I've wondered for a while if some of the LDs would actually be more enjoyable than the GOUT.
Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels.
Give me the awful mind numbing spoof any day.
Ahhhh...hmmm...yess...excellent. Pardon me Buskers, has anyone ever told you that you bear a striking resemblance to Tim Curry?
Quad is unbelievable on vinyl, but you have to get a good pressing. Who records can be so finicky between pressings. Mine is an original German Polydor and blows the CD (which is a really good mastering) out of the water.
That sounds the most sensible all around thing to do. However, with the long history of botched releases not at all likely.
Ahhh. I forgot about Walter Murch on THX. I still can't shake the early shy GL image out of my mind.
I have Munich on my watchlist, but hated Catch Me if You Can and The Terminal.
if I remember correctly, this footage looks very different on the -97 SE video release. As I don't own the SE, can someone confirm this?
Wow. That is the first time I have seen anything that reminds me of seeing the SE in theaters. As the LD captures show it is completely different from the home video transfer. Is there any way that we can ever get the colors fixed like this? Adywan's color corrected AVCHDs come close but a true restoration should be made working from 35 and 70mm prints of the OOT and 35mm masters of the 97SE. Wasn't the SE based off Lucas's Technicolor three-strip print?
He is more of a collaborator now, but not when he started. He had to be coerced into collaborating. I think THX is brilliant and SW as a combination or Saturday morning serials, mythology, great moviemaking, and for the simple jou it provides.
I have problems with the way the auteur theory has been manipulated by film courses, professors, and the general public. It kinda makes me cringe when I hear it used in this context. I like the idea of it but don't think it applies in every case. The director doesn't have his hand in everything, but definitely has a felt presence on the film if he is worth his salt. I love Truffaut btw if you couldn't tell.
Lucas is a great moviemaker pre-1990. (producing the Indy films and finishing the Trilogy.) Then everything turned south, and the same can be said for Spielberg to be honest. (Last Crusade and Empire of the Sun are the cutoff.) Once again I stress the word moviemaker as opposed to filmmaker when I discuss these two. I admire them and their work has profoundly affected my life, but for all intense and purposes they are great at what they do: making movies.
I think you're right. Having the OOT and the 97SE restored would make me beyond ecstatic.
To the naked eye the JSC captures look more accurate and the DC seems way too manipulated. However, some of the things Zombie pointed out could be possible. Who knows exactly? I wonder if anybody at Lucasfilm does or even cares. I always liked the color on the 97SE better than what's on the 93 sourced releases of ANH.
Wow. If there's something better than PWNAGE then I'm all for it. PWNAGE has officially replaced the ANH GOUT for me. BTW thanks for the screenshots Moth3r. I used those to convince people that there is a good original SW version out there and that the GOUT did have issues. Capturing the others would be great for comparison.
Same here. Like skyjedi I wish there was a good quality 97SE source to work with. It seems to be the one version that gets virtually ignored by the general public. They think the 97 and 04 are the same. While waiting for MaxRebo's and DarkJedi's versions if anyone has the TB or G'kar editions please PM.
The photo makes things really confusing. I read the book in a library so I can't go back and see where the picture is sourced from. I thought it was an on set photo. The GOUT seems accurate and is what I'm used to since I grew up on SW 1993 and onward. Come to think of it, I don't think I've ever seen pre-1993 master Star Wars save for some clips from the JSC.
Is the 1977 theatrical bootleg worth tracking down?
Ahh. The glories of AVTAK. "You amuse me, Mr. Bond."-Walken as a botched Nazi experiment is genius. I like Duran too. Especially Duran in Barbarella.
OHMSS is a great movie-terribly underrated. Lazenby is good at playing the character in that film.
Best part of the PWNAGE edition is the anamorphic image, better colors, and the choice of original stereo and mono. I love it-it's what the GOUT should and could have been!
How does DarkJedi's GOUT project compare to this?
Yeah it's hard to think of SW pre-1993. When I read that book I just thought that was a still from the set to match the film scene-may be wrong. (It's beautiful anyway!) The Japanese Special Collection from what I have seen looks like a completely different color scheme. Is this closer to the actual film or are they both completely off the mark?
Now I'm wanting to check mine..even though I don't have any LDs.....
Temple isn't the best film ever made but it gets way too much flak.
Max's project is likely going to take much more time to complete. Since so much has already been done on this one, why not just go ahead and finish it? I've been really desperate for a good version of the SE.
Just wondering-did anyone ever do the 97SE LD bonus footage?
Gunga Din-absolutely fantastic. A little reminiscent of a certain Temple of doom...
It is effective until you actually look at it closely and realize the extent of the changes. And that stupid cartoon crustacean! If only they could release the original cut too!
Just go for the Indy novels-where Indy is younger, but not that young!
Gaffer Tape said:
Well, I just got the Ultimate Batman Collection DVD set, and watching all the features on it really gave me new insight and appreciation for all four of those movies... yes, even to Batman & Robin.
I know your pain. I also plunked down for that set years ago because it was cheaper than buying the three separately.I agonized over even owning a copy of the abomination. It is painfully awful. When viewed as a comedy and a satire on comic book universes then it is a little more palatable. I watch it every millennium just as a reminder of what not to do. It still doesn't hold a candle to Batman '66 though.
I do like my Batman dark however. Dark Knight Returns, Knightfall, Mask of the Phantasm, and the original issues of Detective Comics from 1939 to 1940.
