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Fang Zei

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#983296
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OT Special Editions to have USA Roadshow Summer '16
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It’s worth reiterating that - according to Tack’s report - this may be from the 4k master Reliance Media Works cooked up at some point within the last several years, not the Lowry transfer created in 1080p HD in 2004 for the dvd and reused for the blu-ray in 2011. Even the in-theater marathons this past December still used DCP’s of the outdated master and did not look so great on the big screen by most accounts.

Of course, as mentioned, the possibly new master is still the 2011 edit of the movie. This is why I couldn’t be bothered to pay the money and spend the time watching it when it was here in DC yesterday, and probably won’t when they show them at AFI Silver next month either.

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#981920
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Harmy's RETURN OF THE JEDI Despecialized Edition HD - V3.1
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Yeeesh. No bitstreaming, no bd-r, no avchd. Assuming the ps4 does all of these things, waiting a few more months for the neo would make perfect sense … if it weren’t for bloody Comcast and their lockout of hbo go on sony’s systems.

Again, I guess this is what I’ve got the standalone panasonic bd player from eight years ago for. I’m not much of a video gamer anyway. I still break out the ps2 from time to time and play OG Battlefront, but that’s about it.

It looks like getting a roku for my streaming needs might be the way to go. Like I said, I hate voting with my wallet against physical media, but certain realities have taken precedence.

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#981626
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Episode VII: The Force Awakens - Discussion * <strong>SPOILER THREAD</strong> *
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This is as good a time as any to ask. Could someone please tell me where the music that starts at about 0:41 in this tv spot is from?

https://youtu.be/W6HN9soeGa8

I’m almost certain it’s not in the movie itself, if it’s even from the TFA score at all. I never bought the album so if it’s on there I wouldn’t know.

Those six seconds or so of music have been driving me crazy ever since I saw this preview during the “Shondathon” on abc that week. This ended up being the very first time we heard any of John Williams’ compositions for the movie.

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#981407
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OT Special Editions to have USA Roadshow Summer '16
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The screening at the Warner Theatre here in DC was originally scheduled for this past Saturday (as were at least half a dozen others across the country) but has apparently been rescheduled for this upcoming Saturday.

The only ones that actually happened on Saturday were in Los Angeles and Kansas City, and then Brooklyn was the day after.

Austin and Denver are this Saturday as well.

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#980182
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Harmy's RETURN OF THE JEDI Despecialized Edition HD - V3.1
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I hadn’t considered the pirated game discs factor. That would at least make sense, but if playing bd-r movies is yet another thing* the ps4 does that the xbone doesn’t, I’ll continue weighing my options.

The One S had piqued my interest because of the 4k UHD blu-ray factor. I’ve been wanting to get a streaming device for my downstairs tv currently not connected to anything except a “dumb” blu-ray player from eight years ago. I’d prefer to get a device that’s capable of downloading newer apps but also plays discs (yes, I know, “you’ve already got a blu-ray player, just get a roku,” but I want to “vote with my wallet” in favor of physical media while I’ve still got the option. It kills me that my highly educated cousins got a roku but never bothered upgrading to blu-ray).

I’ve got a sony smart blu-ray player for the upstairs tv that is hooked up to a cable box. It’s limited in its app assortment but it’s got the big ones (netflix, amazon, hulu, youtube, vimeo, vudu), but it doesn’t have hbo go or cbs all access, which I’ll apparently need in order to watch the new Star Trek show come January.

Adding further complication to all of this is the fact that Comcast doesn’t support hbo go on the ps3/4 but does on the xbox. To my knowledge, the app isn’t even available on any of the other UHD players on the market so far.

As far as the bd-r issue goes, I’m assuming the xbox one at least supports avchd discs. Or am I jumping to a conclusion there also? I guess I’ve still got the blu-ray players for these kind of things, and something to continue justifying the “dumb” player sitting around, but it really shouldn’t be too much to ask that these newer devices continue to do everything the older ones did, especially when it’s for stupid copy-protection reasons.

*like bitstreaming, not that I see myself getting an atmos/dts:x setup in the near future, but still.

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#975417
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Will we ever see the original trilogy released
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Since it’s only 35mm, I could see them scanning at 6k and mastering at 4k. That’s what they did for the blu-rays of Minority Report and Raiders of the Lost Ark. They could certainly scan at 8k if they really wanted to pull every last detail off the negative, but they won’t be mastering at anything higher than 4k. I don’t think there’s been an 8k restoration of anything yet. Lawrence of Arabia was scanned in at 8k but only finished at 4k. Ben-Hur’s restoration was actually an 8k scan / 6k finish. Baraka was scanned in at 8k but I’m not remembering what res that was actually finished at.

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#974889
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StarWarsLegacy.com - The Official Thread
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It’s the same reason they filmed out the 4K restoration of the Godfather onto a new negative. It was shot on film, so it should be preserved that way.

The documentary Side by Side has a scene that addresses the whole film vs. digital debate regarding long-term storage. Steven Soderbergh is against the idea of preserving his digitally-shot movies on film, risks of data corruption be damned.

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#974499
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Will we ever see the original trilogy released
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MalàStrana said:

Fang Zei said:

MalàStrana said:

Fang Zei said:
Hermit’s post about a source inside LFL is encouraging, assuming the source actually knew this info for certain. Finding out that they were indeed planning on getting the true OT out there before TFA just sets the speculation wheels in motion. Maybe they wanted to keep a hundred percent of the attention on TFA?

GL making peace with Disney these past few weeks

This is the first I’ve heard about this. What exactly happened? Or are you referring to the possibility of GL producing Indy 5?

No, I’ve heard he has been visiting Rogue One shooting stages.

http://www.cinemablend.com/news/1534900/what-happened-when-george-lucas-visited-the-star-wars-rogue-one-set

Ah, my bad. I’m remembering now that I heard something about this as well.

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#974469
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Will we ever see the original trilogy released
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MalàStrana said:

Fang Zei said:
Hermit’s post about a source inside LFL is encouraging, assuming the source actually knew this info for certain. Finding out that they were indeed planning on getting the true OT out there before TFA just sets the speculation wheels in motion. Maybe they wanted to keep a hundred percent of the attention on TFA?

GL making peace with Disney these past few weeks

This is the first I’ve heard about this. What exactly happened? Or are you referring to the possibility of GL producing Indy 5?

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#974385
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Will we ever see the original trilogy released
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Packaging TFA with the PT just because they’re the only ones ready go in 3D seems like a really odd choice. Bill Hunt’s never been one to post bogus rumors but I seriously have my doubts about this one.

Hermit’s post about a source inside LFL is encouraging, assuming the source actually knew this info for certain. Finding out that they were indeed planning on getting the true OT out there before TFA just sets the speculation wheels in motion. Maybe they wanted to keep a hundred percent of the attention on TFA?