CHEWBAKAspelledwrong

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)

I’m sorry. I was confused. It’s been so long since I watched these movies, and I just looked up this and now I get it. I thought we were suggesting Watto was racist, as in he acted in a racist manner against the humans he enslaved and abused, not that the depiction was racist. My bad, and goodnight.

Re: song of the south. There is a difference between racist filmmakers inserting racist themes into their movies to make racist statements and on the other hand depicting racism, and in this case in a negative light.

EDIT: see later post for clarification.

yhwx said:

Watto was probably the best character in the movie, if you excuse the racism.

You don’t have to “excuse” the racism for him to be a good character. That’s the point of the character. He’s a bad guy, and that’s one of the bad things about him. Despite this, he is by no metric of the concept a good character.

EDIT: see later post for clarification. Preserving original post for the record.

Frank your Majesty said:

At one point, they changed the pic of the Star Wars facebook page to an OT scene.

Lol. It’s been a while. Maybe I should check their Facebook page again 😛

I love how he says, "if that’s all that was filmed,"as if the photographer missed something, as if reality exists in an aspect ratio of 16x9.

MathUser said:

I wish the movie didn’t have black bars around the top and bottom tho. Of course if that’s all that was filmed then that’s how I have to take it, but I woulda rather had the space taken up by video.

Don’t, just don’t.

I feel like we’ve had this convo before…