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Jack Burton · 09-12-2011, 09:09 PM

Just finished watching A New Hope on blu ray. Overall Pq was good but in my view did not blow me away. Don't get me wrong many will love it but coming from watching Alien again last week which was shot about the same time i excepted more jump and wow factor.

The film like feel was great with a fine layer of grain and close up shots were great but detail on medium or long shots did not surface in my view that much more than the dvd. Colour change i could live with but there were many shots where the red just took over everything and not just skin tones.

Also i like to run my blu's and their dvd counterparts side by side afterwards just so i can check how much jump my blu rays have before i say goodbye to dvd versions of the film. On checking many scene's side by side the blu ray did not blow it out of the water like many other of my films have done.

Like i said many close up shots were great with everyone showing every pour on there face but detail on ships like the falcon and on medium shots in general only made a slight upgrade in my view. Not trying to start a war on here or trying to look cool by saying bad things against the blu ray but my honest view and my view alone is that its just an ok transfer but nothing special in terms of PQ. Will check out the TESB back later tonight.

I did'nt have a chance to check the AQ because of my set up

Colonel Kurtz · 09-12-2011, 09:10 PM

DarkDune · 09-12-2011, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Jack Burton

Just finished watching A New Hope on blu ray. Overall Pq was good but in my view did not blow me away.

<Insert Review Here>

I did'nt have a chance to check the AQ because of my set up

How could it possibly blow you away with no audio?!?!

Yeesh!

THX - Sound if 50% of the Experience!

Mahatma · 09-12-2011, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by DarkDune

How could it possibly blow you away with no audio?!?!

Yeesh!

THX - Sound if 50% of the Experience!

Didn't he say it didn't blow him away?...

DarkDune · 09-12-2011, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Monk360

Alderaan shot first:

Ha ha!

THAT change could've been "acceptable" LOL. Alderaan would not have appeared so "wimpy".

"We have NO weapons! Well one, but it isn't very good, and the gunner is a Gungan."

Mavrick · 09-12-2011, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Shaft Windu

Here is a pic of the scene I meant... Does anybody know if the braid is still on the wrong side in this scene?

It's still on the wrong side.

DarkDune · 09-12-2011, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by DarkDune

How could it possibly blow you away with no audio?!?!

Yeesh!

THX - Sound if 50% of the Experience!

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Originally Posted by Mahatma

Didn't he say it didn't blow him away?...

His statement was stating the obvious result -- no audio ==> impossible to blow you away anyhow

octagon · 09-12-2011, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by nmycon

We've known this for months...

It only seems like months. LFL/Fox has been very tight-lipped on the subject of transfers and as recently as a few weeks ago the question of new/recycled scans was still very much up in the air.

Beast · 09-12-2011, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by miniroll32

When Luke and Leia cross the 'gorge'/open via the grappling hook, their speech has new echo sound effects that arrive from the distance shots, making make the space seem more vast. A great change, in my honest opinion, and takes the scene further away from the 'studio' feel

That's actually always been there as far as I know. It's on Definitive Collection Laserdisc of ANH even.

I never heard it on the VHS version though. But then VHS messed with a lot of the sounds.

Moviefan2k4 · 09-12-2011, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Mavrick

It's still on the wrong side.

Didn't Ewan have two braids? The documentary on the DVD shows him getting his hair cut that way.

surfdude12 · 09-12-2011, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by DarkDune

His statement was stating the obvious result -- no audio ==> impossible to blow you away anyhow

I think he means compared to his other lossy AQ blus, some of which blow him away

Do we know when we'll get the blu-ray.com review???

easyrider · 09-12-2011, 09:29 PM

How come there is no official Blu-ray.com review up yet?

octagon · 09-12-2011, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Beast

That's actually always been there really. It's on my UOT LD's even.

I wanna say I even remember that from the theater but that could be one of those 'the blood in Psycho was red, I SAW it, I know it was' kinda things.

Mavrick · 09-12-2011, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Moviefan2k4

Didn't Ewan have two braids? The documentary on the DVD shows him getting his hair cut that way.

I belive they changed it to one for the shoot. Either way you only ever see him with one throughout the film.

MacEachaidh · 09-12-2011, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by DanzG

bye the way i,ll not read this postt later or before i publihs it i find it extrmley insultin to read my own righting sense my righting is always perrfect

Touché !!

Blu Titan · 09-12-2011, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by surfdude12

I think he means compared to his other lossy AQ blus, some of which blow him away

Do we know when we'll get the blu-ray.com review???

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Originally Posted by easyrider

How come there is no official Blu-ray.com review up yet?

Casey B. is in charge of the review and he will do an awesome job

. That's is all I know. As you guys can see none of the major sites have a review up...possibly a delay in getting the screeners from the studio.

mrr1 · 09-12-2011, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Joshua

No Qui Gon Jin. Obi Won finds an older Anakin and starts to train him in Episode I. In Episode II Anakin turns to the dark side and actually hunts down all the Jedi and kills them. Episode III shows Vader and the Empire and whats going on with Luke and Obi and Leia and then we go to the original trilogy. Lucas just had to make a kiddie film. Screw the kiddies....

I hear you. Kiddie Anakin is the worst character in the prequels (yes, he's more irritating than Jar Jar).

This is what I would've liked:
- Attack of the Clones as the first episode.

- Episode II centering entirely around Obi-Wan & Anakin's adventures during the Clone Wars, Anakin becoming a war hero, Padme and Anakin's secret marriage, and Palpatine slowly grasping more power and manipulating both sides of the war.

- Episode III could mostly stay as it was.

DarkDune · 09-12-2011, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Mavrick

It's still on the wrong side.

Sometimes in film they flip the image to get the right look from the actor, or to better follow the action. Continuity people look for these issues, but if George wanted the actor to look that way, well screw the continuity people.

LOL

surfdude12 · 09-12-2011, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by easyrider

How come there is no official Blu-ray.com review up yet?

probably because the studio hasn't send the site a review copy. not sure when they do.

DarkDune · 09-12-2011, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by surfdude12

probably because the studio hasn't send the site a review copy. not sure when they do.

The Digital Bits mentioned today that they haven't gotten one yet.

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09-12-2011, 09:09 PM	#31221
Jack Burton Senior Member Member since:Jun 2009 Location:Manchester, England	Just finished watching A New Hope on blu ray. Overall Pq was good but in my view did not blow me away. Don't get me wrong many will love it but coming from watching Alien again last week which was shot about the same time i excepted more jump and wow factor. The film like feel was great with a fine layer of grain and close up shots were great but detail on medium or long shots did not surface in my view that much more than the dvd. Colour change i could live with but there were many shots where the red just took over everything and not just skin tones. Also i like to run my blu's and their dvd counterparts side by side afterwards just so i can check how much jump my blu rays have before i say goodbye to dvd versions of the film. On checking many scene's side by side the blu ray did not blow it out of the water like many other of my films have done. Like i said many close up shots were great with everyone showing every pour on there face but detail on ships like the falcon and on medium shots in general only made a slight upgrade in my view. Not trying to start a war on here or trying to look cool by saying bad things against the blu ray but my honest view and my view alone is that its just an ok transfer but nothing special in terms of PQ. Will check out the TESB back later tonight. I did'nt have a chance to check the AQ because of my set up

09-12-2011, 09:10 PM	#31222
Colonel Kurtz Member Member since:Sep 2011 Location:Germany

09-12-2011, 09:29 PM	#31232
easyrider Special Member Member since:May 2007 Location:Bathurst NSW, Australia	How come there is no official Blu-ray.com review up yet?

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