Oh yeah, forgot to to add something I wondered. Even though the soundtrack itself sounds pretty good, the volume was very low. I had to up my volume 18 dB from my normal TV watching level which added a lot of hiss.
stretch009 said:
team_negative1 said:
Thanks for the compliments from everyone. We are glad you are enjoying it.
We haven't tried, but it should be possible to merge the m2ts files together into one, and remake the bluray that way, so that there are no gaps. You could test it on a computer first before burning to see if it works.
Team Negative1
You can with Tsmuxer. Just open the correct .mpls file.
For an MKV 'MakeMKV' will merge them all into one MKV. MKVmerge/MKVtoolnix will do this too.
Thanks, I'll have to try some day.
I just watched the film as well. Even though it still is pretty reddish, this will be the only version I'll watch from now on (aside from curiousities like 16mm version). There was great detail in the picture, much more than I had thought, and the soundtrack sounded great, too. It kind of felt like I saw the film for the first time (but not exactly because I remember it by heart). Only annoying thing was that because this release was split into six (?) files there was a two second blackout every time the played file changed, not sure if it was just because of my SmartTV's way to play them or could I have done something to avoid it, probably not.
Anyways, huge thanks and I can't wait for other releases. You sure raised my hope for watching these films again like they should be.
No wonder I didn't find it when searching for empire. Thanks! I know what I'll be watching on weekend.
drngr said:
If you downloaded the original 4:2:2 version, that is why it won't play on your Smart TV.
I was afraid of that. Hopefully they release the corrected version in 4:2:0. Pretty please, Team -1.
Having downloaded the MKV it does not work in my SmartTV unfortunately. Is it using a codec or something which prevents playing it? Has anyone else had this problem, is there a work-around or something? I've been waiting a long time to watch this so any advice would be helpful.
I have never walked out of the theatre during a movie. Usually I'm picky about movies I want to see in the cinema so my money wouldn't go to waste. When watching Man of Steel last year I really wish I hadn't, that was probably the most off-putting film I've seen at a theatre.
From my own shelf I hate Barbarella the most. I don't know how they managed to make her not look hot. What was wrong with the poster art in Europe, I don't know.
I have to say the trailer is the first thing that hasn't felt very OT-ish, perhaps the way it was cut and the scenes they selected, but still. I thought the voiceover was a joke at first, chuckled for that one. That droid was ridicilous, something straight from the PT. Still optimistic though, it's just a teaser.
I thought it would be interesting to try to rank the Bond films just for fun. Here's my list:
This was pretty hard, though. Dr. No is my favorite, 2-6 are all great and fun, 7-10 all solid movies, 11-17 were from good/okay to pretty meh so not really sure how to rate them, but then again 18-23 were probably the easiest to rate (it's a tie between 19 and 20). GoldenEye could have been a little higher as a film but I'm more into classic Bonds, they get more views from me. Skyfall is good also but it suffers from multiple viewings, I'm not keen to pop it in if I feel the need to watch some fun 007 action.
I'm okay with it. It's better than any from the PT. Wondering what its translation will be.
moviefreakedmind said:
I think I might be the only one who really enjoys Man with the Golden Gun... Not even close to my favorite, but it's fun I think
I like it a lot, it probably is in my top5 or at least close to it.
Mine was the Millennium Falcon. It was the biggest toy I had and it had some great adventures.
Darth Malak, even though his name could be better. He's the most charismatic villain since Thrawn IMO. But I have to say other than KOTOR an JK games I really don't know much EU sith.
TheBoost said:
LexX said:
ATMachine said:
Any modern adaptation really has to get rid of the racism in those old works
Why if they're based on another time?
Is any of you actually Indian? I for one hate this sympathy racism where a bunch of white people get offended about racism and like someone here said Indians themselves laughed at the scenes in TOD and couldn't care less. There is also a difference between a race and a culture. I've seen so many American shows to know they use all the old stereotypes about every culture (Russia, Germany, Britain, The Neatherlands etc.) which would be considered very racist if the people there weren't white. I think it's a bit ridicilous that when the skin color changes, it suddenly becomes racist. I'm kind of a "make fun of us all or then about no one" type of guy.
So if a movie is "based in another time" racism is good? I don't even know where to go with that statement. Is it just a bunch of "sympathy racism" whiteys who object to say, a movie glorifying the genocide of Native Americans, because hey, the move is set in another time?
Making fun of a British character for being uptight and liking tea doesn't have a long history of oppression and murder. "Dark skinned backwards savages" being gunned down by heroic white colonists kinda does. I can't imagine how you don't see the difference.
Who said anything about racism being good?
Are you saying that a movie about Native American genocide should get rid of any racism? Really?
Again, who talked about oppression or murder here? I was talking about TOD like others here, like a weird Indian tribe eating monkey brains.
Please do not put words in my mouth, thanks.
DuracellEnergizer said:
I don't know why SW gets the "worst lightsaber duel EVA!" label when the duels in AOTC were so shoddily executed and underwhelming.
Because Yoda kicked some ass!!
Ugh.
ATMachine said:
Any modern adaptation really has to get rid of the racism in those old works
Why if they're based on another time?
Is any of you actually Indian? I for one hate this sympathy racism where a bunch of white people get offended about racism and like someone here said Indians themselves laughed at the scenes in TOD and couldn't care less. There is also a difference between a race and a culture. I've seen so many American shows to know they use all the old stereotypes about every culture (Russia, Germany, Britain, The Neatherlands etc.) which would be considered very racist if the people there weren't white. I think it's a bit ridicilous that when the skin color changes, it suddenly becomes racist. I'm kind of a "make fun of us all or then about no one" type of guy.
So how about those underrated sequels? Are there actually any underrated prequels? I can't think of any.
IMO Die Hard with a Vengeance is way too underrated, I think it's a fun and enjoyable action flick and not a carbon copy of the first one like Die Hard 2 which I like much less. Although the ending could be a lot better, it's pretty anticlimactic.
Speed 2 is a little bit underrated too. It's not a great film by any means and the first beats it hands down but it's an okay 90's action film. Better than Die Hard 4 or 5 for example. And Temuera Morrison has a nice supporting role there and Willem Dafoe is always good.
Probably...
Crusade was one of my favorites as a kid, never liked that much any of the others. They're okay as films but not very meaningful for me. But now Crusade feels a little too childish, at least compared to the first one, but I like the plot and the people better. Temple feels a little cringeworthy and I don't think I'll be watching it again, it's only gotten worse every time. Skull is just dumb, I've seen it maybe twice and not going to see it again.
I saw an episode of Australian pickers where they went to some old movie collector's theatre where he had at least three reels of Star Wars. Pickers were drooling on it but the guy said he should have "a million dollars" before considering selling it, haha. Are you aware of this guy, poita? He had some unique film equipment at his still working cinema. Just shows you that those are still out there.
TheBoost said:
imperialscum said:
LexX said:
imperialscum said:
LexX said:
Yeah, I've noticed it too. The sounds are more baby-like and cuter sounding, not so much like a robot (or droid in this case). I'd like to know any explanation for that. Probably kid-friendlyness, though.
Of course, because the beeping in ANH and ESB sounds extremely serious, dark and adult-like. Don't be ridiculous...
Yeah, that's the only other option...
In SW both R2 and 3PO sounded/behaved much more like actual robots/machines. 3PO was made a little more comic relief in TESB (not in a silly way like PT) and both even more in ROTJ (probably for kid-friendlyness like many changes in tone).
I thought it was common knowledge (in a SW forum at least) that R2's beeps were mixed from electronic sounds and Burtt doing baby voices -> ROTJ more baby, less electronical/robot-like.
Don't be ridicilous.
Generally I find the notion of ROTJ being "kid-friendly" ludicrous. There is very little kid-friendly stuff in it. Even Ewoks aren't really kid-friendly (aside from the looks maybe... but then again I find Wampa much cuter than Ewoks). Almost being roasted alive is quite the most disturbing potential death Luke and Han faced throughout the entire trilogy.
Nothing says kid friendly like pigmen being eaten, and our protagonist choking a hideous worm monster rapist thing to death with a chain.
Are you guys seriously suggesting that SW and TESB are more kid friendly than ROTJ?
You can take stuff out of context as much as you want. You could make even cartoons sound like R-rated movies by saying that villains want to kill naked heroes by dynamite for no reason.
I made covers for them, they're both in my cover thread on this forum if you're interested.
imperialscum said:
LexX said:
Yeah, I've noticed it too. The sounds are more baby-like and cuter sounding, not so much like a robot (or droid in this case). I'd like to know any explanation for that. Probably kid-friendlyness, though.
Of course, because the beeping in ANH and ESB sounds extremely serious, dark and adult-like. Don't be ridiculous...
Yeah, that's the only other option...
In SW both R2 and 3PO sounded/behaved much more like actual robots/machines. 3PO was made a little more comic relief in TESB (not in a silly way like PT) and both even more in ROTJ (probably for kid-friendlyness like many changes in tone).
I thought it was common knowledge (in a SW forum at least) that R2's beeps were mixed from electronic sounds and Burtt doing baby voices -> ROTJ more baby, less electronical/robot-like.
Don't be ridicilous.
Yeah, I've noticed it too. The sounds are more baby-like and cuter sounding, not so much like a robot (or droid in this case). I'd like to know any explanation for that. Probably kid-friendlyness, though.
DuracellEnergizer said:
LexX said:
Kevin J. Anderson.
I started to read my old SW books that I've only read once as a teenager and forgetting pretty much everything. So it was a good time to start over beginning with SW, Splinter, TESB, ROTJ, Thrawn... and now I'm reading KJA's pieces of work.
After Thrawn trilogy this guy's work feels like they were written by a 14-year-old. Everything happens so fast (for a book, anyways) and the things people do in the story feel completely ridicilous. Daala being like a second Thrawn and making battle plans like a random person from the streets, ugh. I'm now in his second book and in the first 100 pages Ackbar destroys thousands of aliens and retires from being an admiral, Han loses Falcon and Ackbar's best technician friend is an Imperial spy with a cyborg brain. I laughed out loud at the last one when reading.
I didn't remember these were that bad. I remember Crystal Star being the worst book ever and it was also the last one published here. Not sure if I'll give it another read... Almost considering dropping KJA's books but it's good to have something to read. I guess?
You forgot to mention how bad KJA's dialogue is -- especially the dialogue given to the Jedi characters. It's like reading a soap opera -- the lines he has come out of Luke & co.'s mouths sound incredibly stilted and completely unnatural.
You're right, and besides the dialogue people do weird things that are un-characteristic for them, like Han giggling and Luke being the most serious person ever. Also it's pretty funny when KJA tries to look like a good writer all of the sudden making some weird and clever-sounding sentences to describe something or someone.