They did in between Empire and Return of the Jedi with Disney Marvel Star Wars comics, and they are doing post Return of the Jedi with Luke in the Jakku war trilogy which starts in Oct. No, they aren’t live action, but they are allegedly canon to Disney’s Star Wars continuity.
Doesn’t Ben come back to life in Revenge of the Jedi proving what he said in Star Wars, shall strike me down I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine. He returns from the netherworld of the force and joins forces with Luke and Vader to defeat the Emperor. I vaguely remember something about Vader casting himself and Palpatine into a lake of fire sacrificing himself.
The 1982 Eastman Print looks rough. I wonder if any LPP prints exist for this film.
There is also a Star Trek VI 16mm up for sale in Germany it has good color but the pictures don’t tell anything about whether its scope or flat, a dupe or an actual original print. Also, around hundreds of EUROS already.
Not worried about James Cameron movies. They are so popular; the 35mm fan scans are numerous for them.
I’m never going to get a good copy of American Graffiti or THX 1138 that bothers me far more.
A couple of projects have come and gone like a puff of smoke. They aren’t Star Wars, their lack of popularity means they are never getting scanned.
Lucasfilm is too quick to cancel things. I thought the Acolyte was interesting in concept but poorly executed.
Would I have watched a second season probably not, but why cancel it for the fans that did enjoy it.
I feel like Favreau and Filoni projects will get made and they might cancel everything else, except for what has already been made.
Remains to be seen if the Rey movie and Dawn of the Jedi are going to still happen.
2006 Pal UK Bonus Disc for The Empire Strikes Back, the transfer is horrible. Just watched the beginning so far I hope it improves. The freakin roll up looked like a bootleg the quality was so bad.
What do I know, I thought Rogue One was a bad idea and it lead to Andor. And it made money, despite the fact the roll up to Star Wars is the only background info you need for Star Wars. You never needed to see the plans be stolen, its completely unnecessary Star Wars prequel style exposition, backstory that was never intended to be a movie.
If I was an exec, I would have pulled the plug on Solo and Rogue One and solely focused on the sequel trilogy, and I would have given Mark Hamill an extensive role not a cameo.
Hard disagree on Solo miscast leads and a leaden script no matter who the director was it was in trouble, especially considering the actor is not Harrison and they killed him like he was nothing in Force Awakens, way too late to make a prequel for a dead Han. Might as well have tried to sell dead Han toys.
As to moving the timeline from 3 to 2 years between films I do somewhat agree, but I also agree throwing out Lucas outline and then having no plan was a problem as well.
Didn’t Leia meet a Mando named Fenn Shysa in Marvel?
Haruhi Suzumiya complete series Essentials collection. It was only 22 dollars an absolute steal. Watched the first two episodes so far, and man I can’t believe this show came out in 2006. The nostalgia.
tbh what i want is a 4k remaster of THX 1138 in the criterion collection
Which cut? if its anything like the situation with American Graffiti Lucas is going to remove all the grain that was there in the techniscope negative because he hates film now. Also the director’s cut may have been done at 1080P or 2k, no one seems to know.
Disney clearly isn’t the problem when Alien Romulus and Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes prove they can successfully and even respectfully handle franchises once held by FOX.
They were handed a golden opportunity and a great IP on a silver platter for 4 billion with Star Wars. It’s all LucasFilm, the direction of Star Wars is run by Lucasfilm.
If Star Wars is good credit Kathleen Kennedy, if it is bad criticize.
I still want my damn lightsaber back from Atris.
I’m fine with comics and animation if they can keep the quality up. They need to refine live action and only make good shows or movies, not just content to fill a slot in either their theatrical slate or streaming. Too much of something too fast, is too much. They are lucky if half of it is middle tier quality. Never mind they have canceled half of what was planned. The brand was already watered down by the prequels, Disney has pumped the Star Wars well pretty much dry. And have no plans to slow down anytime soon.
Those people feel exactly the same way about the other side. What you mean by “alt right” is unclear, since the term get’s thrown around a lot, but I think it’s important to recognize that people on all sides feel the same way. There’s been a significant shift to the left in mainstream media in the last decade or two, and people who aren’t on board with it often react by going in the other direction.
I don’t know what JadedSkywalker said before that this message is replying to as he deleted it, but I agree a lot with this reply. Political polarization is very big in the United States, and many times the far-left radicalizes people to the far-right, and vice-versa.
I myself was rather infamously far-left back in 2020/2021, harbouring extremely negative views on gender roles, Britain, sex, ect., but have since stabilized to around centre-right and hold far more nuanced and even positive views on said topics. I genuinely can’t look at those 2020-1 posts because of how cringe-worthy they are now for 2024 me.
Nuance is dead in politics, and yet is the magic word for political ideological harmony.
I could go on about where I think this all comes from, but the site rules do not allow political debate, so I will end this little mini-essay here.
I just got really angry with rage bait fandom menace grifters, i almost went off on them again today. But I had to calm down. The entire space of youtube is infected with their garbage, even if Disney Star Wars sucks, I’m sick of getting recommended their videos that are only meant to constantly keep people keyed up and angry, so they earn money. They provide nothing of value it’s like cable news or something. Freakin algorithm, if they made videos about stuff they liked or were positive about they wouldn’t get nearly as many clicks.
It’s a negative cycle that began with the prequels maybe I should quit Star Wars fandom altogether. I find that highly unlikely though, as little space it takes up in my life now vs when I was in my 20s.
For good mental health and harmony, I should quit Star Wars, but I don’t think I can.
Suzume I started watching it but haven’t finished it.
really beautiful and stunning animation.
I also want to watch Summer Wars, and Wolf Children, Girl who Leapt Through Time, and Boy and the Beast.
Was it by any chance a Stereo Space Odyssey by the London Philharmonic there is a thing that happens right before it goes into Also Sprach Zarathustra , a synthesizer
I’d be down for the 1997 cuts and Phantom Menace in their theatrical presentations. But only after the original trilogy was released. Which will never happen because Mr Lucas hates them. He wouldn’t have gone off on a tangent at Cannes if he had any intention on relenting.
Edit: it’s not crazy that Lucasfilm making new tv and films made the EU non canon, it’s crazy Lucasfilm pretended that was canon to begin with just to make money off of fans. If George made his sequels they would have been thrown out, and they basically destroyed the EU by overwriting it with Filoni Clone Wars anyway and not following the lore. George didn’t think he was beholden to it and according to Dave told him none of it was canon.
I’m trying to get back into Star Trek, and going from the excellent remaster of TOS and TNG to the other legacy series is jarring to say the least. Enterprise is ultra grainy Super35mm with upscaled effects, its barely passable because no attempt at remastering was done. And Voyager and Deep Space Nine are even worse. The Laserdiscs look the best, the DVD second best which I don’t have, and streaming which I do is the worst of the bunch. Sub DVD is putting it mildly, who in this age wants VHS quality video for a modern show.
Discovery looks great even though its just 2k presented on a Blu-Ray or streaming. Picard looks good and its not 4K either, only Strange New Worlds was rendered and shot in 4K. At least the new shows look fine, but they leave 3 shows in terrible quality.
Release the original theatrical Star Wars 1977 on the 50th anniversary, that is all I’m interested in now.
Other than sitting down and fully digesting Andor.
Maybe one of the movies in production might be decent for a couple hours of fun? it would be unfair to just say no without seeing a trailer at least, but I’m pretty checked out on Disney Star Wars. I have no attachment to the Disney timeline or canon or expanded universe.
The Old EU won’t be continued, I might be intrigued if they made new comics or novels in the old canon. Do I trust Disney, doubtful.
I want to give the High Republic books a chance but it’s pretty hard to ignore the Acolyte. Kind of like how the world of the sequel trilogy didn’t interest me enough to want to read a bunch of comics and books for a world I didn’t understand and characters I felt no attachment to. Luke Skywalker I did understand Pre-Disney, he was my window or Avatar into the Star Wars world.
It depends on the movie and the effort and expense they go through to get a good 4K UHD disc out there. A lot of time despite a major upgrade you still have to contend with revisionism in color timing, no original audio or DNR.
My problem with the format is the menus stink, lack of original audio, and bonus features are usually left off its just the movie.
It also depends on if the Atmos new mixes but I still want original audio.
The Gkids is the new scan from the negative with the grain management and better color definition, yes. and Its a larger encode. Its master was from the Japanese Miyazaki box. Shout Factory is indeed the publisher of that. Their discs are for the most part more affordable than Disney ever was if you don’t go for the steelbooks.
She even has a different accent at the start. Leia is an all-timer
Didn’t she have a British accent like Padme did in Episode 1 which was dropped,lol. Well a fake one anyway.
All men in the Skywalker family have been a bunch of whiners in the movies. starting with Luke, continuing with Anakin, and then Kylo/Ben and Luke again. You can’t just single out Hayden version of Anakin.
No, I don’t believe so the best release is the Blu-Ray disc. Other than say the amount of DNR on Totoro these haven’t been botched like Castle of Cagliostro was. Even the newer grain managed Nausicaa isn’t awful, and it does look better than the untouched original which does look more like a film print with the amount of grain present.
I wonder if they decide to do new 4K UHD discs now that Boy and the Heron is on 4K.
I think Kiki’s Delivery Service English audio track needs a redo at least, the one on the Gkids is awful. Somehow the original laserdisc, VHS and DVD weren’t messed up sound wise. And I’m not talking about changing the American dub songs or cutting most of Phil Hartman’s lines which I also hate.
I’m quite happy with the Blu-rays for the most part, but the only one they’ve redone with a fresh scan was Nausicaa. By this point all the others are ancient transfers. There are only some if I had the power I would see restored, Like My Neighbor Totoro and Kiki’s Delivery Service. Kiki probably doesn’t need it though, Totoro does it looks worse than the version that used to air on HDTV which had more film grain. Which I don’t have a capture of, wish I did.
Do any of the pre digital Ghibli still exist on film like in their original 35mm print, whether a Japanese print or foreign version? Like does Warriors of the Wind exist as a full 35mm feature and not just a VHS. We don’t even have a scan of the trailer in HD.
I have it, it was delayed so many times and I paid a hundred bucks for it. I wanted the Thrawn adaptation and Dark Empire in one hardback. It’s a no brainer. Can’t comment on the quality of the reprint yet my copy arrived in sealed condition and I put it on my bookshelf. I’m worried I will damage it, I might buy the digital version just so I won’t handle it.
It’s very heavy the delivery driver was like what’s in this box,lol.
