mumbles_

CatBus said:

team_negative1 said:

We have the advantage of several years of experience by professionals in the industry that have been working on it, along with the peer reviews here on the forums.

Also, you have the critical advantage of being a nonfictional restoration.

This. :)

I'm extremely happy you folks are stepping up to do this.

Even if they did beat Disney to the punch with releasing the originals in 4k I doubt they're going to look as good as what they would be working with. No offence to anyone involved with this project, just saying... I'm pretty sure all of us would buy it on blu-ray and/or 4K if we could.

The only issue I found with the latest sample is the high-pitched whining in the audio. I'm wondering if this will be fixed or if it will remain untouched in the final release. Would there possibly be an option to hear a 5.1 mix as well? Great job either way!

Looks great! The audio mix seemed to be too low on my system but that could just be me.

pittrek said:

Ronster said:

I met John Landis, He's a nice guy. I wen't to a screening of American Werewolf in London where he was releasing / signing his new book. "Monsters in the Movies"

I don't think it's something he would make up, so he knows something, and has shared it and he's obviously excited about it too.

A Very Warm person is John Landis.

 While I would never call Landis a "nice guy" (especially after the Twilight Zone incident) but I really hope he's correct.

 Same here. I really like his films but I can't get over what happened on that set. They really shouldn't have even made that movie to be honest.

Push the button, Frink.

jimjimmyjones85 said:

team_negative1 said:

Here's one of our versions of Lando in front of the falcon:

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http://i.imgur.com/1jMPnoX.jpg

Team Negative1

 One of the most blaringly bad in your face obvious comps of the film. Hated seeing it on blu. 

 Yeah this scene always bothered me.

I really dig Struzan's work. 

Phantom Menace: I tried convincing myself that it was a good movie when I was walking home after seeing it. Then when it came out on VHS and everyone wanted to skip to the Darth Maul lightsaber battle.

Clone Wars: When I had no desire to see it after it was out on DVD.

Revenge of The Sith: During seeing it in the theater, at the end when I heard Darth Vader scream "NOOOOOOO!"

Looks great! Can't wait to see the final product!

I think Jedi is pretty important to preserve considering how butchered the film was with all the special editions. It was my favourite of the three as a child but now I think I like them all just the same.

Get well soon Poita!

team_negative1 said:
Which leads us to gauge the interest in Empire Strikes Back is not as high.

 Likely due to the amount of changes made in A New Hope and Return of The Jedi special editions. Empire's changes were minimal compared to those two and some of us are happy with Harmy's Despecialized Edition of Empire. I'm interested in all three films, however. :)

dvdmike said:

The Skynet 100% had a DNR pass, the new disc that came out this week is missing this pass.

The issue with T2 is theEE baked mess of a master they use, its from 2003 and was not well done even then.

The UK optimum disc is still the best looking, but is fromt hat same old tired master.

 I thought the Japanese 'Premium Edition' of T2 was the best looking one available. Is the UK Optimum blu-ray the same quality or better? Is it region-free? The Skynet edition (North America) is pretty crappy as far as DNR goes... I begrudgingly bought it for $5 because I was holding out for a proper transfer like the Japanese 'Premium Edition'. 

As for T1 on blu-ray, the recent remaster with him holding the assault rifle on the cover is the best it's looked (not sure about colouring or any filters that might have been applied). It's only missing some of the features from the SE DVD and the original mono soundtrack. It does have the Harlan Ellison credit at the end of the film, however.  

team_negative1 said:

The Blogs have been around for longer than these posts were, which started in 2012.

Our members have always known they will get early access. We welcome all fans, but we wouldn't be here if it wasn't for their support.

They've waited 4 years or longer, while some of you have just joined.

Everyone will see the work eventually.

Team Negative1

Good enough for me! I've only just heard about it now since I had been AWOL from OT for some time. Harmy's work with the Despecialized Edition and got me active again while waiting for Adywan's ESB Revisited to be released. In the meantime I'll just act as a cheerleader... GO TEAM NEGATIVE1!!! (take all the time you need, really...)

TV's Frink said:

mumbles_ said:

Will we be given the links or locations on here to where it will be downloadable when it's ready?

You forgot to tell us what team you are on.

Team Olie

 Oh man, I'm indecisive... Team Olie or Team Negative? What are my choices?

Will we be given the links or locations on here to where it will be downloadable when it's ready? Thanks!

Congratulations! I'm readying the fireworks for the big release... 

Fantastic work so far, folks. Keep up the awesome work. Extremely excited to see the final product(s).

MVacho said:

Please tell me your not gonna put back in the matte lines around the Rancor or that kind of stuff.

 I would be totally OK with that, as a purist and fan of the original cuts. 

This...

is...

AMAZING!

Big fan of your work Harmy. Glad to see you're working on an updated version of your RoTJ DE. I look forward to seeing what you do with it.

Great work DrDre. I check in on here every once in awhile to see what the fans are up to and I'm always impressed with what I find!

I just watched this today. Fantastic job!! Harmy, are you still working on Despecialized 2.0? any plans for other improvements with Empire or Jedi?

any chance of someone encoding this in AVCHD so it would fit on a dual layer DVD like Adywan's ESB '97 HD release? Obviously I'd rather have it on a 25GB blu-ray but I don't have a blu-ray burner. Thanks in advance if anyone at least considers this. :)