I really want the fox logo and fanfare. I’ve added it to my custom force awakens edit and is iconic. And if we want the true theatrical versions then the fanfare should be the same.
Out of curiosity, which logo and version of the fanfare did you use in the edit?
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Well for now, the only evidence we have to go on is that Disney chose to remove the logos from the digital SE releases.
Edit: with the exception of Star Wars, of course
Ditto. Though it would be odd at first. Odd, but not necessarily bad. As has been said, though, there is no choice in the matter. If released digitally or after 2020 on hard media, Empire and Jedi won’t have Fox trademarks. If released on disc before 2020, they most certainly will, assuming the legal stuff doesn’t change. It’s hard to see it ever being removed from Star Wars. Fox letting that asset go seems an impossibility.
We get it. YouTube automatic subtitles don’t work. These aren’t random anymore, so could we put them in a dedicated thread?
Oh and also, keep in mind that the GOUT is widely believed to have been released in response to the prevalence of laserdisc transfer bootlegs in circulation. Now with fan preservations like Despecialized and SSE making the news, more pressure is on now than it was even then to do something about it.
I don’t think you’re reaching at all, because whenever I watch The Force Awakens, nothing about the whole movie reminds me of the prequels at all, except for when Maz Kanata says and I paraphrase “I’ve seen evil take many forms. The Sith, The Empire, today, it is The First Order.”
I don’t think the Sith line was directly prequel-related. I get what you’re saying though. The only part that made me think of the prequels was the “clone army” mention.
Even clone armies are alluded to in the OT though.
oops. apparently I think “edit” means “quote”
nickyd47 said:
And Disney owns Lucasfilm. Makes sense for them to not give FOX a new material they may have.
Oh man, what if we get the theatrical cuts with the truncated new Lucasfilm opening. Oh god.
Well Disney is making $ either way. Lucasfilm still gets most of the moneys from sales of existing I–VI editions, and they did even before the Disney acquisition. And as long as Fox still has the distribution rights, they’ll certainly still insist on having their logo at the beginning.
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As I understand it, Fox will still get the distributor’s cut for I–VI for any release before 2020 (or thereabouts, whenever their deal ends). It’s just that the SE is the only cut they have access to to release unilaterally, and in the absence of new material from Lucasfilm, that’s what they have to release to make money from SW.
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Is it not a combination of numerous prints, in order to obtain an image as accurate and sharp as the negative ?
Yes to the first, no to the second.
Not 100% as sharp as the negative but Mike has estimated that it’s probably 90-95% of the way there. So it’s still essentially at a much higher quality than anyone saw in theaters.
As I understand it, by using multiple prints, he has been able to isolate the negative grain, which is on every print, and preserve it, while removing the print grain, which is unique to each print, thus restoring original detail and preserving filmic quality.
Edit: by original detail, I don’t mean to original level of detail, but rather that the added detail is all original to the negative.
If that’s the case, maybe we’ll hear something at tomorrow’s panel.
Edit: if this is indeed true, unless there’s some kind of new offering like OUT our 4k, there will be no demand for a new OT set at this point after last fall’s releases.
Celebration Europe
I think most of us are firmly in the ‘Original Trilogy purists’ camp.
Very astute observation
I don’t even know what that means. But if it confuses yhwx, I’m cool.
I want an in universe explanation.
He refused to put the lotion on his skin, so he got the hose again.
In other words, he’s a waterlogged Palpy.
I didn’t bother to read what you wrote so I’ll just post some random nonsense. . . .
FTFY
Must be the photographer.
It’s like giving a top-class pianist a toy piano.
I’d say it’s more like giving a top class pianist one of these:
Donald Fagan
Sorcerer’s Stone, limey. Us 'Murricans are too smart to waste our time philosophizing like fruitcakes.
I’m an “'Murrican”, lol. I call it by it’s original name because I appreciate that J.K.Rowling has stated that allowing Scholastic to strong-arm her into retitling her debut novel to make it more marketable in the U.S. is one of her biggest regrets. Unlike George, she values the sanctity of her original work.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
- Replace Palpatine’s ROTJ advisors with Mas Amedda and Sly Moore
- Fix the lightsabers
- Fix the mattes
TROLL IN THE DUNGEON
Thought you ought to know.
To not address what is going on in Coruscant is daft. The Republic being one one easy to destroy mega city would have been weak so while there was something quite daring in leading us to believe Hosnia was that big important PT location I’m glad in a way they didn’t demolish it but if the original Jedi temple exists it would have resonance for either the heroes or the villains to take ownership of the place where Anakin took his first steps into a much larger world, even if it does remind us of how boring and stupid and weird the mechanisms of the old republic were before the Emperor swept them away.
What?
Luke Skywalker
