Baronlando

There is no unreasonable scrutiny here, LFL has created a situation where they've now got people grateful for sort-of fixing screwups from 2004. Geez, be more of an easy lay. There is no reason on earth for this thing to not be done right, including the OT. I can go to the store right now and get TWO NEW immaculate scans with NO color or sound issues issues of any kind for 13 bucks.

 

The audio for all the films was tweaked.  It was readily apparent that it was a labor of love for Matthew Wood who worked with Ben Burtt.  Episode 4 got the most attention since originally it was a mono mix with no separation.  

Anybody else very confused by this?

captainsolo said:

I ran Puggo's SW at least 10 different times for the club I ran in college. Blew people away every time. And this was after I had configured the screening room with all the integrated amplifiers....made mono sound incredible.

That is really cool, and I can totally believe it went over well, some people are actually kind of starved for some authentic pre-digital 70s entertainment if given an opportunity.  (This thing is awesome Puggo, by the way)

Holy bejesus that cartoon Jabba looks like hammered shit. All the pasted-in digital stuff in all 6 movies look more 90s than Rico Suave.

I think that's part of "Vader reaches out to Luke"

Here's something from

http://www.heyuguys.co.uk/2011/08/16/star-wars-big-screen-round-up-blu-rays-and-star-wars-tv-series/

I hadn't heard any LF employee use this angle when the original versions come up, at least it's a further step away from "they don't exist":

I first had the chance to sit down with ILM Digital Artist John Goodson and Visual Effects Supervisor Bill George. They told us a little about the films on the Blu-ray and in particular which of the many variations of the Original Trilogy we would see. “It’s the Special Editions, that’s what George [Lucas] wanted. If you had two films on a disc would have compressed them further. So it’s one film per disc for the maximum resolution,”  I asked them if they had a preference and they avoided the question with tact, leaving us in no doubt of their feelings.

This guy's gag about the poster isn't bad.

http://www.chud.com/64493/new-postertrailer-for-red-tails-still-promises-lucasfilm-cheesefest/

Does it count as a fanedit if I like 'em when chapter skipping through them? (they end up about an hour long each)

Fang Zei said:

Seriously, when you look at how Apocalypse Now and Close Encounters of the Third Kind have their original versions nicely preserved for the foreseeable future of home video technology, it almost makes you nostalgic for 1992....

Multiple versions? For little Star Wars? What do you think this is? MR. ARKADIN??

http://www.criterionforum.org/packaging/arkadin6.JPG

timdiggerm said:

http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/08/users-treat-criticism-of-favorite-brands-as-threat-to-self-image.ars

This felt related to the pro-SE stuff we've seen on bluray.com and TFN, etc.

Boy is that the truth. Those defensive superfans are like flinchy wounded animals. Such a weird, insulated cult community now. It used to be a regular pop culture Beatles-type thing and now it's gone full Juggalo.

darth_ender said:

Of course, this is from the novels which nobody on this site considers worthwhile, but in Ep. II Obi-Wan actually strongly suspects and voices his concerns to Mace Windu when Anakin is assigned to protect Padme.  Mace tells him it's a part of his growth and testing to keep his emotions in check.

That's a deleted scene from the actual movie too isn't it? I liked it better than the scene with hover-Yoda that replaced it. (It's funny that the prequels got thoroughly special editioned too, we just never saw the original.)

Anyway the dialogue in the fireplace scene got more sustained unintentional laughter than I've ever heard in a movie theater.

skyjedi2005 said:

Actually Luke screams in one of the pre release empire strikes back trailers

He does, but pretty sure it's in a different scene.

Woof, Episode II sure is an ugly looking movie.

danny_boy said:

 

 

Now if I zoom in just to focus on an area of interest you can clearly see the distinction between white (of those slits in wall)and the mild pinkish/mild red tint of the saber:

 

Is this for real? It's pink in 2004 EMPIRE because it's SORT OF pink, in a different way, in some shots in star wars '77? What the...?

Ooof that place! It's so dumb to go full superfan on a home theater-type forum like that. There's no fans of fucking blu-ray, only customers. I can't believe how much this thing has been romanticized into anything other than a product quality issue. "Stop criticizing my Shamrock Shake! It's always delicious!"

I hope it comes back, it was a really good site and maybe more relevant than ever. (With that new clip of Lorne Petersen describing the labor involved in building/shooting the models, over digital x-wings, their wacky, L. Ron Hubbard-y P.R. policies are in full effect)

It's interesting to separate the crap from the handful of shots they ACTUALLY might have done in '77.  I'll never believe Lucas spent too much time pining away for huge dinosaurs and stuff that nobody could do, he's not that dumb. I would hope he'd be be thinking about real, feasible do-overs that he'd get if Fox moved the release to July and gave him some extra money:

Some of that landspeeder stuff could have been painted out the old, painstakingly slow method, like Superman's wires. There's about 8 shots in the death star battle that actually look like a model shot, but merely with a better pass at the camera. And I bet he would have done some kind of re-take of the Alderaan explosion. So, maybe 12 shots?

Adium said:

 

Box

Okay, but this looks really purple Ken doesn't it?

Hmm, those look...pretty good to me.

Fuck.

Ford goofed on the ending of JEDI on vh1 and often bemoans the lack of his death, but he's always been very sincere, grateful and thoughtful when talking about it, he's just stoned a lot of the time. The notion that he hates SW or whatever is just all these current star warsies are such fucking delicate flowers about everything.

Also, the prequels are fine, I can't get mad at Jon Voight's balls.

Very cool! (especially since the trailer has the JEDI shot of the death star blowing up without the animated ring, this will probably be the best quality of that shot anywhere)

The absence of that one is too bad, it used to be the special that was in circulation the most, it turned up on cable pretty often in the 90s plus various vhs. (Both '83 specials have so much emphasis on the importance of nerf muppets that aren't even in the movie anymore.)

I just want to buy 3 old movies, what is with all the sermons? 

It's this meme

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/scumbag-steve#.TkBqAL--GCM

Tyrphanax said:

You're using it wrong, Alanis!