Star Wars: The Complete Saga (1977-2005)

[miller_time22]

No big party or anything, but definitely IV, V, VI, I, II, III

[Duffy12]

Originally Posted by Bluyoda

Who can post those shot by shot comparison pics of ANH, TESB and ROTJ here?
I believe it was on Picasa, but I can't find them.

Bluyoda:


Here you go bud-


Star Wars Special Edition Changes HD




While I agree that some of the changes are much better, still quite a few of them are either meh or downright bad. Now if he fixes the 'color balance', 'contrast' and 'crushed blacks' problems for the new BDs, that could help out a few of those newer scenes.


For instance, I LOVE the new dusk sky in this shot below, however I hate how a lot of the detail disappears from this scene now due to the bad 'black levels'.

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[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by JamesKurtovich

Fan edits are made out of a hobby more or less. Not to replace/bury the original film.

I watched Adywan's edit because I wanted to see if some guy on the internet could do a better job than Lucasfilm. I liked it more than the 2004 DVD version that I have (Greedo shooting removed, redundant Jabba scene removed) but that was it. Nothing tops the '77 SW.

You must appreciate the irony though? The very same people who revile Lucas for his tinkering go gaga over some god-awful fanedit.

[Monolithium]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

You must appreciate the irony though? The very same people who revile Lucas for his tinkering go gaga over some god-awful fanedit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HD8ZtM1sWgI

[Duffy12]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

You must appreciate the irony though? The very same people who revile Lucas for his tinkering go gaga over some god-awful fanedit.

There is no irony at all due to the demand for ALL versions.

It's not like the fans are clamoring for the UOTs only.





Now THIS is irony-

George Lucas- "This would be a great loss to our society. Our cultural history must not be allowed to be rewritten."


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[Blu-man08]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

You must appreciate the irony though? The very same people who revile Lucas for his tinkering go gaga over some god-awful fanedit.

That's because Adywan's tinkering was actually good. Have you even seen it? It's pretty impressive for one person using after effects compared with Lucas' crazy ideas and the whole of ILM at his disposal. Personally, I see Adywan's edit as the Special Edition that should have been.

[JamesKurtovich]

Originally Posted by Duffy12

George Lucas- "This would be a great loss to our society. Our cultural history must not be allowed to be rewritten."

Unbelievable.

[Chordata]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

You must appreciate the irony though? The very same people who revile Lucas for his tinkering go gaga over some god-awful fanedit.

"Irony can be pretty ironic sometimes."

[Geologist]

It would be an interesting surprise that when the BDs are released, that George actually took a step back and remove some of the bad choices/additions, especially on the SE of the OT. He might just "get it" and say - ok that extra scene of Jabba in the SE - GONE! Same goes for other utter nonsense across the 6 films.

[Duffy12]

Originally Posted by JamesKurtovich

Unbelievable.

Yes, here is the whole thing-

"A 1988 congressional hearing heard that colourising old black-and-white films would constitute 'destruction of our film heritage'. The speaker's statement continued: 'In the future it will become easier for old negatives to become lost and be 'replaced' by new altered negatives. This would be a great loss to our society. Our cultural history must not be allowed to be rewritten.' That man was George Lucas." (Guardian, UK, 19 AUG 2010)


http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmb...-blu-ray-lucas

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[Duffy12]

Originally Posted by Geologist

It would be an interesting surprise that when the BDs are released, that George actually took a step back and remove some of the bad choices/additions, especially on the SE of the OT. He might just "get it" and say - ok that extra scene of Jabba in the SE - GONE! Same goes for other utter nonsense across the 6 films.

You mean like the addition of Anakin overtop 'Sebastian Shaw' in RotJ????


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[Chordata]

Originally Posted by Geologist

It would be an interesting surprise that when the BDs are released, that George actually took a step back and remove some of the bad choices/additions, especially on the SE of the OT. He might just "get it" and say - ok that extra scene of Jabba in the SE - GONE! Same goes for other utter nonsense across the 6 films.

Then some teenagers are going to claim that he raped their childhood.

[kamphausd1]

Originally Posted by Duffy12

There is no irony at all due to the demand for ALL versions.

It's not like the fans are clamoring for the UOTs only.





Now THIS is irony-

George Lucas- "This would be a great loss to our society. Our cultural history must not be allowed to be rewritten."


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Of course, we can probably expect Beast to come on here shortly and try to defend it as usual with idiotic claims like, "Dur, you do realize he was speaking out against people altering films that didn't actually belong to them in the first place and blah blah blah blah revisionism cakes".

[Uxi]

Originally Posted by Duffy12

Now THIS is irony-

George Lucas- "This would be a great loss to our society. Our cultural history must not be allowed to be rewritten."


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Only when you either don't understand or are purposely leaving out the context of that statement. Otherwise, I suggest you look up irony, because that word otherwise doesn't mean what you think it means </PrincessBride>

[Chordata]

Originally Posted by Uxi

Only when you either don't understand or are purposely leaving out the context of that statement. Otherwise, I suggest you look up irony, because that word otherwise doesn't mean what you think it means </PrincessBride>

I understand it perfectly and see how it is ironic. Lucas defends film preservation of other movies, but then he continues to work on his own movies decades after they are released, thus not preserving them.

Is that all you have?

[Uxi]

Originally Posted by O_V_N

I understand it perfectly and see how it is ironic. Lucas defends film preservation of other movies, but then he continues to work on his own movies decades after they are released, thus not preserving them.

Are you ignorant of or just ignoring the context of his statement, which was about altering the work of other people? You're either being dumb or deceitful by taking that quote out of context... not sure which is worse.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Blu-man08

That's because Adywan's tinkering was actually good. Have you even seen it? It's pretty impressive for one person using after effects compared with Lucas' crazy ideas and the whole of ILM at his disposal. Personally, I see Adywan's edit as the Special Edition that should have been.

Yes, I have seen it. And I think it's far worse than what Lucas came up with.

[Blu-man08]

Originally Posted by Imrahil2001

I actually tend to agree with this. I hated the addition of prequels elements into it, and the planet beneath the death star and the billions of TIES (with the Imperial March added) were both awful.

However, his "purist" edition is lovely.

Each to his own, right? I think it's pretty sweet. But that's just me.

[octagon]

Originally Posted by Uxi

Are you ignorant of or just ignoring the context of his statement, which was about altering the work of other people? You're either being dumb or deceitful by taking that quote out of context... not sure which is worse.

He wanted Congress to tell property owners what they were allowed to do with their own property and the irony lies in his justification.

He didn't talk about the rights of artists, he talked about the public interest.

He argued that the public interest in preserving films trumped the rights of the owners of those films to change them.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000184/bio

"I am very concerned about our national heritage, and I am very concerned that the films that I watched when I was young and the films that I watched throughout my life are preserved, so that my children can see them."

You don't see any irony at all there? Not even a little?

[Chordata]

Originally Posted by Uxi

Are you ignorant of or just ignoring the context of his statement, which was about altering the work of other people? You're either being dumb or deceitful by taking that quote out of context... not sure which is worse.

I read the entire context, and I can assure you I'm neither ignorant, dumb, nor deceitful. Great effort though -- don't address the merits of the post, just attach the poster. lol