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PelleTheConqueror

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#703905
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Star Wars: Episode VII to be directed by J.J. Abrams **NON SPOILER THREAD**
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They're not terrible, but they're not anything special either. Very matter-of-fact. Yup, the Empire does indeed strike back in the second movie - no argument there.

Lucas would've probably called Blade Runner something along the lines of The Hunt for Androids. Which is the better title, I ask you? :)

Good point. The titles are quite literal. But I guess it had something to do with the B-movie serial thing Lucas had going. Blade Runner is better, but I would love to see The Hunt for Androids.

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#577604
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The Godfather Saga - HD Restoration (Released)
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For those of you interested, it seems like this version of the saga is not the same as the one aired i 1977. It's missing about 5 minutes and it's a combination of the saga and the trilogy version.

I found a good page illuminating the different versions, and this was said about the 2012 AMC version:

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of The Godfather films, AMC airs their version of The Saga. The AMC Cut is notable for being the first time any of the chronological edits have appeared in a widescreen format. It was also broadcast in HD, another first. 

In 2008, while sourcing footage for the Coppola Restoration, Dreamworks came across a pristine copy of the original 1977 NBC print for The Godfather Saga. This was then matted to a widescreen ratio and the footage was synched up with the 2.0 Stereo mix from The Trilogy². (For scenes that were in the Saga but not the Trilogy², the soundtrack reverts back to its original mono). Some of the scenes that were unique to the Trilogy² were also flown in for this cut. 

While this cut, on the surface, appears to be the ultimate merging of The Saga and The Trilogy, it suffers from several minor trims and lifts throughout. A line of dialogue here, a minor scene there, etc, all add up to make a cut that is almost five minutes shorter than the original Saga, despite having the extra scenes from The Trilogy²! Some of the scenes that were exclusive to the original airing of The Saga are missing, like Michael asking Santino Jr. how his book is coming along. 

Overall, it was great to finally see (most) of the original Saga in a cleaner format, but thankfully we held on to our 35 year old Betamax recording of the initial airing. 

Read more about it here:

http://godfathermuseum.blogspot.com/

 

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#575821
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The Godfather Saga - HD Restoration (Released)
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Adding the violence wouldn't hurt the integrity. I'm talking about 3 shorts snippets here and there. It's about making a 95% thing a 100%.

The De niro burning towel scene is a big loss. But I can live without it of course. I just thought it would be nice to restore that and some other small snippets since digitalfreaknyc was already adding stuff from the blu-ray. but I see your point about this turning into a fan edit.

Oh, and the saga is the definitive version for me. Not just a curio. I'm just happy it's finally avaliable in HD.

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#575649
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The Godfather Saga - HD Restoration (Released)
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ChainsawAsh said:

Well, wouldn't it be best to take the Blu-Ray of I and II and edit it to match the AMC version, only leaving in the AMC shots when they're different?  That way it's uncensored, and in the best possible quality.

The downside would be that the AMC logo, instead of always being there, would only pop up for extended scenes/shots, disappearing for the rest of the movie, which could be distracting.

That would be the way to do it, but obviously requires much more time and effort. Also the music would have to fit the scenes as well.

I've seen some samples of the AMC transfer, and it looks great. The AMC logo doesn't bother me that much, but the censoring of crucial scenes is kinda frustrating.

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#575624
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The Godfather Saga - HD Restoration (Released)
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The toning down of the violence is regretable. Like the iconic scene when De Niro is using a towel for a silencer and it starts to burn. They cut out that whole shot in the saga. And when Vito stabs Don Ciccio, and the end of the tollbooth scene when Sonny is being massacred.

It would be cool if someone just restored at least those three scenes into the HD version of the saga using the blu-ray, and as jwuk45 said, it wouldn't look too jarring.