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By my count, that gives Harmy every damn thing I ever wanted him to have.  Except for lots of free time to put it all together.

Does this mean that the next ROTJ (and next ESB) releases will both be GOUT-free?  I wonder what the lowest-quality source would then be: are there any bits from the 97SE DVDs, or would the 2004SE HD broadcast now be the worst bits?  If so, quite a change from when this project started...

metall_havy said:

what it? down on page?

http://www.therpf.com/f47/unaltered-original-star-wars-trilogy-blu-ray-235592/index5.html

This has been discussed in a number of threads here.  I think the consensus is that this is just another Special Edition release, albeit using a better scan (scan of pre-2004 SE film).  Likely yet another version of the Special Edition, but perhaps one that provides better source material for fan reconstructions of the real films.

Well, if he's not interested in correcting bad IVTC frames, he's pretty much stuck with PAL.

Look at it another way...

If they don't steal a preservation, I give them a 0% chance of getting it right.  They'll certainly use the '81 crawl, quite likely will use the '93 audio, and there's also a good chance they'll mess something else up along the way (colors, etc).

If they steal a preservation, their chances of getting it right improve dramatically.

Not to mention, the ultimate point of preservation is to ensure the originals survive.  If they steal it and release it through your normal retail channels, that goal is achieved (admittedly by hook and crook).

Bravely bold Sir Frink rode forth from Camelot...

That's not an action figure--it's just the DNR on the upcoming Blu-ray re-release.

Not to be all Negative McDoubtypants, but isn't this pretty much what DJ and You_Too are already doing (and partly already done with), except in 1080p instead of 720p?  And since even the Blu-rays don't actually have more than 720p worth of fine detail, do you really expect 1080p is going to get you that much more from the GOUT?  And finally, what about all the other stuff DJ and You_Too are doing aside from the simple upscale: image stabilization, fixing bad IVTC frames, fixing damaged frames (glue marks, etc), color correction, etc?  I mean, I'm not cheerleading their project over yours or anything--the more the merrier and all that--but I hate to see the wheel get reinvented.

When it comes to the preview versions, never say never.  Harmy surprised us all by having Vader shoot at Han first in Empire Strikes Back.

Although I suspect when it comes to fooling around, he'll stick to fooling around with footage that doesn't need to have its despecialization reviewed.  So, you know, maybe the Rancor will get CGI blinking eyelids, or something.

Most definitely, both Castilian and Latino.

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Molroth said:

Hello!

First of all: Huge respect for the Despecialized trilogy! Thanks to You, I can show these awesome films to my son (7 months old padawan now :D)!

Any info on the hungarian dub for thiy copy?

If it's going to be using my archive, then this is how it breaks down.

Star Wars and Empire get the first dub, from the eighties, that didn't actually make it on any official releases until 93.  Jedi gets the second dub from 95, because at least according to my Hungarian sources, the first one was kind of a rush job and not up to the quality of the other first dubs.

Basically going off the info in this post:

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/International-Audio-including-Voice-Over-Translations/post/590611/#TopicPost590611

ATMachine said:

In his 1977 story conferences with Leigh Brackett, GL said something about wanting to create a fantasy film where all the knights rode around on giant lizards.

Then he made Willow and completely failed to pick up on that idea.

(Or maybe he just realized how hard it would be, thanks to all the stop-motion Tauntauns and AT-ATs used in ESB.)

Pity, in my view. I'd really like to see on screen a fantasy world where heroes ride on sauruses in the vasty desert, Lawrence of Arabia style.

Actually he did make this movie, it's just that the final production design really hid the fact that Tauntauns were originally conceived as snow lizards.  When I saw that description of them, I thought the writer was on drugs--they were clearly mammals of some sort for goodness sake, but then I saw it elsewhere, so, uhh... vasty ice fields, anyone?

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ray_afraid said:

Ahem...

Harmy said:

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Wrong thread.

He finally took the hint. Frink can have his thread back.

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What's best for me about these previews is that watching the official Blu-ray footage is like getting kicked in the teeth all over again.  God, those red skin tones look AWFUL.

EDIT: But on the positive side, the stabilization and color correction looks great.

Good idea to remove links from your posts here, it's against the rules.

Especially with the Russian audio, the fanfare was damaged or partial in my sources, so it's patched over from another source.

I'll do the rest via PM.

Stereo, edited speed so that the pitch was correct.

metall_havy said:

Guys, it's fine, my  interest in the Soviet dubbing, with the picture in 1977.Get Soviet dubbing was not easy.

 I've got the Soviet dub synced to this project, if you don't already have it.

Yeah, we've got that one.  If you want audio waver so bad the London Symphony Orchestra sounds like a mariachi band, we got you covered ;)

If you mean the nasty-ass dub, then yes.  But we also have a decent Russian voiceover.

Does anyone know if there were any dubs that were screwed up on the 2.5 release for any reason (I think I recall sync issues with some of the earlier 2.x releases)?  I'm trying to provide updated tracks for the possibility of the BD, and I know there's updated versions for the German and Castilian tracks, but honestly forget if there were others.  Plus added Russian, Ukrainian, and Thai.