John Doom

"Renzi Ballespaziali Show" (Renzi Spaceballs Show): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdzEgevM6iM

Maurizio Crozza (Italian comedian) makes a Renzi (Italian prime minister) impression with a Renzi-Palpatine crossover, shouting "Potere!" (Power!) and using the Force to scare his Italian opposition (did I mention it's in Italian?). In the end, he gets beaten by his mother for his political decisions, like that boy during the Baltimore's riots :D

I need some time to catch on...

Of course they have, Mr. Obvious. I'm just saying that that movie seems out of place compared to their later works.

I can't believe this is from the same people who worked on Toy Story and other familiy movies :D

Looks so clean after your processing. What did you use to achieve such an outstanding result? One of your magic filters? :D

Probably nothing new but I noted a very similar color grading between the THX-PAL and a promotional still I found.

THX-PAL: http://s25.postimg.org/yhft4cqq7/goutvsldpal3.png

Still: http://www.moviestillsdb.com/movies/star-wars-i76759/6fbb6191

I'm not saying either of them is color accurate, but I wonder if teal indeed was to be so prominent in that shot in the theatrical version. Maybe the THX-PAL is indeed closer to the original.

SilverWook said:

The link is still there. It's the image that's been removed...

John Doom said:

:) Keeping the link? Good, that's the Jedi way: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z896Fj6oeM&t=68

 Fixed!

:\ Removing the link? Then you're not a true Jedi: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z896Fj6oeM&t=68

I'm ok with him surviving. The real issue is the way he "died"...

Isn't it funny? Through the SE, the Guy has made him appear everywhere in the OT, has made him a cool smooth talker hitman, yet he still dies like an ordinary bad guy in a cartoon :D

I see. Well, it does make more sense now :D (but where did most of the elders go, then? Whatever. :\)

Since I am here :D

Nominating him makes us "non-SE-believers" intolerant and boring to the other fans, the "Man" would make him sound too important. So I decided to use the "Guy".

Why not? Just joking, anyway :D

I thought Boss Nass was the ONLY gungan "Fat Guy" because he's their leader. It doesn't make sense, but then again, the name Jar-Jar does?

Nicely done! It looks like a replica.

Let me give you one suggestion to improve it: you may want to improve the normal map to have grain and bumps, so it looks rough and dirty, less polished.

yoda-sama said:

John Doom said:

I said "upgrading", not "restoring" :D

They're probably going to upscale them to 4k, that is.

Strange, I must have read this wrong:

"their focus should be on a 4k restoration of all six movies (I guess OT SE and PT)".

 My fault: I said it in a slightly earlier post: http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/4K-restoration-on-Star-Wars/post/768823/#TopicPost768823

John Doom said:

What can we expect from Luca$$$film? Apparently the Guy is out of the picture, so probably no more "artistic decisions" (if that is what was keeping them from re-releasing the OOT), but why would they make a restoration, anyway? By now, their focus should be on restoring the OT and "upgrading" the PT to 4K, so I doubt they're going to make a proper OOT restoration.

yoda-sama said:

Frink, I do believe you missed him also saying Luca$$$film.

Also, Mr. Doom, where are you getting this "restore PT in 4K" stuff?  In his foolish eagerness to completely distance himself from all things that worked well from the OT, Lucas jumped too early onto recording completely in digital for Episodes II and III, forever trapping them at a maximum resolution of 1080p.  The PT will never be a 4K showcase, due to extreme shortsightedness, and Disney is not about to lead with that foot.  If Star Wars ever commercially goes 4K, it would pretty much have to be just some form of original trilogy release (be it redone-from-scratch SE, or OOT), not the complete Vader saga.

I said "upgrading", not "restoring" :D

They're probably going to upscale them to 4k, that is.

TV's Frink said:

John Doom said:

Anyway, back on topic:

 Please go read the rest of this thread before you throw around statements like that.

Right, what was I thinking! Am I Jar-Jar stupid!? :S

Back on topic: I'm still waiting for Di$ney to unofficially sell "Lucas SE '77" pan 'n' scanned on blu-ray for the new 4k CRT standard!

unamochilla2 said:

Max Von Sydow Reportedly Confirmed as Boba Fett in Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Max Von Sydow and Tamuera Morrison definitely don't resemble each other: either they're wrong, or the new Star Wars movie contradicts the PT (and I highly doubt it's the case).

adywan said:

Looks like we had a lucky escape when they decided to throw out George's ideas for the new saga.

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/05/star-wars-vanity-fair-the-force-awakens/392669/?fb_ref=Default

Abrams keeps talking about wanting to evoke the feel of the originals rather than the prequels—in the Vanity Fair story, he says he considered putting Jar Jar Binks's bones in the background of a Force Awakens scene.

I understand people disliking Jar-Jar, but wouldn't it be too much? :D

DuracellEnergizer said:

Yeah. Rewinding was such a pain in the ass.

Really? Did you have to manually spin the tape? :D

My VCR was like:

*rewinding* vrrrrrrVRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR... BOOM, ka-tru, ke-ketchu.

*eject* SKRA-PUM-RRRRrrr... KA-BOOM.

You know what? I think my VCR is the one cursed, not the Ring.

That site you posted is really interesting!

How comes The Phantom Menace looks more entertaining in stills than on screen? :D

Maul before becoming Darth Darth: http://www.moviestillsdb.com/movies/star-wars-episode-i-the-phantom-menace-i120915/2dbcbd4e

Who is she? A random bodyguard? http://www.moviestillsdb.com/movies/star-wars-episode-i-the-phantom-menace-i120915/775e8264

"Ani, help me... take this mask off..." http://www.moviestillsdb.com/movies/star-wars-episode-i-the-phantom-menace-i120915/dc700cdf

I'm not mocking Lucas' name, it's just that greedy corporations are GR€€D¥ :D

Anyway, back on topic: do you think LucasFilm/Disney are going to do a proper restoration, even though by now their focus should be on a 4k restoration of all six movies (I guess OT SE and PT)? I know they already screened something they called "4k versions" of the OT, but they were just 2004 upscales of their masters, right? It can't be good enough for them, right...?

generalfrevious said:

TV's Frink said:

Leonardo said:

yes. stop watching shitty "scary" movies.

 I liked The Ring, so there.

 Japanese or American version?

*suddenly appearing* Never saw the American one (why watching a remake?), but the Japanese version was ok. Its sequel was way better, as far as I remember.

Even though no movie scares the s**t out of me, every summer movie is definitely s**t to me.

moviefreakedmind said:

John Doom said:

The fact is we know Di$ney are going to move only if it's enough profitable for them. Sure we know there are a lot of people out there who want the theatrical versions, but how much valuable they are? Is the percentage of the OOT's fans big enough to persuade Di$ney to make a proper restoration? I'm not sure, but I think they're not. If that's the case, I think they'd try to sell them in the cheapest format, in order to maximize the profits: basically the new GOUT.

Luca$film are still managing Star Wars, I doubt Disney suits are going to get too involved with any OOT release as long as it isn't too costly. Cheapest format doesn't necessarily mean something like the GOUT, which was designed to be an insult. I mean, the Producer's Cut of Halloween 6 got a pretty decent blu ray transfer, and you and I both know that there is WAY less demand for that than there is for the OOT.

 Wait a sec: are you saying it's Luca$$$film and not Di$ney? My hopes just went six feet under :D

What can we expect from Luca$$$film? Apparently the Guy is out of the picture, so probably no more "artistic decisions" (if that is what was keeping them from re-releasing the OOT), but why would they make a restoration, anyway? By now, their focus should be on restoring the OT and "upgrading" the PT to 4K, so I doubt they're going to make a proper OOT restoration.

generalfrevious said:

Therefore the real versions of the OT, the ones that were nade from 77-83, and were the official versions of the film until 1997, the products responsible for making George Lucas into a billionaire studio mogul, are condemned forever to obscurity, while the SE lives on. This shouldn't have happened.

(At least they are not lost like I feared)

 Which SE version, though? :D

John Doom said:

I understand those are temporary colors, but I wonder if the Death Star's walls are actually supposed to share the same teal-like color.

bkev said:

From what I know, yes, they are. If I remember right even harmy's excellent work had that tint to the death star. It's even got a more greenish tint in some shots. I think mvertaentioned it over in the legacy thread at some point

hairy_hen said:

It's definitely supposed to be there, just not so crazy green as it is in these clips.  More of a blue-with-some-green-in-it.

If so, why the duel's shots look much more green than the others? It seems to me that either the presence of light makes them more blue, or the duel's shots have a different color grading. Could it be?

The fact is we know Di$ney are going to move only if it's enough profitable for them. Sure we know there are a lot of people out there who want the theatrical versions, but how much valuable they are? Is the percentage of the OOT's fans big enough to persuade Di$ney to make a proper restoration? I'm not sure, but I think they're not. If that's the case, I think they'd try to sell them in the cheapest format, in order to maximize the profits: basically the new GOUT.

I understand those are temporary colors, but I wonder if the Death Star's walls are actually supposed to share the same teal-like color.

A Padme series? Sitting on a couch for 10 issues? :D I think it could only work if they decide who she really is: sad queen, sad senator, sad fighter or sad wife?

team_negative1 said:

There would be no money or profits in releasing the OT in 4k. It would take too long, and they don't have the budget to clear up the legal issues for it. Not to mention straightening out the political issues which are a bigger.

It's not going to happen. Not in any way that would satisfy the people here.

Team Negative

 I agree with you, but no need to be SO negative :D