Star Wars coming to Blu Ray (UPDATE: August 30 2011, No! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!) — Page 192

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gallandro wrote: That's because they used the original HD transfers to edit together promotional material.  My guess would be the trailer was put together some 6+ months ago.  Editor used available materials and maybe made a couple of tweaks here or there, but clearly did not have the final product.

We don't know what they used for these promotional material.  We are trying to get the industry (but mostly LFL) to use their actual product when promoting.  The confusion it creates leads to problems. 

Another example of product confusion is with this HTF review they are providing screen captures which they say came from the DVD yet are at 1540x866 resolution.  The 2004 Star Wars DVDs were not that resolution.

 

Would your opinion of this review change if 'Ben Burtt' was 'Ben Burke' in first publishing?  The first comment in the HTF thread is now gone, and i'm left in an awkward spot, how do I discuss this clerical error when there is no mention of it's existence anymore...

But that's the problem with announcing a product and promoting it for almost a full year before its release date. The internet build up for these releases and the demand for more information is what fosters these practices.  ILM was probably still tweaking through the 1st quarter of this year.

The Comic Con Rebel Base viewing center is just one example of promotional materials gone awry.  In that particular instance we are probably taking about months of development and the edit of the Death Star attack footage with all the bells and whitsles of the multi-screen effect was probably produced early in the year, if not last year.

And I'm not disagreeing with you. 

Yancy

Ok, maybe this is a dumb question, does this mean those promotional clips (with the german dialogue) that have been popping up lately aren't from the actual blu-ray?

Baronlando said:

Ok, maybe this is a dumb question, does this mean those promotional clips (with the german dialogue) that have been popping up lately aren't from the actual blu-ray?

adywan wrote:

bkev said:

I never did like Kenkraly's insistence that the collars would be fixed, but... wow.

It doesn't seem that way for Empire though:

Exact same colouring as the 2004 versions. I was really hoping that they would have fixed the horrible cyan colouring, but i guess they haven't :(  They have fixed the puppeteers arm in that shot but why is there a frame curvature in there fixed section in the bottom left?

Let's Play Color Comparison!!!!

(pics made really small so you focus on the colors - no peaking)

Chose the one you like best and get the file name to see which you prefer!

*EDIT*

added a few more at 6pm EST

adywan said:

bkev said:

I never did like Kenkraly's insistence that the collars would be fixed, but... wow.

It doesn't seem that way for Empire though:

Exact same colouring as the 2004 versions. I was really hoping that they would have fixed the horrible cyan colouring, but i guess they haven't :(  They have fixed the puppeteers arm in that shot but why is there a frame curvature in there fixed section in the bottom left?

maybe the screens on HTF are just mock ups made by HTF- the photos really aren't given credit or mentioned in the article-  the quality of them is pretty crappy across the board on all of them, especially the super noisy ROTJ screen

teamneedle said:

Maybe the screens on HTF are just mock ups made by HTF- the photos really aren't given credit or mentioned in the article-  the quality of them is pretty crappy across the board on all of them, especially the super noisy ROTJ screen

If that were true, HTF would be genuinely awful and utterly unprofessional. If they are just mockups, there should be a disclaimer, although that would explain why all the promotional trailers looked worse in terms of lightsabers and why the Humdinger was present in Comic Con.

ARGH! I should have known better and read the comments below. My bad. Still, the automatic assumption would be that they were captures, as he says "Blu-Ray on the right." Thanks for clarifying, bkev.

georgec said:

Lucas, just go back to the original sources and rescan them without all this tampering. It's not that hard.

I know, it's easy; every director has done that for video transfers. But Lucas has twisted everything so much that common sense no longer exists for him.

If the franchise's greatest flaw is its creator, what does that say about the franchise? I can no longer understand why SW became so great back then.

generalfrevious said:

I can no longer understand why SW became so great back then.

Oh I can fully understand, why it became so great BACK THEN...

Ugh... so much for getting our hopes up.  The purple saber will remain, I guess.

Q: Is the holiday special on there?

A:  You’ll have to wait and see!  The holiday special is a challenge, but look for some Easter Eggs – what’s a Star Wars release without a couple of Easter Eggs?!

The fuck? lol

People on TFN are insisting that the guy's mockups aren't the Blu-Ray screencaps, it's the DVD screencaps used to compare the Blu-Ray ones with.  Reading all the comments on HTF, it is rather vague.

"Here is an article about the blu-rays with pictures to illustrate what is on them. Except they are not from them. Why would you think that? "

I think the art actually looks pretty nice.  For the films, at least.