Star Wars: The Complete Saga (1977-2005)

[merbermaniac123]

Originally Posted by Merlinpants

Here they are - BIG versions so please use spolier tags if requoting, and give them a bit of time to load. Liam Nesson seems to have come off the worse in the DNR issues, he is completely free of any facial imperfections in all shots.

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Well some of that looks bad, not horrible, but pretty bad. On the other hand, some of it looks amazing. Although, I'll have to wait until I have the actual blu ray before I can really decide anything. It doesn't look anywhere near as bad as Predator and after seeing a bunch of screenshots I'm not really worried about it.

[Merlinpants]

Originally Posted by whaleman

That's what it takes to be an A-list movie star.

or, the alternative view is he is a spotty bugger with huge pores that have been mistaken for grain and wiped clean

Could do with one of those gizmo's for the bathroom mirror at home

[HandyDandy]

Originally Posted by merbermaniac123

Well some of that looks bad, not horrible, but pretty bad. On the other hand, some of it looks amazing. Although, I'll have to wait until I have the actual blu ray before I can really decide anything. It doesn't look anywhere near as bad as Predator and after seeing a bunch of screenshots I'm not really worried about it.

That's true Predator the ultimate dnr'd edition was the worst.

[Cinescott]

Gotta admit, I'm pretty psyched about Episode III. All signs point to a spectacular disc.

[HandyDandy]

Question:

Is the U.S packaging better than the U.K one--or vice versa???

[Petyr_Baelish]

Originally Posted by Merlinpants

Here they are - BIG versions so please use spolier tags if requoting, and give them a bit of time to load. Liam Nesson seems to have come off the worse in the DNR issues, he is completely free of any facial imperfections in all shots.

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If you can get past the smooth look and almost complete lack of grain however, the detail is exceptional! The second picture with Qui Gonn, you can even see the glue line holding on his wig on the left LOL. I can get past them, and can't chuffin' wait to see all the films on my theatre set up

Liam needing is actually naturally free of facial imperfections.

[Merlinpants]

Originally Posted by Cinescott

Gotta admit, I'm pretty psyched about Episode III. All signs point to a spectacular disc.

1 out of 9 ain't bad !

'Never quote me the odds'

[NYorker]

Originally Posted by mzupeman

Since I grew up on the original trilogy, I see what you're saying here, but the special editions were the first time I got to see Star Wars in theaters. I was born in 82, so I basically had to watch Star Wars on TV or VHS growing up. Being able to see them in theaters finally, changes and all, was pretty epic for me.

Lucas definitely does what he does not just to make everything flow together better by look, feel, and tone, but he does it so he can keep his franchise going. He's kind of beating a dead horse here because Star Wars is most definitely well established enough that it can pretty much live on forever as is, but I don't think it's terrible that he's making these films appeal more to children. Back in my day, I was content enough with the lightsabers and the Rancor and seeing Boba Fett and whatever... but sadly, today's generation needs a bit more. Although I'm kinda peeved that Lucas doesn't provide the ORIGINAL originals for us who have watched this since before they were altered, I'm glad that it's more appealing to the younger generations now. Last thing I want to do really is sit my kid down in front of A New Hope and have him tell me it's boring because there's nto enough goofy shit to look at on the screen.

Just my opinion, though.

If the originals were good enough for kids in '77, '81, '83, then they're good enough for today's generation. And if today's kid is bored by SW, an asinine shout of "nooooo!" isn't going to make him jump and yell "this is the best movie ever!" Who knows, maybe in future editions the Emperor will shoot bolts of cotton candy instead of lightning...

Lucas may think it's Star Wars, but it's no longer Star Wars: It's a caricature of Star Wars. Like Bill Hunt said, it's more like Joan Rivers after all the plastic surgeries.

[Weirded Wonder]

Originally Posted by svenge

LaserD: I'll send you a PM regarding a good way to buy it.

Do tell.

[whaleman]

For those of us in Canada, the best price I have seen for this set is $79.99 available to pre-order on bestbuy.ca. Any fellow Canadians that know of a better price?

[RodChester]

Originally Posted by HandyDandy

Question:

Is the U.S packaging better than the U.K one--or vice versa???

Yes.

[phansson]

Merlinpants, that is so bizarre on those screen shots you posted. The facial shots are dnr'd to death and the city shots are just amazing.

Why would lucasfilm do this?

[P@t_Mtl]

Originally Posted by whaleman

For those of us in Canada, the best price I have seen for this set is $79.99 available to pre-order on bestbuy.ca. Any fellow Canadians that know of a better price?

There might be a better price at Future Shop for the first few days of release, they usualy do that but we won't know until next week.

[ninjastar2120]

Wow that Jar Jar looks horribly dated!
Still looking forward to this release

[Merlinpants]

Originally Posted by Petyr_Baelish

Liam needing is actually naturally free of facial imperfections.

I wish that were true! Look at picture #5, loads of wrinkles around the eye area that are magically gone in the other shots of him. He probably isn't complaining though.

[P@t_Mtl]

Originally Posted by ninjastar2120

Wow that Jar Jar looks horribly dated!
Still looking forward to this release

Jar Jar look's great, he never needed plastic surgery like the other actors

[MEB]

With the Blu-ray release just 10 days away, I'm sure there are lots of new readers to this thread. Readers that may have skipped past older messages and missed my earlier post that linked this bit of fine entertainment:

Triumph the Dog @ Star Wars Attack of the Clones Premiere in NYC! - YouTube

In my opinion, one of the funniest things to ever air on television!

Mark

[Beast]

Originally Posted by Romansh

This is supposed to be a difference between the DVD and Blu-ray of The Phantom Menace:

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I must admit my memory of TPM isn't that good; is it indeed a difference or just two different but similar-looking frames?

I like the new shot! They also made the viewscreen more "viewscreenish", if that makes sense.

[Merlinpants]

Originally Posted by phansson

Merlinpants, that is so bizarre on those screen shots you posted. The facial shots are dnr'd to death and the city shots are just amazing.

Why would lucasfilm do this?

I don't think they did, but somewhere in the process it has happened and the '3 levels of quality control' have missed it.

Again, still shots, one frame and they don't really bother me. It certainly won't stop my enjoyment of the films as that is after all, all that they are.

[whaleman]

Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

There might be a better price at Future Shop for the first few days of release, they usualy do that but we won't know until next week.

The good thing about Best Buy and Future Shop is they both offer within 30 days of purchase they will match any lower price. That may well come in handy for us in this instance.