Originally posted by: Mike O
And hopefully on other formats to come.
Well, I'm sure that uber box set will cost more total than these releases will. Besides, I don't want new copies of the PT. I already own them. If the new rumors about an anamorphic transfer are true, then the September releases will be good enough for me without the need of some wallet-draining special edition 6 chapter saga box set.
The rumor is false. However, we must remember that that is probably exactly what Lucas wants. If restored anamorphic 5.1/2.0/mono versions are in the high-priced set, people like me would pay an exhorbitant amount for the set. Lucas may be testing the waters with this release to see if there is a market for it at all. If the John Q. public is willing to buy the OOT, then audio/videophiles would certainly pay for a good version. Lucas may be stubborn, but he is certainly not stupid. I hope that we are right in our optimistic beliefs. Cross your fingers. I hope that we do not have to wait too long.
The cycle will no doubt continue on HD-DVD and Blu-Ray.
The rumor is false. However, we must remember that that is probably exactly what Lucas wants. If restored anamorphic 5.1/2.0/mono versions are in the high-priced set, people like me would pay an exhorbitant amount for the set. Lucas may be testing the waters with this release to see if there is a market for it at all. If the John Q. public is willing to buy the OOT, then audio/videophiles would certainly pay for a good version. Lucas may be stubborn, but he is certainly not stupid. I hope that we are right in our optimistic beliefs. Cross your fingers. I hope that we do not have to wait too long.
The cycle will no doubt continue on HD-DVD and Blu-Ray.
And hopefully on other formats to come.
Well, the point is, I would not be willing to buy a huge boxset even if the OOT were on it and pristine to the point of pants-crapping perfection. I love the movies, but I'm not willing to shell out a couple hundred dollars when I only want about 1/3 to 1/4 of the content I'm paying for, and the rest is useless to me. If I hated chocolate with coconut in it, I wouldn't buy a huge sampler box that had 25 coconut candies just so I could have 6 butter creams, would you? Hopefully nobody's that insane unless they just have an exorbitant amount of money. And I happen to not have that kind of money, and I refuse to be screwed around with anymore.