BREAKING NEWS!!!!!!!!!!! First Official News about Indiana Jones!!!!(tomorrow) (1 Viewer)

[Adam Lenhardt]

10 mins is pretty disappointing.

Not for a film from the pre-DVD era.

 

[James E]

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[Thomas H G]

I like it!

They should now add an empty slot for Indy 4.

 

[ToddJ]

I personally think the light tan looks better than than more leathery brown of the widescreen box set. However, there is no way I would ever buy the FULL SCREEN SET. I wonder if anyone will make a widescreen version of the covers and the box in light tan? It would be really nice to have and it looks more like the original poster art for the "...Last Crusade" poster (which I own and is my favorite movie poster of all time.)

 

[Patrick McCart]

I truely hope you're joking, because that is not what 16:9 anamorphic means.

I was referring to how most masters were made at normal 4x3 before 16x9 became popular. The transfer was originally made at 4x3, so they didn't just "throw away" resolution. They used the most that the 1.33:1 frame could use for a letterboxed transfer.

I don't see why a transfer is automatically "bad" for not being 16x9. For new discs, it's a poor excuse, but for a 1997 disc with otherwise excellent picture quality...it's just not THAT bad.

 

[James E]

Has anyone tried zooming a letter boxed 4X3 disk to fit the withe of a 16X9 TV. Just wandering how it looks:b

 

[oscar_merkx]

This is really great stuff

3-Hour Bonus Disc including a feature-length documentary created under the supervision of Steven Spielberg and George Lucas.

Let's hope they include the original making of Raiders as well

 

[David Lambert]

Amazon, DVDEmpire, and DVDPlanet all have listings for it, too.

 

[greg_t]

Depends on how good your TV's stretch modes, line doubler, and comb filter are. I have a pioneer Elite CLD79 Laserdisc player connected to a Pioneer Elite 530 16x9 set, and on my setup, I have many LD that easily approach non-anamaphoric dvd status. For example, I have both the Independence day DVD and the DTS LD. Obviously, the anamaphoric dvd looks better, but you'd be suprised how good LD can look on a nice setup.

For non-anamphoric dvd, I use the scaling feature of the Panasonic RP91 and most non-anam's look great.

 

[John_Berger]

I wonder if anyone will make a widescreen version of the covers and the box in light tan?

Calling Kami! Kami, someone has a request of you!

 

[ToddJ]

Does Kami do a lot of that stuff? Does she have a website? If she does these, she is officially my new hero!!!

 

[Tommy G]

Yeah, Amazon has it for $45.49, DVDPlanet has it for $48.99 and DVDEmpire has it for $49.95. Here's hoping that it comes down another $10 as time goes by.

 

[Paul_Stachniak]

Not a big fan of the spine for the box set. Why does the Indy logo have to be enclosed in some rocky border? Why not just have the logo, by itself, against the background?

Minor beef. Otherwise, I preordered it from Amazon.com and can't wait November.

 

[BrettB]

Trailers!

Isn't it sad that including trailers (which should be standard on all releases) is exciting as hell. :frowning:

 

[CraigL]

Let's hope they include the original making of Raiders as well

Nope. Looks like we're missing out on all 4 original documentaries on the 3 movies. :frowning:

 

[Dan Hitchman]

So, is this a tantalizing screw job in order for us to plunk down even more for a super deluxe set with DTS and the full documentaries later on (presumably when Indy 4 hits video)?

I have a funny feeling here...

Dan

 

[Kristoffer]

I don't care! For that price you can afford to buy them again in HD dvd.

 

[David Lambert]

Dan, that's not confirmed. And even if it was, that's fine. All I want is the movies in the original theatrical presentation, and at a fair price.

If they choose to put out a better edition later with more supplements and better audio options (enhanced for modern equipment), and charge a fair price for those enhancements, then I'll upgrade.

This is the same deal we've offered to Lucas for the Original Trilogy time after time: give us the movies now in OAR and bare-bones, at a decent price, and then I'll pay later for the super-duper edition. I'll take the same offer for Indy any day of the week!