JadedSkywalker

The film was first retitled A New Hope in the Art of Star Wars first edition. Edited by Carol Titelman.

That was in 1979 i think.

So 1981 was when they actually bothered to do it, to physically alter the opening roll up and starfield and add a new second title to the film. They even spliced the new opening into existing prints.

I’m sure ILM has talked about redoing the opening somewhere.

So Lucas wanted to do his own version of the EU. Sounds like with some edits like Luke neither being married or having any children. No wonder Disney threw those treatments in the trash. None of these are new or original stories or ideas he was just cribbing EU characters and plots. Maybe even worse than Disney in a way, more lazy at least for the most part Disney didn’t use the EU as a template.

Darth Maul being the main villain is a joke.

This isn’t what we waited 35 years to see. We waited for the continuation of the OT characters and their story where it left off, as original stories. Not some weird amalgamation of Filoni Clone Wars and EU.

I think silly names is something that carried over from comic books and movie serials.

Star Wars is not serious drama. Its a live action comic book serial.

Even Starkiller came out of Killer Kane from Buck Rogers. I know Lucas changed it to Skywalker so it didn’t sound like the hero was a mass murderer.

I mean the Emperor was named Sidious in the Prequels. Short for Insidious. Stealthily treacherous and deceitful. His master was plagueis aka plague us. Hego Damask.

I agree with Lucas on not killing Luke and Han in Return of the Jedi. At the same time i can understand Harrison saying Han had no story purpose in the film. The film is a Luke Skywalker film and Han and Leia are supporting players. Well Harrison finally got a bigger role than Mark on Force Awakens, and they finally gave him his wish.

I saw the 1980s reissues in the Cinema. Its a shame no pre re-animated “restored” version of Snow White exists on home video. Not even as a bootleg as far as i’m aware. The reissue i saw was in 83 and 87.

I can’t forgot i forget prequelisms i really hated those. They even infected the sequel trilogy.

Paul McCartney, and Freddie Mercury.

I added From Russia with Love first issue Japan Laserdisc with OBI, and Thunderball Evergreen with OBI. I also added Species Laserdisc from the US. I also recently purchased Temple of Doom pan and scan US release, and the first issue Raiders of the Lost Ark US release.

Added Star Trek III the Search for Spock Evergreen Japanese Laserdisc with OBI.

Added Temple of Doom 1994 Letterbox Japanese Laserdisc no OBI.

The problems i have with Last Crusade is turning Sallah into some sort of caricature of the character we saw in Raiders. Also Marcus Brody becoming an imbecile for comic relief, even if it is funny it doesn’t fit the character established in Raiders. Also i feel like its a bit of a rehash of Raiders. The same way Return of the Jedi was a rehash of Star Wars.

Probably the Mortis Monolith in Crucible.

The whole arc with the lost tribe of the Sith and Abeloth.

The Hutt Death Star and Darksaber, Planet of Twilight, Crystal Star.

Luke acting like Jake Skywalker in the Black Fleet Crisis books.

Hell if i know. They’ve sat on a restored 4K version of Wrath of Khan for years and its never been released on 4K UHD disc. So for the rest of the films remastered for 4k, HD streaming or blu ray, i have no idea.

Paramount just looks like they don’t want to spend the money.

I’m interested in the story Lucas had in mind for Luke, if he even had come up with a story arc beyond new female student shows up and Luke is reluctant to train her. I’m not interested in the Midichlorian world and i’m glad Disney said no to that.

I’m fine with the story we got for the sequel trilogy. But they should have filled in the story of what happened between Return of the Jedi and Last Jedi. We never got to see Luke as a Jedi master or to rebuild the order, we never got to see the New Republic and how Democracy was restored.
They never said where the first order came from or what happens to the remnants of the Empire.

Added the Golden Voyage of Sinbad Laserdisc from Japan.

I liked The Rock, Pearl Harbor and Armageddon but i’m not going to pretend they are great cinema.

Sometimes a movie is just something you watch for enjoyment and it is nothing more than that. Something to do for a couple of hours.

The only thing i liked about his Bayformers movies was the monologue at the end of the first film and the inclusion of Peter Cullen as the voice of Optimus Prime. Dumb movies and they can be enjoyed a lot more if you are not a Transformers or Generation 1 fan. The Last Knight cannot even be defended as a dumb flick to be enjoyed, though it is truly one of the worst films i have ever seen. And Marky Mark phoned that movie in.

As for Bayturtles those movies are truly abominable. Especially the second one.

How about Vader going Crazy on the Rebel troops in rogue one. Yeah the scene might be cool but it doesn’t fit the style at the beginning of Star Wars 77 at all.

It was very flashy like something the prequels or sequel movies would have done.

The other one i would mention is Greedo shooting first in the Special Edition, or Jabba and Boba Fett in Star Wars.

I liked him in Star Trek Continues and Mythbusters. I was sad to hear of his passing earlier this year.

I added the Japan CAV release of Cinderella on Laserdisc, and the US release of Snow White CAV. I’m not the biggest Disney person but for under 20 dollars i figured what the hell.

Wow i haven’t watched the films on VHS in a while. Not since buying the Fox rental tape just to review it/compare it to other releases. My go to versions in the 1990s were the pan and scan one last time set and the pre THX pan and scan set. I last watched Return of the Jedi as 4K83. Haven’t found a good HD version of Empire 1980. And i only watched some of 4K77 because i haven’t had the time to really sit down and enjoy it.
I also haven’t watched the Evergreen Japan Laserdisc of A New Hope yet and had planned on doing so.

I always thought so too about the LPCM since i don’t have an ac3 demodulator. But i watched the preservation with the Dolby EX track and it blows the 2 channel stereo mix away. It isn’t logical or scientific but i think it sounds better than the DTS cinema tracks and even the blu ray audio.

I watched the laserdisc rip by ZigZig since i couldn’t be bothered to get out and hook up all my old equipment though i did locate my laserdisc. The audio from the Laserdisc is quite robust and enjoyable. John Williams score is fantastic, and i really liked seeing non cgi Yoda again.

I thought it was interesting when i found that not only did THX 1138 have an IB tech Print, but so did American Graffiti and so did Star Wars.

I’ve seen 4K77. Would love to see similar restorations of the other 2 films.

It isn’t worth anything i was tricked into thinking it was.

It is much easier just to get a mint copy of the vinyl of the soundtrack and the story of star wars.

The 1995 CLV discs are nearly identical to the CAV 1993 laserdiscs. Same master. Same noise reduction, same audio.

The only difference i can see is the reduced price of the CLV discs and that you could purchase the 3 films separately without the huge oversized definitive box. The CLV discs are much less prone to laser rot especially if they are the US releases which were pressed in Japan.

Both releases had THX certification.

All i can say is it is on myspleen.

As far as i’m aware it is only on The Star Wars trilogy site. You would need an invite. That is how i got the film.