trilogy (1989 set)
Tootsie (1993 VHS)
RoboCop Trilogy (1995 set)
The Indian in the Cupboard (1996 VHS)
Casper (1995 VHS)If anyone wishes to see what I’ve made of these shoot me a message. If anyone wants to help out leave a post below. Here’s a list of the front artworks I’m still after for my Monster covers either for updates or covers I havent done yet.
Dracula
Dracula (Spanish)
Frankenstein
The Mummy
Bride of Frankenstein
Tower of London
The Mummy’s Hand
The Monster and the Girl
Man Made Monster
The Wolf Man
Captive Wild Woman
Phantom of the Opera
The Mad Ghoul
House of Horrors
Creature from the Black LagoonThis is amazing!! Where would I find these Universal Monsters VHS styled DVD covers?
The bulk of the ones I’ve found were through a site called Customaniacs but I’ve found others through other sites I’ve stumbled on usually by accident. I’ve even tried contacting universalclips about getting the images through licensing but with no success.
