crissrudd4554

Pull through Carrie. Our thoughts are with you.

I usually have Staples print out my covers on Elite Gloss paper. Cost per print is like 50¢.

One can also look at it like this.

1997- Lucas updates and explands the original trilogy to tie into his original vision more…mostly.

2004- Lucas makes more changes to tie in films better with the prequels.

2011- makes changes simply because he can!

And yes you’re right Vader leaving Bespin and arriving on the Star Destroyer definitely could have been executed in the original film so the motivation for the change is unclear.

The whole reworking of that final act of ESB to accommodate Vader arriving on his shuttle does really slow the pace down. Bad enough that the perfectly placed and spoken ‘Bring my shuttle’, which I think most agree really highlights Vader’s anger in that moment and more than enough to explain how he arrived to his Star Destoyer in short movie time, is gone but in the midst of our heroes making their escape is all this cluttered stuff showing Vader leaving Bespin and arriving in the docking bay. Really not necessary. Sad thing about the Special Edition changes is they can go three ways. Either you fully understand the change and feel it was justified, you’re slightly confused by it but sorta get what they were doing, or you can tell George did the change just to do it. I think this one falls somewhere between the last two with it reaching pretty close to the third.

I use Eyetv Hybrid although they are somewhat pricey and the tuners due wear out your over time.

Pickle weasel

I actually just checked this out a few hours ago. Yep the Netflix version has the original ending. Strange. On another note the print of the first Jaws on Netflix is not the BD print either. It looks to be an HD master of the print from the 2000 and 2005 DVDs. It also had the first surround mix done for Jaws in 2000 ie minus the restored sound FX from the original mono.

The wire balancing the buoy. Neither of these ommissions are a big deal but I am a purist so having it preserved untouched would be neat. I find it strange that these were removed to begin with since Spielberg said he would not be making any further alterations to his films, even mentioning he would not remove the wire guiding the plane in 1941. Like I said not a biggie but something to consider for a potential future project.

This is off the topic of audio but it’d be nice to have the wire from the opening scene and a sailboat on the horizon later on the film that were both digitally removed for the BD restored to the film.

It’s better to have loved and lost then to have never watched Lost in Space at all.

You’ll have to get an invite to MySpleen, if they’re still giving out invites. Haven’t checked in a while. Make sure you own the official blu-ray versions before downloading anything.

darthrush said:

Density said:

TV’s Frink said:

Density said:

SparkySywer said:

Yub Nub is atrocious. It’s bad for the same reasons Jedi Rocks is bad. The new song is much, much better.

Lol no

What happened to respecting everyone’s opinions? Laughing doesn’t seem very respectful.

I didn’t say you have to respect everyone’s opinions. I said you don’t have to be a sarcastic jackass about it. In the thread I said that to you, the guy you were responding to simply said that he liked ROTJ as much as the other movies and you responded in a sarcastic jackass manner, as you always do. He didn’t say anything to disparage you or your opinions. His opinion was expressed politely and it was a positive, not negative, opinion. He didn’t deserve your bullshit. This guy on the other hand went on the attack by saying something was “atrocious,” so if you ask me he opened himself up for my dismissal, which was still less dickish than yours.

Look, I know you think you’re some kind of comic genius or something, but you’re actually just another asshole on the internet. You’re maybe 1% as funny as you think you are. If you toned it down a notch and used your “wit” sparingly, instead of literally every post you make, that would be fine. Instead you feel the need to demonstrate how “clever” you are at all times, which gets extremely old extremely quickly. And I can only imagine how many people it has driven away from this site, because it confirms the impression that it’s dominated by the Comic Book Guy from The Simpsons.

Sometimes I consider Frink a jackass. Sometimes he genuinely makes me laugh.

Yep

TV’s Frink said:

Density said:

SparkySywer said:

Yub Nub is atrocious. It’s bad for the same reasons Jedi Rocks is bad. The new song is much, much better.

Lol no

What happened to respecting everyone’s opinions? Laughing doesn’t seem very respectful. (Sips coffee)

FTFY

TV’s Frink said:

crissrudd4554 said:

In answer to the topic

There is no reason to do so.

Not if I choose to.

Spuffure said:

See my point?

No

Spuffure said:

P.S, victory celebration is so much better than yup nub.

That a fact??

In answer to the topic, this is mostly my purist side talking but older Anakin plus it looks less awkward when put next to the ghosts of Yoda and Obi-Wan.

TV’s Frink said:

How many remakes are there?

Enough for a reboot??

As a purist, the original. Knowing its a chimpanzee lady doesnt bother me and actually seems creative for the time. For consistency, Adywan’s. Having ROTS Emperor in the scene just looks out of place when you watch it back to back with ROTJ. At least Adywan used the ROTJ Emperor and fixed the scene to accommodate the original dialogue.

I assume the take of Lapti Nek used in the film is still yet to be found??

I saw the SE of ANH in the theatres though I have very little memory of it being that I was 4 at the time. Its possible I didnt even own SW on video yet at that point! My first proper introduction to the SEs, by which point I owned the Faces set, was through television airings and borrowing the SE VHS set from a friend of my then babysitter. Eventually my dad got me the same set for Christmas one year though in hindsight I didnt play it out as much as my Faces or '92 sets. What does that tell you??

skoal said:

Is the Robocop 4:3 DVD fully opened-up? Can anyone compare the 4:3 DVD to the Criterion DVD?

There is no Full Frame DVD of RoboCop, not Region 1 at least. The above images I believe are from a TV airing. The Criterion is the closest Open Matte RoboCop there is on DVD.

I have that DVD.

Was there a Full Frame LD release for RoboCop???

skoal said:

Thank you very much for the replies.

Which T2 releases have the best audio? Thanks!

This is what I’d like to have:
The Terminator Remastered BD and mono audio from the Special Edition DVD
T2 Special Edition: Open-matte LD and ???

If it means anything, theres a copy of the remastered BD with the synced mono track from the LD on MySpleen. The LD mono track is MILES better than the flat sounding mono track MGM included on the Special Edition DVD. Hope this helps.

No updates just yet. In the meantime, I did have a related project idea which I pitched to FanRes. Figured I’d pitch it here but since the purpose is somewhat small rather than start a new thread I figured I’d pitch it here. Anyways back in 2012 when Universal released its first batch of Universal Monsters on BD, two sequences, one from Frankenstein and the other from Bride of Frankenstein, were tweaked. The issue with Bride has been discussed sporadically among some fans since the BD’s release (http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku…_MSfSMrKCQ). I only a few months ago discovered something with the first Frankenstein.

First with the latter. The sequence of Henry and Fritz wheeling the slab with the corpse up the hill toward the gallows early in the film has been tweaked. Originally about midway through the sequence, just as they pass under a pointed rock formation in the foreground, it cut to them closer to the gallows. Either something was cut or missing here. For the BD the sequence has been repositioned so the scenery passes by seamlessly however the two men and the slab jumping forward is all more noticeable than it had been previously. Here’s two GIFs to demonstrate what I mean (syncing’s not perfect).

First shows the original edit.

Second the BD edit.

Next Bride. This IMO is a bit more distracting then the edit to Frankenstein. It’s the shot of the Monster approaching the hermit’s cabin. It previously consisted of two shots, the first being farther away than the second. For the BD the first part of the sequence has been blown up to match the second part so the sequence looks more complete. However the editing is a bit jarring and a tree branch that was missing in the second half now magically ‘disappears’. Below are GIFs to detail this change as well (syncing’s not perfect).

Original

BD (recreation)

Why these changes were made who knows?? Are they bad?? Not necessarily but it would be nice if they had been left alone. Perhaps this is a nitpicky topic but hey we need those from time to time right?? Anyways would anyone by any chance be interested in attempting to restore the original edits to the BD versions?? I’m no master of upscaling and such so I won’t be much help. The availability of the original edits isn’t much a challenge. Any pre-2012 DVD release will have them. It’s possible maybe the iTunes versions may have them since I remember renting an HD version of Frankenstein off iTunes a year or two before the BDs had been released that wasn’t the BD print (obviously). Also there’s an HD version of Frankenstein for free on OnDemand in the TCM section until tomorrow which has the original edit of the hill sequence if anyone would like to capture it. My capture device cannot record HD or I would do it myself. They also have an HD Bride of Frankenstein but its the BD print. Anyways let me know what you guys think.

slumberdore said:

Fang Zei said:

There was another amusing video I remember from back then. I wouldn’t know how to track it down now a decade later, but it was some dude in his room with the GOUT discs and he mentioned the non-anamorphic transfers and then proceeded to show the dvd cases of movies from his collection that actually were anamorphic. As I remember it, these titles included Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie and Gremlins 2: The New Batch (“with Robert Picardo the doctor from Voyager” as the dude added).

This video also ended with a breaking of the GOUT discs.

Could it possibly be this video?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSZVxC1hNDY

Yep that’s it.