Ady started this project when I was in high school. Now I've graduated college. That said, I'm still eagerly anticipating the release, I just hope the workflow for ROTJ and the prequels is more manageable for Ady's sake.
There is no mono mix of Empire.
Harmy said:
yoda-sama said:
I guess my post couldn't be last forever... AntuFaalb, I'm impressed you actually haven't seen any of the SE versions this whole time. Still, the '97 SE isn't as consistently irksome as watching what they did from '04 and on.
Harmy, if you don't get the scenes you wanted from that iTunes book, are 35mm scans of Jedi becoming available instead? I have no idea how far along -1 is.
As of now, I have no 35mm footage for Jedi and the way it looks, I don't expect to for the near future, so it seems that v2.0 will be using the same sources as v1.0 and the improvement will mostly be only in the over-all picture quality.
:( That's unfortunate. Has Team Blu provided you with anything? I just hope that the lapti nek scene doesn't stick out like a sore thumb in the next version.
It would sound like this. And yes, someone actually made this.
Yeah, close the blast doors and the removal of the echo effect in the swinging scene are the big ones for me. Stuff like removing the intercom effects would be really unnecessary imo.
Out of curiosity, besides flipped rear channels, some unnecessary SFX additions/changes and a few gaffes, what's so bad about the DVD/BD mixes?
I'm pretty sure only ANH is on the spleen
As long as it's 5.1, sounds clear, syncs to the theatrical and doesn't have annoying SE sounds like the Ronto roars and such I don't really care where it's sourced from because I'm afraid I don't have much of an ear for those things.
Tbh, I could live without the alternate takes/alternate voices, the things I really miss are "close the blast doors", the tractor beam line, the lack of that horrible echo effect in the chasm and some of the extra sound fx. A lot of those are on the BD/DVD mixes
Harmy, if you do make a BD25 version of this down the line, is there any chance you could include the 81 crawl via seamless branching? That would make me very happy :)
Here's a version of the Obi/Vader duel with no choir in case people were wondering how it sounds.
As someone who really didn't like the aesthetic of the CG Clone Wars series I actually like how this looks. Yeah, It skews more toward kids than I would have liked but it has some of that OT vibe.
Edge of Tomorrow was really good. Need to see Snowpiercer
thanks for the feedback Hal.
TPM: I agree. Frankly if people got that impression, it wouldn't be the worst thing in the world, although I hadn't intended it. I've done some color stuff to the flashbacks in my latest cut that will hopefully make them feel a little more clearly delineated as flashbacks.
On Jango: no, there isn't any line that explains this. What I ultimately would like to do is rotoscope Jango's helmet on for the few shots that he is unmasked, and redub his single line "don't move Jedi!" With a different voice actor. The rotoscoping might be outside my skillset, although in the updated clip I just posted, I was able to rotoscope over Obi-Wan's face to remove a line of dialogue pretty succesfully. I'm also toying with removing Boba entirely, which would require reframing a few shots and rotoscoping him out of one or two (possibly beyond my skillset)
thank you on the romance plot, although it's nothing revolutionary. It's pretty much "Attack of the Phantom" with the waterfall scene added back in before the kiss. (It always felt a little rushed to me in the Phantom Editor's version) I think not having them revealed to be married until ROTS helps too. There's 3 years of presumed off-screen romance development.
on Padme: I've gone back and forth on this. I think you patched up that plot hole pretty elegantly in your version, but I'm pretty dead set against including the "No" scene, and I always really liked Padme's "there's still good in him" especially as a lead in to ROTJ...part of me would rather edit ROTJ to patch up the plot hole.
running time: basically I'd like to get it down to as close to typical Star Wars length as possible without introducing any plot holes or jettisoning too much character development. Since releasing the workprint I've taken another look at some other edits included Kerr's and managed to cut another 20 min from the film (his cutting of Bail going to the Temple/Yoda leaving kashykk etc is a real timesaver I hadn't considered), so it's at about 2:45 with credits now. I also cut the Yoda/Palps duel. I was pretty adamant to leave it in, albeit cut down at first, because I feel that the Ani/Obi duel is a slog to get through without cutting away to anything and I also think it would be odd if no one tried to challenge the emperor, but a combination of running time and the desire to see Yoda not use a lightsaber got the better of me.
I will probably upload another work print at some point, but I want to get the dubbing done and the surround mixing done first.
So, I recently had the privilege of downloading Team Blu's fantastic Star Wars BD release and have been trying to burn it to a BD25 using my Mac (I have an external Pioneer Blu-Ray drive). First I tried simply burning the BDMV and Certificate files to the disc using Finder but the resulting disc wouldn't play on my PS3. I ascertained that the file system might be the problem so I used the application "Burn" to burn the files using the UDF file system but it still won't play on my PS3. Does anyone have experience burning a Blu-Ray using files on a Mac?
Does anyone know the proper way to burn the Blu-Ray on a Mac (I have an external burner)? I tried burning the BDMV and Certificate folders straight to a Blu-Ray using Finder but it won't play on my PS3
Well I guess I'll have to settle for the six track mix for now, but I would love it if this happened (@hairy_hen, if you're listening, I would be forever in your debt...)
Does something like this exist? I prefer the mono mix of the film because it most closely resembles what most people heard in theaters and is arguably the most “complete” mix but I also like to make full use of my sound system. Some may think something like this is counterintuitive to wanting the original version of the film but I’d love it.
Um, isn't the 81 version just the 77 version with the Episode IV crawl and a slightly different sound mix?
jero32 said:
Think about it. They'd have to redo all the effects done for the 2004 edition like the updated jabba. (well they could do it crappily I suppose...wouldn't be the first time) But also they'll piss off:
This is not true. The O-negs of the films are still conformed to the 97 theatrical versions. All post 97 changes were done to the 2k digital master. If they did a new scan of the O-Neg it would be the 97 version. From there, if they wanted to restore the OOT theyd have to scan IP prints or the cut pieces of the O-Neg and reedit them back into the film. If they wanted to recreate the 2004 or 2011 version in 4K, they'd have to rerender all the post 97 effects at a higher resolution and reinsert them into the film.
A new cut of the Ani/Obi Mustafar exchange. I tried to cut as much awkward dialogue as. I could but it might feel a bit disjointed now.
I managed to shave another 20 min off this edit by checking out some other fanedits and Implementing some of their ideas. I also have updated the ani/obi confrontation on Mustafar and I think my current version has less of the dialogue intact than any other fanedit. Will upload a clip soon.
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Handman said:
Harmy said:
@michaeldc: I got a bit sidetracked with the BD release - I'm now thinking about waiting until all three v2.5s are done and then do the whole trilogy and make the intended bonus disc for the whole trilogy as well and release the whole thing as one awesome trilogy package.
Sounds good to me :)
So appreciative of your work on this and Empire. By any chance, do you have an idea of when you'll get to creating a SL Blu-Ray with menus?