Miscellaneous Movie Musings - Page 72

mousepod · 07-31-2006, 08:15 AM

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Ohhh, the original versions of the Star Wars trilogy are due to come out on DVD at midnight on September 11th (into 12th), and I was planning on having a bonfire to burn the hated "uber-special edition" DVDs that came out a couple years ago. Because of the date, I intend to have a replica of the WTC as the centerpiece of the bonfire. Tasteless, I know ... but how can I resist when I already have a bonfire scheduled for that date??

Bad news, iSm. The new Star Wars DVDs being released are the special editions that we got last year. The original versions are going to be "extras" on each DVD - presented in a crappy, unremastered format (i.e. letterbox as opposed to anamorphic widescreen). If you want the correct original trilogy in a nice anamorphic widescreen, you still have to rely on fanboy DVDRs (I take it you know someone who might have a set they'd be willing to send you - just drop them a PM).

innerSpaceman · 07-31-2006, 08:39 AM

Um, sorry but the fanboy copies that zapppop purchased for me at a hefty price become unplayable after 1 viewing. Not going down that route again.

I don't so much care if the DVD versions will be letterbox as opposed to anamorphic ... i'm not watching them on some huge screen. And if they look any crappier than the laserdiscs I currently have to resort to, I will be surprised.

It's all going to be worth it for the remaining doubters who will eat their flung-at-me words when the opening crawl has no episode name or number.

mousepod · 07-31-2006, 08:47 AM

Not to nit-pick (too much), but Lucas is using the laserdisc masters to create the DVDs - so unless your LD player is in bad shape or the LDs themselves are rotting, it's going to be the same. As far as the crawl goes, it appears that they've just faked the opening crawl of the original by digitally removing the name and number from the first movie. This is not the version that you saw in the theater...

Cadaverous Pallor · 07-31-2006, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by mousepod

As far as the crawl goes, it appears that they've just faked the opening crawl of the original by digitally removing the name and number from the first movie. This is not the version that you saw in the theater...

Lordy! You're throwing barrels of gasoline on iSm's fire! Everyone run!!

mousepod · 07-31-2006, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Lordy! You're throwing barrels of gasoline on iSm's fire! Everyone run!!

You're right - I'm crazy to be wasting precious gasoline like that!

Gemini Cricket · 07-31-2006, 05:40 PM

Couple of things:

1. Roy has a lot of stuff on his dashboard.
2. Barry's mom is a heavy sleeper.
3. A kid stands in the middle of the street near a blind curve and no one tries to get him off the road?
4. Roy reminds me of Steve. So does Dreyfuss' other character in 'Jaws'.
5. There are a lot of great actors in this flick.
6. The tanker that shows up in the Gobi Desert. Matte painting? Surely they didn't build that thing.
7. "Hurry, Brad, there are thousands of lives at stake."

8. If my kids hit me with a paddle, I'd ground them. Roy's kids are messed up. But hysterical. Remember when Spielberg movies had funny kids in them?

Okay, back to the movie...

Snowflake · 07-31-2006, 06:07 PM

Looks like Scoop will be on my list this coming weekend. Still need to see Pirates.

I'm totally confuzzled about the Star Wars releases. Am I correct in reading the meaning that none of the first 3 are available on DVD as originally seen in the theatres? Only in the later Lucas futzed with masterings?

Gemini Cricket · 07-31-2006, 04:01 PM

In honor of iSm, I'm going to watch 'Close Encounters'.

I may just eat mashed potatoes while I do it.

innerSpaceman · 07-31-2006, 07:03 PM

mousepod, I'm going to have to rewatch Empire of Dreams, the doc about the making of the Star Wars trilogy that first silenced my naysayers when it came out a couple years ago and featured the original opening crawl, with George Lucas admitting the whole episode thingy was made up post-StarWars, as was the storyline about Darth Vader being Luke's daddy.

I may have been too ecstatic at the time to make note if that opening crawl was a fake. The timing to the music is very particular, and I would know a fake if I watched it with a little less excitement rushing through my veins. But if that was the real thing, why would they now stoop to digitally recreating it incorrectly???

mousepod · 07-31-2006, 07:12 PM

This link is just for iSm. I take no responsibility if a non-iSm clicks on the link and is plunged into a frightening morass of geekery.

A thread (over 100 posts and counting) about the crawl on the "bonus" "original version" of Star Wars on the upcoming DVD.

You have been warned.

07-31-2006, 08:39 AM	#2
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Um, sorry but the fanboy copies that zapppop purchased for me at a hefty price become unplayable after 1 viewing. Not going down that route again. I don't so much care if the DVD versions will be letterbox as opposed to anamorphic ... i'm not watching them on some huge screen. And if they look any crappier than the laserdiscs I currently have to resort to, I will be surprised. It's all going to be worth it for the remaining doubters who will eat their flung-at-me words when the opening crawl has no episode name or number.
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07-31-2006, 08:47 AM	#3
mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	Not to nit-pick (too much), but Lucas is using the laserdisc masters to create the DVDs - so unless your LD player is in bad shape or the LDs themselves are rotting, it's going to be the same. As far as the crawl goes, it appears that they've just faked the opening crawl of the original by digitally removing the name and number from the first movie. This is not the version that you saw in the theater... __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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07-31-2006, 05:40 PM	#6
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	CE3K Couple of things: 1. Roy has a lot of stuff on his dashboard. 2. Barry's mom is a heavy sleeper. 3. A kid stands in the middle of the street near a blind curve and no one tries to get him off the road? 4. Roy reminds me of Steve. So does Dreyfuss' other character in 'Jaws'. 5. There are a lot of great actors in this flick. 6. The tanker that shows up in the Gobi Desert. Matte painting? Surely they didn't build that thing. 7. "Hurry, Brad, there are thousands of lives at stake." 8. If my kids hit me with a paddle, I'd ground them. Roy's kids are messed up. But hysterical. Remember when Spielberg movies had funny kids in them? Okay, back to the movie...
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07-31-2006, 06:07 PM	#7
Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	Looks like Scoop will be on my list this coming weekend. Still need to see Pirates. I'm totally confuzzled about the Star Wars releases. Am I correct in reading the meaning that none of the first 3 are available on DVD as originally seen in the theatres? Only in the later Lucas futzed with masterings? __________________ Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. - Oscar Wilde
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07-31-2006, 04:01 PM	#8
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	In honor of iSm, I'm going to watch 'Close Encounters'. I may just eat mashed potatoes while I do it.
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07-31-2006, 07:03 PM	#9
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	mousepod, I'm going to have to rewatch Empire of Dreams, the doc about the making of the Star Wars trilogy that first silenced my naysayers when it came out a couple years ago and featured the original opening crawl, with George Lucas admitting the whole episode thingy was made up post-StarWars, as was the storyline about Darth Vader being Luke's daddy. I may have been too ecstatic at the time to make note if that opening crawl was a fake. The timing to the music is very particular, and I would know a fake if I watched it with a little less excitement rushing through my veins. But if that was the real thing, why would they now stoop to digitally recreating it incorrectly???
	Submit to Quotes

07-31-2006, 07:12 PM	#10
mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	This link is just for iSm. I take no responsibility if a non-iSm clicks on the link and is plunged into a frightening morass of geekery. A thread (over 100 posts and counting) about the crawl on the "bonus" "original version" of Star Wars on the upcoming DVD. You have been warned. __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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