Wazzles

Colson said:

yotsuya said:

I think 4k displays are a great thing. I think 4k (or higher) preservations of of titles is awesome. I think 4k home media is largely a waste. For most titles, DVD is still good. For high detail films, Blu-ray is pretty much all you need. Going higher produces diminishing returns and it won’t help most titles. Most titles aren’t 4k ready. I believe that 4k maxes out what 35mm film can capture. Higher is good for things shot on larger film stock, but those aren’t as common. I don’t think the average person is going to be able to tell the difference between 1080p and 4k. I think the extra display pixels will do more for the content than increasing the resolution of the content.

I know there are many people out there who will have a setup that enables them to really tell the difference, but they are a minority (though I’m not so sure that this site doesn’t lean the other way). 4k is more suited to 3D and gaming than motion pictures.

Just as a counter, I find DVD to be a last-ditch when (a) a Blu-Ray is not available and I really want to see a movie or (b) the Blu-Ray is of worse quality than the DVD.

Used DVDs are cheap as dirt. Thus, I have ten times as many DVDs as BDs.

nightstalkerpoet said:
You’re correct about the 4k - it was only a 1080p scan. (Must’ve been thinking the Reliance scan) The 97SE was digitally mastered at 2k though.

No, the only shots that were mastered digitally for the 97 were the shots with CG in them. It was assembled as a traditional negative, though, as DIs weren’t very widespread at the time.

Smithers said:

I love that their Kylo Ren impression sounded like the real thing!

I think it’s lines from Girls that were distorted. Phasma’s lines were all from Game of Thrones.

yoda-sama said:

Yeah, I’m seriously down for a copy as well, give us a heads up when you know it will be available. Thanks for everything.

Oh, if it is GOUT synced, will the BD include the hairy_hen DTS-HD MA 5.1 track?

Even if it doesn’t, you could easily mux it using tsmuxer and DED.

I don’t know if it’s been mentioned yet, but the Star Destroyer compositing is from the 77 version. It was redone when the crawl was redone, so there is no matte line on the planet in the 81.

Any chance of an MKV as well?

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

Aren’t channel misalignments a product of the Technicolor IB print, not the photography, though? So fixing that shouldn’t be at all controversial. Though I must say I’m not offended by fixing flickering etc. that may have been a product of the original photography.

I believe he mentioned the models were misaligned differently than the background plate, so in that case ut would be on the negative.

Dek Rollins said:

It’s 480p. Made from the Director’s Edition DVD release.

And an HDTV airing if I’m not mistaken.

towne32 said:

Hmm, maybe the other copy would be useful for a few parts. There are a few corrupted frames it seems.

Hey, at least you have the option for two!

digitalfreaknyc said:

darthrush said:

Wazzles said:

Darth Lucas said:

We can call it whatever we want. I call it an empty spot on my movie shelf that needs to be filled asap.

I’ll go with this.

+1 But I compeletly respect what Mikes plan is and understand why the distribution of this won’t be like Depseiclaized.

And I still have no idea why anyone cares about it. If no one will ever see it then who cares what he does? #movealong

Because now it has been restored and a new negative has been struck. We don’t have to worry as much about the state of the original negative and decaying elements.

Darth Lucas said:

We can call it whatever we want. I call it an empty spot on my movie shelf that needs to be filled asap.

I’ll go with this.

Discostu said:

Is this really a restoration when special effects are enhanced with techniques like rotoscoping?

No, it’s an actual restoration.

SilverWook said:

That would depend on what Fox has sitting in their own vaults?

Well if it is said pissing contest, they could throw together a shitty 2k scan of some prints or IPs together and DNR the hell out of them.

I’ve been wanting to check it out on PC, but I’ll probably wait until all the DLC is out and the whole thing is cheaper.

I would say it’s technically a fan edit, although fan-preservation would be a better term.

digitalfreaknyc said:

Wazzles said:

towne32 said:
Thanks. I suppose we don’t know yet whether yours or digitalfreaknyc’s is higher quality?

I’ve got a couple of screenshots a page back. It looks pretty good but maybe a little smeary in motion. I’ll wait to see how his compares before I try to figure out how to get it to you.

So you want me to send screenshots matching the ones already posted?

Either post them here or send them to towne32. I can post more tonight if there’s anything specific you wants to see. I just wanted walkie talkies and CG ET to be obvious.

I wonder what would happen if they requested the prequels in 35mm.

towne32 said:
Thanks. I suppose we don’t know yet whether yours or digitalfreaknyc’s is higher quality?

I’ve got a couple of screenshots a page back. It looks pretty good but maybe a little smeary in motion. I’ll wait to see how his compares before I try to figure out how to get it to you.

towne32 said:

I could probably work on that if no one else wants to do the assembling. I’ve got the blu-ray (which includes the weird deleted scene) and would just need the HDTV source.

What is the source of the DTS track you’ve mentioned (20th version I assume?). Is it muxed with video that can be used as reference for editing? I don’t know anything about the ET audio. Edit: Oh, it’s from the DVD? Well, I would need that muxed to the video. Even if it’s a low res sample, but just to make sure it syncs.

I can send you the one that I found when I get home. Send me a PM if you’re interested.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRwLYoUoJ1E

Quality is pretty damn good overall. The walkie talkies look terrible, but that has nothing to do with the rip. I’m sure the theatrical Blu Ray looks much better however, but this would be good for respecializing it.

I think they had intended to do one at some point. This never happened though.

I may have found a decent 720p HDTV version. I’ll let you guys know after I download it.

Edit: It is indeed. Here are some screenshots:

Sorry for the white line, this was taken as a screenshot through MPC using the Windows 7 snipping tool.

That looks excellent! Good work.

It reminds me of the aesthetic of A.I. for some reason.