Comment So why even release it this way? (Score 0) 455
IIRC, all three star wars films were remastered to hell and back in the "THX remastered version" in theatres. This was the version released a year to year and a half before the special edition. When they released the LaserDiscs they had AC-3 tracks (don't know if they did 5.1, might have been 2.0 with Pro Logic Encoding). I distinctly remember making the comment, "It looks like they filmed it yesterday" when I came out of the film at the theatre.
If the new DVDs are from that master, how hard is it to crop the bars out a bit for 16x9 and turn the anamorphic boolean on in the .IFO. OK, so if the master was actual laserdisc resolution, (or stored as the actual FM composite video signal for some reason) how hard is it to spend a couple of thousand and do a routine transfer of ANY print from the release mentioned above? Also, if it was 5.1, give me 5.1.
Non-Anamorphic is not excuseable for a 2006 release. Remember that ALL dvds were supposed to be Anamorphic from the beginning. Is was just cheaper to master a 4:3 frame with letterboxing and run the very same render to DVD and VHS, and nobody really policed anything.
I would imagine that to real Star Wars fans, ANYTHING from Lucasfilm is bittersweet. I sympathize, as Trek has long since jumped it's own shark, did their own non-anamorphic DVDs, etc. Non-anamorphic will not piss you off until you go out and buy an HDTV (or even an EDTV). A nice anamorphic DVD with a decent bitrate will look pretty damn good with an upconverting player on an HDTV.
Here in america, people are dumb. That's why there are still Full Frame or 4:3 pan and scan DVDs (a version made for all new films by popular demand!). I wouldn't really care but when there is a "Guaranteed to be there" thing at the rental store, you don't get the credit unless they are ALL out.
If the new DVDs are from that master, how hard is it to crop the bars out a bit for 16x9 and turn the anamorphic boolean on in the
Non-Anamorphic is not excuseable for a 2006 release. Remember that ALL dvds were supposed to be Anamorphic from the beginning. Is was just cheaper to master a 4:3 frame with letterboxing and run the very same render to DVD and VHS, and nobody really policed anything.
I would imagine that to real Star Wars fans, ANYTHING from Lucasfilm is bittersweet. I sympathize, as Trek has long since jumped it's own shark, did their own non-anamorphic DVDs, etc. Non-anamorphic will not piss you off until you go out and buy an HDTV (or even an EDTV). A nice anamorphic DVD with a decent bitrate will look pretty damn good with an upconverting player on an HDTV.
Here in america, people are dumb. That's why there are still Full Frame or 4:3 pan and scan DVDs (a version made for all new films by popular demand!). I wouldn't really care but when there is a "Guaranteed to be there" thing at the rental store, you don't get the credit unless they are ALL out.
