When they restored Star Wars for the '04 DVDs, did they work from the '97 restoration, or did they start from scratch with the original negatives and add the '97 changes in and then build from there?
97 Restoration
Rumor I heard was that GL won't even start the SW Blue-ray release project till after the next Indy movie staring Shia LeBoeuf.
Indy IV flashback.
*shutters*
But I wonder what if any changes GL will make, but everyone should be on alert now, the moment the project gets green lighted or is near release. Lucas Arts will demand all fan projects stop.
Just like game mods for StarCraft 2 right before SC2 was announced.
TK99 said:...the next Indy movie staring Shia LeBoeuf.
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TK99 said:Rumor I heard was that GL won't even start the SW Blue-ray release project till after the next Indy movie staring Shia LeBoeuf.
Bologna. George has said that the next Indy if they made one would be INDY not Mutt. Harrison Ford just recently revealed that he's up for another and that they're all just waiting on George to come up with the next McGuffin.
It took them 20 years to make the last one. Is Indy going to be a grumpy old man for this. It is funny though the last couple of years 80's stars who are old now are playing their 80's roles. Sylvester Stallone 2 times.
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EyeShotFirst said:It took them 20 years to make the last one. Is Indy going to be a grumpy old man for this. It is funny though the last couple of years 80's stars who are old now are playing their 80's roles. Sylvester Stallone 2 times.
Hollywood has become paranoid of new ideas. They'd rather pull old ones out of retirement or obscurity rather than come up with something truly new and creative.
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Janskeet said:When they restored Star Wars for the '04 DVDs, did they work from the '97 restoration, or did they start from scratch with the original negatives and add the '97 changes in and then build from there?
Janskeet, just so you know there is a general star wars section. This section is for star wars fan edits and preservation efforts.
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Janskeet said:When they restored Star Wars for the '04 DVDs.....
You meant "mangled", right?
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If they used the '97 restoration (or destruction, depending on your point of view), why did the colors get all fucked up in the DVDs? I don't recall the color being messed up in the '97 version, although it has been awhile since I've seen it.
As bad as the '04 version was, they were still good enough for Adywan to fix to what I think is good enough to please just about everyone.
Please, Mods, are you out there??? Please move this thread to the general Star Wars discussion area, apparently Janskeet does not get it...
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I thought this thread would be better suited here since most of the videophiles are here.
Janskeet said:If they used the '97 restoration (or destruction, depending on your point of view), why did the colors get all fucked up in the DVDs? I don't recall the color being messed up in the '97 version, although it has been awhile since I've seen it.
As bad as the '04 version was, they were still good enough for Adywan to fix to what I think is good enough to please just about everyone.
The colors weren't messed up in '97 (theatrically or on the SE Laserdisc release). They saved that for the DVDs. ;-)
Why? Your guess is as good as anyones.
But, I'm one of the few around here that wasn't terribly bothered by the screwed-up colors (the sound problems and SE+ alterations bother me a lot more).
I wish they had just released the 97s just once on dvd before these abominations. Even a snapper case! This way we could at least have an official version that we can get along with-gripes or no gripes.
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That's one reason I don't agree with those that say Lucas is only in it for the money.
If that were the case, there would have been an early DVD release with the '97 SE, then later on they would have done their "restoration" box-set release with the 2004 revisions, and THEN the next release with the GOUT. And there would already be a Blu-Ray release. Waiting until the next format is almost ready to take over before releasing the movies doesn't reek of wanting all our money.
But that begs the question of what exactly Lucas' motives were in waiting so long in releasing the OT on DVD, and then doing it without bothering to make sure the quality is up to par.
Bobocop said:That's one reason I don't agree with those that say Lucas is only in it for the money.
If that were the case, there would have been an early DVD release with the '97 SE, then later on they would have done their "restoration" box-set release with the 2004 revisions, and THEN the next release with the GOUT. And there would already be a Blu-Ray release. Waiting until the next format is almost ready to take over before releasing the movies doesn't reek of wanting all our money.
But that begs the question of what exactly Lucas' motives were in waiting so long in releasing the OT on DVD, and then doing it without bothering to make sure the quality is up to par.
I don't think it is about money, it's about laziness and not caring.
