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Skippy The Jedi Droid said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

May I just say, Skippy, that I love the name you've chosen for yourself. =D

 Yeah, I just recently found out that the R5-D4 from A New Hope has it's own backstory. I love it :D

But Luke calls it an R2 unit... You mean the action figure didn't have its name retconned like Walrus Man, Hammerhead and Snaggletooth?! Kenner's EU for the win! Does this backstory divulge whether he is an R2 unit or an R5 unit? I know 'tis a bit off topic, feel free to start an entire thread about this if necessary ;)

doubleofive said:

I wonder if the movie will have shifting aspect ratios then? Seems odd to try to mimic the film stock and cinematography so closely to have some scenes not in 2.35:1...

I can't say I'm a fan of shifting aspect ratios. It might be fine in IMAX theatres and all, but watching movies with shifting AR at home makes me feel like I'm watching a badly cobbled-together fan edit.

Just found this:

Planet of the Apes “re-imagined” as an episode of The Twilight Zone

^ Not that it wasn't a good job, but I won't miss Lando's mouth moving independently from the rest of his face that's for sure!

Harmy said:

That may well be, that the more monochromatic version looks more right to you but I assume we can agree that the new version is closer to the GOUT and 97SE references in that regard, right?

Do you mean in regard to skin tones? Yeah I realized I was wrong before you posted the comparison. Overall it is much closer to the 97SE, but the tauntaun/clothing seem to have even more red than the GOUT at times. Nobody else seems to have issues with the new colours though, so just ignore me! Bummer about the motherboard.

Yeah, you're right. I am just looking too hard and imagining things now. It still looks more "correct" to me without that red added but I will leave it to others to agree or disagree.

Ah, OK. I was using the characters to judge the colours at that point and just noticed red that wasn't previously there. To be honest I still prefer the second half the way it was. It is a bit more monochromatic but I think the skin tones hold up better without that extra red. Sorry!

I hate to say it, but while it is an improvement until 2:32, (if perhaps a little towards the blue side) the rest of the snow scenes actually seem more purple than before (I'm now seeing red in Luke's scarf and Han's coat that wasn't there).

I understand it gets dark around this time, and I am by no means an expert on how it should look, nor do I have professionally calibrated equipment. I would really like to hear from other people about this. I was quite happy with the colour timing used in 1.0 for the most part.

R2 looks "proper" to me in the 97SE, with a slightly more muted and matte looking blue. He always seems too vibrant and glossy since the '04 transfer, but that doesn't seem like an easy fix.

yoda-sama also has a point about the blue being missing from Luke's saber.

Somewhere In Turkey, A Wild Cat And A Fox Are Best Friends

Finished watching last night and the main problem I see is varying levels of colour saturation between shots and scenes. I want to turn the colour down for one shot, then the next shot will look a bit washed out. This mainly occurs in the Falcon where shots switch from full cockpit shots (less saturation) to close ups (more saturation).

Dagobah seems oversaturated between 109370 and 111870 compared to the previous Dagobah scene.

Lando's blue shirt looks very purple and the walls seem to have a red tinge to them in the shot where he makes the announcement.

Vader's lightsaber seems a little too pink to me, but I am probably biased toward the very red saber from the VHS tapes.

Well that's all my nits picked. As others have said, this is the best Empire has ever looked, I am just trying to be thorough. Thanks Harmy!

hyperboyl

About half way through checking the WP - here are the things I've noticed so far. Apologies if they have already been addressed or if they are correct the way they are.

Someone mentioned Hoth looking a bit purple and I agree, although it seems to be purple sky more than purple snow:

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45761 to 46122 - Magenta flashes similar to ones fixed in Star Wars?

Falcon interior from 52992 - Everything seems way more saturated in closer shots, especially the lights and Han's lip.

Harmy said:

I may also make a cropped 4-5GB MKV version

If you keep the cropped MKV version under 4.37GB it can be burned to a single layer DVD. This is the cheapest & easiest way for some of us to distribute to others.

Freaking impossible-to-read captchas... insult added to injury as I am left to infer that I am no more perceptive than the robot they assume me to be.

generalfrevious said:

i don't have anything to post here anymore. No topic interests me right now.

So... if there's nothing to bitch about, it doesn't interest you?

Oh wait, we already knew that ;)

emanswfan said:

I find it hard to argue that the first 2D series has more engaging action sequences than the 3D series.

I would argue this up and down. Clone Wars made me feel like there was actually a war going on, unlike the movies or later series.

"Commencing dog brain CAT scan."

 Hubert J. Farnsworth

DuracellEnergizer said:

Charles Montgomery Burns

Oops! Forgot Monty was his middle name.

Bumped the Quotes Thread again. It was OK. Hoping to profit with more Homer Simpson quotes from Leo!

"Good heavens, she's some sort of female madman!"

 Charles Montgomery Burns

Captain Archer...

Watches sports in portrait mode. Nuff said.

Since Harmy won't entertain any more discussion about his rounded corners, I am going to have a little bitch about it here. This seems like the kind of random and unwarranted change that caused the need for a Despecialized Edition in the first place. Sure it is his work and he can do anything he wants, but the argument "because I like it" is something that belongs in the fan edit section, not the preservation section. It is the inconsistency created between Star Wars and Empire that bothers me more than the corners themselves. Harmy's contributions cannot be overstated, but the obsessive-compulsive in me just can't resist complaining about this minor issue.

/entitlement

hundsdorfex said:

How do i get invited ????

Can you invite me  ????

How this thing works ????

Needs moar question marks.

TV's Frink said:

You are quite demandy.

 Is this Buffy speak? Either way, I approve.