Yet ANOTHER DVD boxed set...*sigh* — Page 7

I am afraid I can't share your enthusiasm ESHBG. Each of the prequels have nifty little two disc sets all prepared and ready, the whole OOT only got one extra materials disc shared for the whole trilogy.

So, which makes more sense? To (a.) release a six disc prequel set and a four disc OOT, (b.) to release a six disc prequel set and and go through all the work to give the fans an awesome extra three bonus discs with extra material on each of the OOT films, or (c.) to rerelease some crappy non anamorphic, poor excuse for a release "bonus" material disc that you already have thrown together?

Rereleasing the GOUT doesn't mean anything, it is simply just the most logical approach to the situation. Nothing more, nothing less.

ESHBG said:

Luca$ has absolutely no choice the next time around but to offer something really special.  

If he's willing to release the same set twice in two years, what's to stop him from releasing the same thing again on the next rerelease?

To C3PX:

That's definitely a logical way to look at it, but at the same time, it's really not bad news.  Had they gone with either of the other options you suggested, we would have gotten more bonus material, but we wouldn't have gotten the OOT at all.  Granted, all... oops, sorry, don't want to get in trouble again, most of us here have either already gotten the GOUT or don't want it.  This release isn't for us anyway.  But it's still nicer to have the OOT still be commercially available to show it a wider audience, especially since it will soon be two years since these so-called "Limited Editions" were released.

Besides, if they did have new bonus material, wouldn't you be pissed that they expect you to buy the same '04 SEs again in order to get them?  The way they're doing it now at least makes the purchase a no-brainer.  ^_~

Gaffer Tape said:

 

Besides, if they did have new bonus material, wouldn't you be pissed that they expect you to buy the same '04 SEs again in order to get them?  The way they're doing it now at least makes the purchase a no-brainer.  ^_~

I never bought the '04s to start with, never had any temptation to, not even with the GOUT. However, I must admit, if this new boxed set coming out came with three new bonus discs for the original trilogy, I would at this moment seriously be considering departing with 50 of my hard earned dollars for this thing.

The only good thing I see about this new set is that it will rise the number of copies of the GOUT floating around. I intend to buy the GOUT when I can pick each of them up for around five bucks at a used DVD store. As of now, I have yet to see a single used GOUT at any used DVD place in my area (droves and droves of 04 and 05 boxed sets though).

Hmm, I was at Target today and I saw a Indiana Jones boxed set with all three movies in slimline cases (yuck). I had honestly thought the Indy trilogy had only had two releases thus far, the original four disc box, and the more recent non boxed individual movies. I was kind of surprised to see this three disc box, in horribly crappy looking packaging and slimline cases of all things. LFL is really lowering their standards. The thing was still $50 buck too. By the looks of it, it ought to have been no more than $19.99.

Bargain pack? Really? 50 USD a bargain pack? Must be some strange use of the word "bargain" of which I was not previously aware.

I had honestly thought the Indy trilogy had only had two releases thus far, the original four disc box, and the more recent non boxed individual movies. I was kind of surprised to see this three disc box, in horribly crappy looking packaging and slimline cases of all things. LFL is really lowering their standards. The thing was still $50 buck too. By the looks of it, it ought to have been no more than $19.99.

That slimeline case boxset was release in May of this year along with the individually released dvds. It is just the individual dvds packed in a boxset and obviously slimmer cases. So yeah the reason for the price? Probably cause it's relatively new.

Yep and they got a standard definition 4 disc dvd pack coming of all four indy movies probably for like eighty bucks, LOL

There's also the possibility that this new (re)release will flood the market with the crappy GOUT, thereby killing any real demand for a truly restored OOT.

C3PX said:

Bargain pack? Really? 50 USD a bargain pack? Must be some strange use of the word "bargain" of which I was not previously aware.

I think that's just the MSRP. Amazon has it listed for $36.99

Just call it what it is another Luca$h money grab.  He grabs your wallet and slaps you in the face at the same time also gives you the finger and no restored oot, lol

Mielr said:

C3PX said:

Bargain pack? Really? 50 USD a bargain pack? Must be some strange use of the word "bargain" of which I was not previously aware.

I think that's just the MSRP. Amazon has it listed for $36.99

 i never bought the original Indiana Jones trilogy for myself just because of 1 reason,

it ONLY had surround sound..... and not stereo, and i (or should i say my parents)

didn't have a surround sound system at the time..

you can barely hear the dialogue, it was horrible....

i ended up having to re-rip the sound, and 'boost' the center channel, and

then 'downmix' it to stereo..

so i was glad they are finally all re-released in a better package.....

the only problem is that the 2nd, and 3rd films sucked (that's my issue)..

and in the boxset, you don't get the extra artwork you get, if you buy

them separately... go figure..

later

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Janskeet said:

Screw whatever Lucasfilm releases, there's way better stuff done by fans these days you can find at fanedit.org compared to anything LFL has ever released. Like Adywan's SE revisited, and the "Building Empire" and "Retiurning to Jedi" films. They're the most extensive collaberations of the making of the two films I have ever seen. They're way better than anything Lucasfilm has ever made on the making of the films. Even if Lucasfilm does release something good, we'll have to wait years to get it. Screw waiting for LFL to release something good. That's a waste of time and an insult to us fans, go to fanedit.org and you can find just about everything you want and you don't have to wait for it. Lucas wants to re-write and bury the true pre-'97 history of SW because it reveals the truth about this a-hole. LFL doesn't respect the movies and LFL doesn't care about the franchise anymore, the hell with them. Pretend the fans dictate what is done with the movies these days.

Janskeet said:

Even if LFL releases the OT (probably only his revised one) on BLu-ray, you're in for at least another 2 year wait. Like you guys said, they're waiting for it to become the dominate format and with this new DVD release coming , theyll probably wait for the DVD inventory to get low before moving to Blu-ray. Also, Blu-ray doesn't mean better picture quality unless they transfer it properly from original sources. And we all know how good Lucas is at that. SD DVD transferred on Blu-ray will look no better than SD if it doesn't come from a source that is less compressed and has more information stored than SD DVD capacity.  

 calm down, good sir,

why are you in such a rush?

good things come to those that wait.....or you just have to do it yourself (hint hint)

later

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Sluggo said:

If anyone here gets these sets, could they scan the covers and post em?

 don't worry, i have them on preorder..

(if there's a PAL version, i'll get that too)..along with any FULLSCREEN versions too..

and will let you know the minute they arrive..

later

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negative1 said:

calm down, good sir,

why are you in such a rush?

good things come to those that wait.....or you just have to do it yourself (hint hint)

later

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Doing it yourself worked well enough with the jump from laserdisc to DVD, but don't count on LD transfers looking worth much when converted to Blu-ray, and beyond LD, I am not sure what source you are going to use for doing it yourself. No matter how you spin it, unofficial or official releases, LD is currently the top quality OOT we have to work with.