The post before you had someone saying how he wanted to see it with his daughter but couldn't because there wasn't a theater playing the movie within an hour of them. With 475 screens, he can't be the only one. I'm not saying that it would have been a massive smash if it had had more screens but there's no reason to think that more screens in more areas wouldn't have resulted in more money.
More screens would absolutely equal more money and doubly so if Disney could / would show the original 1983 version. I wanted to see this again on the big screen but I’m abstaining for two reasons:
This even gives me a spark of hope that the occasion could see the release of the original theatrical version. Just a wish.
Aren't most DCPs these days distributed to theaters over the internet? I don't think they still ship out hard drives like they did at the start of the digital cinema age.
They still mostly send hard drives from what I understand, and then when those files are loaded from the drives onto the projector’s server, that’s supposed to connect to the internet and verify security and all that jazz. Smaller packages than 35mm film prints at least
OR maybe they just won't be aware enough yet I guess...
As far as I know, it's largely downloads from a satellite and also the rare hard drive. That could vary from theater to theater or chain to chain though.They still mostly send hard drives from what I understand, and then when those files are loaded from the drives onto the projector’s server, that’s supposed to connect to the internet and verify security and all that jazz. Smaller packages than 35mm film prints at least
They send the hard drives back when they're done with them. They need digital keys to unlock the content on the drive and those keys only work for a week so even if someone stole a hard drive from a theater or from UPS or FedEx, they aren't really going to be able to do anything with it (unless they can get the key too).Do they also self-destruct or something for security reasons ala Mission Impossible so they don't need to return to the studios?
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Harrison Ford was part of the problem he seemed like he did not want any part of it
For me, it’s not a memory vs reality thing. I regularly watch the original, non-SE trilogy (at least once a year) and absolutely love all three movies equally. ROTJ holds a special place in my heart, even though Empire is a better film and the best of all the Star Wars movies. I have tried watching the SEs a few times and, even though wifey bought them for me on 4K UHD as a Christmas gift last year, the OOT is so ingrained in my memory that GL’s “improvements” all stick out like a sore thumb and annoy the piss out of me. Unfortunately, I’m afraid my 4K UHD copies of the original trilogy will forever go unwatched because even the non-anamorphic laserdisc (and later DVD) transfers of them are far better films than what GL deemed we should have.
I actually think it’s his worst performance in his career.
