Star Wars: The Complete Saga (1977-2005)

[Merlinpants]

Originally Posted by MikeCL

I wanted to ask a question I was looking at Amazon early this morning and I could not understand how a new release got so many bad reviews..

SO I wanted to ask here what's wrong with the box set?

Nothing, the OT.com crowd have been bombarding the Amazon site with negative reviews to prove some infantile point. Go to their forum and read it for about 10 minutes and you will see what I mean. If you don't like the vader added no, the set is rubbish. Quality.

How can people review what they do not have??

[SDon1969]

Originally Posted by MikeCL

I wanted to ask a question I was looking at Amazon early this morning and I could not understand how a new release got so many bad reviews..

SO I wanted to ask here what's wrong with the box set?

Probably due to fans reviewing the changes to the movies and not the discs themselves.

[earmullet]

Originally Posted by scraptor

There are two parts to it. One is a relative scale and one is an absolute.

The absolute is as simple as this: does this actor make you believe he is who he says he is? If he threatens to kill someone, does he look threatening, or is he a kid playing dress-up? If an actress is supposed to be grieving, why does she look so bored?

The relative standard is compared to all other examples of acting an audience member has experienced. If your film experience were to consist entirely of tepid popcorn blockbusters starring Nic Cage, then you might be perfectly comfortable with Hayden Christensen.

There's a reason that Brando, Day-Lewis, De Niro, Hoffman, Pacino, and Nicholson are almost universally considered acting heavyweights. If you've seen enough movies, you know what's good, and you know what's bad.

The Prequels are hard to judge for acting because the scenes are so bland and lacking in tension, while the dialogue itself is so banal. I thought Ewan Mcgregor did very well with what he was given.

SPOILERS IN THE CLIPS BELOW

Compare Christensen in AOTC:
Anakin's Dark Side Revealed - YouTube

to Wes Bentley, around the same age, in American Beauty:
American Beauty - There's so much beauty in this world - YouTube

Bentley inhabits Ricky Fitts. Christensen plays Anakin like a suit that doesn't quite fit, with petulance and awkwardness instead of rage, shame, sorrow.

Timothy Hutton in Ordinary People, Ryan Gosling in the Believer. Ed Norton, though a little older, in Primal Fear. That's acting. The right material helps, obviously--just compare Portman in Black Swan to Portman in Thor (awesome movie, but her role stank).

But there aren't any cringe-inducing acting flubs in the OT the way there are in the PT.

Good example. Script and directing helps as well. Both of which were void especially in Ep. II

[HandyDandy]

Originally Posted by MikeCL

I wanted to ask a question I was looking at Amazon early this morning and I could not understand how a new release got so many bad reviews..

SO I wanted to ask here what's wrong with the box set?

This what everyone over on Amazon.com is complaining about:

NO UNALTERED ORIGINAL TRILOGY--NO SALE!!!

No one on that site has the set in their hands so their views are crap plain and simple.

[MikeCL]

Ah ok I was wondering what the heck was going on

[harry keogh]

What they are complaining about is that the original versions are not included in the set. Has a lot more to do than one simple "Noooooooo."

I want both versions, and will hold out until both versions are released.

[JamesKurtovich]

Originally Posted by HandyDandy

This what everyone over on Amazon.com is complaining about:

NO UNALTERED ORIGINAL TRILOGY--NO SALE!!!

No one on that site has the set in their hands so their views are crap plain and simple.

The changes are confirmed and most of us have seen them. It's convinced a lot of people to cancel their orders and leave a one star review in hopes that it'll deliver a message to Lucas.

I've read a lot of reviews which I agree with.

[jonmoz]

I cant help feel that all these rumors of poor picture quality are down to the fact that the movies are not the versions certain people wanted.

[Blu Titan]

Originally Posted by jonmoz

I cant help feel that all these rumors of poor picture quality are down to the fact that the movies are not the versions certain people wanted.

Probably, a big part of your theory is true .

[HandyDandy]

Originally Posted by jonmoz

I cant help feel that all these rumors of poor picture quality are down to the fact that the movies are not the versions certain people wanted.

Absolutely. That's why they should not be taken seriously..

[HandyDandy]

Originally Posted by JamesKurtovich

The changes are confirmed and most of us have seen them. It's convinced a lot of people to cancel their orders and leave a one star review in hopes that it'll deliver a message to Lucas.

I've read a lot of reviews which I agree with.

Not that many people have cancelled,and i have a feeling that once these have been given excellent A/V reviews all of those that have cancelled will re order them.

[El_Jay]

Originally Posted by HandyDandy

Absolutely. That's why they should not be taken seriously..

Why don't you just look at the screens?

Do you think Natalie Portman's face is completely devoid of any definition in real life? She just walks around kind of blurry?

It still looks really good for the most part, but that is some HEAVY DNR and a lot of people aren't into that scrubbed CGI look.

It's not like it's a "rumor" when you can see caps from the source.

[kurtlingle]

Originally Posted by jonmoz

I cant help feel that all these rumors of poor picture quality are down to the fact that the movies are not the versions certain people wanted.

Yep. I think some hope they are bad PQ/AQ so they won't be "tempted" to give in to the "dark side" and buy the OT with changes they don't like.

[Mahatma]

Originally Posted by El_Jay

Why don't you just look at the screens?

Do you think Natalie Portman's face is completely devoid of any definition in real life? She just walks around kind of blurry?

It still looks really good for the most part, but that is some HEAVY DNR and a lot of people aren't into that scrubbed CGI look.

It's not like it's a "rumor" when you can see caps from the source.

Remember seeing Portman in the cinemas,and she even looked waxy there,so it might be make-up rather than DNR.

[LimeiBook86]

Originally Posted by byronboog

Yeah it would be cool if there was a seperate page with all the different exclusives that are starting to pop up...

Thanks!

If anyone has any information on pre-order items/bonuses or exclusives to a retail store for the U.S. (or other country) please post it or link to it.

[SwissHD]

Originally Posted by nathan_393

Everybody freaking out over how crappy those screencaps looks needs to look at how compressed the Blu-ray screencaps are.

I did the Screenshots and the uncompressd PNG Files LOOK EXACTLY the same. Trust me.
I couldn't upload PNGs to the site because i got forwarded to the main page every time afer a long wait.
But i checked the JPGs before i did upload them.
You could not tell any differences to the uncompressed PNGs.
Remember: This are still frames and not in motion.

Originally Posted by nathan_393

There's no difference in Blu and DVD quality when the JPEGs are roughly the same size. You've essentially compressed all the additional detail and resolution right out of the photo.

So not true.
If you want it i can upload the uncompressed PNG here in the Board.

[coljohnmatrix]

The complete collection just dropped $10 to $79.99 on Amazon BTW

[chad_1138]

Originally Posted by coljohnmatrix

The complete collection just dropped $10 to $79.99 on Amazon BTW

[quigonjinn]

Hi Merlinpants
In OT deleted scenes, ROTJ, can you review the one called "Battle of Endor: The Lost Rebels". It is credited with more than 9 minutes of footage.
What is it? Is there space battle in it? More B-Wings?

Thx a lot

[Scorxpion]

Originally Posted by coljohnmatrix View Post
The complete collection just dropped $10 to $79.99 on Amazon BTW

BUT MY COUNTRY Lebanon is selling the complete saga around $160,What can i do