Mielr

adywan said:

Harmy said:

Mielr said: BTW- you said the missing frames from the Wampa scene didn't come from the GOUT, but I'm still unclear as to where you harvested them as I assume they're missing on all post-1997 sources (?)

I'd like to know this as well. Maybe Ady used SE background plate and rotoscoped Luke in from GOUT in the missing frames, like I did it in my ESB using this reconstruction.

No, i only used  the HDSE version to reconstruct the missing frames. No GOUT was used

msycamore said:

Maybe Mielr meant the '97 SE not the DVD version.

adywan said:

Don't believe everything you have heard about them completely re-compositing the Hoth battle. That is rubbish. I proved this when i was starting the Hoth battle for ESB:R. Even in the SE documentaries when they mention they recomposited the cockpits to remove the transparency was just lies. All they did was lower the black level as the cockpits are all still transparent. There are one or two  very minor differences in the battle and that's it

Harmy said:
Here's a preliminary version of the end celebration scene:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXCvPXpSYHc</a>

I just knew it was a mistake for me to read this thread. This stuff always makes my blood boil.

I thought it was a Technicolor print that was used for color reference for the SEs (one that he apparently had stored at Skywalker ranch), not the separations that were stored in the salt mines (?)

...and he DOES have fantastic hair- I can't take that away from him. ;-)

That's the trouble with so many of the Kodak-era separations- they were made, but not tested. Since they were for the purposes of preservation and not print-making, any errors were not discovered until they attempted to use them for a restoration. That's exactly what happened when they started the "Spartacus" restoration.

There must have been some viable separations of SW at some point, though, otherwise there never would have been any Dye-Transfer prints. I wonder what happened to those seps when the British Technicolor lab finished with them..?

There are some interesting quotes here, from Robert Harris about the possibility of restoration, and the reasons he believes the OOT should be included in the blu-ray release (starting w/post #129):

http://www.hometheaterforum.com/forum/thread/307588/tcfhe-press-release-star-wars-the-complete-saga-blu-ray/120

I'm really glad to hear Spielberg make those comments, though I'm not totally surprised. He once said he'd keep shooting his movies on film until Kodak shut the last remaining lab down, so he's got that old-school streak in him

But, it's still refreshing to hear him say there won't be any future digital alterations to his films. :-)

I'd be grateful for links to all 3 as well.

TIA! :-)

I'm still having problem with the text being cut- and I just realized that the button you're supposed to "select" when you want to delete a PM is missing, too (I'm guessing it's over on the right side as well...) :-/

Vader's behind-the-scenes recording sessions for Tom-Tom:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ljFfL-mL70&feature=youtube_gdata_player

I think this is the correct discussion page (the one in the 1st post takes you to a discussion about that car commercial with the kid dressed as Vader):


http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=169299103121699&topic=982

My comment:

I would also like the "fixes" to be the return of the original 1977, 1980 and 1983 versions of the films. I find it sad and disappointing that Ridley Scott and Steven Spielberg can give us several versions of their classic films on Blu-ray, but for us poor shmucks, George Lucas cynically withholds them. This will be the first Star Wars video release I will not be purchasing, since I got my first copy of Star Wars on VHS in the early 1980's. Your original fans are still out here, George, and we still matter, despite what you think of us (which isn't very much, evidently).

And BTW, I really, really resent being forced to go on FB! Ughh! ;-P

Did she really post that? It's pretty hostile, if that's really GL's daughter.

Is anyone here bothering to reply?

That list of features is really underwhelming. I wasn't expecting the OOT, but I was sort of expecting some impressive extras that would at least be worth a Netflix rental.

I'm still seriously thinking about that "sticker campaign":

WARNING: These discs DO NOT
contain the ORIGINAL 1977, 1980
and 1983 versions of the Original
Star Wars Trilogy! Buyer Beware!

(and your Blu-ray player will explode if
you attempt to play them). ;-)

Tobar said:

CP3S said:

I like to think he has some extremely well preserved and remastered versions of the originals, the ones he makes his kids watch

I wish that were true. I couldn't find it, twitter doesn't keep tweets for very long, but a few months back Katie Lucas actually tweeted how angry she gets when she hears fans say that Han shot first.

see you auntie said:

Mielr said:

"You know you just look like a stupid bitch for disabling comments on your Han Shot First video. How about you grow up you little faggot and learn how to handle words like a man. You had no legit reason to ban people from commenting on your video, you were just being an annoying bitch. Grow up kid."

Mielr - just to clarify, you're female right?

greenpenguino said:

It's not even his film! It's Irvin Kershner's film. Why are they against us fans having the version that alot of us grew up with?

The comments on the ESB clip used to be mostly polite and civil, but
apparently the trolls are migrating there now since I shut the commenting down on the other 2 clips:

"I lol'd. This is Lucas's film, not yours. He can do whatever the hell he pleases and neither you, me or anyone else can change that. Besides, I don't know why anyone should complain about THIS particular scene... the change in the 'new' version makes the transition from Palpatine in the new trilogy to the old one much more fluid and believable."

This falls into one of the most annoying comment categories: the "It's Lucas' film he can do whatever he wants" category.

SilverWook said:
The "fans" who are getting exactly what they wanted on Blu Ray certainly seem to feel threatened when people post something that doesn't jive with their perception of reality. What frightens them so?

Gaffer Tape said:
Mielr, I'm so sorry you have to put up with crap like that. Thankfully my YouTube channel has mostly well-mannered people post on it, but every time I get an e-mail saying that someone has posted on one of my Dragon Ball-related videos, I hesitate to see what it says, for fear it's going to be a, "U liek the japonese version? wut a gay little faggut u are. english version rocks. grow up y ou little bitch!"

Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said: It's not that I mind the idiots so much, it's that my purpose in posting the video wasn't to give those idiots a forum to insult people that I respect.

Bingowings said:
You might have got a lot of people countering the trolls if you left the comments on.

In 2006, I posted four clips from the GOUT on YouTube: the original SW scroll, Han Shot First, the ROTJ finale, and the original ESB emperor.

Over the years, I got many positive "thanks for posting- I haven't seen this version in years!"-type comments as well as "Wow! I've never seen this before- thanks for posting!" -type comments.

But, recently, I've been getting an inordinate amount of "you're going to boycott George Lucas products because he changed 3 seconds of a movie? Get a life, loser!" -type comments, so many in fact, that I decided to disable the commenting function on the 2 clips that were receiving the most obnoxious comments- Han Shot First and the ROTJ finale.

In spite of this, I received the following comment on my profile page, someone who went out of their way to say the following:

"You know you just look like a stupid bitch for disabling comments on your Han Shot First video. How about you grow up you little faggot and learn how to handle words like a man. You had no legit reason to ban people from commenting on your video, you were just being an annoying bitch. Grow up kid."

Now, defenders of the OOT are the ones who are regularly portrayed as fanatics for simply wanting the original versions of the films on DVD (and now Blu-ray), but I think the above comment reveals the true nature of so many of the "fan-boys" and Lucasphiles. Can you imagine posting something like this in defense of the OOT? Me neither.

adywan said:

One thing i hate about these new style docs that seem to be the norm nowadays is all the useless chatter from people who had absolutely nothing to do with the movie,

I'd like to know more details about the cut scenes, like the tatooine Sandstorm scene, the extended endor bunker raid scene, the lightsaber-building scene, etc.

Also, something about 'return of the ewok' would be nice, since it was filmed during the filming of the movie.

That's all I can think of right now.

Jambe Davdar said:

My favourite is 'From Star Wars to Jedi, the Making of a Saga'.

 

dark_jedi said:

more than likely, I already have a couple that have PM'd me about just that,.

dark_jedi said:

corellian77 said:

I'm looking forward to sitting down and being able to watch this whole trilogy at some point.

Yea, I don't know how I am going to do that yet, 20+ GB's per film is alot to
upload.

bkev said:

Believe me that Fink knows.