Harrmy's Star Wars Despecialized 2.5

robn1 said:
A little Googling will get you there ;) Took me all of five minutes to find it. Downloading all the parts will take longer of course. I've got about the first 20 minutes and wow it looks great.
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With a computer as old as mine, and not enough power, I'm hopeful for a more turn-key ability to watch this version.
 
That Making Of... documentary was fantastic!

The whole time i was watching it, i was continually bewildered that the billionaire creator wouldn't take the time to do this.

Rich
 
Finally got it. Unless Disney comes out with something better, this is THE version to own. Looks crystal clear on my 60" LED tv. Only a few scenes looked a little 'off', but after watching the making of, it makes perfect sense why.
 
I don't have anything good to compare too, but it sounds like there's enough coming out of the rear speakers to give it a good bit of depth.
 
Finished downloading all 37 parts last night; I am an hour into the first film, and it is phenomenal. :D
 
Clutch said:
I don't have anything good to compare too, but it sounds like there's enough coming out of the rear speakers to give it a good bit of depth.
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Good to know! The version I heard previously sounded a bit thin, as I've said. I can't tell if it's the original mix that's the issue, or if the player I saw it on just automatically selected the 2.0 soundtrack or what. I'm really looking to see if there's front-to-back movement, and whether the soundtrack makes use of the rear channels distinctly as opposed to basically treating them as "left" or "right" channel synced with the front two.

OldKen said:
After seeing the making of...

Only now... At the end...

Do I actually hate George Lucas.
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I don't HATE the guy. But I can sympathize with feeling incredibly frustrated that he screwed around with the films the way he did, and how he didn't seem to care a ton about the errors and technical glitches that crept into the remasterings.

I mean, from a purely technical perspective, the 2004 DVDs were....embarassing. There's VISIBLE (even at normal speed) shifts in the color palette, there was the flipped rear channels in ANH that they tried to pass off "the way it was originally done," it was just nowhere close to what I'd have expected from a top-notch restoration studio like Lowry, or from LucasFilm, even. I mean, forget about the "yes men" thing that people complain about. Forget about the narrative-changing decisions Lucas made. He's supposed to be SUPER into the technical side of filmmaking, so you can't help but ask "How the hell did you let THIS stuff get by?"
 
if I was in his position I would have clearly appointed some of the best experts in the field to do this for me the way these guys painstakingly did with this.

I have one of the first Despecialized versions, but will have to download this one too. I own a bunch of versions of the film including the blu-rays (which there's so much wrong with).

I'm hoping they'll also do some updated despecialized editions of ESB and ROTJ. That whole latest addition of Vader saying "NOOOO!" in ROTJ was just so wrong.
 
Solo4114 said:
I don't HATE the guy. But I can sympathize with feeling incredibly frustrated that he screwed around with the films the way he did, and how he didn't seem to care a ton about the errors and technical glitches that crept into the remasterings.

I mean, from a purely technical perspective, the 2004 DVDs were....embarassing. There's VISIBLE (even at normal speed) shifts in the color palette, there was the flipped rear channels in ANH that they tried to pass off "the way it was originally done," it was just nowhere close to what I'd have expected from a top-notch restoration studio like Lowry, or from LucasFilm, even. I mean, forget about the "yes men" thing that people complain about. Forget about the narrative-changing decisions Lucas made. He's supposed to be SUPER into the technical side of filmmaking, so you can't help but ask "How the hell did you let THIS stuff get by?"
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When you think of the AWESOME quality of special effects and production Lucasfilm were churning out at the time(s) these films were being tweaked for DVD & then BD releases, the Star Wars films that started their business were not given the time & care they deserved.....sigh!

Maybe sometime (soon) they'll get the makeover they need

J
 
This is the kind of restoration work you would expect from a film that's been lost for 50+ years where all of it's remaining sources have since been ruined. I cannot for the life of me figure out why Lucas just can't let go of his tinkering and let folks who actually give a crap about quality do the work. I've seen and read so many interviews over the years involving the status of the original versions and they're all fill of complete and utter nonsense. Permanently altered the original? Why would anyone, and I mean ANYONE want to do that? Those are your pure and uncut sources that you can use for future alterations. Nobody permanently alters a negative unless it's to try and get more info out of it.

I don't care if he wants to release "his" version of the film that adds even more stupid elements into the mix, just let the original versions continue to exist in a state that would continue to fit in with modern standards of high quality. Also, what the heck were you thinking when you let Matthew Wood do the screaming voice for Alec Guiness?
 
I'm betting lucas threw out every non special edition print of the films so there would be no going back.
 
Did you have to post that video? HAHAHA! jk... Yeah the original one was clearly a better sound for a beast.
 
Jeyl said:
Star Wars: Episode IV - Obi-Wan Comparison (Theatrical / Blu-ray) - YouTube
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Thats only half of it!.....the picture on that clip isn't from the BD....it got worse.....the appearing, the disappearing & the reappearing rocks around R2's cave.....logic on that change???

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J
 
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