Star Wars OT & 1997 Special Edition - Various Projects Info (Released) — Page 138

You_Too said:

Jetrell Fo said:

Will you two (lol, I made a funny....You_Too) be using the DTS audio for the 97 upscales?  THAT would make them a very welcome addition to everything that has come before.

:)

I don't remember if the cinema DTS audio was synched to this version (TB) or some other version? Otherwise DJ will certainly try to synch it so we can have all possible options. He will probably include audio from the LD's too.

The 5.1 would be awesome too and I believe the DTS theatrical audio would be the icing on the cake for the 97 SE's.

Are you guys going to use separate artwork for the SE's?  I have the SE VCD artwork that might come in handy when deciding how to proceed even though it is the second pressing of them missing the "SE Trilogy" tag. 

As I own a copy of the 5 Star DVD9 Editions, they just don't quite manage on an HD screen like they do on a CRT.  Topping the 5 Stars was always my dream and the DTS discs contain the audio for the different SE trailers as well.  I'm very excited about this as CapableMetal did the separate mono files with an LFE added just for projects like this.

I shall keep my fingers crossed.  :)  :)  

I'm not sure on artwork but knowing DJ he probably wants to have some good looking artwork for the 97 SE's too.

And yes, they will be blu-rays, with menus and all.

Today I finished the script for ANH, and here's a couple teaser shots at full resolution:

Yeah, in my opinion (and most other people here too I think) that scene is completely unnecessary. But since this "thing" that doesn't even look like Jabba is in the 97 SE he will also be preserved! haha

You_Too said:

Yeah, in my opinion (and most other people here too I think) that scene is completely unnecessary. But since this "thing" that doesn't even look like Jabba is in the 97 SE he will also be preserved! haha

You gotta preserve Georgie boys early craziness! 

I find it weird though that they didn't include the original version of this scene in the blu-ray box along with the other deleted scenes.

I'm REALLY looking forward to see the final product. REALLY.

Thank you captainsolo, and everybody else for all nice comments. Both me and DJ are happy to hear you're excited about this!

About 97 SE: DJ confirmed that we will include

Laserdisc PCM
Dolby Digital 2.0
Dolby Digital 5.1
Cinema DTS 5.1

And when I talked about the color correction being minor with the exception of Mos Eisley, here's an example that shows it:

Basically all three movies will be balanced a bit better, so they won't look as blue/cyan as a lot of scenes do in the raw TB broadcast.

Thank you!

But I think why I called it minor is because if you're only watching our version without anything to compare with, one would still think some scenes are too cyan or too blue and such things, at least I still get that feeling. But when comparing it really does look a lot better, in all three movies.

Really excited for this!  Got a chance to watch the 11 minute clip last night, I'll finally be able to put away my GOUT DVDs for good.  Seems like you guys are nearing the end! All the work is greatly appreciated.

Once again thank you for the nice comments.

djchaseb said:

Seems like you guys are nearing the end!

Actually, we're only halfway through the first film when it comes to the cleanup.

I'm sorry to say this but it takes a huge amount of time to work on the cleanup of bad frames. This is something that me and DJ might have to discuss, because this autumn things have been moving slowly, both because it takes so much time to actually work on it, and also because I've had some health problems that have prevented me from working on it. I went through two surgeries the last couple months, and while things are almost back to normal now, I still think if we keep doing this project the way we have, it might take us years to finish all three.

Even though SW has many frames with dirt, glue marks, flashes and all, it's nothing compared to ESB. ESB has thousands and thousands of them and it's not only single frames, because it's the GOUT we're talking about. Glue marks and such things are smeared into the frames before or after so it all usually needs cleanup in more than one frame.

In the near future I think I'm gonna discuss with DJ if we should only clean up the color errors, like Tie lasers being yellow, the Falcon's laser being green etc, and leave the rest as it is. After all, the glue marks are from the negative, and many of the dirt marks and flashes are from the interpositive, so a lot of it was seen like that in the cinema too!

We'll see how it turns out but either way, the GOUT have never looked better, remember that. :)

SS4DarthPayne said:

My vote is that you guys use your discretion and don't get burned out (aka probably slow down on the individual frame cleanup). But I'm just one person. More importantly, though, I hope you're doing alright! I had some surgery about a year ago. Not fun stuff. 

I'm doing alright, thanks. And the reason we work as slow as we do is exactly because of that. We don't want to burn ourselves out. But in the end it might still be burning us out so I'm going to discuss the options with DJ.

SS4DarthPayne said:

As you said, no matter what you guys end up doing, the GOUT will have never looked this good, so I take that as a win. Simple as that. You guys are doing incredible work

Thanks a lot for appreciating it.

When you put it like that, it almost sounds like a lousy excuse on Lucasfilm's part for not wanting to devote their resources and time into restoration since they get a paycheck at the end of the day for their work while you guys strive relentlessly to keep our love for Star Wars alive.

Is there any chance of passing on this project to anyone equally capable in precision and passion or does the future of it rest on the shoulders of you and DJ?

You_Too said:

Once again thank you for the nice comments.

djchaseb said:

Seems like you guys are nearing the end!

Actually, we're only halfway through the first film when it comes to the cleanup.

I'm sorry to say this but it takes a huge amount of time to work on the cleanup of bad frames. This is something that me and DJ might have to discuss, because this autumn things have been moving slowly, both because it takes so much time to actually work on it, and also because I've had some health problems that have prevented me from working on it. I went through two surgeries the last couple months, and while things are almost back to normal now, I still think if we keep doing this project the way we have, it might take us years to finish all three.

Even though SW has many frames with dirt, glue marks, flashes and all, it's nothing compared to ESB. ESB has thousands and thousands of them and it's not only single frames, because it's the GOUT we're talking about. Glue marks and such things are smeared into the frames before or after so it all usually needs cleanup in more than one frame.

In the near future I think I'm gonna discuss with DJ if we should only clean up the color errors, like Tie lasers being yellow, the Falcon's laser being green etc, and leave the rest as it is. After all, the glue marks are from the negative, and many of the dirt marks and flashes are from the interpositive, so a lot of it was seen like that in the cinema too!

We'll see how it turns out but either way, the GOUT have never looked better, remember that. :)

 I was really impressed with how well the preview clip looked, really hard to believe it was GOUT sourced.  I understand (well not really) how much work goes into these things, getting burned out is inevitable.  Health problems are always a drag as well, I've been going through a rough time myself and it really puts your life on hold.  Personally the glue marks and imperfections never bothered me much, whatever you guys decide to do it's going to look world's better than what we have now!  All the hard work is very much appreciated.  And honestly I don't see Disney bothering with restorations,  I think they'll be using their resources on things to come instead.  If we didn't already have the Blu Rays we would have a shot, but not with them already out there.  Just my opinion.