Star Wars coming to Blu Ray (UPDATE: August 30 2011, No! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!) — Page 226

MV64 said:

Tobar said:

MV64 said:

I enjoyed the changes to the trilogy so far, except for the addition of Jedi Rocks, the Jabba scene in '97, and <span style="text-decoration: underline;">the burping frog</span> in ROTJ.

Er, the burping frog (worrt) wasn't a special edition...addition. It's always been in there.

Wasn't it exaggerated in the SE?  I guess it's been a while since I've watched my original VHS tapes.

Bingowings said:

It would be interesting hear which new changes are 'salvageable' some of them clearly are not but is there anything new worth keeping or working on? 

Depends on your purpose. For things like Revisited, Ewok-Eyes might be worth keeping. The lack of Humdinger is probably worth keeping, depending on the quality of the fix.

timdiggerm said:

Bingowings said:

It would be interesting hear which new changes are 'salvageable' some of them clearly are not but is there anything new worth keeping or working on? 

Depends on your purpose. For things like Revisited, Ewok-Eyes might be worth keeping. The lack of Humdinger is probably worth keeping, depending on the quality of the fix.

Chewtobacca said:

Uncanny Antman said:

I was never one of those guys that whined about every little change in '97 and '04 ...but this time? ... Cancelled pre-order.

You're not alone.  Many people online are saying that they have cancelled their pre-orders, and this time it's not just the purists.

I doubt it'd be enough to make a dent in the astronomical profits that the set will make though. I wish I could feel like this is a slow burn kind of thing and this is a sort of last straw that'll put a lot of people onto our side, but the reality is that it's probably the opposite, the final nail in the coffin.

I just got a widescreen LED a couple of days ago. A cute little 32 inch one. The GOUT does not look that bad on it actually. Not great mind you, but watchable.

I'm going to be all right, I'm going to be all right...

And so it begins...

Amazon.com

Let slip the dogs of war.

Harmy said:

 

the Ewok eyes, that's fucking creepy. The idea is pretty good to be honest (for a SE that is) because the Ewoks look awfully fake and this will make them more alive. But the execution is not that great, it really does make him look creepy. 

I agree. The eyes don't look right for Ewoks. They should look more like a bears eyes IMO.

You would think we would all be numb by now to the effects of George's idiocy. Yet he can still hurt us.

I've hurt you, and I want to continue...hurting you. Buried alive. Buried alive...

The ewok eyes are not that bad. It's a subtle fix that adds to the believability. It says a lot though about Lucasfilm's priorities. I'm not surprised - I had a feeling George wouldn't be able to help himself.

This is a lot like 2004 all over again: the movies are long overdue on the latest home video format. Finally! But what the hell are all these changes!? They must be fake. This is an outrage. The originals must be preserved.

I think we'll be seeing a lot of new people joining OT.com as a result of this release.

I also cancelled my preorder. I don't need this movies. I don't need anything from Lucas anymore.

I was so hyped about this release and now I feel just raped.

NY Times conforms "NO" on blu. Well, sort of. That guy writes on the NYTimes artsbeat blog.

Baronlando said:

Wonder how fast will LFL be able to take down the deleted scenes from youtube once they start showing up. I really don't want to buy this fucking thing just for them.

I've been thinking about the deleted scenes. They are interesting I guess, but if I never see them it won't kill me. The whole "Wow, deleted scenes!" was cool at the beginning of the DVD era, but I've come to realize that most were  deleted for good reason and are little more than curiosities.

The main reason for buying DVD, blu-ray, digital copies etc. for me is that they don't wear out as fast as tape. All the extra stuff is really "meh". Even most director's commentaries suck. At best I listen once and that is it.

Having said that, if the Star Wars blues (pun intended) had new commentary tracks - say with Harrison, Carrie, and Mark together all in the same commentary (not spliced together) - then it would be a real shame that I had to pass on it due to George's continued idiocy.

We have Gary Whitta, writer of "Book of Eli" on our side:

http://twitter.com/garywhitta