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>> In fact, the only changes ocpmovie has ever left in throughout these projects have been the only changes you could approve of.
That's the idea. =D
"Close the blast doors!" was in the original mono mix and was in fact (for SWCE) taken from that mono mix, not from the SE!
"It's all right, I can see a lot better" was also in the original 70mm as far as I know, so it stands as perhaps more accurate than "trust me."
ABOUT THE DUAL LAYER:
I plan to mail out dual layer copies in two parts to save money. I'll split the info across two discs, rather than buying expensive dual layer discs. Those getting copies like this will have to burn their own dual layer copies after getting the data.
I hope that's all right. I suppose I'll buy a few proper dual layer discs for the heck of it, but they cost more than I've got.
>> I expect the finished product to be infinitely better than the highly-compressed JPEGs you posted.
We also ran into this problem with Empire. People don't realize how good the film actually looks until they see the parts of the film that HAVEN'T been taken from some ratty old laserdisc. You tell them it's in pure 2004 DVD quality, but the screen grabs you have to post are from laserdisc, for the few shots that aren't from the '04 discs. When they see the real thing, they get it.
That said, I think those screenshots look good. So.
Hey Coov! You rock! All three covers look great! Saves me the work of doing my own. =D Can I see the Photoshop files for those covers? Particularly the "official cover" one? I'd like to see what you've done close up, and maybe work with it further what with the text and all.
>> this horrible movie
I will admit that Jedi is poorly directed (particularly the first section with Jabba), kind of poorly edited and sound designed and a bit of a mess.
But the parts that work are some of the best moments in all three movies. It's an excellent film. Also, it was my favorite when I was a kid. I like it now for completely different reasons. It's certainly Mark Hamill's best performance in any film, and the Emperor/Vader/Luke stuff is amazing, as are the effects in the second Death Star run. Pisses over anything in the prequels, certainly.
Its status as a classic film is made clearer in this edit compared to the 2004, I'll say that.
>> A shame DL versions of the other 2 weren't made.
They didn't have to be - Star Wars was done in a different way which made it not require 2 layers at all.
Empire was only like 5 gigs large, so it didn't have to be released as 2 layers. It would have been a huge waste for zero change in picture quality.
(I did save an Empire double layer actually, it exists somewhere.)
>> What's the sound on this? 5.1 or original PCM?
5.1 mixes weren't done in 1983. As with the others, it's been mixed carefully in stereo.