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About that whole STAR WARS SPECIAL EDITION foopah!
Well gosh, I leave Austin, and just look what sorta trouble Glen gets himself into. Well, as many of you are well aware of, Glen posted up a story about the possible rereleasing to the original Star Wars Special Edition, with special Prequel trailers before each film. He had said this was a 'rumor' and that it was 'tentative' and not a for sure deal.
Glen, being the anal-retentive fella that he is, had 3 separate reliable sources on this. Sources that... well, to say they have come through in the past is a gross gross understatement. So Glen put it up with bags of salt and spoons to take it with.
A couple of days goes by and the Official Star Wars Website puts up a story, which... at the end of which, Lucas debunks the rumor.
Well bummer I say. I personally love the history of doing this with Star Wars rereleases. How many of us remember the rerelease of STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE that had the little "See a special preview of REVENGE OF THE JEDI in the bottom right hand corner? I do.
I don't know about you, but I sure as hell would rather stand in line to see them 'ooooooooold' Star Wars flicks with a Prequel trailer than excrement like THE WATERBOY.
But hey, that's over... end of story. We know something is up in January cause that's when Lucas' crew want all the trailers in theaters returned and all the posters as well (or destroyed) And there was one detail that Glen was very uncertain about...
He wasn't sure if the sources were talking about a theatrical run, a video rerelease or a DVD release. Well Lucas shot down the Theatrical run. Hopefully we'll be getting an answer about a DVD Release of the Trilogy, and.... will new trailers be on them? Curious minds like mine want to know.
I would think it would be a good time to announce such a decision, due to the possibility of selling DVD players at stores for Christmas. This announcement would surely increase the 'Christmas' request from Geeks around the world. .... The power of marketing.... ewwwwwwwwwww.... scary.
A couple of days goes by and the Official Star Wars Website puts up a story, which... at the end of which, Lucas debunks the rumor.
Well bummer I say. I personally love the history of doing this with Star Wars rereleases. How many of us remember the rerelease of STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE that had the little "See a special preview of REVENGE OF THE JEDI in the bottom right hand corner? I do.
I don't know about you, but I sure as hell would rather stand in line to see them 'ooooooooold' Star Wars flicks with a Prequel trailer than excrement like THE WATERBOY.
But hey, that's over... end of story. We know something is up in January cause that's when Lucas' crew want all the trailers in theaters returned and all the posters as well (or destroyed) And there was one detail that Glen was very uncertain about...
He wasn't sure if the sources were talking about a theatrical run, a video rerelease or a DVD release. Well Lucas shot down the Theatrical run. Hopefully we'll be getting an answer about a DVD Release of the Trilogy, and.... will new trailers be on them? Curious minds like mine want to know.
I would think it would be a good time to announce such a decision, due to the possibility of selling DVD players at stores for Christmas. This announcement would surely increase the 'Christmas' request from Geeks around the world. .... The power of marketing.... ewwwwwwwwwww.... scary.
I don't know about you, but I sure as hell would rather stand in line to see them 'ooooooooold' Star Wars flicks with a Prequel trailer than excrement like THE WATERBOY.
But hey, that's over... end of story. We know something is up in January cause that's when Lucas' crew want all the trailers in theaters returned and all the posters as well (or destroyed) And there was one detail that Glen was very uncertain about...
He wasn't sure if the sources were talking about a theatrical run, a video rerelease or a DVD release. Well Lucas shot down the Theatrical run. Hopefully we'll be getting an answer about a DVD Release of the Trilogy, and.... will new trailers be on them? Curious minds like mine want to know.
I would think it would be a good time to announce such a decision, due to the possibility of selling DVD players at stores for Christmas. This announcement would surely increase the 'Christmas' request from Geeks around the world. .... The power of marketing.... ewwwwwwwwwww.... scary.
He wasn't sure if the sources were talking about a theatrical run, a video rerelease or a DVD release. Well Lucas shot down the Theatrical run. Hopefully we'll be getting an answer about a DVD Release of the Trilogy, and.... will new trailers be on them? Curious minds like mine want to know.
I would think it would be a good time to announce such a decision, due to the possibility of selling DVD players at stores for Christmas. This announcement would surely increase the 'Christmas' request from Geeks around the world. .... The power of marketing.... ewwwwwwwwwww.... scary.
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If George is as anal about the posters and trailer footage as reports make him as, the Star Wars trilogy will NEVER be relesed on DVD, for the sole purpose that Lucas doesn't have the corner on that technology. I work at a video store, and though I can't verify this as fact, the guy who was in charge of DVD ordes there (no longer employed) stated that he contacted Fox and they told him that due to the fact that whenever a DVD gets made Sony gets paid for the patent, Lucas will not line Sony's pockets like that. I hope he's wrong. But I hope they wait a while until they release them on DVD, if they ever will. Lucas will take his usual perfectionist route and release them with all sorts of added stuff - screen tests, the original previews(yeah, I know, on the Special LD), even virtual tours of ILM or something. I think the reason that Lucasfilm is pulling all that stuff in January is that the push will begin in earnest with new trailers, new posters, all sorts of stuff. And who knows? He might rerelease the first film, at least(since that one ties in to Episode One the closest). That's it.
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for once a star wars post that is not filled with Horse s***.....but mark my words ,as i am one of the first to post in this talk back session, this will turn into the endless drab babble about everything and anything we have previously discussed....oh...maybe that is what talkback sessions are for...enjoy.....
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I was under the impression that Toshiba was the big company that helped herald DVD into creation...?
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Lucas is a big fan of DVD, as an example, back when the SE's were released (so this is before DVD was launched yet) he said in an interview something along the lines that "in a few years all people will have will be the DVD copy of these movies..."
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This is taken from the DVD faq. This should clear up some things.
No single company "owns" DVD. The standard was developed by a consortium of 10 companies: Hitachi, JVC, Matsushita, Mitsubishi, Philips, Pioneer, Sony, Thomson, Time Warner, and Toshiba. Working groups with representatives from many other companies also contributed. In May 1997 the Consortium was replaced by the DVD Forum, which is open to all companies (more info at ). Visit Robert's DVD Info page for links to Web pages of companies working with DVD.)
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The most obvious reason to me for the moratorium of January 14 for the Episode I poster and trailer is that Version B of the poster and trailer would be released on January 15. (Usually the simplest explanation is correct.) I don't see how a DVD release of the Trilogy would affect the Episode I poster and trailer, and rereleases of the Special Editions would definitely be overkill.
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The movie gets released on May 21, right?
It takes about a week for shit to be delivered to all corners of north America so if they send everything back to lucasfilm for Jan 14 and it takes about 7 days for lucas co. to send out the new crap then were at Jan 21st. Well gee golly gosh that's EXACTLY 4 months from the theatrical release of TPM... I see a screen with the words STAR WARS: THE PHANTOM MENACE just four months till the force will be with us again... or some other such nonsense. I hate when movies get flogged like blenders... I wonder if picasso or van gogh had marketing agents? Film as art, bullshit. -
Nov 26, 1998 8:22:57 PM CST
As a Wave of Relief washes over the Talkback Section........a tr
by hankquinlan88
WHEW!! I for one
can sure as hell
heave a copious
sigh of relief upon hearing the news
that we are to be
spared yet another
invasion of our small-enough-as-it-is marketplace by one more useless
reissue of a trio
of films that just
seem to get worse
the more Lucas
tinkers around with them. Hell, I'll no doubt find myself
waylaid this
weekend with a case of the Six-Pack Flu as a result of
this. (yippee) So
those worthless
greedheads at 20th
Century-Fox do draw the line somewhere. How about that! My
God, this is worth
going back on Acid, I swear.
Un-fucking-believab
le. I must admit,
though, I was
worried there for
awhile, I really
really was. To
think that a Major
Motion Picture
Studio in THIS
country, would
stoop to such
ham-handed
mercenary
shenanigans when a journal like AICN is around to keep 'em honest (to the extent that that's possible). Well, it was only a rumor. Good thing that
there are guys like you, Harry, who don't countenance a legion of fans
(whose only "sin"
is blind loyalty
and devotion to
something that
started out as a
work of Art, that
pesky word) getting herded into the
multiplexes for the umpteenth time to
see some CGI
"enhanced"
bastardization of a movie that was
well-nigh perfect
to begin with, just to line Rupert
Murdoch's pocket
some more. How
lucky we are that
we have you to
stand athwart the
tide of Hollywood
Marketing History
with your banner
unfurled saying
"No! It stops here! AICN can no longer
sit idly by and
encourage by our
silence this
wanton fiscal
assault upon our
readers. Damn you
20th-Century-Fox,
you will not give
us the same films
over and over and
over and over again and expect us,
loyal fan-boys that we are, to assent
with our
hard-earned
disposable income
ad infinitum!" How
fortunate the
readers of AICN are to have such a
champion arising in opposition to this
Hollywood nightmare that only seeks to
engulf us all (and
for as little
expense on their
part as inhumanly
possible).
But................
...................
wait a minute. That WASN'T your
reaction, was it, Harry? At least
that wasn't the
reaction I just
read, lest my eyes
decieve me (WHICH
THEY DON'T). Even though I read your piece not 15 minutes ago, I don't believe
I could characterize your
reaction to the
rumors themselves (however
unfounded they
were) as anything
LIKE Moral Indignation. Why Harry, you seemed
almost DISAPPOINTED that "Star Wars"
fans WEREN'T once again being hit up
for more and more
money to see WHAT
YOU KNOW DAMN WELL
IS THE SAME PRODUCT WE'VE SEEN AND
PAID FOR TIME AND
TIME AGAIN. You
know, let me let you in on a lttle secret: There's a
reason why anyone
who genuinely cares about film wouldn't use a rag like "Premiere" even for toilet paper. Crap Journals like
that and "Movieline" are
ENTIRELY BEHOLDEN
to the interests of the Major Studios.
Without them,
they're just a
waste of dead
trees; WITH them,
they're a CRIMINAL
waste of dead
trees. I tell you, I would not
have been in the
least surprised to
see that "Gee
willickers, shucks, what a cryin' shame those rumors didn't pan out, hyuck hyuck hyuck." attitude
of yours adorning
those woebegone
pages like Dutch Elm disease. What the hell is wrong with you? Do we really now have to congratulate 20th Century-Fox for drawing a line where Harry Knowles couldn't! To quote Eugene O'Neill: "Pass me the bottle!" -
Upon rereading that thing I just wrote, I wish to apologize to Mr. Harry Knowles if anything I said produced some offense. My remarks were not intended to be personal and should not be taken so. As our late President, Franklin Roosevelt said to his Interior Secretary: "I believe you are an honorable man, Harry" So do I. thankyouandgoodnight.
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According to George Lucas the special editions are closer to his original vision than the movies released 20 years ago were... Really? Let's think about the changes made to ANH... A jawa falls off a big lizard... Doesn't seem to me that this is something that was impossible to do in 1977... Han Solo is chasing storm Troopers down a hall and instead of running into a squad of Stormtroopers, he runs into a brigade of storm troopers AND a Freakin' Tie fighter... Storm troopers run down a hall and demand that a door close followed by them demanding that they reopen it, well hardy har hardy har, I can see why 20 years of technical improvements were needed to realize Mr. Luca$'s "vision"... Let's face it folks GL hasn't ATTEMPTED to make a single movie since ANH with ANY artistic merrit. ESB was an accident and the result of very strong opinions and input from other artistic voices such as Lawrence Kasdan and Irvin Kershner. Lucas has had a god complex since the late 70s and has been busily surrounding himself with spinelees Jelly fish who think he shoots fire out his eyes and lightning out his arse... On May 21st expect A great sounding colorful film with hardly enough plot to make an Ally Mcbeale Miniskirt with...
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Nov 26, 1998 9:49:40 PM CST
HARRY'S POST in response to rereleasing the STAR WARS films AGAI
by harry knowles
Dude,
It is I.... Mr Sellout. Ya know, I love movies on the BIG SCREEN. As a matter of fact
I'm about to get off my ass and go pay to see a 40 year old movie with allegedly crappy
effects by a GOD named Harryhausen. I've seen the film.... oh let's say.... 30 or 40
times on the big screen. WHY AM I GOING? Because I love the THEATRICAL
EXPERIENCE. Star Wars is one of the GREAT theatrical experiences. The campaign
of, "It's why they build Movie Theaters" during the Special Editions was so damn apt,
it was scary.
The films should never be taken out of theaters, fuck THE WATERBOY, fuck the
goddamn RUGRATS, fuck MCHALE'S NAVY..... at all times in Austin there are at
least 27 screens with pure undeniable SHIT flung on them. If you are in L.A. or N.Y.
or Chicago there are at least 357 screens with SHIT on them.
I say dedicate certain screens with the STAR WARS trilogy, TREASURE OF
SIERRE MADRE, WHITE HEAT, SINGING IN THE RAIN, LAWERENCE OF
ARABIA, CASABLANCA, ROAD WARRIOR, SEVEN SAMURAI, etc....
Constantly playing HIGH QUALITY ENTERTAINMENT.
Gosh..... imagine a world with no fucking Adam Sandler or Pauly Shore or thoes
NIGHT AT THE ROXBURY guys. Imagine REEL movies, imagine paying $3.50 for
a film like STAR WARS any fucking night you want to go see it, and no purchasing of
a goddamn $350 Laserdisc doodad!!!
Imagine seeing it with your friends and neighbors, your fellow lovers of film. Imagine
the shrieks of joy, and imagine the lobbies afterward. THIS IS WHAT FILMS ARE
ABOUT!!!!
Yes, I'm an advocate for rereleases. Yes, I beleive in paying to see the old films over
and over again. Yes, I want to see films I know every frame of. Better that than films
I loathe every frame of....
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Amen Preache it Brother Harry Preach it...god I'd love to see screens dedicated to REEL movies...I'm stillin shock that I actually paid money to see RugRats...to see what the big deal about them was...ahhhhhhhh somebody help me...show me Star Wars on the Big Screen...show me a reel movie
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SPACEBALLS: special Edition Yippeee!!!
Spaced Invaders: Directors Cut
Bravoooo!!
Right on, Bravo..I cant wait!
lets get some decent old flicks into the theater..WWWOOOWEEEE!
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personally, i'm clinging to the hope that the reason lucas is recalling all the phantom menace promotional posters, banners, and so forth is to replace them with posters and banners and what not that have a title for episode I other than "the phantom menace". blech.
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What have I done to invite this? You know, just because I enjoy doing a Prose imitation of Henry James once in a while, and just because I've got a healthy skepticism toward the not-completely-creative types who govern the American Film Industry (something that I thought I shared with all of you) every fellow-CineGeek on this page jumps on my ass and labels me as some kind of Graduate School Nightmare in Tweed. In the first place, Mr. Ravenwood (and anyone else), I'm not a frustrated would-be filmmaker or a Film school reject-gadfly (I despise that institution and wouldn't pay a nickel to audit one class). I hold no brief for Ted Turner. You are correct, he IS worse than Murdoch because he actually thinks he's altering Man's destiny over there at Time-Warner. AND I'M NOT ANTI-CAPITALIST! I like money. Because I do, I can understand why those in the business like it and would want more, including George Lucas. I'm not a hypocrite in that way. And the only reason I attributed all of this reissue money-madness to Fox is because I was giving Lucas the appearance of a benefit of the doubt. I KNOW Lucas would've been behind this reissue if it had come about. You don't have to tell me that Fox's stake in this would've been comparitively minor. Tell the other Talkback participants. They're the ones laboring under the delusion that this would've been all Fox's doing, not me. And another thing, I don't place myself above even the most rabid-hard core "Star Wars" Geek because 20 years ago I was the same way. I don't think you people are stupid, or are a flock of sheep or lemmings marching into the sea or ANYTHING OF THE KIND. My main argument with the direction of the media in general, and AICN specifically is that it's always a bad idea for ANYONE in the Press to drum up business for anyone who can well afford to pay for that kind of publicity. I don't think Harry Knowles is a Sellout, an Agent of George Lucas' or an Evil-Minded interloper from another galaxy. I was a tad harsh in my post, admittedly, something for which I apologized. I get crazy when I see the Hollywood Publicity Process, which I think is corrupt at its core (DON'T YOU?) play itself out however unwittingly in the pages of AICN which I believe to be above that rank tub-thumping. AND I'M NOT KISSING ASS EITHER. I admit it, Mr. Ravenwood, you touched a nerve and have caused me to be defensive. I thank you for considering my point of view. Bye
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The latest edition of UK's Screen International (Nov 26) reports the following about EP1: "As yet, there is no word on the film's international strategy. Indeed, the London office of 20th Century Fox has not been told when it can expect to release the movie in the UK, let alone Europe - the distributor is being kept in the dark. Lucasfilm is telling it what to do, when to do it and how."
Now I've seen a couple of people proclaim that they *know* the film will be released on such-and-such a date, when they clearly do not and are simply speculating. Can I make a plea - probably in vain - that if people are going to post speculative info, then please don't give the impression that you are speaking with authority. It bugs me tremendously. Thanks. -
For God's sake why don't you guys be thankful for what you've got?
Here in the UK no-one has a clue when we're going to get
Episode 1.
We have to watch the damned trailer at about one millionth of it's proper size on a rusty old Compaq and the like.
At least you know when you're getting this film. We normally have to wait a couple of months for films to open here by which time any surprises and plot twists have been completely ruined.
Be thankful for what you've got. Don't conform to the sterotype of being whiney American geeks.
Charlie Croker
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Well, since you've moderated your original post (quite possibly after sobering up a little), Henry, I can say that I agree with you about the corrupt nature of the Hollywood publicity process. It probably doesn't help much to offer that it's been that way since about the turn of the century, but there, I did it anyway. As to the "fiscal assault" upon the fans that a re-release would constitute, I have to point out that nobody is being forced to go to the theater. If people wanted to go see the Special Editions again, they would, and if they were sick to death of them, they wouldn't. What's the harm in that? But I agree, it would have been overkill, and I'm glad Lucas nixed the idea.
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The SE's were to topic of discussion on Prequel Countdown's boards recently. They had a converstation with LFL PR.
You can find it at http://prequels.dunesea.com
This site is also the first one I noticed to quell the SE re-release BS.
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does anyone remember how long it took for Star Wars [a new hope] to be released on video?
well it was long after everyone in the western world had a vcr
so it wasn't 1979
all i'm saying is don't expect the star wars dvd's any time soon...
lucas is waiting until everyone in the world has a dvd so when it's released it'll be the biggest selling dvd with all sorts of whizz-bangs, not some niche thing that sells a few thousand
i'd give it a year or two at least...
and it definitely won't come out before titanic dvd
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To those in the UK, I'm sorry you have to wait longer than the US to see the prequels, but just think we had to wait to see Bean. Who among us hasn't suffered? ;-)
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Last time I nchecked, this was a free country. We are not being forced into movie lines with guns to our heads. Get a clue people. I feel sometime ya'll just complain to see your words on the screen....sigh.....pathetic.
If Lucas rereleases the trilogy and you don't agree with it. DON"T GO SEE IT. Stay at home and pop in the tape, or watch something else. How about going outside and playing with your kids, or for those of us without, go outside and just play!
Don't sit there and bitch about something that means a lot to others. They have a right too you know.....it's like the people that complain about adult magazines in a store. "We should get rid of that filth....." When all they had to do is NOT BUY THE DARN THINGS. Or "They should close those strip clubs" When people who don't like them could just stay away. We have enough politics in our life. Just stay away if you don't agree.
Lecture aside, if the Trilogy comes out, I'm going to excercise my right to take my
hard earned money and go see them again, this time I'm taking my son. I want him to experience it like I did 20 years ago. It's a proud thing to me, and a moment to be shared with those who would make the effort to take part in it.
Thanks for listening to me ramble......just enjoy life and what it offers.
Sean
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What did you do, Quinlan..... think of the first stuffy prose-merchant you could? Your writing bears absolutely no similarity to James. It rather comes off as a poor facsimile of some naval gazing, undergraduate English major who champions the collected works of Thomas Hardy based on the literary criticism they've read because they don't truly understand a word of what the man wrote. And once again with the corrupt nature of Hollywood publicity. It's not corrupt, just brutally unforgiving like the rest of the entertainment industry. I, like Harry, get truly excited when any classic is to be re-released into the theaters. That's what this whole talk back is about. The fact is, there's room for the kind of proposal that Harry's forwarding, at least in larger markets. What's more, there's more than enough audience (doubt me? Then, I call your attention to the considerable business raked in by any of the repertoire series at the Film Forum in NYC.) I'd die to see THE THIRD MAN, HIS GIRL FRIDAY, SPARTACUS, or THE RIGHT STUFF being projected for a week at any of the movie houses here in the city. So, before you exhibitors lock in three of your screens for a two week period to show URBAN LEGEND 2, consider the fact that you'd probably do better saving at least one of those theaters for a special engagement of DOUBLE INDEMNITY. I know I'm dreaming, but it can't hurt to simply bring it up.
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Why is it in Britain we get stiffed on sound quality, with DVD making inroads here (At way overpriced prices in some store (Local Watchdogs have slammed for adding about
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It's self explanatory, laserdisc is just as good as DVD if not a more improved picture image!
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DVD would rock, however 20th Century Fox has already stated that they will not release movies DVD. But thats insane right? Why not take advantage of this new superior format? Because they want to make oogles of cash. Thats why they and a couple other companines have pledged to DIVX. Thats right, unless something is done and DIVX flops, movies like Titanic, and our beloved Star Wars will become pay per view. I for one am not suprised by this, sure Lucas loves DVD, but he also wants to make mad cash.
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Rob Beasley, proprietor of the Prequel Countdown (http://prequels.dunesea.com)and prequel correspondent to NewsDroid (http://www.newsdroid.com) spoke DIRECTLY with the Public Relations Office at Lucasfilm a few hours before the starwars.com rumor dismissal was posted, and got the lowdown on non-release of the SE's, the poster controversy and more. Full story at NewsDroid - Headline News for Star Wars Fans.
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Granted, FOX is putting out lots on DIVX, the biggest title available on DIVX that isn't on DVD is the X-Files. These are a few of the things coming out in the near future: Bulworth 3/9/99, Die Hard 3/9/99, Die Hard 2 3/9/99, Die Hard Triple Pack 3/9/99, Die Hard With A Vengeance 3/9/99, Slums Of Beverly Hills 1/19/99, How Stella Got Her Groove Back 2/23/99. I got this little list from DVDExpress. Already available on DVD are Speed, Young Frankenstein, and Predator, just to name a few. FOX is definitely going to be a major player in the DVD market. Cameron is gonna make sure that Titanic comes out sometime in the near future, and Spielberg is getting closer to releasing his films on DVD, DIVX won't get them for a long time. I don't know if George will release the Holy Trilogy any time soon, but once Spielberg decides to release his biggest hits, George will release the trilogy.
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ummm, didnt Fox release Hope Floats on DVD. Isn't X-Files supposed to come out on DVD in 1st Quarter '99 ?
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You better believe SW is comming for DVD. Fox was one of the last companies to support DVD and since nobody bought a DVD just to watch Titanic well... Can ya say Star Wars. After all, it's the technophiles who buys DVDs and they sure as Hell aren't watching Titanic (chick flick!!!). SW is Fox's flagship title and they know it. As for SW comming out on DIVX... No way!!! That format will die a slow death as the consumers aren't interested in it. Besides that major players in the DVD industry, such as Sony, doesn't support it either. Unfortunatly Matsushita and Toshiba do but they don't represent the majority.
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Hey folks,
Just to clear a few things up that should have been stated earlier by myself, but I just not got around to weeding through mails and what not. I spoke directly with Jeanne and the folks in Lynn Hale's office regarding the rumors posted here at Isn't It Cool News about 4 hours BEFORE the official site posted any news on it. Here's what I have found out for those of you who haven't visited The Dune Sea Prequel Countdown (http://prequels.dunesea.com) or NewsDroid(http://www.newsdroid.com).
1.) Obviously, as we all know, there will be no SW:SE returning to the theatres.
2.) The posting on the posters, and trailer and the attitude of Fox and LFL was completely incorrect. You can read the full report at the Prequel Countdown.
3.) There WILL be another trailer and subsequent One-Sheets to follow the January 15 takedown and destruction/return of them. LFL Refused to comment on the exact date.
For more information please visit the Prequel Countdown for more information.
Robert Beasley
Webmaster - The Dune Sea - http://www.dunesea.com
NewsDroid Prequels Editor - http://www.newsdroid.com
Webmaster - The Star Wars Alliance - http://www.swalliance.com
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The current MPeg software program use for DVD video format is STILL not as good as can be. I believe Lucas and Co. is waiting for the next version of MPEG to come out before they release the movies on it.
Laser Disc on the other hand I must disagree, is still a bit better then the DVD in picture quality - granted the DVD may have 50 more lines but so what if the picture changes only certain part of moving images (It does this to save compression and gain speed). I wish some people would understand the technology behind it before lam blasting a different media.
Hell ever wonder why most techno-geek artist saves there computer paintings in BMP,PCX,TGA,ETC.. other then Jpeg? Jpeg changes everytime you save it. each generation of save files become worst and worst in quality till it is no longer viewable. The same technology use in Jpeg is use in MPeg as well. It's dynamic and it's non- static (loosy or looseleaf -technology)and uses tricks to fool our eyes. DVD images appear good if you see it on an interlace TV (If you are not looking for static images)just as those playstation and sony games; Try hooking it up on your hi-res computer monitor and I bet you will disagree on quality.
Sorry if I get technically carried away - but the main point is "Star Wars" is a representative of the cutting edge technology in media. It is presented only for the best possible using the current technology. i.e. 1977 SW was da *bomb* with Special FX for it's time. Like back then -Episode 1:TPM will be christening a new Audio format technology that was just recently invented by Dolby (www.THX.com), So you have it.
Quality DOES MATTER ;)
I'm sure the Lucas Co. would rather wait till a new Mpeg version is out till they actually release their franchise (5-8 years?)
DVD uing Mpeg II video compression engine is not yet good enough for Lucas and Co. and let's not fool ourself - If it looks like Mpeg and feels like Mpeg, sounds like Mpeg - It's... MPEG!!!!
BTW, did anyone else feels like SAMUEL L. JACKSON has a stupid smirk on his face in the trailer, Kinda like he's trying not to laugh during the filming. It's irateds me cause I heard heard him talking in the interview about George yelling at him to be serious.
Also the heck is the Guy in the hood turning to look at the young Anakin. I thought it was Q-gon but he didn't have a beard, then I thought maybe it was Obi - but I didn't see the resemblance - A new character...
Well - I've wasted enough time writing this when I should be getting a life...
L8ter.
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Did someone actually ask what "Revenge of the Jedi" was? Damn, I feel old.
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We will see the triligy debut on DVD late February or early March. That is the unofficial word from a very well placed source. Titanic should be a month or two later.
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Since I have a DVD rom and a 19" XGA monitor a DVD Special Edition with Episode 1 trailer would be the perfect Christmas present. I could watch the trailer to my little hearts content untill May. I certainly hope that this turns out to be true.
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Ahem.
Not to sound to completely stupid, but isn't DVD already dead? I mean, has anyone bothered to notice that little rollout this year of High Definiton TeleVision? At Disney World, they have a House of the Future, and inside the home is a High Def TV, and a HIGH DEF DVD PLAYER. Not the DVD player you can snag at WalMart for $150, but the next generation of DVD players.
I read this insipid article in Enetertainment Weekly (owned by TimeWarner, one of the heaviest investors of DVD) telling everyone DON'T WAIT! The HighDef DVD players will be BACKWARDS COMPATIBLE! Hoo-freakin-ray. So when I have my HighDef TV, and my HighDef DVD, that means I can watch my old crappy 500 line res Amadeus, instead of glorious HighDef Amadeus.
Well, you guys can piss and moan all you want about Star Wars on DVD -- I'll save the loot, and continue renting laser, until High Def DVD - and one fine glorious day in the next few years, I'll be watching HighDef Star Wars at home on a HighDef TV, being played by a HighDef DVD, and I'll be laughing my ass off at everyone bitching about having to buy Star Wars yet again, becauyse their old DVD copies look like crap complared to the new HighDef DVD's.
WAIT, PEOPLE. DVD -- in its current incarnation -- is ALREADY OBSOLETE. Its the 8-Track player of the nineties. Trust me, in three years, you'll be thanking me.
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I was reading somewhere that George Lucas was commenting on the fact that if he wants ppl watching Star Wars fifty years from now it won't be on video, it'll be on DVD and a release schedule was going to be hyped around the prequel. This seems even liklier now that Fox has released its first batch of DVD's (Predator included)
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Why the hell wouldn't Lucas release the trilogy to DVD? I think he, for one, is someone who acknowledges technological advances. Hell, wasn't that the whole purpose for re-releasing them into theaters in the first place? Who is going to deny that DVDs are the next step in home entertainment? No one. DVDs will be around for a long time - I mean, look at video cassetes. They suck more than anything in the world, and yet, they have been our only form of video entertainment for like 20 years or whatever. I understand that technology is moving faster nowadays, but until movies are available on mini-disc, DVDs are our best bet for a long while.
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Lucas is a money-lovin'-re-releasin'-film-makin'-pig-screwin'-brainless-souless-dickless ole fart who needs to get a friggin' life and stop trying to take advantage of the poor American public.
Okay, I was totally off my rocker there...STAR WARS ROCKS! YEAAHHHH!!!!! And I really love Lucas, I guess. Gee whiz... -
What's the big deal with these films? They are just good special effects and a shit story. The acting and dialouge is also terrible. People who like these films are just really easily pleased and I look forward to the next starwars film being a flop. I would much rather sit down and watch real films, such as Hard Boiled, Pulp Fiction, Goodfellas. These films have a lot more meaning and are memorable for great acting unlike starwars.
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First of all, DIVX is a DVD format - created by Zenith and Circuit City. It's almost just like DVD, except, you're first viewing for $5 gets you 48 hours to watch the movie on the DIVX disc. After that, you can order up 48 mour hours for another $5 or pay $20 to open the disc permanently. Essentially, you pay $25 for a DIVX DVD movie, versus the $15-20 you normally pay for a standard DVD movie. It's a scam created to make more off DVD and to destroy companies like Blockbuster and Hollywood Video. Cicuit City wants DIVX discs to be sitting in supermarkets and at AM/PM markets for people to just buy on the fly. If DIVX succeeds, you can say goodbye to Blockbuster within the 10 years. Which isn't all that bad, considering those snot-nosed punks deserve to find new jobs. Also, it'll be a nice blow to Viacom.
As for Lucas and DVD versions of SW. Just be patient. Damn. It all takes time. And he always takes his sweet time. It took 16 years to get another film after ROTJ, so what makes you think DVD is right around the corner? I remember when ANH hit video stores. Egads! People went nuts and it was something like 8 years after the damn movie came out.
I do concur when many people that the SW movies are crappy. But you know, I still love them. My spine tingles every time I hear that music. Every time I see the new trailer, I feel like I'm four years old again. They may be bad movies, but they struck a cord with an entire generation. And soon a whole new generation is going to go nuts for them too. hoakey, poorly acted and horrible written, those movies offer something special, something sweet and something we don't get much of any more - a good time at the movies. If I had a five year old kid, I wouldn't think twice about turning on any SW movie, because I know there's nothing harmful or offensive in them. The same can't be said of 99% of what comes out now. Too bad.
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