I think George is done fiddling with the OT now that he's sold the moisture farm to Disney. What could they possibly add in the Jedi SE now, except Wampas dancing over a dead Taun Taun? ;)
poita said:
Paradox295 said:
I'll stick my $10 in.
So that makes $25 left!
How do you plan on making this available? Just a h264 encode authored to BluRay, or would it be possible to get a lossless encode, straight from the scan as well.
It is a ways off yet, straight from the scan will mean plenty of scratches, glitches, splices and 16bpp wide gamut, so it won't be of much use to most people.
It would also weigh in somewhere between 10-20TB in size.
Remember, a theatrical print is not a negative, it will be scratched, dirty, potentially have some missing frames, and will be considerably softer than a neg would be, and in many cases, softer than the BD release of any given movie.
Prints are often a bit crushed in the blacks and whites as well.
They are however, the way most people saw the movie at the cinema, so a more accurate representation of the way the movie was first experienced.
I'd be curious to know if the print is hard matted to widescreen?
DoomBot said:
SilverWook said:
I suppose I can cough up $20 if it will put you over the top. PM me?
What's this about A Clockwork Orange?
Thank you SilverWook, the man of the hour!
PM sent
No problem! I hope we can do this if a decent print of THX 1138 ever pops up.
I suppose I can cough up $20 if it will put you over the top. PM me?
What's this about A Clockwork Orange?
Relevant to the conversation. ;)
Well, I was unfortunately rather late to that party. ;)
If someone posted this earlier, pardon me. One confirmed returning cast member. ;)
http://starwarsblog.starwars.com/2013/11/19/r2-d2-is-in-star-wars-episode-7-and-hes-fan-made/
Nice to see some fans get a chance to become part of the production.
I'd still like to see Kenny Baker return for sentimental reasons. You'd think with modern tech they could make a Artoo he could "drive" with a tiny camera and LCD monitor. Those remote controlled Artoos run amok on the set sooner or later. ;)
bigrob said:
another one for the list is Predator
goofs galore that were exposed in the open matte version (boom mics, Dillion's third arm etc)
Would all of this be visible in the old full frame DVD release?
ETQ06213 said:
Checked the opening sequence for "Octopussy" and it appears the titles were recomposited as they fit cleanly into the corners of the 4x3 frame with a clearly undistorted picture. This is my guess anyways as I have no letterbox copy for reference.
Wish I could still find a split screen comparison someone posted to youtube for A View to a Kill. One side was a videotaped copy clearly recomped for tv, but I can't recall what the original source of that was.
On a side note, how did Jake Lloyd in Jingle All The Way escape notice around here?
imperialscum said:
These photos look absolutely terrible. It is like the worst amateur shot them.
You do realize that was a Rolling Stone cover shoot?
Wearing Jedi robes while hiding out on a backwater planet makes perfect sense. ;)
Obi Wan actually wore black in an issue of the Marvel comic set during the Old Republic, as did Luke at one point. That could have influenced the ROTJ look.
Yeah, my jaw dropped at the narration making the internment sound like a good thing. And I've watched plenty of propaganda cartoons of the era.
The Rifftrax gang has been slowly doing one of the later serials, and I'd like to see them tear into this one.
The used landspeeder lot sales alien in Mos Eisely also wears similar garb.
Reegar said:
A little known fact is that Chewie is the Buffalo Bill of Wookiees. That is the skin and fur of an innocent victim.
Imperial propaganda!
We all know Palpatine has a Wookiee throw rug in his summer home. ;)
Tack said:
SilverWook said:
Hey! He's wearing a bandolier! ;)
He's right. You ever watch the Star Wars Muppet Show? He didn't wear it there. He was quite naked.
It gets pretty hot under those tv lights. ;)
I actually have a still from that I bought at a swap meet many years ago. (Chewie with his arms folded standing next to Luke.) Never seen a copy of it anywhere. I ought to get it autographed some day.
Chewie actually takes the bandolier off in Star Wars, when entering the Falcon's cockpit. It's magically back on when they enter Hyperspace.
No problem. Just a heads up if anyone else clicks on it.
It won't be playing theaters in the U.S. until Monday. Two showings are already sold out in my little town.
Hey! He's wearing a bandolier! ;)
I didn't see it on that site, and it opened about five other windows in Firefox. Yikes!
A little RCA Videodisc promotion from 1982...
I was thinking about the early Discovision release circa 1981. Universal cut around two minutes out to deal with the then 55 minute limit per side though.
http://www.blam1.com/DiscoVision/Universal_Pictures/13-006.htm
Was wondering what the heck was going on. What a relief!