JadedSkywalker

Is it unpopular to pretty much hate everything that happened after Vision of the Future. I like Luke and Mara settling down together maybe they have one or more children based on Vision of the Future, I even like Ben. But all the grimdark stuff from the Vong, to killing Anakin Solo, making Jacen Hayden Skywalker and killing him, and killing Mara I despise.

I want a complete reboot of the EU from Vision on, don’t mind if Jacen and Tenel Ka have a kid, that is about the only thing other than Ben Skywalker I’d keep. Yes it means Cade and Legacy would be erased, or at least they’d have to go in a different direction than the Vong and return of the Sith.

Mandalorians wouldn’t be the mary sues of the universe, Jedi would eschew all prequelisms, no mention of the rules on attachment period. And Daala would never be chancellor.

I wonder if Patty makes Rogue Squadron since Wonder Woman 3 is permanently cancelled and they are recasting Wonder Woman, Gal is out.

I’d wonder if Chris Pine would come over to Star Wars from Star Trek to be in the movie.

American Graffiti someone posted a 35mm scan that is allegedly HD on archive.

Now I don’t know if this is upscaled 1973 cut or if it’s the 1978 cut or not but there is gate weave and print damage and a fair amount of grain. It’s also sitting at 16 gigs.

I think THX 1138 was there at one time as well but all I can find is a 2-gigabyte version.

I also watched the beginning of the 70mm premiere cut of The Empire Strikes back.

Also, Superman 4K theatrical UHD the original 70mm mix is seriously lacking in punch its mixed very low I had to really turn it up. Its not very high res I’m glad to have it but I bet the Atmos sounds louder. And louder is more impactful on low quality soundbars.

Grindhouse THX its no bigger than 5 gigs and only at 720P resolution, a bummer. Wish I had access to the actual 1080P file from the original scan of the IB tech print, but the screens and dialog were in English. Marrying laserdisc and blu ray footage to the 35mm scan is less than ideal. Whoever did this must have had no choice to do this to recompose the 1977 version.

Watched the Time Machine Letterbox Laserdisc. Very good color transfer, sadly the audio is remixed and it’s not the theatrical mono.

I also watched Willow THX the laser rot was bad on side 1, less bad on side 2, then very bad on side 3. I was very engaged with the plot and it was quite enjoyable, but I also feel like Willow and Madmartigan or Sorsha aren’t really all that well developed as characters, though I like them. Bavmorda is kind of a weak villain and General Kael is a pale imitation of Vader. The worst part of the movie is the Brownies, I know why they are there for the fantasy aspect, but the effects of how they are in the movie don’t work, and they are worse than Jar Jar to me. Ebersisk is cool as a monster and the music is great. Did they run out of money or something because I feel like a ton of stuff was cut out. Tir Asleen never really feels like this grand place. Its never set up, you only see if in ruin.

I also watched the first issue Japan Star Wars the rot is horrible and never improves this is the non-time compressed, the US release I also watched time compressed the rot gets better as the movie goes on.

I purchased Dragon Age Inquisition with all the DLC as a digital edition on Xbox One for 4 dollars. A pretty good deal I’d say. I’ve also been playing Mass Effect Legendary Edition on Gamepass.

Its really good forgot how much i loved that game. If only they’d remaster Dragon Age Origins or Dragon Age II. And add in the DLC.

I recently listened to the Radio Drama for Star Wars, I enjoyed myself quite a bit. I like the expanded scenes with Luke and his friends they work in a Radio play if not in a movie.

I also love the opening A long Time ago in a galaxy, far far away, there came a time of revolution when rebels united to challenge a tyrannical Empire.

I like the Episode where Vader shows up to confront Leia, she just happens to be on a planet of rebel activity.

I hate how the Jedi are portrayed in the prequels. You get from Lucas in interviews and in audio commentary they are supposed to be the good guys, and really pure because they reject attachments and are selfless.

In the movies they come off as arrogant, insular and corrupt. Which is poor writing and directing, or he thinks these are good qualities.

Ghostbusters Frozen Empire. Awful, great cast but it just never comes together. I wouldn’t recommend it.

I really wanted to love it, but it’s actually worse than the 2016 movie because it is less funny.

They totally waste the original cast, the Spengler family is the only good aspect of it.

I loved Winston suiting up and Janine being a Ghostbuster but it wasn’t enough to save this cashgrab of a film. It reeked of corporate filmmaking chasing nostalgia.

I will never say the second one is bad again after seeing this.

I feel awful for younger actors because it isn’t their fault this was a turkey, it was the fault of the director. It’s probably a serviceable script, Jason Reitman should have directed it.

Shouldn’t this be in preservations. I have no idea who might have taped this I wish I had done so but I didn’t.

Thanks for the comparisons, Harmy is doing amazing work. His process has gotten really good. But this must be painstaking and labor intensive doing shot by shot and frame by frame.

Why doesn’t Lucasfilm care as much as he does about getting it right, I will always ask the question.

Lucas has to be misrembering things too. Jabba wasn’t designed as a slug until ROTJ when a bunch of different maquettes were presented to him. So the idea human Jabba was going to be a Slug stop motioned in, that can’t be correct.

If the scene was kept in 77 Declan would have been in the movie.

A bunch of stuff he said at Cannes is just malarkey. Complete and utter BS.

Surprised at how great the 4k for Raiders of the Lost Ark looks is there DNR somewhere or recomposites? I didn’t notice them. It was so much better than the Blu-Ray the overly bright colors are gone, skin tones look more natural. I can’t tell if all of that grain is real or not but there is a lot of it.

There was this thread as well but they don’t respond to requests for the captures. https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Star-Wars-Laserdisc-Preservations-See-1st-Post-for-Updates/id/15283/page/1

I can’t remember if I ever asked them directly I want to be completely fair, I asked in the thread for the Japan laserdiscs. Never sent a pm. It was easier for me to just purchase the discs and watch them on my old tv set.

Can you clear something up for me did they remove all the garbage mattes in the 2020 UHD or not, and the matte lines. Because Lucas claimed in the 1997 restoration they did.

There are French Laserdiscs that are dubbed.

This is the only one on here i know about and i don’t know its availability.
https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/-French-Coffret-Trilogie-LD-to-DVD-transfer-Released/id/3633

There were a couple of other projects that captured the French PAL but only to marry it to the English dialog, Lee did one so did Moth3r.

These aren’t the 1997 cuts though.

I don’t see a preservation for the 1997, the boxed set was English with French subs, the single 1997 discs were French dub.

The composer did a concert with an orchestra where he recorded these themes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqnZxxW68Sw

Could also just be player incompatibility not all discs blu-ray or DVD work on all players. You should try it on another unit I don’t know what would happen if it doesn’t play on another device. Of course it has to be capable of playing NTSC region 1 discs you say the player you tried it on does.

Edit: I see you tried it on several players. That is so weird.

I have a cheap 40 dollar player that does all region it plays my Pal Return of the Jedi disc fine. But to be clear I haven’t played my US discs for a long time 2006 most likely, I hope they aren’t coasters.

If it is disc rot, I hope the seller will offer replacements or your money back.

I do like Qui-Gon, I like the living force and cosmic force, I have long defended enjoying Phantom Menace as a guilty pleasure, but I still don’t get the trade federation what Sidious plan even was, and midichlorians.

I guess I am dumb because other than really liking the podrace and duel of the fates, or Padme undercover as a handmaiden, the Gungan’s underwater city it doesn’t really make sense. I haven’t really sat down and watched II AND III yet in a long while so I can’t really comment on them except from memory.

I actually like aspects of the prequels but I’m just super critical of them. Because I feel like with more natural dialog and better acting they would be better. I’ve softened on them a great deal I don’t hate II AND III like I did, those old threads of prequel hate are cringy as hell, I can only apologize and say I was just a stupid kid. I won’t take back attacking Lucas over suppressing the original though, I think despite overly done vitriol he deserves to be called out.

I would like to actually read George Lucas pre Phantom Menace outline because based on what he said story wise it sounded better. Anakin secretly being Vader and the assassin working for Palpatine taking out the Jedi, that sounds absolutely brilliant.

If Anakin was a pilot and cunning warrior, I picture someone like Han Solo, but also headstrong and foolhardy like Luke.

He sounds like someone who willingly joined up to fight in the Clone Wars and wasn’t a Jedi, that he was discovered to have such talents at an older age by Kenobi who was his friend?

An actor of that caliber in the 1990s who could have pulled off a Harrison Ford type, but someone with a darkness to them. Val was good as Madmartigan a Han Solo like character, I don’t know if he’s charismatic enough though.

He just wouldn’t have the smuggler or slacker thing Han had he be more about duty, loyalty and the cause. Someone bored by moisture farming, his brother Owen wanted him to join the family business, but he left to join the clone wars and never came home, became Darth Vader. Does Owen think he died or knows he is Vader, that much was always in doubt. I do accept he blamed Kenobi for Anakin never coming home from the wars.

They have ruined enjoyment of things almost like they are deliberately trying to sabotage SW, and I mean fans not Kathy Kennedy. Do I like the Disney trilogy no, I did like Ahsoka and Obi-Wan. I like Andor and I like Mandalorian. Sure, quality varies. The only one I didn’t like is Book of Boba Fett. I haven’t seen Acolyte yet, I will admit I haven’t read any of the High Republic books but not because of their alleged wokeness, just because I like the old EU lore and its universe of characters more. I have read a comic book from IDW but not the longform novels, I have had Disney SW fans recommend them to me which I really don’t mind they can like what they like and they aren’t shills.

This isn’t a religion there aren’t true fans, if you are a fan of SW you are a fan regardless of who produced it.

Lucas isn’t a god he doesn’t need defending, the OT isn’t the bible. The prequel isn’t holy scripture.

I hope the discs are fine and haven’t fallen to data layer failure/aka rot.

I have a Fox disc not this particular title, Space Above and Beyond that won’t even play because its rotted. It doesn’t show visually when you look at the disc, but the disc won’t be read by any player.

I hate Star Wars becoming the Saga of Darth Vader rather than the Adventures of Luke Skywalker, I hate Luke being supplanted and replaced by Vader becoming the lead character. We are supposed to root for a wife killer and child murderer is that it?

Lucas totally lost his sense on the prequel, virgin birth, chosen one prophecy, rules on attachment, midichlorians, Whills, how can people take any of that at face value.

He destroyed Star Wars there was nothing left for Disney to destroy.

What I found terrible was her excusing him killing Tusken children as animals, and then she couldn’t believe Obi-Wan about the younglings.

Lucas also bizarrely attacked Christopher Nolan for shooting on film. Doesn’t Steven Spielberg and JJ Abrams also shoot on film?

As for the Kennedy interview you wouldn’t be altering the films, the OT before the special edition existed for 20 years. With the exceptions with the A New Hope edition redone starfield, redone credits, different sound mixes and Empire having a different 70mm premier cut. But when people say original they mean before all the cgi shit was added, as Phil Tippet said.

There is two people who could have made that shot, Luke Skywalker, and Anakin Skywalker aka Darth Vader.

What about Private messages from people with no post history asking for a file or link its happened like 2 or 3 times, generally i try to be polite but its pissing me off. I just leave the chat. Resilio keys aren’t to be given out period.