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#208742
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Nintendo Wii
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There was a GBA re-release, which I have, as well as the original. The GBA version retcons some of the dialogue in order for it to fit in more with Ocarina of Time, though, calling the seven wise men the seven sages, etc. (although it doesn't help that the seven maidens are all human). I rather liked the continuity problem because it made it seem more lore-ish that they would forget some of the details after all those generations had passed.

Damned revisionists...
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#208739
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Uh Oh! Here we go again? on Hyperspace
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That would be nice, but I'd be satsified if they just stopped now... even though I know they're never going to.

I have one more thing on my wishlist, though: the theatrical cut of Phantom Menace (and the other prequels for that matter) on DVD. The changes they made to that movie were worse than most of the SE stuff for the OT (not that it started out that great to begin with), but that extended podrace stuff is the worst crap ever and kills the pacing for the movie. I just want it to die! Whose idea was that, anyway?!
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#208584
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Nintendo Wii
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Originally posted by: Gillean
Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
Originally posted by: Jagdlieter

It's going to be released for the Wii, and at the same time it will be released for the GameCube.


Wait. Please explain that to me.


Basically, TP was upgraded from GameCube game with Wii functionality to fully-fledged Wii game, but as Nintendo promised many times that it would be released on the GC they have made two versions to keep that promise.

Apart from the control changes, the Wii version is widescreen, whereas the GC version is only capable of 4:3.


Two versions?! It's like Star Wars! Which one should I get?!
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#208573
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How "original" do you think it is going to be...? (the 2006 GOUT DVD release)
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Originally posted by: The Bizzle
Yeah, I always thought that was funny: In the making of the Special Edition documentaries on the VHS, they pointed to the Snowspeeder scene and the Rancor scenes as examples of how they removed matte lines and opacity problems--and then when you watched the films, there were still opacity problems and a thick line around the rancor.

as a matter of fact, I think in the 04 special edition of Empire, you can STILL see through a part of the cockpit. And I don't mean the windows


What I always thought was funny was how the pan and scan version of the original trilogy cropped the picture so that the transparent cockpits were never even an issue, but in the fullscreen version of the SE, they made sure to pan the image as far to the left as possible just so you could see the nontransparent cockpit!
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#208569
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John William's Opinion on the Special Editions
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Originally posted by: Tiptup
Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
I've heard interviews with him on the DVD (which you should have) that state that he didn't consider the movies to be suited for widescreen, and that he shot them in 1.33:1 because more people would end up seeing the movie on video anyway. Last time I brought this up here, someone proposed that he could have been referring to 2.33:1 as wide rather than 1.88:1 (which is the ratio the widescreen version of it is in), which could be a possibility. I personally prefer the widescreen versions, and I own them that way on DVD, but in this case there is nothing wrong with the fullscreen, and in terms of your versions, less wrong with the fullscreen.

But it gets even more complicated than that, I just remembered! The special effects shots were filmed in a 1.88:1 ratio, so you're actually seeing the full image of special effects shots in the widescreen version while the fullscreen version crops them! So basically, in either version, you're losing some parts of the picture... which sucks.


No way. I had to have watched the original Star Wars over 200 times as a kid in fullscreen. It used pan and scan all over the place. When I saw the special edition in the theater (and then purchased all three on VHS), I saw it in widescreen and was blown away by how much of the screen I had peviously been missing. It was so cool to see it all for the first time. Uhm, one famous scene that comes to my mind is the closing shot of everyone standing at the award ceremony; the fullscreen had to pan over as the music finale boomed in order to just show everyone. I also remembered scenes in the cantina that showed more of the strange creatures. Oh, and that awesome shot of the Star Destroyer in the opening was a lot more impressive.

Here are two websites:

http://www.widescreen.org/examples/starwars/index.shtml
http://www.stomptokyo.com/sings/lbx/starwarslbx.html

....anyways, perhaps he meant Empire and/or Jedi? Though, I seem to remember seeing a lot more in those movies too, but I'm less sure...

Perhaps a good explanation of what you heard is that he used widescreen for every shot he made, but still designed each shot to be easy to convert to 3x4?


Otherwise, I think I enjoy movies in widescreen over fullscreen since widescreen gives that greater horizontal periphery. Human beings more naturally look to their side before looking up.


Um, we're talking about Back to the Future, Tiptup, not Star Wars. All of Star Wars was filmed in a 2.33:1 ratio, so the fullscreen version is definitely cropped, and you're missing out on a large portion of the picture in that case.
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#208476
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Nintendo Wii
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/208476/action/topic#208476
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Originally posted by: Jagdlieter
Originally posted by: Nanner Split
We get a new Zelda game at launch


So have they officially moved Twilight Princess to the Wii now?


It's going to be released for the Wii, and at the same time it will be released for the GameCube.


Wait. Please explain that to me.