Congrats on finishing your project Mike!
I have to admit though I feel like I just watched the last firework go off and now it’s time to just go home 8-(
I don't think pictures of otters lusting over ice cream sammiches is NSFW...unless you work with particularly conservative otters?
Every few weeks I come skipping back here full of hope and child-like optimism that maybe just maybe this version has been released for all in a single action of world-righting justice.
Then I turn and wander back to my hole, kicking the sand with my head lowered, crushed like squashed womp rat.
Wazzles said:
They would more likely just destroy it.
This would be my main concern
mverta said:
@griffindodd - The so-called "destroy order" is real and confirmed. It's not Disney, it's Fox which is legally obligated to destroy any obtained prints of the original version. As for distribution, that pipeline is always in flux; technologies improve. Best to have it at least ready.
_Mike
Thanks for confirming this, I learn something new every day. So that being said and as Fox owns exclusive rights to A New Hope (I think this is true) where does that leave your options/plans for a release? Or is this all too far out to even comment on for now?
Obviously this concern has a root in my own fears of 'OMG I may never get to own this work' so I'd be lying if I pretended that wasn't part of my interest.
It makes me feel like....
Good Lord, what astounding work!!
I haven't had the time to read through 61 pages, so forgive me if this has already been said, but hearing that this project may end up in the hands of Lucasfilm, Fox or Disney scares me.
I understand that you have done an unimaginable amount of work and on the bright side of things would hope that this eventually becomes available to all through the massive distribution power of the Disney/Lucas/Fox networks. But I'd have to say that I would be more concerned that...
a) Lucas made Disney sign off on an agreement that they would never distribute the 'unfinished' theatrical releases - speculation but he made no bones about this issue over the years.
b) The quality of this work suffers when they try and deliver it through horrible compression techniques to blurt it out via their digital distribution channels.
of course there is also the bright bright hope in the future where they take Mike's amazing work and put him in charge of leading a team of technicians to complete this standard of work on the whole OT.
Again sorry if this has already been said somewhere in this massive thread.