Star Wars and Indiana Jones on Blu-Ray Discussion

EDIT: ok, so Amazon fibbed, but we are in FACT getting Indy on blu-ray. Finally a LF series on BD but it's the wrong one.

Look!!! Oh my goodness this rules!

http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Trilogy-Episodes-IV/dp/B000PMLFRA

http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Trilogy-Episodes-Blu-ray/dp/B000PMG16U

???

Am I missing something?

amazon always puts up things like this,

it doesn't mean that it will be released,

it's basically a placeholder..

don't get your hopes up ...........yet............

later

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Why would George bother putting out a blu ray set of the special edition 2004 set and give at least a portion of the star wars fanbase what they want.

That would be crazy giving people what they want.  Only Ridley Scott, Francis Ford Coppola, and Steven Spielberg can do that.  George Lucas, hell no not in this century.

First you have to get him to admit that the colors were screwed up, as well as the sound on star wars.  That the lightsabers were all wrong.  These wonderful creative decisions that were supposedly deliberate are a joke.

ImperialFighter said:

I sense great anger in you...

There hasn't been an understatement like that since General Custer said "Over on that hill, I think there are friendly indians!"

If "Over on that hill, I think there are friendly Indians" is an understatement, then Custer and his men must have met with some dang super friendly Indians on the hill.

Or, if that is how we define understatement these days, then "I sense great anger in you" would have to mean that skyjedi is 100% anger free, or at least is greatly lacking in the anger department. Which I agree with, I really don't see him as an angry person, nor much indication of anger in his posts. He is just another guy posting his opinions, just like the rest of us.

Amazon has a "email me when this becomes available" for anything out of print or not yet released. They have the same thing for the Holiday Special.

Honestly, I hope they take another 5 years on the blu-ray. It gives more time for the OOT dvd's including the new slim sets to sell. And it suggests that LFL actually might put some effort into their next release. With each year, I don't think Star Wars is as big as it once was. People will move onto other things. More people will look at online reviews and learn what the term "animorphic widescreen" is. So the longer they wait, I figure the more spectacular it will have to be to get people's attention, much less their money.

You'll be dead!!

=]

This little one's not worth the effort; come, let me get you something...

The real problem with Amazon is that Tuskan Whole Milk is still currently unavailable! :(

http://www.amazon.com/Tuscan-Whole-Milk-Gallon-128/dp/B00032G1S0

If you haven't seen this before, you must check out the reviews! Hilariousness abounds! :D

That would be relevent if Lucasfilm had not already released 2 films on Blu Ray, i mean ok it is 2 films nobody wants Clone Wars and Indiana Jones IV.  But to pretend Lucas does not know that Blu won the format war is ridiculous.

Does he make more money by selling the HD rights to Cinemax, HBO etc.  Than releasing them on blu ray?

He already has 1080p masters for all six star wars films, and all 3 original Indiana Jones films. 

All cleaned up by Lowry and delivered to them on hardrives.

Maybe all people would get if the demand was there for them on Blu Ray, is the files dumped straight to blu ray disc as seen on HDTV but in superior resolution. But the audio and colors still messed up.

Like the gout, and 2004 special edition release.  Very little care went into the 2004 set, the 2006, or 2008 sets.

The original trilogy non special edition is still not cleaned up and still non anamorphic.  The 2004 set still has the audio and color glitches and non fixed black mattes around the ships.

I mean unless he is waiting to put them on Blu Ray after the 3D releases in theaters if that even ever happens. 

He is busy working on the Clone wars Cartoon, and prepping the live action star wars series.  I think he wants to personally supervise the blu ray disc releases himself.  Or could it be he thinks like Bill Gates that HD downloads is the next big thing, and is waiting for blu ray to fail.

Perhaps like many he sees HDTV and Blu Ray as a niche market.  If this is true then star wars is being marketed to the general populace who still have 4:3 CRT tvs and dvd players.

Ripplin said:

The real problem with Amazon is that Tuskan Whole Milk is still currently unavailable! :(

http://www.amazon.com/Tuscan-Whole-Milk-Gallon-128/dp/B00032G1S0

If you haven't seen this before, you must check out the reviews! Hilariousness abounds! :D

LOL! Those are funny. But really- what kind of review would you write for milk?! And WHO BUYS MILK FROM AMAZON.COM? :-P

^ I especially liked the Clockwork Orange references.

I knew amazon started selling groceries a few years ago, but I just cannot imagine anyone going through the trouble to pay postage and packing on a gallon of milk. It have to be wrapped in some thermal material to keep it within a safe temperature during its travels, and gallons of milk are fragile things, doesn't take much to bust one of those suckers open. I find it hard to believe amazon ever sold that product, and if they did it is not hard to see why they no longer carry it.

Baronlando said:

Man, we are so far away from blu-ray, I just saw ANOTHER repackaging of the 2006 discs...but in the 2004 covers. There must be a Raiders warehouse full of these things.

Aside from the new boxed set, you mean?

Weird.  A new boxset with new packaging and old content.  And an individual of old content in an even older box that was originally in a set?  I just... wow.  I hope I run into these soon because I honestly have a hard time believing that's true (not that I doubt you, Lando).

I find that to be another potentential step up. Looks like the original versions of the films are going to be a standard inclusion from now on. I mean, two releases with the same "bonus feature?" Maybe. But three now? And pimping out the fact that it includes both versions right on the front? As if they're seen as more equals, y'know, like a normal DVD release that pimps out having multiple versions of the same film in the set?

After reading "The Secret History of Star Wars," I have a different perspective on Georgie. I'm not happy about how he treats the OOT, but I kind of get the feeling now that he felt kind of hurt at how ill-recieved his prefurred versions of the films were, and as a side effect, he feels so insecure about them (because on the inside, maybe he knows we're all right) that he's hesitant to treat the OOT with the respect it deserves. Rather sad, really, that he can't see the value in them that we do.

Truly, SHOSW told me so much more about Lucas than I ever knew. Found out I've got a lot in common with him, and it really humanized him for me after seeing how much the internet villifies him. I suggest everyone read it, as it sheds a lot of light into what makes Lucas tick, it's that exhaustive.

Of course, what do I know? I loved KOTCS and although I don't really care for the PT, I don't loathe them. Now where's SkyJedi with another anti-Lucas rant?