When film was made properly it does. My Dad's slides and Polaroids from the 60's look like they were shot yesterday. All the 70's family photos shot on Kodak 110 films are fading pretty badly.
The OOT has suffered from being shot on 70's film stock that turned out to be crap in the long term.
zombie84 said:
DVD was a once-in-a-lifetime home video revolution. It won't be repeated on blu-ray, and it won't be repeated on any next format, just like it wasn't repeating with VHS, Beta, or Laserdisc. The sales revolution that DVD brought was the idea of people buying movies. People tended to have relatively small collections of VHS tapes or Laserdiscs, and a lot of movies weren't even priced for the sell-through market, they were meant to be rented. When DVD came out, they made it a collectors market that targeted sell-through, and even regular people who only had 25 VHS tapes over the span of 15 years now amassed 150 DVDs in less than half that. The fact that there haven't been rental chains in the better part of a decade certainly helped this along.
Part of it because the picture/sound difference between DVD and VHS was huge, part of it was because the idea of special features was new and exciting and part of it was because the availability and afforability created a new mentality where people owned and watched every movie they liked. That's not being repeated with Blu-ray; the picture quality is not the same step up (even though it is in resolution), and there isn't sufficient reason to buy for special features if you already own the DVD special editions. So, they are content with their DVDs and aren't rushing out to build a huge blu-ray library, let alone replace their old one.
The DVD market is fading away rapidly, so I feel like nowadays if people buy a new movie or a movie they don't already have they are more inclined to get the blu-ray, which now often come bundled with the DVD version anyway. But because people already collected hundreds of DVDs building up a library, they aren't going to replace all that. It's easy to replace 50% of your 32 VHS tapes, but much harder to replace 50% of your 132 DVDs.
So, the three Blockbusters all within 30 minutes of my house are illusions? Hollywood video seems to be defunct though. I used to boggle at one less that fifty feet away from a Blockbuster store.
DVD stole every good idea from Laserdisc of course. ;)
georgec said:
I thought it was hilarious when during the HD-DVD / Blu-Ray "war", people were saying, "Which format will porn choose?" Those people completely neglected two things:
1. Porn choosing VHS in the 80s mattered because you couldn't stream porn with two clicks of a button on your computer.
2. Because of said ease of availability of porn on the web, only morons buy porn in the present day.
My local Fry's has an entire aisle dedicated to morons then. ;)
Speaking of porn, does anyone think Disney will go after the company that made that SW porno that came out this year?
I could never figure out why Lucas didn't restore Red Leader's dialog in the SE about having met Luke's father when he was younger, and that he was a "great pilot". It doesn't seem to contradict anything in the prequels.
TheBoost said:
timdiggerm said:
Well, more than that: He killed the Emperor. When you get down to it, the Emperor is the real villain and the real problem that the Alliance are fighting. Vader ended that problem.
He assassinated his boss 5 minutes before he would have died anyway.
If Himmler choked out Hitler in the bunker, I wouldn't name my kid after him.
*cough* Godwin's Law *cough*
In any case, was Vader wheezing badly after Luke cut off his mechanical hand? I thought it was the Force lightning that damaged his "iron lung".
TheBoost said:
Harmy said:
Oh, no, I really meant his redemption in the eyes of others.
Gotcha.
Yeah, that's (*&^# stupid.
I'd actually like a scene in an EU book where someone is like:
"You're name's Anakin? Like Anakin Skywalker? He totally killed my entire family and the town I came from. What the hell?!"
"Cool. But in the end he didn't let the Emperor kill my uncle, so it's all good. Chill out."
There likely isn't anyone alive who could connect Anakin to the things Vader has done.
FanFiltration said:
Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973)
Um....... Um...... Well..... Um......
Hehe, I remember seeing it broadcast on NBC in the '70's. It was hosted by John Belushi in a Godzilla costume! Doubt anyone could get away with that today, without incurring the wrath of Toho's trigger happy legal department.
The MST3K version is essential viewing.
I got the LTK SE DVD in the mail and gave it a spin for a few scenes. Wow! The 5.1 mix is way better than the UE. I suspect it's more faithful to the original theatrical mix.
The only downside is obvious print wear, and at least one nasty compression artifact in the bank scene, where the encoding seems to choke on the fine detail of the wrought iron staircases. It's also not the fully uncut version.
Starting the hear the siren song of those lovely old LD's on Ebay. Must resist! ;)
Tyrphanax said:
Jaitea said:
Tyrphanax said:
I believe the EU states that that year was spent looking for Solo, as well, so no time to visit Yoda.
At the closing of Empire Luke agrees to meet Lando on Tatooine, it seems to be knowledge to them & the audience that Fett is taking Solo to Jabba....so a year looking for Solo doesn't sound right.
For the gang to meet up on Tatooine soon after Solo was delivered to Jabba to perhaps test security....then set up infiltration, perhaps they had to be pulled into another battle....but there was plenty of time for Luke to revisit Yoda
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Indeed, but there is a plethora of EU stuff dealing with them chasing Boba around the galaxy.
The Marvel comic extended the pursuit for obvious reasons, but they did manage a flashback story or two with Han.
msycamore said:
Jaitea said:
ESB was 1980.....ROJ was '83.....um....3years ;)
No, I think it makes sense that Luke returned to Yoda between ESB & ROJ....the way he asks Yoda, "Is Darth Vader my father?" sounds to me like he had asked Yoda before, but now was pressurising him on the subject now that Yoda was on his death bed
Luke says to Artoo when heading towards Dagobah "I have a promise to keep to an old friend". No, this is clearly meant to be his first visit since he left in ESB. They might have spoken over the phone in the last few months though. ;)
That brings up the question of whether Luke can easily communicate with Yoda and Obi Wan through the Force, and does Vader pester him three times a day?
msycamore said:
SilverWook said:
Has there ever been an official answer to how much time passes between ESB and Jedi?
Don't know but I think it's here more films would have helped to better convey what his encounter with Vader actually did to him psychologically, I get that he wasn't mentally prepared to face Vader in ESB, but the fact that he enters ROTJ as the white knight already is what really makes it hard to buy for me. Luke isn't as conflicted about his father as he ought to be.
It's possible he's mentally put that conflict aside, since he doesn't know for sure, and there are more immediate concerns with the Rebellion on the run.
Yoda apparently did teach him how to "clear his mind" of questions.
In spite of the compression of the storyline, Luke is a little further down the path in Jedi then when we saw him in Empire.
That long? Boba must have taken the 405 freeway to Tatooine. And if those of you scratching your heads lived in Southern California, you'd get that joke. ;)
When Obi Wan tells Luke he's on his own rushing off to face Vader, Luke's reply gets an interesting reaction from Yoda, if only for a second. It's something I only really picked up on recently.
Has there ever been an official answer to how much time passes between ESB and Jedi?
Always two there are?
LUKE
But I need your help. I've come back to complete the training.
YODA
No more training do you require. Already know you that which you need.
(and this exchange only a moment later...)
LUKE
Unfortunate that I know the truth?
Yoda opens his eyes again and studies the youth.
YODA
(gathering all his strength)
No. Unfortunate that you rushed to face him... that incomplete was your training. Not ready for the burden were you.
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So either this is an error, or Luke did something between the end of Empire and returning to Dagobah, that convinced Yoda no more training was needed. One could argue Ben and Yoda both threw out the training manual to avoid past mistakes...
DominicCobb said:
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983) 7.5/10 - I like to consider myself almost a Monty Python fanatic. That means I think they're the funniest thing ever, but I've only seen Holy Grail, Life of Brian, and a handful of Flying Circus episodes. It's a problem. I tried to alleviate that by watching this. I was a little disappointed. It's still outrageously funny, but its clear their best jokes were behind them. To top it off, many of the sketches ran a little too long. Still great fun, though.
I think if you go into it cold, not expecting a return to the sketch format of the show, it can throw you off a bit. (It was also horribly censored when it ran on cable tv.) The Mr. Creosote scene was ahead of it's time, and outraged a lot of people. Even though it may feel like the comedy equivalent of the Beatles' final concert, there's still many bits of brilliance.
I cherish my HD DVD copy, and hope we get a Blu Ray before the grim reaper crashes my dinner party. Or chased off a cliff by topless women.
"Christmas in Heaven" ought to be a holiday standard, dammit! And who knew Graham Chapman could sing like that?
"And Now For Something Completely Different", their very first film consisting of tv sketches redone for the big screen, is also worth seeking out.
On a related note, are the Fox and MGM widescreen versions of License to Kill essentially the same master?
And congrats on the new player, Krycek87! Avoid using the auto reverse too often, and you'll have fewer problems in the long run.
Scored the SE of Moonraker at Big Lots tonight, and spotted Dr. No in the same bin. So there are still some SE DVD's floating around if anybody is still after these versions.
The lucky person selected as director is probably going to have their own preferences on what format to shoot in, and the levels of CGI used.
Even the Clone Wars series is 2:35 aspect, although it isn't shown that way on the Cartoon Network. I doubt they will shoot the sequels in any other ratio.
Nice looking print. As with the OT prints, I wonder about the history of these.
Back in the 70's, when my local Kmart had Super 8 films for sale, I don't recall ever seeing any Bond films. There must have been some released at some point?
After reading, (in the novel's color insert?) that Jawas are supposed to be really ugly and attract insects, the adorable factor went out the window for me. ;)
Not to mention these "scamps" traffic in stolen and sometimes malfunctioning droids, (you don't want to be around when an astro droid goes rogue) and probably don't pay their Imperial taxes!
Will do! :)
They just get turned into ladies handbags?
This is kind of gruesome, from a certain point of view. ;)
Don't know if this project is still kicking, but the Japanese LD of the original cut pilot is on Ebay right now...
Just wondering if this project was still alive?
It hit me like a hammer opening weekend in the theater. Had to bite down to keep from laughing. ;)
Movie audience reactions can be mixed and varied. One reason I don't think test audience screenings are of much use to a filmmaker.