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#891633
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Star Wars theatrical versions not coming in 2015
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moviefreakedmind said:

CatBus said:

moviefreakedmind said:

The fact that we’ve received no comment rejecting the idea of releasing the unaltered films also makes me wonder if they’re potentially waiting to announce a release.

That right there. Optimism. 😉

It certainly is! Perhaps they just don’t want to denounce their fans, but if they really had no intention to ever release them I would imagine that they would just be upfront and politely say that they will not do it.

Thats what Im thinking too. I guess waiting and having the fan edits hold us over until they do reveal something is our only option at this stage.

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#891152
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Star Wars theatrical versions not coming in 2015
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moviefreakedmind said:

If the Star Wars films were not released in any form then I would agree with the idea of fan preservations hurting the chances of a release, but the Despecialized Editions (amongst others) actually take sales, however minimal that number may be, away from the official releases of the Special Editions and especially any future release that does not include the OUT. I don’t think that sites such as this would do anything but prove the demand for the OT. Most people, or at least all that I’ve seen, have not claimed that they will not buy a release of the OUT because of Harmy’s work. They think of it as a way to watch the Star Wars Trilogy until an official blu ray is released. I would imagine they’d use a legitimate release of the OUT as a diplomatic way of shutting down popular fan projects.

I view it the same way. I dont watch Harmys or anyone elses projects here with the intent of it being so i dont have to own the official release, past or present. Its until we are given the official release we all desire so much. Now obviously many fan projects come from the minds of the creators and thus will never have an official, but i’ll just keep this topic to preservation. And as i said id like to think that growing attraction this site gives people and as you said people turning to fan edits rather than the official release will result in an official OUT release in the future.

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#891107
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Star Wars theatrical versions not coming in 2015
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I think with sites like these and fans acting together to preserve the original films to an extent also diminish the chances of a proper release. They figure ‘theyve found other ways to get what they want. Whats the use in releasing it?’ Now thats not me being critical of this site because at the same time i like to think that the more followers sites like these get will be enough to convince Disney and Lucasfilm that there will always be a growing fanbase and desire for the original cuts. But i agree if its not gonna happen within the next ten years theres really no point but i hope im wrong.

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#890963
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Star Wars vs. A New Hope - Which do you say and why?
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DuracellEnergizer said:

CatBus said:

Then, around the Special Editions, people started pushing the “A New Hope” name hard, and also episode numbers.

I thought the use of episode numbers only really started catching on when TPM was released, becoming firmly entrenched once AOTC arrived.

Granted I was six when TPM came out and I couldnt read well yet so when I watched the OT as a young child, I hadnt noticed the episode numbers. So I was the same way, I didnt know of the episode numbers until TPM came out and since then I have taken them into consideration. These days I usually refer to them by their film name and not so much their number although sometimes I may still say ‘Episode (insert number)’. However I usually do say A New Hope so most people know exactly the film I mean.

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#890335
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Star Wars theatrical versions not coming in 2015
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Alderaan said:

Re-doing the CGI Jabba is unacceptable. Everyone here already knows that though.

The Jabba scene for me would be better as an extra on the DVD or BluRay, not as part of the film. Let alone the fact that most of the dialogue is in the Greedo scene, the CGI Jabba just looks bad no matter which version youre watching. The CGI would pass if the scene was an extra because it would just give people an idea of where Lucas would have gone if he had included the scene in the final film. But as inclusion in the final film, it just doesnt work IMO.

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#889532
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Star Wars vs. A New Hope - Which do you say and why?
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I dont mind calling it A New Hope. It gives it its own identity since technically theyre all called Star Wars. Also lets face it. Whether or not youre an OUT or SE supporter, we are more accustomed to it saying ‘Episode IV A New Hope’ at the films start than seeing the original 1977 crawl with no title or number. All video releases until and since the 2006 DVDs have had ‘Episode IV A New Hope’ at the beginning, both original and Special Editions.

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#889518
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Star Wars theatrical versions not coming in 2015
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Alderaan said:

I don’t think the OOT will be released until the next decade, sometime after May 2020. Disney will wait until all of Fox’s distribution rights expire on the other movies, and they will simultaneously wait until the ST is over and dies down.

As much as Id like to think that this wont be the case, I have a feeling that this is what will happen in the end, provided of course that a OUT restoration is on the cards for the future.

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#885242
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The Terminator (1984) - Original Theatrical Mono Preservation (Released)
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Heres something I just noticed. I was watching my MGM DVD of T1 and was watching the scene where the Terminator breaks into Sarah and Kyles motel and opens fire. He then goes over to the bathroom and kicks the door in. In the mono version, you can hear the gun firing in the background when it cuts to Kyle and Sarah hijacking the pickup truck. Until now I assumed that sound was a drumroll in the music. Nope it was the gun. How I know and what point Im making with this post is I played the scene again with the 5.1 mix and theres NO sound after Terminator kicks the door in! Interesting huh?

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#884130
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Info: Jaws - PCM mono track
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Hello, has anyone been able to preserve the audio from any of the Laserdisc editions? Keep in mind I dont own or have seen the BluRay edition so I dont know how the mono track on there sounds. I dont have a Laserdisc player either. However I do have the DVD editions. The mono track appears on the 2005 and 2012 DVDs. While the track is mostly identical on both releases, I found the 2005 mono track a bit crisper than the 2012 mono track. Also the 2012 track is somewhat ‘flawed’ in some areas. For example, the sound of the engine exploding is in the incorrect pitch in the 2012 mix while its in the correct pitch in the 2005 mix. When I get a chance I’ll post some video examples. Unfortunately my main computer is not working presently. Anyways I brought up the Laserdisc edition since I was watching the 1995 VHS and since some things are bit more audible in that version I thought perhaps it may appear this way on the Lasersisc. Some examples of that I noted above. Anyways just wanted to bring this peoples attention.