Star Wars: The Complete Saga (1977-2005)

[MrJoeKalel]

Originally Posted by Blu Titan

In which order are you guys watchign it? Prequels first or OT?

Hopefully I'll get my set from DD on or before Saturday (it just shipped, according to an email I just received), and some friends and I are gonna have a 'Star Wars Nite' night, but we're just watching IV.

Then, as my signature says, I - V - II - III - VI. Again, IMO, the story flows more in a Godfather Parts I and II kind of way. Episode IV, like Godfather Part I, is a great stand alone movie, and the rest, watched the way I described, would feel very Godfather Part II.

Again, IMO.

[italy12]

Originally Posted by los53

I'm not the biggest star wars fan , so I need an honest answer is it worth getting the saga collection I preordered it, but everyone is stating that is not worth it so whats the deal?

It is worth it for those that love it, and not worth it for those that don't. That's the problem with seeking people's opinion on whether to buy something like this.

Rent the films, watch them again, and judge for yourself! I'll assume you're not in it for the special features, being that you're not a big fan...

[taei]

I'm still debating wether i should get the separate sets or the full set.. separate sets look much better XD

[Coov]

Originally Posted by los53

I'm not the biggest star wars fan , so I need an honest answer is it worth getting the saga collection I preordered it, but everyone is stating that is not worth it so whats the deal?

Strangely, if you don't care much for SW this is the set for you. If you love Star Wars then I wouldn't buy it. It is not the same Star Wars of the 70s and 80s.

[bboisvert]

Originally Posted by los53

I'm not the biggest star wars fan , so I need an honest answer is it worth getting the saga collection I preordered it, but everyone is stating that is not worth it so whats the deal?

How can anyone possibly answer that vague question ("is it worth it?") for someone else?

I would think that spending ~$80 on something for which you're not a big fan is probably not worth it, but you liked it enough to pre-order, so...

I don't know.

[italy12]

Originally Posted by svenge

Tired? It's not like the force-dash and the Darth Maul duel were in the same setting, let alone the same scene. The force-dash was used once vs. the rolling droids on the ship orbiting Naboo near the beginning of the film, then Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan go down to the surface and meet with the Gungans and Amidala separately, go to freakin' Tattooine and meet Anakin and watch the pod-races, then go all the way back to Naboo and Obi-wan's still so tired that he can't force-dash to save his master's life? Yeah, that really makes sense. In short:

Wasn't there a big electricity field wall thingy between Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon/Maul?

[Roonan]

Originally Posted by El_Jay

Why didn't he get tired at the beginning of the movie?

Because he wasn't constantly dueling a guy for a good time. Why would he be tired at the beginning of the movie? He was just there, deflecting bolts when a droid come up.

Originally Posted by El_Jay

Why was he only 'tired' when Qui-Gon was about to have his heartstring-pulling death scene?

Who said he was only tired that moment?

Originally Posted by El_Jay

Has it ever been explained by anyone related to the movies that 'tired' is the explanation? Or are you just presenting a guess as a fact?

Isn't it shown in the movie that he's tired? At least, that what I (and others) see.

Originally Posted by El_Jay

I don't "have a problem" with continuity errors

Me neither.

Originally Posted by El_Jay

I do have a problem with people who won't accept that movies are just movies and have things that don't add up, and make matter-of-fact statements like "He was tired, duh. Don't you get tired?" Sure I get tired, but I also can't shoot lightning bolts out of my fingers or jump 40 feet in the air.

Who said we are not accepting the movies as "just movies"? Just because they're movies, does it mean things can't have an explanation? And what's your point with him doing the "amazing things" he does in the movie? Is that supposed to contradict his tiredness?

Originally Posted by El_Jay

Some folks can't just accept that sometimes things are just there to add tension to a scene and not everything has an explanation that's part of the canon and "officially approved" by George Lucas.

No need for strawmen.

[Deromax]

Originally Posted by phansson

Yes but if the anamorphic option was there you could have 1080p lines of information because the black lines would not be hard coded into the movie. So we would get a much better picture.

And those aditionnal lines of informations would have to be rescaled to 817 lines by the projector, because that's the actual resolution of the area that is projected. 1920 / 2.35 = 817.

To benefits from an anamorphic system, you'd need a projector whose actual resolution is 2538 X 1080, a native 2.35 ratio of pixels.

Your projector is not 2.35, neither is mine.

Scaling will produce artifacts, when a 1:1 maping will not.

*Edit : i see you are using an anamorphic lens, thus you may see benefits of higher vertical resolution.

[svenge]

Originally Posted by italy12

Wasn't there a big electricity field wall thingy between Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon/Maul?

There were several intermittently-activating barriers on a long corridor, if I remember correctly. Obi-Wan ran through several of them (when deactivated) at a time at "normal speed", which is what begs the question in the first place.

[Blu Titan]

Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

going with originals first, I really want to see them on Blu-ray. I will follow with the prequels after

Originally Posted by Beast

Gotta start with the beginning of the story as well as the best film. The Phantom Menace! So I'm watching them in order.

I usually would follow with the OT first then the prequels, but I am going to change it up a bit and go by episode order (1-6) for the first time. My favorites in preference order: The Empires Strikes Back, A New Hope, Return of the Jedi, Attack of the Clones, The Phantom Menace and in last place Revenge of the Sith.

[los53]

Originally Posted by Coov

Strangely, if you don't care much for SW this is the set for you. If you love Star Wars then I wouldn't buy it. It is not the same Star Wars of the 70s and 80s.

Thanks.

Originally Posted by bboisvert

How can anyone possibly answer that vague question ("is it worth it?") for someone else?

I would think that spending ~$80 on something for which you're not a big fan is probably not worth it, but you liked it enough to pre-order, so...

I don't know.

$80 isnt all that bad for 6 films, I'm a fan, just that I started doubting the purchase after all the crazy negative reviews.

[Colonel Kurtz]

Originally Posted by Coov

If you love Star Wars then I wouldn't buy it. It is not the same Star Wars of the 70s and 80s.

That's a bogus advice. I love Star Wars to bits and that first movie sparked my love for movies in general when I was a kid (I'm 35 now). I'm not happy about most of the changes, but guess what: the preordered boxset is on its way to me, despite everything. And no: I didn't buy it for the extras, because they seem to be mostly crap anyway (a complete disc dedicated to spoofs? Really?! A documentary about cosplay freaks? The hell...?!).

[El_Jay]

Originally Posted by los53

I'm not the biggest star wars fan , so I need an honest answer is it worth getting the saga collection I preordered it, but everyone is stating that is not worth it so whats the deal?

I'm *****ing about the alterations and some of the weak creative decisions like adding digital grain back in to the OTs after scrubbing them clean, etc., plus I'm not a big fan of the PT but I am still buying the whole Saga. I love the UOT and this is as close as we will probably ever get on Blu, and if I'm getting the OT I might as well get the PT because I'm an OCD completionist, but really... your mileage may vary.

How much you like certain elements of this series should determine whether or not you get it.

If you aren't a big SW fan though, I'd recommend waiting for a price drop. If you just want BDs to show off, I guarantee there are better-looking ones. The SW flicks will probably push your sound system to the max though, they could very well be demo-worthy on the audio side.

It's a crapshoot, but really for $80 and you're not the biggest fan, I'd say save that money and buy Thor, Citizen Kane, Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown because they are almost upon us.

[53rd_3rd]

Originally Posted by italy12

Where I work, we usually keep some at customer service for those which were reserved.

Thanks!

[Maggot]

The prequels first for me, then the originals. Gotta save the best for last!

[Coov]

Originally Posted by Colonel Kurtz

That's a bogus advice. I love Star Wars to bits and that first movie sparked my love for movies in general when I was a kid (I'm 35 now). I'm not happy about most of the changes, but guess what: the preordered boxset is on its way to me, despite everything. And no: I didn't buy it for the extras, because they seem to be mostly crap anyway (a complete disc dedicated to spoofs? Really?!).

It's my opinion, and it is honest like he asked for. That makes it spot on!

[double_l4488]

Originally Posted by Blu Titan

My favorites in preference order: The Empires Strikes Back, A New Hope, Return of the Jedi, Attack of the Clones, The Phantom Menace and in last place Revenge of the Sith.

Thats weird.

[Uxi]

Originally Posted by Blu Titan

I usually would follow with the OT first then the prequels, but I am going to change it up a bit and go by episode order (1-6) for the first time.

Me too, on both counts.

Right now, I rank them in order of preference: VI, III, I, II, V, IV

[italy12]

Originally Posted by svenge

There were several intermittently-activating barriers on a long corridor, if I remember correctly. Obi-Wan ran through several of them (when deactivated) at a time at "normal speed", which is what begs the question in the first place.

Oh, in that case, why can't we just say that he assumed an experienced Jedi would have had no problems with his own one-on-one lightsaber battle, especially since Obi-Wan was still just a padawan.

Or, why don't we just curse Lucas for putting something that belongs in a video game right at a crucial point in a movie simply to add tension. Different dialogue or a more intense (and I actually like this 2-on-one fight...one of the best in the series) battle could have made a viewer just as anxious.

[Colonel Kurtz]

Originally Posted by Coov

It's my opinion, and it is honest like he asked for. That makes it spot on!

True, but it sounded a bit too much like a factual statement than just your opinion and I wanted to provide my counterview on that.