Bill Hunt says to expect news re: The Abyss in Blu and 4K in the next few weeks.
http://www.thedigitalbits.com/columns/my-two-cents/030617-1330
We’re forgetting that if this is happening, there has been a leak from a prominent industry person, Landis.
If anything, we’re going to get a 4K version of Star Wars with re rendered CGI
No. You’re going to get a 4k version of the same Special Edition you’ve been watching since 2011.
Isn’t that what he said?
Another “leaked hint” ?
(scroll to page 3)
They’re referring here to the OT remastered by Lowry Digital. What stands out is the fact that they’re talking about “grain reduction and dust and dirt removal”, which wouldn`t be necessary if they would’ve to remaster the 2004/2011 versions of the films.
We pretty much know the now infamous Lowry 4K scan is of the negative, which would be the '97. The '04 version is based off a 2K scan of that negative.
my theory is that Rey was cloned from Luke’s hand, hence why the moment she touches Lukes lightsaber she has the flashback back to cloudcity moments before Luke loses his hand
JJ in the cutting room: “Hey, guys, we better change the opening sequence in case Rian wants to make Rey a hand clone.”
Was it the opening credits that the helmet appears? (with some drums and some indistinguishable French radio in the background?)
Yes, and the ending credits as well, with the theme song (including with lyrics towards the end)
Really good film - will have to try and seek it out to watch again soon.
It’s on Netflix now. Hadn’t watched it since a DVD rental a decade ago. Amazing how stunning it looks in HD. Wonderful restoration as well as a fantastic film.
How come I have to do all the heavy lifting around here? 😉
With great power comes great responsibility.
Maybe if there was a way to ask her what she actually watched? 😉
Send her a message through the forum account. I’m sure that won’t raise any flags.
The Force works in mysterious ways.
Indeed.
Just finished watching The Longest Day. I wonder if the Russian poster was inspired by the shot behind the rolling end credits:
Funny how I ended up having this convo and watching this movie in the same day.
Those posters are both pretty cool. The official poster art really sucked. The only one that was any good was the Russian poster (and that was actually REALLY good):
I remember hearing "The reason why the OOT wasn’t released in 2015 or '16 was because Star Wars needed more work done"
Anyone else remember hearing this? And did anyone find evidence supporting this theory or is this just internet nonsensemoviefreakmind mentioned hearing that from what he considers to be a reputable source on the Steve Hoffman forums.
Do you think this contradicts Robert Harris claim of the films being in pristine shape? If they were in pristine shape, then why does Star Wars need work done on it? Hmm
I don’t think he said they were in pristine shape, just that it wouldn’t be difficult/impossible to do. Doesn’t mean that they didn’t have to track down some second generation sources etc. to finish star wars. Who knows, maybe something was damaged or misplaced when the negative was recut in 1997.
I remember hearing "The reason why the OOT wasn’t released in 2015 or '16 was because Star Wars needed more work done"
Anyone else remember hearing this? And did anyone find evidence supporting this theory or is this just internet nonsense
moviefreakmind mentioned hearing that from what he considers to be a reputable source on the Steve Hoffman forums.
Maybe he’s purposely hiding information? For the surprise at Celebration 2017? Hmmmm…
Would he really wanna be the guy to ruin that kind of thing…By he do you mean Bill? He’d never do that. If by he you mean the guys from Fox/Disney at the presentation, of course. If it’s happening, there’s no doubt a gag order.
Has Bill spoiled things in the past though?
Reporting on this kind of stuff is his job. It’s not really spoiling. It’s just news. Not like he’s spoiling the plot of a yet to be released movie.
Maybe he’s purposely hiding information? For the surprise at Celebration 2017? Hmmmm…
Would he really wanna be the guy to ruin that kind of thing…
By he do you mean Bill? He’d never do that. If by he you mean the guys from Fox/Disney at the presentation, of course. If it’s happening, there’s no doubt a gag order.
I don’t want to sound rude, because I really like Bill Hunt, but I don’t get what authority he has regarding this. He seems convinced that it won’t happen this year because of the “news” about the negative being conformed, which I thought that we knew since 2006, but he’s also assuming that no work has been done on that.
How rude!
But yeah, what he claims as evidence for his thesis is entirely un-convincing.
George didn’t want them to look good next to his crap digital fake world prequels.
Episode I is not digital.
(and most movies are digital now)
It’s 1% digital. 😉
http://www.theasc.com/magazine/sep02/exploring/I think it’s hilarious how fuzzy the picture of GL using a digital cinema camera is:
I think it’s an intentional effect?
Not just the obvious pixelation at the edges, but even his face and everything in the middle is fuzzy.
George didn’t want them to look good next to his crap digital fake world prequels.
Episode I is not digital.
(and most movies are digital now)
It’s 1% digital. 😉
http://www.theasc.com/magazine/sep02/exploring/
I think it’s hilarious how fuzzy the picture of GL using a digital cinema camera is:
What is this crap about digital being bad? Digital medium is by far superior in terms of storage and preservation. Unlike analogue recording (film), which starts to degrade/change from the point it is being recorded, the digital recording is basically time-invariant. For example, the colour encoding of digital video is strictly defined, while in analogue film it varies based on the current conditions.
Of course, you might still want to use analogue film camera for some reason to shoot the film, but in any case you should digitalise the film as soon as it shot (in highest possible resolution).
Who here has lobbied for not preserving film elements digitally? As far as I can tell this conversation is all about capture mediums.
The video from the ‘How It Should Have Ended’ people for Rogue One:-
That was really bad. I guess because Rogue One was . . . really good.
That was really bad, even for them. “Just shoot them” is really lazy, and they use it multiple times.
Just shoot them does sometimes work, like in their Clones parody. But here it was incredibly lazy, and it was not even used realistically.
The video from the ‘How It Should Have Ended’ people for Rogue One:-
That was really bad. I guess because Rogue One was . . . really good.
They said there’ll be multiple surprises.
Three 4k SE discs.
The 1997,2004 and 2011 cut. What a release that would be.
I think he meant Star Wars, Empire and Jedi. And your scenario would never happen. Unless there is an OUT, a multi-version release is inconceivable. Even if we get the OUT, having multiple SE cuts seems unlikely.
I wonder how long TFA and RotS have said “theatrical version” on their amazon streaming links.
Rogue One is noted as the “Theatrical Version” as well. If there were indeed plans to release the OUT, and if it were to be offered for streaming separately from but alongside the SEs, it would make sense to put the version note next all the movies to avoid people asking “is this the theatrical version” for the others.
But would such a release be a surprise? Or simply inevitable (in the long run)?