moviefreakedmind said:
http://67.227.255.239/forum/showthread.php?t=1114372
Comment #44 in this forum is from a user claiming to work with a company that is supposed to be up-rezzing the Empire of Dreams documentary in HD. Although he does admit he doesn't have all the information... Very strange
Why would they? That seems a little bit pointless to be uprezzing the documentary? Just put it on the disc as an SD extra, I can't imagine it's worth the time or the money to do work on a special feature.
Tobar said:
People in this thread are greatly underestimating the demand for OOT. When the digital release was announced the comment sections of various sites were filled with, "If it's not the original versions, I'm not buying!" as well as, "If you guys want to see the real deal google Harmy!" All from tons of people whose names I certainly didn't recognize from around these parts.
I haven't checked yet but I wouldn't be surprised if the same holds true for the comments sections for articles about this latest rumor.
Maybe, but that's people like us. The fact that the Blu-ray boxed set shattered records suggests that for the vast majority of the population, it's not an issue.
CatBus said:
darklordoftech said:
What would Disney have to gain from making more changes?
A 4K version of Star Wars, for one. For >2K, they absolutely must go back to film elements, which means pre-2004. Another good reason would be maintaining contractual obligations (i.e. with Reliance Media) that were agreed to prior to the Lucasfilm purchase. They may try to make the result look like the 2011SE, or the 2004SE, but if they do, it will inevitably be somewhat different and therefore "more changes". Heck, if they decide to actually go the OOT route, they may decide to port over some of the more subtle recomps from the SE, and that too would be yet another special edition. There are SO many ways this can go wrong without someone at the helm who actually loves the films deeply.
This. Even if, by some twisted miracle, Disney DOES decide to remaster the OOT, there are still God-knows how many questions to figure out: what color timing? What sound mix? Garbage mattes? There are still so, so, so many things they could mess up.
darklordoftech said:
Mike O said:
moviefreakedmind said:
CatBus said:
moviefreakedmind said:
I'd love to hear what Landis himself said verbatim, but it seems that Empire magazine interpreted his statement as being the original versions specifically.
Sure, but Landis is already not the first speaker in that game of telephone. He heard it from Lucas. Lucas may have said "the original trilogy--yes, John, THE original classic films that started the whole thing, back in 1977, with no changes at all to what I intended all those years ago". A normal person could walk out of there thinking Star Wars was finally going to get a decent home video release and say that to the press without reservations, but in Lucas-speak, that just means a new 2016 Specialer Edition where Yoda is now CGI.
I don't think for one second that Disney would allow more changes to the trilogy due to the backlash it gets every time it happens. I could see Disney sweeping it under the rug, continuing to release the 2011 SEs, and then never mentioning the OOT ever again, but adding even more changes I just can't see them doing.
The backlash from 14 people on the Internet. 99.9999% of the population don't care at all, hence why it was the bestselling Blu-ray of all time when it came out and why it would break box office records in a heartbeat if a new version was released theatrically. People who care about the OOT are a tenth of a tenth of a tenth of a tenth of the population.
What would Disney have to gain from making more changes? What could they possibly want to change?
Nothing, perhaps, but why spend the tons of money and time on a restoration of a version with a tiny existing interested group of purchasers when the existing versions, for which they already have HD masters, are selling like heroine?
