JadedSkywalker

Sidious looked like the Emperor in hologram. Of course he would be the same as Palpatine.

It was so obvious he was manipulating the trade federation and Naboo into a conflict, and he was behind the creation of the clone army and both sides of the war in the Clone Wars.

He fooled everybody including the entire senate and Jedi council. Even Yoda did not notice the duplicity of the supreme chancellor. He tricked Padme into putting him into the office in the first place. He tricked Jar Jar into giving him the powers of a dictator.

The story only works in the prequels because good is dumb.

As for predictions go. I kind of figured Rey would be a Skywalker, just not adopted. I also figured Finn was force sensitive since early in force awakens. I never guessed Rey was a Palpatine since they just made it up near the end of filming the movie, how could i have seen it the writers did not plan it.

added more dirt cheap discounted laserdiscs.

Die Hard II with OBI first issue Letterbox Japanese release.
Breakfast at Tiffany’s Evergreen no OBI Japanese release.
Superman II first issue and with OBI Japanese release.
Star Wars 1997 Special Edition in pocket sleeve with Drew Struzan cover art and OBI.
Empire Strikes Back 1997 Special Edition in pocket sleeve with OBI, The Japanese CLV pressing.
Dirty Pair the Movie: Project Eden. Digital audio reissue with OBI sealed.

I’m almost afraid to ask but how much DVNR was used if at all in the 4K releases, i passed on the blu rays because of the digital video noise reduction.

For 29 bucks i was able to get a sealed copy of Empire Strikes back from 1984 with the Original Triangle OBI. It is hard to stop collecting Laserdiscs when they can be had for cheap as singles, just not box sets.

Does anybody know what format of tape the Holiday Special was shot on?

Added Star Trek Picard season 1.

Added the Empire Strikes Back Japanese Pan and Scan Laserdisc from 1984 with original triangle OBI.

I would say the end is quite bittersweet. Anakin was redeemed but Luke lost his father, Leia the woman who Luke had deep feelings for ended up being his sister. And he all alone is supposed to revive the Jedi Order, despite losing both of his teachers Obi Wan and Yoda. And having no idea what he is supposed to do other than to train Leia as instructed by Yoda. Pass on What you have learned.

Since we know Luke fell to hubris just like Obi Wan and continued the cycle. I don’t see a happy teddy bear picnic ending to the Saga. I’ve seen the Disney trilogy. I know what happens next.

I just bought the entire trilogy from 1986 on Japanese laserdisc. Those were the only ones i did not have. With the exception of not owning the second Definitive box, or any of the special edition releases Boxed set or singles. I just need to get Making of Star Wars to complete my red label set which includes Star Wars 1983 and empire strikes back 1984. I would like to have copies with the OBI strip of Star Wars 1983 and Empire Strikes Back 1984 but my copies are so perfect and without any rot, perfect dustjacket without any foxing or mold i am very happy with them as is.

I now have 3 copies of Return of the Jedi just to have a non rotted copy with perfect unblemished dustjacket and OBI.

The 1986 trilogy pan and scan all have blue labels. It is strange that there never was a red label return of the jedi to match the first 2 films from 1983 or 1984.

Crossing my fingers that when Empire and Star Wars arrive in the mail they have no laser rot.

Edit: I don’t recommend the 1986 pressing of Return of the Jedi from Japan. After buying 3 copies 2 out of 3 are rotters. catalog number SF098-1100 avoid at all costs.

So what did you think of Batman Beyond Return of the Joker, if you hated the show.

I think Last Crusade is the worst Indiana Jones film. Henry Jones Sr is portrayed as a buffoon in between being this great professor and a man of intellect. The film is so mixed up in if it wants to be a parody of Indiana Jones, the shock and suspense scenes are laughable there is no tension. Unlike Temple of Doom there is no real peril or feeling that something bad could happen to Indiana. Rather than elevating the material everything was made juvenile. Honestly i doubt i will ever watch the movie again.

Sifo-Dyas is pretty dumb, even when it was originally going to be Sidious in disguise.

I hate that the New EU is stuck on exploring the OT era and not the post ROTJ era.

I want to see what Luke did between ROTJ and Last Jedi. Other than in the Rise of Kylo Ren they don’t seem that interested in telling us these stories.

There was a Digibeta for Star Wars 1997 Special Edition released years ago but not officially.

It was horribly compressed with digital artifacts and DNR. There also were dropouts that had to be patched with what i assume is the TB version.

Now that there is a 35mm scan a Digibeta source is a waste of time. At the time some considered the Digibeta better than the Laserdisc.

There also was allegedly a digibeta of Empire 1997 but i don’t think it was released.

I liked the first Dark Empire. The second one was okay. Empire’s end was garbage.

I loved the Original Marvel Star Wars, and Marvel Indiana Jones. I recommend them highly. Well except those issues about the bugs at the very end before cancellation for Star Wars.

I like the issue called the Last Jedi it has nothing to do with the Disney movie of the same name, i also like Crimson Forever. The Empire Strikes Back adaptation and Return of the Jedi adaptations.

The issues with Lumiya and Luke with two lightsabers. And the Eight for aduba-3 comic which is issue 8 of Marvel Star Wars.

The 4K had wider color gamut and increased dynamic range. But the drawback was of course the DVNR. They had to do a qtec restoration just couldn’t leave well enough alone. The same thing was done to Ghost in the Shell.

In some scenes there is clearly more detail in others the DVNR has smeared the detail away.

I’ve been seeing this a lot lately in 4K releases. The desire to degrain films. Reminds me of the bad early days of Blu-Ray.

Strange New Worlds was what i was interested in seeing. It could be years before it airs due to covid.
It also halted any further development of a 4th Star Trek reboot film.

They rejected the Hawley script about a virus that threatens the entire Federation, and featured a whole new crew and cast. And also the Tarantino film that was a spinoff of a piece of the action from TOS.
Hemsworth seemed to think the story about George Kirk wasn’t worth doing either. But that was the one that was going to be made until contract negotiations broke down with Chris Pine over salary.

The extended Last Jedi and Rise of Skywalker novelizations. Lord of the Rings. A princess of Mars, the gods of mars and a warlord of mars. i’m also reading the entire Venus and Pellucidar series.

Regarding the lack of deleted scenes available for Steven Spielberg films, well he doesn’t do those or audio commentary for that matter either.

Added, The Empire Strikes Back 1986 Japanese Laserdisc, factory sealed with OBI.

Added Star Wars 1986 with OBI not sealed Japanese Laserdisc. Still has factory sticker and plastic sleeve.

Added Return of the Jedi 1986 Japanese Laserdisc with OBI and original factory sticker and plastic sleeve.

Added Urusei Yatsura Only You Japanese Laserdisc.

Added Project A-Ko perfect collection Japanese Laserdisc.

Added Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Japanese Laserdisc. 20th Century Fox Japan with OBI.

Added Sleeping Beauty 1989 Japanese Laserdisc Pan and scan with digital audio no OBI.

Added first issue Pan and scan US release Laserdisc James Bond Never Say Never Again.

Yeah it was changed to bring it in line with the sequel which was in production. More American Graffiti came out in 1979 the same year the first film was released on home video on Laservision laserdisc.

He also was Christopher Reeve’s trainer for Superman. R.I.P. Dave.

For American Graffiti. The clouds and sunset were added they were not originally there. The original shot was different. Its a minor change honestly, especially considered what he did to Star Wars and THX 1138.

I think the only copies of the first directors cut of THX i have is the DVD from Rikter and the original VHS. I also have the so called directors DVD with all those cgi cartoon effects.

Every single release since the Signature collection Laserdisc is altered. Every single one has that cgi sunset. Including the DVD and Blu ray. Yeah sure if you track down an earlier laserdisc you can get the first directors cut from the late 70s for American Graffiti with the Dolby mix, but not the mono mix and not the theatrical cut. Even the Laservision disc from 1979 doesn’t have the original mix.

The picture quality of the Laserdisc rip that is out there is really rough. It is the first directors cut from the late 70s since the original studio hacked up cut has never been on home video.

I wish American Graffiti and THX 1138 would be shown some love. The available releases leave a lot to be desired. There is no reason they cannot be perfectly restored from their techniscope negatives. And include the initial releases and first directors cuts. Include the mono mixes.

There used to be that advertisement where they showed the video before and after they applied the DVNR to the full screen video, where the before image looked better.

The 1995 full screen video was also released on Laserdisc in Hong Kong, and Video CD. I’m almost sure both could have been bootlegs.