Star Wars On Blu-Ray

[jye4ever]

I find the lightsaber duel at the end of TPM to be the best mix of action and finesse.

Hmmmmm...

you might be right.

 

[Rotfish]

Yeah. Too bad 1970's film technology didn't allow them to stack a couple of extra rocks in front of R2-D2 when originally shooting that scene.

On a related note, I finally got done with all six movies and the changes are exactly as they appeared in those thrown-together videos. Vader's "Nooooooooooo!" is pretty pathetic, but the one he says before the wailing version seemed okay. Just a short, passive-aggressive "No." Eh...

In all honesty though, the OT has already been changed and updated beyond belief. It's gotten to the point where it now seems pointless to get angry at whatever else Lucas is messing with. Even with the DVD release, so much was added in and redone.

 

[pixletwin]

Just finished watching Ep I. Picture looked great to me and I was surprised at the difference in watch-ability the new Yoda makes. I enjoyed it thoroughly (though I struggled to stay away during the pod-race scenes).

On to Ep. II tomorrow.

 

[jye4ever]

I like the pod race for the sound.

 

[darthviper107]

I'm still surprised anyone would say they don't like the podrace


I mean, the prequels are pretty much nothing without those parts, and it's really awesome, the film would suck more without it.

 

[Deak Starkiller]

Just finished watching Ep I. Picture looked great to me and I was surprised at the difference in watch-ability the new Yoda makes. I enjoyed it thoroughly (though I struggled to stay away during the pod-race scenes).

On to Ep. II tomorrow.

Me too!

I like the pod race for the sound.

Me too!

 

[nemenforcer]

I start my blu ray journey tomorrow!!!!!

 

[Avenger]

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[SwedishHeat]

On a related note, I finally got done with all six movies and the changes are exactly as they appeared in those thrown-together videos. Vader's "Nooooooooooo!" is pretty pathetic, but the one he says before the wailing version seemed okay. Just a short, passive-aggressive "No." Eh...

Same.

The first 'No' was okay. It was like a declarative 'NO!'. . . then he launches into whiny "Noooooo". Not good.

 

[sithlord13]

I'm still surprised anyone would say they don't like the podrace


I mean, the prequels are pretty much nothing without those parts, and it's really awesome, the film would suck more without it.

so if youre not a massive fan of the podrace- like me
TPM isnt a great film.

dont get me wrong i enjoyed it the first time and its well made etc but i find it largely pointless- much like a lot of TPM
and im no PT hater

 

[TheGent]

The thing is wouldn't Luke have gone "Who the Hell is that?" Especially after seeing his old father's face before he died? Even if he made the rational leap to "Oh that must be my father when he was young" then wouldn't he wonder why Obi-Wan or Yoda project the same thing?

Scene Discussion Deathnail.

 

[Rorywan]

I'm still surprised anyone would say they don't like the podrace


I mean, the prequels are pretty much nothing without those parts, and it's really awesome, the film would suck more without it.

I like the original version. The extended version has shots which do not have the same visual finesse and finish as the cinema version. It's muddied for me.

 

[CollectorNC]

I just finished reading the making of star wars, and at the end Lucas was a bit upset because Fox releasedthe movie while he was still editing it. He goes on to mention that what was shown was not his "full" vision of the movie. So I guess that all of these tweaks and revisions are his way of getting the story the way he wants it.

That only affects EPIV. By the time of the others he had his own studio.

 

[Rotfish]

Same.

The first 'No' was okay. It was like a declarative 'NO!'. . . then he launches into whiny "Noooooo". Not good.

The first "No" almost reminds me of the one that Smith said in the first Matrix, right before Neo turned his chopper chaingun on the office. I'd be happy if they just kept it at that.




As for the podrace, it's one of those scenes that really makes the movie memorable -- although I'd say that while each film has a handful of these, TPM only had that one. The final droid vs. Gungan battle was a bit forgettable for me.

 

[demorathis]

Ok I noticed an anomaly in A NEW HOPE:

I don't remember if this was also in the DVD release, but no one's ever mentioned it thatI"m aware of...

On the Death Star when Vader is wandering the halls searching for Kenobi, there is a shot of him walking to the foreground and there seems to be a DIGITAL FACE REPLACEMENT of his face mask in that shot (pasted on the way a skin would be on a flat or curved surface)-- I don't know why it was necessary, but it was jarring, to say the least -- I had to loop it 2 or 3 times because it was so strange...any one else notice this???

 

[pixletwin]

I didn't notice and that's the first I have heard. Any chance of a screen cap?

 

[demorathis]

I don't have a screencap --- it's just the one shot which is just a few seconds, but pretty obvious --- shouldn't be too difficult to find...I wish I wrote down the timecode....

 

[jye4ever]

One of my favorite movie making docs is The Beginning from TPM DVD, I wish that was ported over.

Go see how young Natalie Portman was in that.

You know what's funny, Jake Lloyd was actually good in Jingle All The Way with Arnold.

 

[demorathis]

For the record...The "nooo" bothered me at first b/c I liked the fact that we didn't know what he was going to do or what he was thinking before that - but after I watched the trilogy and got to that scene in Jedi - it kinda brough tears to my eyes (nothing dripped out of my eyesockets) but it seemed to be more emotional -- coming from someones who rarely speaks - this time he has had enough and it just kinda hit me...also when you see anakin at the end, was kinda emotional for me this time around...I really felt like Vader was killed and Anakin was restored (old Anakin was evil for the most part - machine - so young heroic anakin has returned) -- Ben was always wise and thus was the same, but anakin was "repaired" from his life as a result of his ultimate sacrifice...

(either way, rules re anakin don't apply to anyone else b/c he is the chosen one methinks...)

 

[demorathis]

Same.

The first 'No' was okay. It was like a declarative 'NO!'. . . then he launches into whiny "Noooooo". Not good.

I thought I'd hate it like I hated the preview on youtube, but I think it worked (not only bookending the original "Noo" when he heard news of Padme's death at his own hands)

But I watched it as a declaration of "Enough!!! I've put up with you destroying my life, but you will not take away my Son's..." type of thing...