Great, pando Lando is making it’s way into pop culture…
And the first massive threadcrap of the year award goes to…
I can’t imagine why they would. Lucas never expressed any disenchantment with them AFAIK. And unlike the HS, they were his babies all the way, so to speak. Disney is just bad at back catalog stuff.
The Ewok Adventure turns 35 this year, so maybe something will happen? Maybe they can round up Warwick Davis and Eric Walker for a commentary track.
Depends on the player. There can be video gremlins CLV doesn’t get. CAV is only 30 minutes (or less) per side, so more fuss doing a capture. The digital audio capture would be separate from the video. I run the optical output into a CD recorder, and the end result is a CD-R with the untouched PCM LD audio.
I capture on different players as the one with digital sound processes the video too much. It’s impossible to turn all the processing off completely. My oldest machine, (now over 30 years old!) is as close to raw video output as I can get, also less prone to video anomalies like laser rot, but only has analog sound output. The video will have the analog tracks with CX noise reduction though. Video is captured into a JVC DVD recorder at the highest quality settings and one disc per LD side. The audio is recorded as PCM.
Both editions are the same 1990 theatrical reissue version with Deems intact. The only difference is the box set is in CAV format (which allows frame by frame access) and has supplemental extras.
It’s good old uncompressed PCM Dolby Surround, not AC3. 5.1 wasn’t a thing yet when the film was re-released in 1990.
I have the CLV edition.
https://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/03732/1132-AS/Fantasia
I can rip the digital tracks. It might be a few weeks before I can get around to it though.
Do you plan to edit down the Deems Taylor scenes, as the extra narration was lost, which prompted the complete redub in the first place?
You mean this?
https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Ewoks-with-blasters/id/63674
Remember to play nice, kids!
Beware the ides of March?
New movies shot in 1:37 are a rarity these days.
One can argue there was a dry spell of fantasy and space based sc-fi in the early to mid 70’s. There was only one Ray Harryhausen film in this period, The Golden Voyage Of Sinbad in 1973.
Most science fiction films before 1977 were of the future dystopian variety, Soylent Green, and even Logan’s Run. Not sure if Flesh Gordon counts as an sci-fi film. In the same year as Star Wars, Fox was giving us post-apocalyptic tales like Wizards and Damnation Alley.
I have to give Toho studios credit for cranking out The War In Space and getting it into theaters in Japan before Star Wars even opened there. The story goes some Toho executives saw Star Wars playing at Mann’s Chinese Theater while on a visit to Hollywood that summer, and were hatching plans on the plane ride back home.
Seriously, how did Fox not sue over this guy? 😛
Hence the winky. You do know some movies have been natively shot in 3D? Sorry you live in an area where 2D screenings are hard to come by. I don’t think it should be forced on anyone.
I was recalling Siskel and Ebert’s dismissal of colorization, saying you don’t need to know what color things were in black and white movies. And Robert Wise once said something about stereophonic sound being a distraction.
Worth noting early attempts at widescreen and stereo sound were failures too. It was the rise of television that made studios desperate enough to embrace both in the 1950’s.
I’m still waiting for three panel Cinerama to make a comeback.
Stores like Best Buy and Fry’s still have some 3D sets for sale. It’s remaining old stock and floor models.
When you clickbait, you make Yoda cry. 😛
I fear HDR will become the new DNR, in that it will be excessively and poorly used.
So are sound and color. 😉
And it’s weird that currently available Blu-Ray/4K players have 3D support, but you can’t find a 2018 model tv with 3D.
This sound gimmick is a flash in the pan I tells ya! 😛
Truth be told, cinema lost a part of its soul with the introduction of sound.
Damn you, The Jazz Singer! 😉
It’s a 67 year old novelty then. (Not counting early experiments before the 1950’s.) I’m still waiting for talking pictures to go away. This sound gimmick is a flash in the pan I tells ya! 😛
And it’s not the format’s fault the market is being flooded with bad post conversions, (the good ones are few and far between) theaters where the gear is being maintained by the snack bar guy, and filmmakers who are too timid to take full advantage of the technology.
I know 3D doesn’t work for everyone. Those posters where you’re supposed to see a hidden image when you stare at it for a long while never worked for me either.
Hopefully, the rumors of a glasses free display tech come to pass.Those posters are a different thing, though. You have to intentionally misalign your eyes so that each one sees the proper field to create the stereoscopic image. It’s a skill not everyone finds easy to learn (I could never get them to work as a kid, but as an adult years later I find them rather easy to do). But for 3-D movies, the only necessary “skill” is putting on a pair of glasses…
That’s interesting, as I can do the cross-eyed 3D stuff fairly well. And I don’t exactly have the greatest eyesight in the world.
I know 3D doesn’t work for everyone. Those posters where you’re supposed to see a hidden image when you stare at it for a long while never worked for me either.
Hopefully, the rumors of a glasses free display tech come to pass.
Watch some 50’s 3D before damning the format, thank you very much.
I’ve seen a couple. Dial M for Murder and House of Wax come to mind. It was uncomfortable and unpleasant and probably made me dislike the movies more than I otherwise would have.
I legitimately just don’t understand the appeal in any way.
Did you see them in their original format? Most people have seen the classics with the red/blue system which is inferior and cause eye strain. A lot also depends on the technical presentation. Half the 80’s 3D flicks I saw back in the day suffered from dodgy projection or dim bulbs.
I grew up fascinated by 3D. Still have a lot of Viewmaster reels and a pair of lenticular space photos that I need to find a spot on my wall for.
Watch some 50’s 3D before damning the format, thank you very much.
That’s a good question! I think the audience went nuts when Darth Maul whips out his double saber and Duel Of The Fates was heard for the first time. Funny how I can recall audience reactions to the OT more vividly. But I did see those multiple times.
It doesn’t help that there hasn’t been a new 3D set on the market for a couple years now. Maybe the Avatar sequels will revive the market. That there were two different home systems didn’t help much. Active 3D sets requiring more expensive glasses that need batteries. 4K sets actually do 3D better with no loss of resolution.
I was amazed to find out there was an outboard 3D converter gizmo for 2D sets. It uses the old red/blue system, but from what I’ve read, it works pretty well once calibrated.
On a side note, I finally read the new Jaxxon story, and I hate what they did with Amaiza. It seemed totally out of character for her based on their relationship in the Marvel comics.
Bad enough they changed her outfit to be Disney friendly™.