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    *** Official STAR WARS Saga (episodes I to VI) Discussion Thread: Part 4

    Please, no. Spielberg is still doing great work (IMHO). Maybe Rick McCallum?
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    Tim Burton's DARK SHADOWS

    It wouldn't be the first time a movie was misrepresented by its trailer.
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    3D Blu-ray Review The Adventures of Tintin 3D Blu-Ray Review

    You haven't seen Raiders of the Lost Ark?
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    Full Metal Jacket 25th Anniversary Digibook

    That behind the scenes footage was shot by Vivian Kubrick, I presume? I wonder why they don't just release all of it (and that of The Shining as well), if it still exists.
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    The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

    Scott Pilgrim was based on comics too, and clearly, the studios haven't exactly stopped making those movies since then :).
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    *** Official STAR WARS Saga (episodes I to VI) Discussion Thread: Part 4

    What, again? He's said that at least three times, both after Return of the Jedi and Revenge of the Sith. And after the last one he did a Star Wars TV-series, Indy 4 and another SW series still to be made. Don't get me wrong, I rather liked THX 1138 (before he went and changed everything) and...
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    Paul Thomas Anderson's "The Master" (2012)

    Paul Thomas Anderson is one of the best directors working in Hollywood these days, and I have absolute faith in what he's doing. Too bad that Robert Elswit isn't shooting The Master, but hopefully it's just a scheduling conflict and he'll be shooting Inherent Vice. A PTA movie without Elswit...
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    3D Meet Bob Furmanek: HTF Golden Age 3-D Consultant

    I thought the same thing about Coraline, a movie I ironically saw in 2D. I really felt that I missed something that would have been there in 3D. Kinda like watching a color movie on a black and white TV, or something.
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    Blu-ray Review Monty Python and the Holy Grail Blu-ray Review

    Well, it wasn't part of the movie, originally, so I'm not bothered by it's omission at all. I did like the joke of pressing 'play' and have a completely different movie starting, though. Those three minutes weren't part of the original movie, either, were they?
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    3D Meet Bob Furmanek: HTF Golden Age 3-D Consultant

    I feel that these days, the same situation exists. Pile on gimmicks and you get lambasted for it (the Piranha remake), and use it in a subtle way, and people will wonder why it was shot in 3D at all (I believe Hugo gets this, and a few Pixar movies as well). You can't win, apparently.
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    Blu-ray Review Lady and the Tramp: Diamond Edition Blu-ray Review

    At least Warner is consistent :D. Disney does a different approach for every catalog title they release, it seems. Pinocchio got the RKO logo (for the first time?), Beauty and the Beast had it's original logo replaced, Lady and the Tramp has a logo that's not even used these days, The Nightmare...
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    Have there been any non-OAR blu-rays yet?

    I don't know about Woodstock, but Dr. Strangelove simply was shot with some scenes open matted, and some hard matted in 1.66:1. On the first DVD release, the scene with Major Kong riding the bomb at the end (I'm sure I'm not spoiling anything for anyone here :D) has the background plate with...
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    A Few Words About A few words about...™ Mildred Pierce (HBO) -- in Blu-ray

    Todd Haynes, the director, and the DP weren't trying to copy the 40's look, but the look of the dramas of the 70's. That's why they shot on 16mm film, since most movies of the 70's had that rough, grainy look.
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    Save Star Wars!

    If that's the case, then he needs to alter every 70's haircut, and change every special effect into a CGI version. And what about the effects in Episode I and II that don't hold up? That's the problem with redoing things, you have to keep redoing them, otherwise the redone effects will become...
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    Star Wars Easter Egg Discussion Thread

    If pressing "1138" in every menu doesn't make at least something come up, then I'm sure that there aren't any Easter eggs on this set :D.
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    Blu-ray Review The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad Blu-ray Review

    The Naked Gun and Airplane! will definitely become part of my collection, once other stores will carry them as well. Oh, and Neil? You misspelled Leslie Nielsen's last name. There's no "o" in it.
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    Curb Your Enthusiasm: Season Eight

    That last episode was amazing. Only Larry David can do a bit about Michael J. Fox abusing his Parkinson's and get away with it. Hilarious :D.
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    Blu-ray Review Straw Dogs Blu-ray Review

    The same reason a lot of people simply want their televisions filled; they paid for six to eight speakers and want sound to come out of them all. It doesn't really help that mono or stereo sound is viewed as being dated, too. I had hoped that the original track would be included in lossless on...
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    The official WORST STUDIO COVER ART thread. Post your worst covers!

    What do you think about this one? While it's not a badly photoshopped cover by any means, it looks like the cover of a Western. Especially when the movie had such iconic artwork that it was even replicated for the (shudder) remake.
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    Interview Lucasfilm on Star Wars the Complete Saga Blu-ray: Part II Matthew Wood

    Yes there are. I, and many soundtrack aficionados, would hate it. The Imperial March wasn't composed for Star Wars, but for The Empire Strikes Back. Therefore, it has absolutely no place in a movie that was released three years earlier. The scores are already masterpieces, and any readjusting...
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    Interview Lucasfilm on Star Wars the Complete Saga Blu-ray: Hands on Report

    Plus Lucas seems unable to leave well enough alone. The constant tinkering, even with the prequels, seem to be the work of someone who's either obsessive about his work, incredibly insecure, or both. I find it laughable that these are actually advertised as "George's vision" since in some...
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    Cowboys and Aliens traier

    No offense, but maybe next time you shouldn't get high expectations from a movie called 'Cowboys and Aliens' :D.
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    Red Tails (January 20, 2012)

    A film produced by George Lucas that isn't part of the Star Wars or Indiana Jones franchise? I'm surprised. Now, can you go on and make those small personal movies you would do after Star Wars was finished?
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    Directors and Editor Teams

    And the collaboration between Tim Burton and Chris Lebenzon (19 years, started with Batman Returns) isn't even on that list, for some reason.
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    Winter in Wartime Blu-ray Combo-Pack

    I own the Dutch Blu-ray of this film, and it's indeed an excellent movie. I didn't know what to think when I heard that Martin Koolhoven, the director, purposely didn't go for the classic 'sepia look' with static framing for a war story, but a modern look with ditto framing, but it absolutely...
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    STAR WARS ON BLU-RAY - FALL 2011

    You mean, for now. It's documented what Lucas wanted Star Wars to look like, and the current DVD doesn't reflect that at all. Lucas wanted the movie to look a bit bland and gray, with a lot of diffusion in the desert scenes, and neither are there anymore.
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    Most Disappointing Transfer ?

    I do agree, and would go as far as to say it's probably a disaster (as I've only seen screenshots, so I can't say it for sure). Both The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Once Upon a Time in the West were shot in the Techniscope format, which uses 2 perforations of 35mm film, which would lead in a...
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    Death at a Funeral (2007) Blu-ray

    Indeed, a very good comedy. I haven't seen the remake, but I can hardly imagine it's better than the original. But I'm a big fan of British comedy, so maybe it's just personal. One thing, though. It's Alan Tudyk, instead of Tudyck.
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    THE FOX AND THE HOUND on Blu-Ray - first look

    I agree. It's very good to see that a movie from the so called 'Disney Dark Ages' has been given the proper care in terms of PQ.
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    Spielberg's new mantra for Blu-ray?

    I agree. The script was too convoluted, too many characters, etc. But the aliens fitted nicely with the supernatural things from the first three. And I still don't really get the backlash that Temple of Doom always gets. I love it. At least it didn't try to replicate the first movie too much...
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