Star Wars Blu Ray Impressions — Page 8

That's a simplistic argument to say the least. There are plenty of things in the box-set that is of great interest to OT die hards, such as the deleted scenes, better quality docus than we've previously had access to, commentaries and interviews a plenty, including a bunch of new concept art I hadn't seen before. It all happens to have been presented in a pretty lackluster way, and the set as a whole is oddly missing some of the best pieces out there, such as Empire of Dreams and From Star Wars to Jedi, just to mention two of the most obvious ones.

That the films have been scarred, yet again, is a separate matter, but even if I flinch every time a change rolls across my screen, which I do, whether you like me complaining about it or not, these are still the best copies of the films available, and as such they still have value as just that. Reference.

Perhaps it's time you quit your paradoxical complaining about our complaining?

Heilemann said:

That's a simplistic argument to say the least. There are plenty of things in the box-set that is of great interest to OT die hards, such as the deleted scenes, better quality docus than we've previously had access to, commentaries and interviews a plenty, including a bunch of new concept art I hadn't seen before. It all happens to have been presented in a pretty lackluster way, and the set as a whole is oddly missing some of the best pieces out there, such as Empire of Dreams and From Star Wars to Jedi, just to mention two of the most obvious ones.

That the films have been scarred, yet again, is a separate matter, but even if I flinch every time a change rolls across my screen, which I do, whether you like me complaining about it or not, these are still the best copies of the films available, and as such they still have value as just that. Reference.

Perhaps it's time you quit your paradoxical complaining about our complaining?

LOL, you take the blue pill then pal.

What does that even mean in this context?

You're in a forum on a site that was created expressly to bring about the release of the unaltered original trilogy of films. I think perhaps you need to adjust your expectations, and possibly your forum conduct.

How do you respond to somebody who shells out 80$ for a video relese, knowing full well it has many problems, then takes offense to the first person who says,enjoy what you have and stop complaining.

Sorry, but you have some personal issues....

Your powers of rhetoric and observation are mine far superior.

Detail reference. Certainly not color reference :)

And I couldn't agree more re. the image and sound quality.

Jay said:

I have a pile of catalog titles on Blu-ray that were given better treatment than the OT. 7-year-old masters with fake grain don't cut it in 2011.

SilverWook said:

Obi Wan killing Grevious is much more grisly here. I had no idea Steven was a gore fiend. ;)

Johnny Ringo said:

act like a dick?

I guess you have personal issues also. Or are you 2 both of the same mind?

I have to say my biggest disappointment in this entire bluray set is the bloody arm in the cantina... I'm glad the claw thing is gone from the 2004 version... but why couldn't they fix this one little shot for continuity?

On the list of things that 'need' changing, I see that as being way down there. Let's start with fixing lightsabers across the board. If they can't do that; I think a reshoot is asking a bit much.

a reshoot of that single shot is going to be way easier than fixing lightsabers. 

The lightsabers are embeded in the very first layer of the prints that they are working with. Shadows and reflections have been added, and anywhere there is a larger-than average lightsaber shot, all of the picture data behind it has been lost, meaning that a LOT has to be restored, fixed, and reinserted. Plus, you have to do that with high speed sequences where each frame is different from the last.

This is a single shot of an arm... and considering that lightsabers, while being a bit off color and shape, continue to act in a manner expected of lightsabers... I personally feel that the continuity issue with a bleeding arm is the larger, and easier to fix, issue.

Sorry if that came out a bit strong... for some reason, my marathon of the blurays has stuttered ever since seeing that shot...

If it's a matter of making some sort of time-warp retro-active tradeoffs, I'd like to use the Greedo shot first scene(s) and the Jabba deleted scene(s) as well as one instance of an R2 unit and a couple of NOooooo's as currency to buy new lightsabers all around ^_^

SilverWook said:

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How does crap like this pass quality control?

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What quality control?

The same QC that made Hoth blue, lightsabers pink, and yoda neon green?