They are 720p.
Okay, then the person who was telling me something to the contrary about the first and possibly second movie didn’t know what he was talking about. No biggie.
I am curious though why they aren’t full 1080.
Does Harmy just prefer to avoid copyright entanglements or is there some technical reason?
Didn’t Harmy say in his recent YouTube video that he expects to be done fairly soon with ROTJ? He said he’s waiting on 35mm print scans for the relevant shots in the movie.
Also, this is as good a place to ask this. Are all of the most recent versions of the De-EDs stuck at 720p or are the first and/or second movies now in 1080? I feel like I’ve heard conflicting stories on this.
A friend of mine was a year and a half old in May of 1980 when his parents brought him to see Empire.
I told him how jealous I was that he got to see it on the big screen during its original run, even though he doesn’t remember it at all.
It’s too bad Disney cheaped out and didn’t strike more 15/70 prints.
Yeah sure I get that it’s expensive but come the f*** on, this movie is gonna make all the money in the world and they’d still turn a major profit off those theaters.
Dark Knight Rises was, I’m fairly certain, the only time a movie was playing at all three of the Smithsonian’s 15/70 locations simultaneously, and TFA will easily outgross it. I guess it’s apples and oranges since there won’t be nearly as much native IMAX footage in this film. That was probably Disney’s line of thinking.
I do find it odd, though, how there aren’t any full-sized IMAX locations in New York or Chicago that are playing this.
Haven’t made up my mind yet.
Thursday night 70mm screenings at Air & Space DC sold out before I even knew they were showing it there. As of now the only available opening weekend showtimes are 2:30 in the afternoon on Friday and Sunday. I might have a new job soon, which would likely rule out Friday (damn). Interview is tomorrow, so I’ll know soon.
One of my friends here was saying he wants to see it opening weekend but not opening night.
Meanwhile, the group Mrebo and I became acquainted with at a recent screening of Harmy’s ROTJ said they’ll be getting together to go see TFA as well, so I’ll have to look into that.
If no one I know wants to see it Thursday night I might just cave and go see it with my sister or something. All the opinion pieces and reviews are gonna start showing up and I hate having to avoid those things. I spoiled Interstellar for myself by not excercising self-control and simply waiting until I saw it several days after it opened. If I couldn’t do it for Interstellar, I’m not so sure I’ll be able to for Episode VII.
There are still plenty of 2D, non-reserved seating Thursday night showtimes near me that aren’t sold out. Well, not yet.
I’m also waiting to see if The Avalon, which is technically the closest movie theater to where I live, will be showing the movie at all. They haven’t posted their daily schedule past this coming week, so I might just stop by and ask.
Ah, decisions decisions.
To the comment earlier about Jakku being surprisingly close to the core:
I noticed it’s about halfway there from Endor. Maybe the Rebels just kept fighting the Imperials straight back to the core worlds and Jakku was the sight of a decisive battle along the way?
I instantly recognized her as “that chick from Ghostbusters.”
Also, I’m glad someone finally bumped this thread.
Rattatak from the Tartakovsky clone wars is apparently canonical as well, unless they went there / it was mentioned in TCW or the NuEU and this isn’t noteworthy.
The movie is officially finished.
http://www.slashfilm.com/new-the-force-awakens-tv-spots-show-maz-kanata-more/#more-326272
Considering all the various formats this will be presented in, it makes sense they’re finishing it nearly a month ahead of time. I’ve heard the IMAX dmr process takes a couple weeks.
I was watching that video the other day. Interesting stuff.
Of course I’m now blanking on what the official reason given back in late 2012 was to do three movies instead of two. I want to say the reasoning was simply “why the hell not do three instead of just two?”
At least, that’s how I recall it.
I still haven’t gotten my tickets. Partially it’s because I might be getting a full-time job soon (it would only be temporary, but still 9 to 5) so I don’t want to get tickets right now for the 70mm on Saturday if it turns out I don’t get the job and end up with nothing to do on Friday. Then I would gladly avoid spoilers for half a day and just see it Friday afternoon in all its IMAX glory.
The Smithsonian also has a ridiculous surcharge just to reserve tickets online, and they don’t even do reserved seating.
I’m also considering meeting up with some out of town friends to go see it, so there’s that to consider as well.
Also, I might not be able to resist just going to see it Thursday night. My sister works just a couple blocks from a Regal with a 7:15 2D showtime that hasn’t sold out yet, and I still have a regal gift card that she gave me. The multiplex closest to where we live (an AMC) isn’t showing 2D until 10.
I’m still waiting to see if the theater that’s technically closest to our house is going to be showing the movie or not. They’re an independent (and technically non-profit) two-screen theater that mostly shows the lower budget and indie fare, but sometimes they show the bigger movies as well. Star Trek Into Darkness was actually the first thing they showed upon becoming DCI-compliant and it looked/sounded amazing.
During the ad campaign for Prometheus, I knew someone who thought it reminded him of Alien. My friend and I told him that it was indeed part of the same franchise and his excitement quotient jumped considerably.
Another one of my friends didn’t realize it until he was in the theater watching it with his girlfriend and the Weyland corporation was brought up.
Fox probably thinks they’d be throwing away money by not explicitly connecting the title this time around.
Based on the evidence, they’re probably right.
I think watching Harmy’s versions while in line for Episode 7 would be a great way to start a conversation.
I have to largely credit noticing the original version of Empire playing on a laptop several rows ahead of me in the theater during the hour or so before the midnight opening of RotS with leading me to these forums in the first place.
Reading this thread has reminded me I still have yet to read the Dark Lord paperback my friend let me borrow years ago. I might start with that before finally tackling the OT novelizations (first edition paperback copies I found at secondhand stores) and Splinter of the Mind’s Eye (the 90’s paperback copy with the GL intro).
As for the movies themselves, my sister just asked me the other day if we have them (I haven’t been able to shut up about TFA for the last several weeks). I explained to her that the highest quality copy I own is cowclops v2, which I acquired only a couple months before the out of the blue GOUT announcement. Don’t have the prequels, sold them off along with my '04 OT box years ago. Never got the GOUT or the blu-Ray as I considered either option to be sending the wrong message with my wallet. Gave away my '97 silver box VHS to goodwill collection when my parents sold their house just over three years ago, right before the Disney deal happened. Aside from that I’ve got the '95 faces/thx p&s VHS box which I got at a secondhand store only a few years ago pretty much just for the Maltin interviews (for some stupid reason). Also got the '86 p&s VHS of Jedi I found at my local video store’s sale shortly before ROTS came out. My p&s VHS of TPM might still be lying around unless I gave that away as well.
So yeah, if my sister wants to re-watch the OT over several nights then it’ll be cowclops v2, which looks surprisingly decent when upscaled and the PCM audio can’t be beat. Who am I kidding, I’ll probably re-watch these discs myself if she doesn’t want to. To be honest though, I’ve watched them so many countless times that it doesn’t make much difference to me. I’ve already got such a massive backlog of other stuff I want to watch anyway.
Interesting how we’re seeing that clip of Poe just days after seeing the book cover illustration of him meeting with Von Sydow’s character. The clip would appear to be from that scene, based on the lighting.
As for Billie Lourd, maybe she’s just a random Ensign in the Resistance?
I am still curious though as to whether this will be DCPs of the 2011 version (which is based off the now ancient 2004 master) or if it will be the newer 4K version we’ve been hearing about.
Attack of the Clones remains the longest Star Wars film so far, at 142 minutes.
I still remember when TF.N did a poll after Fellowship of the Ring was released asking how long AOTC should be, with one of the boxes saying “a three hour epic.” It’s probably just coincidence, but I can’t help but wonder if FOTR’s success made George a little more lax about the running time.
I guess that confirms she’s not playing Leia in flashback as was rumored?
I can kinda see a Gungan, but it could just as easily be something else.
Regarding the Disney XD UK thing, I’m assuming that TFA footage will air here in the States tonight at (I think) 8:30 on either Disney Channel proper or Disney XD.
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Speaking of which, I checked the Smithsonian’s ticketing site and noticed they’ve quietly added a 70mm showtime earlier in the day at 2:30 for Friday-Sunday. Previously they were all sold out until 10:45 on Saturday night.
Maybe I’ll be seeing this earlier than expected.
Aaaaand just this moment saw the special preview during the “Shondathon” on ABC.
LOTS of new shots.
Where are you seeing this? The website I can find only lets you see the schedule out to 21 days, can’t even see the listings for Star Wars on it yet.
https://www.imax.com/mobile/movies/star-wars-the-force-awakens-an-imax-3d-experience/
If it’s set for somewhere in the DC area then the Lockheed Martin theater should be listed.
Could this be the first bit of John Williams’ score that we’ve heard, or am I just crazy?
Also, is that stormtrooper using one of those electrostaffs from ROTS?
Speaking of which, I checked the Smithsonian’s ticketing site and noticed they’ve quietly added a 70mm showtime earlier in the day at 2:30 for Friday-Sunday. Previously they were all sold out until 10:45 on Saturday night.
Maybe I’ll be seeing this earlier than expected.
Aaaaand just this moment saw the special preview during the “Shondathon” on ABC.
LOTS of new shots.
Was kind of bummed to read this but I suppose I knew it would happen. Apparently Lawrence Kasdan is moving on after he finishes up with the Han Solo SW Anthology film (due in 2018). So he will have co-written TFA and the Han Solo movie and bow out. I hope Rian Johnson is really as good as they say to write the middle film. For that matter, Colin Trevorrow with the final film in the ST.
http://www.slashfilm.com/star-wars-writer-lawrence-kasdan/
Another thing this convinces me of is that Han Solo will absolutely die in TFA. Kasdan has written some of Harrison Ford’s most iconic moments in the cinema and him bowing out after TFA and the Solo Anthology film solidifies, for me, that Captain Solo is not long for this galaxy.
It’s also been confirmed that Abrams will not be overseeing VIII and IX like George did with Empire and Jedi.
It sounds like a lot of people are really not happy about Trevorrow directing IX. I still haven’t seen Jurassic World, mainly because the review I read wasn’t positive and I heard nothing but bad things from my friends. That and it didn’t appear to need my help at the box office.
I did see Safety Not Guaranteed and enjoyed it quite a bit, but as someone pointed out, Jurassic World probably shattered the record for the increase in budget from a director’s previous film.
This is probably more coincidence than anything else, but remember how George wanted Spielberg to direct Jedi?
I am seeing it in 4k DolbyVision 2D on thursday. I hope this is a really amazing experience that is better than the others. I hope it lives to its potential.
https://elcapitantheatre.com/event/1344/showtimes/2015-12-17
On Friday, I am seeing it in 2k Liemax 3d & sunday is regular 2D digital.
That should be amazing. I guess this means TFA was / is being graded for HDR? Disney owns the El Cap, so they’d be showing the movie there regardless. AVS Forum will most likely have a write up about this next month.
You should totally let us know your impressions of the three formats after you’ve seen them.