Some thoughts on the Star Wars DVD's

[eqm]

[QUOTE=eisforelectronic]Speaking of "Wing Commander", just in case anyone was wondering why Panaka didn't make it from Phantom Menace to Attack of the Clones, it's because he died in Wing Commander, like Shaggy and Fred should have.

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the first time i saw PM in the theater, my buddy, girlfriend, and I all thought it was captain "BINACA". we thought he probably had the freshest breath in the galaxy.

[Mr Peabody]

I have been disappointed in remasters of older movies up to this point. One exception was Tron I thought they done a pretty good job with that. Watching Tron after many years it just didn't stand the test of time for me. Back to what I was going to say, I rented Return of The Jedi to see what it sounded like. My thought were it was a long way from Attack of The Killer Clones or Episode One yet it was the best remaster I have yet to hear. I didn't pay enough attention to reversal of channels but I did sense some things out of sync and attributed it to just trying to make an old movie sound modern. Aside from some of the flaws that were detected I also thought the sound effects for the ships were sometimes opposite, the sound went one way when the ship went the other or started in the back and had a drop in sound then ended up in the center channel. I put in the VHS just to see the difference, wow! that really brings home the work that was done on this restoration. For some reason to me though the space bike chase seemed to be more intense or have a sense of the bikes being faster on VHS and it's very obvious that sound effects were added to the DVD. The DVD video is just night and day better than the VHS. My wife thought the VHS had better color but was like being projected in comparison to sharpness. I have no idea why she thought that about the color.

Am I the only person that liked Battlefield Earth? I thought Travolta was outstanding in this movie. What do you rat brains know anyway

[kexodusc]

Mr. Peabody...The reverse channels, and other audio flaws are only being reported on Star Wars (Ep. IV A New Hope, whatever it's called now)...Return of the Jedi should be fine...

I really liked the Tron remaster too...thought the movie has lost my interest.

"Attack of the Killer Clones"...good one..I have the Tomato movies on VHS..
What's even funnier, the final movie is actually called "Revenge of the Sith", and Return of the Jedi was suppose to be called "Revenge of the Jedi"...
So did Lucas rip off the killer tomato franchise, or vice-versa?

[Kam]

not that i have a problem with either the fisher jabba scene or portman white jumpsuit scene, but i think the main difference is in the quality of storytelling between the two scenes.
leia was put in that outfit by jabba to BE a sexual object to him, that was the point of the outfit, for jabba's gratification. the fact that the audience got the same titilation, while obvious, is secondary to the story. portman was put in that outfit by lucas' wardrobe people to be a sexual object for the kiddies, that was the point of the outfit, the audience's gratification. the audience was the only reason for the titilation.
pretty much like someone else said about the story being a vehicle for the fx vs. the fx just helping to tell the story. it's pretty much prevalant throughout. however, for the record, i am a fan of the bare midriff look and don't mind it.
i wonder if the baby luke in episode 3 is just gonna cry the whole time. watching the movies again, man was he one whiny lil bastard, and everyone still loved him as the hero!

peace
k2