crissrudd4554

Don’t look at me I’m one crazy mofo! I had to pop a cop cause he wasn’t giving me my props in Oaktown!

Umm….

I am surprised that in all the releases no attempt was made to correct the brief shots in the Obi-Wan/Vader duel where the blade colors switch.

On top of that, they even still sported the “Limited Edition” tag on the front when they were slimmed down for the 2008 DVD set.

Mocata said:

Luke would probably never have thought about leaving if a single port was so busy. There’s probably a thriving metropolis nearby if all that traffic came and went. Even the little CGI creatures ruin the idea that it’s a barren wasteland.

I was about to make a comment along those lines. Expanding Mos Eisley definitely contradicts the notion Luke’s sets about Tatooine with his earlier remarks. A buzzing spaceport with scurrying creatures, various alien life, and speeders galore definitely doesn’t fit the idea of Tatooine being the planet the farthest from the “bright center of the universe”.

Hydra Spectre said:

The new Wampa scene actually heightens the suspense over the original. In the original, you just get faint glimpses of the Wampa and the fate of Luke’s Tauntaun is left up in the air. People already know what the Wampa looks like so there’s no point in hiding it. And it’s actually more suspenseful to show him feasting on the Tauntaun’s carcass, heightening the tension that the Wampa would eat Luke next.

Disagree respectfully. Not showing IMO heightens the tension more because you never know where the Wampa is or when he will show up. Repeatedly cutting back and forth between Luke and the Wampa makes the situation less dire because the Wampa clearly has a face full of food and only shows us the audience that yes Luke is in a dire situation and needs to get out ASAP but the tension is robbed but revealing too much of the Wampa beforehand.

Please see this thread.

https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Return-Of-The-Jedis-40th-anniversary/id/101683

LexX said:

Fang Zei said:

ThatPixarGuy said:

SomethingStarWarsRelated said:

ThatPixarGuy said:

I’m seeing a 40th anniversary screening with some family and friends on Saturday. The theatrical cut would be preferable of course, but I’m just happy to see a good Star Wars film in theaters haha.

Was it ever clarified why Empire’s 40th anniversary screenings used the 2011 Blu-ray rather than the more recent 2019 transfer? Hopefully that won’t be the same case here…

Yes, I was just wondering this. Once you see it, could you let us know which version it is?

Sure!

The only thing that would really give it away is the color timing, as the 2011 and 2019 versions are basically otherwise identical.

The opening logos are different as well.

Yep. 20th Century Fox logo no longer has the NewsCorporation byline and the Lucasfilm logo has been updated.

And technically Spielberg is STILL revising his films on home video. Maybe not to full on Lucas level but the idea that the versions of his movies available right now are fully true to the theatrical versions is false. There’s been recompositing, minor digital tweaks to correct matting and other things, changes in color timing, changes to audio. So if anything he’s not really proving himself to be any better than his buddy George when it comes to preserving his work as is. Yes the changes might be minor in comparison but they’re still changes.

Star Wars- I alternate but typically call it A New Hope

Empire Strikes Back- Empire

Return of the Jedi- Jedi

All others I call by their episode title (Phantom Menace- Phantom Menace, etc.) though I might refer to Attack of the Clones as Clones on rare occasions.

Interesting that this recent interview with John Williams uses the theatrical opening crawl at one point. Looks like the GOUT unconverted to 16:9 but nonetheless still cool to see it used in more recent media.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WfYwrW8KMHo&t=218s

I’m honestly not sure Id want those even if they had the OUT. Ok maybe I don’t hate it THAT much but still.

crissrudd4554 said:

Not an ‘alteration’ alteration but worth mentioning. This is regarding the movie Indian in the Cupboard. For the US Theatrical release and International video releases the film was distributed by Paramount. For International Theatrical release and US video releases it was distributed by Columbia. For the Paramount release, Paramount gets first billing in the opening credits. For the Columbia release it’s reversed.

Paramount

Columbia

Same for end credits. Note the Paramount version has 1995 in Roman Numerals while the Columbia version is regular numbers??

Paramount

Columbia

I know this thread is basically dead but going back to this old post I figured I would chip in on this film again since I recently got the Blu-ray. While the Blu-ray still uses the Columbia version (it is a Sony release afterall) I noticed something interesting with the end credits. First off it uses the end credits from the Paramount version since Paramount is credited first with the copyright and additionally the Columbia logo at the end fades in a second or two later than it had before.

Dream Weaver was always a different recording. Gary Wright re-recorded it specifically for the film.

digitalfreaknyc said:

crissrudd4554 said:

digitalfreaknyc said:

crissrudd4554 said:

Just finished watching and yeah like what the above comment says not much new in terms of information. Nice to get Marcia Lucas’ input for once but otherwise not much that past documentaries haven’t already told us.

There was a bunch of stuff in the Empire episode that I had never heard before.

I haven’t seen that one yet.

So what HAVE you watched? 3 episodes have aired. You’re judging a whole series on…what…one episode? 2?

I only saw the first one so and far and sheeesh relax I didn’t know others were out yet.

digitalfreaknyc said:

crissrudd4554 said:

Just finished watching and yeah like what the above comment says not much new in terms of information. Nice to get Marcia Lucas’ input for once but otherwise not much that past documentaries haven’t already told us.

There was a bunch of stuff in the Empire episode that I had never heard before.

I haven’t seen that one yet.

Just finished watching and yeah like what the above comment says not much new in terms of information. Nice to get Marcia Lucas’ input for once but otherwise not much that past documentaries haven’t already told us.

Recent interview with Mike Judge. Nice to know the edits to the DVD releases were not actually done by him even the ones labeled as “directors cuts”.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=d6qfd-X0a4s&t=397s

Don’t forget his quote circa mid 2000’s where he said the idea of a sequel trilogy was made up by the media.

Does anyone happen to have a clean image of the back cover image of the kid peering through the door???

Orion is theatrical. The Hemdale logo that’s seen on some video releases didn’t exist in 1984.

canofhumdingers said:
Even if that image is from a more recent edition, the lightsaber’s been there since opening day in 1980.

I even went back to two VHS versions and even though the bulk of the lightsaber was cropped out I could make out a bit of the gripped area of the handle in the bottom corner so yes I know this wasn’t something added later

ken-obi said:
Huh. That is a pretty cool spot. Is that an image from the 2019 version?

I believe so. Granted I screen capped this from a YouTube video.

Tonight I finally noticed something that answers a question that’s bugged me literally EVERY time I’ve watched ESB until now. After Luke flies out the window I’ve constantly asked myself “how did he get his lightsaber back??” when he confronts Vader again. Well I finally got the answer. The lightsaber landed just a few feet away from where Luke pulls himself onto the platform. Never realized this until now.

One last post regarding the Faces Empire tape. One thing you might notice is for some odd reason, despite that its essentially the 1993 master converted to full screen, the image is slightly stretched horizontally but I also noticed it shows slightly more image at the top. For comparison here’s a shot from the VHS…

…and the same shot from the GOUT converted to 4:3. I tried to get the framing accurate.