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The colors on the 1997 prints are great. Just wish they hadn’t changed so much. The clean up work was welcome. Original non reissue prints of the original trilogy are really bad. My own experience is that Empire was the worst of the lot. I used to collect film. Like trailers and super 8 and stuff like that. I came across some Empire reels, awful. Almost no color left. Someone else bought them.

Great showrunner for the animated shows. His successes are writ large, only failure was Resistance. Which was getting interesting when it was cancelled.

Not sold on him being a film or live action director, and i think people wanting him to have Kathy Kennedy’s job is insane.

Emre16O1 said:

Superweapon VII said:

Midi-chlorian microverse trilogy. How the fuck anyone could think that’d ever have been good, I fail to understand.

Yes, it seems so strange. As well as him going to make Leia be “The Chosen One”, and it no longer be Anakin. I guess that would be quite divisive for Prequel fans, and fans on Anakin.

I do have a weird curiosity to learn more of how George thought he was going to pull those ideas off, although I am glad we will never see them.

I would have been interested in his ark for Luke only. But it is clear to me he wanted to make a sequel to the Star Wars prequels which Disney didn’t want to do. The biggest issues i have with what we know, Darth Maul as the new Sidious i don’t like it and i don’t find him a sufficient threat for Luke or the New Republic. I don’t like having Talon in the wrong timeline or her inclusion at all. Maul should have died in Phantom Menace. While i like what Clone Wars and Rebels did with him, its almost a different character. George also wanted Boba to survive the Sarlacc and ultimately Disney resurrected him. I’m against this as well except for in the Expanded Universe. Characters who die should stay dead.

I think Joe Johnston is an underrated director.

Wish he had directed more movies.

The Making of Star Trek II the Wrath of Khan. When i unboxed it and unwrapped it i noticed how thin the book was and was disappointed. I was hoping for a JW Rinzler size making of book, oh well.

I haven’t finished it yet apparently they did new research using Meyer’s papers and had access to deleted scenes the original making of book didn’t. They make remarks on them.

Added The Flash Icon Edition Blu-Ray/4K/digital code combo.

Worst packaging ever. They way it holds the discs in a sleeve on each side leads to scratches. I carefully took the discs out, and i’m not storing them in that case.

BedeHistory731 said:

I definitely prefer the look of the 1997 35mm prints, as we’ve seen with 4K97_V. The more consistent color timing (which was still respectful to the source material) was an improvement. It sucks that ESB came out in one of the worst years for film stock, when Eastmancolor was your only mainstream option with minimal alternatives (Fujicolor and Agfacolor, IIRC).

I agree on all these points. Pre LPP Eastman prints are terrible. At least with Star Wars you got a LPP reissue and there were IP tech prints made in 77. Maybe there is a reissue print of Empire that just hasn’t surfaced in LPP. But since Technicolor was dead there was no Empire Strikes Back print.

And you would think fading isn’t possible after LPP was introduced but my 70mm film cels for ROTJ say the opposite. At least Team Blu had a show print. As for Empire the 16mm dupe retained its color.

The only stable color 35mm print to show in a theater is the 1997 print.

Picard season 3 was like a fanfiction of someone who liked the TOS movies and wanted to retcon things he didn’t like about the TNG movies. Some of the nostalgia makes no sense. The Enterprise E should have been in it.

They retcon perceived wrongs from the TNG movies but keep bad things from Picard season 1 and 2 intact. When they should have retconned those. The worst thing about Picard is not fixed. Everyone knows it but because there might be someone who hasn’t seen these i won’t spoil it.

Its basically the Nemesis sequel movie extended to a mini series. It might have been better as a slightly longer than 2 hour movie.

Luke does the same thing Ben did in Star Wars in The Last Jedi to allow the rebels to Escape. The astral projection/fake ligtsaber duel was so Leia and the alliance wouldn’t die. Which is undone in the next film when she dies anyway. I understand it because of the absence of Carrie Fisher, but Leia lying down and willing herself to die like Yoda was horrible. I mean she dies so Ben Solo will be saved and he dies anyway. He doesn’t become a force ghost. The only Skywalker left is adopted.

I agree on Bespin being the best Duel though. ROTJ i like the personal sense of the duel and the chorus, but somehow Vader forgot how to fight. I also hated how the story of Vader tempting Luke to join him from Empire was just dropped.

And Vader instead of having agency is just a puppet for Palpatine again. Like a lapdog. He blocks Luke’s swing, he should just have let him kill the Emperor and join him on the dark side.

It was longer than that though. He also spent the years developing Star Wars underworld, working on Clone Wars. He started writing Phantom Menace in Nov 1st 1994, and sold to Disney in Oct 30th 2012.

Not to mention he made a 4th Indiana Jones film, and also Red Tails and Strange Magic.

From what we’ve been told Lucas was working on the Star Wars sequel treatments before he sold Lucasfilm. He hired writers to develop them into full screenplays. Obvious that never happened due to some decision made by Kathy Kennedy or Iger.

I really don’t blame him for selling though 3 decades doing Star Wars without a break would be a bit much if the sequels took ten years.

Remember he also had plans to make a 5th Indiana Jones and to do a Willow sequel, and a bunch of personal experimental films and never did them. Probably due to him being one person and time and not for lack of interest.

He works so slow look how long it took to get the prequel trilogy and Crystal Skull made. We were lucky with the output he gave us because he set himself an unachievable impossible goal.

I don’t like Worley’s videos. He doesn’t want the original to be available. His prequel video about how they reference other films visually is even more insipid. I thought he would make some good points to disprove Red Letter media but he didn’t. Even the troll titles tell you to not watch them.

As much as i very much enjoy collecting them myself i like VHS and Laserdisc preservations i can watch on my modern tv or laptop even more.

Anyone else excited for Snow White in 4k? After the Cinderella release i am looking forward to it. Its coming in October, and is reportedly a brand new scan off the original negative.

Added Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny Digital + making of bonus.

Added Star Trek Picard seasons 1-3 blu-ray set standard edition. I only wanted 3 but the regular set and steelbook are sold out and on backorder. I wanted release day delivery.

Added Korean Temple of Doom Laserdisc. This is ultra rare and was very expensive. But i had to have it since i recently purchased the Hong Kong Laserdiscs for Temple and Last Crusade. It is Pan and Scan CLV but mint not even smidge of visible rot no damage to the cover, burned in subs i think. It will take like a month to get here i hope it doesn’t arrive broken or gets lost in the mail.

Filoni did say it was a continuation.

The trailers are donation only as well as the feature or just the feature?

I sat down and watched the home video release on Digital of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. With the making of. The opening is exciting but it is the only part of the movie like the first 3. Except for one scene i changed my mind on the cgi it is mostly well done. I haven’t changed my mind about it being too digital or modern.

I have also changed my mind a bit on the score it is effective if not as rousing as the original trilogy.

The negatives isn’t that it is too long, it is that it is so boring. The maguffin is weak. All the complaints of Phoebe Waller Bridge aren’t warranted either, she is like the only thing in the movie with some spunk and life. The movie being boycotted over culture wars before a single frame was shot is insane.

I think all involved did a good job with all the difficulties of the production. Yes even Kathy Kennedy, she deserves some credit. Mangold had a difficult task on this movie. I salute the effort even if it is flawed.

I wish someone with the laserdisc would capture the making of. We would have it in the best quality even if there are Japanese subs. The tv recording i have only seen clips of is awful.

Star Wars. ITV broadcast. Surprising good quality recording for its age. It has the Blast it Wedge where are you line from the mono mix.

I was surprised how obvious the garbage mattes are and this is from a recording in nov of 1982. So it doesn’t have to be HD for them to stick out like a sore thumb.

They also are releasing Prey on 4k. From 20th Century Studios. I never thought Disney would put out so much all at once.

American Graffiti is coming to 4K in November. I’m waiting for them to announce the date for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. I’m still waiting for the blu-ray release of Young Indiana Jones. I’ll buy Mando just for completionist sake, because i hope it means other things will be made available. I want Tales of the Jedi, Visions, and Clone Wars season 7. Obi-Wan Kenobi, and eventually after its run Ahsoka. Andor would be a nice one to release as well.

I want Willow 4K, and the tv series as well in Blu-Ray.

Mando should have been released before this point, they should wait a year and release a show like Paramount does for Star Trek.

To me the biggest oversight of all is the lack of an announcement about a restoration of the theatrical Star Wars trilogy, the pirates make money for years and no official DVD, 4K, or Blu. Really stupid. They could even made it plus exclusive and then release it on physical months later.

Added the Black Swan which is an out of print FOX Blu-ray with Tyrone Power. I bought the Canadian pressing which worked in a region A player because even if i thought 46 bucks was a lot for it used, the US pressing is going for a hundred and fifty dollars.

Added Bubblegum Crash OVA episode 1. Illegal Army. Japanese laserdisc. Very good cover, mint disc no OBI or insert. CLV and digital sound. I got it for 11 bucks. I wanted to see if the picture was any better than the AnimEigo release. Since only Bubblegum Crisis was remastered in HD, and the US DVD and Laserdisc of Crash has always left a lot to be desired.

There is also a Turkish VCD of Phantom Menace. I’m not sure but i think it is dubbed. no English.

That is also an official release.

There is also 2 different VCD bootlegs. The common version which i used to have and the Z release.

Clones is the film that had a SVCD and it wasn’t official.

I will say something nice about the prequels for once. I liked Maul’s reveal when the doors open and the music starts up for Duel of the Fates. In Phantom Menace.

I always liked Qui-Gon but the character fits nowhere in the Star Wars Lucas set up in the original trilogy.

Lucasfilm Animation Singapore. R.I.P.