muddyknees2000

Transfer is done and now of course a possibly slightly better version has popped up on a rare dvd

EDIT: Cost me a damn fortune and I got screwed by the company that did it too.....

Ady I'd be the first one to thank you for the respect which you've shown towards ANH and ESB, that having been said.....I hope you kick ROTJ's ass

adywan said:

Thanks guys. I've just got back from visiting Dad in the hospital and have just been told that the operation was a success and they have managed to get rid of all the cancer :) so i'm going to be getting pretty drunk tonight to celebrate

 Excellent news. I'll lift a glass in his honour. Cheers

LOL....exactly what I was thinking

Darth Hade said:

corellian77 said:

Hmm... based on the preceding comments, it would seem Ady's decision not to solicit any other suggestions was a smart move after all :)  I guess, at the end of the day, ANH:R will satisfy 99% of everyone's expectations, with only a minor thing here or there each individual wishes were different.  I'd say that's a pretty amazing achievement.

Agree 100%.

Perfectly stated.

 Which would suggest that Star Wars fans all want (more or less) the same things. And Ady seems to have his finger on that pulse (though I DO know that he's making these for himself when all is said and done)

what got me though is that the only other time you see a large number of droids SHAPED like R2 is on the death Star......the tatooine ones all look older and clunkier....so I definitely would prefer to see one more akin to all the other outdated ones as opposed to one that looks like a differently color schemed R2

I agree, but I think I'd still prefer to see a different droid altogether, now thats its been brought up

I'm sure I won't miss it overly....but I just always liked that it was there (the whole point of having a scout walker is to support and help the full size ones so it kinda made sense to me to see them working together) But it DID always bother me that things you saw in one shot didnt follow into the next, and I totally understand why you're dropping it. Just wish ILM had of had time to get a few more shots in there, that way it might have been feasible to include it. Not a huge deal.....moving on

I'll agree that continuity-wise its a real problem, but I always did love seeing it there and i think its a real shame that more shots of it weren't included which might have swayed Ady in the opposite direction and made keeping it and adding to its presence a much easier job

adywan said:

I've had a lot of time to think about this whole scene since then and it will be staying the way it is now in the HD version. I've heard it so many times that having Obi-wan igniting first changes it from the "defensive" point of view to "the attacker", but this is not the case. Obi-Wan was never being defensive. So many have failed to notice one thing about the duel: Obi-Wan is the one that attacks Vader first and is not, as many state, taking the defensive stance. Vader doesn't even make a move before Obi-Wan lunges at him.

 For me it was never about who attacked first, I always just really enjoyed the visual of vader at the end of the hallway with his saber lit....waiting. It just always looked so badass. But I can definitely live with it being changed if its coming with all the other improvements that you've made

Anybody got copies of these they'd be willing to send out? I have copies of BE and RTJ but they're corrupted and dont play right, either on PC or in my DVD player

I metioned it actually, in a past post, somewhere......mostly concerning the ewoks and dulling down of the cuteness

Radi0n said:

I'm currently watching Family Guy: It's a Trap! and they sort of make a really valid point halfway in the film.

Why does it seem as if Leia's the only damn chick in the universe, besides Mon Mothma? Apart from one or two women in the background in ESB in Cloud City, I can't recall too many female characters.
And I'm of course deliberately not talking about the EU. Only the films.
Will something be done about that too?

 All of them, but especially that one, point out the glaring flaws in the films...I wasn't really expecting that much of a critical look at the films so much as just a lampooning of them. "Its A Trap" stood out as the greatest criticism IMHO. I found the WAY they criticized most interesting, they almost seemed to be saying "see, THIS is how this should have been done.

My fav part was how some people *cough* Greedo *cough* got really into it and started bashing Moth3r....somebody buy that poor guy a calendar

TV's Frink said:

Maybe the project has been canceled.

Frink you're going to alarm the children.....

dark_jedi said:

Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

Saying that Ady's changes are ok because they are "better" than the SE changes kinda misses DJ's point.

Thank you Puggo, well put, there are just far to many AK's in this thread and just do not see the point.

 People can see the point and still have one of their own. Which is why, when I post, I usually use "IMHO" to clarify that I am not necessarily trying to convince anyone that MY way of thinking is the correct one, but only that there are indeed differing opinions out there.....regardless of how well one thinks they have made their point, and/or how convinced they think  people should be by it

dark_jedi said:

muddyknees, that is 1 helluva post, and I admire your honesty, very nice read, however I do disagree with 1 of your points.

 which is that?

I have absolutely no problem admitting that I like Ady's additions where-as I hate Lucas/ILM's additions.

The clincher for me is that Ady has talent, where-as Lucas/ILM made (and continue to make) ham-fisted attempts at improving portions of the film, wether it needs it or not.

In MY opinion, Ady makes alterations and/or additions where they are quite logical, and in some places very necessary. I think he shies away from making changes just because he can, and sticks to fixing things he sees as problematic. Additionally, if he discoveres that he can't make something look just right, he'll abandon making the change as he would rather leave something unaltered than mess it up even more....which (again, in MY opinion) shows alot more integrity than Lucas/ILM has shown in their treatment of the films.

EDIT: Quite right, Ady is not a God.....I did not agree with all of his changes, but I DO think that his blend into the original film far better than anything Lucas/ILM have come up with

Didn't bother me in the least

ladyferry said:

HotRod said:

I love menus...Helps me decided what I want to eat!

Mmmm, me too! although I do lose myself in the wine list...

 Wonders what a Star Wars wine list would look like...

I definitely second that

brash_stryker said:

Oh I do hope it has a menu. That was one thing that gave you the instant feeling with ANH:R that this was designed to look like you could have picked it up off a store shelf. :-)

 I agree. The superior look and feel of these films with the added bonus of completely professional looking menus is what allows me to replace the official DVDs in my collection with these.

there'll be twice the menu's too...as i heard he wants to do 2-disc sets from here on out (hopefully ANH:R:HD will be done the same way)

asterisk8 said:

muddyknees2000 said:

....waiting with bated breath to see if someone will ask again

I wish I could present you an award for The First Person To Spell "Bated Breath" Properly That I've Seen On The Internet. It's a wordy award, I know. The engraving is going to cost a fortune.

 

I used to work in engraving, so I know how expensive it was. So just send me a nice card and I'll know why

PM me and I should be able to walk you through it