Mike O

Originally posted by: skyjedi2005
that is not necessarily true because blu ray and HD-DVD can offer bonus materials traditional dvd's can't.

Like picture in picture commentaries on the HD-dvd of heroes and star trek remastered.

I know quite a number of people who will be buying the HD-DVD version of heroes over the traditional dvd set because it is the decked out version.

The biggest roadblock i see for either of the two competing HD formats is earlier and classic movies needing to be scanned at HD resolutions and have cleaned up prints or go back to the camera o-negs.

The only viable films I see at the moment would be the recent lowry/dts digital 4k scan of the bond movies that is only on dvd, the 2k scan they did of both the indiana jones movies and the 2004 edition of star wars trilogy.

X-men 1 and 2 the only good ones are not on HD-DVD or blu ray and the lame part III is.

we are getting close encounters and blade runner on the HD spec, and dick donners original superman is on HD as well, though it may be the 2000 cut.

because of the lawsuit of Peter Jackson and weta vs new line we will not see those movies on HD anytime soon. new line broke the profit sharing agreement, and peter will block them from releasing the films on HD in 2008 or 2009 with an injunction because they at weta still have yet to recieve there monies from lotr.

also because of the greedy suits at new line peter's hobbit movie will never see the light of day. The morons are going to do it with an entire new cast and trying to get sam raimi to direct it. Ian Mckellen said hewould only be in the film with a proviso that p.j. directs it.

Originally posted by: generalfrevious
Whether it is anamorphic or not was not the issue I was talking about! It's the issue of substandard quality. Can anyone get that through their heads?

Originally posted by: starwars1977


Yeah, really, I'd rather NOT get the OOT if the condition is Lucas leaving the earth; I mean, seriously, how sad would it be if a person had to die so that I could get some DVDs that I wanted?

Oh, and guys?

SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE!

Originally posted by: Anchorhead
Here's how we'll all finally see the OOT in it's proper form....

Originally posted by: Mielr

I'm starting to feel the same way, Fang Zei.

Are there going to be 'making of' books for ESB and Jedi?

Originally posted by: PaulisDead2221
GOD DAMN! I hate it when everything turns into this depressing bullshit! You are all such Debbie Downers I want to blow my brains out!

Yeah, well, Star Wars-wise Lucas hasn't given us a fucking thing to be thankful for lately.




Oh, there are plenty of ways that it COULD be done. Don't delude yourself that this isn't possible.

Now come on people, cheer the fuck up.

Originally posted by: ronlaw
How about BladeRunner??? The number of options is a little silly, but you can buy exactly what you want on any format.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/syltguides/fullview/R2VT2ECILZ4O3B

Now that's respecting the source material. A new cut, the theatrical cut, the DVD cut, AND the interim laserdisc/video cut. All restored properly. And even a workprint version if you want!

But then I guess BladeRunner is a much bigger franchise than the relatively obscure Star Wars series. Still, at least Star Wars has a lot more depth and sophistication ... OH WAIT

Originally posted by: generalfrevious
Lucas virtually bypassed DVD for the OOT- all we got in 2006 was just a smaller laserdisc. The reason we may get a letterboxed Blu-ray of the OOT because one would think that it's impossible, but it will horribly happen because Lucas is there. Optimism died in 1997 for SW fans in relation to the OOT. Iv'e accepted that SW is dead because Lucas has proven once and for all that nobody cares about the OOT because he literally rigged the GOUT in order to justify his continuous destruction of the largest block of pop culture in the last 30 years. He deliberately chose to relase the GOUT to both a) intentionally make the GOUT bomb and b) forestall everyone's predictions of a 30th anniversary boxset by stating that "we jumped in the saarlacc pit too many times" with a completely intentional marketing failure. The OT today has now become an afterthought to the PT, just some straight to DVD work of what could of happened after Anakin fell to the dark side. Lucas has now based his entire life purpose on a trilogy of absolute cinematic failure(the PT) instead of the OT that has, for better or for worse, shaped our culture. That's why he can wear a "Han shot first" T-shirt because he knows that he has defeated the fanbase for the OOT and the original cuts no longer bother him because everybody has accepted the SE and no one, in his mind, can challenge him. He can personally insult the fanbase whenever he wants. Now every fan of the OOT has become bitter at the acceleration of home theater systems because every film except three of them will be shown in optimal digital quality. We might as well go insane and live in an early 90s time warp.

Originally posted by: CO



Maybe you are Gomer

I mean there can't be 2 people in the world who like the PT & SE that much!

Originally posted by: generalfrevious
Anyways, the future of the OOT can be best explained by these two words: letterboxed Blu-ray

Originally posted by: generalfrevious
Its hopeless. The letter Lucas has sent you just states that he will never let the OOT see the light of day.

Originally posted by: JediRandy


They're certainly beyond any repair you're capable of making. But keep reachin' for the stars, Champ.

Originally posted by: sean wookie
No just too many conservatives.

Originally posted by: DGC General X
I'm sure Randy is just being sacastic.

Originally posted by: zombie84


I don't think this has anything to do with the ability to enjoy a Bergman film. Atheist or Christian, his films are still powerful and I doubt they would persuade one's beliefs one way or another.

Originally posted by: Fang Zei
just an observation:

There wasn't a home video release of Star Wars until 1982 and by that point vhs/betamax had been around for a good six years. Based on those numbers, we won't be seeing a high def release until 2012.

And we'll probably see the OOT in HD on the twelfth of never.

Well thats kind of a different situation in that there was no such thing as home video before that period. A lot of movies didn't see video release until the same time. A better indicator is DVD--the format was released in 1997, by 1999 it was clear that it was going to be a new format in a short while and in 2001 the first Star Wars film was released (the OT was held off until later not due to market reasons but because it was felt that it should only be released once the saga was complete--but these plans dried up when VHS went the way of the dodo around 2003). So based on that 1997>2001=4 years, which translates to 2006>2010, but given how different the home video market has changed since 2001 and given that all six films are already available in HD on television, I wouldn't be surprised if it came out a year or two earlier. But this would be the SE of course. Given the previous discussion here of the saga boxset being simul-released in HD that times out pretty good--although I am suspicious of 2008, given that its "The Year of Indiana Jones."