Watched this last weekend and thought it was a superb restoration of the U.S. theatrical cut. Thank you to all those involved for making it available!
It really is awesome. It was my first viewing of TGTBATU, and it was superb.
It had nothing to do with the BD. This was before that was out. He said that the film wasn’t being shown in English in his country, so he downloaded a cam so he could watch it at home with English audio. As in, rather than going to the cinema and watching the film legally (or waiting till a BD release happened to watch it), he obtained a pirate copy. That’s why Frink started calling him a pirate.
Ah, that makes a bit more sense. I think the “Original Trilogy-approved” solution would be for him to go to the cinema, buy a ticket, then torrent the cam and watch it just once.
That’s what I’d recommend, anyway.
So, does this print have the full, original Deems Taylor audio?
english CamRip of TFA, which is Disney’s fault for not airing English version in my country.
Will Amazon not ship the blu Ray to your country either?
I have the bluray
Does your Blu-Ray have an English track?
I’d say as long as you own the Blu-Ray you’re cool downloading it. Kind of like our general rule of owning the Star Wars Blu-Rays before getting Despecialized.
Mike isn’t trying to create a faithful duplicate of the original. He is trying to restore the best picture that he can from the sources he has. He is basically doing what Lucas should have done in 97.
Right. And he’s doing so without a single frame or pixel coming from the SE. All of the pixels used to repair are coming from other original 35mm prints. I don’t think there is any question that it’s a restoration. I see how “preservation” could be more debatable and vague. But he’s definitely restoring Star Wars.
I think you’ve got the right idea. “Restoration” it is.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is a bit of a mess. The colors are bad, it’s DNRed to hell, and it only features the extended version of the movie with scenes not included in the original theatrical release. Currently, the best way to watch the movie (if you don’t speak Italian) is to watch the International Cut restoration that’s on BT and MySpleen.
Hi there, this project looks beautiful, but I’m just wondering here… Is this a restoration or a reconstruction? And are you doing the other films in the OT?
Also, is Disney actually considering releasing this sometime in the future? If so, is there some sort of estimated date or can that not be revealed?
Sorry for asking so many questions, I’m just curious.
This restoration uses several original 35mm prints of the movie as its source. It is not a reconstruction like Harmy’s.
So i really like this film, but i am a bit confused on this project (and the fact that most of the discussion is about film grain didn’t help). You state that the primary purpose of the preservation is the 4-track audio. Is there any real point to scanning the film then, not just the audio? especially considering its state? i have it on dvd. just curious.
The point of this scan is two-fold: (1) To retrieve the 4-track audio, which is otherwise MIA for this movie, and (2) to have a better-than-the-Blu-Ray copy of the film, because the Blu-Ray is less-than-great.
I agree. I should mention that when I pointed out that some people have an issue with those shots, I’m not really one of the people who cares.
I’d love a similar copy of BTTF2. If the Pitbull logo is miscolored I would not turn it down. 😃
As would I. I would be stoked if we got DCPs of II and III.
Oh it’s nothing, just I wouldn’t have noticed it when watching the film.
Exactly, lol. It’s a small error in an otherwise awesome copy of the movie.
Huh. Even if they were pink, I’d accept it.
I’m confused about what you meant here, sorry.
I tried putting the cake in with the frosting already on there, it came out looking like this:
The Alamo Drafthouse should play Mike’s version this summer. Why not? They must be paying Fox and Disney to screen them so why would they care which version played?
The Drafthouse appears to be showing actual, original 35mm prints of the '97 version from 1997, which is pretty cool.
So what colour were the skateboard wheels in the actual print?
The correct color is yellow. They’re even yellow in most of the shots in the DCP. There’s simply a color error for two super quick shots. Here’s a comparison:
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No amount of nostalgia can change the fact that Jar Jar Binks stinks up the whole thing. A good fanedit or nothing at all IMO.
That’s, just, like, your opinion, man.
You obviously don’t know what IMO means. Also, you do realize that this forum is made up of people’s opinions, man, don’t you?
He was making a reference to The Big Lebowski. I think it was meant lightheartedly 😃
Ooooh, oops! And I consider myself a Big Lebowski fan.
Funnily enough, I’ve never seen it.
This stuff just cracks me up.
That hurts my soul.
No amount of nostalgia can change the fact that Jar Jar Binks stinks up the whole thing. A good fanedit or nothing at all IMO.
That’s, just, like, your opinion, man.
You obviously don’t know what IMO means. Also, you do realize that this forum is made up of people’s opinions, man, don’t you?
He was making a reference to The Big Lebowski. I think it was meant lightheartedly 😃
So where can one hear the original audio track? I’d love to get it and mux it with my current Blu-Ray for a true theatrical version.
Well, at least we know we won’t see a proper version within the year: http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/04/12/star-wars-original-trilogy-heading-back-to-theaters
I don’t see how one confirms the other.
I suppose it doesn’t necessarily, but wouldn’t if they were to release a restoration this year, why would they bother even showing the 97 version?
Mainly because it appears Alamo Drafthouse is showing 35mm prints of the '97 version, specifically, so I imagine they’ve gone to great lengths to secure these prints.
I’d keep the new 20th Century Fox opening, so as not to change anything within the movie itself.
My second choice would be to leave in “Episode IV: A New Hope.”
Third would be the set extension in the scene just before the trash compactor.
Hey guys
I’ve managed to download ROTJ v2.5 MKV but have yet to find the AVCHD, any good leads apart from mySpleen?
PM’ed
Harmy’s 2.5 for Empire and Jedi.
Are you using SW Despecialized 2.5 for Episode IV?
He’s using 2.7
The videos on Vimeo are awesome. Are there more shots completed other than those?
The entire movie is complete. I believe this has actually been screened once or twice.
I still say we should try to track down the HD/MUSE LaserDiscs.
