20th Century Mark

ChainsawAsh said:

And they tweaked things for the Blu-Ray, too (erasing cameras from mirrors and dudes standing by the side of the road that shouldn't have been there, and similar "fixes"), so that's not exactly a "reference release."

 Are you talking the Evil Dead Blu-ray? Guess I'll keep my DVD copy.

see you auntie said:

Topless robot article: 8 Features Missing From the Star Wars Blu-Ray Box Set

http://www.toplessrobot.com/2011/05/8_features_missing_from_the_star_wars_blu-ray_box.php

originaltrilogy.com is even mentioned in the comments. Someone here post that?

 

 #9 The Making of Empire Strikes Back (Michael Parbot)

Nicholas J. Michalak said:

I watched "Empire of Dreams" last night.  Am I wrong, or did they use extensive footage from the original theatrical releases in that?  Even Jason Wingreen's voice appears as Boba Fett.  The stuff from the original Star Wars looked dodgy in places, but for Empire & Jedi, I believe it was really good quality from the original theatrical editions.  The lightsabers aren't all screwed up, and the color timing looks to be pre-97/04.  That begs the question of where did they get those good prints from if Lucas insists the films are in irreparable condition?  Can someone with a sharper, more educated eye double check this?

-NJM

 I recently re-watched EoD and thought the exact same thing! It just doesn't make any sense.

skyjedi2005 said:

How many audio mixes for star wars now if you count the special editions up to the blu ray.

3 original film mixes, 85 mix, 1993 mix, 1997 mix, 2004 mix, and finally 2011.

That makes eight freakin flavors of the soundtrack.

 What are the differences between the '85 & '93 mix? I don't suspect they are much different.

Dark_Jedi's V3 DVD set is good and OmegaMattman's Rebellion Collection DVD set is really good too. If you want hi-def I believe they are both working on them now.

look here

http://moth3r.heliohost.org/dvd-screens.htm

for screen comparisons

So lets break this down...

Special Features:

• DISC ONE – STAR WARS: EPISODE I THE PHANTOM MENACE
  • Audio Commentary with George Lucas, Rick McCallum, Ben Burtt, Rob Coleman, John Knoll, Dennis Muren and Scott Squires
  • ALREADY RELEASED ON DVD
  • Audio Commentary from Archival Interviews with Cast and Crew
  • WHO CARES? 
• DISC TWO – STAR WARS: EPISODE II ATTACK OF THE CLONES
  • Audio Commentary with George Lucas, Rick McCallum, Ben Burtt, Rob Coleman, Pablo Helman, John Knoll and Ben Snow
  • ALREADY RELEASED ON DVD
  • Audio Commentary from Archival Interviews with Cast and Crew
  • WHO CARES?
• DISC THREE – STAR WARS: EPISODE III REVENGE OF THE SITH
  • Audio Commentary with George Lucas, Rick McCallum, Rob Coleman, John Knoll and Roger Guyett
  • ALREADY RELEASED ON DVD 
  • Audio Commentary from Archival Interviews with Cast and Crew
  • WHO CARES? 
• DISC FOUR – STAR WARS: EPISODE IV A NEW HOPE
  • Audio Commentary with George Lucas, Carrie Fisher, Ben Burtt and Dennis Muren
  • ALREADY RELEASE ON DVD
  • Audio Commentary from Archival Interviews with Cast and Crew
  • INTERESTING, BUT PROBABLY NOTHING TO WRITE HOME ABOUT 
• DISC FIVE – STAR WARS: EPISODE V THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
  • Audio Commentary with George Lucas, Irvin Kershner, Carrie Fisher, Ben Burtt and Dennis Muren
  • SAME
  • Audio Commentary from Archival Interviews with Cast and Crew
  • SAME
• DISC SIX – STAR WARS: EPISODE VI RETURN OF THE JEDI
  • Audio Commentary with George Lucas, Carrie Fisher, Ben Burtt and Dennis Muren
  • SAME
  • Audio Commentary from Archival Interviews with Cast and Crew
  • SAME 
• DISC SEVEN – NEW! STAR WARS ARCHIVES: EPISODES I-III
  • Including: deleted, extended and alternate scenes; prop, maquette and costume turnarounds; matte paintings and concept art; supplementary interviews with cast and crew; a flythrough of the Lucasfilm Archives and more
  • I'M SURE IT'S ALL THE SAME FROM THE DVD RELEASES
• DISC EIGHT – NEW! STAR WARS ARCHIVES: EPISODES IV-VI
  • Including: deleted, extended and alternate scenes; prop, maquette and costume turnarounds; matte paintings and concept art; supplementary interviews with cast and crew; and more
  • THIS IS WHAT EVERYONE IS WANTING... QUALITY??? HOW MANY???? WHO KNOWS?
• DISC NINE – THE STAR WARS DOCUMENTARIES
  • NEW! Star Warriors (2007, Color, Apx. 84 Minutes) – Some Star Wars fans want to collect action figures...these fans want to be action figures! A tribute to the 501st Legion, a global organization of Star Wars costume enthusiasts, this insightful documentary shows how the super-fan club promotes interest in the films through charity and volunteer work at fundraisers and high-profile special events around the world.
  • REALLY? DOES ANYONE REALLY CARE ABOUT THIS?
  • NEW! A Conversation with the Masters: The Empire Strikes Back 30 Years Later (2010, Color, Apx. 25 Minutes) – George Lucas, Irvin Kershner, Lawrence Kasdan and John Williams look back on the making of The Empire Strikes Back in this in-depth retrospective from Lucasfilm created to help commemorate the 30th anniversary of the movie. The masters discuss and reminisce about one of the most beloved films of all time.
  • THIS SOUNDS COOL, BUT HOW COOL CAN IT BE? A WHOLE 25 MIN. OF PEOPLE TELLING US HOW GREAT GEORGE IS?
  • NEW! Star Wars Spoofs (2011, Color, Apx. 91 Minutes) – The farce is strong with this one! Enjoy a hilarious collection of Star Wars spoofs and parodies that have been created over the years, including outrageous clips from Family Guy, The Simpsons, How I Met Your Mother and more — and don’t miss “Weird Al” Yankovic’s one-of-a-kind music video tribute to The Phantom Menace!
  • 91 MIN OF SPOOFS? ENOUGH IS ENOUGH
  • The Making of Star Wars (1977, Color, Apx. 49 Minutes) – Learn the incredible behind-the-scenes story of how the original Star Wars movie was brought to the big screen in this fascinating documentary hosted by C-3PO and R2-D2. Includes interviews with George Lucas and appearances by Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher.
  • PROBABLY LASERDISC MASTERS, SEEN IT, OWN IT ALREADY.
  • The Empire Strikes Back: SPFX (1980, Color, Apx. 48 Minutes) – Learn the secrets of making movies in a galaxy far, far away. Hosted by Mark Hamill, this revealing documentary offers behind-the-scenes glimpses into the amazing special effects that transformed George Lucas’ vision for Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back into reality!
  • SEE ABOVE 
  • Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi (1983, Color, Apx. 48 Minutes) – Go behind the scenes — and into the costumes — as production footage from Return of the Jedi is interspersed with vintage monster movie clips in this in-depth exploration of the painstaking techniques utilized by George Lucas to create the classic creatures and characters seen in the film. Hosted and narrated by Carrie Fisher and Billie Dee Williams.
  • SEE ABOVE
  • Anatomy of a Dewback (1997, Color, Apx. 26 Minutes) – See how some of the special effects in Star Wars became even more special two decades later! George Lucas explains and demonstrates how his team transformed the original dewback creatures from immovable rubber puppets (in the original 1977 release) to seemingly living, breathing creatures for the Star Wars 1997 Special Edition update.
  • REALLY? COME ON! WATCHED IT IN '97 HAVE NO DESIRE TO WATCH AGAIN. AND IF I DO, ITS ON THE OFFICIAL SITE. 
  • Star Wars Tech (2007, Color, Apx. 46 Minutes) – Exploring the technical aspects of Star Wars vehicles, weapons and gadgetry, Star Wars Tech consults leading scientists in the fields of physics, prosthetics, lasers, engineering and astronomy to examine the plausibility of Star Wars technology based on science as we know it today.
  • SOUNDS INTERESTING. BUT AGAIN, PROBABLY 46 MINUTES OF "GEORGE IS SO AMAZING"

SO, TO SUM UP.... DOWNLOAD THE DELETED SCENES.... SAVE MONEY!

adywan said:

 Strange how they haven't put "from star wars to jedi: making of a saga" on there though

 They have to same something for the next release!

what a joke!

less than 15 minutes until disappointment...

I'm not holding my breath.

canofhumdingers said:

20th Century Mark said:

Bingowings said:

Amanaman!

Do do do do do!

 Ha, that was great!

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM89T74MPnE

The Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago had a Jim Henson exhibit recently (perhaps it's still there?).  These puppets were some of his original creations on display.  So awesome!

 Oh that brought back some memories!

Bingowings said:

Amanaman!

Do do do do do!

 Ha, that was great!

I'm just wondering if perhaps there is a planned release in 2012 for the 35th anniversary. Of course they won't say anthing about it cause they want people to buy the box set. Then they will release the original the following year on the hype of the 3d release and anniversary. Maybe I'm just thinking a little to positive.

I'm still hung up on the "no comment" thing re: the original versions. Any thoughts?

asterisk8 said:

Thanks for the great responses. I haven't seen Empire of Dreams, but then I never bought the 2004 DVD set.

I'm glad to see most of the documentaries you guys have mentioned are included on RowMan's laserdisc set.

 

20th Century Mark said:

My favorite is The Making of the Empire Strikes Back. But nobody can find it nowadays. When I was a kid I wore that tape out!

Is this the one you're talking about? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqzfTD2ZGpM

 No, thats the SPFX one. The one I'm talking about has all but disappeared.

I am all over these like stink on a monkey! Thanks DJ! I also have some invites if anyone needs one.

LexX said:

Any news when the V3 DVDs are coming out?

 I second that. Although I have hardly any free these days, I try to follow these threads as closely as possible. This looks to be an amazing project an I am very excited to see these.

My favorite is The Making of the Empire Strikes Back. But nobody can find it nowadays. When I was a kid I wore that tape out!

I can also seed.

Are these DVDs available yet?

i voted "Not until Lucasfilm restores the original, unaltered versions of the first trilogy" currently 2nd place. Do you think this will have any impact what-so-ever?

ChainsawAsh said:

Any DVD will look better if you watch it using component video, as DVD is an inherently component medium, as opposed to VHS or laserdisc, which are composite media.

Do you mean component VS composite and not VS HDMI, I presume?

This reminded me of something a couple years ago. When I first got my hi def TV (panasionic plasma) I hooked up my DVD player via component cables, I put on the 2004 DVDs, and they looked good! (well, not good but better) The colours weren't blooming and over saturated and looked correct. Then I realized my DVD player had separate colour settings for the different type of output used. Sure enough, it was on the wrong setting. I switched it to component video and BLAM! the dvds looked oversaturated and crappy again. So I switched it back and they looked "good" again. All other dvds on this setting looked terrible. Had very little colour and looked washed out. The DVD player was a panasonic something, I can't remember. It died a while ago. I just thought this was interesting. The 04 dvd were watchable, except for the crushed blacks and crappy SE additions. I guess they weren't watchable after all. 

canofhumdingers said:

20th Century Mark said:

the "no comment" quote makes me wonder, is there a future release of the OOT? I would say yes. First you have to buy the upcoming box set to get all the deleted scenes and good stuff, then they will release another set down the road with the OOT. Typical Lucas.

Did I miss something?  What "no comment" quote?

From Blu-ray.com:

Star Wars

Star Wars: Original Trilogy and Star Wars: Prequel Trilogy will consist of four discs each – one for each movie and one bonus disc. Star Wars: The Complete Saga will have an additional special features disc, for a total of nine.

The remastering of the movies has been performed by Lucasfilm and will offer "the most recently updated versions of the movies," with "even more enhancements to the picture quality." When asked about Fox's answer to the fans that want to see the three original versions released, Marcais replied: "The versions that are being released are closest to George Lucas' vision. Other than that, no comment."

After re-reading that, what do they mean by "closest to George Lucas' vision"? Will they try their hardest to do what George says? Or does it mean the closest to his vision at the time of release, meaning his vision will change again soon and we'll release it again.

Some of the best musicians in the world are the un-signed, weekend band, buskers, and unknown because they have a passion and do it for the love of music. The music biz these days is pure crap. There is a small handfull of talented musicians in the "spotlight". Most are old school. Most of todays music and "musicians" are manufactured by the suits. It's sad really.

Anyway, Star Wars on blu-ray...

the "no comment" quote makes me wonder, is there a future release of the OOT? I would say yes. First you have to buy the upcoming box set to get all the deleted scenes and good stuff, then they will release another set down the road with the OOT. Typical Lucas.

The plot thickens...