rodneyfaile
Sr Member
I need my pic taken in that standee NOW!
The Official Boycott Star Wars Bluray thread
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darth_myeek
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I am not sure, but my camera height is 6' 1"
darth_myeek
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Hey Darth, that standee is a perfect metaphor for the characters in the film.
Haha, from our certain point of view.
I have to admit even though I am not a fan of the Prequels, seeing any Star Wars promotional items in a theater elicits a Pavlovian response in me; well at first.
cayman shen
Master Member
Seriously, it cheeses me off how they exploit Maul to advertise this movie. He's barely in it!!! It would be like using Teebo to advertise ROTJ. That should be Sebulba and Watto on that standee.
Maul was the only character that actually worked. He had genuine mystery surrounding him, his scenes were quick to the point, and most importantly, he didn't talk too much.
And in my personal opinion, thanks to these prequels explaining how Anakin became Darth Vader and his stupid redemption at the end of ROTJ, I'm more of a fan of Darth Maul than I am of Vader.
niennumb1
Master Member
Maul was the only character that actually worked. He had genuine mystery surrounding him, his scenes were quick to the point, and most importantly, he didn't talk too much.
And in my personal opinion, thanks to these prequels explaining how Anakin became Darth Vader and his stupid redemption at the end of ROTJ, I'm more of a fan of Darth Maul than I am of Vader.
Until they do a prequel of Darth Maul who was a disturbed child who grows up to make the ultimate sacrifice to redeem himself from his terrible past, which was to let Obi-Wan slice him in half when he had plenty of time to block the move to begin with.
cayman shen
Master Member
I actually wish clone wars would do a flashback episode or two so we could get Qui-gon again (he's awesome), and a Maul origin would be amazing. I'd love if they did the Jango Fett Open Seasons arc too. As they creep up on ROTS, they could do a few tales where people were reminiscing or whatever and give us some of that. That'd rule.
SVTStingRay
Sr Member
Feels a little like 'Occupy Tatooine'.......
thats great, i need to change this thread title to Occupy Tatooine!
Prequels don't work for Vader, so they won't work for Maul.
cayman shen
Master Member
Well, more of the elements I DID like, in Clone Wars, which I've been enjoying. I also love many of the comics from the PT era. I just thought the movies themselves were pretty badly flawed.
Godsmulligan
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With all the Lucas talk and all the things he changed, I thought I'd breakout the old box set. So I go over to the movies and realize that the original vhs box set is gone (lost in a move) and replaced by the THX digitally remastered VHS set with added scenes and special effects that Lucas had always intended to be in the film.
Yup, he said it way back then.
I felt a little sad now knowing that an original piece of artwork was gone. Anyway, I popped in the remastered version and got a little sadder when I realized I had never seen any of the added scenes. Did I really want to taint my memory of the original?
I opted for yes.
DAMN YOU GEORGE!
Oh, and I won't be buying the bluray. I'm going to get another copy of the black box VHS set.
Yup, he said it way back then.
I felt a little sad now knowing that an original piece of artwork was gone. Anyway, I popped in the remastered version and got a little sadder when I realized I had never seen any of the added scenes. Did I really want to taint my memory of the original?
I opted for yes.
DAMN YOU GEORGE!
Oh, and I won't be buying the bluray. I'm going to get another copy of the black box VHS set.
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clancampbell
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Too Much Garlic
Master Member
You should just get the 2008 dvd's that include the theatrical versions from the non-anamorphic, non-surround laser disk master and throw away the special editions.
Solo4114
Master Member
Speaking of...
Someone's already edited the "Han Shot First" scene for blu-ray. Check it out.
It's still not a 100% accurate recreation of the original (it shouldn't include the brief wide-shot of Han shooting -- should be from looking straight at him, to the table exploding in Greedo's face), but it's definitely an improvement.
This would imply that, eventually, there'll be fan edits of the Blu-Rays, too.
Alas, they'll still be edits of the edits of the 2004 transfers.
Someone's already edited the "Han Shot First" scene for blu-ray. Check it out.
It's still not a 100% accurate recreation of the original (it shouldn't include the brief wide-shot of Han shooting -- should be from looking straight at him, to the table exploding in Greedo's face), but it's definitely an improvement.
This would imply that, eventually, there'll be fan edits of the Blu-Rays, too.
Alas, they'll still be edits of the edits of the 2004 transfers.
Timmythekid
Sr Member
Hate to bring this back up, but you really want SW put back together the way it is supposed to look? Check out Harmy's V2 in progress over at OT.com, the work he's done is astounding, and until we get a new transfer of the original print, probably the best alternative to the SEs we'll see. There's still a couple of rough spots where the only available material is the GOUT discs, but overall it's amazing. In addition to better technique, this time the guy has managed to get scans from each shot in the film from an original dye print and is correcting to match. The film hasn't looked this good since '77.
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