I bet that the 4k displays will be a push to do passive 3D at 1080p. Lots of movies are scanned at 2K they would need to be rescanned 4K or higher. True 4K at home is years away. Buy now and you'll be watching 1080p scaled up to 4K
We lost all neighborhood movie theaters back in the 90's only thing left is Rave Cinemas mass market theater, with high prices and bad sound and picture, i should know i was a manager/projectionist in my youth.
Lots of directors tinker with their films, Kevin Smith was editing and trimming cop out right till the end but at least they lock it down once the film is released. I will buy the BD of star wars and just think of it as the not quite done version. who knew there was a downside to directors...
in ceiling is fine for surround, maybe even left and right but never center channel, center should be right above or right below the screen. in ceiling reminds me of backround music you would hear in a store.
So if the redone 2K SFX are cut in to the O-Neg, does that mean that's all there is now? no 1977 version of the O-Neg exists? if so that is unforgivable. The 1977 O-Neg should have never been edited only scanned and then create the 1997 SE versions from the scan and print out to a new 1997 SE...
Exactly, it's not about money, in a interview Ron Howard told Lucas how he was blown away by star wars in 1977 and Lucas said then "well I only got about 30% of what I wanted on the screen" he has never liked a new hope SFX that's why we will never get the originals in hi-def he really cringes...
Thanks for all the hard work and getting this info so we can make a informed decision whether to purchase or not. I do find it troubling that you only got to see one film, I can see no reason for not having all six films playing and allow you to view them as you please. I wait eagerly for the...