Star Wars: The Complete Saga (1977-2005)

[Moviefan2k4]

Yeah, Luke's saber still looks "off" in my opinion. I mean, this is supposed to be the same exact weapon that Anakin used against Obi-Wan on Mustafar, twenty years before the events of "A New Hope". There's no reason for it to consistently change color, from a story standpoint. I really hope this newly-released shot isn't the final version.

[killermike2178]

Originally Posted by chad_1138

Probably because it is a Fox release. Fox has been using DTS-MA since day 1 on their blu's

Plus, it costs less money to convert your lossless LPCM mixes to DTS-HD MA, since DTS, Inc. charges less money and takes less time to do the conversion than Dolby Laboratories does for Dolby TrueHD.

[killermike2178]

Originally Posted by Cook

Look at the bottom right of the box. It says disc 8 is a single layer BD! WTF Lucasfilm! Why not use a dual layer BD and give us more special features?

Three words: Money, money, money.

[mrr1]

Originally Posted by Moviefan2k4

Yeah, Luke's saber still looks "off" in my opinion.

There is no pleasing some people.

[daveyf]

I just bought a 60 inches Panasonic Viera Plasma HDTV to go along with my 7.1 Pioneer Elite sound system setup.

Star Wars and The Crow blu-ray better look gorgeos. Fingers crossed.

[Merlinpants]

Originally Posted by Moviefan2k4

Yeah, Luke's saber still looks "off" in my opinion. I mean, this is supposed to be the same exact weapon that Anakin used against Obi-Wan on Mustafar, twenty years before the events of "A New Hope". There's no reason for it to consistently change color, from a story standpoint. I really hope this newly-released shot isn't the final version.

The key phrase for this release has been consistency. Consistency across all films in the saga so I think we can hope for a match to the PT in the final version.

[Merlinpants]

Originally Posted by joliefan

They dont have Specsavers in USA

Missing out on an essential buy one get one free offer. I take back everything I ever said about rip off Britain.

[rockin]

Originally Posted by daveyf

I just bought a 60 inches Panasonic Viera Plasma HDTV to go along with my 7.1 Pioneer Elite sound system setup.

Star Wars and The Crow blu-ray better look gorgeos. Fingers crossed.

Nah it will look garbage - you should've opted for a better set-up.

[greg_achen]

Originally Posted by mrr1

There is no pleasing some people.

Not true. If they made the lightsabers consistent across the films it would have pleased A LOT of people. It's not like it's that difficult. Teenagers do lightsaber effects on their home computers all the time. Why is this so difficult for Lucasfilm?

With that said, I am still excited about the release even though we all know the real improvements, like lightsabers, will be updated for the upcoming 3D releases.

[frogmort]

To me, those two pictures look exactly the same, except for the lightsaber. From what I've heard, these are not DVD/Blu-ray comparisons, they are just a reasonal facsimile of the changes that have been made, so the color difference could be much better on the actual blu-ray, or much worse.

I tend to think/hope that everything will look much better than what we are seeing in these pseudo-screenshots.

[GeneD5]

Originally Posted by Merlinpants

The key phrase for this release has been consistency. Consistency across all films in the saga so I think we can hope for a match to the PT in the final version.

Well said...and I applaud your positivity...

[daveyf]

Originally Posted by rockin

Nah it will look garbage - you should've opted for a better set-up.

hehehe.. I will once I hit the jackpot. But for now.. it'll do!

[rockin]

Originally Posted by daveyf

hehehe.. I will once I hit the jackpot. But for now.. it'll do!

I'd say with that set-up you already have hit the jackpot...

[mrr1]

Originally Posted by greg_achen

If they made the lightsabers consistent across the films it would have pleased A LOT of people.

But some people will still be displeased.


It's hilarious how many complaints and criticisms there are about something that nobody here has actually seen yet.

[Bluyoda]

Originally Posted by Toxa

the HD Broadcast was already awesome

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showp...postcount=1305

Wow! ROTS is going to be the most beautiful BD ever!!!!

CANNOT WAIT!!!

Originally Posted by Merlinpants

I am going to look at the menus (sad I know, but I loved the DVD versions so am keen to look at the Blu) followed by brief viewings of my favourite scenes and scenes I hope have been restored (c'mon Han, shoot first!), then on to disc 7 & 8 until my eyes bleed. 40 hours non-stop can be done with the strongest coffee and multiple cans of REDBULL

Honestly? You are not going to view the movies as a whole??

Originally Posted by Jay444

You shouldn't have to worry about that. My copy of Avatar (Director's cut) has much worse packaging than this set and it doesn't have a single scratch on the discs. Really, don't worry about your discs, they are durable in the sense they can't be scratched up very easily and I am sure they took that into consideration with the packaging. Besides, wait till you get it in your hands anyway, you may like what you see!

Nothing to do with you, but on a side note; Spielberg is the greatest director of the blockbuster era. Not to mention he directed 4 of the most important movies ever made (Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan, E.T. and Jaws). Plus he is a pretty darned good producer too.

I would have to argue that. E.T is lovely, but far from IMPORTANT.

"The Thin Red Line" is about a billion times better and more impactful than
"Saving Private Ryan". "Jaws" made sharks seem like killing machines, when in fact people slaughter about 10.000 sharks a year, whereas sharks only attack around 7 people annually, and that by accident, so he made a HUGE mistake IMO, and is indirectly responsible for a lot of deaths of those amazing creatures.
I haven't seen Schindler's List in ages, so I can't say anything about that.

Originally Posted by kenkraly2004

New article from starwars.com on the blu-rays here is the link : http://www.starwars.com/news/saga_bl...ion/index.html

Wow! Thanks! This is looking more and more promising!!!

I never noticed the Fode and Beed issue in TPM.

Had any of you ever noticed that?

Also the cut off starfield was never spotted by me, but then again, I only saw the OT DVDs on crappy TVs in Vietnam, and I have been waiting for the BDs anyway.

[Indyjones]

Originally Posted by Jason520C

Honestly, I'm starting to believe that they aren't showing us any REAL screenshots of what we will see on the blu-rays, mostly because a picture can never represent what we will see on our TVs. Plus, I can't really see a difference in quality between any of the pictures. They just edited what they said has changed, mostly just to show that it has changed for the Blu-Rays, but you'll have to buy them to see them

I believe this is the case. All the screengrabs we've seen so far haven't been from the blu's themselves. This was even stated by Adam over at HTF, so I'd assume that the shot of Luke's lightsaber on the Falcon isn't from the blu either.

[Bluyoda]

Originally Posted by frogmort

To me, those two pictures look exactly the same, except for the lightsaber. From what I've heard, these are not DVD/Blu-ray comparisons, they are just a reasonal facsimile of the changes that have been made, so the color difference could be much better on the actual blu-ray, or much worse.

I tend to think/hope that everything will look much better than what we are seeing in these pseudo-screenshots.

How about looking at the shadow details??? Vastly improved if you ask me, which you didn't, but anyways...

Seriously, it's not even stated that this a BD screenshot, so let's chill out, and discuss what we know: That they have addressed a lot of issues, even ones that hadn't even been picked up by "fans"....

[mrpink134]

Originally Posted by Bluyoda

Wow! ROTS is going to be the most beautiful BD ever!!!!

CANNOT WAIT!!!



Honestly? You are not going to view the movies as a whole??



I would have to argue that. E.T is lovely, but far from IMPORTANT.

"The Thin Red Line" is about a billion times better and more impactful than
"Saving Private Ryan". "Jaws" made sharks seem like killing machines, when in fact people slaughter about 10.000 sharks a year, whereas sharks only attack around 7 people annually, and that by accident, so he made a HUGE mistake IMO, and is indirectly responsible for a lot of deaths of those amazing creatures.
I haven't seen Schindler's List in ages, so I can't say anything about that.



Wow! Thanks! This is looking more and more promising!!!

I never noticed the Fode and Beed issue in TPM.

Had any of you ever noticed that?

Also the cut off starfield was never spotted by me, but then again, I only saw the OT DVDs on crappy TVs in Vietnam, and I have been waiting for the BDs anyway.

I guess you never saw Avatar or any Transformers movie! They look awesome. Not a big Avatar fan but I will give credit to the Video quality of the movie. Making that statement is bold. I think it also looks great, but the best ever

[HylianBowcaster]

Wow, that HDTV shot of Grievous' eyes makes me think ILM deserves the 2005 Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.

[Jumpman]

You know, I was planning on watching the DVDs one more time to review them so when the Blu Rays come I could spot the slightest of changes. But getting all this information about the corrections, fixes, and whatnot, I'm starting to think twice about doing that...especially Episode I with the digital Yoda. I can't go back to the puppet after seeing that clip!

They should've gotten the Academy Award for best visual effects for Episode III. It was a damn crime that they weren't even nominated. Still, to this day, pisses me off!