JadedSkywalker

I got ROTJ PAL. Its the only one in the PAL zone to have a better transfer than the NTSC releases.

That Deliberate creative decision stuff was a hilarious excuse for the messed up audio on the 2004 DVD. But they then messed up the 2011 blu rays as well but didn’t claim it was a deliberate creative decision.

When you had frozen grain, fake added digital grain because they automated the DVNR and ROTJ had a worse and softer image on the Blu than on the HDTV broadcast. and even worse colors than before. I despise Lowry and everything they have “remastered”. They messed up James Bond and the Star Trek films they worked on as well.

The Reliance scans are just Lowry under a new name, but they are a mixed bag at best. Good detail in places, destroyed in others. Someone should take away the automated DVNR button. But i suppose the Maclunky edition is the best official release of the Special Edition we will ever get.

Thankfully i’ve seen 4K83 and 4K77 and i’m happy with them. 4K83 is so good you’d almost think it was an official release.

Got Star Wars Maclunky Edition 4K for 13 bucks, Empire 4K for 20 and Jedi 4K for 13. All with Blu-Ray and digital copy, a good deal. Walmart matched the Amazon price but they actually had them in stock.

I like almost everything about Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Except for the Aliens and the fridge scene. I felt like the ending was a great way to end the series and bring it back to Raiders with Indy and Marion getting married.

The cgi looks fake as hell in places though i wish they could fix it but it isn’t the end of the world.

I liked the father/son dynamic, it was far from perfect though. It was kind of half baked like they were trying to do the Last Crusade relationship Indy had with his father again.

John Williams score is fantastic. Ford is great. The hate this movie gets is insane.

Took advantage of the amazon sale on Star Wars 4K discs. Got Last Jedi for 12 bucks. And Rise of Skywalker for 19.

I haven’t seen Earwig and the Witch, the 3D really didn’t interest me. Goro Miyzaki did direct Up on Poppy Hill which i very much liked. But he also directed tales of Earthsea which i haven’t finished watching. He directed Ronja the robbers daughter which was cgi animation and a tv series which i also haven’t seen.

Star Trek log 2. Its the entire second season of Star Trek TOS in a massive Japanese boxed set. I couldn’t pass it up so many good episodes.

I was thinking of getting Jedi Knight II and Jedi Academy on PS4.

I wonder how they hold up.

Over the years there have been preservations of the tracks here and elsewhere. Some bit perfect and some not, but i don’t have them.

Wish they were on the 4K releases. The stereo mixes were left off.

And i also wonder how faithful the 7.1 audio is to the original 6 track mixes.

Its the reason i haven’t retired my laserdiscs and i dread when my player breaks.

Everything but VI is theatrical on laserdisc except for the tv extended star trek 1.

Treks 1-5 are very good digital LPCM.

I just watched Star Wars again and Return of the Jedi. Waiting for 4K80 to be able to enjoy Empire in good quality without all the horrible changes in the 2020 Special Edition, or the bad colors of the Eastman prints that seem to be every version available.

A New Hope goes back to The Art of Star Wars which was published in November of 1979. But no it was never the title or subtitle of the real shooting script. It was the Adventures of Luke Starkiller as taken from the Journal of the Whills. Saga I. Star Wars. Shortened to Star Wars and there was no Episode IV at all period until 1979. The film itself wasn’t recut to episode IV until 1981.

Generator by Foo Fighters.

I won’t see it til it is on blu ray or digital whichever is cheaper.

Paramount plus isn’t for me. I have the Blu ray steelbook for season 3 and i’m fine with waiting.

Did anyone save the film cel scans that website appears to be gone. I wanted to see reference on what the Empire Strikes Back 70mm scans looked like.

I’m reading both the books on the making of return of the jedi, the one from the 80s and the one by Rinzler. And i’m going to reread the novelization, and the comic book adaptation and listen to the radio drama.

Filmmaker is a brilliant documentary by Lucas.

I also saw George Lucas maker of film which is from 1971 and shows a man with a keen intellect.

I respect Kamiyama and Aramaki but i still haven’t seen season 3 and 4 of SAC. The change from 2D animation to 3D that looks like a PS2 cutscene was jarring. Its the same reason i’m having trouble getting into Blade Runner Black Lotus.

Added another copy of Return of the Jedi first issue pan and scan Japanese release with OBI, still in shrink but not sealed. OBI is very nice. Jacket is nice and clean. Original Dolby Hype sticker is still on it.

I watched Bond 25 No time to Die. The worst James Bond since Quantum of Solace. Not going to spoil the film but it was so disappointing. I wanted to like it but it felt very uneven and flat and paint by numbers. I’d give it two and a half stars.

Maybe i set myself up hoping it was going to be poignant and heartbreaking like OHMSS. It felt forced. Craig showed zero emotion or gravitas like he was going through the motions.

The Cinematography wasn’t spectacular, the action was listless and boring. The music was muted and almost not there.

Lashana was very good but she is barely in the movie. Honestly all the supporting characters feel like they weren’t well developed. Money Penny and Q and M, and Felix and etc etc.

Weak Villain and even weaker plot/maguffin.

The Star Wars remasters were made widely available digitally and on Disney plus. In a boxed set exclusive for Best Buy at a ripoff price of 250. And each individual 4K/Blu release combo. I think those are a good deal only if the digital copy hasn’t expired.

At least they are available to non 4K people. Indiana Jones remaster is a 4K exclusive, Blu-Ray is a repressing in the USA, i cannot speak for other territories.

I stand corrected on everything but the North American releases. Which i’m only waiting for someone to confirm if its not the 2019 FOX DVD. The A New Hope DVD says on the back cover 2019 DVD release Buena Vista.

Its under ten bucks but i have the 2011 blu ray already.

Jason confirmed that the 2020 edition is available on DVD in UK and other PAL territories.

I have amended my post and stand corrected.

Can anyone confirm whether the US stand alone DVDs are repressings or the new master?

Was George planning even more changes for the 3D releases? if so what does that make the Reliance 2013 scan of Maclunky an incomplete edition? Not that i am clamoring for a 5th version of the Special Edition. Its kind of gotten ridiculous by this point.

Loved the trailer for The Batman, and the Flash movie looks like a lot of fun.

Wish they’d bring back Mark Hamill as the voice as animated Joker in some capacity. But i understand if they choose to do something completely different with JJ Abrams new animated Batman series.

I’ve always wanted a full set of the Sphere paperbacks. They appeal to me because they aren’t available in the US. Of course to get all of them i’d have to also get the Futura Return of the Jedi because a Sphere books edition doesn’t exist. I do know they published Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back, Splinter of the Mind’s Eye and all 3 Han Solo novels.

I’m reading the Alan Dean Foster Novel of the first movie, Star Wars. My reading copy is Classic Star Wars a new hope, despite the added subtitle there haven’t been any textual changes. The abridged audiobook on the other hand was edited to bring it in line with the film and the then in development prequels, from Time Warner audiobooks and its disappointing. I don’t recommend the audio version read by Tony Roberts and abridged by John Whitman.

Added Blade Runner 30th Anniversary Blu Ray set. Region A US release.

Added Urusei Yatsura Beautiful Dreamer Discotek Blu Ray US release.