Spending a snowy evening watching V1 (since I had to call a for a raincheck dinner date with lady friend) and it still looks pretty good. I think any of my criticisms have been addressed in V3 (namely the Greedo subs) so any work that's done above and beyond that is just bonus.
Damn impressive... can't wait to see these in motion in the comfort of my living room
Another vote for the tweaks...
I'm on the fence as well... I think they look fine "as is" but if the tweaked versions are more true, well then go with that.
Either way these discs are going to be amazing, and my new "go-to" version, especially in light of the fact that the Blu-Rays will not include the OOT.
Edit: After looking at the pics on my desktop, as opposed to laptop, I think I prefer the tweaked pics, DJ.
Thanks for the update, DJ!
PM sent, DJ. Like Sluggo, it's been a while since I sat down and watched the trilogy properly. Been waiting for these babies.
PM sent
Add me to the list of folks excited to see what comes of this
I'm also looking forward to this set, and the V3 GOUT too
kenkraly2007 said:
The SE's are Lucas perfered versions of the films. He considers the original verisons of the films rough cuts. I agree the original verisons of the films should be perserved and righly so I never said they should'nt be.
So a dude releases a "rough cut" into theaters, gets rich beyond imagination, then decides *20 YEARS LATER* "ya know, maybe I should finish that little movie I made way back when" and is able to get away with saying that this new-fangled version is what he intended all along?
Must be nice to live in fairy tale land... say hi to Cinderella for me.
Adywan is right, the SEs were nothing more than a proving ground for the prequels.
I'd wait for Dark_Jedi's V3 which he's currently working on. Sounds like it will be the ultimate
Just wanted to add my voice of support, DJ. The samples look amazing and I cannot wait for this set to be part of my collection.
If the 93 mixes for all three films can also be included without a noticeable drop in video quality, I'd love to see them be part of this set as well.
dark_jedi said:
So if all goes well, this is what it will be,
ANH
'77 Stereo, 35mm Stereo, hairy_hens 70mm 5.1, '77 mono.ESB
hairy_hens music-edited 5.1, '93 Stereo, '80 Stereo(if I can get it sync'd that is).ROTJ
hairy_hens music-edited 5.1, '93 Stereo, '83 Stereo(again if I can get it to sync up).OH and msycamores great subs!
DJ this set sounds more awesome by the day. Can't wait to be able to watch the results for myself when it's available. Thanks for all your effort!!
dark_jedi said:So has anyone watched these yet?
We would love to know what you think of them.
Downloaded them last week but have been so flippin busy with work stuff that I've not yet had the chance to view them.
Whilst my PC is chugging away doing another encode, I was looking at my HCenc logs from the first go round and saw something that might potentially be the cause of my problems.
I noticed a line that said "Small source mismatch 764 (or whatever number it was) frames"
Thanks Moth3r. I used G-force's script exactly, no changes, since I've never used Avisynth before.
I followed along using the guide that OldSchoolJedi wrote up.
Not sure about the integrity of the .m2v but can check it this evening after work.
ETA: The .m2v appeared to be fine as well. Trying another encode...
okay so a bit more information before I spend several more days doing a re-encode
Playing the disc back normally appears to be problem free with the exception that the timer/counter on the DVD player doesn't advance every second. I can live with that if i have to.
But skipping chapters is what introduces the problem i described earlier where it'll play 3-4 seconds, skip back, play those same 3-4 seconds again followed by the next 3-4 seconds, and repeat ad nauseum.
Skimming thru the movie with fast-forward results in a frozen frame when hitting play.
I did not create a menu, just the base DVD.
Any ideas as to what might be causing this strange behavior? Thanks in advance...
After waiting several days for my encode to finish, I ended up with a bum disc. Throughout the movie (ANH) it'll play for 3 or 4 seconds, then back up and repeat those same 3 or 4 seconds before continuing, ad nauseum.
Guess I can try it again...
Thanks to everyone in this thread (especially G-Force).... I'm a total n00b at this, but with any luck I'll have ANH done sometime on Friday.
Rather than having two Vaders, why not play up the dual-persona angle, without revealing that Anakin is Vader? In other words, keep Vader an off-screen villain who does terrible things, until Obi-Wan faces him and says "YOU are Vader?!?" Vader puts Obi in a Force-choke. Obi-wan tries calling out to Anakin, who last we've seen is on the same planet. Vader says "...is no more"
I think that would keep the suspense without all this multi-Vader silliness...
WheresBlackhawk said:Obiwan would sense who Vader is and Vader's response helps to seal the deal: Obi asks," YOU are Lord Vader?" Vader should attack him ferociously. Obi starts,"...Anakin..." Vader finally speaks, cutting him off, "is no more." The audience whould be convinced the other student survived.
Love this idea!!
I'm doing some brainstorming myself. More later.
That is great news, Ady.
Octorox said:hopefully when the final script rolls around someone will upload a DVD9 over the web. I REALLY am not encoding this again.
I'd be on board for that. I don't know the first thing about any of these scripting things and have far too much on my plate right now to be bothered to learn.
Just PM'd klokwork, he'll get a set from me once I get it from Ripplin
Ripplin, just PM'd you as well