Star Wars 1080p review.

[Mandible]

It's a dark day

I've just watched (scanned through actually) all 6 films in 1080p on a 1080p plasma and generally speaking, they look pretty average.

The HD shows the limitations of everything; the sets, make-up, CG, VFX.

The OT looked okay, but you can clearly see black lines around all the ships/SPFX/etc, furthermore Ackbar, Nein Numb and most creatures look like foam latex - there's nowhere to hide in this resolution

The PT look better and worse at the same time. Better when it's all CG, in fact some bits looks insane; pod race, geonosis battle, opening scene of ep3. But when there is humans and CG it looks terrible; the actors look like they've been dropped into a CG environment.

These were (I'm sure) pirates on a hard drive and I dare say the Blu-Ray's will address all this issues... I sure as hell hope so

 

[EXOTICLEX]

you better believe GL will clear anything up on Blu if it doesn't look right. He is king of tampering with his films.

 

[darthviper107]

I've seen Star Wars on HDTV and they really aren't very good quality, I'm sure the Blu-Ray versions will be much much better

 

[Darren Carnall]

I actually am not sure. Wouldnt surprise me if they released them like this, everyone bought them... and THEN they did a big clean up and released them again in 5 years

 

[Shropt]

What version did you watch? There is an HD version in Europe that is much better than our quality, then you have HBO's versions that are also good and then the Spike versions that are horrible and distorted.

Or do you somehow have a Blu-ray review copy we don't know about?

 

[Darth Waller]

I have the HBO HD recordings on my DVR and they look pretty good to me.

 

[Silent December]

The OT looked okay, but you can clearly see black lines around all the ships/SPFX/etc, furthermore Ackbar, Nein Numb and most creatures look like foam latex - there's nowhere to hide in this resolution

pssssstt......that's because they are.

But when there is humans and CG it looks terrible; the actors look like they've been dropped into a CG environment.

pssssst.....that's because they were.

 

[jimjimmyjones85]

I have seen the HD versions on HBO and Spike.

On the right TV, they look great. Keep in mind these are still compressed.

The Blu's will look much better that is for sure. And the sound. That goes without saying.

 

[Doctor Who]

there's nowhere to hide in this resolution
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Why would you want to hide it? It's what makes the movie, in my opinion.

 

[Entropy]

After the hideous DVD transfers, both sound and picture a mess, I don't have much faith in Georgie anymore. I'm far more excited about ESB:R than the Blu-rays.

 

[Darth Waller]

I'm far more excited about ESB:R than the Blu-rays.

I hope that comes out soon. The wait is killing me.

 

[Darth Mitchell]

I hope that comes out soon. The wait is killing me.

Pssst can I spoil the film to say Darth Vader is Luke's father?

 

[Kamandi]

I hope that comes out soon. The wait is killing me.

I'm with you. I've had the 1080p Wookie Groomer TESB for some time. If the official release looks like that the Blu release will be disappointing.

Adywan has color corrected Empire to match the laserdisks, so that alone has made Empire better looking than the Special Editions. All of the Hoth stuff was too blue and the black levels are over-crunched.

 

[jimjimmyjones85]

I'm with you. I've had the 1080p Wookie Groomer TESB for some time. If the official release looks like that the Blu release will be disappointing.

Adywan has color corrected Empire to match the laserdisks, so that alone has made Empire better looking than the Special Editions. All of the Hoth stuff was too blue and the black levels are over-crunched.

So do you download Adywan's versions or ????

 

[Kamandi]

So do you download Adywan's versions or ????

Not the final ESB Revisted, but Adywan has put out a simple color correction release. Much nicer than the official.

He also has a very active thread at originaltrilogy where he's posted clips of the REVISTED ESB progress and even the occasional re-vamped effect. The asteroid sequence is getting a big re-work, the AT-AT sequence, Lots of cloud city effects.

Last time I looked into it he said his dad is sick so he's trying to finish up Empire so he can focus on life for a while.

 

[Darth Waller]

Pssst can I spoil the film to say Darth Vader is Luke's father?

 

[jimjimmyjones85]

Not the final ESB Revisted, but Adywan has put out a simple color correction release. Much nicer than the official.

He also has a very active thread at originaltrilogy where he's posted clips of the REVISTED ESB progress and even the occasional re-vamped effect. The asteroid sequence is getting a big re-work, the AT-AT sequence, Lots of cloud city effects.

Last time I looked into it he said his dad is sick so he's trying to finish up Empire so he can focus on life for a while.

Are you able to download the ANH version or how is that you do it ?

 

[INFECDEAD]

All 6 films are around for download in 1080p. They all look great on my 65" plazzy but the blu's should look better.

 

[Kuzeh]

pssssstt......that's because they are.



pssssst.....that's because they were.

 

[Kamandi]

Are you able to download the ANH version or how is that you do it ?

Not something to discuss in public. PM me before Dave has to clean up this thread.