Star Wars: The Complete Saga (1977-2005)

[P@t_Mtl]

Originally Posted by Blu Titan

I can only imagine how many "it's out for delivery !" and then "Got it !" posts we will get tomorrow.

Probably too many that by Saturday everyone is this thread will be hanging by a tread

[P@t_Mtl]

Originally Posted by Mavrick

Difficult to see, Always in motion is the future.

That's funny

[nathan_393]

Very much looking forward to this.

My roommate are doing an all-night Spielberg celebration tonight to "warm up" to Lucas for tomorrow and we're heading to an 8 am opening here in Canada at FS for a bunch of free goodies

Very excited for the whole event - nothing wrong with the next few days!

[PRO-630HD]

Looking at the screenshots at caps-a-holic it is about what I thought. Episodes 1-3 actually show a very large increase in detail and picture quality. The dvd for episode 3 easily holds up the best in terms of PQ, but again in terms of PQ the bluray easily bests it.

Now looking at the original trilogy not so much. The dvd's done by Lowry are some of the most stunning I have ever seen. Easily 5 star material for the time in 2004 for PQ. Since the blurays are the same 7 year old masters with minor tweaks based off 1.9K scans unfortunately the upgrade is moderate at best. The real shame is for a dvd set that made $100 million during it's first day of release 4K scans and transfers really should have been done and were easily affordable considering the profit margin. The difference would have been far more apparent and many of the effects shots were redone for the 2004 dvd anyway! Meaning they could have been redone properly at 4K with the other effects upscaled. (Anyone doubting this can simply compare Alien, Aliens(4K) to Alien3 or Alien Resurrection(1.9K) or Live and Let Die, Moonraker (4K) to The Man with the Golden Gun or For Your Eyes Only.)
Even Lowry himself admitted 1.9K would never cut it for hddvd or bluray at the time of his statement some years back.

It appears we have to wait for the eventual 3-D release of the OT 2015-17 and the bluray release to see these titles looking thier best.

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[The Bread]

Originally Posted by MisterPilgrim

He replaced one creature in the Cantina scene with two more.

There was a random werewolf in the original version. George replaced the initial shot of it with some kind of hippie alien. The 2nd shot was when an worm like creature goes up the the werewolf to talk, and it scares the worm off. That shot of the werewolf was replaced by some elephant like alien.


http://www.dvdactive.com/editorial/a...-part-one.html

Great link!!!

I actually enjoyed the wolfman in the original. The other ridiculous change is Ben's dragon call. Don't even see why it was needed....it's like tinkering for no reason.

[Hatter]

Originally Posted by The Bread

Great link!!!

I actually enjoyed the wolfman in the original. The other ridiculous change is Ben's dragon call. Don't even see why it was needed....it's like tinkering for no reason.

George loves to randomly change things for no apparent reason. Get that OCD checked out George. When Robert Wise did a director's edition for Star Trek: The Motion Picture, he altered shots to the way he had originally planned (as seen on the original storyboards) and improved the pacing by trimming scenes with long pauses. The theatrical is still available regardless.

[Si1entElegy]

Amazon shipped my copy yesterday morning and the estimated delivery date is today. However...the status doesn't show "out for delivery."

[The Bread]

Originally Posted by Hatter

And that's why people complain because often the changes are completely random. When Robert Wise did a director's edition for Star Trek: The Motion Picture, he altered shots to the say he had planned (as seen on the original storyboards) and improved the pacing by trimming scenes with long pauses. The theatrical is still available regardless.

I can't wait to get them but I agree.

Wish they had just transferred the original for Blu-Ray and had that on the set. Or maybe 2 releases.

Overally - still psyched. Like I said, this is my first buy of any of them. Blu-ray and the audio will make it amazing!

[phansson]

Originally Posted by gregmasciola

Not anymore with his new voice. Now he just sounds like a spoiled whiny child. Maybe he's Anakin, too!

Don't even get me started on the voice.....

I didn't know that Australia was part of the Empire.....

[octagon]

Originally Posted by kenkraly2004

My saga blu-ray box set is on the way from amazon and it will be at my door step tommrow.

Come on, once more for old time's sake...say the line...

[Show spoiler]

[phansson]

Originally Posted by chad_1138

Makes me think of the conversation in the beginning of Fanboys

That movie cracks me up.....

[sam305]

I got mine early yes!!!!

[DaveYNWA]

Wow. Finally caught up on reading this thread (for the time being, anyways!)

I'm hitting up Wal-Mart at midnight for this, very glad i didn't Amazon order it. Gonna pick it up, come home and watch one before i sleep. Maybe ROTS, see how good that PQ is. I'm gonna wait to watch them in theatrical release order until my girl can watch with me, as she somehow has never seen them before.

Can't wait! The child in me has really come out the last few days in anticipation, i've been searching for lightsabers and other trinkets online constantly the last week or so

Oh, and I'm going complete saga. The PT isn't as good as the OT, but i still love it. My mum suprised me when TPM came out by taking me outta school to see it first day (I was 11 then, lived in the country so it was an hour drive to the cinema) and saw the others all opening weekend at least. ROTS in cinema was epic, and that was when i was 17, and it felt like my coming of age when it finished. I just sat there for a moment after it finished thinking "Wow. It's done."

Yes i know all the flaws, the terrible acting, the plot holes. You know what? I don't care. I'm still taken into a world so vividly entertaining, and for two or so hours i forget everything that may be wrong in my world and just sit there, dumb smile on my face for those hours, enthralled. That goes for all six films.

I'm not bashing on those who hate them, to each his/her own. That's just how i feel.

Also huuuugely looking forward to all those special features! As one who has an interest in film making (screenwriting is my thing, but it's all interesting to me) i can't wait to sit my arse in place with a beer for hours and watch endless amounts of doco's

[Indydad]

Originally Posted by sam305

i got mine early yes!!!!

+ 1

[El_Jay]

Originally Posted by octagon

Yes, I'm sure pages and pages of 'woot, out for delivery', 'argh, STILL hasn't shipped' and WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO it's here' will be far more riveting

Honestly, none of it entertains me in the slightest. This discussion has been Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz for pages now.

Mine just shipped!

Mine didn't!

Mine says ____!

Mine says _____!

I'd prefer to go back to bickering about revisionism, at least it didn't put me to sleep.

[Shaft Windu]

Originally Posted by El_Jay

Honestly, none of it entertains me in the slightest. This discussion has been Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz for pages now.

Mine just shipped!

Mine didn't!

Mine says ____!

Mine says _____!

I'd prefer to go back to bickering about revisionism, at least it didn't put me to sleep.

High Five!

[Zuiun]

Originally Posted by shesha

I have never remembered a release being handled with such tight fists.

Correction: Perhaps you don't remember such a very publicly high profile film being handled like this.

When I used to run a review site, I occasionally had studios be VERY picky about release dates - even the release date of the review. Often, this is either a sign of lack of confidence in the quality (they don't want negative reviews spoiling sales), or an attempt to prevent pre-release pirating.

Either way, I'd get screeners with a pretty clear threat from the studio: "If you want to continue to get stuff from us, you won't break the embargo."

[MovieFanatic2010]

Originally Posted by Blu Titan

I can only imagine how many "it's out for delivery !" and then "Got it !" posts we will get tomorrow.

Mine is about 2 hours away according to my tracking ### so i will be getting it tomorrow around 5pm

[steelers1]

i just got an email from barnes and noble that mine was shipped out today. but no information on when i will get it. to early for tracking information dhl just got it. i will check back later to see when i will get it.

[modano079]

Thought I would report that my copy from Amazon just arrived!! Paradise awaits!