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digitalfreaknyc

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#1065380
Topic
Celebration 2017 Speculation
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rpvee said:

Not to add fuel to the fire, but…

I think it’s been mentioned here that the “Saga” Blu-Ray sets have been mysteriously dropping in price the past week or so, but to add to that, the digital versions on iTunes also had a very rare drop in price just today, the day of the panel. Like, just a few hours ago. The last major price drop was iTunes’ big end-of-year sale in December, and nothing really before that. Why would they discount the films on the exact day of the panel if there wasn’t something related to home media whatsoever? It’s not like most iTunes shoppers would know about the convention and connection otherwise…

It’s not just iTunes. It’s all digital platforms. Vudu has each movie for $14.99. I can’t remember them ever being that low

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#1064582
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Help: looking for... "Home Alone 2" - Seeking 35mm/16mm print for scanning
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cpalmer2k said:

JayArgonaut said:

I can’t offer any help with obtaining a film print but I’m very much interested as to why you feel the H.A.2 Blu-ray is poor quality. The only information I’ve been able to find so far are here: http://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=12922453&postcount=69 and then very briefly, here: http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/2548/homealone2.html

Can you elaborate about the problems please?

What about the HDTV broadcasts? Are they an improvement or have they been sourced from the same master?

Like many on the forums have complained the film has a ton of grain and the bitrate is really starved compared to the Home Alone 1 release. The colors look dull, nowhere near the way I remember seeing the original in theaters. I’ve recorded several HDTV broadcasts, and I do have a 10gb HBO capture that I would rate as being a little better but they clearly still haven’t done a re-mastering of this film. It’s a shame too, considering this would be the 25th anniversary.

The import is on a bd-50. It’s not bit-starved at all

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#1062690
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Celebration 2017 Speculation
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rpvee said:

I’d love a series about the fall of Ben Solo, it’d definitely be more dramatic than a book about it.

As for the Celebration surprise(s), someone mentioned earlier the possibility of it being a Lucas appearance. That would be fitting, and I don’t think anyone said the surprise would be any kind of announcement. If anything, the big surprise being merchandise of any kind, including a new home media release, would probably get an underwhelming “making the fans buy the same movies again” response, OOT or not. That doesn’t sound like a fitting enough surprise for such a huge panel.

It will probably be Ford and Lucas. But neither of those is really a big deal. Short of the OOT or Carrie back from the dead, there’s very little they can do to “surprise” us.

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#1062275
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Info: Gremlins 1/2 - BTS videos - for sale on ebay...
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Anyone check these out?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gremlins-1984-amp-Gremlins-2-1990-Behind-the-Scenes-Video-/182501324065?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&nma=true&si=s%2BobnA5JB%2FTAZ7ubjNTjf37LEag%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

The person who is selling them is making copies for $200. I don’t have that kind of money to burn but I’d be happy to share if there’s a way of pooling our funds. Or does anyone have a better way?

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#1062257
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Trying to find where I saw Star Wars
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Tallguy said:

digitalfreaknyc said:

I’ve been trying to find this out for myself. I wasn’t even born when it originally came out so my first time seeing it in theaters was in the early 90’s. The Nintendo game came out and they had select screenings of it in theaters around the country. There was an ad in Nintendo Power and that’s the only way I knew about it. I’m dying to know the date. 😦

Hmmm. That sounds harder. If my newspaper dive works out I’ll let you know. I know I have no chance of getting the date.

It’s actually much easier. There were screenings all over the country on that one date. I just have to find the damn magazine with the ad and it’ll be done. I even remember which theater I saw it at 😃

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#1062162
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Trying to find where I saw Star Wars
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I’ve been trying to find this out for myself. I wasn’t even born when it originally came out so my first time seeing it in theaters was in the early 90’s. The Nintendo game came out and they had select screenings of it in theaters around the country. There was an ad in Nintendo Power and that’s the only way I knew about it. I’m dying to know the date. 😦