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I find it interesting that much of the ROTJ footage (particularly the bunker raid and the "Lost Rebels" stuff) is straight-up unedited. Like, they didn't even bother trying to make it work when they saw what they got.
MJPollard said:
I take back what I said before. Bill Hunt isn't a whore. Harry Knowles is a whore, an "it's Star Wars on Blu-ray!" whore. But then, I expected nothing less from the juvenile frat boys at Ain't It Cool News.
Yeah, while I don't mind AICN in general, but I've had very little respect for Harry Knowles in recent years.
That has now dropped down to zero respect at all.
Gotta agree, The Girl Who Waited has become, along with The Doctor's Wife, one of my favorite episodes of the entire series. All the Series 6 naysayers can go eat a shoe!
My one criticism - WHO THE HELL WOULD PRESS THE RED BUTTON?! Green = good, red = bad, so when you have the option why would you choose red?!
And damn, I was never one to criticize Karen Gillan's acting ability outright, but I was never particularly impressed by any of her performances. But with this episode, she really showcased her considerable talents. I hope that, once she's done with Who, she gets all sorts of work and doesn't fall victim to typecasting.
Oh, and Arthur Darvill was amazing, too, but he's been the one who has impressed me time and again these past two series, so that didn't particularly surprise me.
Anchorhead said:
I look forward to finally being able to give something back. Even if it's something as simple as keeping an eye on everyone on Detention Block AA-23.
I thought Off-Topic was unmoderated? ;-)
In all seriousness, congratulations! I know you'll do a good job.
I liked that scene where the dude gets his head chopped off...
I'd rather the Ewoks look creepy than like teddy bears.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
The whole graveyard scene is awesome.
There may be an influx of new members in this thread in the coming days from Reddit...which may or may not be my fault, due to the fact that I may or may not have posted a link to this thread there...
*whistles casually while slowly backing away*
Is there a way we can get this captured with a higher-end LD player/capture card?
Not trying to belittle your efforts, msycamore, but the higher quality we can have this in, the better.
Look, here's my view.
If you want to buy this set, fine. But don't buy it new. Buy it used, so Lucas doesn't see a cent of your hard-earned money and you're not contributing to the sales figures of the set.
That they're completely unnecessary until you get to ROTS. That movie is like an anthology of bullet points that should have been hit in all 3 movies, and it suffers for it.
But that's why many people liked it better than the others - it gave them what they were expecting out of the first 2 movies.
I still maintain that TPM is the best of the prequels, since, while it doesn't matter in the grand scheme of Star Wars, it has the most cohesive story of all the prequels.
Diego said:
On another subject, I'm kinda amused by the reaction to the blu-rays, while the NOOOOOOOO!!! is indeed a horrible change and ruins the scene (and I swear it has to be George giving us the finger, why else would he add the most ridiculised moment of the prequels?), the movie was ruined long ago, it's no worse than Hayden's ghost. Or Boba's voice in Empire. It's strange that for some reason this is the last straw for some people.
Ding!
Boba's voice and Hayden in ROTJ were the last straw for me, this is just rubbing lemon juice and salt in the wound.
lurker77 said:
IMO, a proper restoration via an X0 capture is the next best thing to a 35mm scan, which has almost no chance of happening (for legal & financial reasons).
Except that the JSC has less detail than the 93 (even with its smearing), and the GOUT was made from the original 93 master tape. I have my doubts that any laserdisc transfer, X0 or no, could improve on the GOUT.
However...
An X0 capture of the JSC, properly "restored," could be used in tandem with the GOUT to make a "best of both worlds" version. It might even be possible to combine JSC/GOUT shots to make new "hybrid" shots that look better than either version originally did.
But I still have my doubts.
Ha. Okay.
Oh, so that project is still being worked on? What happened to the bad condition of the ESB print?
What you're describing sounds similar to a TOOT (two-out-of-three) filter, which is definitely not the same thing as the "Black Magic" process at all. That's just used to get a transfer as free of analog video artifacts as possible, which was done with the original X0 project in order to prepare for the Black Magic process.
X0-1138 said:
There's a possibility that I may remove 'Episode IV - A NEW HOPE' from the beginning of the crawl
Please don't. There isn't a good quality source for the 1981 crawl, and this would be the best we could possibly do. (The 1997/2004/2011[?] crawl is not the same as the 1981 or 1977 crawls.) Let the 1977 crawl stay on the GOUT.
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Wait, you're cancelling this project because you found out about a similar project that was started and never finished and will never see the light of day?!
Yeah, I've gotta vote against the jump. Nice idea, but it kinda disrupts the pacing a bit, and feels kinda like prequel-y spoon-feeding to me.
Looks good, though.
DJ did a '97 SE set, and sent out some discs to beta testers (such as me and a few others) for preview purposes.
They look good and all, but they have worse smearing than the GOUT/'93 laserdisc master. Because of this, I believe DJ decided not to publicly release them, which is a shame, even if the quality wasn't as good as everyone hoped it would be.
Beyond that I'm not entirely sure.
Drunken Jedi Master said:
Lurking around, I have noticed all the different versions of fan edits and I have to say I am mostly relieved that there are better ways to see the unmolested OT than the GOUT. My question is, which version would be considered superior and what is the best way to go about getting them?
I'd recommend Dark_Jedi's GOUT V3 DVD restoration, or his similar Blu-Ray set if you have the hard drive space/a Blu-Ray burner/the technical know-how to convert it to a high-def MKV and watch it somehow.
Here's the forum thread about both projects. I've got the V3 DVD, and I must say it's really fucking impressive that DJ was able to make the GOUT look as good as he did.
Frankly, I don't know why people are so surprised. This is 2004 all over again. "Oh, come on, that's ridiculous, it can't be real! It's someone's idea of a joke! Wait .... what? Seriously? Oh dear God ... "
As soon as I saw the "Nooooo!" I immediately thought, "Well, here we go again."
I'll continue to uphold my pledge of never purchasing another Star Wars-related item after the 2006 GOUT DVDs, until the OOT is properly restored and released.
Now I'm just waiting for the deleted scenes to leak...well, and I guess TPM, cos I kinda want to see the new Yoda, as hypocritical as that sounds...
Star Wars (1977)
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983)
The Thrawn Trilogy.
Aaaand that's it.
Yeah, Matt Smith blows David Tennant out of the water.
And I really liked Tennant.
Religion, eh? I don't have one.
You ask this question like I was planning on purchasing any Star Wars-related products until the OOT is released. (I'm not.)
So, I guess yeah, I'm willing to wait. Because I have been since 2006, which is the last time I spent any money on Star Wars.