Star Wars: Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015)

[Kaius]

Its amazing to me how important music and sound effects are to Star Wars. Just hearing the score and those wailing TIE fighters gives me goosebumps, and I'm not even a big fan.

Exactly. When the main score hits with the Falcon doing acrobatics is what gave me the feels.

[dimejinky99]

Yes to all of the above.

It's exciting.



edit-Strat, speaking of tempering, it's valid. the trailers for each of the prequels were pretty exciting too.

[Strat]

Yes to all of the above.

It's exciting.



edit-Strat, speaking of tempering, it's valid. the trailers for each of the prequels were pretty exciting too.

Exactly my point. So why ruin your excitement right now and rob yourself of some enjoyment right now?

[BurtReynolds]

http://imgur.com/hllhJpP

[dimejinky99]

Sad that this is even a thing, but it is..The guy in the stormtrooper outfit, getting shit online 'cos he's black..
http://www.starwarsunderworld.com/2014/ ... itics.html

[dimejinky99]

oh god...how bad is the reworked ending of ROTJ...bland ethnic panpipe music..you had John Williams and you chose bland ethnic panpipe music...oh god..

[Strat]

Is there still chatter about releasing rhe absolute original films on DVDs?

[dimejinky99]

Disney are weird. They do very very limited releases of their films on the format of the day, then pull it and dont keep them in print or available.

They're probably aware of formats not released yet and are waiting. The buzz about the reissues on bluray have died off, right around the time Disney bought the franchise. There was a clamour about it up to that point.

[Simple Torture]

Weren't the originals released on DVD in 2004? There are rips all over the web. It's the edition I watched most recently.

[Strat]

Weren't the originals released on DVD in 2004? There are rips all over the web. It's the edition I watched most recently.

Tinkered with


There was talk about releasing the absolute unaltered originals on DVDs

[Simple Torture]

Weren't the originals released on DVD in 2004? There are rips all over the web. It's the edition I watched most recently.

Tinkered with

Was it the '81 edition of Star Wars?

[Simple Torture]

Weren't the originals released on DVD in 2004? There are rips all over the web. It's the edition I watched most recently.

Tinkered with

Was it the '81 edition of Star Wars?

Thanks, Wikipedia!

In 2006, a Limited Edition DVD box set was released. This box set included the 2004 DVD versions of the original trilogy, but also included a bonus disc for each movie, containing the "original theatrical" versions.[5] The original theatrical versions were not from a high-quality source, but were rather the transfers used for the 1993 Definitive Collection LaserDiscs, (with the original title crawl spliced in, replacing the updated crawl created for the 1981 theatrical re-release). To the dismay of many, the video transfers were in letterboxed widescreen, not anamorphic widescreen. The video also had excessive grain, low contrast, serious aliasing, and motion smearing. (Motion smearing is when moving objects are blurred and leave behind a trail of their own shape. This was the result of the use of digital video noise reduction, or DVNR, a primitive video cleanup technique used in the 1990s when the LaserDiscs were made.) The audio mixes were Dolby 2.0 (stereo) surround audio tracks, including various audio changes unique to the 1993 mixes.

[Sgt. Crackpot]

Yeah, the quality of those releases were terrible. It was almost as if George Lucas intended to look like he was appeasing fans by releasing a much wanted original version, but deliberately made them shitty so that his "special editions" would look comparatively superior.

I'm glad that asshole is no longer in charge.

[Coach]

That first shot of the helmetless trooper is genius. It's raising all manner of questions. They knew exactly why they were doing by opening with that clip. And that's the part that intrigues me the most. Fuck you JJ.

Yeah that was probably my favorite part of the trailer.

Agreed. Loved the surprise, the music and the overall "oh shit!" moment of fear and adrenaline.

[Strat]

Lol. This is great

[epilogue]

Best of the parodies so far.

[bada]

I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure Lucas claimed that releasing the original unaltered trilogy is impossible because he added all his crap on top of the original negatives or whatever.

[stip]

I hope you're wrong.

Actually, some of the extra clutter is nice for filling things out. It's usually the additional SCENES that are terrible

[Sgt. Crackpot]

The new JJ post production version.

[@SkitchP]

Best of the parodies so far.

I love the random Jabba shot.