ChainsawAsh

Oh, I didn’t give an opening weekend estimate? Put me down for $225M.

I hereby propose “Mandy”

Broom Kid said:

Thank you Ash!

No problem.

Their subtitles still suck, though. 😛

JawsTDS said:

This is setting a horrible precedent for streaming, but I’m also happy the 15SE is being rightfully erased.

The precedent was already set when Netflix wiped the original version of the season 1 finale of 13 Reasons Why from existence 2 years after the fact.

Smoking Lizard said:

I have long tried to understand why fans like this dreck so much and the only things I can come up with are nostalgia, community identity, and brand loyalty.

This is how I feel when someone claims any of the prequels were good.

Anchorhead said:

I’ve watched it twice and will so again for sure. I really liked it.

Glad to hear it, Anchorhead! I was thinking this seemed like it’d be up your alley.

Broom Kid said:

ChainsawAsh said:

JEDIT: Default forced subs suck. I tweaked them to look okay (200% size, depressed font edge, 0% background opacity), but they still alternate seemingly at random between the top and bottom of the screen, which is super annoying. And they are parly in, partly out of the letterboxing no matter what you do.

How did you manage to change them? I can’t even find a setting in the app to adjust… basically ANYTHING

On my TV app, I just press the “ok” button, which brings up an overlay with pause, fast forward, skip, etc. - at the top right of the screen, there’s a little square icon for subtitles. Go up and click on that and you’ll access the subtitle options.

I decided to say hell with it and make my pre-TROS marathon a viewing of the official cuts as presented on Disney+ (will probably be the last time I watch these versions).

TPM tonight - it doesn’t look like a new scan to me (waxy faces, woo) but it does seem like a new color grade has been done for HDR, so the colors appear significantly better to my eye than any previous home video release of TPM. So there’s that.

JEDIT: Default forced subs suck. I tweaked them to look okay (200% size, depressed font edge, 0% background opacity), but they still alternate seemingly at random between the top and bottom of the screen, which is super annoying. And they are parly in, partly out of the letterboxing no matter what you do.

I don’t have one either, but I thought I heard a ton of new SFX throughout the Tantive battle.

The 04 DVD and Blu-Ray colors are the same except a few specific shots that people complained about in 04.

FreezingTNT2 said:

nl0428 said:

pat man said:

nl0428 said:

pat man said:

nl0428 said:

If anyone here went to go see the 3D release of The Phantom Menace, please tell me what the master and color grading looked like. Did it look like the 2011 Blu-ray, or this new Disney+ version?

I didn’t see the 3d release. But skimming through the movies the Prequels are just upscaled Blu-ray. I.e. nasty teal shift in Aotc.

I seriously would like to understand why people who do 4K HDR remasters have such a love for adding unappealing teal filters to their older films. Especially when it’s not the accurate color grading the movie had when released.

Make them look like modern films.

It really doesn’t, it just ruins the original look of the film and almost looks like it’s done by someone to try to modernize something by its look, when you don’t need to do something as unnecessary as that, as these classics will remain timeless and continue to stand the test of time by their quality.

This is why I want a remake of the OT and PT more than a modern-looking remaster. (If they don’t get remade as movies, then they should be retold/rebooted as a live-action TV series)

No.

Looks like the 04 hologram was largely monochrome, while the 19 one has color. Interesting.

It’s been restored in nearly every TPM fan edit I’ve seen.

I think some additional recomps were done in 2004, but I can’t recall specifics.

Not sure.

Could you post an ESB Emperor comparison perchance?

Wazzles said:

Also, have there been any comparisons to determine if this is a new scan of TPM?

Also very interested in this. And if it is, if the additions like CGI Yoda are upscales from the BR master, re-rendered, or redone entirely.

Also, do the blinking Ewoks look less creepy now? Or do they still blink at all?

Hmm…color aside, at least in that screencap, the cell block extension was done better in 2011 (2004?).

Has anyone noticed any post-1997 changes that haven’t been redone? Any 1997 ones that have?

Really interested to see comparison snaps of the ESB Emperor now…

LexX said:

• going back to the sound archive, all the same landspeeder/gonk/Garindan/door droid sounds, they couldn’t make any new lines/effects for them?

This was my biggest pet peeve of the episode. Also all the random “Easter eggs” like roasted Salacious Crumb and the Gonk droid.

From memory, mono mix has:

• Different alarm klaxons on Tantive IV
• Different dubbing for Aunt Beru (either a different actor or different takes)
• Cantina music can be heard through the door before Luke and Ben enter
• Searching troopers say “This one’s secure” instead of “Door’s locked” when Artoo and Threepio are hiding
• Different sound effects when the Falcon is in Alderaan’s asteroid field
• Different sound effects for the DS tractor beam
• Threepio’s tractor beam line added
• “Close the blast doors” added
• Different echo effects in the chasm scene
• Different radio effects for X-Wing pilots
• “Blast it, Wedge, where are you” instead of “Biggs” during the Battle of Yavin

I know I’m missing a bunch, though.

snooker said:

but, the explosions in the OT literally are the most realistic possible explosions ? because they’re real ??

+1

Haven’t all home video versions of Avatar been 1.78:1 open matte, or am I misremembering?

FreezingTNT2 said:

RogueLeader said:

FreezingTNT2 said:

@adywan They have added another change for the film on Disney+, in which Greedo says something to Han (likely an insult) before they shoot. Do you plan on including this change?

What do you think?

It’s not bad. The problem with Greedo shooting first before Han does is that it messes up with his transition from anti-hero to hero. And now, they’ve improved that scene, because now it appears that Greedo is (likely) insulting Han, giving Han more of a motivation to shoot him.

This is a joke, right? This has to be a joke. My brain can’t comprehend it otherwise.

Empire was released in a period where there wasn’t much in the way of good, low-fade film stock available, so it’s tough to find prints in decent shape nowadays. Plus the 4K## team got SUPER lucky with an insanely high quality print for ROTJ, which is why 4K83 came so quickly.

Some people are saying that the new 4K master has more recomposited matte paintings and such than before, but I can’t confirm that one at the moment. So if that’s the case, it would mean more work for authentic despecializing.

The 2011 Blu-Rays didn’t have baked-in subs either. Same with Solo. Only TFA and Rogue One had baked-in subs on Blu.