George Lucas Must Be Stopped

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Mar 11, 2004
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Finally Xylon got his comparisons up

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1361140

Looking good so far. He even included a YouTube video side by side comparsion in HD.

Lulz, the Blu-Ray where they added the rock in front of R2-D2. :biggrin:

JHumeC....haha. It looks like a bad photoshop.

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Lash444

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If you say so, slick.

Id have to agree with him, actually. I don't see anything in it that the average person would notice. Now I assume your profession has something to do with graphics design, or movie editing. If thats the case, props to you for noticing slight lighting issues, blurriness, or the lack thereof.

Id bet that 95% of people given that picture would never notice the issue. Right?
 
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Id have to agree with him, actually. I don't see anything in it that the average person would notice. Now I assume your profession has something to do with graphics design, or movie editing. If thats the case, props to you for noticing slight lighting issues, blurriness, or the lack thereof.

Id bet that 95% of people given that picture would never notice the issue. Right?

First, I was just joking around. My fault, it didn't come across.

Well if we're gonna qualify it like that, then yeah, the average person won't notice. I still think it looks like crap though and is laughably bad. That image just looks wrong. You don't need to know much to be able to tell that. If I didn't know better, then I would have guessed they shopped R2-D2 into the picture. Sums up Lucas' attitude, change pointless things for no real reason and do a half-ass job at that.
 

gorcorps

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Finally Xylon got his comparisons up

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1361140

Looking good so far. He even included a YouTube video side by side comparsion in HD.

It's a shame that so much was added/changed that detract from the original, because apart from that it looks damn good. Everything actually shot with real cameras have so much detail that all of the sub par c-gen added in the late 90s really distracts you.
 
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It's a shame that so much was added/changed that detract from the original, because apart from that it looks damn good. Everything actually shot with real cameras have so much detail that all of the sub par c-gen added in the late 90s really distracts you.

star wars, in its original form and condition, was crap. how about the glaring spliced film surrounding fighters? and the lightsabers looked pretty weak too.
 

ProfJohn

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So... in plain English....

Should I guy the blu-ray?

Yes or No?


I saw it playing at Walmart and damn it looks sharp. It was similar to watching Star Wars when it was re-released into the theaters. Just amazing how much sharper it looked on the big screen and blu-ray than what I was used to seeing over all these years on VHS and DVD.
 

jman19

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So... in plain English....

Should I guy the blu-ray?

Yes or No?


I saw it playing at Walmart and damn it looks sharp. It was similar to watching Star Wars when it was re-released into the theaters. Just amazing how much sharper it looked on the big screen and blu-ray than what I was used to seeing over all these years on VHS and DVD.

If you are sick of Lucas and his garbage, then no.

If you don't give a crap as long as it is Star Wars, then sure why not...
 

Patranus

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If you don't like his products then don't buy them.

Pretty simple solution to a non existence problem.
 

Dr. Zaus

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So... in plain English....

Should I guy the blu-ray?

Yes or No?


I saw it playing at Walmart and damn it looks sharp. It was similar to watching Star Wars when it was re-released into the theaters. Just amazing how much sharper it looked on the big screen and blu-ray than what I was used to seeing over all these years on VHS and DVD.

How about you buy this version and then download the HD version that's not stupid: for fee?

I can't see any moral, though there are clearly legal, problems with this.
 
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mmntech

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star wars, in its original form and condition, was crap. how about the glaring spliced film surrounding fighters? and the lightsabers looked pretty weak too.

Can't tell if serious. :\
It's a bit like calling King Kong crap for it's hokey special effects. Yet it's still a landmark film 78 years later.

There's no reason the special editions and the theatrical cuts of Star Wars can't coexist. There's certainly a lot of demand from fans and the film community to give the originals the proper treatment. They'd make money. The only thing stopping that is George Lucas. He's being a strait up ass about it. Sure they're his films, but they're also cultural icons. They deserve preservation and release in their original form.
 

0roo0roo

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So... in plain English....

Should I guy the blu-ray?

Yes or No?


I saw it playing at Walmart and damn it looks sharp. It was similar to watching Star Wars when it was re-released into the theaters. Just amazing how much sharper it looked on the big screen and blu-ray than what I was used to seeing over all these years on VHS and DVD.

if you want to reward his shitting on the fans constantly sure, buy the bluray;)
 

randomrogue

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The originals are amazing. At the time especially.

However if I'm given a choice between watching the original and the re-mastered ones I'll pick the remastered ones each time. I know that they added a few things like the guys on the sand dunes instead of just the skeleton but for those that are younger you wouldn't even know the difference and the remastered version looks 10x better.
 

Dr. Zaus

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The originals are amazing. At the time especially.

However if I'm given a choice between watching the original and the re-mastered ones I'll pick the remastered ones each time. I know that they added a few things like the guys on the sand dunes instead of just the skeleton but for those that are younger you wouldn't even know the difference and the remastered version looks 10x better.

do you also like Bose speakers?
 

ProfJohn

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I think my opinion is that I would much rather have the original theatre versions cleaned up and all pretty over the SE.

But given how much better the Blu-ray looks I may one day buy them.