ORIGINAL STAR WARS TRILOGY COMES TO DVD!!!

But heres the problem. These brand new DVDs will be using ancient video masters. Jim Ward, of Lucasfilms, comments: The original films' video quality will not match up to that of the restored versions. 'It is state of the art, as of 1993, and that's not as good as state of the art 2006,' Ward says." That quote can be found in this article from USA Today.

Some of the worst official dvd releases out there for movies have simply been laser masters dumped onto dvd with no care involved. And that's exactly what we'll be getting from the company that at one time was at the forefront of producing quality presentations.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Shin

It's a good thing for you youngsters who weren't old enough to see the originals first time round though.

Eh. A close friend of mine from high school did a masterful edit of the OT. He took the 2004 DVDs and then digitally layed in the LD versions over the SE composites.

Example


Thats 2004 DVD Luke standing over a 1993 LD Sarlacc

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Eleo

So I'm wondering, how will the laserdiscs (yes, laserdiscs) look in comparison to these DVDs, do you think? Cuz, I already got those.

"These DVDs" = the 2004 Lucasfilm DVDs or the ones my friend made?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by sprouticus

This dvd release is happening to both shut up the rabid zealot fans, and put millions in Lucas's pocket. It's win-win for everyone.

I don't see how putting out substandard product is going to shut anyone up. If anything, youre going to hear a louder outcry than when the 2004 discs came out.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by sprouticus

These people don't care about quality, they just want the unaltered versions of their precious trilogy for some reason.

Actually, I can name about 72,000 people who are pretty livid at the moment, thank you.

Originally Posted by sprouticus

They feel like Lucas owes it to them for some reason. I'm sure there will be outcry over the crap quality, but there will be far less overall outcry about the fact that "they haven't released the originals lol" because it's no longer a problem.

You underestimate the shittiness of people on the internet.

Originally Posted by sprouticus

I think adding Haydensen in ROTJ was good because of the reason Lucas gave. Go ahead and challenge me

Christianson was a pointless addition. Anakin died an old man who made peace with the Force, as did Yoda and Obi-Wan. Adding Anakin as a younger man remains completely nonsensicle.

You really don't want to get into this arguement with me.

Originally Posted by sprouticus

THEY'RE HIS FUCKING FILMS AND HE CAN DO WHAT HE WANTS WITH THEM.

"I am very concerned about our national heritage, and I am very concerned that the films that I watched when I was young and the films that I watched throughout my life are preserved, so that my children can see them." -- George Lucas, speaking out against the colorization of black and white films

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by sprouticus

You're right, I probably don't, but the reason Lucas gave was "the ghosts represent the Jedis when they were at their most pure"

An utterly baffeling statement.

You mean to tell me that Obi-Wan was at his most pure in his old age after failing in training Anakin, which lead to the demise of the entire Jedi Order as well as countless lives during the Clone Wars, let alone the reign of the Empire?

Lucas is a limber-dicked moron.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?