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Monday, September 27, 2004

Star Wars Trilogy DVD

So I got the Star Wars Trilogy DVD the other day and so far I've only been able to watch the first movie. It might just be my imagination, but the movie "looks" great. Gone are the faint boxes around the Tie Fighters. Everything has been cleaned up and sounds fantastic.

Watching the movie...I could only think...wow, what was George thinking when he did Phantom and Clones. Here's some of the differences I caught between the old movies and new movies.

1) The actors. Star Wars was perfectly cast. Mark Hamill, by no means a very good actor, had this great boyish, adventure-ish enthusiasm about him. Han Solo...Harrison Ford, nuf said. And Carry Fisher as the strong-headed princess is perfect. The actors in the new movies lack these traits.

2) CGI madness. The sets, models, and stuff like that in the early movies looked...well...real. Everything in the later movies is CGI and we're all used to it. No wow factor.

3) Plot. From the moment Darth Vader walks into the rebel ship, you get this sense that this dude is one bad mother fucker. The tone the early movies is of good vs evil. The later movies is about love and hate. Blech.

4) Jar jar binks...

5) Big stuff. Star Wars had the death star. Empire had imperial walkers. Phantom had a "pod" race...yipiie! Clones had a cool Jedi fight scene at the end but somehow lack "biggness" to it. Dunno...

That said, I'm looking forward to Revenge of the Sith next May. George promises that it'll be a very dark movie.

posted by Tuncer Deniz at 1:24 PM

2 Comments:

  • I just watched the new Star Wars DVD and, guess what? FRIKKIN' BOXES AROUND THE TIE FIGHTERS!!!

    I can't take it anymore. I can't.

    Corey

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 10:30 PM  

  • I agree regarding the visual quality. It's outstanding. And all the restoration was done on Macs at Lowry, of course.

    One thing I noticed, though, is how crappy the audio still sounds in certain parts. The entire Death Star trash compactor scene sounds like it was recorded with cheesecloth over the mic, and I swear to God, the reduced audio quality makes the picture look shitty. :)

    My first set actually had an Episode IV disc that was unplayable -- the whole Death Star blowing up Alderaan sequence skipped around and stuttered like crazy. On two players. Second set works like a charm so far.

    - flargh

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 7:09 AM  

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