Star Wars: The Complete Saga (1977-2005)

[frogmort]

Originally Posted by skyofcrack

I saw the green in the caps on my computer screen but not on the BD's on my properly set up HDTV. It looked perfect.

It's a fantasy film. It's not supposed to be shot in natural light. The night's will have a blu-ish look. Most of the film's day shots will have an earthy, green-ish look to it. That's what cinematographers do with films like this. It's not a modern-day comedy set in the States. I assume PJ was tweaking the new BD's for what he and the DP originally wanted for the DVD's.

The Star Wars films are also fantasy films and the lighting is very specific to the location where the scenes are. The Hoth scenes are white snow except for the almost night shots with Ben where there's a blu-ish look. When they are found the next morning it snaps right back to bright white snow.

I don't have a problem with Tatooine's sky being slightly off blue sky. It's not Earth after all.

My only question is why do it on only one out of three movies for LotR, and one out of six for Star Wars? Are those the only ones that are supposed to be fantasy?

[nathan_393]

Originally Posted by phansson

If you view your display from the correct distance, it should all be relative. I have a 126" scope setup and my viewing distance is 16'. What was posted earlier is true, watch a 50" tv from 10' (should be viewed around 6.5') and it is hard to see the difference between Blu Ray and SD DVD.

Some of the precise measurements can be relative too.
Before I bought my current TV, I looked into different sizes. I settled on a 46" and sit about 6 to 6.5 feet away (used to be closer, but I moved and putting the couch any closer than this in a big room looks too ridiculous).

When I was doing my research, some people suggested that a 50" could theoretically put you about 8 feet away while seeing all the details in 1080p. The finer points of this have to do with personal preference.

One thing I've learned is that I prefer a bigger screen and I prefer to sit a little closer - that being said, the best rule of thumb is that you should be able to easily see the entire image (which I can't if I sit as close as I like) and you should be comfortable.

If you're watching Star Wars on a screen with a projector, I'd imagine that if you sit too close, you start to see some pixellation. But I could say the same thing about my own current TV and I can and will say the same thing about SD content. It's just the way that it works.

I don't understand why people think 1080p isn't good enough for a projector in a home - theaters here in Canada use it to stream live concerts, wrestling, and other events all the time. It doesn't look amazing, but it looks a heckuva lot better than sitting at home.

[phansson]

Heads up for everyone, BB has the set on sale for $79.99, free film cel (sucks) and a free Vader shirt (cool). Not a bad deal!

[Beast]

Originally Posted by phansson

Heads up for everyone, BB has the set on sale for $79.99, free film cel (sucks) and a free Vader shirt (cool). Not a bad deal!

Double heads up. Most locations are showing it as Unavailable as well. So good luck.

[CodyCourtBlack2]

the film cel in 20 years will sell high. kept mine in the packaging.

[frogmort]

Originally Posted by phansson

Heads up for everyone, BB has the set on sale for $79.99, free film cel (sucks) and a free Vader shirt (cool). Not a bad deal!

That's probably where I'm going to get it, unless somebody else beats that price on release day, which I doubt will happen. Less than three miles from my house there's a Walmart in the same huge parking lot as a Target, and right across the street there's a Best Buy.

[Weirded Wonder]

I'm going to Wal Mart at midnight because KMart sucks. I'm surprised JC Penneys isn't having a big sale on this set. I want to see this in every gas station, in house, out house from here to Zanzibar.

[frogmort]

Originally Posted by Beard Esquire

I want to see this in every gas station, in house, out house from here to Zanzibar.

I just want to see it in my living room!

[ckocher]

What's AOTC's cropped from? 2.40 to 2.35?

[42041]

Originally Posted by srinivas1015

Also, why aren't blu-rays anamorphic? If episode II was cropped to obtain 2.35:1, why couldn't they give us the full image instead, like avatar or the dark knight imax scenes?

Someone more knowledgeable about the prequels may know for sure, but almost every shot has CG and I doubt they bothered doing the visual effects outside the 2.35:1 frame. At least I've never seen any kind of open matte version. Nor would I want to. Star Wars = scope.

[Weirded Wonder]

I wish Wal Mart sold this with a glass of Aunt Beru's blue milk. Seems appropriate.

I would buy 2 of each.

[Falaskan]

Originally Posted by Beast

Double heads up. Most locations are showing it as Unavailable as well. So good luck.

Well, it's good to know this is not just happening to me. It used to say it was unavailable until I called earlier this morning. Now it says it's available on the product page, but when I go to check out, it says it's unavailable again!! I hope this is fixed soon!

[sowecrazy]

I hope i can find this at midnight!! that would be awesome

[Beast]

Originally Posted by Falaskan

Well, it's good to know this is not just happening to me. It used to say it was unavailable until I called earlier this morning. Now it says it's available on the product page, but when I go to check out, it says it's unavailable again!! I hope this is fixed soon!

I actually got an order through just now that said "Available" for my local Best Buy.

The E-Mail I got says other wise. It's asking me to call them because it's not really available.

I'm gonna call and put up a fuss. Since this is honestly silly. It said it was available. So they can try to satisfy me.

[YodasFootPowder]

If it doesn't come out until Friday, why would Best Buy's website say available? It wouldn't. Anytime I've ever looked at Best Buy for a product before it's release, their site always says 'unavailable'.

[Beast]

Originally Posted by YodasFootPowder

If it doesn't come out until Friday, why would Best Buy's website say available? It wouldn't. Anytime I've ever looked at Best Buy for a product before it's release, their site always says 'unavailable'.

Actually. I pre-order from them all the time. It will say AVAILABLE if they have copies available for Pre-Order.

The only time it says Unavailable is if they don't have information on how many copies they're getting. Or they Pre-Sold Out of their incoming stock.

When it's listed as Unavailable, you can't submit a Pre-Order at all for the item at that location. This is how it's worked for years.

[Falaskan]

Originally Posted by Beast

I actually got an order through just now that said "Available" for my local Best Buy.

The E-Mail I got says other wise. It's asking me to call them because it's not really available.

I'm gonna call and put up a fuss. Since this is honestly silly. It said it was available. So they can try to satisfy me.

yeah my store is now suddenly shown as "unavailable" too. I think they don't want hundreds of pre-orders and nothing left for the shelves.

[Jar Jar Stinks]

Originally Posted by PixarPerfect

the film cel in 20 years will sell high. kept mine in the packaging.

I doubt it.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Collection-4...#ht_720wt_1037

[PUsokrJosh305]

I already have a film cell collection for Star Wars. All 6 movies, framed with the individual posters above them. It was expensive, but worth every penny!! It's just the Complete Saga from amazon for me!!

[jonmoz]

Originally Posted by srinivas1015

Actually, most movies look great on my 140inch screen from my 720p projector.. In fact, it looks better than on my 32inch 1080p Sony Bravia! But yes, every minute detail is visible which is sometimes a bad thing.

You would be surprised how affordable projectors have become. I spent 700$ on my projector and 200$ on my screen and it turned out to be cheaper than my LCD. The picture is phenomenal.

Also, why aren't blu-rays anamorphic? If episode II was cropped to obtain 2.35:1, why couldn't they give us the full image instead, like avatar or the dark knight imax scenes?

Blu-rays are not anamorphic as they are presented in native widescreen,and as every person buying a Blu-ray player will have a hd widescreen display the discs do not have to cater for a 4:3 non hd display.

Most Dvd's were anamorphic as at the time of their release people still had regular 4.3 displays as well as widescreen ones,so the dvd player could alter the anamorphic output depending on which type of display it was connected to.

In the old vhs days,if you bought a widescreen movie and had a widescreen display you would have to use your displays zoom control to display the correct ratio,this would reduce the quality a little,wheras no ajustment would be required for the same movie on a regular 4:3 set,but you would have much bigger black bars at the top and bottom of the picture.

When Dvd first came out anamorphic was listed as "Enhanced for widescreen t.v's" on the back of most warner covers,which ment no display zooming for widescreen displays,because of this you also had to be able to set your Dvd player to switch the anamorphic stretch off as on a 4.3 the image would look stretched.