Hal 9000

My tale would be very similar to DominicCobb's. At 15, ROTS was a big experience. The first thing I did when I got the DVD was to rip it and start tinkering with it. But in the theater at 2:30 AM, James Earl Jones as Darth Vader expressing concern for Padmé's safety was chilling. Even at that time, I was aware that Ep3 would probably not seem as good after the initial viewing, so I told my mom and chauffeur, "Before I hear what anyone else says about the movie, I enjoyed it. The Emperor stole the show." 

Since sequels are what we really wanted in the first place, hopefully the existence of the prequels allowed for all the mistakes to be made and catalogued in order to have an amazing sequel trilogy. 

Did word get out to your fellow attendees as to your identity?

I was contemplating it for Ep2. (Ep1 I added grain like he did for his, and Ep3 never looked wrong to me.) However, the BluRay (with tweaked color settings) still looks better to my (highly subjective) eyes than either kk650's or schorman's Ep2. I understand that DVNR has evidently been applied for the BluRay release of this very early digital movie, but I'm not really convinced the HDTV streams we have actually look better. The BR is a higher quality (size) source in theory to begin from, too. 

Well, that's certainly good to know. Thanks for reporting back about it. Am I correct in understanding that selecting that setting fixed the issue of bizarre results when authoring to a BR disc?

Would you have any desire to give ESB and ROTJ similar treatment? The 1997 color grading will always be what feels right to me. I've been so happy with Harmy's color grading that I was able to use for 90% of my "Custom ANH SE" because it thoroughly ditches the Lowry grading. 

Super awesome.

The ring theory, even if totally valid, is not a counterpoint to the assessment that the prequels suck. 

Yeah, sure GL arranged for some visual and story mirroring. He's never been shy about that. 

That could be very useful. Thanks for sharing!

Neglify said:

you should take the Oxford Capacity Analysis test. 

Mine's INFJ (Introverted iNtuition Feeling Judging). 

Have you delved into this before? Do you know your type? Do you think this sort of thing is garbage? 

There are many, many free tests on the internet that do well enough for curiosity's sake. Here's one of the better ones.

http://similarminds.com/p_jung.html

lol, the way the Emperor suddenly leans forward.

Watching all six films in one day sounds grueling. Especially when Hayden is the last thing you see. No thanks.

ALLOL

What's the catch? I get toast for free because my dad is a toastman.

He's just going along with the grammar used in the thread's title.

https://youtu.be/qFu_dxwU-sk

Iddyplob said:

I posted in two threads, hardly spamming on an industrial scale is it! I think if you asked the average person which they disliked most I'm confident it would be your pointless reply as supposed to my polite, even if a little misguided, request. 

 That's a terrible idea for an Off Topic thread.

I wonder if Disney will release the unaltered versions for DVD and blue ray

I wouldn't be making a statement by not going, but I need to decide whether I would want to go. I'd probably prefer to save the $75 it's sure to cost for additional viewings of Ep7.

Huh, the chapters are all a bit early. Not sure why.

Adywan had reported that they were SD, and it turns out aren't any different/better than what we already have from the DVDs.

DrDre said:

Here's a screenshot for the super resolution upscale of one of the prequel deleted scenes:

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/124536

The video will take a couple of hours to process, and will be available tomorrow to anyone who sends me a PM.

 I'd like to see it; it's hard to get a sense of how it will look based on a screencap. Thanks for dedicating the resources to trying this out.

Is there still interest in using these methods to create faux-HD upscales of the prequel trilogy deleted scenes? If there's need to obtain them first, PM me and I'd be happy to provide them.

Danfun128 said:

Can this version sync with GOUT audio tracks, or no?

 No; it includes many SE changes, putting it well out of sync with the GOUT.

team_negative1 said:

We're not ever going to get our hopes up for a release or news about it, and neither should anyone else.

These rumors are just that and nothing more. If it never happens, it was not meant to be.

There will be enough alternatives to replace it.

Team Negative1

 Your opinion has been noted. 

Remove Hayden's and Lloyd's eyebrows throughout the PT.