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RE: Star Wars on Blu Ray 2011

Viewtiful Mark (Elite) posted this on Friday, 7th January 2011, 19:09

And apparently it is indeed the 2004 versions that you`ll be getting on Blu-Ray according to the forum at Digital Spy. If true I think that`s a bit of a jip, because he`s obviously setting that up for a future release again with an all-new further spruced up/ruined set to get the suckers in.

I have a very bipolar relationship with SW these days. On the one hand I love the films still, but on the other I`d feel so wrong giving this guy any more money.

How is there already 13 positive reviews for the set on Amazon? Jeeez...fanboys...

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RE: Star Wars on Blu Ray 2011

RJS (undefined) posted this on Saturday, 8th January 2011, 00:51

I might wait for them to be reduced to half price. Which I hope they will, I really hope the fanboy obsession with Star Wars (don`t get me wrong I love the original trilogy) is dying now. I`m sure that nobody cares too much when a new Star Wars game comes out these days, so perhaps there is hope.

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RE: Star Wars on Blu Ray 2011

Mark Oates (Reviewer) posted this on Saturday, 8th January 2011, 02:52

There`s got to be a point where they make one trip too many to the well.  I mean, if Trek can choke on the abysmal Enterprise and Nemesis to the extent they have to do a complete reboot, it surely can happen to George`s Galaxy Far Far Away.

Having said that, huge Star Wars whore that I am, I`ve preordered the big set from Play (same price as Amazon).  What can I say?  The 1977 original was one of the most important movies in my growing up.  I`d love to have that movie in my collection, but I know George will never let that happen.  I`d even settle for it at proper DVD resolution to upgrade from the sad letterbox version.

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RE: Star Wars on Blu Ray 2011

Jimbo :oÞ (Elite Donator) posted this on Saturday, 8th January 2011, 05:44

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The 1977 original was one of the most important movies in my growing up. I`d love to have that movie in my collection, but I know George will never let that happen. I`d even settle for it at proper DVD resolution to upgrade from the sad letterbox version.
I`m gonna have to go back n check my Theatrical Release ones now as I`m sure they were untouched as DVD releases :-/

Certainly the original 1977 intro-roll minus the "Episode IV: A New Hope" is one of the versions I have (was the two disc Theatrical and Special Edish set) but now I`m gonna have ta dig it out and check the resolution of it

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RE: Star Wars on Blu Ray 2011

Viewtiful Mark (Elite) posted this on Saturday, 8th January 2011, 13:17

I`ve learned to appreciate the 2006 LE letterbox editions. Sure they`re not the same as a cleaned up anamorphic version, but really they`re still way better than my old treasured and beloved VHS copies, and they`re at least now preserved for me on disc whenever I want to see them as I did when I was a kid. When GL had the passion to actually get out and make a movie how it should be done.

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There`s got to be a point where they make one trip too many to the well. I mean, if Trek can choke on the abysmal Enterprise and Nemesis to the extent they have to do a complete reboot, it surely can happen to George`s Galaxy Far Far Away.


I agree with this and actually suspect that this Blu-Ray release isn`t going to do that well in the long run. It`s one thing to get the fans to buy these, but quite another to get the set to appeal to casual buyers. I don`t think there`s gonna be enough fans around to make this a big seller, but that`s just imho.

Dunno if you guys are aware, but the new RedLetterMedia Sith review is up. Excellent again this time. Nice timing too... ;)

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RE: Star Wars on Blu Ray 2011

Mark Oates (Reviewer) posted this on Sunday, 9th January 2011, 02:01

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now I`m gonna have ta dig it out and check the resolution of it


Non-anamorphic letterbox.  Just a digital spruce-up and re-master from the Laserdisc masters.

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RE: Star Wars on Blu Ray 2011

Chris Gould (Elite) posted this on Sunday, 9th January 2011, 17:09

I dunno, bloke can`t win can he? People moan like buggery because they`re not available in HD, and when they`re announced people moan that it`s just more money-grabbing. I`ll just be happy to have an official HD version with a good bitrate and lossless audio, as opposed to the low bitrate ones I`ve got now.



RE: Star Wars on Blu Ray 2011

Paull (Elite) posted this on Monday, 10th January 2011, 09:45

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I might wait for them to be reduced to half price.
It wouldn`t surprise me if they did a limited edition to stop price reduction happening, so you pay in full or not at all.

I bought Star wars as a 6/8 minute clip on Super 8mm sound. Brilliant sound & picture, this was around 1978.
I used to do kids partys & one boy got up & screamed his eyes out when Darth Vader came on the screen, they had to take him  out,  I wonder if he admits to it now? He must be around 40 years old now.

RE: Star Wars on Blu Ray 2011

admars (Elite) posted this on Monday, 10th January 2011, 10:15

When the original trilogy came out on dvd their boxes were marked as limited edition, but they 1/2 price after a while.

in fact play.com original trilogy are 12.99

hmv Empire is 5.99

I`m a sucker, I bought them as soon as they came out, then bought box sets, and have pre-ordered the complete saga blu ray. not so much so that I def get one, I`m sure there won`t be a shortage, but so I get it at that price.

RE: Star Wars on Blu Ray 2011

admars (Elite) posted this on Saturday, 12th February 2011, 16:44

Empire Strikes back is on ITV at the moment, so i thought I`d see how good it looks in HD, looked a bit fuzzy on hoth, but some of the close up on ppl picture looked good.

So being the nerd I am, I got the DVD out, to see how that compared, first time I`ve watched it on my Blu Ray player with HD TV. Picture looked much better to me on the upscaled DVD.

So I was wondering, is that just ITV being rubbish, and actually just broadcasting upscaled SD Empire they`ve had knocking around for years? How did the old films look when Sky showed them in HD?

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