Really don't see how anyone can defend the GOUT.
It's the best officially released source we have yes, but it's still unwatchable.
Lawrence of Arabia is another one that was announced the same time as the format but was released in 2012.
A more tortured protagonist, Anakin being a bit whiny is fine but he needed some actual damage and turmoil in his life for his turn to the dark to be a bit more convincing when he eventually turned.
Maybe either ad-lib some of the dialogue or re-write it to feel more natural, the conversations between characters (especially between Anakin and Padme) never seems like something actual people would say.
soz but the only people that define VHS and Laserdisc as acceptable quality in 2014 are probably blind.
CatBus said:
RobotWalrus said:
Sweet Lord. I had attributed the problem with the Castillian track to either a honest mistake by whoever put together the GOUT edition or just lazy editing, but after reading what you all mention, I'm beginning to think that they are doing it on purpose.
Not to mention the Russian dub mixes PAL and film-speed sources without pitch-correcting them to match. I get the feeling that dubbing is an afterthought in a lot of places, and not just with Star Wars. The only place I've noticed that dubs get a real professional level of attention is in France. In fact, I personally had a pretty low opinion of dubbing in general until I heard some French audio for some films.
It is, dubbing is done on the cheap by people who refuse to consider it a proper way to watch the movie anyway, and it's mostly looked down on.
If I was a director i'd probably refuse to let anyone dub my movie anyway.
I'd laugh if Disney just never bothered with any version of the SE again.
Can't they do a Close Encounters situation and start over with the 'Directors Cut' and do it properly.
Yes. this is exactly what you think it is, the 139 minute cut of Once Upon A Time In America that everybody hates, I would like to start a preservation effort for this, probably assembled using one of the Blu-Rays, but before that happens, does anyone at all have this cut? It’s almost impossible to find.
bert41 said:
This may be a noob question, but which format has better quality MKV or AVCHD? My gut says MKV but I don't know anything about these formats really and all the research I did only told me how to convert these two into each other. So which is the higher quality?
Thanks, you guys do such great work. I'm going to be watching these with my youth group soon!
When it's released, the MKV will be a better quality version of the film.
Blatant nostalgia baiting, sure it's Star Wars and we all expect a crawl and "In a galaxy far far away" but I hope these ones stand on their own two feet.
hate the colours, but i actually prefer the SE version of this shot if im honest
johnlocke2342 said:
Gogogadget said:
Laserschwert said:
Gogogadget said:
Seamless branching worked fine with me using Adobe Encore.
As far as I know Adobe Encore doesn't support seamless branching... again, playlists are NOT the same.
I put two different video files in a timeline and the transition was seamless is all.
Adobe Encore doesn't support seamless branching no, but you can use BDEdit afterwards to remove all the duplicate video files and link them all to the same place.This is exactly what we call a playlist.
My bad.
Although really if you want seamless branching? Pony up for Scenarist, that is if you can afford it.
Laserschwert said:
Gogogadget said:
Seamless branching worked fine with me using Adobe Encore.
As far as I know Adobe Encore doesn't support seamless branching... again, playlists are NOT the same.
I put two different video files in a timeline and the transition was seamless is all.
Adobe Encore doesn't support seamless branching no, but you can use BDEdit afterwards to remove all the duplicate video files and link them all to the same place.
Seamless branching worked fine with me using Adobe Encore.
Definitely The Abyss.
If it's the 170 minute cut, even better.
Ebaillargeon82 said:
Gogogadget said:
Clue is a bad example because the film was released simultaneously with those multiple endings so there is no 'original' version.
In my viewpoint, if someone wants a movie to have all three simultaneously released endings be considered original, that person also has to shoot all three endings simultaneously, which is of course impossible with live actors (Run, Lola, Run is an exception, because all three endings are within the film itself) but not impossible with cartoons (with cartoons, you can do anything with them, you can have multiple scenarios drawn, each by a different person, on paper, at the same time). Otherwise, you can't say "all endings were made at the same time". One ending of Clue must have been filmed first before the others, and I'm guessing it's ending A (where Miss Scarlet is the murderer).
Now you're just splitting hairs, besides I said released, not filmed.
Clue is a bad example because the film was released simultaneously with those multiple endings so there is no 'original' version.
After finding a clip of this on Youtube, should be easy to do really.
Asaki said:
BD25s are only 720p?
No, all store-bought BD25 films will be 1080p (or 1080i, depending on the content)
nirbateman said:
@Gogogadget
If you are referring to the Dollars trilogy, then all of MGM's BD's suffer from the same problems:
The video is DNR'd, EE'd, zoomed in, soft and overall shitty.
The mono soundtrack on each is a fold down from the 5.1 remix.
That's why I didn't even gloss over those, they are unacceptable, and as far as the film presentation goes, there are much better option that I have listed.
The one exception being the GBU 4K, but even that has only detail going for it, and it had to be regraded. The soundtrack's the same as the previous release, so again, no reason to actually depend on it.
That's a shame, my brother recently bought the whole lot in at trilogy set, but on the plus side, it was cheap.
However yes, the mono track is in fact real (but lossy, however that isn't an issue)
Dunedain said:
Gogogadget said:
yeah, 50GB discs aren't exactly cheap, and Harmy's despecialized is only 13GB once you strip out the audio tracks and it's still a pleasing encode, so long as you don't starve the encode too much the quality should be fine
i mean, i'm sure you guys know what you're doing haha
Yeah, but 720p and 1080p are two different things, one needs considerably less total space to get the same relative affect on compression rates for 720p. Even on commercial Blu-ray movies, they benefit from the breathing room that 50GB provides. Yes, not everyone can burn dual-layer Blu-rays right now, and a 25GB version would have that covered, but once a 50GB version has been rendered and made available, then it would be out there safely stored in the hands of Star Wars fans where it can always be obtained by other fans one way or another. And as more people get burners that can handle dual-layer disks, they can upgrade to the best possible quality on Blu-ray. So it would be really nice if a 50GB maximum quality Blu-ray version existed, along with the smaller 25GB version. :)
Those new scans look great, love the deep blues of the Super Star Destroyer in space, such rich lush colors! :)
The difference between 720p and 1080p didn't even cross my mind once.
What about the recent MGM US/UK releases? What are those like?
yeah, 50GB discs aren't exactly cheap, and Harmy's despecialized is only 13GB once you strip out the audio tracks and it's still a pleasing encode, so long as you don't starve the encode too much the quality should be fine
i mean, i'm sure you guys know what you're doing haha
brentspender said:
How was 4k produced out of just blu ray sizes ? im not technical minded but how can youget something that is small to be bigger but also make it better quality like you have ? Impressive .. but how ?
Improvements in compression and codecs mean you can get reasonable quality out of a 40gb 4K file, same way H.264 produces reasonable results for streaming at 4GB for 1080p.
poita said:
My files are currently around 16TB per film, so a 50GB file sounds like the smallest thing imaginable at the moment :)
Can't wait for 4x3TB hard drive version of SW viewable anywhere so long as you have a NAS ;)
Personally i'm hoping for some sort of BD-50 option.
Recieving this in 30000 or so kbps would be lovely, although a bit impractical I do know.