see you auntie

Hi Harmy,

It's been a few weeks but I finally had the time to sit down and watch SW DeEd.

What can I say about the changes (or lack there of) that haven't already been said. Some are noticeable but the majority are seamless, really impressive stuff. But then again I'm not surprised.

What I really loved about this project was the change to the colour timing. That's my big hate about the 2004 edition. I'd rather watch the gout than watch the 2004 dvd even if the cg and other additions were removed.

This has the benefit of pretty great picture quality, the removal of all the added bullshit and (as close as possible) original colouring. 

Now I'm not sure if this has been mentioned before but I thought I'd point it out if it hadn't and I know you're looking at doing a v2.0 but I think I may have found a glitch.

At 48.05 and lasts for about a second:

Baronlando said:

Supposedly it was Spielberg, according to the digital bits guy on the HT forum. All 3 were going to come out along with Crystal Skull for xmas 2008. Spielberg wasn't happy with the quality (and apparently not happy with the cgi cliff) and put the kibosh on it.

That's some pretty interesting information.

Who controls these releases, Lucasfilm or Paramount? Obviously Lucasfilm wouldn't want a clash with SW on blu-ray but Paramount wouldn't necessarily give a crap.

2-3 years is a long time to wait for a release with supposed ready to go transfers. But then again judging from the Spielberg Jaws interview he's never been in any rush to get his films out on blu-ray.

Thanks for posting this.

I haven't watched it yet. I'm normally savy enough to rip these sought of videos but I'm not having any luck with this. Was anyone able to or have any suggestions?

Wow, a good day for me to check in on this project.

I'll take a PM too Harmy!

No I am.

A still beating and flaming heart is removed from the chest of a human sacrifice by the central villain.

Kali Ma!

msycamore said:

Continuity: Near the end when Ripley is on the dropship, she is seen arming herself. We see her grab a flamethrower from the weapons rack. She then lays a pulse rifle on the deck. Next she pulls a pulse rifle from the rack, and lays down a flamethrower. (The 2010 Blu-ray is slightly re-edited to remove this error.)

That's the first I've heard of that, thanks for providing the info.

You would think with seamless branching you could have the shot of Bishop in the hole in the theatrical cut and the fix in the director's cut and everyone wins.

Same could be said for the gold room (which is not so gold now) in Alien.

But eh, I don't even own Aliens only Alien. Not because I hate the sequel or what Cameron did to it but I wouldn't watch it that much to justify the purchase. Fun movie though. Four out of five balls.

Full interview up: http://www.aintitcool.com/node/49921

I'm not post the whole thing but i will quote the last part:

Quint: Before I let you go, I do want to say that you need to quit beating up so much on Temple of Doom. I love that movie.

Steven Spielberg: You know, sometimes I can’t help myself. But the greatest thing about Temple of Doom was I met Kate Capshaw and I have seven children. We’ve been married for almost 20 years and that was my win on that movie.

Quint: I met Kate very briefly at the War of the Worlds premiere in New York and I made sure to tell her “I know you probably don’t get it enough, but you’re great in Temple of Doom.”

Steven Spielberg: You’re sweet. By the way, she is great in Temple of Doom and I’m very, very lucky to have found my life partner.

Quint: I love that movie because it’s so dramatically different from Raiders. The tone is different, you go from a suave villain in Belloq to a flashy villain in Mola Ram…

Steven Spielberg: Right. Here’s the thing… for all the fans of Temple of Doom who think I beat up too much on it, those fans who beat up on George Lucas 24/7 at the drop of any fedora, I would just say please give George credit. He’s the one that made it dark, he’s the one that decided on the story and on the concept. For all those who love Temple of Doom, you’ve gotta give George credit.

Quint: I’ll absolutely give George credit for that.

Ok I'll give credit to George, I have a great love for Temple of Doom.

But it's also pretty funny because I know there's a lot of people that hate TOD, so does that mean Spielberg has given them permission to lay the blame on Lucas. It's also funny that Spielberg is fully aware of the hate Lucas gets from fans.

I'm not sure where the anti CG sentiment came up, but I think we can agree we generally don't like CG in films that were made prior to the advent CG. But even Blade Runner: The Final Cut contains CG but we don't begrudge its existence because non CG versions exist.

The same could be said for Star Wars or E.T. But now even Spielberg now suggests it's kind of pointless to go back and mess with old films.

Anyone who dismisses the use of CG in modern films needs to see the featurettes on Black Swan or Zodiac.

Quint from http://www.aintitcool.com/node/49897 had a 50 minute interview with Steven Spielberg about Jaws etc. the whole interview isn't up yet but excerpts are below:

Quint: Is there a Jaws Blu-Ray in the works?

Steven Spielberg: Yes, there is. Yes, there is. I’ve already seen some of it. I don’t have a date yet, but there’s a Blu-Ray absolutely in the works.

Quint: I can’t wait, man. I love that the last DVD release actually had the original mono soundtrack on it as well. I wasn’t a fan of the remixed 5.1 sound… the splashing sounded canned…

Steven Spielberg: Oh, I know. I totally understand that. (In the future) there’s going to be no more digital enhancements or digital additions to anything based on any film I direct. I’m not going to do any corrections digitally to even wires that show.

If 1941 comes on Blu-Ray I’m not going to go back and take the wires out because the Blu-Ray will bring the wires out that are guiding the airplane down Hollywood Blvd. At this point right now I think letting movies exist in the era, with all the flaws and all of the flourishes, is a wonderful way to mark time and mark history.

Quint: I’m in total agreement with you. I wish you could talk George (Lucas) into doing the same thing!

Steven Spielberg: Well, I can’t!

Quint: (laughs) Yeah, I don’t think anybody can!

Steven Spielberg: George goes his own way and I respect him for it, but my new philosophy on this is to let sleeping dogs lie.

Quint: That’s great news for film lovers.

Steven Spielberg: When people ask me which E.T. they should look at, I always tell them to look at the original 1982 E.T. If you notice, when we did put out E.T. we put out two E.T.s. We put out the digitally enhanced version with the additional scenes and for no extra money, in the same package, we put out the original ‘82 version. I always tell people to go back to the ’82 version.

Quint: Having the option is the big deal for me. Using the Star Wars example, I don’t think there’d be an outcry if we could watch a nice transfer of the original versions. We’d be like, “George can do what he wants and I’ll watch it… but you know maybe the fans would like the option of watching the movie they fell in love with, too.”

Steven Spielberg: Yeah. And I think the other good thing is that they understand when they see a movie and they suddenly see something that obviously could have been done much better today and could have been corrected in the DVD/Blu-Ray transfer, they really appreciate seeing the strings attached.

If somebody put out George Pal’s War of the Worlds and took the strings off the machines I’d be very upset. When that machine crashes in downtown Hollywood, and you see the strings going from taut to slack, that’s the thing that allows me to both understand this movie is scaring the hell out of me and at the same time this movie is a creation of the human race.

That little taut-to-slack moment of those wires on that wingtip makes the original George Pal War of the Worlds work for me. It embraces my fears and it also alleviates them in the same breath.

It doesn't appear Raiders is going to revert back to the way it was (reflection etc) but that digital cliff will be gone. Current HD broadcasts don't have it so I'm happy enough with that.

I would never buy the eventual blu-rays if that cg cliff shot was included. It seems over the top but I draw the line at adding cg to a film as opposed to using cg to remove those guide rails that I never were there (but which totally should still be there).

As it is I'll be passing on the Indy blu-ray box set and wait to buy the films separately as to avoid Crystal Skulls. 

It also seems Spielberg has soured on the 20th Anniversary release of E.T proberly due to how poorly it was received. But it looks as if it will receive the Close Encounters treatment.

I've definitely soured on Spielberg and his output since Catch Me If You Can (loved that movie but have not liked anything of his since) so this candidness and back flipping is refreshing to me.

Can't wait for the full interview and Spielberg's response to "You need to quit beating up on Temple of Doom so much.” I love TOD. 

I'll say this about ROTJ the speeder bike chase sequence is still cooler than any one thing in the prequels.

Topless robot article: 8 Features Missing From the Star Wars Blu-Ray Box Set

http://www.toplessrobot.com/2011/05/8_features_missing_from_the_star_wars_blu-ray_box.php

originaltrilogy.com is even mentioned in the comments. Someone here post that?

TV's Frink said:

doubleKO said:

^ Ratings out of four balls, please.

I like this new guy.  He's already using OT.com off-topic memes.

So do I. His avatar is baller.

Peters ftw.

I've yet to check out the HD project, can I get the appropriate link/s please Harmy?

The facebook page is ewwwwwwww.

I don't think the internet would be as successful as it is if in its beginnings everyone posting on message boards used their real names with a poorly lit photograph* of their face next to it.

So Lucasfilm is trolling facebook now because they're too cheap to host their own forums?

*Not a comment on ot.com you guys are all extremely good looking.

I'm quite disappointed with the response to the box set here.

Not enough fun has been made of the inclusion of the 90 minute cosplayer documentary ;)

1anakin said:

http://www.twitlonger.com/show/a8tj49

Katie Lucas

On Thursday 5th May 2011, @KRLgrrl said:

Note: I am not going to argue with ANYONE about the prequels today, on MAY THE 4TH I MIGHT ADD, or on any other day for that matter. The prequels have been made. They exist. There is literally nothing you can do or say to make them go away. They may not be your cup of tea, but let's remember: YOU can choose not to watch them! You can pretend like they don't even exist! But being angry about it forever is going to accomplish nothing. Neither is being disrespectful. My father has done absolutely nothing to earn disrespectful tirades and personal attacks. He is a good man. He is not an evil genius plotting to ruin your life. You are entitled to your own opinions--whatever they may be, but be respectful about it. He may have made three movies you personally didn't care about, but he was also responsible for three movies that inspired you and millions of others. So, do him and I the courtesy of having a little goddamn respect.

 

Pffftt. Of course his daughter would say something like that ;)

But seriously what does she expect from something like goddamn Twitter. Don't advertise the fact you're Katie LUCAS. Kids these day have no concept of keeping their private lives to themselves. My lawn. Get off it.

Nero said:

Kinda telling though that there's no documentaries specific on the PT (which is a good thing). Wish I could enter a store and say "Give me Disc 8 and 9 from this set, thank you very much!".

George Lucas said: You want the prequel documentaries, go buy the fucking dvds!

adywan said:

It wouldn't surprise me if the OT docs are just pulled from the laserdisc masters. Strange how they haven't put "from star wars to jedi: making of a saga" on there though

Laserdisc ports on Blu-Ray? Who'd of thought that? ;)

So does that mean the old documentaries will now be pulled from youtube?

SilverWook said:

Choose your country? What if I choose the wrong one?

He chose poorly

I really don't think there's going to be anything of interest in this set for me but I might as well find out what's what before I go to bed.

Nice to see everyone's "light bulb" lit up next to their names :)

Davnes007 said:

none said:

Does anyone have a HD version of this?

Triple post. Also win.

Darth Hade said:

Back in the very early days of prequel hype, I subscribed to the Homing Beacon that was/is sent out by the official site: starwars.com

Subscribing to the Homing Beacon seemed to always get one e-mail updates to all things Star Wars. I didn't have a Homing Beacon in my inbox today, but I did have this...

Thanks for that.

In my world it's been the 4th of May* for 14 hours now and while I knew the announcement would be centred around California time it's nice to know when to expect it.

*Star Wars puns don't work when you put the day before the month.

TV's Frink said:

none said:

^ House M.D. S03E07 "Son of a Coma Guy" ~09:40

Harmy wrote: but the prequels not being very good is a common pop-cultural theme. They are often used as an example of a bad movie

'How I Met Your Mother' recently did a highly ironic reverse negative TPM joke. 

That's funny, How I Met Your Moth3r recently did a highly ironic reverse negative TPM thread.

Fucking win.

CP3S said:

Bitch.

Wait, is she the one who could kick my ass?

Edit:

zombie84 said:

Careful though, or she might get her older sister to come by and beat the shit out of you. She's MMA.

I guess not.