1997 Star Wars Special Edition 35mm Project (a WIP) — Page 8

If you have donated and would like to see reel6, please bounce me a PM.
I am using Resilio Sync, you can download it here:
https://www.resilio.com/individuals/
Be aware that the smallest files will be 4GB, and also that others in the group will be able to see whatever name you choose on Resilio Sync, and possibly also your device/computer name.

As a guy that grew up going to the dollar theater on Friday’s and watching beat up prints that had been run who knows how many times, I can say that this seems entirely watchable as it is 😃.

poita said:

If you have donated and would like to see reel6, please bounce me a PM.
I am using Resilio Sync, you can download it here:
https://www.resilio.com/individuals/
Be aware that the smallest files will be 4GB, and also that others in the group will be able to see whatever name you choose on Resilio Sync, and possibly also your device/computer name.

Sorry in advance if my computer name is a racial slur for wookies, I don’t mean to offend. I’m just in it for the memes boiz. Again, sorry to any Walking Carpets or Fuzballs out there.

To the people downloading the files, if you can leave your machine on for a bit, it helps with my bandwidth.

KillThad said:

If only I wasn’t broke, this really seems right up my alley in terms of projects to help with. Oh, well.

I’m not sure anyone here is as broke as I am right now 😃
I’m in hock getting Reel6 done.

Reel6 looks good, I swear if I start watching the trench-run sequence, I always end up watching it to the end. It still absorbs me and gets the heart racing even after all these years and all these viewings. There is something magical about it.

Thanks again to everyone that has helped make this possible, I have already found over 120 frames that are sorely needed for the Original Trilogy restoration, so this is going to help a lot with that project as well.

The Death Star is closing in…

Is that hair loose again? Tell me the truth? If it won’t stay put they will replace me with CGI Tarkin.

I should have probably done this before we left…

How come Vader gets the cool ship?

Did I leave the oven on?

Oh crap!

Good, now I have the Princess all to myself.

I’m gonna blow up your Death Star

Oh no you’re not!

Oh yes he is!

Uh-Oh!

Go left… No, your left!

“Enjoying your moment of triumph? I had a perfectly good spaceship, all ready to go, but noooooo…Overestimating their chances you said…”

That’s it, I’m outta here.

Pew pew!

I can totally see where the other ones impacted on the surface from up here.

There’s still time…

Bum.

Totally platonic hug!

Grrrooowwwr! I want a medal too!

Yeah, I’m usually such a surly girly.

How did they manage to screw up this wonderful color for the Blu-ray?!

I’d prolly donate if I had more money to throw around, but money’s always tight and around December it’s usually at its tightest. But when it’s all done and manages to make its way out into the world, I’ll try to make myself useful.

Whenever anyone can spare a dollar or two it is much appreciated, I know how difficult it is this time of year, with 4 kids aged from 4 to 17 😃

I’ve gone a bit deep into the red on this one.

Molly you have a PM.

poita said:

https://we.tl/xoFkz8F0uv

Last public video, its about 1GB in size, above is a shot from it.

You can really see how inconsistent the SE was shot to shot, both in the grade and the image quality. This has not been colour corrected.
It’s obvious why the home releases had a total overhaul.

That preview looks GREAT!

It’s also easy to identify the digital scenes as they have distinctive framing (cropped left and right compared to other scenes). That certainly confirms what we believed that the entire film was not from a digital intermediate.

Amazing previews right here.

I’m not sure the samples have the DTS audio (I doubt it actually), however the cinema DTS is available.

NeverarGreat said:

How did they manage to screw up this wonderful color for the Blu-ray?!

I agree, but the colors still seem a bit on the washed out side, with some weird green and blue hues, but this is miles ahead of the blu-ray, and don’t even get me started on the DVD. Over-saturated colors, ugly pink/purple hues everywhere on the level of the teals/greens in the Blade Runner Final Cut bad, skin tones that look like decades old taffy, crushed blacks and de-noising that removes detail, etc. Aside from the odd few hues and the slightly washed out colors I always thought the '97 version was a pretty nice restoration (with the exception of the changes of course).

ChainsawAsh said:

I was under the impression Poita was using them specifically because they were easy to sync to the reels.

Not really, as long as the sound-head is connected to the scanner the optical audio will be in sync when scanned (obviously with errors at splices).