Star Wars: The Complete Saga (1977-2005)

[tigertron]

Originally Posted by Merlinpants

Totally unbiased evidence that I said it was a soft picture in places, but that was just highlighting the positives in my review. A review of one paragraph? Do you really think I reviewed the set or just commented on what I thought the reviews would say? Giving it the lowest mark in the set and saying it was the worst was just highlighting the positives. Agreeing with every other posted review by people except you was unbiased based on people who own the discs and not judge the release upon some compressed pirated rip that someone took a screenshot off and compressed to an inch of its life. Using the word reference and being completely taken apart for it when I was referring to a '77 film and the quality it has been brought up to, using a 4.5 when only a 4 would do because personal opinion counts for squat, not posting screenshots because you would have to bypass the copy protection on the disc to do so to prove a personal viewpoint that you disagree with, and frankly I have better things to do than Star Wars. Clearly you 'haters' don't. (seriously, is there not an age restriction on this site to prevent children posting?)

Really, you do need to get out more

The good news is I have the set, have helped some on here with their queries and now never need to come back or post again. Enjoy everyone.

Well said Merlin. At the end of the day, everything is opinion based...one man's 4.5 is another's 3. Nothing is fact, and I'm glad you think highly of them; I'm sure I will too, because I've been looking forward to the whole saga on Blu for years now.

[elliotroad]

Originally Posted by MCT

Yeah, mad that a grown ass man would say something as ridiculous as "ALL young kids are too busy caring about Justin Beiber than changes to The Godfather, a movie that nobody cares about." Keep failing, dude. Fail harder.

#Fail would have worked better in this post.

All the young kids are doing it! :-)

[elliotroad]

Originally Posted by MCT

Yeah, mad that a grown ass man would say something as ridiculous as "ALL young kids are too busy caring about Justin Beiber than changes to The Godfather, a movie that nobody cares about." Keep failing, dude. Fail harder.

BTW - Is Fail Harder the new sequel to Die Harder? :-)

[DetroitSquirreL]

Target has the cheapest price at retail $79.99 for the complete 9 BD set...its also in their ad so if you can't make it to a Target you can use the ad elsewhere to price match

[Todd Smith]

Originally Posted by Shallow_

Audio is absolutely amazing, especially on AOTC. This was the one I was most looking forward to hearing in DTS HD MA, and I was not disappointed. From Amidalas arrival on Coruscant, to the seismic charges, and not to mention Anakin vs Dookuu.. Gives me chills just thinking about it

Had hoped for Ep 2 Lightsaber sound on all films though, but no such luck

Good to hear AotC still has that nice kick to it! That was always my favorite for audio. Looking forward to hearing it. Yeah, those lightsabers sound/feel amazing on ep 2! This was probably the biggest letdown for me going to Ep 3 was the lightsabers lost their impact which sounds like is still the case and I assume we are getting the same tame mix for Ep 3 as we had on dvd.

How is RotS? Same mix as the dvd to your ears?

Thanks.

[phansson]

Originally Posted by Shallow_

Audio is absolutely amazing, especially on AOTC. This was the one I was most looking forward to hearing in DTS HD MA, and I was not disappointed. From Amidalas arrival on Coruscant, to the seismic charges, and not to mention Anakin vs Dookuu.. Gives me chills just thinking about it

Had hoped for Ep 2 Lightsaber sound on all films though, but no such luck

I can't wait to hear the Seismic charges, it should be AMAZING!

I took my son to "star wars in concert" last year and the ROTS music was incredible. They even had a choir to sing along. It brought chills up my spine.....

[frogmort]

Originally Posted by Shallow_

Audio is absolutely amazing, especially on AOTC. This was the one I was most looking forward to hearing in DTS HD MA, and I was not disappointed. From Amidalas arrival on Coruscant, to the seismic charges, and not to mention Anakin vs Dookuu.. Gives me chills just thinking about it

Had hoped for Ep 2 Lightsaber sound on all films though, but no such luck

Thanks for that. I just checked out your HT gallery, and I see you have a nice setup! Have you seen all of the movies? How does 'A New Hope' sound?

Originally Posted by Duffy12

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Can someone who has seen 'A New Hope' already, tell me if the music cue reveals of Ben-Kenobi and Mos Eisley have been fixed in this release.


Please.

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I think I know what you're talking about. Are you refering to the chopped-off audio edits? I would be interested in hearing about this too.

[phansson]

Originally Posted by DetroitSquirreL

Target has the cheapest price at retail $79.99 for the complete 9 BD set...its also in their ad so if you can't make it to a Target you can use the ad elsewhere to price match

I just tried to buy the box set from Best Buy (online for store pickup) free film cel and free tshirt (shipped not in stock) $79.99. It said that it was not available! What is up with that? Is it because the release day is Friday?

[mzupeman]

Right, the release day is Friday. They probably already have them sitting in the back room, and if they don't, their order is probably on its way.

[frogmort]

Originally Posted by DetroitSquirreL

Target has the cheapest price at retail $79.99 for the complete 9 BD set...its also in their ad so if you can't make it to a Target you can use the ad elsewhere to price match

From everything I've heard, Target, Best Buy, and Walmart all have it for that price. I'm still hoping that one of them will underbid the others on release day, but I don't really expect for that to happen.

[Shallow_]

Originally Posted by Todd Smith

How is RotS? Same mix as the dvd to your ears?

Thanks.

Been a while since I saw Starwars,been waiting for the blurays like the rest of you. There is insane bass at the beginning, obi and anakin flying by the republic cruisers, but like you say, lightsabers dont have the same impact sound they have in ep 2, and also in ep 1. Im in the middle of ep 5 now, and OT sfx on lightsabers seem unchanged.
Ep 3 is still an awesome soundtrack, but almost everything seems pale after AOTC

[Duffy12]

Originally Posted by Duffy12

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Can someone who has seen 'A New Hope' already, tell me if the music cue reveals of Ben-Kenobi and Mos Eisley have been fixed in this release.


Please.

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Originally Posted by frogmort

I think I know what you're talking about. Are you refering to the chopped-off audio edits? I would be interested in hearing about this too.

No. I am referring to when Ben removes his hood to look at R2. The music cue is almost 2 seconds early on it.

And when the gang is standing on the cliff looking at the seedy spaceport, the music cue is about 1 second too soon.


I do not know how many versions that this has been this way...maybe all of them going all the way back to it's original release, but this has been one fix that I have been hoping that they would correct as I find it really jarring.

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[kingkong650]

Originally Posted by frogmort

I just checked, and it's 6:45pm where you are. That means you can pick it up in just over five hours, if there's a 24 hour store nearby!


How's the audio??? Anybody??? Hello???

Sorry, can't really help you out a great deal with the audio. I'm not really an audio guy, I concentrate more on the visuals. I can give you my rough thoughts though.

My general impression was that I thought the OT sounded very impressive. It is true though what Adywan has said before in this thread, that the music often gets dampened by the sound effects in certain scenes and is less prevalent than it used to be in releases before the 2004 dvds. I love film soundtracks so i'm not so happy about that but others that like their films bombastic with impressive sound effects will love this sound mix that emphasises those things.

The PT sounds excellent from what I could tell, which is to be expected because they are fairly modern films with all the latest sound capturing technology used.

So all in all the audio is very good, especially what i've seen of the Prequel Trilogy. I expect AOTC and ROTS to sound even better.

[crazyBLUE]

Originally Posted by kingkong650

Come on man, give it a break. You're boring everyone here, me included. How about you take your own advice, go outside and get some fresh air.

Yes ~ I agree for the both of you to let it go & move on. Especially the back & forth between you two......

[kingkong650]

Originally Posted by crazyBLUE

Yes ~ I agree for the both of you to let it go & move on. Especially the back & forth between you two......

Couldn't agree more.

[elliotroad]

Originally Posted by Merlinpants

and I would take the opinions of someone watching it round their 'friends' house with an even larger one.

What gives you the impression I am an 'apologist' as you call it? I couldn't gve a crap about these films other than as the popcorn fare they actually are. Have they changed my life, no, do i watch them religiously looking for changes, no, do I collect stuff, no. Do I care about George Lucas and whether people hate or love him, no he has nothing to do with me or my life. He makes films, he hasn't cured cancer. They are films, which is something people of your ilk tend not to be able to see beyond. This childish hater and apologists viewpoint is great for the playground, but seriously???

Was it a rant or just pointing out how pathetic and completely untrue and contradictory to my posts your posts are, have been and clearly will continue to be?

I wasn't going to post again, but couldn't resist it based on your latest childish comments. Enjoy watching it round your friends house

Why don't you just give it a rest, leave it to the professionals and then tell me you told me so. I hope they don't agree with you, but I wont be here to hear it.

[Shallow_]

Originally Posted by kingkong650

My general impression was that I thought the OT sounded very impressive. It is true though what Adywan has said before in this thread, that the music often gets dampened by the sound effects in certain scenes and is less prevalent than it used to be in releases before the 2004 dvds. I love film soundtracks so i'm not so happy about that but others that like their films bombastic with impressive sound effects will love this sound mix that emphasises those things.

I find that alot of movies made in the seventies and early eighties are using too much music to emphasise when there is an exciting moment in a film, and have always thought that esb and especcially anh did this too much. To my ears this has been toned down abit, and it is a much more balanced mix now.
Also just saw the garbage dump scene, and Slave 1 audio was beefed up to ep 2 sound/level, cant say I noticed that on DVD..

[Duffy12]

Here are some more screencaps of Revenge of the Sith from over at AVS-




http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showp...postcount=3223

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[Weirded Wonder]

Originally Posted by Duffy12

Here are some more screencaps of Revenge of the Sith from over at AVS-

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showp...postcount=3223

Those are some great pics! Is it Friday yet? Cannot wait until this box set is in my hands.

[chip75]

Originally Posted by frogmort

Merlinpants has said that he's not all that technical, when it comes to this stuff, and kingkong650 has stated that he is highly sensitive to DNR, probably much more than most.

Highly sensitive to DNR?

Enthusiasts should start making Home Theatre Alert bracelets to let people know that in case they slip in to a coma not to subject their limp lifeless body to repeat viewings of Predator Ultimate Hunter Edition....

We had the opening battle above Coruscant posted yesterday and it seemed to ahve improved bass, I've always found that scene oddly lacking on the DVD's. I expect huge explosions as the Jedi fighters fly through the battle but it seems quite subdued.

Has this been improved for the Blu-ray's?

I'm still incredibly torn about getting this next week. If there's a great supermarket deal I might jump at it. Otherwise I'll wait until Christmas or the first big price drop.