Original Trilogy DVDs: ANyone get them yet?

[Homerboy]

per /.

"Also apparently the original versions are basically non-anamorphic transfers from the laser discs. So basically, they look terrible. "

ANyone have 1st hand experience?

 

[K1052]

*mutters bitterly about OAR and 2.0 sound*

 

[MrChad]

Non-anamorphic transfers with player-generated subtitles that appear below the picture (cutting them off when you zoom in on a widescreen TV).

:thumbsdown:

 

[Homerboy]

2.0?
oh Lucas... how I loathe thee

 

[MrChad]

Originally posted by: Homerboy
2.0?
oh Lucas... how I loathe thee

2.0 is fine by me ... the original soundtrack was not a 5.1 mix.

 

[0roo0roo]

course they sucked, they are a stop gap till the hd versions are marched out

 

[vi edit]

Lucas will just milk it for another release. Next time it will just be the "Special Editions" without the special additions but will market it as "The Original Trilogy with enhanced sound and picture quality!"

 

[K1052]

Originally posted by: MrChad

Originally posted by: Homerboy
2.0?
oh Lucas... how I loathe thee

2.0 is fine by me ... the original soundtrack was not a 5.1 mix.

Yes, we know.

It would not have been all that much work or expense to add the 5.1 soundtrack, convert to an anamorphic aspect ratio, clean up the colors a bit, and not fvck with the storyline or add scenes. That is all people have wanted for years. He did it for the special editions after transfering and destroying the orginal negatives (Satan has a special room in hell for directors that chop up the o-negs to landmark films).

 

[K1052]

Originally posted by: vi_edit
Lucas will just milk it for another release. Next time it will just be the "Special Editions" without the special additions but will market it as "The Original Trilogy with enhanced sound and picture quality!"

Possibly.

He's a prick like that.

 

[nageov3t]

no.

I feel like giving money to george lucas somehow supports his desire to make piece of sht movies.

 

[mugs]

Yeah. They look fine to me, but then I don't exactly have a high end home theater set up (27" SDTV) I'm also not the type of person who gets hung up on poor picture quality, etc - I watch movies for the content, not the purty pictures.

 

[Homerboy]

Originally posted by: mugs
Yeah. They look fine to me, but then I don't exactly have a high end home theater set up (27" SDTV) I'm also not the type of person who gets hung up on poor picture quality, etc - I watch movies for the content, not the purty pictures.

I agree (and I have 27" SDTV myself as of now)
Hell I watch most my movies comrpessed to XVID
But there are some movies that I do want clear and crisp as possible... even on my sh!tty setup.