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Not to mention customs fees [duties, etc.]

And now the link is down.

Exactly. It's a cost situation. At the time ST:TMP was being readied for BD release, Paramount needed the cash injection a reissue would bring and wasn't willing/able to foot the expense to convert the new effects sequences to HD. Ergo, we get the theatrical cut on BD.

Agreed. the original director on ST:TMP was a TV director who handed over the reins after the decision was made to turn Star Trek: Phase II into a feature. Wise's most significant input apart from directing the film was persuading Leonard Nimoy to come back.

I really only have one use for Digital Copies: downloading to my tablet to watch on the plane when I go on vacation. I'd rather watch something in my collection than a pan-and-scan, edited-for-infants version of an in-flight movie.

Most of the "Playback Unavailable" titles are in-pack digital copies; however, there are a handful of WB titles that I got by being part of a WB survey group, some of which i have physically, and some of which I do not. C'est la vie.

You've got it! Digital Copy is not so much an actual copy as a "bundle of rights" which limit how you are allowed to use that copy. That's why the current UltraViolet/Movies Anywhere situation is so frustrating for anyone outside the US. We have UltraViolet "digital copies", but certain studios...

Apparently, you missed the "but for" at the beginning of my last sentence. Prior to the DMCA and other amendments to copyright law championed by the likes of the late Sonny Bono, 50 years was the general rule.

The Fair Use Doctrine is a widely misunderstood legal principle in copyright law, with a very simple premise. The idea is that person can modify or make a backup of the copy of copyrighted material they own, provided that the original material is left unmolested. A simple example would be...

And it may simply be a matter of adjusting the colour timing or exposure in some respects. The "garbage mattes" in TESB were most visible in home video releases because of the use of low contrast elements.

You forgot to use the sarcasm font.

Ah, yes; the "girly man shriek", as I believe EW called it.

If Disney/LFL follows through with releasing the original versions, I have one simple request: include the mono, Dolby Stereo and 70mm 6-track mixes for Star Wars. I'm not normally this persnickety about audio mixes, but the mono version was Ben Burtt's preferred mix, and there are substantial...

I like the Blade Runner approach personally; they managed via seamless branching to fit the Theatrical Cut, the European Cut and the Director's Cut all on one disc.

Disney also has a good working relationship with Paramount that has lasted for decades, including co-productions and joint ventures (not to mention that the Eisner/Katzenberg regime came over from Paramount in the mid-80s). Given that the Paramount logos are baked into the Indiana Jones movie...

That would be the uncut The Alamo 70mm print after being "rejuvenated."

I'd almost be happy with Eclipse-level cleanup.

The 70mm mix is a "baby boom" mix, do if the original mixes are faithful to source, we should get 2.0 mono, 2.0 stereo (matrix) and 4.1 stereo.

Depending on how often the seps were used for generating Technicolor printing matrices, they may be in reasonably good shape. Black and white, while not fade-proof, does not fade as quickly as other film stocks (especially CRI), and the colour timing should be baked-in to some extent. I like the...

I disagree. Remember that ILM actually not only recomposited some effects digitally for the SE releases, they actually rendered new CG elements (I'm specifically referencing SW here), added painted backgrounds to certain scenes and adjusted transparency of composited elements (TESB) and created...

Skydance is an independent production company with a deal with Paramount, chaired by David Ellison. David's sister, Megan, runs Annapurna Pictures.

arstechnica got one thing wrong, though: Warner owns the theatrical and video rights to the Clone Wars movie and TV series; Fox owns the video rights to the earlier 2D animated Clone Wars series produced by Genndy Tartakovsky for Cartoon Network. Other than that, the article is accurate.

There are so many variables to scanning a 70mm print, I really don't know where to begin, but here goes: 1) Wrong aspect ratio. Because of 6-track magnetic sound, the aspect ratio is limited to 2.21:1, slicing portions off the side of the image. 2) Elements used to create the 70mm print. If the...