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#1348097
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Info: Films re-released with alterations
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gracie1979 said:

I believe these have been talked about on other threads but…

Revenge of the Nerds:
DVD & Blu omits scene of nerds walking to rental house.

All the Right Moves:
Bluray re-framed shot to cut some of the nudity out

Johnny Be Good:
DVD & Blu cuts scenes of nudity throughout the film

Added. If you have sources, please send me links as well.

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#1348092
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Interstellar IMAX frame
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I recently got a flatbed film scanner for my photography, and remembered this. One day I was at a swimming pool, when I found an IMAX frame from Interstellar laying on the locker room floor. I decided to use it to test my scanner’s ability to capture medium format color film, and it doesn’t look half bad. The final scan is around 130 megapixels, and really highlights the damage. This was one of the sections of the film shot in 35mm, so it won’t have the full IMAX resolution, by I think it’s neat anyway.

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#1337567
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Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga 4k UHD -- 27 DISC Boxed Set -- 3/31/2020
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pat man said:

Link to US 18-disc Blu-ray only.

oojason said:

It is apparently available in the US too:-

https://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Skywalker-Complete-Blu-ray/dp/B082WXD4ZH - $149.99. It may be cheaper and also available elsewhere?

Wazzles said:

Does anyone know if the 18 disc set is available in the US? I can’t seem to find it on Amazon.

Thanks! Really annoying that this is an important, but at least it’s better than spending $30 a pop.

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#1316134
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Star Wars vs. A New Hope - Which do you say and why?
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Forgive my laziness for not checking the rest of the thread, but when did it first get marketed as A New Hope? From what I can tell, all the marketing until 1995 referred to it as Star Wars, when the faces set referred to it as A New Hope. Was there a time prior to this in any sort of media (with the exception of the on-screen title) not calling it Star Wars?

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#1310572
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Harmy's STAR WARS Despecialized Edition HD - V2.7 - MKV (Released)
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Harmy said:

https://twitter.com/nowthisnews/status/1204960815821946880
In this twitter video JJ Abrams talks about how he wants the original version of Star Wars to be released and mentions Despecialized Editions. Bad news is, he pretty much says the originals just won’t be released officially.

Cool! But also, that blows.

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#1305753
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4K restoration on Star Wars
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bttfbrasilfan said:

Petrovelly said:

Can you guys make some more comparisons? I’m very curious about the Battle of Yavin, Endor, and Hoth. Also Cloud City.

Yes, I’m curious too. Also, how are the Alderaan and Death Star explosions?
Did they forget to redo any of the subtle 2004/2011 changes? Like the cell block “bars melt”, for example?

https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMh7UH0DbCPGxQyEOdmfmYiFnh3lgoBNNLCPnHTQnvyCtXQnScSo8L_vR3x6A9y_Q/photo/AF1QipMOdCBhls9R5ZwHke30Yv4bKe5W2YiRy8r4B_wi?key=aDFfLXE3clp4SldVcndkalc3UjJ4UlU2ZUlDb0JB

How is the paint out of Sebastian Shaw’s eyebrows in ROTJ? Does it look any different?

The melted bars are there. Haven’t checked out ESB or ROTJ myself yet.

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#1305090
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4K restoration on Star Wars
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They definitely started from scratch at the negatives. All the 04/11 changes look slightly different, indicating that they recreated them.

As far as the UHD set goes, I’m certain that it’s not going to be Blade Runner style. If anything, I anticipate a “remastered” (i.e., not restored) version of the OUT. honestly, that’s all I want at this point. HD would be fine. I just want them available for the general public so they don’t fall into obscurity. I know for my sake, the 4KXX releases will always be an option, but that’s not the case for everyone.

Also, have there been any comparisons to determine if this is a new scan of TPM?

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#1299250
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“The Ride of a Lifetime" - book by Bob Iger. Lucas mention.
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captainsolo said:
And the whole going back to film is a misnomer generally used for marketing. Everything is done digitally in effects and post anyway outside of a few exceptions and the film shoots will do a immediate scan back to digital where everything is manipulated to within an inch of its life thus making the original capture methodology null and void.

The dynamic range of film is greater than video cameras currently, and it has no real upper limit on resolution (though you stop extracting detail somewhere between 4 and 8k for 35mm). There’s a lot more workable data in film than digital at the moment.

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#1291721
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4K restoration on Star Wars
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For me to buy it, it has to be new or exclusive content. I’ll probably buy it even if all they do is remaster the SEs.

What’s incredibly frustrating is how comparatively easy and cheap it would be to make a quick IP transfer. For most people, myself included, that would absolutely be good enough. While I appreciate high quality fan preservations, they’re not very accessible for the general public.