4K restoration on Star Wars — Page 58

There are several huge reasons why there will never be a better time than now to restore the unaltereds and get them out there, but the biggest reason imo is so they can heal the division in the fandom as lovelikewinter said. They need to finally put this matter to rest so they can move the **** on with the franchise.

Also, I just don't see a more appropriate time to release it after Episode VII. This isn't Tron: Legacy where they didn't want people to be reminded of the original movie. This is Star Wars we're talking about here, the most successful franchise of all time. Putting out the unaltereds on blu-ray so everyone can spin them up during the wait for Ep7 is a no-brainer.

Could they continue keeping it in their back pocket for later? I guess, but it would be a little awkward cross-promoting with the spin-offs and sequels.

Even from a more general standpoint I don't see the point of waiting. Physical media will only continue to lose its foothold, although I'll admit Star Wars is something people will probably always want a physical copy of. My nightmare scenario is Disney deciding to finally release a restored OOT ... but only as a download.

News of a 4k blu-ray format hitting the market by the end of next year has quelled those fears for now. It's a sign that physical media is sticking around for at least a little longer. I'm not gonna get my hopes quite this high up, but how epic it would be if Disney decided to put out this 4k restoration on 4k blu-ray day-and-date with a regular blu-ray.

Fang Zei said:

It's a sign that physical media is sticking around for at least a little longer.

 Physical media will always be around. There will always be a market for it.

Digital d/l and physical are not an either/or proposition.

Alderaan said:

Fang Zei said:

It's a sign that physical media is sticking around for at least a little longer.

 Physical media will always be around. There will always be a market for it.

Digital d/l and physical are not an either/or proposition.

That's like saying Laserdiscs will always be around.  While technically true, they've been relegated to the domain of the collector alone.

TV's Frink said:

That's like saying Laserdiscs will always be around.  While technically true, they've been relegated to the domain of the collector alone.

That's not really the same analogy. Anyone who argues that physical will disappear is basically saying the same thing as "writing will not exist one day because everyone knows how to type."

imperialscum said:

But then again everything is physical. Even if it is digital information it is still stored physically somewhere.

 Stored by a company that will be happy to distribute it to you at a crappy bitrate, and tell you that your copy has expired when they get bought out by someone else.

imperialscum said:

But then again everything is physical. Even if it is digital information it is still stored physically somewhere.

 Thanks, Ric.

In b4 a joke by Frink.

I came across a cleaned up SW trailer from RLM somewhere on Youtube and forgot to post it here. Is it possible they only worked on trailers and bonus material like that instead of the actual films?

RMW (Reliance Media Works) not RLM (Red Letter Media).

RMW, RLM, whatever it takes.

rchdggr said:

In b4 a joke by Frink.

 l'll wager you weren't expecting a Mr. Mom joke.

TV's Frink said:

rchdggr said:

In b4 a joke by Frink.

 l'll wager you weren't expecting a Mr. Mom joke.

 I can't say I was!

Fang Zei said:

RMW (Reliance Media Works) not RLM (Red Letter Media).

Reliance in my head, RLM in my fingers. Sorry!

Still, my question stands. I saw they restored a trailer. Curious if there's any proof they scanned the original films or only worked on trailers and bonus material.

My hard disk is supernatural.  I paid extra for it.

Actually it's Class Five full-roaming vaporware.