ChainsawAsh said:Octorox said:ChainsawAsh said:Sluggo said:The only thing I want done to ANH now is a HD version of the original '77 release with the bad effects cleaned up. No CGI models, just fix the color and get rid of the matte lines.
No! Don't fix ANY effects!
Here's the ideal release (for the Blu-Ray):
Disc 1: An HD 1080p version of "Star Wars" EXACTLY as it was in 1977, matte lines and everything included, plus the mono, theatrical stereo, and 70mm six-track sound mixes included, along with the 1985 stereo remix and the 1993 stereo remix. Opening crawl is selectable at the start of the film (1977 or 1981 crawl).
Disc 2: An HD 1080p version of the 1997 SE of "Star Wars," EXACTLY as it was on 1997. Includes the 1997 5.1 surround mix.
Disc 3: An HD 1080p version of the 2004 SE, including the shittily-mixed 2004 5.1 mix. (No seamless branching because of the incredible differences in color between the 1997 SE and 2004 SE, which would be preserved.)
Disc 4: An HD 1080p version of the final George Lucas Ultimate Edition That Fixes Everything But Probably Won't.
Disc 5: All deleted scenes in 1080p (including the original, pre-CG Jabba scene and original Biggs/Luke in the Rebel hangar scene with the reference to Luke's father intact), with other special features.
Similar for ESB/ROTJ (though Disc 1 of ESB will have seamless branching for the 35mm theatrical and 70mm theatrical versions). *That* is my ideal set.
And I'd add the NTSC DVD-9 of Revisited as a Disc 6 myself for good measure.
why would you want the shitty 2004 releases even included? To use as a lesson in how not to restore and remaster a film?
The same reason they included the Director's Cut of "Blade Runner" when the Final Cut was a better, more updated version, or why they included the US theatrical version when the international theatrical (also included) was identical to the US, but uncensored - for the sake of including everything. Why leave anything out? Even if it's bad, it still existed.
Even for the PT Blu-Rays, I'd want seamless branching for TPM for the theatrical and DVD cuts, with the next disc being CG-Yoda cut (or seamless branching again for that); for AOTC, theatrical 35mm/digital cuts (I think the digital version was the one released on DVD), then disc 2 IMAX cut (different aspect ratio from theatrical); and for ROTS, well that doesn't really matter much since the only difference is a wipe vs a hard cut (I'd use the theatrical wipe instead of the DVD hard cut). And, of course, another disc each for GL's Super-Fantastic-Special-Knock-Your-Socks-Off-Edition that most of us will hate and never watch anyway.
Yeah, I guess so. I hope that if Lucas does release an ultimate edition he builds off of a new, clean transfer of the original elements rather than adding to the crappy 90's cg of the special editions What I thought might be a cool feature of the blu-rays, especially for the prequels, is the ability to see the cg in varied levels of completeness. It would be awesome if, at any time you could see no cg, wireframe only, untextured, and complete views. It would certainly make it easier for editors trying to isolate elements or adding their own backgrounds. I think the Hellboy II Blu-Ray already has this sort of a feature.