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I'm sorry, but this heavily filtered transfer never ever deserves a 4/5. A Clockwork Orange is one of my worst looking Blu Rays and pales in comparision to recent transfers of much less "important" films from the 1970's. The film clips from the "Turning like Clockwork" documentary on the...

Jeunet is exaggerating a lot when saying that the Alien Resurrection BD looks like DVD. You can tell it's from a dated source, and some scenes do look soft, but most of the time, it looks like watching a theatrical release print. Not great, but detail enhancement over DVD is very apparent. It's...

- Original Star Wars, non-horrific special editions - Barry Lyndon - Lawrence of Arabia - Looney Tunes - E.T. original version - Indiana Jones TRILOGY -...

If that is actually true, then a big thanks to Charles for listening to us. Now let's hope that the HD transfers will look at least as good as the transfer for Blade Runner. I still can remember that Alien looked spectacular on the new 35mm print I watched in 2003.

HA! I knew it! Always when I was watching my standard definition Easy Rider DVD, I noticed that some sequences had a stronger colour saturation and blue/reddish borders around highlights and other bright objects. When I watched it again a few months ago, I told myself: hmmm, those scenes were...

The missing Blu Ray release of Barry Lyndon is the main reason why I haven't bought the Kubrick Collection on Blu Ray yet. To not release a beautiful, visually stunning film like Barry Lyndon in High Definition shows a profound lack of appreciation for both the Blu Ray format and Kubrick's...

I think this whole "downloading is the future!(tm)" talk against Blu Ray is a myth mostly propagated by disgruntled HD-DVD users (for the info: I stayed neutral and adopted the winning format). When I buy a movie, I want to hold it in my HANDS, I want to SEE it in my rack, and I want to kiss it...

Originally Posted by Bill Buklis [url=/forum/thread/291703/top-10-movies-you-d-never-admit-to-liking/30#post_3600123] Another film I might be tempted to buy on Blu Ray.

Originally Posted by Jean-Michel [url=/forum/thread/292119/gladiator-blu-ray-release-date-09-01-2009-do-not-buy#post_3599899]

Originally Posted by Ray_R [url=/forum/thread/291703/top-10-movies-you-d-never-admit-to-liking/30#post_3599804]

Hmmm, my most guilty pleasures? * Flash Gordon (1980) - Hilariously funny, ultra cheesy flick with a great soundtrack and a marvellous Max von Sydow. * Batman (1966) - Move away Christian Bale, here comes Adam West! Shark repellent spray included. * Galactica 3 : Conquest of the Earth (1980) -...

I think this issue includes another, complex aspect, which is the preservation of cultural heritage, to which I count those 3 films. For me, the alteration of them is not only altering "cherished memories", but also altering history. When George Lucas says that the originals are not his...

Originally Posted by AlexTheMan [url=/forum/thread/289316/alien-workprint-cut-for-blu-ray-release#post_3574255]

Nevermind, I have obviously misread your post, and for that I apologize.

The problem is, you do not realize that it's not up to you to decide for others what requests are "reasonable" and "not reasonable". Is it unreasonable that fans just want the original versions commercially available in good quality? I mean, we are not even talking about prices, I would GLADLY...

The problem is that the treatment of the original versions by Lucasfilm basically split the fanbase and created lots of bad blood. It's frustrating for most Star Wars fans to see that with any other film, where multiple versions exist, they just included them into the same set, in most cases...

Originally Posted by Douglas Monce [url=/forum/thread/291048/steve-sansweet-talks-bd-6-film-star-wars-and-more/60#post_3591906] The best thing to deal with this situation was on the Bladerunner 5 disc set. Every version had an introduction by Ridley Scott, where he states his opinion on every...

Originally Posted by Douglas Monce [url=/forum/thread/291048/steve-sansweet-talks-bd-6-film-star-wars-and-more/60#post_3591890] All I would like to see for Star Wars on Blu Ray are the same standards than Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Bladerunner. Edited by Oliver_A - 8/3/2009 at...

If prints are source materials as a last resort, then they ARE source materials. What we are discussing here is the worst case, namely that everything is gone, and that theatrical prints are the best sources left for a transfer. Actually, I don't believe for one second that this is actually...

Originally Posted by Douglas Monce [url=/forum/thread/291048/steve-sansweet-talks-bd-6-film-star-wars-and-more/30#post_3591855] The best source available from the original trilogy is NOT a 1993 NTSC laserdisc video transfer. They most probably still have good elements of the originals in their...

A lot of people have verified the 1977 crawl on the 2006 DVD as real. The lettering, spacing and timing is 100% correct, the star pattern is 100% correct, it shifts horizontally while in motion and again I noticed the dust specks, which are 99.9% evidence that this crawl is indeed the real deal...

Originally Posted by TravisR [url=/forum/thread/291048/steve-sansweet-talks-bd-6-film-star-wars-and-more/30#post_3591831] I can give you several timecodes (PAL) which show little black dust specks on the frame in front of the yellow crawl. Also, the crawl is slightly shifting horizontally...

If anything what you say would be true, then from what source did Lucasfilm master the original 1977 crawl for the 2006 release? There are still good prints left. Lucasfilm most probably have the best elements in their vault. You are repeating their marketing BS that the original versions don't...

As much as you can think whatever you want. For me, the love for the original films (and that's what I am writing about) is practically non-existent. How much love he has for the prequels, I neither do know, nor do I care much about it.

Originally Posted by Douglas Monce [url=/forum/thread/291048/steve-sansweet-talks-bd-6-film-star-wars-and-more/30#post_3591784] The Special Editions could be approved by the Pope or the United Nations. It still will never ever change my mind about them. As always, this discussion is getting...

Well, glad we have pointed that out. I don't see any contradiction either in this scheme. ;) Since it's not personal, I'm sure that nice transfer of the original unaltered trilogy in HD won't hurt his artistic ego too much. Edited by Oliver_A - 8/2/2009 at 09:48 pm GMT

Yeah, but you got it completely backwards. Fanboys are those speaking on behalf of George Lucas (a person they do not know personally) and attacking other fans who, as customers, have valid criticisms against a much hyped and anticipated product. Nah, a new transfer from an old print would have...

Those CGI changes and the Lowry restoration process were quite expensive. Not really a clever business decision for an obscure $700.000 dollar film which flopped in 1970. I sense a lot of love involved in this project.

Are you sure you are not a Lucasfilm employee? ;) Because you talk like one, proudly defending a product which has been much criticized among fans, and which surely hurted their reputation as an innovative leader in home video technology. Again: you have obviously been living under a rock...

Then you obviously haven't read my posts very well, since I am talking nowhere about "evil motives" or "he raped my childhood". I am just talking about much hyped products which did not fulfil what a lot of fans were hoping for. Yes, and I am in for the entertainment, and I am NOT BEING...