STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION — Page 361

Ehh.... If Adywan took several years with the PT, he'll probably color correct, enhance it, and re-edit it completely. Perhaps he'll improve on the CGI or even make it less obvious. Whatever he makes is bound to be great.

ray_afraid said:

TV's Frink said:

WhatsMyName said:

Also, i think the PT just needs to be left alone. I'm not saying Ady couldn't do an amazing job. But i've watched all six of them in a row and i see no point in touching them.

Well then by all means be happy watching your retail DVDs.

*shaking head*

Maybe he means they are unsalvageable? That's pretty much my stance on 'em.

 Yeah, that's what i meant. I've seen other edits and they still don't fix the holes and continuency in the films. Ady is a miracle worker though. ;)

Off topic, but why has everyone suddenly changed their avatars? I figured it was some mass joke (judging by tv's frink's) but I see you have your own pic in yours doubleofive.

Confused.

Apologies if that's actually you, Tv's Frink :-p

Just found it before you replied. Should have looked harder :-p

lpd said:

Jaitea I love your chasm, I feal the same as brash they only stand out cos we know there not originaly there. Also love the hologram of the report to Tarkin, imo that looks correct if you know what I mean, it fits so well and dosnt look out of place at'all, and your editing  of the scene. Sorry if I'm being ignorant but what was the source as looks great.

Why thank you.

J

doubleofive said:

Also, i think the PT just needs to be left alone. I'm not saying Ady couldn't do an amazing job. But i've watched all six of them in a row and i see no point in touching them.

What is it with people not thinking Ady should try to edit the prequels. Let's not discourage the guy! Not only is he not starting till he's done with the OT, he's going to redo ANH first. We'll have all 3 versions of what the SEs should have been. If people don't like his PT edits, you don't have to worry about him getting burnt out on them because you'll already have the edits you want. Let him try when the time comes. At the very least he can add some visual continuity by not making the lightsabers pointy and have them be the same colors as his OT...

 I'm not trying to at all, i've just yet to see a good edit to the PT is all i'm saying. But, i'm going to drop the subject now as this is prlly for another thread and Ady is still working on ESBR and Has ROTJR to do first.

MJPollard, I predict this thread will soon be massively derailed by that comment....BUT, I'll just rebuke it as efficiently as I can so as not to waste too much space.

The purpose of this site was to get the original Star Wars films released in the highest quality possible. This was because, in 2004 or so when the site went online, we were in the age of DVD yet the original versions only existed as Laserdisc in the best of forms. In 2006, Lucasfilm released the master for the very same Laserdisc. So, how did that solve anything? We already had that, basically. Putting a Laserdisc on DVD and calling it "a DVD release" is not meaningful. The point of the site was not to get the films released in any form no matter how bad the quality, because they were already available on Laserdisc, the point was to have them released properly to the standards of the day. A similar comparison might be to transfer a really good VHS tape to DVD and release that and then say "this site now has no purpose." Furthermore, while a Laserdisc master was unacceptable in 2006, it is doubly so today, where we live in the age of high definition and Blu Ray. If anything, the site has more purpose than ever now. In 2006 it had been 13 years since the last telecine of the films (the 1993 Laserdisc master, which was reused in 1995 and released on DVD that year). In 2011, it is now close to 20 years since the last telecine of the films, and we aren't even using the same resolution standards anymore. The original versions are in more dire straits than they ever have been.

Anyway, I'm sure there will be more vocal critics than me here, but I don't want to say more than that.

We all know this is way off-topic so there's no reason to mention it, except that by mere coincidence there is a new thread in General SW Discussions that would be a great fit for this:

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/I-am-wonderingwhy-are-you-here/topic/12555/

MJPollard said:

Plus, since the GOUT was released on DVD, this site technically has no reason to continue existing per its own mandate, which was to get Lucas to release the unaltered trilogy on DVD.  He's done that.  The only thing left now is to whine about how he did it, and if you're honest with yourselves, you'll admit that there will be people who will continue to find something to complain about no matter what he does or how he does it.

To some extent that's true of anyone making anything (there will always be vocal unhappy consumers) but if the DVD release had been anything like sets of Ridley Scott, James Cameron, Steven Spielberg etc films or the disc sets for shows like Doctor Who where special editions and original editions sit side by side, presented in the best possible form the legitimate complaints about the OT would have been neutralised.

Instead there was a LD transfer which looked about the same as a passable bootleg flogged as a double dip marketing exercise.

Now the Blu-Ray is on the horizon, it looks as if it's going to be more of the same.

It's a legitimate cause to fight for whether you are interested in it or not.

You are following Adywan's projects and he has had his share of detractors too. The people complaining about aspects of Ady's work don't do so from the same position of people complaining about the GOUT.

Adywan hasn't access to the original film and hasn't withheld a decent release of it or charged people for an inferior one.

Harmy said:

G E Predator, why don't you go here and read what this site is about and then if you still feel like coming back and repeating what you just said, why don't you also go to a mosque and start spreading the gospel there, while you're at it?

 

I wasn't "spreading gospel," I was just stating my opinion.  And no one was arguing.  I fully respect ChainsawAsh's opinon, and I was simply expressing my own without forcing it upon others.

Now that the minor debate is over...when Ady does a 720HD version, my only suggestions are restoring the spinning stars with the Falcon goes to lightspeed and removing this two elements: the trade federation droid head from the Jawa Sandcrawler and the electric flow on the torture droid's needle.  Other than those, I thought Ady did a superb job on the revisited.

MJPollard said:

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...The only thing left now is to whine about how he did it, and if you're honest with yourselves, you'll admit that there will be people who will continue to find something to complain about no matter what he does or how he does it.

(putting on flame-retardant clothes and waiting for the backlash in 5...4...3...2...)

Perhaps instead of preparing to be 'flamed' you would be better served making stronger more well thought out arguments or at least comporting yourself in a less confrontational/bitchy manner.

Hey guys! I just have a quick question. What's the difference between the DVD-5 and DVD-9? Is one SD and the other HD?

Thanks!

So they're both standard definition?