Star Wars coming to Blu Ray (UPDATE: August 30 2011, No! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!) — Page 107

They put all the fucking garbage on a ninth disc and they can't even bother to restore 10 minutes worth of footage to give us the MOTHERFUCKING OOT in a watchable format!?! Lucas is worse than Uwe Boll, Michael Bay, and M. Night Shayamalan combined. At least they don't change their movies every five minutes and withhold the original versions from the public, and send you to prison for watching these movies (due to copyright/piracy laws). I think Lucas even burns every frame of the negative of the OOT with a match just to pass the time.

Kinda telling though that there's no documentaries specific on the PT (which is a good thing). Wish I could enter a store and say "Give me Disc 8 and 9 from this set, thank you very much!".

No Star Wars to Jedi doc then? That's my fav one! Still seeing the original docs presumably in HD would be pretty awsome.

IFFFF the deleted scenes mentioned happen to be ALL the bits that were cut/altered for the SEs then I'll have to pre-order this. If not no sale I think!

Still no webpage here in the UK - pretty piss poor show I have to say!

adywan said:

 Strange how they haven't put "from star wars to jedi: making of a saga" on there though

 They have to same something for the next release!

generalfrevious said:

They did this to make our lives miserable. This is what I have been saying about LFL for a time now; the manipulate our nostalgia for these films to sodomize us over and over again because we are the addicts and they are the dealers. There is an infinite demand and and an infinite supply: the suppliers can do whatever the hell they want with the fans because they cannot let go of SW. No one can. They always sink lower and lower and it will never stop.

I think some of us need to calm down a little...... "they did this to make our lives miserable" - Ridiculous comment!

No matter how much we want the originals, they ARE just films. Take a look on the front page of any news channel to see what really IS important, and the true suffering many people are going through......

The only information I wanted (and the only part of this bluray release that interests me) is about the deleted scenes - what they’re gonna be, and more importantly if they’ll be remastered.

What a pathetic “announcement”, only matched by the patheticness of the extras. Possibly a new low for Lucasfilm this.

adywan said:

6.1 DTS surround sound  Someone isn't going to be happy about that ;)

Yay!

C'mon new rant thread!

Nerfherder said:

generalfrevious said:

They did this to make our lives miserable. This is what I have been saying about LFL for a time now; the manipulate our nostalgia for these films to sodomize us over and over again because we are the addicts and they are the dealers. There is an infinite demand and and an infinite supply: the suppliers can do whatever the hell they want with the fans because they cannot let go of SW. No one can. They always sink lower and lower and it will never stop.

I think some of us need to calm down a little...... "they did this to make our lives miserable" - Ridiculous comment!

No matter how much we want the originals, they ARE just films. Take a look on the front page of any news channel to see what really IS important, and the true suffering many people are going through......

I see you've met generalfrevious.

Maybe they'll get the extras right in 2027, you know ...the 50th anniversary, when the movies will be in hologram format. lol

Oh, but we still won't get the OOT then, oh no, hell would need to freeze over for that. :P

On a serious note, you know why I'm anxious to VIEW this release?

1/ To see if they have the balls to admit they f*cked up hard in 2004 with the DVD release i.e. colours, sabres, music, etc and have fixed that crap
(I STILL cannot believe they missed the green sabre during the Falcon chess game scene, doesn't LucasFilm employ Star Wars geeks and fanboys? Their docos suggest they do, although they are all yes men) 

2/ To see if George is even sadder than last time and alters the films again.

My money is on the second one at the very least.

Nerfherder said:

generalfrevious said:

They did this to make our lives miserable. This is what I have been saying about LFL for a time now; the manipulate our nostalgia for these films to sodomize us over and over again because we are the addicts and they are the dealers. There is an infinite demand and and an infinite supply: the suppliers can do whatever the hell they want with the fans because they cannot let go of SW. No one can. They always sink lower and lower and it will never stop.

I think some of us need to calm down a little...... "they did this to make our lives miserable" - Ridiculous comment!

No matter how much we want the originals, they ARE just films. Take a look on the front page of any news channel to see what really IS important, and the true suffering many people are going through......

Just films? Tell LFL that; they believe that the PT is the greatest work of art since the Illiad, and every film in the franchise is designed to be a drug and not a film. I hate to admit it, but even ANH and ESB were products to control you on a subconscious level and make money for LFL. 

The shoddy treatment of these films is one of the reasons the world is so miserable today. Granted, it is a small part of that misery, but is part of the great skyscraper of misery that is the modern age. Look at how low Hollywood has gone today: they are making movies out of board games, for fuck's sake. They are making movies on par with an Ed Wood movie every week now. They have not made even a halfway decent film in 10 years. It is so bad I can't even remember the last time I went to a movie theater because there is so much shit in our multiplexes. All they care about is the opening weekend profits, so they make a movie not on any original idea anymore but just a remake of a remake so that it will have familiarity with the audience. It's no wonder that American film is dead and there is absolutely no hope of it ever recovering in our lifetimes. You no longer have an outlet of escape like you did in the 30s and 40s, during the Golden age of Hollywood; nor do you have a generation of great filmmakers like in the New Hollywood era to see a work of art. That is why part of the world is so miserable today. 

Thanks for keeping up with the last few pages greenie...

DOUBLE STANDARD!

So lets break this down...

Special Features:

• DISC ONE – STAR WARS: EPISODE I THE PHANTOM MENACE
  • Audio Commentary with George Lucas, Rick McCallum, Ben Burtt, Rob Coleman, John Knoll, Dennis Muren and Scott Squires
  • ALREADY RELEASED ON DVD
  • Audio Commentary from Archival Interviews with Cast and Crew
  • WHO CARES? 
• DISC TWO – STAR WARS: EPISODE II ATTACK OF THE CLONES
  • Audio Commentary with George Lucas, Rick McCallum, Ben Burtt, Rob Coleman, Pablo Helman, John Knoll and Ben Snow
  • ALREADY RELEASED ON DVD
  • Audio Commentary from Archival Interviews with Cast and Crew
  • WHO CARES?
• DISC THREE – STAR WARS: EPISODE III REVENGE OF THE SITH
  • Audio Commentary with George Lucas, Rick McCallum, Rob Coleman, John Knoll and Roger Guyett
  • ALREADY RELEASED ON DVD 
  • Audio Commentary from Archival Interviews with Cast and Crew
  • WHO CARES? 
• DISC FOUR – STAR WARS: EPISODE IV A NEW HOPE
  • Audio Commentary with George Lucas, Carrie Fisher, Ben Burtt and Dennis Muren
  • ALREADY RELEASE ON DVD
  • Audio Commentary from Archival Interviews with Cast and Crew
  • INTERESTING, BUT PROBABLY NOTHING TO WRITE HOME ABOUT 
• DISC FIVE – STAR WARS: EPISODE V THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
  • Audio Commentary with George Lucas, Irvin Kershner, Carrie Fisher, Ben Burtt and Dennis Muren
  • SAME
  • Audio Commentary from Archival Interviews with Cast and Crew
  • SAME
• DISC SIX – STAR WARS: EPISODE VI RETURN OF THE JEDI
  • Audio Commentary with George Lucas, Carrie Fisher, Ben Burtt and Dennis Muren
  • SAME
  • Audio Commentary from Archival Interviews with Cast and Crew
  • SAME 
• DISC SEVEN – NEW! STAR WARS ARCHIVES: EPISODES I-III
  • Including: deleted, extended and alternate scenes; prop, maquette and costume turnarounds; matte paintings and concept art; supplementary interviews with cast and crew; a flythrough of the Lucasfilm Archives and more
  • I'M SURE IT'S ALL THE SAME FROM THE DVD RELEASES
• DISC EIGHT – NEW! STAR WARS ARCHIVES: EPISODES IV-VI
  • Including: deleted, extended and alternate scenes; prop, maquette and costume turnarounds; matte paintings and concept art; supplementary interviews with cast and crew; and more
  • THIS IS WHAT EVERYONE IS WANTING... QUALITY??? HOW MANY???? WHO KNOWS?
• DISC NINE – THE STAR WARS DOCUMENTARIES
  • NEW! Star Warriors (2007, Color, Apx. 84 Minutes) – Some Star Wars fans want to collect action figures...these fans want to be action figures! A tribute to the 501st Legion, a global organization of Star Wars costume enthusiasts, this insightful documentary shows how the super-fan club promotes interest in the films through charity and volunteer work at fundraisers and high-profile special events around the world.
  • REALLY? DOES ANYONE REALLY CARE ABOUT THIS?
  • NEW! A Conversation with the Masters: The Empire Strikes Back 30 Years Later (2010, Color, Apx. 25 Minutes) – George Lucas, Irvin Kershner, Lawrence Kasdan and John Williams look back on the making of The Empire Strikes Back in this in-depth retrospective from Lucasfilm created to help commemorate the 30th anniversary of the movie. The masters discuss and reminisce about one of the most beloved films of all time.
  • THIS SOUNDS COOL, BUT HOW COOL CAN IT BE? A WHOLE 25 MIN. OF PEOPLE TELLING US HOW GREAT GEORGE IS?
  • NEW! Star Wars Spoofs (2011, Color, Apx. 91 Minutes) – The farce is strong with this one! Enjoy a hilarious collection of Star Wars spoofs and parodies that have been created over the years, including outrageous clips from Family Guy, The Simpsons, How I Met Your Mother and more — and don’t miss “Weird Al” Yankovic’s one-of-a-kind music video tribute to The Phantom Menace!
  • 91 MIN OF SPOOFS? ENOUGH IS ENOUGH
  • The Making of Star Wars (1977, Color, Apx. 49 Minutes) – Learn the incredible behind-the-scenes story of how the original Star Wars movie was brought to the big screen in this fascinating documentary hosted by C-3PO and R2-D2. Includes interviews with George Lucas and appearances by Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher.
  • PROBABLY LASERDISC MASTERS, SEEN IT, OWN IT ALREADY.
  • The Empire Strikes Back: SPFX (1980, Color, Apx. 48 Minutes) – Learn the secrets of making movies in a galaxy far, far away. Hosted by Mark Hamill, this revealing documentary offers behind-the-scenes glimpses into the amazing special effects that transformed George Lucas’ vision for Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back into reality!
  • SEE ABOVE 
  • Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi (1983, Color, Apx. 48 Minutes) – Go behind the scenes — and into the costumes — as production footage from Return of the Jedi is interspersed with vintage monster movie clips in this in-depth exploration of the painstaking techniques utilized by George Lucas to create the classic creatures and characters seen in the film. Hosted and narrated by Carrie Fisher and Billie Dee Williams.
  • SEE ABOVE
  • Anatomy of a Dewback (1997, Color, Apx. 26 Minutes) – See how some of the special effects in Star Wars became even more special two decades later! George Lucas explains and demonstrates how his team transformed the original dewback creatures from immovable rubber puppets (in the original 1977 release) to seemingly living, breathing creatures for the Star Wars 1997 Special Edition update.
  • REALLY? COME ON! WATCHED IT IN '97 HAVE NO DESIRE TO WATCH AGAIN. AND IF I DO, ITS ON THE OFFICIAL SITE. 
  • Star Wars Tech (2007, Color, Apx. 46 Minutes) – Exploring the technical aspects of Star Wars vehicles, weapons and gadgetry, Star Wars Tech consults leading scientists in the fields of physics, prosthetics, lasers, engineering and astronomy to examine the plausibility of Star Wars technology based on science as we know it today.
  • SOUNDS INTERESTING. BUT AGAIN, PROBABLY 46 MINUTES OF "GEORGE IS SO AMAZING"

SO, TO SUM UP.... DOWNLOAD THE DELETED SCENES.... SAVE MONEY!

I really HATE to state the obvious, but if you guys do not like what is being offered, don't buy it!, most of you already set this up for a "fail" anyways, so why all the shock and awe now, year after year, release after release, you guys don't get what you want, shouldn't that tell you something, my GOD.

This is why some of us here are trying to preserve the "Original" version the best we can, because nothing I say, you say, or this whole site says, is going to change anything, no use in being pissed off all day over this LOL.

Weird Al is on it, and that's what matters.                   fuck.

Site's actually up now.

"Share to Reveal"? Wakefield Track and Field?! To reveal more than 20 seconds of previously-released images in a low-res video?!

generalfrevious said:I hate to admit it, but even ANH and ESB were products to control you on a subconscious level and make money for LFL.

..........yah! Nice talking to you ;)