Progress of the Hoth Shield generator model:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.310392735642982.95894.223279371020986&type=1
All the sample images are taken from the latest version using the blu-ray as a source, so the fighters are grey. I decided to stick to my original plan and have the TIEs a uniform grey colour, the TIE bombers as blue and in ROTJ:R the TIE interceptors blue.
TV's Frink said:
Mr Ghostface said:
By the way, an actress in Jedi dubbed by a man? I'm very tired as I write this, so am I forgetting something really obvious?
That was during the final space battle, right? One of the Rebel pilots?
yeh, its the a-wing pilot. you actually get to hear her true voice in the deleted scenes on the blu-ray, so i will probably be restoring her real voice for ROTJ:R
Any chance of getting onto the site -1? Thanks
The lightsabers in the cave scene aren't animated differently for each frame. You have the same 3 frames repeated with the same animation effect for each of those frames. If the slow motion was a technical error then the lightsabres would have been animated differently in every frame to give the slow motion effect, but they aren't , so the way the slow motion happens with frames repeated is intentional and therefore i will not be doing anything to change this effect.
AuggieBenDoggie said:
Adywan said:
ESB:R will be a mixture of HDTV and Blu-Ray sources, with the Blu-Ray being the main source for the edit. I'm just completing transferring the color correction to the Blu-Ray and then I'll be reapplying the FX work to the sections that are using the new source.
Which blu-ray source are you using, the internet rips, or the retail?
I'm using the retail.
ESB:R will be a mixture of HDTV and Blu-Ray sources, with the Blu-Ray being the main source for the edit. I'm just completing transferring the colour correction to the Blu-Ray and then i'll be reapplying the FX work to the sections that are using the new source.
Master Sifo-Dyas said:
Quote (Wikipedia): "In the scene on Dagobah where Luke is doing a handstand, Yoda (who has his back to the camera) has been replaced with a digital model."
Can anyone who has the blu-ray set confirm that? (I hope not).
It's not true. It's still the puppet
doubleofive said:
Wait, that wasn't the 2004 commentary? That's the old one?adywan said:
Listening to the archival interviews commentary track for ROTJ it is pretty funny what George Lucas says about the scene where Vader pick up the Emperor now that he has added Vader's Nooooooo's:
Acting with masks is a very ancient tradition. It's the emotion of the story that can carry you through and the nature of cinema that you can switch shots you put on either side of the mask that tell you what the mask is thinking.
So younger George knew that the audience didn't need to hear what he was thinking to understand the scene. I'm really surprised that this comment made it onto the Blu-Ray, unless adding the No's was a last minute decision when everything else was finished.
Well according to the set-up menu of the Blu-Ray it is the archival commentary.
Listening to the archival interviews commentary track for ROTJ it is pretty funny what George Lucas says about the scene where Vader pick up the Emperor now that he has added Vader's Nooooooo's:
Acting with masks is a very ancient tradition. It's the emotion of the story that can carry you through and the nature of cinema that you can switch shots you put on either side of the mask that tell you what the mask is thinking.
So younger George knew that the audience didn't need to hear what he was thinking to understand the scene. I'm really surprised that this comment made it onto the Blu-Ray, unless adding the No's was a last minute decision when everything else was finished.
dark_jedi said:
zombie84 said:
It's funny, there were three deleted scenes from the PT that I really wanted to see, one for each movie.
TPM: Obi Wan gets lectured for shorting out his lightsaber in the Naboo swamp. Always seemed like a good scene, nice to have some sorely missed master-student stuff.
AOTC: Padme in the Lars homestead and gives 3P0 his coverings/ alternate 3P0 intro. I'm glad in some ways this was cut because I feel like it could drag the pace, but this seemed like a really good character moment in a film that was awkward and cold.
ROTS: Original Anakin turns sequence. This could have blown people's minds! A solid 10-minutes or so of the core sequence of the film which plays out completely different, with 80% new footage. Why??
There's a lot of little scene extensions that I know they didn't include, like more dialogue between Anakin and Padme after he saves them from Sebulba and onboard the ship in AOTC dressed as refugees, because portions of them are in the outtakes. But they left out a lot of the more interesting scenes.
DAMN, all 3 of those sound pretty cool, are these available anywhere? or did you just read about them?
You do get some footage of the "bare" 3P0 in EP2 along with some footage of Padme giving him his coverings in the 3P0 suit 360 degree video commentary on disc 7:
MV64 said:
Is there any chance that the Vader No and the Krayt dragon scream sound better on the final blu ray? They just didn't sound integrated into the scene. Perhaps the youtube video that was leaked wasn't what the final product would sound like? I could tolerate those changes begrudgingly if they didn't sound so awful.
No, they still sound awful. They just don't sound like they belong there, especially the Vader No.. It's too prominent in the mix and doesn't blend in very well.
Asaki said:
adywan said:
rpvee said:
Someone on TFN said that Shmi's voice was added to Anakin's nightmare in Clones. True?
yes, thats true. It really improves the scene too.
I was listening to this clip, and I don't really notice much of a difference.
http://www.dvdactive.com/misc/chris/sounds/articles/starwars/prequels/anakindreamnew.mp3
Did he just rip it wrong or something?
That isn't the version from the blu-rays.
This is the true Blu-Ray version:
http://hotfile.com/dl/129725281/434ff38/new_anakin_dream.mp3.html
rpvee said:
Someone on TFN said that Shmi's voice was added to Anakin's nightmare in Clones. True?
yes, thats true. It really improves the scene too.
doubleofive said:
What is this, someone tried to insert actual human emotion into the Battle of Endor? I can see why it was cut!adywan said:
Original Trilogy:
But seriously, THIS is the kind of crap I love, that not all Imperials are mass murdering psychopaths.
It is a great scene
jonathan7 said:
Ady whats the quality like on the lost 20 scene for the prequels is it good enough to re-insert into Episode 2? There any other decent deleted scenes which could be put back in that weren't already known?
Not very good at all. In fact i can't see how any of the prequels deleted scenes could be used in an edit without a very noticable drop in quality. here is the lost 20 scene, although they never talk about anything apart from a brief bit about Dooku. In motion this scene looks 100 times worse
Is this where they really got Obi-Wan's new Howl from? ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_-vNYtdUOs
Original Trilogy:
Deleted scenes snapshots:
Prequels:
I think i missed a few for the prequels
Looking through the PT special features in more depth you get a few glimpses at the EP2 scene where Padme adds 3P0's coverings as well as Anthony Daniels controlling the 3P0 puppet. This also has shots where Anthony in the rig is digitally removed so this scene progressed further than just the filming stage. Now this would have made a more interesting deleted scene than some of the crap they added.
Diego said:
From what I've seen, TPM looks fantastic, Star Wars looks about the same as the DVD (well a bit better since it's a blu ray) although I'd say the blacks might be even worse. Jedi looks awful, I don't know if anyone has mentioned (this topic has become too long to keep track of everything) but there's a part in Endor that looks particularly bad, like it's blurry or something.
yeh, i mentioned that. It's a problem with the 2004 transfer as there is no sharpness/ clarity drop on any version before that. It's as if the scan went out of focus for a whole section.
TK-949 said:
Ady: Do the Blu-Rays have burnt in subtitles for Greedo and Jabba?
No, they don't
Alexrd said:
TK-949 said:
Ady: Do the Blu-Rays have burnt in subtitles for Greedo and Jabba?
I would like to know this aswell. And are the music, effects and dialogue in different channels?
The music is still mixed in with the centre channel dialogue and effects
danny_boy said:
Just picked up the Blu ray set today.
I watched a New Hope first.
And it's hands down by far and away the best it has ever looked on home video.
I also have Blu rays for Close Encounters, A Bridge Too Far, Saturday Night Fever,The Deep and Smoky and the Bandit which are other films from 77'.
And this transfer for A New Hope blows each and every one of those away.
There is no way that you can say that the OT transfers blow the Close Encounters transfer away. Close Encounters has natural grain that hasn't been digitally scrubbed away, while the OT transfers grain is almost scrubbed out of existence and Lowrey's algorithm has the typical static grain plaguing the trilogy. And Close Encounters doesn't have the digital smearing that the OT does either. Colours in Close encounters looks the same as it always has done, yet the OT no longer resembles how the films ever looked. The OT has also had some extra sharpening added to it which is quite noticeable in parts
EDIT, i see that you added "in your opinion" after i typed this.
Here is an example of the "smearing" later in the movie. Now i brightened the image because it is hard to see what i mean on a still image, but it is noticeable when in motion and this isn't motion blur before anyone says ;)
dark_jedi said:
adywan said:
I just stuck in ESB and the first thing i noticed is some horrible motion smearing. This is really noticeable during the crawl where the crawl actually seems to drag the stars into streaks as it recedes . This was a problem with the 2004 transfer although hardly noticeable on the DVDs but it looks terrible in 1080p
Ady, are you watching this on your retail BD now, or is this the "other" copy? if it is retail now, that sux. I still can't check anything until Friday.
Thanks
I'm watching the retail Blu-Rays. I deleted the rips. Just picked them up today from HMV and got a free Vader/Blu-ray T-shirt. Most of the staff were dressed as Star Wars characters, but the girl behind the counter didn't look too pleased being dressed as AOTC Padme with the bare midriff :)
