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#532360
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Star Wars coming to Blu Ray (UPDATE: August 30 2011, No! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!)
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The earlier TPM shots must be taken from bad rips. This is suppose to be from the real BD and it looks kinda good me thinks. The pic with the kid has some excellent detail.

 

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#531334
Topic
Star Wars coming to Blu Ray (UPDATE: August 30 2011, No! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!)
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The Aluminum Falcon said:

doubleofive said:

Quality of the image is incredible, yes, but it doesn't fix the fact that all of the colors are still terrible. No stars in the space shots, Yoda is blue, etc.

So how do the uncompressed Blu-Rays (37 GB) hold up against the HDTV broadcasts? Is it a marked improvement? I would assume the extra 20 GB would do something.

 

Is not that much better, really. The 2004 HDTV were pretty good to begin with. The blu-ray encode is of course more even and stable. But it's not a huge difference in detail and overall quallity. It does look very good for a 2004 HD master. Just imagine how good a 2011 4k master would look..

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#453681
Topic
Star Wars coming to Blu Ray (UPDATE: August 30 2011, No! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!)
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Just thought you guys might like to know, my dad just sat beside John Lowry on a 20 minute flight. He started talking to him about restorations, and Mr. Lowry told him that the restoration for The Abyss is already done and in the can. He also had a few other tidbits of info about other projects:

Apparently they're working on the Titanic restoration/3d-izing at the moment and they say it looks phenomenal. James Cameron has been heavily involved in this, even go so far as to tell them what sort of depth of field to use on different parts of the image during some scenes. Apparently it looks so good that it's hard to tell it wasn't shot in 3d in the first place.


He also mentioned that they're working with the Star Wars movies again, and have gone back to the originals for the groundwork. This is probably for the 3d versions (I would assume the masters for use with the Blu-Ray set are finished already). He implied that this restoration means they will have restored versions of the theatrical Star Wars movies, but that they have had no indication from Lucas that the movies are in the pipeline for release in their theatrical versions.

 

Some more rumors suggest that the blu-ray will be from the 2004 1080p master, due to time and cost issues... I doubt it, it's not even a 2k master for crissake

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#392089
Topic
Idea: My Perfect Original Trilogy DVD Release
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ChainsawAsh said:

Ever heard of seamless branching?

That many lossless audio tracks might add up a bit, though.  And Blu-Rays are 25GB single-layer, 50GB dual-layer, not 100.

 

There are way to much edits for this to be seamless. Pretty much any effect shot is enhanced in some way for the SE.

I know that 100gb doesn't exist, I was just proving my point.

 

1 disc for each version is the only way to go.

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#391848
Topic
3D STAR WARS for the masses...has ARRIVED!
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http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article6982297.ece

 

 

Hollywood is preparing to re-release some past hits, including Star Wars and The Lord of the Rings trilogy, in 3-D following the record-breaking success of Avatar.

Studio executives are drawing up schedules of popular films that will be “retro-fitted” with 3-D technology after the science fiction blockbuster, directed by James Cameron, last week became the second highest grossing movie of all time.

A 3-D version of Avatar has driven ticket sales to more than $1.14 billion (£700m) in just three weeks; only Titanic, Cameron’s 1997 epic, has made more money at the box office.

Rival studios had been waiting to see if Avatar took the 3-D experience — albeit using special glasses — beyond the popularity of animated tales such Monsters vs Aliens.

Experts now predict that 3-D will become the new multiplex standard within five years. This will be as dramatic a shift as when the “talkies” killed off silent movies in the early 20th century.

Retro-fitting a screen classic with 3-D imagery could take as little as four months, using software to manipulate a digital copy of the film.

Peter Jackson, director of The Lord of the Rings, said last spring that he wanted to reissue the trilogy in 3-D if Avatar persuaded enough cinemas to put in new 3-D projectors. Last week technicians at Weta, the production company that had worked on the trilogy, said they had experimented with 3-D battle scenes and proclaimed them to be “gob-smacking”.

The Lord of the Rings is expected to be re-released after Jackson has finished producing the two-part version of JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit over the next two years. This would mean that a 3-D version of The Fellowship of the Ring, the first part of the trilogy, could be in cinemas by Christmas 2012.

It may be beaten to the screen by a revamped version of Star Wars. George Lucas, the director, spent $13m filming the original in 1976, added special effects in 1997 and 2004, and will now spend another $10m to change it into a 3-D spectacular.

“George cannot leave it alone,” said an associate. “He is salivating at the opportunity to play with it again. This time the Death Star is really going to explode all over the audience and leave them gasping.”


At the moment there are only half a dozen companies that can turn reels of celluloid into 3-D digital movies.

Last week one of the leaders, Legend Films in San Diego, said telephones had been “ringing off the hook” as Hollywood bosses seek to revive past glories.

“We can turn an older film into 3-D in around 16 weeks,” said Bobby Jaffe, the chairman. “It mostly suits action films, such as Top Gun or The Matrix, but Avatar proved it’s best to use the technology to immerse the audience in the story rather than throw things at them. This is the new, more sophisticated era of 3-D.”

The “Avatar effect” means that conventional 2-D films commissioned last year are already being updated. Sir Ridley Scott has asked for a further $8m from his backer, Universal Films, to add an extra dimension to his untitled Robin Hood venture starring Russell Crowe in the lead role and Cate Blanchett as Maid Marian. Two versions of the film will be released in May.

Last week the University of Southern California (USC) published a report suggesting that after seeing a 3-D film in the cinema in 2009, 40% of people would prefer to watch television in 3-D, too.

“It will quickly become the new norm,” said David Wertheimer, director of USC’s entertainment technology centre. “It’s no longer a gimmick, but an expectation.”

They will not have long to wait. Last week in Las Vegas, Sony and LG, its Korean rival, revealed 3-D television sets, still requiring special glasses, which will go on sale this summer. Panasonic showed a prototype 3-D television with a giant 152in screen, perhaps more suitable for pubs and for showing advertisements in shopping centres than for home viewing.

Broadcasters are also gearing up to meet demand. Sky is preparing to transmit matches from the football World Cup in South Africa this summer on a dedicated 3-D channel, even if few homes will have the new televisions by then. “Few had high-definition televisions when we started broadcasting in HD either, but it shows the future,” said one executive.

The pace of change is accelerating. The first 3-D films on Blu-Ray, the successor to the DVD, will be released by Christmas. They will be a mixture of 2010 hits and remastered old favourites.

One other advantage of 3-D that has encouraged the film studios is the fact that, at least for the time being, it is pirate-proof. Avatar is estimated to have been illegally downloaded at least 1m times over the internet, but such 2-D copies do not match the cinematic experience.

“It’s only a matter of time before a teenager develops a 3-D stealing camera, but meanwhile Hollywood has a breathing space to earn some money,” said a studio executive.

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#391657
Topic
Idea: My Perfect Original Trilogy DVD Release
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Octorox said:

Perfect Blu-Ray for Star Wars 77

 

BD1- 1080p Theatrical Cut, 1997 SE, Ultimate Cut with seamless branching

 

 

 Can't be done. Too much CGI and other tweaks. The bitrate and disc space would go to hell.

Same goes for the sound, I don't think a 100gb BD would fit all of that...

 1 disc for each version in that case

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#390846
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3D STAR WARS for the masses...has ARRIVED!
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TMBTM said:

I don't know, but I heard Ridley Scott wants to convert his futur Robin Hood in 3D...

What would be the point in converting a new movie in 3D before its release (instead of shooting it directely with 3D camera) if the cost of the conversion is so high?  So I think the cost has gone down (or Ridley has gone stupid).

 

Well, Avatar could have flopped and that would pretty much been the end of Live Action 3D.

Clash of the Titans is also being converted...

And me thinks that the technology nowadays is good enough to create 3D instead of filming it.

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#390845
Topic
3D STAR WARS for the masses...has ARRIVED!
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I read that it would cost about 10-12 million dollars to convert it. After the huge success with Avatar that would be money wisely spent. I hope Ridley pulls it through.

With that price it would cost Lucas about 60-80 million...?

I really don't think that too many people would pay to see the prequels again, 3D or not. And the old movies was shown theatrical just 12 years ago. So I understand why he'd held it back.

But than again, he's all for the new technology so I guess it's just a matter of time.

 

 

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#382981
Topic
Help Wanted: 'The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly' - Italian picture + English audio?
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This audio edit would be really nice as the Eye-talian version seems to have better picture quality and it is Leone’s original cut but it lacks English audio.

The US and European version is 179 min and the Italian 174 min. The old international version was 161 min

Here’s the script if anyone wants to take the English audio from the international version and dub/match it with the Italian version who has no english audio

_/*

  • GBUDub.avs
  • This script generates a synced English dub for the
  • Italian Blu-ray release of "The Good, the Bad, and
  • the Ugly" out of the audio track of the MGM Blu-ray.
  • Input file:
  • PCM (big endian) format, 48kHz/24 bit, 6 channels
  • runtime 02:58:41
  • The runtime of the output file should be 02:54:23.
  • “Rigby Reardon” @ AVSForum, 2009-10-18
    */

Replace with your own filename here

au0 = NicLPCMSource(“d:\video\GBU\gbu_6ch.pcm”, 48000, -24, 6)

bl0 = BlankClip(length=256135, fps=24000, fps_denominator=1001, \
channels=6, audio_rate=48000, sample_type=“24bit”)

av0 = AudioDub(bl0, au0)

Trim(bl0, 0 , 413 ) ++ \
Trim(av0, 312 , 4237 ) ++ \
Trim(av0, 4254 , 18251 ) ++ \
Trim(av0, 18253 , 27442 ) ++ \
Trim(av0, 27441 , 35469 ) ++ \
Trim(av0, 35469 , 35796 ) ++ \
Trim(av0, 35796 , 40375 ) ++ \
Trim(av0, 40378 , 55111 ) ++ \
Trim(av0, 59854 , 66116 ) ++ \
Trim(av0, 66109 , 75416 ) ++ \
Trim(av0, 75418 , 76166 ) ++ \
Trim(av0, 76168 , 91535 ) ++ \
Trim(av0, 91534 , 94950 ) ++ \
Trim(av0, 94950 , 118982 ) ++ \
Trim(av0, 118974 , 124891 ) ++ \
Trim(av0, 124891 , 141569 ) ++ \
Trim(av0, 141569 , 147641 ) ++ \
Dissolve( \
Trim(av0, 149245 , 149536 ), \
Trim(av0, 147643 , 148134 ), 10 \
) ++ \
Dissolve( \
Trim(av0, 148132 , 148324 ), \
Trim(av0, 148321 , 149145 ), \
Trim(av0, 150217 , 150497 ), \
Trim(av0, 150490 , 150710 ), \
Trim(av0, 150705 , 150791 ), \
Trim(av0, 150787 , 151022 ), \
Trim(av0, 149522 , 149805 ), \
Trim(av0, 151029 , 151406 ), \
Trim(av0, 151396 , 151510 ), 2 \
) ++ \
Dissolve( \
Trim(av0, 151510 , 152091 ), \
Trim(av0, 149792 , 150237 ), \
Trim(av0, 152075 , 152492 ), 20 \
) ++ \
Dissolve( \
Trim(av0, 152583 , 152921 ), \
Trim(av0, 152984 , 154010 ), 2 \
) ++ \
Trim(av0, 154010 , 163697 ) ++ \
Trim(av0, 163699 , 168009 ) ++ \
Trim(av0, 168009 , 168723 ) ++ \
Trim(av0, 168723 , 175351 ) ++ \
Trim(av0, 175351 , 176293 ) ++ \
Trim(av0, 176284 , 211334 ) ++ \
Trim(av0, 211337 , 223241 ) ++ \
Trim(av0, 223240 , 224481 ) ++ \
Trim(av0, 224480 , 234857 ) ++ \
Trim(av0, 234859 , 244119 ) ++ \
Trim(av0, 244116 , 244155 ) ++ \
Trim(av0, 244155 , 244722 ) ++ \
Trim(av0, 244724 , 245819 ) ++ \
Trim(av0, 245821 , 249585 ) ++ \
Trim(av0, 249974 , 253861 ) ++ \
Trim(av0, 253890 , 256134 ).FadeOut0(240)

SoundOut()_

More info here:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1145562&page=14

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1145562&page=15

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