Handman

I believe a 16mm print.

Baronlando said:

The really bad color issues were introduced at the end of the line, the big fumble right before the goal, when they sat down with George to decide the final color. maybe the samples in the video were from earlier  in the pipeline. After the scan (from the negative that had no saber blades at all) and after the new blades were added on, but before everything else.

 Please say it isn't so!

babak1980 said:

For the love of god, How can I watch this version?

I'm not that savy with computers, where would I watch or downloand it?

 

Thank you.

Harmy said:

This is now on tehparadox (JDownloader) and myspleen (torrent). Just go there and search for "Harmy", if you want to get this. Or simply Google one of the checksums bellow.

If you need a myspleen invite, please register in the myspleen forum and ask there.

Tobar said:

So I've been rummaging through some of my old junk today and stumbled upon the dust cover for the novelization of The Phantom Menace. I thought I'd share the blurb I found on one of the folds:

In barren desert lands and seedy spaceports...in vast underwater cities and in the blackest depths of space...unfolds a tale of good and evil, of myth and magic, of innocence and power. At last the saga that captured the imagination of millions turns back in time to reveal its cloaked origins—the start of a legend—the story of Star Wars.

Based on the screenplay by George Lucas, this novel by master storyteller Terry Brooks probes the depths of one of the greatest tales of our time, providing rich detail and insight into the minds and motives of the characters—and shedding bold new light on Lucas's brilliant creation.

 Say what you will about the prequels, but you've gotta admit TPM had genius marketing.

darklordoftech said:

moviefreakedmind said:

I don't think Lucasfilm will ever release any versions but the original and the current version.

I have a hard time believing that the '11 versions are the final versions. NOBODY likes Vader saying no, Han shooting second, Hayden as Anakin's ghost, etc. If there's any versions that there's no market for, it's the '11 versions.

 You'd be surprised at the amount of people who actually like Hayden's ghost.

Bingowings said:

Handman said:

No Jar-Jar.

I think that's too simplistic an answer. I don't the the problem with Jar-Jar is his existence but more the way the character is presented. The voice, the cartoonish look and slap-stick, the unfortunate and unmistakable flavour of Stepin Fetchit.

A light relief alien character which acts as a plot bridging device would have been fine but the tone of the character wasn't Star Wars.

If you look at aliens like Yoda or Chewie or even Jabba they have a realistic feel to them despite their nature. There's a physicality to them and they feel like people.

Threepio is fussy and gets on the heroes nerves at times but once again he feels like a real person you might meet and could care about.

Artoo has the nearest amount of physical humour to Jar-Jar as a main character (he gets spat out of things, thrown across rooms by electrical shocks etc) but there is still enough 'humanity' in the performances drawn from the machines, Kenny Baker and the sound design for the audience to connect to the person that abstract shape represents.

Jar-Jar is aptly named because the way he is presented is iike dropping Roger Rabbit into an official James Bond picture. He just doesn't fit, he Jars.

If the same care had been taken as was taken with the OT characters he could have worked.

He is a touchstone as to what went wrong with the PT. It's just too cartoonish and lacks enough human spirit.

 Yes.

No Jar-Jar.

PM sent.

digitalfreaknyc said:

Is comicbook.com even reliable?

And if so, is the release going to be done right?

Lookin' good. My only problem is the IV: A New Hope title for Star Wars.

How do the new Blu-ray editions of Tarzan and Hercules fair against previous editions?

If not identical, then extremely close.

SirJonah said:

Don't worry, guys. Harmy has something special planned for v2.1/2.5 that will eliminate the need to error check the credits. So just sit tight, a superior version is coming!

 Ooh ho ho, I can't wait!

Would this "something special" have anything to do with 35mm film?

fmalover said:

Will you do a "Making Of" feature for ESB or will you wait until V2.5 is complete?

 No such feature is planned.

yoda-sama said:

Do you know if -1 at least has a copy of Jedi?

 From what I could gather from this thread,

They are currently looking at some, and have previewed a few shots.

There's a thread in the DVD Covers section of the forum by Harmy that may have what you're looking for.

yoda-sama said:

I will have to try again, but the one time I tried to skip back a few seconds under XBMC 13.1 (Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit), the video hung.  To get anything other than audio going again, I had to stop then resume the file playback.  I'll try jumping around in it again later (pausing seemed to work fine, though).

 I have this same issue on Windows 7.

jacksparrow900 said:

Can someone show me how to download this. Thank You 

 PM sent.

PM sent.

Downloading now. Harmy, has anyone ever told you that you're the best? Well, you are.

I just wanted enough time to download the files and burn it to a disc to give to a friend for his birthday, is all. But, if it's going to be awhile, I guess he can get it some other time.

Either way, I'm really excited to see the final release.

hairy_hen said:

or have the AVCHD come out right away with the MKV slightly later . . .

 Sorry if I seem impatient, but I prefer this option.

In the end, it's your choice, of course.

If Disney is going to do this right, they need to enlist people like Harmy, Adywan... basically the regulars of OT.com. You know, the people who live and breathe Star Wars. There is no other way we could be satisfied, especially after watching the Despecialized Editions.

Are you planning to release this raw preview to us at OT? I'm sure there are plenty of people here who would be interested in seeing the movie without any work done on it.

How extensive is this damage?

Harmy said:

@michaeldc: I got a bit sidetracked with the BD release - I'm now thinking about waiting until all three v2.5s are done and then do the whole trilogy and make the intended bonus disc for the whole trilogy as well and release the whole thing as one awesome trilogy package.