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Star Wars Episode I DVD - October 16, 2001
linderdm writes: "The official Star Wars web site has an article confirming reports about the release date of October 16th for the Phantom Menace DVD. It looks like it will be a double DVD set with 6 hours of additional material, plus 7 new deleted scenes added to the movie." Lucas should have an option to view it in Phantom Edit mode. If that's unrealistic, maybe releasing ep IV, V and VI would be feasible? Please?
THX has nothing to do with Dolby Digital 5.1 or DTS.
THX is a set of technical standards established by (duh) THX for your Hi-Fi equipment. It works just as well with DD 5.1 and DTS 5.1.
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Lay off the crack pipe, fella. Laserdisc is vastly superior to VHS. It's almost as good as DVD; DVD's advantages over Laserdisc is not really in terms of audio/video quality (DVD video is slightly superior, but the audio is slightly inferior, to Laserdisc, depending on the system used), but rather in terms of its small size, its use as a computer storage medium, and its ability to hold different versions or extra material which can be chosen by the viewer. DVD's advantages over Laserdisc are in terms of customer convenience. We will have to wait for High Definition DVD before we will see a medium that is vastly superior to Laserdisc, rather than marginally superior.
Can't wait to download the Divx.DVDRip...
Bah. Most of it will be boring behind the scenes drivel. (Well, it'll be cool to watch, but I personally would consider it drivel after about an hour)
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Well, save that annoying 60's-ish one I heard on the radio this morning..
Hey! Gateway uses a Who song in one of their commercials! Only the greatest rock n' roll band to ever exist!
Fuck Ajit Pai
There's also the Abyss, with the release version and the director's cut (various scenes relating to world tension that were cut throughout the film).
"Pinky, you've left the lens cap of your mind on again." - P&TB
"I can see my house from here!" - ST:
As it was covered in the Chicago Tribune a few days ago, I remember the the critic gave it a 1/4 star less than the 3.5 stars that the untouched version had; the edit was much more refined and moved well, but lacked some of the magic that the original had. Rumor has it that Lucas has seen this, and while not allowing it to be distributed publicly, acknowledges that it's a good edit, but not as good as his original vision.
"Pinky, you've left the lens cap of your mind on again." - P&TB
"I can see my house from here!" - ST:
I'll have to take a look at it, hadn't seen it on DVD. Another recent movie that came out was Dungeons and Dragons. Being an ex gamer, I was interested in the movie needless to say, but the scenes they cut actually ruined the movie. Once I saw them I can't for the life of me understand why in the heck they cut them, beyond one due to cost constraints..
Hopefully some of these new scenes will be equally interesting..
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This is GREAT! I always like to get the DVDs for movies, 'spec when they include cut footage. I often find that many movies have really good scenes that where cut from the actual movie due to time/space, etc..
Anyone have any idea what scenes may be extended, or what we may have missed entirely?
The commentary is also well worth it. It's funny to hear what the creators think about scenes, and getting those tasty little nuggets about why something is the way it is, often things you never would have thought of..
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I gotta say, I never saw any lightsaber rechargers onboard anything I ever saw.. 8-) Would be funny to see.
'Han, do you mind if I use your lighter adapter, gotta plug something in..'
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I believe a power rating was specified for THX at either 100 or 110 watts across the front three channels. There are a bunch of other requirements, as well, such as full-range speakers up front (no sub and sattelite configuration) http://www.thx.com/consumer_products/home_faq.html is a good place to start...
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and I still wouldn't get it. The thing about DVDs is that you go to the effort of the purchase only for those movies that you want to see more than one time. It's simple Mr. Lucas - we want the real Star Wars movies on DVD, you know, that stuff about Chewie and the Death Star.
You forgot the step where he releases a "Special Edition" with a few "minor improvements" that have the effect of changing the entire story line and fundamental definition of one of the main characters (Han Solo vs. the bounty hunter in SW:AHN).
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In the original edition, when the bounty hunter confronts Han Solo in the bar, Solo shoots him under the table in cold blood. Establishing that for all his rough and loveable exterior, he is a cold-blooded mercenary at heart. This colors his entire relationship with Leia and his decision to return and helt the Alliance.
In the Special Edition, Lucas adds a few seconds where _the bounty hunter fires the first shot_, turning Solo from a ruthless mercenary to just another guy defending himself in a tough world.
That's a bit of a change, don't you think?
sPh
I used MacOS9 for about two weeks, it crashed far far more often then Win95 and Win98 did for me. Then I got the OSX public beta, and only had two crashes in as many months. Then the OSX release, which I think has had two crashes in 3(?) months, but has refused to unsuspend maybe three times (which may not be a crash, but is about as bad -- I can ssh in, but I don't really know what to kill to fix it, I can do a clean reboot though).
One of the OSX PB crashes was from me doing a 'umount -f' which shouldn't cause a panic. Doesn't cause a panic in any of the BSDs I've used. One of the OSX full releases was me retesting that.
In my (short!) experience OS 9 is less stable then Win9x. Mac OSX is far more stable, but still not as stable as a "real" Unix :-)
That's a lot of additional material.
It seems *someone* thinks pretty highly of their little movie.
X-men lets you watch it with cut scenes spliced in... it's not seamless (there's some seek time) but it's pretty cool none-the-less.
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I'd think twice before getting too excited about a DVD release announcement.
Now that Star Wars will be released, any word on the LOTR DVD boxset yet? ;-)
Wouldn't a THX mastered DTS track still sound better than a THX mastered DD5.1 track?
As long as THX isn't supported by the average home cinema setup, there is no reason to not put a DTS track on it. (unless my first assumption was wrong, of course)
Meesah thinks I will rent it. I'm not interested in purchasing all of the itterated versions of Star ars that Lucas always tries to sell...
The only reason I bought a DVD player originally, was becuase I naively thought "heck yes the Star Wars Trilogy will be on disc.." It never occurred to me that the company that pioneered digital effects, and now is the first to actual film a full length movie staright onto digital media, would not also be among the first to release the damm things onto a digital medium. I mean, half of the Star Wars trilogy is John Williams' fantastic score, together with the extra load, extra bass soudn effects that rattled your part digested pop-corn as Vader's star destroyer went past at the beggining of episode IV. I already have 2 copies of each movie on tape, but lets face it - tape sucks. I mean, who now buys music on tape? (unless they just play it in the car) The damm things wear out so fast, and are not brilliant in the first place. I went to all the troible of buying a large widesreen screen, DVD player, Dolby decoder and 5.1 speakers and I'm still waiting to watch the very films that were crying out for it.
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I'd go to the cinema to watch them again definitely, but they are not always on when I want to watch them (read never). Besides - I have developed a hatred of the cinema experience - you can't smoke, pause the film to make coffee, and there is a distinct lack of sofas in every cinema I've been in. Also, there are the usual people throwing pop-corn, kicking me in the back of the head, rustling those specially designed 150Db packets made only for cinemas, talking away explaining the plot to their thick friends, and so on. Not to mention the odours that some of them give off... And do they make the seats that uncomfortable on purpose? The final irony, is that if you are real unlucky, you are so close to the damm screen you get whiplash following the action, and you can see that hair the camera operator missed on his lens.. some films I've seen in cinemas looked like they forgot to turn up the colour, and were so scrathed youd think they were half a century old.
So. I'd like the next best thing in my house, where I can lie back on my sofa, smoke on, and adjust the damm picture. DVD's unlike film or VHS tape, do not wear out.
One final thing - I couldn't care less for "additional features" - I don't give a s*** about how many hours some guy spent in make up - its a FANTASY - I don't want to see behind the curtain ffs! I know its not real - don't rub it in
Um, that's like saying that someone has nothing against black people if they are willing to profit from their labor. The friends of Open Source aren't the people who use it, they are the people who contribute to it. After all, even Microsoft uses it.
October 16th is my birthday, so this is kinda good news. I don't, however, think I'll be spending $50 on this. $30, maybe, $25, definitely, $19.99, I'll buy two. But not for $50.
Well, you'd have to get the video before they added Jar Jar, but this video would probably be lacking some of the other special effects, it could be done, but to do it properly you'd need some sort of Industrial Light and Magic :)
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ISTM I read an article (on The Digital Bits, I think) that said the DVD was going to include two versions of the film: the release version, plus a second version that's identical except for having *no special effects* (i.e., all blue screen). Maybe that's the kind of thing only a film student would care to see, but I'm kind of disappointed that this won't be part of the package. I would pay extra to have both versions to compare side by side. In fact, if there is anything to the rumour, I hope Lucas announces it before October 16 so I can decide whether to hold off for that version.
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I just don't understand what you mean when you say the film is poorly done. Obviously you don't mean on the technical level; the effects are all but flawless.
"No plot"? Episode I has a plot that works on a number of levels: straightforward adventure, political intrigue, character interaction... The film is very well constructed. Look at the ending: four separate plot threads taking place in separate locations are intricately intercut and interwoven seamlessly. I also want to draw attention to the mystery aspect of it: that is, the mystery of Darth Sidious' identity. Of course everyone knows who Darth Sidious *really* is, but imagine you'd never seen the previous movies -- could you figure out the truth just from what's on the screen in Episode I? You can if you're paying attention, all the information is there, hiding in plain sight. Likely as not I would have missed it if I hadn't known.
The film has some obvious flaws. Plainly the first hurdle that most people face is Jar-Jar. This isn't a problem for me, since I don't care about Jar-Jar one way or the other; I just accept him as what he is, which is comic relief. And yes, some of the dialogue his hokey, particularly Anakin's. How much of the dialogue in the previous films was *not* hokey? A worse flaw is the missed opportunity to establish Anakin's anger management problem: specifically, there was a scene cut from the film where he attacks a much younger Greedo after the Rodian accuses him of winning the pod race by cheating. I don't understand why Lucas left that scene out; maybe the movie was running long.
Sometimes I just get the idea that the people who heap scorn on Episode I are just disappointed that it didn't overwhelm them like Episode IV did back when they were ten years old. Either that or I wonder if they saw the same film I did (several times, I might add).
"The deep-fried Mars bar is a symptom of a wider crisis." -- Nutritionist Ann Ralph, on the Scottish diet
It is, and it was (at least in Italian).
Star Wards? Is that a futuristic department store that began it's life as Montgomery Ward's?
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It WAS self-defense. Greedo had already stated that he was going to kill Han. What the change did was change the Han Solo character from a man who will do what he has to, (and have a good one-liner to follow), to one that waits until he is scared into action.
Aside from all that, the addition of Greedo's shot was pathetic. It was amateurish, and made the special effects on the Sci-Fi Channel look polished in comparison. Lucas should have stuck with what was in the script, and not tried to cozy up to the bleeding-heart, keeping-yourself-alive-is-a-crime crowd.
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I would love to see the original cinema edition on DVD. I feel that some of the CGI that was added to the Episode 4 just didn't look right, for example Jabba or the creatures that the storm troopers were riding didn't walk right.
Jumpstart the tartan drive.
> When you first saw Star Wars Ep 4, did you doubt for one second that C-3PO was a real robot, Chewbacca was a real Wookie, and that Darth Vadar was a really real bad guy?
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> Credit where credit's due, Jar Jar is certainly real enough to actually hate.
Yeah, Jar Jar is a real action figure.
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Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
> Anyone know how Jar-Jar gets translated into other languages? I mean, is it possible to make him sound as obnoxious in French or Japanese as he does in English?
In the Jamaican edition he talks just like Prince Charles.
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Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
No Amidala?!?!? Blasphemy!!!
C'mon...she is worth keeping for any edition. Hell, she's worth dealing with Jar Jar...er..well...maybe.
* * * --they cant all be your best, that would be confusing
Don't get me wrong, I am huge huge fan of ep's 4-6 (especially 5). It changed my life, and all of that... but ep. 1 was simply a dog's breakfast, there's no way to ever make it look good.
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how did the A New Hope SPecial Edition change the entire story line and fundamental definition of one of the main characters?
I sure didn't catch that.
A half an hour to an hour? More like about 5 minutes, if we're lucky.
I could have done with about 3 hours less of the pod race and a little bit more story. The whole Jedi Council thing was too rushed.
You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.
fyi, it's only $29.98 (USD).
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and for the karma-pimps, here's some karma-whoring--ostensibly because starwars.com is already
On October 16, Lucasfilm Ltd. and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment will begin the worldwide release of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace on DVD. The highly anticipated arrival of Episode I marks the first film of the Star Wars saga to debut on DVD.
Enthusiastic fans of the film will be rewarded for their patience. Clocking in at about 480 minutes in length, it features over six hours of additional bonus material, including brand new visual effects sequences executed just for the DVD release.
Here's what the two-disc set will feature:
The Phantom Menace, mastered by THX for superior sound and picture quality, presented in Anamorphic Widescreen and Dolby 5.1 Surround EX (English), Dolby 2.0 Surround (English and Spanish), and Dolby 2.0 Surround (French, for Canadian release)
Audio commentary by Writer-Director George Lucas; Producer Rick McCallum; Co-Editor and Sound Designer Ben Burtt; Visual Effects Supervisors Scott Squires, John Knoll and Dennis Muren; and Animation Supervisor Rob Coleman, offering personal insights into the making of the film
Seven never-before-seen deleted scenes with full visual effects completed just for the DVD release
"The Beginning" -- an all-new hour-long documentary culled from over 600 hours of footage offering unprecedented access inside Lucasfilm and ILM during the making of Episode I
Multi-angle storyboard to animatic to finished film feature, that lets you flip through the various phases of development of key action sequences
Five behind-the-scenes featurettes exploring The Phantom Menace's storyline, designs, costumes, visual effects and fight scenes
The popular "Duel of the Fates" music video that debuted in 1999
All 12 parts of the Lynne's Diaries, the web documentaries that first appeared here at starwars.com
Galleries of theatrical posters, print campaign, and never-before-scene production photos
Downloaded by millions from starwars.com, the original theatrical teaser and launch trailers, plus seven TV spots including the "tone poems"
The two-disc set is priced at $ 29.98 in the U.S. and $ 41.98 in Canada.
Keep checking starwars.com for more updates on this exciting upcoming release.
Yeah, with the MPAA already raising the prices of movies to what they are, it will be a cold day in hell when I donate the same amount or greater to another foundation!
Don't trust a bull's horn, a doberman's tooth, a runaway horse or me.
My suggestion for a comparison where the differnce is very noticable (on my system at least) is Saving Private Ryan. The DTS version just about caused me to soil myself during the beach landing the first time I watched it.
They have the same ears.
You really think there's only gonna be one DVD edition? Think again.
My mind works like lightning. One brilliant flash and it is gone.
Now that the grip has loosened enough for a SW movie to be released on DVD, How about releasing Major League. ML 2 and the sucky 3 are on dvd in the dollar bins already.
Pfft.
Somebody's gotta go back and get us a shitload of dimes.
There have been some pirate dvds of The Phantom Menace already.
At least this would be an official release with some extra goodies.
I guess I'll buy this one.
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(Yes, I'm running out to buy this one when it comes out too, despite Jar Jar :P)
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All of which I am allowed to do by fair use laws. Similarly, people are allegedly buying "compact discs," which consist of nothing more than pre-recorded music. That is nothing more than data! Simple, pure, data. I will not pay someone upwards of $10 for the privilege of listening to data that I could download for free.
The thought that you would pay for such things. Ugh. If you can download it for free, you shouldn't pay for it.For more information, click here.
Does anyone remember the old RCA VideoDisc technology? It was developed in the mid 70's/early 80's at the Sarnoff Research Center in Princeton, NJ. It read the video disc with a needle. Pretty neat for the time.
That would be awesome with the Godfather trilogy. Select either to watch it in chronological order OR to watch it as it was released on the big screen.
--Mike
Can someone tell me why a $100,000,000 movie only costs me $17.99 at Best Buy when a $4,000,000 CD from a teeny-bopper Brittany Spears costs $18.99?
How about an option to replace Jar-Jar with Cookie Monster or TinkyWinky?
--Mike
Here is a link from a 5/99 Wired article titled Star Wars: The Phantom Macs.
...is if the disc set were released regionless. That way, everyone would be able to enjoy the set, not just people in Region 1.
Someday, you're going to die. Get over it.
"that no time or effort was spent on picking good actors" Hey the queen (pretty sure she was the queen) was hot...thats all that mattered!
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As far as McGregor and Neeson being bad actors: maybe they aren't. However, they were in Episode I, and here's why: there was no report between any of the characters (except for the small amount of sickening report between Anakin and the Princess, but that hardly reports). All the talking seemed quite dull, as if they were rattling off memorized lines. (I'll draw you to the schenes where the two Jedi meet JarJar, and where Gui Quan (or whatever the heck it was) explained to Anakin (what the heck are they doing calling him 'Annie' for? I mean, really people!) what metacloreans (wtf? this was pulled from which orifice? never mind that it's a weak take on metacondrea) were.
Contrast the dialog and character relationship development to that of, say, the schene on the Falcon in Star Wars, right after the destruction of Alderaan, when Han is giving Luke a hard time, and they're conversing. Not terribly good acting, but a HECK of a lot better than Episode I. There was real human emotion and depth in the trilogy and it's characters, even in the non-humans! There was NONE of that in Episode I, really. That's what makes films good - the portrayal of human strengths and weaknesses through trials, the display of human emotion, and various other elements of life which we can identify with. The Gungans? What, exactly, did they add to the film besides an excuse to render something extra? Nothing.
I could go on and on about the contrast between Star Wars and Episode I . They're black and white - two completely contrary films. While the Trilogy demonstrates what is good, and what all film artists seem to try and live up to now, Episode I seems to set a counter-example - don't effing do anything like it!
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It makes one wonder what happened. I'm not sure of specifics, but I took a look at the credits for Episode I. Mr. Lucas didn't direct this film completely. It appears as if he had a 'co-producer' that did all the work, and simply ran it by George. Also, from my perceptions, they threw so much budget money and emphasis was thrown into special effects, that no time or effort was spent on picking good actors, or developing a coherrent story line.
I have a hard time believing that the story behind Episode I was around since the initial Star Wars. It feels plastic and commericial, simply produced to sell toys. Even the key factor of the film - the special effects - grew terribly old by the end.
So as to keep this somewhat on-topic... I was of the understanding that the Trilogy would be released at the same time as Episode I. I also ponder whether the 'extra material' is thrown in there so that adults can feel justified for buying the disk, due to the poor quality of the film. (Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge Star Wars fan. I just really don't consider Episode I to be even close to Star Wars in any aspect besides the lightsabers.)
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it was posted on the newsgroup :)
alt.binaries.starwars for sure im downloading it right now
The article in question also speaks of "The Phantom Edit" .. however, my attempts at locating a copy online have failed miserably. Does anybody know where I can find a copy?
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There IS hope. Since Jar Jar never made an appearance in the first 3 movies (IV, V, and VI), we KNOW he has to die in the next two movies somewhere. =) *Grin*
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It's not Jar-Jar-less, but there's less Jar-Jar. They also took out the stupid, boring scene underwater with the big sea monsters.
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Hmm... I only own one VHS copy of SWTPM, and already they are coming out with the DVD? How can George Lucas make any money if fanboys like me only end up buying 2 copies of his movies?
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I can't believe that the 6 hours of additional footage and 7 deleted scenes are being released on the first DVD release. I mean, shouldn't it go a little more like:
That would seem to follow better the George Lucas release schedule, don't you think?
Since they were cut from the film, the scenes had never been completed.
Before anybody gets excited about new material in the movie, let's try not to forget that these scenes were deleted for a reason, and the Jar Jar scenes were left in.
That should tell you how bad they probably are.
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Making fun of Apple's ads is more fun than making fun of Gateways? Well, save that annoying 60's-ish one I heard on the radio this morning..
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with the way films like Episode I are planned and marketed, are these really "deleted scenes", or rather material filmed directly for DVD? It does make buying it a lot more attractive...
Kids love jar jar.
1) That's not true
2) If the point of the movie was to make kids happy - why was the plot about a vote of no-confidence in a senate in the middle of a trade war? You can't really explain the plot of the movie to a child - and you can't make an adult tolerate Jar Jar. Lucas had 2 potential audiences (believe me i wanted to love it, my first memory is seeing Star Wars at a drive in as a little kid) - he could have done middle of the road stuff that would partially include both or focused solely on one. Instead he put in Jar-Jar that could only appeal to one kids while repulsing adults, and put in a plot that could only be understood by adults.
I read a pre-production script witha few extra scenes, for example one in which Obi-Wan lets his Lightsaber 'battery' run down
Shoulda used Energizer.
Anyone else remember that commercial?
Top ten reasons to own an imac: Rip Episode 1 dvd and extra footage to hard disk. Make movie watchable. Laugh as thousands of warez monkeys trade internet edits and call people asking for DiVX rip of the official release lamers.
Because the industry charges what it feels, based on the demographics, what it can charge. Brittney is being bought by 10-16 year old girls' parents. DVDs, on the other hand, are bought by old (and possibly young) geeks, who don't fit into that demo, and probably have (or simply spend) less money.
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The real problem here is that under DMCA, a Linux program to dynamically show a Phantom Edit off a purchased Phantom Menace DVD would be illegal.
No thanks. I'll wait for the "Phantom Edit" DivX DVDrip.
Although you've alluded to it, some people might be unaware that due to a quirk of human hearing, louder is always interpreted as better.
Unscrupulous (or lazy) hifi salespeople often take advantage of this fact...people are often unaware of small volume differences as such; rather, they just think the louder sound is better.
Nevertheless, THX is a standard for hardware too, and they love to keep adding to it. (thus THX 7.6534 requires 64 seperate loudspeakers and...) It's just good business; people keep upgrading to stay top-of-the-line, and THX collects licensing fees on every "THX certified" product.
he's probably not opposed to using open source software, but he has never been seen advocating it. He's not an enemy but not a friend either; i think it would fit more in the category of those who think free(speech) software gives them a free (beer) ride.
But maybe even better, is there an option to view the movie with JarJar turned off?
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Well, it can't be too hard to make it sound obnoxious in French ;-)
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- The preceding statement is the product of a deranged mind and the sole property of the voices in my head.
Unless there was a Phantom Edit mode, I wouldn't waste change I found on the sidewalk for the Phantom Menace on DVD, VHS or full digital immersion hologram for that matter.
I'll wait for the Definitive Collection of IV, V and VI on DVD so I can retire my Laserdisc player once and for all.
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ChodaBoy
- The preceding statement is the product of a deranged mind and the sole property of the voices in my head.
What it should include is a half-hour apology from Lucas for Jar-Jar and for making Anakin such an annoying little git.
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- The preceding statement is the product of a deranged mind and the sole property of the voices in my head.
2. The movie was shit compared to the first two.
3. Jar Jar Binks is the Antichrist.
4. Fuck the MPAA. They aren't getting a dime from me.
-Legion
why you feel that any release of episode i is reason enough to buy a dvd player is beyond me. there are much better movies on dvd besides star wars that i can think of. brazil criterion edition comes to mind... of course, it's all a matter of opinion.
How about the interchanges between Han and Leia in The Empire Strikes Back? That was the best film IMO, had the professional touch that IV didn't, but none of the childish crap (ewoks) that Return of the Jedi had.
This is where you stopped speaking for me.
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This scene (and several others) are detailed in the novel 'The Phantom Menace' by Terry Bridges, which I personally enjoyed a lot more than I did the movie. Didn't have to deal with Anakin's piss-poor acting, or Jar-Jar's...existence.
--MiB
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gee he also promised that episode 1 wouldn't suck
be cool if episode two and matrix two released at the same time. if so I'm laying money down for matrix 2
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It's 30 minutes of actor/director commentary, and 5 1/2 hours of them beating Jar Jar with sticks and apologizing for his existance.
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Well there is a thing called "changing one's mind". So what. it's like when Michael Jordan retired the first time promising to not come back and just play baseball, but he changed his mind. It's not like it's written in stone. Besides, how could they have gotten all those extras on VHS anyway, especially stuff you have to navigate like production notes and photos. He (or more specifically Lucasfilm Licensing) could have just wanted to release just the same material from the VHS and then in 2 years release an expanded version. But at least they chose to make a decent double disk release.
Many scenes were indeed shot, the lightsaber malfunction bit, which is why OB1 is running away that droid in the STAP on the swamp at the beginning and Qui Gon reprimanding him later. There was a scene shot with the youg Rodian (Greedo like), I believe Anakin decks him. Also there were some cuts here and there of finished stuff, like when Boss Nass says that Jara Jat should be punished by stoning, when they are in the council on the underwater city. There were a few more minor deits here and there.
Well I'm not sure what would imply that Lucas has the final say about this. All he cares is that the ILM delivers the shots, the images. Probably finance them. But it's actually up to ILM to decide what they use. They do extensive testing on new technology to have the best production pipeline possible. They even have a special agreement with SGI, called JDEI to get to test all new equipment, plus they are a beta testing site for Alias/Wavefront. Here is the press release for their renewed JEDI agreement:
SGI is Preferred Provider of Content Creation Workstations and Servers for Industrial Light & Magic
It's actually up to the ILM engineers and management to decide what to use, Lucas is not involved in that. ILM has figured out the Linux gives them a good solution. years ago when Softimage was part of M$ and ported the software to NT, ILM did several test as to the feasability of using NT in their production pipeline, but it never panned out.
Besides their SGI infrastructure they have the Mac Rebel Unit which uses macs for stuff like texture painting, matte pintings, animatics and compositing. They just use what works, and finally Linux is good enough for production work. There are also rumors that they recently bought several Digital Tru64 boxes. They also have regular Win PCs for office work. There was even an old report that they started using Linux in the engineering dept. long ago for routers or some such thing. Here are the appropiate links:
Linux takes Hollywood by stormThe Little Engine That Could
Lucas probably doesn't care, he could be using a PC or Mac for writing the screenplays. It's up to ILM to use what is best for them.
The Galaxy Quest DVD has an audio track composed completely of the aliens' language. It's extremely funny for about five minutes, and then you are just forced to wonder why the went through the ENTIRE movie.
Sorry, I meant to type "Star Warts", as that's my current opinion after realizing that I managed to pay almost $250 for a single movie in an obsolete format, and seeing that they're about to try to trick me into paying *another* $250 for a movie that I don't even like.
Yes, it's my fault. But I reserve the right to be angry at the fsckers who sat around boardroom tables drinking $30 coffees, thinking of new versions to release to milk cash from their fans.
Bah, they've got no respect for me, I've got no respect for them. The difference is: they need me.
-b
If I wanted a sig I would have filled in that stupid box.
Um, I beg to differ. DD has a total bandwidth of 320KB/s; at 5 channels, that's 64KB/S, or 32K-samples/sec @ 16 bits. Less than CD quality. Only 72% the resolution of CD's, in fact.
.1 sub channel, and you're talking about half the quality (per channel) available on CD's since 1981.
Add in the
DTS devotes 48khz, 16 bit samples to all 5 channels, or 480KB/S. Sure, it's only 25% more detail than DD, but it's significant, especially during sequences with heavy surround effects.
DD's trick is to move bits from less used channels to more used channels. It's a good trick, but if you actually have ears and you've heard the same film passage in both formats, you would never compare the two.
DD-EX (or THX EX) is a different story and is finally on par with DTS.
For more information, see: http://www.moviesoundpage.com/msp_dddtsdvd.htm
Cheers
-b
If I wanted a sig I would have filled in that stupid box.
...Lucas already busted me on laserdisc; I have 4 copies of Star Wards. Based on that experience, here's my prediction for the actual, top secret, rape-the-fans schedule:
October 16, 2001: Ep. 1, 6 hours of additional footage, some removed footage. Dolby Digital sound only (Yes, that's for real, check the link)
February 10th, 2002: "Special Edition" Ep. 1, same 6 hours of additional footage, 2 more missing scenes, addition of DTS sound. Buy another copy if you've got a good sound system.
May 30, 2002: "The ultimate edition" Ep. 1, new superior video transfer, director's commentary, Dolby digital and DTS sound. Missing the 6 hours of extra footage and extra scenes.
September 15, 2002: "Director's cut" Ep. 1, back to the old video transfer, same running length but a few scenes switched around, commentary from Lucas and several actors.
January 6, 2003: "Collector's Edition" Ep.1, Dolby Digital, DTS, 6 hours of extra footage, commentary, includes scripts, concept drawings, and other production notes.
Me, I'm just gonna wait until Jan 6, 2003.
-b
If I wanted a sig I would have filled in that stupid box.
Wait, isn't this the perfect way to spend money? I mean, think about it... in ten years you're going to have the Episodes I-VI Special Addition Six-pack, and here we are buying everything as soon as it comes out! Geez, be patient, people! Or... Just feed Lucas's wallet. He expects us to anyway. :-)
-B :)
The Phantom Menace DVD set will include audio commentary by Lucas, an hour-long documentary on the making of the film, and featurettes about the plot, design, costumes, visual effects and fight scenes. The DVD extra will be seven deleted scenes, amounting to about 20 minutes of previously unseen footage. Since they were cut from the film, the scenes had never been completed. For the DVD, Lucasfilm and Industrial Light and Magic, Lucas' special effects operation, went back and finished them with full visual effects.
Reuters
From the article:
The Phantom Menace, mastered by THX for superior sound and picture quality, presented in Anamorphic Widescreen and Dolby 5.1 Surround EX (English), Dolby 2.0 Surround (English and Spanish), and Dolby 2.0 Surround (French, for Canadian release
It lists a bunch of other features too... but nothing that sounds too extraordinary. Just the typical DVD stuff: deleted scenes, a documentary, behind-the-scenes featurettes, a music video, posters, photos, trailer, storyboard, audio commentary.
But anyhow, I thought THX wasn't an actual sound format, but a set of guidelines to make the movie sound and look good?
What, me worry?
...and got rejected both times. What the fuck. This site is a piece of shit and so are the story authors.
And public health!
I find it funny that the same people that bitch & moan about George Lucas making changes to his movies when he releases (or re-releases) them on video, are often the same people that bitch & moan when their favorite movie's Dolby Stereo soundtrack isn't remastered into Dolby Digital 5.1.
I agree with them that he shouldn't change the movie, because doing so ignores the fact that his "art" is made for the fans. However, I certainly don't see how they can complain that people don't update the soundtrack in the same way Lucas updates his films.
I have a website. It's about Macs.
I was hoping for a Jedi Edition, which contains no Jar Jar, no Anakin, no Pods, and no Padme/Amidala. The only scenes included would be ones with lit light sabers or Yoda. If Lucas doesn't do this, I will see if I can do it in DivX.
I swear. Natalie Portman and all. I just wasn't into it. I'll probably rent the DVD. Seems weird that this is news and I haven't even seen the damn thing.
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Terminator II has both original and special edition versions.
What I want to see when IV, V and VI come out is a similar thing. I want the original versions without the tacked on CGI and modifications to the plot as an option. Heck, they're the only versions I'd watch!
Hacker: A criminal who breaks into computer systems
"Information wants to be paid"
Rumor has it that Lucas has seen this, and while not allowing it to be distributed publicly, acknowledges that it's a good edit, but not as good as his original vision
"Well, he would say that, wouldn't he."
Hacker: A criminal who breaks into computer systems
"Information wants to be paid"
EFF off.
For a good hint, get the VHS version and turn on closed-captioning on your TV if it has it. I couldn't understand Jar Jar without it...
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Those who complain about affect & effect on
Can the next poll be "would you like to see coverage of consumer products in DVD format?" please?
And you don't know anything about a lease, do you?
If you could be told what you can see or read, then it follows that you could be told what to say or think - BoC
I had a big item written up explaining why I think you are wrong. But I'll put it in short.
Let's say I only own a Beta VCR. I rent a movie in VHS format (since that's all that is out there nowadays). I borrow a freind's VHS machine, but the cheap piece of junk has no TV Coax out. So instead I copy it to a Beta tape. I watch the movie. I bulk erase the Beta tape. I then return the movie.
Did I violate the law? If not, then how is putting the VHS onto a digital format temporarialy any different? Would it be illegal to play the VHS tape on my computer's TV in (which is digital)? What if I played the tape through my Tivo and accidentally turned on the 15 minute video delaying feature (using MPEG-2 compression, similar to my VCD, of course)?
Why is it I have this idea that the law looks upon leasing like a temporary purchase -- perhaps that's where I'm getting the idea wrong.
If it doesn't I guess I'll just have to get rid of the 60" projection TV and put back the old 21" Panaphonics console, since the projection TV has digital picture enhancement, modifying the original signal again.
I am pretty sure the DMCA only applies to things availiable in a digital format, which Star Wars EP-1 is not.
If you could be told what you can see or read, then it follows that you could be told what to say or think - BoC
The tenacity of your prose ostensibly renders manifest your perfunctory implementation of the English language.
Does endeavouring new words cause you to funk; Trembling at the thought of tucking tail; worried that someone similar might dispense a little displeasureable diatribe directed your way?
Continued subversion of my writing will only leave me more resolute to plow forward with it.
Although, I would appreciate the opportunity for a more amiable dialogue which could enrich upon the preponderation of both our future comments, rather than the current dialogue that renders our comments little more than plebeian in nature.
If you could be told what you can see or read, then it follows that you could be told what to say or think - BoC
Succinctly? Indeed.
If you could be told what you can see or read, then it follows that you could be told what to say or think - BoC
George Lucas might make good movies but his attitude sucks.
:-)
What do we do with people with a bad attitude? Do we give them money? Hell no!
Here's what I did:
- Rented the VHS copy
- Downloaded a VCD of it
- Watched the VCD in my DVD player
- Returned the VHS copy and deleted the VCD
all of which I am allowed to do by fair use laws. I never bothered to buy the VHS and keep the VCD after that as the movie wasn't good enough -- it was dumbed down for the lowest common denominator by Jar-Jar, and therefore ruined. Special effects aren't so special on VHS -- you need good acting and a good plot -- both of which Jar-Jar decimated. DVD, maybe, since special effects are better on DVD. But, of course, by now they are old news and not worth the cost of the DVD.
That man will never see more than the rental price of his movie from me until he improves his attitude (by which, I mean, he needs to release the DVD at the same time or earlier than the VHS, or don't release either).
To sum it up: Check your attitude at the door next time Lucas, and I'll by happy to buy your stuff. 'Till then I'll just laugh at the huge stock of old EP-1 tapes still at my local Costco.
I know I have an attitude, but I'm the customer. That's my right.
If you could be told what you can see or read, then it follows that you could be told what to say or think - BoC
Are you kidding? Jar-Jar is gonna be a Jedi. Imagine how the kids will go ape for the clumsy Jedi, who can't ever seem to do anything right but somehow manages to save the day anyway... Puke!
But seriously, I heard Jar-Jar will be getting PLENTY of screen time and an increasingly important role in the series. Double puke.
Enough to keep a Star Wars fan happy for some time.
Enough to make a Star Wars fan try to swallow his or her own tongue in a fit of psychopathic rage and disgust, I'd say.
It will be enough to make a Phantom Menace fan pretty happy though.
On the day this comes out, I think I'll just watch Aliens. Again.
The two-disc set is priced at $ 29.98 in the U.S. and $ 41.98 in Canada.
Assuming a currency exchange of 1.5 can$ to one us (overly pessimistic), the price would be C$44.97.
Oh, but then, assuming thay you live in BC, or any of the other provinces where 14% sales tax is the norm, the total would be brought to a nice and cozy $47.86. This is, of course, assuming that you pay no income tax (har, har) to the Canadian Government.
This brings up an interesting point.
If a Canadian works for minimum wage ($7) that would equal about 6.8 hours of work. The american pays (assuming $6.50 minimum wage, at least in Oregon) 4.6 hours of work are required - both calculations made w/o income tax comparisons, etc...
If Lucas expects me to work my ass off for seven hours to watch his fucking movie, he has to realize something - that his DVD set is priced too fucking high in Canada.
Mind you, broadband access in canada runs about $40 a month, $40 in the states. Almost enough incentive for you to buy a cable/dsl line and download the Divx Rip, which, mind you, has been out a few weeks before the movie was.
The slashdot 2 minute between postings limit: /.'ers since Spring 2001.
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I've seen the japanese version of star wars. It's very funny(if you understand japanese). c3po sounds gay, Darth Vader Talks like a Yakuza(but not nearly deep enough), and all the empire soldiers sound like your standard Anime soldier voice actors.
This is likely because they had the same people dub it over who make cartoons.
Bring back the old version of slashdot.
Read it a second time:
the article says "...begin worldwide release..."
This does not necessarily mean, it's been released allover the world at the same time.
Anyway, MPAA has proven more than one time, that region coding has next to nothing to do with release dates. Many old movies, which can be already seen on TV or are available on video for a long time still come out with region codes.
So one can savely say, region coding is only about price control. Remember, Australia and the EU already target this.
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By the looks of things the scene was filmed (theres pictures there to prove it)
--enditallnowWell if you can find a bootlegger you can get a Jar jar less copy.
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it's called the phantom edit and I've been scouring (no pun intended) for a divx version on gnutella wihtout success the past 2 weeks or so...
apparently George wasn't amused:
http://www.zap2it.com/movies/news/story/0,1259,
*Shrug*
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To be fully THX compliant involves everything from speakers, decoder, amps, all the way down to the wires. Yep, the wires must be THX certified. One of the specs is equal power across the front three channels (left, center, right). I don't think a power rating was specified (110 watts is sticking in my head for some reason though). It may also involve stereo rear channels as opposed to mono, but I could be getting my AC3/5.1 specs confused. Also, THX certification is a recurring yearly process conducted by someone from Skywalker sound, though they may contract it out now.
there are no stupid questions, but there are a lot of inquisitive idiots
It looks like it will be a double DVD set with 6 hours of additional material
Episodes IV, V, and VI???
Don't I wish...
The worst vice is advice...
"It takes many nails to build a crib, but one screw to fill it."
or maybe get one of those Panasonic DVD-RAM video recorders.
According to the official announcement, the two disc set is going for $ 29.98 in the U.S. and $ 41.98 in Canada.
.. will most likely be the special sneak preview trailer for EPII ... And we can all pray EPII makes up foe the abysmal pile of poo that was Episode I.
And for you Jar Jar bashers ... Isn't Darth Vader screaming "yoo-hoo!" -- and destroying the big bad blockaders accidently in the process -- far worse than the annoying floppy-eared sea urchin? I'd argue yes.
Also, I hope they'll remove the homoerotic tension between Qui Gon and Jar Jar. That just freaked me out. Either that, or the 7 extended scenes include the much rumored Gungan-jedi coupling.
I wonder if this made a difference.
I read a pre-production script witha few extra scenes, for example one in which Obi-Wan lets his Lightsaber 'battery' run down, and another when their sub almost falls off a waterfall opon surfacing in Theed. Does anyone know if these were ever shot?
I wonder if Lucas was 'Reprogrammed,' by the Committee For Dumber Sheep, (who think you should watch more television, buy more crap, work longer hours, and generally be a malleable brain-mush slave upon whose back the gravy train of the rich and powerful rides.)
See. . . The new Star Wars film had the potential in these difficult times to raise people's awareness as to the workings of Good & Evil. Moreover, it could have added much weight to the current popularization of Eastern magic and philosophy.
The general message of the first three Star Wars films was that Big Soulless Selfish Technology destroys life, and here's how and why you can weaken and defeat it. Do not give into the Dark Side. --An excellent message which was lost beneath a sea of lame which was the new film, ignored by everybody who counts in the adult world, and made retarded to the point that even a child would miss the point.
Yeah. I think they Greenbaumed Lucas. Or just plain replaced him. --I mean, we're talking about a guy who once understood certain deep principals of life and story-telling suddenly allowing his company which once stood for high standards of both creativity and morality to turn into a runaway greed machine. Taco-Hell, for goodness sake! (Selling merchandising rights to the highest bidder rather than standing by old relationships. I knew the film would suck the second I saw Jar Jar's retarded mug on the side of KFC!)
Personally, I can't wait for the DVD's of Star Wars to Jedi come out. Then I'll take my Laserdisk copies and cut them together with the DVD's, and chop out all the garbage from the new releases. Ahh. . . Color corrected and improved Star Wars, but without a dumb-ass hand puppet monster in the sand pit. And no Luke screaming on the way down. . .
-Fantastic Lad
The answer is rather simple.
He is a troll.
If he posted it on the bottom of the page no one would read it. Its no different then the the goatsex trolls replying to a message on the top of the screen and puting an url wich refers to www.cnn.com which makes it look ontopic and then loopbacks to the goatsex.cx site in order to trick the maximum amount of slashdoters into clicking the link as possible. I have seen this.
By the way I have aspergers syndrome. Alot of individuals in the IT world have aspergers or mild autism. These are the geeks you see with weird bahaviors and difficulty in comminicating but are great coders. If you know anyone like that, then they are probably autistic or have aspergers. This troll knows this and is typing this to piss people like myself off.
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Folks, realize that the Episode I DVD will come out just 7 months before Episode II is scheduled to hit the theaters (last I heard it was going to be May 19, 2002, 3 years to the day after Episode I came out).
English Dolby Digital [5.1]
English DTS [5.1]
English Jar-Jar free
English Subtitles
French Dolby Pro Logic [2.1]
- Episode IV, Original
- Episode V, Original or Special
- Episode VI, Special
The changes to EIV were just too much. Turning Han into a PC action hero and turning Jabba into a buffoon... useless. But I think the additional effects in EVI are ok.Episode I was just a disappointment all around. Hey kids, the Force is activated by your mitochondria! Ugh. Hey kids, the Jedi use tricorders to detect the Force! Ugh. (Let's see... Darth Vader could feel the force in Luke while chasing him in his Tie Fighter, but Qui-Gon can walk right past Anakin without getting a tremor?) Hey kids, the Jedi regularly use their Force powers to try to cheat poor merchants on backwater planets! Ugh. Hey kids, the possibly interesting bad guy will get no lines and no character development. Ugh.
Not to mention a story and a Ben-Hur style chariot race both devoid of interest, and rampant cultural stereotyping.
For me, Jar-Jar was only a minor annoyance next to these catastrophes.
When I think of how inspiring Star Wars was, the Phantom Menace just makes me angry.
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does this mean no region code? If it is released together (time-wise) in all regions but still region coded, (and it being something that is planed ahead of time) there is no reason to region code except price control purposes!
I've said this before in another Slashdot post (a long time ago, &c.), but I'll say it again, more emphatically. Jar Jar Binks is one of the only reasons THE PHANTOM MENACE is worth watching.
He is, at least, a unique creation. Can you say that about any other character from the movie? Anakin Skywalker has little to do aside from playing the precocious brat. Qui-Gon delivers the occasional gnomic utterance and then dies. Young Obi-Wan twirls his lightsaber now and again. Amidala is barely a character. Darth Maul reprises the Jack Palance role from SHANE. Ian McDiarmid _does_ suggest unspoken depths to Senator Palpatine, as does Pernilla August to Shmi Skywalker, but Lucas doesn't develop either character; as it is, McDiarmid and August comes across as professionals stranded among amateurs.
But Jar Jar...he's _interesting_. Yes, he's also annoying as hell, but even this trait, in a film populated with bland nonentities, is in his favor. Consider that Jar Jar is the only major character who isn't boringly supercompetent. Think about that. There's never any question, for example, about Queen Amidala's leadership. Here's a young, very inexperienced monarch, surrounded by older (and presumably more politically experienced) advisers, making rash decisions in the face of a grave threat from a foreign power; Lucas _could_ have explored these depths, but no. Amidala is never shown as anything but a strong and righteous leader with utterly devoted advisers; she's even good with a gun, while her enemies, the Trade Federation, are weak and cowardly. Even the fight scenes are boring, because the good guys are too good. Anakin is never in any credible danger, while the lightsaber fight between Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan and Maul is more like a routine display of technical skill (and expensive special effects) than a tense battle between unevenly matched foes, as was the battle between Luke and Vader in THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK.
But Jar Jar isn't supercompetent; quite the opposite. Because he doesn't always do the right thing, he actually generates a little suspense in an otherwise bland movie--is Jar Jar going to do something which wrecks everything? He comes pretty close, a couple of times.
He's even got a bit of depth going for him, which other characters don't have. We find out he's an outcast among his own people, and yet later he says to Amidala, "We're not going down without a fight. Gungans have a _grand_ army." There's something touching about this outcast still retaining a sense of pride for the people who have rejected him.
And it's quite clear that the computer animators who created Jar Jar went ridiculously overboard; Jar Jar never stops moving, and even asleep, he's prey to involuntary gestures and nervous tics. But I found even this endearing. At least Jar Jar is never boring to watch.
I think the real reason so many geeks loathe Jar Jar (as loudly and as excessively as possible) is because he _is_ a character for the children. Geeks hate children--having been, in many instances I suppose, children so recently themselves. I'm reminded of J. Michael Straczynski and "Babylon 5"; fanboys of that show delightfully took to heart JMS's avowed "no children" policy. But what was the point of that? It didn't make B5 any better a program.
Anyway, up with Jar Jar Binks, I say. I hope that, despite the tremendous amount of vitriol flung in his direction after the release of THE PHANTOM MENACE, Lucas brings him back for the sequels. It would be almost a wise a decision as would be Lucas's committing Episode II to the hands of a different writer.
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Will there be a "Kill Jar Jar" format in addition to widescreen and TV?
Let's get drunk and delete production data!
5 extra hours of Jar Jar...
Well I've been dying for Star Wars to come out on DVD for a long time...but i'm NOT going to buy this two disc set. WHY? Because lucas has already announced he has plans for a special boxed set. I keep hearing these responses saying "why oh why doesn't lucas include The Phantom Edit, or the extra seens branched into the movie?" The answer to this is simple guys, he's going to put it all in later so everyone who buys now will want to buy another edition later. Come on now doesn't anyone remember the twenty different VHS boxed set lucas released for the original Star Wars Trilogy?
I'll probably buy a copy, but I still think that George Lucus is a sniviling little baby still. This has helped a small amount to make things better.
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Cool, long 5 minute sequences of utterly blue screen. That'll be worth it...
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I think we should FedEx all the VHS copies of Episode I to George Lucas's house and ask for a free DVD of it, since we already own the license to watch it. Or he should just put DeCSS on the disc for easy copying.
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TXH is more like a certification. THX people test the picture and sound if it meets their criteria they give it THX certification. DTS can have THX, and DD too. If you have the terminator 2 ultimate edition. You can see that is THX mastered, and it contains both DD and DTS.
And then we wonder why the enterteinment industry do with their costumers as they wish. Here we are (not me, mind you), rushing to buy in droves a DVD (region coded, fair use locked out) of a lame movie whose lamest parts are now included and pandered as something of interest.
If there were impresionable not thinking children the ones that were rushing, fair enough. Buth technologicaly minded, educated people rushing to get this crap is unexcusable.
Go and get a VHS version if you need to see this crap again so badly, otherwise refrain please to never ever again to say how evil DVD is, the reality is that most people (as shown by the posts relating to this article) want to be screwed and will pay for the privilege.
IANAL but write like a drunk one.
Fuck Phantom - Where in the Hell are 4, 5, and 6 on DVD? Georgie is putting the cart before the horse.... If we are all lucky - in the new Indiana Jones movie Indi puts a slug in JarJars Head.
As long as George is raping our dreams... *cough* Boba Fett *cough*
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Remember the rumors that Lucas would release an "untouched DVD" meaning you would get TPM in all its blue screen glory.
Not only would this have been interesting...
but now that the phantom edit is making the rounds, Lucas knows the capabilities of the fans would be greatly improved to swap out effects (such as Jar Jar) and change back grounds.
--Joey
This is cool and all for starwars fans, but what about something really impportant like the release of the Simpsons Collection, that would be news.
Wow...glad you know how to copy and paste from a press release. :p
Maybe the six hours contains the real Episode I that wasn't shown in theaters and is a whole lot better. Crafty Lucas, making us think he'd gone insane...
The coolest voice ever.
Why didn't George Luca$ release the DVD long ago when the VHS version came out? I can only guess that this bastard wanted to force the fans to buy the movie TWICE, first the vhs since they have no choice, and then the DVD for the cherry on top.
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i wonder how they're going to subtitle this movie - do they translate jarjar's jive into real english or do they make them look like the transcriptionist is typing on a broken keyboard?
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- Seven never-before-seen deleted scenes with full visual effects completed just for the DVD release
- The Beginning - an all-new hour-long documentary culled from over 600 hours of footage offering unprecedented access inside Lucasfilm and ILM during the making of Episode I
- Multi-angle storyboard-to-animatic-to-finished-film feature, that lets you flip through the various phases of development of key action sequences
- Five behind-the-scenes featurettes exploring The Phantom Menace's storyline, designs, costumes, visual effects and fight scenes
- The popular Duel of the Fates music video that debuted in 1999
- All 12 parts of the Lynne's Diaries, the web documentaries that first appeared at starwars.com
- Galleries of theatrical posters, print campaign, and never-before-scene production photos
- The original theatrical teaser and launch trailers, plus seven TV spots including the "tone poems"
Not all that bad, really. Enough to keep a Star Wars fan happy for some time.Phffff ... what's the EFF ever done for us?
Well, there's the aquaducts...
You can preorder them now from Amazon...
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And let's not forget that this movie and this movie are also coming out on DVD. Isn't life grand?
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If not that, then at least an "english translation" option under the languages menu for rasta-frog would be mandatory.
But I suppose listening to the directors comentary might be fun. Just a lot of "Oh, sorry aobut that"s and a few "well we needed some filler action and had some CGI budget left" comentaries just *HAVE* to be in there if he were honest.
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You know you are pushing the envelope when you decide that your plucky commic relief should only be funny to audience members that can obtain a print of the film and run it backwards.
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With all those multiple audio tracks a dvd can have, one question begs to be answered. Do they have a wookie soundtrak? Better yet, one translated in ewok? :)
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Yes, you can get SW 4-5-6 on DVD... from Hong Kong. Check it out.... i'm not kidding.
The DMCA aside, couldn't someone make a scriptable DVD player, then distribute a script that would simply play the Phantom Edit version? Complete with voice-overs?
I told everybody who asked that I was waiting to buy a DVD player until Episode I came out, now I'm not so excited. A double DVD? Wow, so I can spend $50 on a movie, that's pretty exciting. There's a point when being a fan and a money machine have to go their seperate ways, I think I just hit that.
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It was crap. The original movies were barely watchable, its people harking back to their youth...
I never understood why people complained so much, Lucas is simply a childrens moviemaker...
Don't encourage him...
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6 hours of additional material, and 7 additional scenes?
So we're obviously not talking about 6 hours of additional _movie_ material (like, say, exposition or the like). We're talking maybe half an hour to an hour of deleted scenes and then five hours of...what?
The mind boggles at the thought. Five hours of interviews? Five hours of Lucas explaining how Jar-Jar really is a good idea? Five hours of explaining how the digital scenes were worked on, instead of a script? I'm really quite curious.
"Meesa think dis movie stinky."
Your arguments are, shall we say, slightly broken, for the following reasons:
In short, you can use a PC, if you're willing to jump through hoops, waste time tweaking settings and whatnot. But if you just want to get your work done...
Get a Mac.
I think you just made my argument for me.
The Mac isn't all that better, but it has the Edge in cost-effectiveness and from-the-box usability. Sure, the average /.'er can do all of this with Linux or Windows, but it all means "some assembly required".
Once more, the argument in a nutshell:
If you like to fiddle around, get a mainstream PC.
If you just want to get the job done, get a Mac.
I wait all this time for the computer-enhanced DVD just so I can get that Jar-Jar replacement for Clippy in Office, and what do they do... ditch the office assistant!
Really, what else could be more helpful that Jar-Jar appearing and giving you advice:
Meysa thinksa yousa spella lika shitta
Oh, you wanta to fax? Jar-Jar will fax for you [and never arrives](covers up that nice fax-eating bug)
Oh, yousa wanna mail-merge? Isa don't think yousa should do that
Upon an illegal operation: "boomed da gasser, and crashed de boss's heyblibber, den banished."
Maybe even some cute little actions... people buy the software for the cute little actions (hell, people buy an imac because it looks like a yo-yo)
And let's not forget easter eggs:
"Isa tella what, Queen Amidala lika my tongue"
Jar-jar dances and sticks his tongue out while that macro virus trashes your files
And lastly: A quick image showing the true nature of evil - A pic of vader fading into a pic of the pengiun...
:)
Actually, the chances that DTS will be on there are about slim to none. Lucas has this little thing called THX he'd rather have you listen to.
George Lucas isn't the big Open Source enemy that you let on. ILM has for sometime been using primarily Linux for it's rendering, and has recently begun using Linux for it's workstations. Apparently he supports enough to use it.
What a piece of trash.. ah, i suppose i'll buy it
And let me just tell you: lemme is not a word. What is it, French for lemon? - Herbert the Humper