Star Wars Blu Ray Impressions — Page 5

zombie84 said:

TV's Frink said:

WhatsMyName said:

So what everyone think of the ROTJ line at the end where vader saves luke?

Find me one person that likes it, so I can SHUN them.

Go to theforce.net boards. There's tons over there.

Yes. Here's a gushing example.

Friday when it came out I went ahead and bought my first Blu Ray player and the boxset.

I was all set to watch the whole saga over Saturday and Sunday, but after seeing The Phantom Menace, I found myself with the desire to go out and find some live music and dance.

The movie was fantastic in it's high definition glory, with the cooler looking Yoda, so it's not like I was disappointed or anything.

I guess I just feel like spreading it out and savoring each movie on it's own terms.

I'm going to probably do a movie each weekend until I'm through it.

I feel like I've been waiting for this version my whole life, and I don't want it's revelation to be over so quickly.

[hurls]

Master Sifo-Dyas said:

At this point, no change seems impossible. He changed Luke's line on Dagobah "You're lucky you don't taste very good", so removing/changing "You could use a good kiss" doesn't seem unrealistic.

He made the Ewoks blink, so why not do the same to TaunTauns? *shrugs*

 The Tuan Tuans did blink. forgot to add the Ewok part. You only saw it once or twice since they only do a close up of the Tuan Tuan once.

And yea, Han's line, i hope i didn't hear it or it was my Blu ray plater, because that was a funny line to end on.

i'm surprised that Lucas didn't add the clone voices to the Storm Troopers. Which is a good thing seeing as how the Clones had an average life span of 20 years. Give or take.

Hmm... so we at least know Lucas had the technology to make creatures blink back then. (Not that your average aplogist still wouldn't fall for such a cheap excuse). D;

Hmm... that just makes me wonder if the Ugnaughts actually blink.

Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

Although in a sense, I suppose the "nooo!" makes him seem more like creepy Anakin from the episodes 2 and 3, the whiny one who always wants his way. Maybe that's why some of the gushers like it.

Are there seriously people who think this was a good idea?

FrederikOlsen said:

dark_jedi said:

My Little Boy and I just got through TPM & AOTC, we are about to start ROTS, but the one thing I do like is the lightsaber fights, just love the sound, and the bass, even though some of the battles are corny LOL, but just love these weapons.

Yeah, while the picture has its share of flaws for those two films, the audio is pretty cool. Great range and a lot of punch in those mixes.

I've also watched TPM and AOTC. For all the flaws of those films, I enjoyed them for what they are.

I think TPM looks pretty good, actually. I've only owned it on VHS, so I never got to see the LD presentation or the alledgedly horrendous DVD. The BD is quite a step up from that. I'm just glad they took some measures to ensure a certain level of visual consistency between the prequels, even if that includes DNR. The film just never looked that great in the first place, so I can't see what the fuss is all about.

Also, CG Yoda may be the most welcome change to the saga so far. Let's hope Lucas doesn't read that; the puppet in the OT was a nice piece of work, but his TPM counterpart came off as a senile muppet.

AOTC looks fantastic, but it's hardly any quantum leap given the DVD was crystal clear to begin with. In a sense, it's a little disappointing that there's no real "WOW"-experience to be found here, but the disc delivers. It just goes to show how crisp the picture was in the first place.

Tonight, I'll probably be watching ROTS. Given that this also looked spectacular on DVD, I'm not really expecting any surprises. Other than the fact that I am excited to see this on my 42" screen for - as far as I recall - the first time. And then, of course, it's onwards to the not-so-original trilogy. Even with the latest changes in mind (only Vader's "NOOOOO" bothers me that much), I have a feeling it can only be better than the 2004 DVDs.

I have the same feelings over this set so far.  TPM does look far nicer than it did on DVD for sure and the new Yoda is far easier to believe than that darn puppet.  For $80.00+Free shipping from Amazon, I couldn't pass on the opportunity to at least watch them all and decide from there whether to keep the set or piece it out.

:)  :)

Cuchulainn said:

Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

Although in a sense, I suppose the "nooo!" makes him seem more like creepy Anakin from the episodes 2 and 3, the whiny one who always wants his way. Maybe that's why some of the gushers like it.

Are there seriously people who think this was a good idea?

They reside at theforce.net boards. I have witnessed this myself in the last few days. It's hard to imagine what they wouldn't tolerate but I also think most of them are to a degree just saying that to convince themselves, if you gave them the choice I don't doubt almost every person would pick the silent version of that scene.

There's a lot of people like that on the Empire forums too, who are just blathering on how 'awesome' the BluRays are. I'm convinced they're just trying to justify throwing down another £60 or whatever on yet another SW set...

zombie84 said:

Cuchulainn said:

Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

Although in a sense, I suppose the "nooo!" makes him seem more like creepy Anakin from the episodes 2 and 3, the whiny one who always wants his way. Maybe that's why some of the gushers like it.

Are there seriously people who think this was a good idea?

They reside at theforce.net boards. I have witnessed this myself in the last few days. It's hard to imagine what they wouldn't tolerate but I also think most of them are to a degree just saying that to convince themselves, if you gave them the choice I don't doubt almost every person would pick the silent version of that scene.

I think you found the same kind of apologists on TheForce.net for the Hayden/Anakin ghost on the 2004 DVDs. There was a lot of rationalizing then of why Lucas decided to do that. 

For some reason, I find the "nooooooo" harder to defend. Maybe because I've maxed out on these absurd changes.

zombie84 said:

They reside at theforce.net boards. I have witnessed this myself in the last few days. It's hard to imagine what they wouldn't tolerate but I also think most of them are to a degree just saying that to convince themselves, if you gave them the choice I don't doubt almost every person would pick the silent version of that scene.

 I havent posted there in years since I was permabanned, but this doesnt suprise me at all.   Lucas can do ANYTHING, and they will defend it.  The funny this is they keep using the same argument I have heard since 1997, "Well, its only a few minutes of changes, get over it!"

The problem is you have minutes of changes in 1997, minutes of changes in 2004, and now minutes of changes in 2011, so it is starting to add up!  By 2030, they will say, "Well its only an hour of changes, but its not all 6 hours of the OT movies!"

As i said in a previous forum, youtube users call this site an old people site. Sure, whatever helps them make it through their pain.

The WORST fans when it comes to the preservation issue and quasi-religious creepiness, and you can pick 'em right out on TFN and Blu-ray.com, are all in their 30s.

Well, i grew up knowing the original trilogy. And i hear people say that the PT was better then the OT. I can gaurentee that GL is going to make a lot of money off the blue rays.

TV's Frink said:

Ziggy Stardust said:

Johnny Ringo said:
 

What model is your Player, Ziggy? - I'm using a ps3 [the slim one] and generally find blu-rays take a while to initially load and sometimes getting between menus.

 

I have a Sony player from 2010. It usually takes only a few seconds for me.

Although THX-1138 took so long once it was still loading an hour later. This was the only incidence of such a thing happening.

You actually let it go that long?  If it takes longer than you need to prep a sandwich, turn it off!

What, you expected me to read the instruction booklet? Gimme a break....

;-)