Recent content by Jesse Blacklow

See, this is the revisionist defense at it's worst. There's no evidence Lucas wanted the lightsabers to be pink and dull, and plenty of evidence that they're supposed to be red and brilliant. A lot of the time, the blades were red in previous versions! We know this, Lucas knows this, ILM knows...

FWIW, they offer no specifics whatsoever for HT or SW geeks like myself as to why they think the PQ is so great. For me, this is still a no-sale. Until I see someone say things like "there are no more pink/dull lightsabers" or "the colors match within each film," I have no reason to believe that...

The Digital Fix (used to be Digital Times) has a review up. The video and audio quality portions seem pretty unenthusiastic, especially in light of what was mentioned by Lucasfilm last month.

The fixed them in some shots. In many others they did not. For instance, throughout most of the Luke/Vader battle in ESB.

I PM'ed you, but just to clarify, the "ignorance and disdain" line was meant to reflect Lucas, not you. I think it was poorly-worded on my part, because I was using the 2nd-person view as his hypothetical POV while also responding to you.

Really? You do realize that this is said in the defense of a filmmaker and a company that whose reputations were built on the concept of home-brewed moviemaking and SFX. ILM went out of its way to find people who were the 1970s equivalent of some guy doing a home computer conversion in his own...

Really? I haven't seen anyone saying this. People seem to think of Gambon's Dumbledore as an improvement, seeing as how he was actually interested in playing the part instead of being badgered into it by a grandchild. See, this is the thing BD-Live would have been great for, although...

Fantastic Mr Fox has already had a decent Blu-ray release. I'd rather we get Rushmore and/or The Royal Tenenbaums first.

More former Weinstein titles coming from Vivendi:   Harsh Times - 12/7 The Matador - 12/21 Derailed - 12/28

Quote: Then you missed the point of those themes, especially in regards to the guilty parties and the reasons behind their actions.   Quote: Your second sentence had it mostly right: 1984 and Fahrenheit 451 are indeed about the destruction and suppression of not only the materials...

Except for the fact that they're totally different. Did you even read either of those books?  

Obviously the studio knew about it, they're releasing it. In any case, the point is completely moot when the original track is provided, which it is.  

I'm not seeing where the lack of respect is. The original mono track is included on the release and the changed track is an option, not forced.

And in the process been sued (possibly into bankruptcy), and be unable to license films from many, if not all major studios and filmmakers. In the meantime, as Michael points out, Storaro and Bertolucci (or more likely the production company) simply give it to another distributor who doesn't...

How is Criterion "blindly" doing anything? They're not the production company of the film, they're the distributor, and are therefore legally bound (the whole point of licensing) to adhere to what the producers demands of the film. If the cinematographer wants a certain framing, and the director...