CHEWBAKAspelledwrong

JawsTDS said:

A local theatre nearby issues this statement about their STAR WARS TRILOGY screenings – very close to the actual event itself. Hadn’t realized until today.

Lucas Film Ltd. has pulled all scheduled national theatrical screenings of the films of the original Star Wars trilogy, including those slated for August 5-7 at the Carolina Theatre of Durham. As a result, those films will not be screening in theaters this summer.

Source: http://www.carolinatheatre.org/films/festivals/star-wars

If this is true, how are the ALAMO screenings going on?

The only two possible explanations I can think of for this would be (a) a recent decision concerning the future of the films’ distribution (I.e., a new master/OUT), or (b) a feud between Disney/Fox, which on second thought seems altogether petty and unlikely.

Fang Zei said:

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

Source?

He tweeted about it recently.

Ah. I wonder if he means on the outcome of the meetings or if they are going to meet. Did he ever confirm if they have happened?

Source?

The description did say incredibly rare! But why so secretive? They’re showing the print to thousands of people for God sake.

This is really weird.

Hence Alamo’s original belief they would be the '97 editions, perhaps? Maybe they knew it was a new master of the O-neg but didn’t realize LF was going to plug in the '04 and '11 changes until later.

MathUser said:

I was proposing that The Leah that was born with Luke in Ep 3 died. But they saved one of Padme’s eggs and some of darths sperm and had a tube baby 2 years later. And they named that kid Leah too. That will explain the 2 year difference between the twins. Also why those twins aren’t identical.

You don’t know what twins are, do you

Interesting indeed. If this is indeed the case, it tells us that LF is at least working on something. Whether that’s simply a new big screen master for the 2011 cut or a sign they’re working on restoring the originals.

Who knows, maybe they do have a restoration for the 40th and were not ready to open the can quite yet, but figured they might as well increase the quality of upcoming screenings. Could also explain holding back a screening of the '97 cuts. They might just want to avoid over confusion if they’re indeed going to start marketing the OUT soon.

Density said:

Point is the Emperor is a character who doesn’t even need a name other than “the Emperor.” “Sheev,” “Palpatine” and “Lord Sidious” just take away from his badassness.

FTFY

Original Star Wars light blue saber is the most beautiful.

SilverWook said:

Close enough?

Lobsters don’t have mammary glands.

yhwx said:

I still think it was interesting story that could have been told well.

Well, it’s an interesting premise for a story, but the story George came up with sucked.

Earl said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

Somehow I don’t think it was built to scale.

They even threw in the Emperor’s Throne Room from the second DS for some reason.

The first Death Star could’ve had a throne room too

Yeah, I’m surprised no one on myspleen has gotten around to preserving those intros in a 1080 upscale.

Fifth disc for legacy??? 😃 I jest

bkev said:

For what it’s worth, my local event (Los Angeles) still lists 35mm 1997 Special Edition.

No it doesn’t. No mention of 35mm. It’s just the uncorrected vague text originally posted on the Alamo website.

That’s why I suggested fit, scan, dot by dot, etc. TV’s overscan by default, it’s a remnant from old over the air broadcasts and early HD broadcasts that had some static around the sides, so this would cut it off. Why it is still the default makes no sense to me. You see broadcasters compensating for it all the time by adding padding around graphics (like below the news and score tickers) so customers who don’t turn off overscan won’t lose any of the superimposed graphics.

He actually died in the original script, and was resurrected at the actor’s request. That said, I don’t think it was handled awkwardly at all.

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

I think he means he never took geometry.

Confirmed

I think he means he never took geometry. Because, if it did support it, no matter the source aspect ratio, it would magically fit his screen.

It was my fault, long day

Wrong thread. Anyone else click reply since the update and get sent to the wrong thread?

I’m pretty sure it was the empire that committed the terrorist attack.

I wonder if the “could have killed” isn’t a bit sensationalist. It was a line from the prosecution, not the court. But who knows?

You should your TV on fit. Period. (aka dot by dot, just scan, etc)