digitalfreaknyc

Saw this posted today.

So the question is…where was she and what did she watch?

Random question - is the celebration panel going to be streamed?

What else was included in those archives?

Editroid said:

I’d love it if someone made a custom Blu-Ray cover of the Despecialized Trilogy for a single 3-disc Blu-Ray case, similar to how the official Blu-Rays for the OT and PT were bundled separately back in 2011.

Someone did. That’s the artwork I use

CatBus said:

The Star Wars trilogy films are easily the three most popular films unavailable on home video today. So there will always be unscrupulous people trying to cash in on the chasm between supply and demand, and unfortunately Despecialized makes it easy. The best leverage we have against unscrupulous dealers is to make sure all Star Wars fans know about Despecialized, and that it’s free – erode the demand for these bootlegs, in other words. Other than that, we’re just putting out fires on eBay until Star Wars enters the public domain and we can get a real commercial release – and none of us will live to see that day.

Unfortunately, there are too few people who have burners or know what to do with them. So they’ll rely on other people to do it because they can’t be bothered. The supply nor the demand will ever go away.

He ain’t the only one…

http://www.ebay.com/sch/revblazjohn/m.html?item=182451778461&hash=item2a7af9339d%3Ag%3A6dsAAOSwa~BYWjo2&LH_Complete=1&rt=nc&_trksid=p2046732.m1684

and…

http://www.ebay.com/sch/treasuresandsurprises316/m.html?item=262806209670&hash=item3d30788486%3Ag%3A-6EAAOSwjDZYeNYB&LH_Complete=1&rt=nc&_trksid=p2046732.m1684

Avatar_Emil_Borg said:

don007 said:

sample -

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5b6gik

Not bad. Not bad at all. I really like this open matte presentation.

Did you look at the clip? It’s 16x9. It’s not open-matte.

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

Disney may soon be making an entrance to UHD BD (as in April soon). From Bill Hunt:

According to the German BD site Bluray-Disc.de, Disney and Marvel have licensed Iron Man, Iron Man 2, and Iron Man 3 to Concorde Home Entertainment for release in Germany on the 4K Ultra HD format on 4/6, both individually and as a Steelbook trilogy. You can see more here and also here.

If this is true, it would seem likely that a U.S. release is also soon to be announced. After all, the 4K Ultra HD format is all-region. It’s very hard to imagine Marvel and Disney sacrificing potential sales here in the States due to enthusiasts importing copies.

We know that Disney has been waiting for more Dolby Vision capability to start appearing in 4K hardware before joining the format and, as we reported at CES last month, Sony, TCL, LG, Vizio, and Philips have all agreed to support Dolby Vision in their displays and players. The new Oppo UDP-203 player will also support Dolby Vision after a forthcoming firmware update.

We’ve reached out to Disney to see if we can find out more on this and we’ll let you know if and what we hear back from them.

I’m really surprised to hear Bill say something uneducated like that. Movies coming out in other regions (from other studios) is about as indicative of a stateside release as seeing it on cable in HD. Or being able to buy it streaming.

One really has nothing to do with the other.

Handman said:

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

Wazzles said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Wazzles said:

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

It won’t cost that much, because most people wouldn’t pay that much. Economics.

It’s not inconceivable, assuming that it’s comprehensive (multiple cuts, all old special features). Look at the 6 film Middle Earth set- the MSRP is $800, but they’re “discounting” it to $400 because literally no one would pay that much.

Why would anyone pay 400 dollars for that?

They wouldn’t. I’m just saying that studios do, at times, price these things absurdly high.

Obviously they have because it’s still for sale, now at $500.

Bill Hunt said:
I did a little window-shopping research and ran the numbers last night. For $799.99, I could – right now on Amazon – buy…

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy – Theatrical Edition BD set ($21.75)

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy – Extended Edition BD set ($48.99)

The Hobbit Trilogy – Theatrical Edition Blu-ray 3D Combo set ($97.89)

The Hobbit Trilogy – Extended Edition Blu-ray 3D Combo set ($106.98)

(And if you add up all those movie and extras discs, that comes to 48 discs of content – which is truly complete – as opposed to this set’s 30.) Plus…

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy 3-CD Soundtrack Collection ($30)

The Hobbit Special Edition soundtrack CDs ($20 each x 3 films = $60)

The “Art of The Lord of the Rings” hardcover books for each film ($44 each x 3 = $132)

The “Art & Design of The Hobbit” hardcover books for each film ($30 each x 3 = $90)

If you’re following along at home (or the office) that comes to a subtotal of $587.61.

That leaves me with $212.38…

… which is almost enough to buy a hand-crafted prop replica of The Hat of Gandalf The freaking Grey from the WETA Workshop too (for $219 – see this link, and yes that’s it pictured up above there on the left side of the page. It’s kind of badass).

And I’ll build my own damn shelf to hold it all.

Yeah but who wants any of that crap? 😃

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

It won’t cost that much, because most people wouldn’t pay that much. Economics.

And people paid $250 for it in 1993.

Wazzles said:

digitalfreaknyc said:

doubleofive said:

1. Most 4K discs can be found for $25-30, the same price DVD or Blu-ray was at first.
2. You’re telling me you wouldn’t pay $45 each for a 4k restoration of the OOT? I’d be first in line.

That boxed set with the extras retailed for, if memory serves, $250 in 1993. Figure that out with inflation. That was totally worth it back then.

About $415-420.

And, tbh, if they released the OT with all extras and documentaries, I’d pay it.

doubleofive said:

1. Most 4K discs can be found for $25-30, the same price DVD or Blu-ray was at first.
2. You’re telling me you wouldn’t pay $45 each for a 4k restoration of the OOT? I’d be first in line.

That boxed set with the extras retailed for, if memory serves, $250 in 1993. Figure that out with inflation. That was totally worth it back then.

Sougouk said:

I never had LD, but I remember they were pricey at the stores. It was a niche market.

As is 4k. And the quality was amazing. I’d be thrilled if 4k was as successful a niche as laserdisc but had high prices.

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

Harry Potter just dropped in 4K. SRP $44.95 a title and currently pre-ordering on Amazon at that price, no box set, while the 2016 Blu Ray is selling on Amazon for $8.

1. Can’t believe that price.
2. A per-title release instead of box is interesting. Even more interesting is we’re getting the last four in the series first, with the other four titles coming later in 2017.

For the OT, if we get 4K (and even if not), I like the individual title release idea, but $45 per title?? New releases don’t even fetch that on the format. Hopefully we won’t get gouged like this if the OUT comes around this year.

It’s a good thing you weren’t around for laserdiscs.

Cj6543 said:

Was this ever uploaded?

I hope that the Netflix version was used to patch the shot(s) that weren’t available.

The DP of Rogue One Greig Fraser mentions that they had a look at the 4K versions of Star Wars AND Empire in the February issue of American Cinematographer:

“With Gareth Edwards, we wanted to be attentive that the look be consistent with A New Hope, which is seared in our brains. We weren’t necessarily trying to reproduce what it actually looked like, but how we remember it — there’s a difference between reality and the remembrance of reality. Part of our research was to look at the 4K scanned versions of A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back. They look fantastic, but they don’t look how I remember them.”

Molly said:

A couple friends have tentacles out for the BDs of Superman II and Superman II RDC. I’ll see what I can do.

If I am able to do it, I will do it in two forms:

• A full length cut, at 720x540, using as much restored footage as possible (cropped to 4:3).
• A shorter cut, at 1280x540 (possibly also at a higher resolution), with only the restored footage.

No guarantees.

Just an fyi, those are PAL sizes. The original NTSC would be preferable.

Should check out this interview with Ben Mendelsohn: http://collider.com/ben-mendelsohn-rogue-one-star-wars-interview/#changes

“We did have multiple, multiple ways of going at any given scenario, we had multiple readings of it. So should they ever decided to, there would be a wealth of ways of approaching these different things. And I know from having seen sort of the crucial kind of scenes throughout it, I know there’s vastly different readings of at least four of those scenes, with enormous differences within I would’ve said 20 or 30 of the scenes.”

SilverWook said:

When poor Carrie was reported to already be dead in some corners of the internet last week, yes I question the news. End of discussion.

Carrie was never “reported” to be dead. People talking on Twitter doesn’t constitute a “report” unless you’re dumb enough to conclude it is one.

And the discussion doesn’t end simply because you say it does. You’ve already proven that your experience or intelligence level on the subject is…lacking.

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

Not sure this is the time or place to have this debate.

Then feel free to tell the person who started it by questioning the news.

SilverWook said:

I’ll wait until I hear the news from a more reputable site. TMZ is sleaze.

You’re saying TMZ isn’t reputable? Are you 80? Or living on another planet?
They break ALL entertainment news.

Was finally able to gather my thoughts and post this on Instagram. My heart still hurts 😦
https://www.instagram.com/p/BOir_rVgLib/?taken-by=cjlenti

[Tyrphanax said:]
It does suck. Some of the stuff she was into leaves indelible, permanent scars, though. Not sure it was so much a “bounce back” as it was a cumulative effect over time. Plus when you throw age in, all bets are off.

And the weight loss/gain. Seems like that can’t help matters.

[Tyrphanax said:]
Haseo was saying “there’s no logical reason such a thing should happen to someone like her” and I felt like her drug abuse was a pretty logical reason.

My response was dripping with sarcasm. Sorry if that wasn’t clear.

schorman13 said:

Well, in the case of my father, who had “the widowmaker”, they waited a week to do surgery.

But was he in ICU after a heart attack? I mean…we don’t even know if she’s awake. She’s on a ventilator.